Chapter Summaries

After Yao Chen became a One Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan prepared to travel to the Yao Clan and reunite with Yao Wan. Yao Qi escorted him toward the Shennong Mountain Range, where the husband-selection ceremony was approaching.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan he would remain at Starfall Pavilion while Xiao Yan went to the Yao Clan.
• Yao Qi arrived at Starfall Pavilion to congratulate Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan asked to travel back with him.
• Little Fairy Doctor encouraged Xiao Yan before he departed with Yao Qi.
• Yao Qi warned Xiao Yan about the Yao Clan's strict rules and explained customs during their journey.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Qi arrived at the Shennong Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan looked forward to seeing Yao Wan.

Xiao Yan entered the Yao World with Venerable Yao Qi as the Yao Clan prepared for Yao Wan’s marriage recruitment. The Life Spirit Flame in Xiao Yan reacted to Yao Wan’s presence, and she sensed that he had truly arrived.

• Xiao Yan and Venerable Yao Qi encountered members of the Yan Clan and Ancient Clan, while the Hun Clan also approached the Yao World boundary gate.
• Venerable Yao Qi explained that only the Eight Clans and certain hidden forces could challenge Yao Wan at the marriage recruitment.
• Xiao Yan presented his token and entered the Yao World through its boundary gate with Venerable Yao Qi.
• Inside the Yao World, Xiao Yan felt the Life Spirit Flame react and realized Yao Wan was nearby.
• Yao Wan left her grotto-heaven, sensed Xiao Yan’s presence, and wondered in shock how he had really come there.

Yao Wan learned that Xiao Yan had entered the Yao Realm and struggled with whether to face the painful memories they shared before her clan’s marriage recruitment began. Xiao Yan met Yan Clan prodigy Huo Xuan, discussed their reasons for visiting, and declared that he intended to win Yao Wan’s hand.

• Yao Wan realized Xiao Yan had arrived and worried that meeting him alone would stir up the feelings left unresolved in the Forgotten Ruins.
• A maid told Yao Wan that the marriage recruitment would begin the next day, and Yao Wan acknowledged the news.
• Xiao Yan encountered Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi while exploring the Yao Clan grounds, and Huo Xuan invited him for Spirit Wine.
• Huo Zhi left the two men to wait for an elder, while Xiao Yan noticed a Heavenly Flame aura on her.
• Huo Xuan told Xiao Yan he had no intention of competing for Yao Wan, and Xiao Yan admitted he had come for her.
• Xiao Yan said he was prepared to embrace the bright moon, declaring his determination to win Yao Wan.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Wan in the Yao Realm after befriending Huo Xuan of the Yan Clan. When Xiao Yan insisted on joining the Marriage Recruitment Arena, Yao Wan forbade him, saying he was different from the other contestants.

• Huo Xuan praised Xiao Yan’s words, drank with him, and grew closer to him.
• Huo Yao Elder arrived, learned Xiao Yan was descended from Xiao Xuan, and left with Huo Xuan and the Yan Clan group.
• Yao Wan found Xiao Yan at the inn, stopped him from drinking, and teased him about being jealous of Huo Xuan.
• Xiao Yan admitted he was jealous, and he and Yao Wan spoke about his arrival and his plans.
• Yao Wan offered Xiao Yan a new Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan said he intended to join the Marriage Recruitment Arena.
• Yao Wan tried to forbid Xiao Yan from entering the arena, telling him he was different from the other contestants.

Xiao Yan told Yao Wan he would enter her marriage selection and defeat her to win the right to be with her openly. After sharing a quiet reunion on Yao Wan’s territory, they promised to wait for each other.

• Yao Wan admitted that Xiao Yan was in her heart, but he insisted on winning her marriage selection and facing her in its final step.
• Yao Wan named Yao Tian of the Yao Clan and Lei Xiao of the Lei Clan as troublesome people, and Xiao Yan promised to deal with them.
• Yao Wan transported Xiao Yan to a secluded grassy plain near her grotto-heaven and removed her cloak and bamboo hat.
• Xiao Yan brought out the Azure Earrings and put them back on Yao Wan before embracing her and admitting how much he had missed her.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Wan to wait for him, and she agreed.

