Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan rescued Hei Qing from Xuan Chi and the Ancient Dragon Allied Forces, then reunited with Zhu Li and headed for Eastern Dragon Island. Zhu Li said Zi Yan was safe but postponed explaining the situation until they arrived.

• Hei Qing was stunned by Xiao Yan's scarlet-gold Heaven Demon Phoenix wings, and Yao Wan said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had no objections.
• Xuan Chi mistook Xiao Yan and Yao Wan for Yao Clan members and tried to negotiate, but Yao Wan sealed his cultivation and handed him to the Patrol Team.
• Yao Wan crushed the Ancient Dragon Allied Forces' battle formation with a golden stone hammer, leaving no trace of the forces behind.
• Xiao Yan told Hei Qing that Yao Wan was the Yao Clan's Young Miss and his fiancée, and Hei Qing called him the Yao Clan's Young Master.
• Zhu Li arrived with reinforcements, welcomed Xiao Yan's help, and said Zi Yan was well before leading them toward Eastern Dragon Island.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan arrived at Eastern Dragon Island, where Zhu Li brought them to meet Dragon Emperor Zi Yan. Xiao Yan and Zi Yan warmly reunited, while Yao Wan observed their closeness and teased Xiao Yan about it.

• Zhu Li escorted Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and the injured Hei Qing to Eastern Dragon Island after capturing Xuan Chi.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan crossed the island’s silver barrier and saw its lush landscape and grand palace.
• Zhu Li asked Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to wait in the Reception Hall for the Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan hurried into the hall, greeted Xiao Yan warmly, and grabbed his hand before Zhu Li reminded her to observe proper decorum.
• Zi Yan recognized Yao Wan and thanked her for helping her grow up early, while Yao Wan told Zi Yan that Xiao Yan had hurried to see her.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan learned that Eastern Dragon Island was surrounded by the Three Great Dragon Islands and that Zi Yan faced three powerful Dragon Kings. After they revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was no longer a threat, Zi Yan refused further help and left to face the danger herself.

• Zhu Li explained that the Three Great Dragon Islands had isolated Eastern Dragon Island and that Zi Yan was the only one there who could challenge their Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan learned the Dragon Kings' cultivation levels, including that the Northern Dragon King was nearing Four Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Wan revealed that Xiao Yan's scarlet-golden wings belonged to Huang Tian, and Xiao Yan said the Yao Clan had helped defeat the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan warned that he and Yao Wan could hold back the two weaker Dragon Kings but could not guarantee victory against additional Dou Sheng enemies.
• Zi Yan refused Yao Wan's offer to summon two Yao Clan Elders and ended the meeting, prompting Yao Wan to call her stubborn.

While staying on Eastern Dragon Island, Yao Wan sympathized with Zi Yan’s lonely burden as Dragon Emperor, prompting Xiao Yan to ask about Yao Wan’s parents. Yao Wan explained that she was born to Yao Clan Descendants but raised by the Clan Leader, and she left her birth parents unvisited; Xiao Yan embraced her and promised their home would remain safe before an unexpected knock interrupted them.

• Yao Wan said Zi Yan faced Eastern Dragon Island’s troubles without parental support, and Xiao Yan reflected on her burden.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Wan whether anything had happened to her parents, and she explained the Yao Clan’s Bloodline Selection among its descendants.
• Yao Wan revealed that her biological parents were Yao Clan Descendants and that the Clan Leader took her away at birth because of her unusual Soul Power.
• Yao Wan said she had never visited her birth parents because she did not know how to face their love and expectations, though she hoped they lived peacefully.
• Xiao Yan embraced Yao Wan and promised that the Yao Clan and their family would be safe, but a knock interrupted them.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan learned that the Three Great Dragon Islands planned to attack Eastern Dragon Island within three days, backed by powerful elders and two mysterious Dou Sheng experts. Zi Yan agreed to prepare for the coming battle, while Yao Wan went to strengthen the island’s defensive formation; Xiao Yan stayed with Zi Yan and offered her medicinal pills.

• Zhu Li brought Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to Dragon Prison, where Zi Yan forced the captured Xuan Chi to reveal the Three Great Dragon Islands’ plans.
• Xuan Chi disclosed that the Three Great Dragon Islands would attack in three days with their kings, three senior fighters, and two unidentified Dou Sheng experts.
• Yao Wan suspected the unknown experts belonged to the Hun Clan or Spirit Devouring Clan, and Zi Yan decided Eastern Dragon Island should prepare for battle.
• Zi Yan trusted Yao Wan with the island’s remnant protective formation, and Yao Wan went to its core to adapt the Heavenly Phoenix Imprisons Dragon Formation.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan medicinal pills, and she ate one with more elegance than before.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan talked about their past and teased each other while Yao Wan worked on Eastern Dragon Island’s protective formation. After three days, the allied forces of the Three Great Dragon Islands arrived, and Zi Yan prepared to face them as Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan he had once seen her as a troublesome little girl, and they discussed his relationship with Yao Wan.
• Zi Yan playfully searched Xiao Yan for treasures, making him laugh and struggle to get away.
• Yao Wan adjusted the Clan Protecting Grand Formation and reflected on its mysteries while giving Xiao Yan and Zi Yan time alone.
• After three days of preparation, Zi Yan summoned Eastern Dragon Island’s experts and set out with Xiao Yan as the allied forces approached.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings advanced toward Eastern Dragon Island, and two mysterious figures offered to deal with Zi Yan in exchange for payment.

