Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan relived his life without first meeting Wan'er, then met Yao Wan as a runaway Young Miss and traveled with her through several trials. After they parted, reunited in Central State, and fought Soul Hall pursuers together, Xiao Yan continued searching for Xun'er while Yao Wan quietly noticed Little Fairy Doctor's feelings for him.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan, later regained his talent with the help of the Old Grandpa in his ring, and became an alchemist with Xun'er's help.
• Xiao Yan met the runaway Young Miss, who insisted on traveling with him, and the two grew closer on their journey.
• Yao Wan helped Xiao Yan suppress the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, and Xiao Yan told her he was working to avenge himself against Nalan Yanran and reunite with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, but after Yao Wan's family took her away, the Yun Lan Sect attacked the Xiao Clan and the Gama Empire, forcing Xiao Yan to flee to Canaan Academy.
• Xiao Yan returned three years later, helped bring about the Yun Lan Sect's disbandment, and headed to Central State to search for Xun'er.
• Yao Wan reunited with Xiao Yan in Central State and defeated two Hall of Souls pursuers; she noticed Little Fairy Doctor's feelings for Xiao Yan but kept quiet when Little Fairy Doctor stopped her.

Yao Wan’s life with Xiao Yan and the others reached a peaceful end, but after falling asleep she dreamed of alternate lives and awoke in her childhood home. She recognized her younger sister and rushed to get ready for school, leaving her uncertain how she had returned.

• Little Fairy Doctor and Yao Wan discussed whether she should pursue Xiao Yan, while Yao Wan insisted that her marriage was her own choice.
• Yao Wan grew close to Xiao Xiao and helped with her care, but told Cai Lin that she had no romantic feelings for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan became a Dou Di, defeated Hun Tiandi, and married Cai Lin and Xun'er, while he and Yao Wan remained close but proper.
• Yao Wan fell asleep and dreamed of alternate lives, including one in which she searched for Xiao Yan and another in which she became his fiancée.
• Yao Wan woke in her childhood home, recognized her younger sister, and hurried out to avoid being late for school.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan returned to the modern world, where they found that their cultivation and memories of their former lives did not fit their surroundings. Xiao Yan waited at a costume shop and finally saw Yao Wan again, though he had not yet spoken to her.

• Yao Wan wondered whether she had truly returned, noticed that she was still a girl, and worried about Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived on a tourist street in his black outfit and was stopped by girls who wanted photos and his WeChat.
• Xiao Yan entered Green Bamboo Residence and recognized Yao Wan in a photo on the shop owner's younger daughter's tablet.
• Xiao Yan stayed at the shop, listened to the girl talk about her elder sister, and waited as evening fell.
• Yao Wan returned to the shop, and Xiao Yan recognized her familiar face and voice.

Yao Wan struggled through her first day back at school, then found herself locked out and hurried to her family’s shop to see her mother and younger sister. There she reunited with Xiao Yan, brought him home for the night, and left her mother quietly wondering about their relationship and Yao Wan’s recent change.

• Yao Wan struggled to follow her high school lessons and homework, then went home after school.
• Yao Wan could not find the house key and, unable to bear waiting for her mother, rode her electric scooter to the family shop.
• Yao Wan found Xiao Yan waiting at the shop, hugged Younger Sister, and asked Xiao Yan whether he had somewhere to stay.
• Yao Wan told her mother that Xiao Yan was her friend and invited him to stay at their home for the night.
• Yao Wan’s mother drove Xiao Yan and Younger Sister home while asking Xiao Yan how he met Yao Wan, his age, and whether he had a girlfriend.

Xiao Yan stayed at Yao Wan’s family home and told her he had come from another world, while Yao Wan promised to handle her family’s questions and his lack of an identity. The chapter ended with Yao Wan’s Mother asking what Xiao Yan’s relationship with her was.

• Yao Wan’s Mother drove Xiao Yan and her youngest daughter home, where Yao Wan’s Father reluctantly let Xiao Yan stay the night.
• Yao Wan took Xiao Yan into her room, changed his clothes, and learned he came from this world, fifteen years in the past.
• Xiao Yan worried about the people he had left behind but said he needed to look forward and focus on the Dou Qi Continent and the people he loved.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan she would handle her family’s questions and his lack of an identity, then went to speak with her Mother.
• Yao Wan’s Mother sat her at the dressing table and asked what her relationship with Xiao Yan was.

Yao Wan’s mother realized that Yao Wan had become a woman and comforted her as she cried about missing her family. After accepting Yao Wan’s feelings for Xiao Yan, her father challenged him to take responsibility and left him to decide whether to face Yao Wan.

