Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes with his newly displayed strength and turned their own fire against them. He destroyed their combined formation, while his attention shifted to Yao Wan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Clan Protecting Grand Formation.

• Feng Huang ordered the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes to attack Xiao Yan despite their shock at sensing a Dragon Phoenix aura.
• Xiao Yan endured Feng Huang’s Heavenly Phoenix Fire, stopped Ying Huang’s claws with two fingers, and sent Ying Huang flying with a palm.
• Xiao Yan traded blows with Kun Huang, kicked him away, then took control of the sea of fire and asked Feng Huang if she had any other tricks.
• Kun Huang and Ying Huang transformed into enormous Heaven Demon Phoenixes and attacked Xiao Yan as Feng Huang formed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Ancient Formation.
• Xiao Yan’s palm overwhelmed the three phoenixes’ formation and swallowed it in flames, after which he looked toward Yao Wan with concern.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan activated the Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation, trapping Yao Wan and the Yao Clan forces under its attacks. Yao Wan countered with a Bronze Ancient Bell, but the formation endured, and a mysterious Fire Lotus flew toward the Heavenly Phoenix Visage.

• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan activated the Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation, whose pressure disrupted the Yao Clan experts’ Dou Qi and halted their advance.
• Jiu Feng called the Heaven Demon Phoenixes to support the formation, and they unleashed streams of light, wind blades, and poisonous black rays against the attackers.
• Yao Wan raised a Space Barrier, while Little Fairy Doctor absorbed most of the poisonous rays and Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, and the others defended against the remaining attacks.
• Yao Wan summoned a Bronze Ancient Bell and used Great Sound is Soundless to strike at the Heavenly Phoenix Visage, but the formation met the toll with a powerful shock wave and quickly recovered.
• Yao Wan saw a Fire Lotus fly toward the Heavenly Phoenix Visage and wondered what it was.

Xiao Yan suppressed the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes, then used Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to destroy the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation. With the formation broken and its backlash incapacitating the clan members, the battle turned decisively against Jiu Feng's side.

• Yao Wan watched Xiao Yan arrive after defeating the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes and was delighted to see him join the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the formation restricted the region's power of heaven and earth, so he formed a seven-petaled Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to break it from outside.
• Xiao Yan hurled the fire lotus at the Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation, and Jiu Feng realized the Three Phoenixes had been defeated.
• The fire lotus's explosion unleashed a Space Storm that battered the formation, which briefly seemed to withstand the impact before the fire lotus's full power erupted.
• The Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation shattered, and its backlash sent countless Heaven Demon Phoenixes, including Jiu Feng, falling from the sky.

The Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation collapsed, leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan exposed as Xiao Yan and Yao Wan joined the fight against Huang Tian. Huang Tian’s giant demon phoenix form suddenly shrank as its power drained away, and he suspected the broken formation was responsible.

• The formation collapsed, shocking the allied Dou Shengs while Yao Wanzhu and Yao Wanchun continued holding them back.
• Xiao Yan returned with the sealed Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes, and he and Yao Wan decided to join Ten Thousand Fire Elder against Huang Tian.
• Huang Tian summoned his enormous Demon Phoenix Saintly Image and challenged Yao Wanhua’s strength.
• Huang Tian’s demon phoenix form began shrinking, and he realized the broken Clan Protecting Grand Formation might be draining his power.

Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Wanhua defeated and captured Huang Tian after the Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation was broken. When Huang Tian insulted Yao Wan and Xiao Yan, Yao Wan began tearing off his Demon Phoenix Wings while keeping them alive with the Life Spirit Flame.

• Huang Tian lost the power of the Clan Protecting Grand Formation, and Yao Wanhua took advantage of his weakened state to attack him.
• Yao Wan used her soul power to suppress Huang Tian as Xiao Yan appeared with a Destruction Fire Lotus and struck him while Yao Wanhua prevented him from self-destructing.
• The fire lotus devastated Huang Tian, and Yao Wanhua sealed his cultivation and aura.
• Huang Tian threatened Yao Wan and Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan kicked him and knocked out two of his teeth.
• Yao Wan told Huang Tian he would pay for his insults, then used the Life Spirit Flame to tear off his Demon Phoenix Wings and prolong his pain.

Yao Wan defeated Huang Tian and brought him back to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where she revealed his defeat and began executing the clan’s Dou Venerates to gather their blood. Feng Qing’er appeared at Yao Wan’s side, and Yao Wan prepared to continue her revenge against the clan.