Xiao Yan attended Yao Wan's marriage recruitment and sized up the powerful young contenders gathered at the Yao Clan. After the contest began, a Lei Clan prodigy defeated a Stone Clan challenger, and a Yao Clan youth entered the arena next.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Clan Tablet Plaza, where Huo Xuan identified Lei Xiao, Yao Tian, Gu Qingyang, and other major contenders for him.
• Yao Wanhua began the ceremony, and a Yao Clan Dou Saint opened a separate space to serve as the battlefield.
• Yao Wanhua announced that challengers could fight in succession and that the final victor would earn the right to challenge Yao Wan.
• Yao Tian exchanged hostile looks with Xiao Yan after noticing him, while Xiao Yan and Yao Wan shared a brief, knowing glance.
• Lei Yun of the Lei Clan and Shi Lin of the Stone Clan entered the battlefield, where Lei Yun defeated Shi Lin after a fierce half-hour fight.
• A Yao Clan youth entered the arena to challenge Lei Yun.

Xiao Yan watched Lei Xiao defeat more than a dozen Eight Clans talents and taunt the crowd. After Lei Xiao’s provocation stirred anger across the clans, Xiao Yan stood to challenge him.

• Xiao Yan judged that Lei Yun and Huo Huan were evenly matched, but Lei Yun eventually defeated Huo Huan before withdrawing to recover.
• Lei Xiao entered the arena and challenged those who had won one or two rounds, prompting more than a dozen Eight Clans talents to face him together.
• Lei Xiao defeated all of them in under half an hour and called them a pack of chickens and dogs.
• The clan members reacted with anger or restraint, while Yao Wan grew bored and noticed Xiao Yan standing up.
• Xiao Yan told Huo Xuan he would teach Lei Xiao a lesson, then announced, “Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan, requests battle!”

Xiao Yan announced himself as a remnant of the Xiao Clan and entered the marriage tournament to challenge Lei Xiao. He defeated Lei Xiao with a single counterattack, leaving the crowd stunned by his strange fire and extraordinary speed.

• Xiao Yan declared his Xiao Clan identity at the Clan Tablet Plaza and entered the challenge, stirring shock and suspicion among the Eight Clans.
• Yao Wan silenced an elder who dismissed Xiao Yan because of his displayed Four Star Dou Zun cultivation, while Yao Wanhua worried about his chances against Lei Xiao.
• Lei Xiao confronted Xiao Yan inside the tournament space and attacked with a thunderous punch, confident that Xiao Yan would fall quickly.
• Xiao Yan countered with a six-colored Strange Fire that formed a fire dragon and blasted Lei Xiao backward.
• Xiao Yan used Void Stepping Without Trace to catch up with Lei Xiao, leaving the spectators stunned as Lei Xiao struggled to recover.

Xiao Yan defeated Lei Xiao in three moves, then broke the Lei Clan geniuses’ Nine Heavens Mystic Lightning Grand Formation with one punch. With the crowd looking to Yao Tian as the only likely challenger left, Yao Tian requested battle.

• Xiao Yan expelled the badly injured Lei Xiao from the space after defeating him, and Lei Yun and seven other Lei Clan geniuses entered to challenge him together.
• The eight Lei Clan geniuses formed the Nine Heavens Mystic Lightning Grand Formation and attacked Xiao Yan with Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Yan struck the Black Demon Lightning head-on and shattered it with a punch, tearing through the space and knocking all eight Lei Clan geniuses out of the trial.
• The crowd turned toward Yao Tian as the remaining possible opponent, and Yao Tian requested battle.

Yao Tian challenged Xiao Yan in the groom selection and unleashed his clan crest and a Heaven Rank Dou Technique. Xiao Yan broke the attack with a spatial strike, then faced Yao Tian’s relentless follow-up as he summoned a six-colored Heavenly Flame dragon.

• Yao Tian entered the canopy and activated a defensive formation before igniting his Yao Clan Crest.
• Yao Tian launched the Heaven Rank Dou Technique Heaven Shattering Palm at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan used a spatial hand blade to split the palm strike and tear open a void rift.
• Yao Tian continued attacking with successive strikes after his first technique was broken.
• Xiao Yan gathered six kinds of Heavenly Flames into a fire dragon around himself.

Xiao Yan defeated Yao Tian and claimed the marriage contest’s championship, but Yao Wan revealed her peak Dou Zun cultivation and challenged him. After restoring himself and activating the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, Xiao Yan faced Yao Wan with a mysterious purple-gold dharma body as their fight began.