• Yao Wan’s mother inferred that Yao Wan had become a woman from her appearance, the men’s clothes, and a mother’s intuition.
• Yao Wan embraced her mother and sobbed that she had missed her so much, then told her that she had been well and had met many people, including Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan’s mother accepted that Yao Wan liked Xiao Yan and said she was relieved that Yao Wan had not been alone in the other place.
• Yao Wan’s father invited Xiao Yan to drink and questioned him about how he met Yao Wan, whether he loved her, and how far he would go for her.
• Yao Wan’s father admitted he did not like Xiao Yan but told him to take responsibility for Yao Wan or leave; Xiao Yan was left to decide whether to open the door and look for her.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan left the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s reincarnation space after a farewell with Yao Wan’s mother, and the purified tree rewarded them with its treasures. Xiao Yan’s cultivation surged to the peak of Nine Revolution Dou Zun, while Yao Wan prepared to leave with him and eventually pursue her own breakthrough to Dou Saint.

• Yao Wan said goodbye to her mother, then reunited with Xiao Yan and discussed his conversation with Father.
• Xiao Yan comforted Yao Wan about her strained relationship with Father, and they agreed to treat the visit as preparation for a future meeting.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which confirmed that its malicious thoughts had been removed and gave Xiao Yan a spiritual droplet.
• Xiao Yan’s accumulated cultivation from his reincarnations surged from One Star Dou Zun to the peak of Nine Revolution Dou Zun.
• Yao Wan received more than twenty Bodhi Seeds and the Bodhi Heart, and recognized that her own cultivation was nearing the Half-Saint bottleneck.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan decided to find the others and prepare to leave.

Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and the others emerged from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s trials, where their companions had gained strength and Xiao Yan obtained the Bodhi treasure. As Hun Yu and Jiu Feng confronted Xiao Yan over the Bodhi Seeds, Yao Wan held Nalan Yanran back, wary that a greater danger might follow.

• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan found their companions suspended in cocoons beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the tree released them; Little Fairy Doctor and Nalan Yanran had advanced in cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran woke and accused Yao Wan of having killed her in an illusion, then Little Fairy Doctor awoke and teased Yao Wan as the three bantered.
• As powerful auras revived around them, Yao Wan confirmed they had obtained the Bodhi Heart, while Nalan Yanran urged her to leave.
• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng led their followers toward Xiao Yan and demanded the Bodhi Seeds, drawing everyone’s attention to him.
• Xiao Yan challenged Jiu Feng’s claim that they had entered the tree together, while Yao Wan stopped Nalan Yanran from joining the confrontation; Jiu Feng appealed to Hun Yu, who remained silent and resentful.

Xiao Yan refused to surrender the Bodhi Seeds, and Hun Yu rallied the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Hun Clan, and other experts against him and his companions. Xiao Yan revealed his peak Nine Revolution Dou Zun strength and prepared to strike as his opponents realized they could not break through his defenses.

• Hun Yu demanded eight Bodhi Seeds, but Xiao Yan refused and challenged the gathered experts to take them.
• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng surrounded Xiao Yan and his companions, while Hun Yu urged other experts to join the fight by pointing out that Xiao Yan held all the Bodhi Seeds.
• Jiu Feng’s forces launched attacks at Xun'er and the others, but Xiao Yan extinguished the incoming Dou Qi with a clap.
• Xiao Yan asked Hun Yu about Hun Chi Ming and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then punched Hun Yu out of concealment when he tried to attack from hiding.
• Hun Yu called for everyone to attack, but their strikes could not penetrate Xiao Yan’s defenses as he unleashed the aura of a peak Nine Revolution Dou Zun and gathered strange flames at his fingertip.

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated Hun Yu’s full-strength attack, but Hun Yu summoned Bone Nether Saint, the Hall of Souls’ Second Heavenly Venerate. As Bone Nether Saint attacked with a giant black skeleton, Xiao Yan formed the Five-Ring Heavenly Flame and prepared to suppress him.

• Hun Yu launched his Soul Extinguishing Palm at Xiao Yan, who shattered it with a casual strike.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Hall of Souls would die and swung his Flame Sword, Scorching Sea, at them.
• Hun Yu crushed a scroll to open a spatial rift, and Bone Nether Saint emerged to block Xiao Yan’s attack.
• Bone Nether Saint identified himself as the Hall of Souls’ Second Heavenly Venerate and challenged Xiao Yan with a black mist skeleton.
• Xiao Yan merged five Heavenly Flames into a thousand-zhang fire wheel and named the move Five-Ring Heavenly Flame, suppressing evil.
• Bone Nether Saint sent his giant black skeleton grabbing toward Xiao Yan as the two prepared to clash.

Xiao Yan trapped Bone Nether Saint’s Dark Skeleton in the Five Round Li Fire Grand Array, then empowered the formation with seven fire spirits. He brought the seven-spirit Leaving Fire Disc down on Bone Nether Saint, and the chapter ended with its impact erupting in a tremendous explosion.