• Yao Wan gave Huang Tian’s Scarlet Golden Wings to Xiao Yan, who stored them for possible future use.
• Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Wanhua returned to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with the defeated Huang Tian.
• Yao Wan exposed Huang Tian’s bloody, wingless body to the gathered clan, and Jiu Feng confronted her and Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wan told the clan that she was their retribution for what they had done to her and Xiao Yan, then ordered the executions to begin with the Dou Venerates.
• Yao Wan used emerald-green flames to draw blood from a slain Heaven Demon Phoenix and called for Feng Qing’er, who appeared and addressed her as Master.

Yao Wan slaughtered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to gather and refine its bloodline power into a blood pool. After killing nearly everyone on the plaza, she found that the pool still was not enough, leaving Kun Huang to face the threatened destruction of the rest of his clan.

• Feng Qing'er stood beside Yao Wan as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members condemned her as a traitor.
• Yao Wan and the Yao Clan Dou Zun killed the clan's Dou Zun members and refined their bloodlines into a growing sphere.
• Yao Wan taunted Kun Huang over his past attack on Xiao Yan and forced him to watch the slaughter.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wanhua killed Ying Huang and Feng Huang, and Yao Wan added their Dou Sheng bloodlines to the sphere, which expanded into a blood pool.
• Yao Wanhua killed Huang Tian and Jiu Feng, leaving Kun Huang as the only survivor on the plaza.
• Yao Wan realized the blood pool was still insufficient and said she would take blood from the clan's remaining members, even if she had to work down to Dou Emperor and Dou Wang.

Yao Wan slaughtered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to gather blood for a ritual, but Xiao Yan stopped her before she could kill the weaker clansmen. Feng Qing'er entered the blood pool to undergo a possible bloodline metamorphosis, while Yao Wan and her companions searched the clan’s hall and found something familiar.

• Yao Wan ordered the Yao Clan Dou Zun to slaughter the Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Zong and feed their blood into the pool as Kun Huang watched.
• Yao Wan called for the Dou Emperor and Dou Wang members to be killed, but Xiao Yan killed Kun Huang and persuaded her to stop.
• Yao Wan sent Feng Qing'er into the blood pool in her True Form, hoping to transform her into a Heavenly Phoenix bloodline.
• Yao Wan rewarded the Yao Clan fighters by letting Ten Thousand Fire Elder distribute the spoils from the fallen clan.
• Yao Wan left the square with Xiao Yan and the others, searched the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s great hall, and recognized something familiar.

While searching the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s hall, Yao Wan and Medusa found evidence of Yao Wangui’s involvement and a diplomatic message from Northern Dragon Island. Yao Wan revealed that the Dragon Islands threatened Zi Yan’s Eastern Dragon Island, so the group prepared to strengthen themselves and go investigate.

• Medusa activated a Yao Clan tracking talisman, and Yao Wan recognized it as evidence connecting Yao Wangui to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s attack.
• Yao Wan said she would deal with Yao Wangui later, once her other responsibilities were settled and she could exact the repayment she wanted.
• Medusa found a jade slip showing that Northern Dragon Island had presented a treasure to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Yao Wan explained that the Dragon Islands were divided and fighting over legitimacy.
• Yao Wan said Zi Yan was likely on Eastern Dragon Island and proposed that they go there after Medusa grew stronger.
• When Xiao Yan and the others returned, Yao Wan teased Xiao Yan about finding him a concubine, then warned them that other Dragon Islands planned to attack Eastern Dragon Island.
• Yao Wan told the group to cultivate and suggested they first visit the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan because Qing Lin had formed a connection with them.

After defeating the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Yao Wan left its surviving members under Little Phoenix’s future rule and led the Yao Clan toward the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan to pursue the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance. On the journey, she considered using the Spirit Devouring Clan’s power to create a cultivation method that could absorb the Azure Firmament Divine Tree’s energy, leaving Xiao Yan to offer to help her obtain a Dou Sheng-level Evil Core.

• Yao Wanchun told Yao Wan that the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan had offered him the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance, which Yao Wan realized could help her advance.
• After the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s remaining affairs were settled, Yao Wan left its survivors to guard the blood pool and departed with the Yao Clan toward the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• News spread through Central State that Yao Wan and the Yao Clan had crushed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, alarming other powerful factions and prompting them to send people to investigate.
• While traveling, Yao Wan reflected on the difficulty of absorbing the Azure Firmament Divine Tree’s energy and considered combining Spirit Devouring Clan techniques, the Ancient Devouring Insect’s formula, and Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Wan explained that her plan required a Dou Sheng-level Spirit Devouring Clan Evil Core, and Xiao Yan offered to help her kill one when the opportunity arose.

