Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and their allies with one palm strike, then captured the two leaders and left the remaining experts to Ah Da. Ah Da collected the defeated fighters, excited by the Spirit Realm Souls he had gained.

• Hun Yu and the others combined their attacks against Xiao Yan, but his flaming palm destroyed them and severely injured the group.
• Xiao Yan prepared to kill the defeated enemies, then heeded Wei Yang's secret message and seized Hun Yu and Jiu Feng instead.
• Hun Yu struggled against Xiao Yan's flaming hand, but Xiao Yan broke apart his defenses and left him unable to resist; Jiu Feng submitted quietly.
• Xiao Yan handed the remaining Soul Clan and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fighters to Ah Da and flew back to Wei Yang with Hun Yu and Jiu Feng.
• Ah Da swallowed the fallen experts in a black wind dragon, pleased to have gained many Spirit Realm Souls and moved closer to becoming a Half-Saint.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Yu and Jiu Feng, then sealed them at Wei Yang’s request as the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space collapsed. After everyone emerged into the Ancient Desolate Region, the tree sank underground, while Xiao Yan secretly carried the Bodhi Heart it had given him.

• Xiao Yan defeated the experts and asked Wei Yang how to deal with Hun Yu and Jiu Feng.
• Wei Yang ordered Xiao Yan to seal Hun Yu and Jiu Feng and keep them alive for later use.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space cracked apart and expelled everyone back into the Ancient Desolate Region.
• Nalan Yanran and the others rejoiced as the group emerged, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree began sinking underground.
• Gu Qingyang lamented that no one had seen the Bodhi Heart, while Xiao Yan revealed that he secretly possessed it.

After the Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Wei Yang thirty-nine Bodhi Children and sank beneath the earth, the gathered groups began leaving the Ancient Desolate Region. Gu Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan might target Starfall Pavilion, while Gu Qingyang said the Ancient Clan would watch for trouble and might lend its support.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Wei Yang thirty-nine Bodhi Children before disappearing beneath the ground.
• The other groups departed separately, keeping their distance from one another as the Beast Tide dispersed.
• Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan prepared to return to the Ancient Realm, and Gu Xun'er reluctantly said goodbye to Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan might seek revenge and covet his Bodhi Children by attacking Starfall Pavilion.
• Gu Qingyang assessed Starfall Pavilion's defenses and said the Ancient Clan would not stand aside if the Soul Clan attacked.

After the Ancient Clan and Yun Yun departed, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan prepared to settle matters with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before returning. Wei Yang demanded a ransom for Jiu Feng and his fourteen clansmen, and Jiu Feng found Feng Qing'er willing to help after they could not gather enough pills.

• Wei Yang reasoned that the Soul Clan was unlikely to target Starfall Pavilion soon, though he remained wary of retaliation.
• The Ancient Clan group and Yun Yun's party departed, leaving Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, Medusa, Xian'er, and Ah Da on the grassland.
• Wei Yang said they would resolve the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan matter before returning, and Xiao Yan released the sealed Jiu Feng.
• Ah Da produced fourteen captured clansmen, and Jiu Feng confirmed that they were alive, including Feng Qing'er.
• Wei Yang demanded one Eight-Colored Pill for each of the fifteen captives, but Jiu Feng could not gather enough and asked Feng Qing'er for help.
• Feng Qing'er reluctantly agreed after Jiu Feng pleaded with her, and he told Wei Yang they could not pay the ransom in full.

Jiu Feng offered Feng Qing’er’s Golden Phoenix Flame to Wei Yang in exchange for two Bodhi Children and an end to the conflict with Starfall Pavilion. Wei Yang accepted the trade, took the flame, and left with Xiao Yan and the others after warning the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan not to provoke him again.

• Jiu Feng asked whether Wei Yang knew of the Golden Phoenix Flame, and explained its rarity and healing power.
• At Jiu Feng’s signal, Feng Qing’er reluctantly summoned the Golden Phoenix Flame and revealed its immense power.
• Jiu Feng offered the flame as ransom if Wei Yang would grant one more request.
• Jiu Feng requested two Bodhi Children, and Wei Yang agreed to give him both.
• Wei Yang took the Golden Phoenix Flame, declared past grievances between Starfall Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan settled, and departed with Xiao Yan and the others.

After leaving the Ancient Desolate Region, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with major gains, including the Bodhi Heart, Bodhi Children, and the Golden Phoenix Flame. They told Yao Chen about the Emperor-making opportunity and offered him the flame, but he passed it to Xiao Yan instead.