• Xiao Yan’s Five Round Li Fire Grand Array trapped Bone Nether Saint’s thousand-zhang Dark Skeleton and bound it with Heavenly Flame chains.
• Bone Nether Saint shrank the skeleton and covered it in armor formed from countless souls, then prepared his Ten Thousand Souls Nether Break attack.
• Xiao Yan activated the formation’s five fire spirits as Bone Nether Saint insisted that the gap between a Dou Venerate and a Saint was insurmountable.
• Xiao Yan created Python and Phoenix fire spirits from two more Heavenly Flames, expanding the formation to seven spirits and drawing Jiu Feng’s angry objection.
• Xiao Yan struck Bone Nether Saint’s Dark Skeleton with the seven-spirit Leaving Fire Disc, triggering a massive explosion.

Xiao Yan’s Seven Round Li Fire strike destroyed Bone Nether Saint’s black skeleton and left Bone Nether Saint badly injured. Before Xiao Yan could finish him, a sinister middle-aged man arrived, revealing that he had come for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the treasure Saint King had failed to obtain.

• Xiao Yan’s Seven Round Li Fire swept through the battlefield, devastating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Hall of Souls experts and forcing Hun Yu and Jiu Feng to flee.
• The firestorm weakened, and Bone Nether Saint’s black bone armor and skeleton cracked apart and turned to ash.
• Bone Nether Saint spat blood as Xiao Yan prepared to attack, but Yao Wan warned Xiao Yan to retreat when a cold, evil aura approached.
• Hun Yu recognized the newcomers and reacted with alarm, while Bone Nether Saint objected to their interference.
• A refined-looking middle-aged man appeared and announced that he had come for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, the supreme treasure Saint King had failed to obtain.

A Dou Saint of the Spirit Devouring Clan attacked the Bodhi Ancient Tree, swallowing its defenses and threatening everyone nearby. Xiao Yan and the others escaped the tree’s illusion back into the Wild Ancient Domain, where Yao Wan offered to help Xiao Yan fuse his fire lotus to stop the attack.

• A Spirit Devouring Clan expert opened a devouring hollow over the Bodhi Ancient Tree, overpowering its defenses and drawing a Dou Venerate into it.
• Xiao Yan recognized the attacker as a true Dou Saint and protected the women beside him as the space around them shattered and darkness swallowed his vision.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled Xiao Yan, Jiu Feng, Hun Yu, Yao Wan, Nalan Yanran, Little Fairy Doctor, Xun'er, and Medusa into the Wild Ancient Domain.
• The Spirit Devouring Clan expert reappeared above the tree and declared that he would complete the undertaking the Saint King had failed to achieve.
• Yao Wan asked Xiao Yan to fuse his fire lotus and promised to help him keep the Bodhi Ancient Tree from the Spirit Devouring Clan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan fused the Ash Extinction Lotus while their allies fought Bone Nether Saint and the others. Their attack destroyed the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Saint’s Secret Treasure and stopped the devouring of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, leaving the enemy’s next move uncertain.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree called on Xiao Yan and Yao Wan for help as the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Saint used his Secret Treasure to devour it.
• Xiao Yan began fusing the Heavenly Flames into the Ash Extinction Lotus while Nalan Yanran, Little Fairy Doctor, Xun'er, Medusa, and Gu Qingyang held off Bone Nether Saint, Hun Yu, and Jiu Feng.
• Yao Wan struck the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Saint’s soul with her Heaven Realm Soul power, then called for Xiao Yan to attack.
• Xiao Yan launched the Ash Extinction Lotus, and the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Saint drew it into the hollow created by his Secret Treasure.
• The Ash Extinction Lotus ignited inside the hollow and destroyed it, leaving the Bodhi Ancient Tree unharmed and the Secret Treasure dimmed.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree escaped the Spirit Devouring Clan, Dui Sheng turned on Xiao Yan and Yao Wan, forcing Yao Wan to send the others away and face him alone. Xiao Yan then rushed back to help her, while Yao Wan was badly wounded in her opening clash with the Four Star Dou Sheng.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree thanked Xiao Yan and Yao Wan with two mysterious spiritual lights before sinking beneath the earth, and Bone Nether Saint withdrew the Hall of Souls while Jiu Feng led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan away.
• Dui Sheng threatened Xiao Yan and Yao Wan, so Yao Wan used a spatial formation to send Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, Medusa, Little Fairy Doctor, and the others away.
• Xiao Yan turned back through the Space Tunnel to reach Yao Wan, while Nalan Yanran remained with the others.
• Dui Sheng revealed himself as a Four Star Dou Sheng named Shi Dui and attacked Yao Wan after trapping the battlefield in a heavy marsh.
• Yao Wan used her soul power and a Bronze Ancient Bell to defend herself, but Dui Sheng shattered the bell and sent her flying, leaving her coughing blood.