• Xiao Yan used his Strange Fire dragon to disrupt Yao Tian’s Dou Qi and knock him out of the arena, winning their battle.
• When no one else answered Xiao Yan’s challenge, Yao Wan revealed that she had reached peak Dou Zun and entered the arena.
• Yao Wanhua declared Xiao Yan the champion, and Yao Wan requested a battle against him.
• Yao Wan gave Xiao Yan a medicinal pill and waited while he recovered; their brief exchange suggested they already knew each other.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his cultivation from Four Star to Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Yao Wan advanced on Xiao Yan, who summoned a purple-gold dharma body and struck at her with a Dragon Phoenix fist.

Xiao Yan fought Yao Wan in close combat and unleashed his Heavenly Flames, but her overwhelming strength and stone hammer shattered his Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler. As Yao Wanhua prepared to intervene, Xiao Yan revealed another attack and clashed with Yao Wan again.

• Yao Wan kicked Xiao Yan away, but he countered with a compressed Dragon Phoenix punch that blasted her back.
• Yao Wan released her Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body and summoned a shattered stone hammer, unleashing power that shook the Dou Sheng Space.
• Xiao Yan sent five Heavenly Flame spirits at Yao Wan as a distraction and attacked with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Yao Wan smashed Xiao Yan's sword aura and the surrounding space with her stone hammer, forcing the Yao Clan Elder to stabilize the heavenly curtain.
• Xiao Yan transformed his fire ruler into a flame sword and struck Yao Wan's stone hammer with Flame Sword, Mountain Severing.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan fought to a standstill, then unleashed their strongest techniques and shattered the Dou Sheng Space. They emerged battered, and Xiao Yan publicly embraced and kissed Yao Wan, making clear that he had won her.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan destroyed their flame sword and stone hammer in a series of clashes, then continued fighting with strange fire and Black Demon Lightning.
• Yao Wan prepared her Flame Sword, Scorching Sea, while Xiao Yan revealed six kinds of strange fire and fused them into a Six-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan launched their final attacks, causing the Dou Sheng Space to break apart as Yao Wanhua and the Yao Clan Elder moved to stabilize it.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the collapsing space holding Yao Wan’s hand, then pulled her into his arms in front of the crowd.
• Xiao Yan shouted Yao Wan’s name and kissed her, while she blushed and did not resist.

Xiao Yan defeated Yao Wan in their match, publicly kissed her, and asked Yao Wanhua to approve their relationship. After Yao Wan confirmed her choice, she took the badly injured Xiao Yan to her grotto-heaven to treat his wounds.

• Xiao Yan kissed Yao Wan after their battle, then greeted Yao Wanhua and asked for his approval to be with her.
• Huo Yao Elder, Huo Xuan, and Huo Zhi realized Yao Wan may have secured the Yan Clan’s Heavenly Flame and Burning Flame Secret Realm deal for Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan confirmed she would honor what she had said before, and Yao Wanhua ordered the guests to be treated well.
• Yao Wan took Xiao Yan away to rest, while Yao Tian and Lei Xiao accepted that they were outmatched by the pair.
• In Yao Wan’s grotto-heaven, Xiao Yan and Yao Wan took pills and treated each other’s injuries.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan healed each other’s injuries after the fire lotus explosion, then spoke about their past and their bond. When Xiao Yan asked her to admit she liked him, Yao Wan blushed and denied it.

• Yao Wan removed the Death Qi and Black Demon Lightning from Xiao Yan’s wounds, then admitted she needed rest.
• Xiao Yan drew the fire energy from Yao Wan’s injuries and used the Life Spirit Flame to restore her back.
• Yao Wan covered herself after realizing Xiao Yan had seen her, and Xiao Yan assured her he had not.
• Yao Wan said she once wanted distance from Xiao Yan but had accepted that they would be entangled for life, and she would still accompany him to the Forgotten Ruins.
• Xiao Yan pulled Yao Wan into his arms and asked her to say she liked him, but she blushed and denied it.

Xiao Yan met Yao Clan Leader Yao Dan, who warmly welcomed him as Yao Wan’s future husband and explained the clan’s expectations for their marriage. The chapter left Xiao Yan to consider whether he and the remnants of the Xiao Clan would join the Yao Clan so Yao Wan could inherit its leadership.

