Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang foiled Kode’s assassination attempt, killed Kode, and took Jenny and Keane to Chier Prefecture City to confront Widow Lady. Widow Lady greeted them with false warmth, and the chapter ended as the city’s nobles gathered at the City Lord’s castle.

• Kode ordered four archers to assassinate Keane and Jenny, while two other men prepared to pose as hotel attendants if the first attempt failed.
• When the archers shot at Keane and Jenny, Xiao Yang turned their arrows back and killed all four; he then destroyed the gate and killed the two remaining assassins.
• Xiao Yang used his soul power to find Kode and shred his soul, then took Jenny and Keane by ship to Chier Prefecture City.
• At the city gate, a guard reported their arrival to Widow Lady, who was surprised they had come so soon.
• Widow Lady greeted Jenny and her younger brother with false pleasantries and led them to the City Lord’s castle, where the city’s nobles gathered.

Xiao Yang killed Widow Lady and her two brothers, clearing the way for Keane to inherit the City Lord position. Xiao Yang and Lin Lei remained in Chier Prefecture City while Keane prepared to rule with Jenny's assistance.

• At a gathering, Widow Lady introduced Jenny and Keane as her returned children and promised Keane the City Lord position after two years, but Xiao Yang stopped Keane from arguing.
• That night, Xiao Yang appeared behind Widow Lady and annihilated her and her two brothers with a clash of light and darkness.
• After Widow Lady's death, nobles brought gifts to Keane, and Lambert told Jenny and Keane that Widow Lady's property was worth over ten million gold coins.
• A month later, the Jia Ke Si Family patriarch ordered Keane to inherit the City Lord position immediately, with Jenny assisting him until he came of age.
• Xiao Yang and Lin Lei stayed in Chier Prefecture City because Xiao Yang wanted to reach adulthood and Lin Lei had not yet attained Saint Domain.

Xiao Yang rescued Saisler from the Church of Light, and Saisler told him and Lin Lei about two pure-souled sisters being transported by another Church group. They intercepted the carriage, where the captive sisters cursed their captors.

• Xiao Yang and Lin Lei overheard Cardinal Lampson discussing the Church of Light's two-year pursuit of Saisler in a tavern.
• Xiao Yang killed Lampson and five other Level 9 Church of Light experts, then took Saisler to a quiet valley.
• After recovering, Saisler told Lin Lei that the Church of Light was escorting two pure-souled girls and suggested rescuing them.
• Xiao Yang, Lin Lei, and Saisler intercepted the other Church group and found the twin sisters, including Rebecca, captive in a carriage.

Rebecca and Lina were rescued with Saisler, while Earl Perry investigated the disappearance of Lampson and the other Church of Light experts. After receiving Perry’s report, Haitings summoned Stetler to respond to the crisis.

• Xiao Yang stopped the carriage so Rebecca and Lina could reunite with Saisler, then urged them to leave quickly.
• Earl Perry learned that the escorting squad had been killed and the girls had disappeared, while Lampson and six others remained missing in Chier Prefecture City.
• Perry sent three reports about Lampson and the others to the Church of Light’s Holy Island.
• Haitings celebrated the discovery of five brothers with Level-8 bodies, which he hoped to use to create five Saint-level Peak experts.
• After reading Perry’s secret letter, Haitings ordered that Stetler be brought to him.

Xiao Yang, Lin Lei, and Saisler rescued Buck and his brothers from the Church of Light, and Xiao Yang killed Stetler. The King of Assassins, Hisse, arrived and grew serious after examining the brothers, then the group traveled to a remote mountain.

• Haitings ordered Stetler to retrieve the five brothers with Level 8 bodies and kill any Saint-level expert who opposed him.
• Stetler brought the bound Buck brothers to Deco Prefecture City, where Scarlow guarded them overnight.
• Lin Lei freed Buck and his brothers, but Stetler appeared and attacked the group.
• Xiao Yang defeated Stetler with a single saber strike after Stetler identified Lin Lei and Saisler.
• Hisse arrived, greeted Lin Lei, and closely inspected Buck and his brothers.
• The group left Deco Prefecture City and traveled to a desolate mountain nearly a thousand li away.

Hisse gave the Barker brothers a copy of the Undying Codex and urged them and Lin Lei to grow stronger before seeking revenge on the Church of Light. Four years later, Xiao Yang prepared to leave for the Douqi Continent, but Ussenno and six Angels confronted him outside Basil Provincial City.