Eastern Dragon Island’s forces fought the Three Great Dragon Islands while Zi Yan faced the Three Great Dragon Kings. Xiao Yan and Yao Wan joined Zi Yan, but the Northern Dragon King called in two Dou Sheng experts who revealed themselves as members of the Spirit Devouring Clan.

• The Northern Dragon King recognized Huang Tian’s wings on Xiao Yan and realized Yao Wan had arrived with him, unsettling the Southwestern Two Dragon Kings.
• The vanguards clashed, and the battle between Eastern Dragon Island and the Three Great Dragon Islands erupted into a stalemate.
• Zi Yan accused the Northern Dragon King of causing the Ancient Dragon Clan’s division, and he ordered the Western and Southern Dragon Kings to capture her.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan appeared beside Zi Yan and refused to leave, balancing the Three Great Dragon Kings’ pressure.
• The Northern Dragon King summoned two hidden allies, who revealed themselves as Gen Sheng and Kan Sheng of the Spirit Devouring Clan.

The Three Dragon Kings allied with the Spirit Devouring Clan’s Gen Sheng and Kan Sheng to seize Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, while Xiao Yan and Yao Wan fought the two Four Star Dou Shengs. As Zi Yan struggled against the Dragon Kings and Yao Wan’s hammer was destroyed, Yao Wan activated the clan’s protecting formation.

• Gen Sheng and Kan Sheng revealed themselves as Spirit Devouring Clan Dou Shengs, and Xiao Yan and Yao Wan each chose one to fight while Zi Yan faced the Three Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan used the Dou Shen Unification Battle Method to raise their cultivation to roughly Four Star Dou Sheng before confronting Kan Sheng and Gen Sheng.
• Xiao Yan exchanged water-and-fire attacks with Kan Sheng, burning away his water techniques but getting driven back by Heaven Swallowing; Kan Sheng’s palm was scorched black.
• Gen Sheng broke Yao Wan’s Stone Hammer, while Zi Yan was held at bay by the combined attacks of the Three Dragon Kings.
• Yao Wan called out, “Clan Protecting Grand Formation, activate!”

Yao Wan activated a specially altered Clan Protecting Grand Formation that drew on the Void Ancient Dragon bloodline and greatly strengthened Eastern Dragon Island, including Zi Yan. Zi Yan overwhelmed the Three Great Dragon Kings, while the Northern Dragon King, driven to desperation, turned toward a dangerous alternative.

• Yao Wan activated the Clan Protecting Grand Formation, which drew silver threads from Ancient Dragon descendants on both sides into the Ancient Dragon Totem.
• The formation restored and enhanced Eastern Dragon Island’s fighters, allowing them to push back the larger forces of the Three Great Dragon Islands.
• Yao Wan revealed that the formation also drew power from the Three Great Dragon Kings’ bloodlines, and Zi Yan’s strength surged as a result.
• Zi Yan pierced the Western Dragon King, threw and wounded the Southern Dragon King, and struck the Northern Dragon King with her spear.
• The Northern Dragon King realized he could not defeat Zi Yan and recalled an offer from two Saints as he insisted that the Dragon Emperor’s position was destined to be his.

The Northern Dragon King consumed a demonic treasure and swallowed the Western and Southern Dragon Kings, transforming into a grotesque Three-Headed Demon Dragon. Xiao Yan and Zi Yan broke through the Spirit Devouring Clan’s interference, but the monster emerged stronger and threatened to devour them all.

• The Northern Dragon King absorbed the Western and Southern Dragon Kings into a pitch-black storm while Gen Sheng and Kan Sheng tried to stop Yao Wan and Xiao Yan from intervening.
• Yao Wan ignited a dark red flame to confront Gen Sheng, while Xiao Yan unleashed a Fire Lotus that shattered Kan Sheng’s water curtain and cleared a path for Zi Yan.
• The Northern Dragon King finished devouring the other two Dragon Kings and emerged as a three-headed monster, claiming he would devour everyone and use their flesh to complete his body.
• Zi Yan condemned the Northern Dragon King for betraying the Ancient Dragon Clan, and he answered that he had consumed the other Dragon Kings because their bloodlines were useless.
• Qing Shan called attention to the Three-Headed Demon Dragon’s hideous form, and the Great Elders of the Three Great Dragon Islands fell silent and stopped fighting Eastern Dragon Island’s elders.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan fought to hold back the newly transformed Three-Headed Demon Dragon while Zi Yan sought a way to exploit its remaining Ancient Dragon bloodline. Xiao Yan trapped the demon dragon in the Five Round Li Fire Grand Array, and Zi Yan began to act.

