Chapter Summaries

Yao Wan fought the two Hun Clan Dou Shengs and defeated them with her self-created Soul Dou Technique, Great Sound is Soundless. Xiao Yan also dealt with Soul Cliff and Soul Li, leaving the group ready to depart the Heavenly Tomb.

• The two Hun Clan Dou Shengs attacked Yao Wan, assuming she could not yet wield her new power effectively.
• Yao Wan trapped the two Dou Shengs with her Soul Power and showed she could use her Dou Sheng strength with the skill of a veteran.
• Xiao Yan confronted Soul Cliff and Soul Li while Yao Wan fought the two Dou Shengs.
• Yao Wan formed a Bronze Ancient Bell and unleashed Great Sound is Soundless, shattering the two Hun Clan Dou Shengs and their Energy Cores.
• Xiao Yan killed Soul Cliff and Soul Li, then joined Yao Wan as she proposed leaving the Heavenly Tomb.

After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Yao Wan were separated from the other clans and met Gu Yuan in the Ancient Saint Mountain Range. Gu Yuan warned Xiao Yan about the dangers ahead and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, leaving their group to continue on with his cautions.

• Huo Xuan and the other clan youths encountered one another in the Space Tunnel, noticed Xiao Yan and his companions were missing, and hurried back to their elders.
• Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er emerged in an unfamiliar part of the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, while Gu Yuan revealed he had sent Yao Ling back to the Heavenly Tomb Gate.
• Gu Yuan introduced himself to Xiao Yan and praised his cultivation, then recognized Yao Wan as the Yao Clan girl who had run away years earlier.
• Gu Yuan reflected on Xiao Yan's resemblance to the Xiao Clan at its former peak, and Xun'er called him father as he accepted her choice without openly approving or objecting.
• Gu Yuan cautioned Xiao Yan that he had not yet reached the Dou Saint realm, warned him that a relationship with Xun'er would bring hardship, and urged him to guard the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Gu and Hun Clans.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned from the Heavenly Tomb with Gu Xun'er, while the Eight Clans gathered to welcome the returning prodigies. Xiao Yan's Heaven Realm Soul stunned the crowd, leaving them to wonder how much stronger he had become.

• Gu Yuan sent Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Gu Xun'er toward the Heavenly Tomb Gate after adjusting the Space Tunnel.
• The Eight Clans watched as their prodigies emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and the Ancient Clan's four returnees drew attention with their bloodline aura.
• Yao Ling returned alone, confused about how she had been separated from Yao Wan and the others, while Yao Wanzhu grew increasingly worried.
• Two dead members of the Hun Clan emerged, but Yao Wanzhu continued waiting for Yao Wan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Yao Wan and Gu Xun'er, and an expert probing him cried out that Xiao Yan possessed a Heaven Realm Soul.

Xiao Yan revealed a Heaven Realm Soul, stunning the Gu Clan and the other gathered geniuses. As he left with Yao Wan, Xun'er took his other hand and accepted that she needed to grow stronger if she wanted to stand beside him.

• The gathered experts realized Xiao Yan had reached the Heaven Realm Soul, a rare achievement that put him on the path toward becoming a Ninth Grade Alchemist.
• Profound Elder noticed Yao Wan's aura had changed, but she kept her Heaven Realm Soul Great Perfection hidden from the Eight Clans.
• Xiao Yan took Yao Wan's hand, leaving her flustered when she mistook his simple attempt to lead her along for romantic intent.
• Xun'er grabbed Xiao Yan's other hand, drawing the Gu Clan's attention and stirring their jealousy as they recognized Xiao Yan's strength and closeness with both women.
• Xun'er resolved to improve her cultivation and told Yao Wan, "Take good care of Xiao Yan Gege for me."

After the Heavenly Tomb ended, Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan and tried to bury herself in training, but Xiao Yan brought her back to Starfall Pavilion. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran emerged from years of seclusion with No Sword Mountain’s inheritance and headed for Starfall Pavilion, determined to push Yao Wan and Xiao Yan together.

• Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, Huo Xuan, and the others said their farewells as the Heavenly Tomb trip concluded, while Xiao Yan spoke with Mang Tianchi before leaving the Ancient Realm.
• Yao Wan planned to train and refine her New Battle Method, partly to avoid facing Xiao Yan after what happened in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion at No Sword Mountain, absorbed its inheritance, and vowed to restore the Yun Lan Sect’s ancestral land.
• Nalan Yanran flew toward Starfall Pavilion, intending to make Yao Wan stop avoiding Xiao Yan and settle their relationship.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan brought Yao Wan back to help manage the vast resources transferred by the Yao Clan, and she complained that Xian'er could have handled them.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan discussed Starfall Pavilion’s inventory before learning that Nalan Yanran had returned after years away. Nalan reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, discovered Xiao Yan and Yao Wan were engaged, and set out to confront them while promising to keep her limits; Little Fairy Doctor’s thoughts about having children also left Nalan surprised.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan not to worry about the slow inventory work, and Yao Wan admitted she did not enjoy cultivating but felt she had to do it.
• A maid told Xiao Yan and Yao Wan that Nalan Yanran had returned to Starfall Pavilion, surprising Xiao Yan and unsettling Yao Wan.
• Nalan Yanran reunited with Little Fairy Doctor while she sorted medicinal ingredients sent by Yao Wan.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Nalan that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan were engaged, and Nalan said she still wanted to address Yao Wan’s past actions.
• Little Fairy Doctor said Nalan could visit Xiao Yan and Yao Wan but should mind her limits, and Nalan agreed.
• Nalan teased Little Fairy Doctor about having a child with Xiao Yan, prompting Little Fairy Doctor to blush and deny she had considered it.

Yao Wan tried to avoid Nalan Yanran, who had learned about her secret connection to Xiao Yan and the Yao Clan, but Nalan cornered her and demanded an explanation. Just as Nalan prepared to punish her, Yao Wan vanished, leaving Nalan annoyed with Xiao Yan.

• Yao Wan tried to leave before Nalan Yanran arrived, but Nalan blocked her and pushed her back into the room.
• Nalan asked about the Yao Clan's relationship with Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan revealed that the clans had become in-laws.
• Yao Wan admitted she had not meant to hide the matter forever and pleaded with Nalan to forgive her.
• Nalan grabbed Yao Wan's wrist and told Xiao Yan to close the door so she could punish her.
• Yao Wan vanished before Nalan could stop her, and Nalan complained to Xiao Yan that she had run away.

Nalan Yanran reunited with Xiao Yan and teased him about his feelings for Yao Wan before their flirtation turned intimate. Yao Wan secretly listened, struggled with the effects of her soul bond with Xiao Yan, and finally sought out Little Fairy Doctor for a distraction.

• Nalan Yanran was disappointed when Yao Wan vanished, and Xiao Yan recounted what had happened since her absence.
• Nalan Yanran teased Xiao Yan about his feelings for Yao Wan and suggested Yao Wan might be secretly watching them.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan became intimate while Yao Wan listened from hiding.
• Yao Wan felt her body react because of the changes caused by her soul bond with Xiao Yan, but a Clear Spirit Pill did not calm her.
• Yao Wan left the hidden space and knocked on Little Fairy Doctor's door, claiming she had come to help Xian'er.

Yao Wan confided in Little Fairy Doctor that soul mingling with Xiao Yan had left her troubled by strange feelings toward him. Xiao Yan later visited her, teased her about being jealous, and drew her into his arms after learning from Little Fairy Doctor that she was struggling to hold those feelings in.

• Yao Wan sought comfort from Little Fairy Doctor after Nalan had confronted her.
• Yao Wan explained that soul mingling with Xiao Yan had caused her to experience unfamiliar thoughts and feelings when she was with him.
• Little Fairy Doctor suggested Yao Wan spend time alone with Xiao Yan, but Yao Wan refused and helped sort medicinal ingredients instead.
• Yao Wan returned to her residence, where thoughts of Xiao Yan and Nalan’s intimacy continued to trouble her.
• Xiao Yan visited Yao Wan, teased her for being jealous, and pulled her into his arms as she protested.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that Little Fairy Doctor had said she was struggling with her feelings, leaving Yao Wan furious at both of them.

Xiao Yan pressed his intimacy with Yao Wan while carefully gauging her hesitation and respecting that she did not want to be forced. Yao Wan remained frightened and uncertain but kissed him, leaving their encounter unresolved as she begged him not to degrade her.