• Hisse recalled the decline of the Amanda Family and told Lin Lei and the Barker brothers to reach the ninth level and Saint Domain before pursuing revenge.
• Hisse retrieved his handwritten copy of the Undying Codex from the Sabre Organization headquarters and gave it to the Barker brothers.
• Pope Haitings sent Ussenno and six Angels to investigate Stetler's death and eliminate whoever was responsible, unless the Martial God Sect was involved.
• Four years passed, and Xiao Yang reached adulthood, gave Jenny a Rank-6 Marrow Cleansing Pill and a Low Earth Rank Water Attribute Cultivation Method, and accompanied her to Basil Provincial City.
• Ussenno and six Angels confronted Xiao Yang outside Basil Provincial City and accused him of helping Lin Lei kill Church of Light experts.

Xiao Yang and Qian Renxue killed the angels and Ussenno on the Panlong Plane, then returned to the Doupo Plane, where Xiao Yang felt his accumulated Douqi nearing a breakthrough. In their secret chamber, Xiao Yang and Qian Renxue finally became lovers.

• Xiao Yang killed the Six-Winged Angel and gave its Angel Heart to Qian Renxue, who gained her tenth Divine Soul Ring and reached Saint-level Peak.
• Qian Renxue killed the remaining five angels, while Xiao Yang defeated Ussenno and killed him with his Light Domain.
• Xiao Yang asked MacKenchi to look after Jenny and advised him to cultivate the Fire Element rather than imitate God's Domain.
• Xiao Yang and Qian Renxue returned from the Panlong Plane to the Doupo Plane, where his accumulated Douqi neared a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yang brought Qian Renxue to his secret chamber, and they finally took the last step in their relationship.

After spending the night with Qian Renxue, Xiao Yang released his suppressed power and broke through to Dou Zong in Wutan City. He discovered that he had reached peak three-star Dou Zong, nearing four-star, and realized the transformation had greatly strengthened his body.

• Xiao Yang carried the exhausted Qian Renxue from the secret chamber to her room and tucked her into bed.
• Xiao Yang unleashed his Dou Qi in the courtyard, sending a terrifying aura and energy pillar across Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Yao Lao, and Medusa Queen reacted with shock as Xiao Yang's breakthrough shook the Xiao Family and the city.
• Xiao Yang appeared in the sky and walked through the void, demonstrating the power of a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yang sensed that his meridians and bones had transformed, then blasted open a long spatial rift with a punch.
• Xiao Yang estimated that he had reached peak three-star Dou Zong, nearing four-star, after his cultivation breakthrough.

Three days after Xiao Yang broke through to Dou Zong, Gu He led Yun Yun and a force of Jia Ma Empire experts to Wutan City to confront him over the Heavenly Flame. Xiao Yang appeared in the sky and mocked them, while the assembled observers recognized his extraordinary strength.

• Gu He learned from a Desert Iron Mercenary Group member that Xiao Yang had taken a Heavenly Flame, while Nalan Yanran had also told Yun Yun about her confrontation with Xiao Yang.
• Yun Yun and Gu He gathered Feng Li, Yan Shi, more than ten Dou Lings, and members of the Xue Family to attack the Xiao Family.
• Gu He’s force arrived in Wutan City and called for Xiao Yang to come out while Xiao Yang slept beside Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yang appeared above the city without Douqi wings, revealing that he had reached Dou Zong, and taunted Gu He and the others.
• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Ling Ying, Hai Bo Dong, and Ya Fei reacted to Xiao Yang’s strength, and Hai Bo Dong advised Ya Fei to befriend him.

Xiao Yang killed Xue Changhe and Gu He with his blade, then seized Yun Yun and vanished with her. The spatial rift created by his attack also swallowed Yan Shi, Feng Li, and their companions.

• Xue Changhe accused Xiao Yang of killing his grandson Xue Cheng, and Xiao Yang defended his actions before killing him with Divine Blade Slash.
• Xiao Yang reflected that his slash had reached Earth-Rank power but had not yet attained Heaven Rank.
• Xiao Yang challenged Gu He to withstand three attacks, then cut him in half with a single blade strike.
• Xiao Yang's blade opened a spatial rift that swallowed Yan Shi, Feng Li, two Dou Wangs, and nearly twenty Dou Lings.
• Xiao Yang hypnotized Yun Yun with his blood-red eyes, seized her, and vanished with her through spatial energy.

Xiao Yang imprisoned Yun Yun in his cave and tried to convince her that Gu He had been concealing his ambitions from the Misty Cloud Sect. He then stripped away her defenses and began to assault her, leaving Yun Yun captive and helpless.