• Yao Wan wounded Gen Sheng with the Ash Extinction Flame and declared that the demon dragon was vulnerable before it finished digesting the Western Dragon King and Southern Dragon King's cultivation.
• The Three-Headed Demon Dragon attacked Yao Wan, but Xiao Yan caught her and agreed to hold off the monster while she dealt with the Spirit Devouring Clan's Two Sages.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan for one incense stick's time, saying she could use the demon dragon's remaining Ancient Dragon bloodline to deal with it.
• Yao Wan intercepted Kan Sheng and Gen Sheng as Xiao Yan blocked the demon dragon's claw and struck it with a Destruction Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan used the Five Round Li Fire Grand Array and its fire spirits to bind and suppress the demon dragon, then heard a sharp sword leave its sheath as someone promised to take over.

Xiao Yan’s Li Fire Grand Formation weakened as the Northern Dragon King’s Three-Headed Demon Dragon broke free, but Zi Yan arrived with the Dragon Slaying Sword and overwhelmed the monster. After Xiao Yan claimed its Dragon Heart, a massive mountain shielded the Demon Dragon from Zi Yan’s final strike, and its body vanished.

• Xiao Yan swallowed pills to replenish his Dou Qi while struggling to hold the Three-Headed Demon Dragon in the Li Fire Grand Formation.
• Zi Yan arrived and used the Dragon Slaying Sword to cut off the Demon Dragon’s claws, then wounded it with two more strikes.
• Zi Yan mocked the Northern Dragon King for failing to obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and the Demon Dragon lost its ability to resist.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan to take the Demon Dragon’s heart, and he caught the still-beating Dragon Heart after she cut it free.
• A massive mountain appeared to shield the Demon Dragon from Zi Yan’s next sword strike, and the monster vanished beneath it.

After the demonic dragon escaped, Zi Yan collapsed from the cost of using the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Yao Wan treated her while Xiao Yan cared for her. Zi Yan said she could use the sword once more after three days, giving them another chance to pursue the Northern Dragon King and the Spirit Devouring Clan.

• The demonic dragon fled through space, and Zi Yan said they could not catch it.
• Zi Yan lost consciousness after the Dragon Slaying Sword vanished, and Xiao Yan caught her.
• Yao Wan took Zi Yan from Xiao Yan and used the Life Spirit Flame to clear her mind and assess her injuries.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan medicinal pills, and she joked with him while recovering.
• Zi Yan said she would be able to use the Dragon Slaying Sword again after three days, and Yao Wan told her to endure until then.

After Zi Yan entered seclusion to recover, Yao Wan took charge of the Three Great Dragon Islands’ affairs, while Xiao Yan teased her and paid for it. Yao Wan and Xiao Yan then met the Three Great Elders and Commanders, who recognized them and faced her offer to resolve the islands’ problems.

• Zi Yan worried about the aftermath of the battle, so Yao Wan promised to manage the Three Great Dragon Islands while Zi Yan healed.
• Xiao Yan mocked Yao Wan for enjoying Zi Yan calling her “good elder sister,” and Yao Wan grew angry when he tried to smooth things over with the same title.
• Yao Wan grabbed Xiao Yan by the neck as he continued teasing her, leaving his vision blurry.
• The Three Great Elders and Commanders waited in the Dragon Hall while Qing Shan explained that Zi Yan had entered seclusion and entrusted the islands’ affairs to someone trustworthy.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan arrived, and the Three Great Elders recognized Yao Wan by her Yao Clan token.
• Yao Wan asked whether knowing her and Xiao Yan would make resolving the Three Great Dragon Islands’ problems more convenient.

Yao Wan helped Zi Yan begin the merger of the Three Great Dragon Islands, but the group found Northern Dragon Island had vanished. After returning to Eastern Dragon Island, Yao Wan examined the demonic Dragon Heart Xiao Yan had preserved and considered using it to cultivate her new method, leaving them to seek a way to suppress its Demonic Qi.