• Jiu Feng took the two Bodhi Children and led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan back home, while Wei Yang and his group departed the Ancient Desolate Region.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with their cultivation and souls strengthened, the Bodhi Heart, thirty-two Bodhi Children, and the Nine Revolutions Peak Golden Phoenix Flame.
• Yao Chen learned about the Bodhi Tree's opportunity for Becoming Emperor and warned Wei Yang and Xiao Yan to keep the matter strictly confidential.
• Wei Yang presented the Golden Phoenix Flame to Yao Chen, who examined it and then offered it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan declined the flame, following the brothers' decision that it would serve Yao Chen better than Bone Chilling Flame.

Elder Yao accepted the Golden Phoenix Flame from Wei Yang and Xiao Yan, finding it exceptionally compatible with his Phoenix-infused body. He gave Xiao Yan the Bone Chilling Flame in return and advised him to bond with it before attempting to devour it.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan explained why the Golden Phoenix Flame suited Elder Yao, and Elder Yao accepted it.
• Elder Yao brought out the Bone Chilling Flame and offered it to Xiao Yan because he no longer needed it.
• Wei Yang said he had no interest in ordinary Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan gratefully accepted the gift.
• Elder Yao erased his Soul Imprint from the Bone Chilling Flame and warned Xiao Yan that it would resist being devoured until he had nurtured it.
• Xiao Yan planted his own Soul Imprint in the Bone Chilling Flame.

After Xiao Yan captured Hun Yu, Wei Yang ordered him interrogated and killed, then returned to a peaceful life with his family. Wei Ye asked to travel the continent and vowed to surpass his father, while Wei Yang set him the goal of becoming a Saint.

• Xiao Yan asked how to deal with the captured Hun Yu, and Wei Yang ordered him to be questioned about intelligence before being killed.
• Wei Yang silenced Hun Yu when he threatened the Soul Clan, then said they might visit the Soul Clan themselves within a few years.
• By the lotus pond, Wei Ye asked Wei Yang when he could travel the continent, and Wei Yang set the conditions of being fifteen and reaching Peak Dou Zong.
• Wei Ye vowed to surpass Wei Yang's reputation and become an unparalleled monster, and Wei Yang praised his ambition while warning him to stay humble and cautious.
• Wei Yang told Wei Ye to make becoming a Saint his first short-term goal.

Wei Yang reflected on reaching a bottleneck in his soul cultivation and continued studying and practicing the Grand Unity Soul Technique. He resolved to build up his Soul Power gradually while his son Wei Ye worried about whether his mother would let him travel.

• Wei Ye reminded Wei Yang that he had promised to let him travel the continent once he turned fifteen and reached Peak Dou Zong.
• Wei Yang said he had made that promise but could not control whether Wei Ye's mother would agree.
• Wei Yang assessed that his soul realm had stalled at the late Heaven Realm and considered the Grand Unity Soul Technique as his main cultivation method, with the Nine Revolutions Heavenly Soul Technique as support.
• Wei Yang studied the Grand Unity Soul Technique and reflected on how it revealed the ancient era's deep knowledge of soul cultivation.
• Wei Yang practiced the technique, drawing tiny specks of spiritual light from the void and patiently increasing his Soul Power.

Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and Elder Yao gathered with their children and discussed Elder Yao’s Golden Phoenix Flame and the powerful hidden factions of the world. Wei Ye learned about the Eight Ancient Clans and resolved to grow strong enough to make Starfall Pavilion the strongest.

• Elder Yao and Xiao Yan joined Wei Yang and the children for tea and conversation.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan asked Elder Yao about refining the Golden Phoenix Flame, and he described its power, healing properties, and benefits for alchemy.
• Elder Yao explained that the Yan Clan possessed many Heavenly Flames and was one of the Eight Ancient Clans.
• Elder Yao listed the Ancient Clan, Soul Clan, Yan Clan, Yao Clan, Stone Clan, Thunder Clan, and Ling Clan as the Eight Ancient Clans.
• Wei Ye realized that many factions surpassed Starfall Pavilion and resolved to cultivate until he could make it the strongest.

Xiao Yan explained that the Xiao Clan had once been one of the Eight Ancient Clans, but had fallen after Xiao Xuan exhausted its Dou Di Bloodline. Elder Yao revealed that the Yao Clan had expelled him for his own thin bloodline, and he vowed to prove that he and his disciples could surpass those who relied on theirs.