• Xiao Yang restrained Yun Yun with Dou Qi chains and explained that Gu He's limited alchemy progress could mean he was either untalented or plotting to take over the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yang warned Yun Yun that Gu He might exploit Yun Shan's death to seize power, and Yun Yun fell silent as she considered his claims.
• Xiao Yang declared Yun Yun his prisoner and rejected her offer of compensation.
• Xiao Yang corroded Yun Yun's dress, removed her Heart of the Sea Armor, and continued despite her pleas.

At Xun Er’s courtyard, Qian Renxue explained why she accepted Xiao Yang’s lustful nature and believed he still loved the women he gathered around him. She and Medusa Queen suspected he had taken Yun Yun to his usual cave, where Yun Yun was bound and had stopped resisting him.

• Xun Er invited Qian Renxue, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Medusa Queen to drink tea and play chess.
• Qian Renxue told the women she preferred Xiao Yang’s warm, possessive nature to the coldness of a god like Tang San.
• Medusa Queen noted that Xiao Yang had been gone for nearly ten days, and Qian Renxue said he was likely with Yun Yun in his cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Qian Renxue said Xiao Yang resented the Misty Cloud Sect and predicted Yun Yun would suffer after bringing someone to his door.
• In the cave, Yun Yun lay bound by Dou Qi Chains, drenched in sweat and no longer resisting Xiao Yang.
• Xiao Yang told Yun Yun to accept her fate and said he would have stolen her away even without the incident.

Xiao Yang kept Yun Yun captive and made a bet that Yun Shan would choose her or a pill that guaranteed a breakthrough to Dou Zong. Yun Shan arrived in Wutan City demanding her return, and Xiao Yang went to face him with Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yang freed Yun Yun from her chains and offered to let her go if Yun Shan chose her over the Return Sect Pill.
• Xiao Yang taught Yun Yun the leg technique Dominate for Eternity, then deceived her into trying it while exposed.
• Three days later, Yun Yun had reached Peak Five-Star Dou Emperor and warned Xiao Yang not to mention what had happened between them.
• Yun Shan arrived over Wutan City and demanded that the Xiao Family return Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yang thanked Hai Bodong and Ling Ying for protecting Xiao Zhan, then stepped forward to greet Yun Shan.

Xiao Yang offered Yun Shan a choice between keeping Yun Yun and taking a pill that could help him break through to Dou Zong. Yun Yun chose to leave her master so he could pursue the pill, and Venerable Yao, shaken by her sacrifice, shut himself away and granted Xiao Yang a Heaven-Tier cultivation technique and fighting skill.

• Xiao Yang explained why the Xiao Family had kept quiet about the engagement until Nalan Yanran publicly annulled it, then demanded that Yun Shan choose between Yun Yun and the Return Sect Pill.
• Xiao Yang dismissed Yun Shan's concerns about their age difference and said he and Yun Yun could associate as equals.
• Yun Shan admitted he had wronged Yun Yun and urged her to consider Xiao Yang, while Yun Yun wept and said she would sacrifice herself so her master could live and continue teaching Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun knelt and performed the grand rite of three kneelings and nine kowtows to thank Yun Shan for raising and teaching her.
• Venerable Yao broke down and shut himself away after witnessing Yun Yun's sacrifice, then granted Xiao Yang the Heaven-Tier technique and fighting skill Other Transformation Great Freedom Formless Sword Qi.

Xiao Yang helped Xiao Yan prepare to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan swallowed its fire seed and began guiding it through the Flame Mantra. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan completing the cultivation route before his Dou Qi ran out, though the flame’s refinement had not yet been confirmed complete.

• Yun Shan left with the Return Sect Pill, and Yun Yun accepted Xiao Yang’s suggestion to abandon her old identity and take the name Yun Zhi.
• Xiao Yang reassured Yao Lao about his past betrayal by Han Feng and learned that Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Yan an Earth Fire Green Lotus Pill, which helped him break through to Three-Star Dou Shi and strengthen his meridians.
• At midnight, Xiao Yan took Yao Lao’s Blood Lotus Pill and extracted a fire seed from the Green Lotus Core Flame in a cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yang poured Ice Spirit Cold Spring into Xiao Yan to counter the flame’s heat, while Xiao Yan repeatedly tried to control the fire seed.
• Xiao Yan guided the Green Lotus Core Flame along the Flame Mantra’s final cultivation route and completed it before his Dou Qi was exhausted.

Xiao Yan successfully refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, transforming it into the Azure Lotus Ice Spirit Flame and evolving the Flame Mantra, then spent the following year advancing rapidly. At the Xiao Family assessment, Xun Er revealed herself as a one-star Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Yan stunned everyone by testing as a nine-star Dou Shi.

• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to push the Azure Lotus Ice Spirit Flame into the gray speck, which swallowed it and completed the Flame Mantra's evolution.
• Xiao Yan's cultivation method advanced to High Profound Rank and raised him to a six-star Dou Shi; Xiao Yang explained the risks and rewards of refining Heavenly Flames to Xun Er.
• A year after Nalan Yanran's engagement annulment, the Xiao Family held its assessment to eliminate members below the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Xun Er tested as a one-star Da Dou Shi, shocking Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family members watching.
• Xiao Yan tested last and revealed that he had reached nine-star Dou Shi, leaving the training ground stunned and causing Xiao Zhan to crush his teacup.

Xiao Yan proved his Nine-Star Dou Shi strength by defeating Second Elder Xiao Ying, and the Xiao Family later held its Coming-of-Age Ceremony. After Xiao Yang arranged the family’s move to the Black-Corner Region, he brought Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, where Xue Ni welcomed him.

• Xiao Yang challenged Second Elder Xiao Ying to test Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan revealed his peak Dou Shi strength before striking Xiao Ying and sending him flying.
• A month later, Xiao Yan endured the Xiao Family’s elaborate Coming-of-Age Ceremony while Xiao Yang mocked its rituals.
• Xiao Yang ordered the Xiao Family to move its businesses to Black Seal City, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo escorted the transfer.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yang led Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment square, where the guards let them pass.
• Xue Ni rushed to embrace Xiao Yang in the recruitment tent, and he introduced her to Xiao Yan and the others as the senior who had cared for him at the academy.

Xiao Yang reunited with the Jia Nan Academy instructors and senior sisters, then watched Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun Er register with extraordinary cultivation ranks. The chapter left Xiao Yan set to attend the academy before his Three-Year Agreement, while Xiao Yang planned to keep the Misty Cloud Sect as a potential ally against the Soul Hall and Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yang reunited with Instructor Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xue Ni, and Instructor Ruo Lin began assessing the new students’ potential.
• Xiao Mei registered as a fifteen-year-old two-star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Ning registered as an eighteen-year-old one-star Dou Zhe after Xiao Yang had helped them improve.
• Xiao Yan registered as a sixteen-year-old peak Dou Shi, surpassing S-rank potential, and Xiao Xun Er stunned everyone as a fifteen-year-old one-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yang’s changes meant Xiao Yan could attend Jia Nan Academy before meeting Nalan Yanran, whose Three-Year Agreement remained as a test of her character.
• Xiao Yang reasoned that Yun Shan had not allied with the Soul Hall and that the Misty Cloud Sect could become an ally, while the Soul Clan remained the greater threat.

Xiao Yang agreed to treat Nalan Jie's Brand Poison in exchange for the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva, which Nalan Yanran accepted while leaving the Three-Year Agreement to fate. At the Nalan Family, Xiao Yang began using the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Flame to draw the poison from Nalan Jie, who convulsed as the treatment started.

• Xiao Yang arranged for Qing Lin to enroll at Jia Nan Academy and stayed behind to oversee the Xiao Family's move to the Black-Corner Region after Xiao Yan and Xun Er departed.
• Nalan Yanran visited Xiao Yang and Yun Yun, pleading for help after Nalan Jie's Brand Poison flared up and left him near death.
• Xiao Yang demanded the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva as payment for saving Nalan Jie, and Nalan Yanran agreed while leaving the Three-Year Agreement to fate.
• Three days later, Xiao Yang brought Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to the Nalan Family and found that other alchemists had failed to treat Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yang began treating Nalan Jie with the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Flame, and Nalan Jie started trembling in pain as the flame entered his body.

Xiao Yang cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, used the poison to help Xiao Yi Xian break through to Dou Wang, and registered for the Alchemist Grand Competition to obtain the Soul Fusion Pill formula for restoring his father. At the guild, Fa Ma brought him into the final test’s hall, where the other alchemists and the imperial little princess had gathered.

• Xiao Yang expelled Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and prescribed a restorative diet and strict restrictions for his recovery.
• Nalan Su presented the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva, which Xiao Yang took before leaving the Nalan Family.
• Xiao Yang transferred the poison he had absorbed to Xiao Yi Xian, helping her break through from Dou Ling to Dou Wang while warning against reckless cultivation.
• Xiao Yang registered for the Alchemist Grand Competition, hoping to win the Soul Fusion Pill formula to strengthen Xiao Zhan’s soul before rebuilding his body.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yang arrived at the Alchemist Guild for the final test and saw the imperial little princess Yao Yue enter.
• Fa Ma led Xiao Yang into the guild’s inner hall, where an elderly alchemist asked which master Xiao Yang studied under.