Yao Wan revealed that the Azure Firmament Divine Tree had pushed her cultivation method close to its limit, and Xiao Yan’s group entered the Nether Serpent Earth Vein to seek a Dou Saint-level Spirit Devouring Clan Evil Core. They reached the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and found someone standing unprotected on its shore.

• Yao Wan explained that her cultivation method might not let her advance much farther, and Xiao Yan connected the problem to the Azure Firmament Divine Tree.
• Yao Wanchun led Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, Nalan Yanran, and the others into the Nether Serpent Earth Vein, where Nalan Yanran struggled with the bitter cold but refused to turn back.
• A guard recognized Yao Wanchun’s token and directed the group to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Clan Chief Yao Ming was said to be.
• Xiao Yan used Space Power to carry the group through the freezing gale wind and down the abyss to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan saw a figure standing motionless and unprotected on the lake’s shore.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan met Yao Ming, the restored leader of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan, and the group visited the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet holding the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance. Medusa and Nalan Yanran stayed by the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to cultivate, while Yao Wan urged Xiao Yan to pursue the inheritance.

• Yao Wanchun introduced Yao Ming to Yao Wan and Xiao Yan, and explained how he had escaped imprisonment and reclaimed leadership of his clan.
• Yao Wan gave Yao Ming several Jade Bottles as a gift, and he invited the group to move away from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to talk.
• Medusa chose to cultivate in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, and Nalan Yanran stubbornly joined her despite Xiao Yan’s concern.
• Yao Ming led Yao Wan and the others to the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and explained that the inheritance required great soul-realm accomplishments.
• Yao Wan said she did not need the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s inheritance and told Xiao Yan to try it so he could learn about Soul Power.

Xiao Yan entered the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet to pursue the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance, while Yao Wan declined to go herself and gave Xiao Yan a bell for protection. Inside the tablet, the Demon Saint challenged Xiao Yan's worthiness with Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, and Xiao Yan met the attack with his ancient bell.

• Yao Wan gave Xiao Yan the chance to enter the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet, and Yao Ming warned him that the tablet had badly injured him before.
• Xiao Yan condensed his soul into human form, and Yao Wan struck him with a faintly ringing bell before he entered the tablet.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint told Xiao Yan that Yao Wan's Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul was better suited to receive the inheritance.
• Xiao Yan said Yao Wan had refused because she believed her own Soul Dou Technique would not be inferior, angering the Demon Saint into testing Xiao Yan.
• The Demon Saint unleashed Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, and Xiao Yan blocked its sound waves with a virtual ancient bell.

Xiao Yan defeated the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s trial and received his techniques and Essence Blood before the remnant soul vanished. Outside the stone tablet, Xiao Yan shared the inheritance and Essence Blood with his companions, who prepared to cultivate in the Nether Serpent Earth Vein.

• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint accepted that Xiao Yan had endured the Yellow Springs Sky Wrath and passed him the Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm techniques.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Yan his Essence Blood, then his remnant soul, throne, and mountain dissipated.
• Xiao Yan awoke outside the stone tablet and distributed the inheritance and Essence Blood, giving Yao Wan a drop that she had Yao Wanchun safeguard.
• The group began preparing to cultivate, and Yao Wan suggested that Little Fairy Doctor train near the Nine Nether Yellow Springs with Nalan Yanran and the others.

Xiao Yan stabilized Nalan Yanran with Demon Saint Essence Blood before diving into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to find Medusa. Profound Elder arrived to escort Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, interrupting her plans to remain with Xiao Yan and Yao Wan.

• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood and warned her that two nearby peaks were suitable for cultivation.
• Xiao Yan placed another drop of Demon Saint Essence Blood in Nalan Yanran's mouth, clearing the cold from her meridians; she woke and playfully held his fingertip before he pulled away.
• Xiao Yan plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to look for Medusa, while Xun'er questioned Yao Wan about Nalan Yanran's behavior.
• Profound Elder appeared above the Yellow Springs and told Xun'er that the Clan Leader had sent him to escort her back to the Gu Clan.
• Xun'er accepted that she would have to return with Profound Elder, while Yao Wan and Profound Elder exchanged polite greetings.