• Yao Wan heard someone approaching her grotto-heaven and tried to make Xiao Yan let go of her hand before the visitor arrived.
• Yao Dan entered after Yao Wan removed the grotto-heaven restriction, and Yao Wan introduced him to Xiao Yan as the Yao Clan’s leader.
• Yao Dan welcomed Xiao Yan, praised him, and invited him inside for tea and conversation.
• Yao Dan told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan was expected to remain in the Yao Clan and inherit its leadership because of her god grade bloodline.
• Yao Dan proposed that Xiao Yan and the remnants of the Xiao Clan could join the Yao Clan, and asked Xiao Yan to consider the arrangement.

Xiao Yan and Yao Dan discussed whether Xiao Yan should marry into the Yao Clan, and Yao Wan persuaded them to postpone the decision for a hundred years. After Yao Dan left, Yao Wan explained that Xiao Yan could resolve the clan’s concerns by becoming a Dou Di, then protested as he held her foot under the table.

• Xiao Yan weighed the Yao Clan’s protection against the dangers facing the Xiao Clan as Yao Dan raised the possibility of him marrying into the Yao Clan.
• Yao Wan suggested delaying the marriage discussion until she inherited the clan leadership in about a hundred years, and Yao Dan accepted letting Xiao Yan settle into the clan for now.
• Yao Dan warned Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to avoid bedroom affairs until they became Dou Saints and arranged for Xiao Yan to cultivate with the Yao Clan before the Ancient Clan Heavenly Tomb opened.
• After Yao Dan left, Yao Wan teased Xiao Yan, who caught her foot when she kicked him under the table.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan to become a Dou Di within a hundred years to restore the Xiao Clan’s standing, and Xiao Yan vowed he would do so.
• Yao Wan called Xiao Yan a lecher with a foot fetish and demanded that he let go of her foot.

Xiao Yan teased Yao Wan by massaging her feet after she called him a foot fetishist, and Yao Wan let him continue in exchange for canceling a promise. The two stopped short of going further, though Xiao Yan kept pushing until Yao Wan finally pulled away.

• Yao Wan accused Xiao Yan of being a lecher with a foot fetish, reminding him of how he had touched Nalan's foot and massaged hers in the Forgotten Ruins.
• Xiao Yan took Yao Wan's Cloud Boot off and gently massaged her foot, while she silently endured the intimate contact despite her embarrassment.
• Yao Wan declared that the massage canceled the request Xiao Yan had made before they met the Clan Leader, and refused to bargain over the deal.
• Xiao Yan asked to massage her other foot, and Yao Wan placed it before him despite warning that he was asking for trouble.
• Xiao Yan praised Yao Wan's foot and continued massaging it until she pulled away and cursed at him for not stopping.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin, who had grown into an Eight Star Dou Zun under Yao Wan’s care. Yao Wan sent him a pill formula to support his Heavenly Flame refinement, and Xiao Yan went to find an Alchemy Room, where Yao Xingji led him toward the Alchemy Plaza.

• After half a month of recuperation, Xiao Yan recovered fully and recognized Qing Lin when she showed him the scales on her wrist.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan was watching over the Heavenly Flame and gave him a Storage Ring containing a Grade Eight Green Lotus Calamity Dissolving Pill formula and medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan decided to refine the pill immediately, and Qing Lin offered to take him to an Alchemy Room.
• On the Yao Clan Divine Mountain, Qing Lin introduced Xiao Yan to Yao Xingji, an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Yao Xingji invited Xiao Yan to the Alchemy Plaza, where he said Yao Wan had recently refined a Grade Nine Treasure Pill.

Xiao Yan entered the Yao Clan’s alchemy gathering and demonstrated his formidable fire control by forming a cauldron from his six-colored Heavenly Flame. As he began refining a pill under the watching Yao Clan members, Elder Yao Feng insulted him and his clan.

• Yao Xingji followed Xiao Yan to the alchemy platform while Qing Lin warned him not to provoke Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a solid Medicine Cauldron from his six-colored Heavenly Flame, stunning the Yao Clan alchemists and impressing Yao Xingji.
• Elder Yao Feng arrived, exchanged stiff greetings with Yao Xingji and Qing Lin, and disparaged Xiao Yan’s display.
• Xiao Yan used a fire dragon inside his Heavenly Flame Cauldron to refine a lotus pod and a white lotus flower.
• Yao Feng called Xiao Yan a remnant of the Xiao Clan and belittled his reputation as Xiao Yan began refining ingredients from a massive assortment of medicinal materials.