• Yao Wan tried to get Xiao Yan to let go, but he kept her close and said they should discuss Wan'er after settling her matter.
• Xiao Yan tested Yao Wan’s reactions, and she admitted that she was not ready even as she struggled to resist him.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Wan about her inexperience and reminded her that she had once asked whether she was beautiful.
• Yao Wan kissed Xiao Yan to stop his teasing, then pressed his wrist and said she still could not fully adapt.
• Xiao Yan stroked Yao Wan’s hair as she pleaded, “No... you're not allowed to degrade me...”

Yao Wan carried Xiao Xiao to meet Nalan Yanran, explaining that Nalan was Xiao Xiao’s father’s old rival but not a bad person. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran confused that Xiao Xiao called her “Aunt Nalan” while calling Yao Wan “Elder Sister.”

• Yao Wan picked up Xiao Xiao and answered her questions about the sword-carrying Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Xiao that Nalan was not bad and brought her to Nalan’s residence.
• Nalan Yanran came outside, expecting to mock Yao Wan, but saw Xiao Xiao with her.
• Yao Wan introduced Nalan as the sword-carrying big sister and prompted Xiao Xiao to ask her for a gift.
• Xiao Xiao greeted Nalan as Aunt Nalan, and Nalan objected to being called aunt before questioning why Xiao Xiao called Yao Wan Elder Sister.

Yao Wan bonded with Xiao Xiao while Nalan Yanran teased her about loving Xiao Xiao’s father, and Medusa came to collect her daughter. Nalan Yanran and Medusa agreed to spar, while Nalan Yanran was left wondering what motherhood might be like for her.

• Yao Wan comforted Xiao Xiao about her busy parents, and Nalan Yanran teased Yao Wan by claiming she loved Xiao Xiao’s father most.
• Medusa found Xiao Xiao with Yao Wan and Nalan Yanran, then noticed how much Nalan Yanran’s cultivation had advanced.
• Medusa asked Nalan Yanran to exchange moves, and Nalan Yanran agreed.
• Medusa took Xiao Xiao away, while Yao Wan promised Xiao Xiao she could visit whenever she felt bored.
• Nalan Yanran watched Medusa and Xiao Xiao leave and wondered about motherhood as she touched her flat abdomen.

Nalan Yanran and Yao Wan teased each other about children and Xiao Yan, then spoke about Xiao Xun'er and their private memories. Xiao Yan arrived as Yao Wan seemed about to tell everyone something.

• Yao Wan teased Nalan Yanran for envying Medusa's daughter and suggested she ask Xiao Yan for a child, prompting Nalan Yanran to deny wanting one.
• Nalan Yanran asked how Xiao Xun'er was, and Yao Wan said she was fine but regretted losing her chance with Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran recalled working with Xiao Xun'er at Canaan Academy and said she felt nostalgic for that time.
• Yao Wan remembered a distant period from her own past, then told Nalan Yanran she would have no secrets once everything settled.
• Xiao Yan arrived and said he had something to tell them, then noticed Wan'er.

Xiao Yan found Nalan Yanran after Yao Wan fled at the sight of him, and Nalan pressed him to explain what had happened between them. He withheld the details, but Nalan teased him until he carried her into a room, leaving her question unanswered.

• Yao Wan vanished as soon as Xiao Yan approached, and Nalan Yanran told him that his arrival had made her run.
• Nalan Yanran questioned Xiao Yan about Yao Wan, explaining that she wanted to settle their complicated history and keep getting along with her.
• Xiao Yan refused to gossip about Yao Wan, prompting Nalan Yanran to tease him and demand that he tell her what happened.
• Nalan Yanran flirted with Xiao Yan while he tried to bring up the proper business that had brought him to see her and Yao Wan.
• Xiao Yan carried Nalan Yanran into a room and asked whether she wanted to know what he had done to Wan'er.

Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor about the Space Trading Fair, where he hoped to find news of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map. As Nalan urged Little Fairy Doctor to join them, she also told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan seemed jealous, and he admitted he had long understood her subtle way of seeking reassurance.