• Xiao Xiao noticed that the Eight Ancient Clans seemed to number only seven, and Xiao Yan revealed that the ruined Xiao Clan was the eighth.
• Elder Yao explained that each ancient clan had produced a Dou Di and that the Xiao Clan’s bloodline had dwindled after Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to save it.
• Wei Ye asked whether Elder Yao belonged to the Yao Clan, and Elder Yao admitted that the clan had expelled him because of his thin Dou Di Bloodline.
• Elder Yao described how he devoted himself to alchemy and eventually gave up hope that the Yao Clan would recognize his accomplishments.
• Elder Yao vowed to show the Yao Clan that he and his disciples could become greater experts than those who relied on Dou Di Bloodlines.

Xiao Yan and Elder Yao discussed the Dou Di Bloodline and the Heavenly Flames held by the Yan and Yao Clans, while warning against provoking them. Elder Yao and Wei Yang each refined a Nine-Colored Bodhi Pill, and Wei Yang celebrated reaching the peak of Grade 8 alchemy.

• Xiao Yan told Wei Ye and the children that people, not bloodlines, determined strength, and Elder Yao encouraged their confidence.
• Elder Yao explained that the Yan Clan possessed four Heavenly Flames and the Yao Clan possessed two, then warned Xiao Yan not to target their inherited flames.
• A month later, Elder Yao refined a Nine-Colored Bodhi Pill as a nine-colored thundercloud gathered over Starfall Pavilion.
• Wei Yang successfully refined his own Nine-Colored Bodhi Pill a month later, confirming that he had reached the peak of Grade 8 alchemy.
• Wei Yang examined the emerald squirrel-shaped Bodhi Pill in his secret chamber and reflected on his rise to a One-Star Peak Dou Saint and peak Grade 8 Alchemy Grandmaster.

Wei Yang weighed how to use the Bodhi Children and the Ancient Heavenly Serpent bone marrow, then chose to focus on becoming a Grade 9 alchemist. He continued refining a Bodhi Pill while preparing to pursue Grade 9 Treasure Pills.

• Wei Yang decided that using Bodhi Pills to raise his own Dou Saint cultivation would waste resources needed by Xiao Yan, Medusa, Xian'er, Qing Lin, and the others.
• Wei Yang recalled that Great Bodhi Returning Pills could greatly improve a peak Dou Venerate's chance of reaching Half-Saint, and he knew how to refine them from his experience with Xiao Yan.
• Wei Yang considered absorbing the Ancient Heavenly Serpent bone marrow but judged that Qing Lin would benefit more from it and could potentially advance into the Dou Saint realm.
• Wei Yang resolved to stop refining Bodhi Pills after finishing the one in his cauldron and to devote himself to breaking through to Grade 9 alchemist.
• Wei Yang closed his eyes and continued tempering the Bodhi Child in the Crimson Cauldron as he prepared to gain practical experience with Grade 9 Treasure Pills.

Wei Yang and the others spent two years cultivating after their gains from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Starfall Pavilion grew stronger without drawing an attack from the Soul Clan. When powerful Dou Venerate experts sought Bodhi Pills, Starfall Pavilion refused to recruit them but offered hope of future trade, leaving them to wait and compete for the chance.

• Xian'er and Qing Lin pursued Half-Saint cultivation, while Ah Da, Xiong Zhan, and Single-Horn worked to improve their strength and Wei Yang focused on becoming a Ninth Grade alchemist.
• Xiao Yan entered seclusion to refine the Bodhi Pill and Bodhi Heart as two years passed.
• The Soul Clan left Starfall Pavilion alone, giving Wei Yang and Xiao Yan time to grow as Starfall Pavilion became a major power.
• Nine-turn Dou Venerate Peak experts came to Starfall Pavilion seeking Bodhi Pills in exchange for joining, but Starfall Pavilion refused to take them in.
• Elder Yao hinted that Starfall Pavilion might trade one or two Bodhi Pills in the future, so the rejected experts left resentfully and waited for their chance.

The Ling Clan’s entire population vanished from its sealed Spirit Realm, stirring uproar and suspicion across the Central Plains. The Ancient Clan and Soul Clan became the chief suspects, and the other clans grew increasingly wary as the mystery remained unresolved.

• Experts discovered that the Ling Clan’s reopened Spirit Realm was empty, with no people or bodies left behind.
• The ancient clans investigated the disappearance but found no trace of the Ling Clan or evidence explaining its fate.
• Some factions suspected that an Ancient Clan had attacked the Ling Clan to seize its piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The Ancient Clan and Soul Clan denied involvement, but the other four clans treated them as the main suspects and guarded their own Ancient Jade pieces.
• The crisis faded without a war or an answer, while distrust among the six remaining ancient clans reached a peak.

Wei Yang reflected on the coming war against Soul Heavenly Emperor and his rapid rise to Three-Star Peak Dou Saint. Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Saint, leaving Starfall Pavilion celebrating his breakthrough.