Yao Wan fought Dui Sheng until Xiao Yan rescued her, but a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan ambusher struck Xiao Yan through the Heart Meridian and left him dying in her arms. As Yao Wan swore vengeance, Kun Huang learned she was in the Wild Ancient Domain and set out to confront her.

• Yao Wan injured Dui Sheng with her deathly Heavenly Flame, but he overwhelmed her until Xiao Yan arrived and carried her away.
• Xiao Yan fled with Yao Wan through the Wild Ancient Domain, whose hostile terrain slowed Dui Sheng as they sensed a Yao Clan Elder approaching.
• A Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan ambusher struck Xiao Yan through the Heart Meridian, and Yao Wan held him as he urged her to hide.
• Yao Wan turned her grief into hatred and cried out against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Jiu Feng told Kun Huang that Xiao Yan had taken the Bodhi Seeds and that a Yao Clan woman was in the Wild Ancient Domain, so Kun Huang went there.

Kun Huang nearly killed Yao Wan after killing Xiao Yan, but Yao Wanchun and Qing Lin arrived in time to intervene. Kun Huang fled when Dui Sheng broke through the deadly lands, and an unknown challenger confronted the Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Saint as he threatened the Yao Clan survivors.

• Kun Huang prepared to kill Yao Wan, but Qing Lin distracted him with an Ancient Sky Serpent illusion while Yao Wanchun struck with the Yao Clan's Heaven Shattering Palm.
• Yao Wanchun demanded to know why Kun Huang had attacked the Yao Clan, and Kun Huang admitted he had killed Xiao Yan and mocked Yao Wan.
• Yao Wan pierced Kun Huang's arm with her soul sword, but Kun Huang escaped when Dui Sheng arrived and broke through the sword mountains and fiery rain.
• Dui Sheng threatened Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, Yao Wanchun, and Qing Lin, while Yao Wanchun urged Qing Lin to take the wounded pair away.
• An unseen challenger shouted that Dui Sheng would be the one who did not leave.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan were left gravely wounded after Dui Sheng and Kun Huang attacked them, and Yao Wan insisted on taking Xiao Yan to the Yao Clan to save him. As Yao Wanchun and Yao Chen investigated the attack, they suspected someone inside the Yao Clan had leaked information to Kun Huang.

• Yao Wanhua arrived and drove Dui Sheng away from the Wild Ancient Domain with the Nine Netherworld Wind Flame.
• Yao Wan asked Qing Lin to help her take Xiao Yan to the Yao Clan, while Yao Chen found his Heart Meridian shattered and his soul silent.
• Yao Wanchun told Yao Chen and Profound Elder that Kun Huang of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had attacked alongside the Spirit Devouring Clan.
• Yao Chen questioned why Kun Huang had returned to the Wild Ancient Domain, and Yao Wanchun realized Kun Huang knew information an outsider should not have known.
• Yao Wanchun suspected someone within the Yao Clan had betrayed them and decided to report the matter to Ten Thousand Fire Elder and the Clan Leader.

Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan badly wounded with Xiao Yan near death, but Yao Dan could only sustain him for three months. She carried Xiao Yan to her cave residence, determined to seek another way to save him.

• Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan with Xiao Yan, and Yao Wangui was disturbed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had failed to kill her.
• Yao Wanhua and Yao Wanchun told the Elders what had happened in the Wild Ancient Domain, including the Soul-Devouring Evil Demon and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s involvement.
• Yao Dan examined Xiao Yan and admitted he could not save him, though he could sustain him for three months; he suggested Yao Wan seek help from the Gu Clan or spend Xiao Yan’s remaining time with him.
• Yao Wan thanked Yao Dan and left the Clan Hall carrying Xiao Yan, while the Elders watched in silence.
• Yao Wan ordered Feng Qing'er and Qing Lin to guard her cave residence, then went inside to search for a way to save Xiao Yan.

Yao Wan sought the Medicine Emperor Phantom’s help to save Xiao Yan and learned that a risky treatment might give him a chance to survive. She chose to attempt it and headed for Starfall Pavilion, where Xun'er and the others were waiting for news.

• Yao Wan brought Xiao Yan to the Medicine Emperor Phantom, who used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to assess his condition.
• The Medicine Emperor Phantom explained that Xiao Yan needed the Bodhi Heart to replace his shattered Heart Meridian and the Life Spirit Flame to repair it.
• The Medicine Emperor Phantom said the Lian Li Branch could connect Yao Wan and Xiao Yan and awaken his silent soul, though success was uncertain.
• Yao Wan chose to risk the treatment rather than simply accompany Xiao Yan through his final days.
• Yao Wan left for Starfall Pavilion with Qing Lin and summoned Ten Thousand Spring Elder and Elder Wanzhu to join her.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Xun'er and the other women waited anxiously for news while Xun'er sought aid from the Gu Clan’s alchemists.