• Xiao Yan explained that Starfall Pavilion had heard the Space Trading Fair might offer news of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map, and said powerful experts would attend.
• Nalan Yanran encouraged Little Fairy Doctor to go with them and grow stronger, but Little Fairy Doctor remained reluctant to leave Starfall Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan acted strangely around talk of his other companions, and asked whether he had noticed her jealousy.
• Xiao Yan said he had recognized Yao Wan’s restrained jealousy and understood that she used talk of elder and younger sisters to test how much he loved her.
• Nalan Yanran realized Xiao Yan responded to Yao Wan’s tests with indulgence, allowing her to savor his affection.

Nalan Yanran acted on her jealousy toward Xiao Yan and the Little Fairy Doctor, while Xiao Yan later visited Medusa and Xiao Xiao. He invited Medusa to join him at the Space Trading Fair, and she agreed.

• Nalan Yanran kissed Xiao Yan possessively, and the Little Fairy Doctor helped him tease her.
• Xiao Yan visited Medusa and watched Xiao Xiao run to him and call him Daddy.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xiao had been born with Dou Zong cultivation thanks to the Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill.
• Xiao Yan invited Medusa and Xiao Xiao to accompany him to the Space Trading Fair, and Medusa accepted.

Xiao Yan spent time with Medusa and Xiao Xiao before preparing for an important journey, then went to find Yao Wan. Yao Wan, misunderstanding why he had come, pulled him against the door as he entered.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao she could not join the dangerous journey, but promised to take her to see many places later.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Xiao had abundant, naturally formed Dou Qi and praised her.
• Xiao Yan spent time with Medusa and Xiao Xiao while the others accepted his attention to his family.
• As the journey plans took shape, Xiao Yan went to Yao Wan's room to discuss something important.
• Yao Wan let Xiao Yan in, then pressed him against the door before he could finish speaking.

Xiao Yan comforted Yao Wan after her treatment and discussed the upcoming Space Trading Fair, where he hoped to find the final Demon Flame Fragment Map piece. Yao Wan settled into his embrace as he restrained his desire and gently removed her Azure Ear Pendant earrings, leaving her feeling safe and ready to sleep.

• Xiao Yan stopped Yao Wan from trying to flee and warned her not to run away again.
• Yao Wan changed the subject by asking about the Space Trading Fair, and Xiao Yan reminded her that he had collected three pieces of the Demon Flame Fragment Map.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to bring Nalan, Xian'er, and Medusa to the fair while his Teacher stayed at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Wan misunderstood the discussion and made an awkward remark about being gentle with many people, then hurriedly denied what Xiao Yan thought she meant.
• Xiao Yan comforted Yao Wan, removed her Azure Ear Pendant earrings, and held her as she drifted toward sleep.

Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and the women set out for the Space Trading Fair while Yao Chen stayed behind to watch over Starfall Pavilion. They reached the barren desert where the fair was held, and Yao Wan and Medusa compared it unfavorably with the Tagor Desert.

• Yao Chen teased Xiao Yan and Yao Wan about their relationship and asked Yao Wan to look after Xiao Yan during the trip.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, Little Fairy Doctor, Nalan Yan Ran, and Medusa departed for the Space Trading Fair as powerful Dou Zuns watched their passage and recognized Xiao Yan as Flame Venerable.
• The group arrived at the remote desert in northeastern Central State where the Space Trading Fair was held.
• Yao Wan remarked that the desert was even more lifeless than the Tagor Desert, and Medusa agreed that the Snake-People could not survive there for long.

Xiao Yan and the women entered the Space Trading Fair, where Nalan Yanran stood up for Medusa and tried to find inspiration in a sword technique. They explored Space Town’s stalls, leaving Nalan Yanran frustrated when Yao Wan dismissed the technique she had noticed.

• Nalan Yanran drove off a Dou Zun Peak expert who had stared at Medusa and the other women, and Medusa thanked her.
• Nalan Yanran called Medusa a sister, took her hand, and tried to ease her discomfort.
• Xiao Yan led Yao Wan and the three women through a Space Tunnel into Space Town, the hidden venue of the Space Trading Fair.
• The group browsed the stalls, where Nalan Yanran examined a technique called Demon Subduing Sword in hopes of finding sword-intent inspiration.
• Yao Wan dismissed the technique as flashy but useless, and Nalan Yanran accused her of using Soul Power to inspect it.