• Wei Yang noted that the Ling Clan had been wiped out and anticipated the coming struggle for supremacy, declaring that he and Soul Heavenly Emperor were destined to be enemies.
• Wei Yang revealed that he had reached Three-Star Peak Dou Saint in two years, aided by his Hou Bloodline and Life-Extinguishing Flame.
• Wei Yang sensed Xiao Yan’s surging power from his seclusion, and Elder Yao appeared and confirmed that Xiao Yan had succeeded.
• Xiao Yan’s breakthrough shook the Star Realm, and an azure mountain exploded as a towering purple-brown flame swept into the sky.
• Xiao Yan emerged amid the flames with the aura of a Dou Saint, while Wei Yang and Elder Yao watched proudly and celebrated his achievement.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a One-Star Peak Dou Saint and challenged Wei Yang to a spar. Wei Yang led him into the depths of the void, where Xiao Yan asked his senior brother to advise him.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the sea of fire, becoming Starfall Pavilion's third Dou Saint and drawing cheers from the disciples.
• Xiao Yan asked Wei Yang to battle him in the void, and Wei Yang accepted by flying out of the Star Realm.
• Elder Yao decided to strengthen the Star Realm's defenses, while Venerable Feng, Venerable Skyfire, Venerable Iron Sword, Xian'er, Qing Lin, Medusa, and others followed the two Saints.
• Xian'er brought the three little ones along as she followed the others into the void.
• Wei Yang arrived in the depths of the void, and Xiao Yan appeared before him and asked him to advise him.

Xiao Yan challenged Wei Yang to test his perfected Buddha's Fury Six Paths of Reincarnation against Wei Yang's Life and Death Mill. Their techniques collided with enough power to threaten even a Two-Star Dou Saint, leaving Elder Yao amazed by his disciples' potential.

• Xiao Yan and Wei Yang met in the void, each displaying One-Star Peak Dou Saint strength as Elder Yao and the others watched.
• Xiao Yan formed a six-colored ring from six Heavenly Flames and sent his Buddha's Fury Six Paths of Reincarnation toward Wei Yang.
• Wei Yang answered with his Life and Death Mill, and the two techniques collided, shattering the surrounding void as their energies consumed one another.
• Elder Yao shielded the others and realized the collision could kill even him, despite his Two-Star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Elder Yao recognized the techniques' origins and rejoiced that Xiao Yan and Wei Yang had the potential to become powerful figures beneath Emperor.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan tested the Life and Death Mill against Xiao Yan’s Six-Colored Flame Black Disc, which wielded the Power of Reincarnation. Wei Yang’s power prevailed, and he explained that Xiao Yan’s disadvantage came from his lesser mastery, not from the power itself.

• Xiao Yan increased the Six-Colored Flame Black Disc’s rotation, and Wei Yang matched it with the Life and Death Mill as their collision intensified.
• Xiao Yan’s black pillar of light broke down Wei Yang’s Dou Qi, Black Flame, and lightning into nothingness, but Wei Yang resisted it with gray airflow and countered with a gray pillar.
• Wei Yang’s gray pillar steadily pushed back Xiao Yan’s black pillar, so they agreed to stop and recalled their techniques.
• Xiao Yan asked Wei Yang to assess his move, and Wei Yang praised its destructive decomposition while saying their powers had no absolute difference in strength.
• Elder Yao agreed that Xiao Yan needed deeper understanding and mastery of the Power of Reincarnation, and Xiao Yan accepted the explanation.

After Xiao Yan became a Dou Saint, Starfall Pavilion’s rise shook the Central Plains, and clans flocked to seek its protection. While Venerable Feng carefully managed recruitment, Elder Yao, Xiao Yan, and Wei Yang worked on a spatial defense array before sensing someone spying on the pavilion.

• Xiao Yan’s breakthrough gave Starfall Pavilion three Dou Saints, all master alchemists, and made it a faction capable of rivaling the Pill Tower and contending with the Soul Hall.
• Clans brought gifts and promising juniors to Starfall Pavilion, but Elder Yao and his disciples left recruitment to Venerable Feng and ordered him to accept only worthy candidates.
• Venerable Feng screened applicants, recruited promising youths including You Quan, and began building a stronger younger generation for the pavilion.
• Elder Yao, Xiao Yan, and Wei Yang discussed creating a Spatial Grand Array to defend the Star Realm, warn of Dou Saint intruders, and block surveillance.
• The three Dou Saints sensed someone watching Starfall Pavilion and demanded to know who it was.