Xiao Yan found Medusa in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and gave her the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood before returning to Yao Wan. With Xun'er recalled by the Gu Clan, Xiao Yan prepared to enter seclusion and merge with Huang Tian's Demon Phoenix Wings.

• Profound Elder escorted Xun'er away from the Nether Serpent Earth Vein, and she warned Yao Wan to be careful around the Void Ancient Dragon clan.
• Yao Ming and Yao Wanchun visited Yao Wan, who told them to keep the Nine Nether Yellow Springs undisturbed while Xiao Yan was inside.
• Xiao Yan found Medusa sleeping at the bottom of the Yellow Springs and fed her a drop of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's essence blood.
• Medusa briefly awakened and playfully held Xiao Yan back before he returned to the surface, where Yao Wan told him Xun'er had gone back with the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter seclusion as Xian'er cultivated nearby, and Yao Wan prepared Huang Tian's Demon Phoenix Wings for him to merge with by suppressing their remaining blood energy.

Xiao Yan refined Huang Tian’s Demon Phoenix Wings, using his bloodline and Dragon Phoenix cry to overcome the wings’ resistance. He absorbed their power to break into the Responsive Body Realm, then successfully consumed the Demon Saint Essence Blood as Yao Wan watched.

• Xiao Yan prepared himself and refined the Demon Phoenix Wings, directing their energy toward his shoulders.
• His own bloodline fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline within his meridians until his Dragon Phoenix cry silenced and let him devour it.
• Xiao Yan used the wings’ energy to loosen the Responsive Body Realm’s shackles and transform his Lapis Lazuli Dharma Body.
• Scarlet Golden wings manifested behind Xiao Yan, then vanished as he gained command over their power.
• Yao Wan asked whether the refinement had succeeded, and Xiao Yan swallowed the Demon Saint Essence Blood, completing the process smoothly.

After half a year of seclusion, Xiao Yan reached the Responsive Body Realm and advanced to the late stage of One Star Dou Sheng, then discussed their next destination with Yao Wan. They decided to leave Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor cultivating at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and head to Ancient Dragon Island, where Yao Wan’s calm agreement left Xiao Yan wondering whether she was truly unbothered.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after merging the Demon Phoenix Wings into his body and using Demon Saint Essence Blood to advance his cultivation.
• Yao Wan assessed Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor’s ongoing cultivation and decided they should remain at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs until they refined their Demon Saint Essence Blood.
• Yao Wan suggested visiting the Yan Clan to collect another Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan said it was not urgent.
• Xiao Yan chose to go to Ancient Dragon Island to help the Little Dragon Girl and gain the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s support.
• Yao Wan agreed that they should intervene early, and Xiao Yan asked whether she was angry; she questioned why he was looking at her that way.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan traveled from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs toward Ancient Dragon Island, where Demon Phoenix Wings let him outpace her through the void. They arrived to find the Ancient Dragon Allied Forces attacking Eastern Dragon Island and calling for the death of the fake Dragon Emperor.

• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan she would accept his fate with Xun'er but warned him not to deceive her or fool around with other women; Xiao Yan embraced and kissed her.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan informed Yao Wanchun and Yao Ming before setting out for Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan used his Demon Phoenix Wings and a Space Tunnel to carry Yao Wan through the void toward Ancient Dragon Island.
• Yao Wan acknowledged that Xiao Yan was faster than her, though she still surpassed him in mastery of Space Power.
• The Ancient Dragon Allied Forces ambushed the patrol near Eastern Dragon Island and began forcing their way onto the island to kill the fake Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Yan and a woman arrived just as Xuan Chi was about to kill the badly wounded Hei Qing, and Xiao Yan rescued him. The chapter leaves Xiao Yan facing Xuan Chi and Hei Qing stunned by the Scarlet Golden Wings on Xiao Yan’s back.

• Hei Qing fought Xuan Chi and the Ancient Dragon Allied Forces but was overwhelmed and left gravely wounded.
• Xuan Chi prepared to kill Hei Qing as the allied forces threatened the Eastern Dragon Island Patrol Team.
• A mysterious woman blocked Xuan Chi’s strike, giving Xiao Yan time to carry Hei Qing away and feed him a pill.
• Xiao Yan told Hei Qing to leave the attackers to them, while Hei Qing warned him that Xuan Chi was a Half-Saint.
• Hei Qing noticed Xiao Yan’s Scarlet Golden Wings and asked what he had been doing.