• Yao Wan helped the leaders of the Three Great Dragon Islands approve a preliminary plan for their merger, earning the gratitude of Great Elder Qing Shan.
• Three days later, Zi Yan, Yao Wan, and Xiao Yan went to Northern Dragon Island, only to find that it had disappeared and left a strong stench of blood.
• The group returned to Eastern Dragon Island, where news of Northern Dragon Island's disappearance turned its warriors against the Northern Dragon King and prompted other forces to support the merger.
• Xiao Yan showed Yao Wan the living Dragon Heart he had taken from the wicked beast, and she recognized that it resembled an Evil Core and might aid her cultivation.
• Yao Wan said she needed a power to suppress the Dragon Heart's Demonic Qi, and she and Xiao Yan identified the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as a suitable choice.

After the three Dragon Islands reunited as Ancient Dragon Island, Xiao Yan and Yao Wan prepared to leave and continue their preparations for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Zi Yan insisted on joining them to pursue the Northern Dragon King, and the group departed for Starfall Pavilion.

• The three Dragon Islands overlapped again, leaving Ancient Dragon Island as the sole remaining island.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan told Zi Yan they needed to leave and prepare for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Zi Yan persuaded Xiao Yan to let her accompany them, saying she wanted to help pursue the Northern Dragon King.
• Zi Yan gave Qing Shan a long list of instructions, then followed Xiao Yan and Yao Wan through a Spatial Passage off Ancient Dragon Island.
• After reaching the open sky, Zi Yan celebrated leaving the island, and Yao Wan suggested they return to Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan learned that the Yan Clan was ready to fulfill its agreement by opening the Burning Flame Secret Realm, so they hurried off to the Yan Clan. Left at Starfall Pavilion, Zi Yan met Xiao Xiao and discovered that she was Xiao Yan and Medusa’s daughter.

• Venerable Yao Qi told Xiao Yan and Yao Wan that the Yan Clan had summoned Yao Wan to the Burning Flame Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan departed for the Yan Clan, leaving Zi Yan at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen arranged for Zi Yan to stay at her former quarters while he left.
• Xiao Xiao found Zi Yan, who learned that Xiao Xiao was Xiao Yan and Medusa’s daughter.
• Zi Yan eagerly told Xiao Xiao that she knew both her parents and took her hand.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan traveled to the Yan Clan and were welcomed into the Flame World by Huo Yao Elder. He explained that the Yan Clan would exchange access to its Burning Flame inheritance for Yao Wan’s Fire Separation Method, and brought them to the secret realm’s entrance.

• Xiao Yan sensed a bad premonition on the way to the Yan Clan but set it aside to focus on their visit.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan reached the Yan Clan’s Flame Mountain, where a patrol stopped them until Yao Wan showed her token.
• A Yan Clan Dou Sheng opened the Flame World Gate, and Huo Yao Elder welcomed Xiao Yan and Yao Wan inside.
• Huo Yao Elder guided them through Thousand Li Flame Mountain and revealed that the Yan Clan’s Burning Flame Secret Realm held the Crimson Emperor’s legacy.
• Huo Yao Elder explained that the Yan Clan had agreed to trade one inheritance qualification for Yao Wan’s Fire Separation Method, then led them to the secret realm’s entrance.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan met Fire Spirit Fairy at the entrance to the Burning Flame Secret Realm, where the Yan Clan handed over two Strange Fires before Xiao Yan entered with Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi. Inside the dark passage, the three sensed lava flowing beneath them and realized their surroundings might be moving.

• Fire Spirit Fairy greeted Xiao Yan and Yao Wan and praised Xiao Yan’s reputation and strength.
• Fire Spirit Fairy gave Xiao Yan the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame and the Netherworld Golden Ancestral Fire, which he sealed after noticing they were not fully mature.
• Xiao Yan entered the Burning Flame Secret Realm with Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi while Yao Wan and Fire Spirit Fairy stayed outside.
• Huo Xuan praised Xiao Yan’s Dou Sheng cultivation, and Xiao Yan noted Huo Xuan had reached the peak of Nine Revolution Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan sensed lava flowing beneath the passage, and Huo Xuan felt vibrations in the stone wall and wondered whether they were moving.

Xiao Yan entered the Burning Flame Tianchi and discovered that its intense fire energy drew out and activated the Heavenly Flames he carried. As he endured the pool’s burning force and circulated the Flame Mantra, he strengthened his body and sensed that the golden radiance could subtly increase his bloodline power.

• Xiao Yan crossed into a vast, flame-filled palace and became separated from Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi.
• Xiao Yan found a blood-red fire pool surrounded by restrictions and eight Vermilion Bird statues, then decided to use its energy to nurture and devour his two unabsorbed Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan stepped into the pool, and the Heavenly Flames on his body activated the statues’ Ten Directions Divine Beast Phantoms, causing the Burning Flame Tianchi’s energy to surge.
• Xiao Yan sat in the pool and endured its intense pain while circulating the Flame Mantra, which drew in the violent fire energy and rapidly increased his physical strength and cultivation.
• Xiao Yan absorbed a small amount of golden divine radiance and sensed that it subtly increased his bloodline power despite his lack of Yan Clan blood.