Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang rewarded Zi Yan with spirit herbs and continued building her trust while arranging for Yao Tianhuo to serve as a guest elder for the Xiao Family. After several days, Zi Yan's affection for Xiao Cang had begun to grow, and he considered the moment ripe to make his move.

• Xiao Cang gave Zi Yan fifth-grade spirit herbs and told her to ask him for more instead of stealing inferior ones.
• Xiao Cang freed Yao Tianhuo, gave him Soul Nurturing Saliva to restore his soul, and sent him to the Xiao Family with a ring of pills and spirit herbs.
• The Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower's failure caused concern at Jia Nan Academy until Great Elder Su Qian and several elders reactivated it on the third day.
• After recovering to the Three-star Dou Huang realm, Yao Tianhuo left for the Xiao Family as Xiao Cang's guest elder.
• Over the following days, Zi Yan served Xiao Cang as a maid and grew more attached to him, while Xiao Cang decided the time was right to make his move.

Xiao Cang told Zi Yan he would soon leave Jia Nan Academy, then gave her the Shaping Pill he had promised. Zi Yan transformed into an Ancient Void Dragon before the stunned academy, and she remained reluctant to part with Xiao Cang.

• Xiao Cang told Zi Yan he would leave in a few days and explained he needed to return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Cang gave Zi Yan the Shaping Pill, and Zi Yan said she valued their time together more than the pill.
• Zi Yan swallowed the pill and transformed into an enormous golden Ancient Void Dragon above Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian recognized the dragon as Zi Yan and suspected Xiao Cang had caused her transformation.
• Zi Yan returned to her human form, thanked Xiao Cang, and showed that she still did not want him to leave.

Xiao Cang told Zi Yan that her father, Zhu Kun, was trapped in a dangerous forbidden land and implied that he would risk rescuing him in exchange for a dragon baby. Zi Yan confessed that she would bear Xiao Cang a child, leaving him with the agreement he had sought.

• Xiao Cang told Zi Yan that Zhu Kun was trapped in a mysterious forbidden land and warned that it was too dangerous for her to enter.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Cang to help rescue her father, and he said he might be able to travel there in one to three years but would face great risks.
• Xiao Cang said he had always wanted a dragon baby and suggested he would consider Zhu Kun family if a woman from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan bore him one.
• Zi Yan said she had no sisters, then offered to bear Xiao Cang a dragon baby herself.
• Zi Yan declared that she liked Xiao Cang and was willing to bear his child if he would save her father.

Xiao Cang married Zi Yan and received powerful system rewards for their union. While Zi Yan slept, he claimed the rewards and planned to pursue Han Yue before returning.

• Xiao Cang asked Zi Yan if she was willing to marry him, and she agreed.
• Xiao Cang and Zi Yan drank Bridal Cup Wine and became husband and wife.
• The system rewarded Xiao Cang with One-star Dou Zun cultivation, a Spirit Realm Soul at Grand Perfection, the Mysterious Yellow Flame, and the Golden Spirit Azure Cloud Cauldron.
• Xiao Cang found Zi Yan asleep and left her a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.
• Xiao Cang decided to pursue Han Yue and silently called on the system to claim his rewards.

Xiao Cang gained immense power from his rewards, then spent time with Zi Yan before leaving her and seeking out Han Yue at Jia Nan Academy. He concealed himself near Han Yue as she cultivated and prepared to act.

• Xiao Cang advanced to Seven-star Dou Zun and reached Spirit Realm Grand Perfection after his soul was cleansed.
• Xiao Cang refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame, advanced to Eight-star Dou Zun, and stored the Golden Spirit Azure Cloud Cauldron.
• Xiao Cang returned to Zi Yan, and they spent time together before he told her he would leave and later return to rescue her father.
• Xiao Cang gave Zi Yan Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, then went to the back mountain and watched Han Yue cultivate.
• Xiao Cang raised his hand and clenched it toward Han Yue.

Xiao Cang told Han Yue that the Han Family faced destruction by the Hong Family and a Wind Lightning Pavilion elder, then offered to save them in exchange for her marrying him. Han Yue accepted, leaving Xiao Cang pleased with the bargain.

• Xiao Cang restrained Han Yue while she practiced swordsmanship, then released her and said he had come to discuss the Han Family.
• Xiao Cang warned Han Yue that the Hong Family would destroy her family with help from a Wind Lightning Pavilion elder, and proved his own pavilion affiliation by using the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Xiao Cang offered to save the Han Family if Han Yue married him, while she hesitated over his demand.
• After Xiao Cang gave her ten breaths to decide and began to leave, Han Yue stopped him and agreed to marry him.

Xiao Cang forced Han Yue into consummating their marriage, and she gradually accepted him and her new position despite her initial resistance. After they drank the Bridal Cup Wine, the system announced that he had formed a good match and would receive rewards.

• Xiao Cang pulled Han Yue to him and insisted they consummate their marriage before he helped the Han Family.
• Xiao Cang carried Han Yue into a stream and, afterward, to a secluded grassy area, where she worried someone might see them.
• After a day together, Han Yue accepted becoming Xiao Cang's woman and drank the Bridal Cup Wine with him.
• The system congratulated Xiao Cang on forming a good match and began distributing rewards.

Xiao Cang advanced to an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and Han Yue’s pregnancy brought him a major cultivation boost and a new Heavenly Grade Dou Technique. The chapter ended with news that the enraged Gu Clan planned to attack the Xiao Family after learning that its treasured daughter had become pregnant by a member of the family.

• Xiao Cang claimed Eighth-grade Alchemist experience and reached the Eighth-grade Alchemist realm.
• Xiao Cang got Han Yue pregnant, earning a One-star Dou Zun cultivation reward, the Myriad Laws Illusory Body Art, and three thousand Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Xiao Cang’s cultivation rose from an Eight-star Dou Zun to a Nine Star Dou Zun, and he mastered the Myriad Laws Illusory Body Art.
• Protector Wu reported that the Gu Clan had learned its treasured daughter was pregnant by the Xiao Family and planned to have Gu Yuan destroy the Xiao Family and seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Cang reacted with shock to the Gu Clan’s threat.

Xiao Cang learned that the Gu and Hun Clans were mobilizing over Xun’er's pregnancy and rushed back to the Xiao Family. He arrived as Xun'er prepared to flee with the family, but Hun Clan experts appeared before the situation could be resolved.

• Protector Wu told Xiao Cang that Gu Yuan and Hun Clan experts were heading toward the Jia Ma Empire, prompting Xiao Cang to hurry back.
• Xun'er urged Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family to evacuate Wutan City before her father arrived.
• Ling Ying and Heavenly Fire Venerate offered to escort the Xiao Family away.
• Xiao Cang returned, comforted Xun'er, and told Xiao Zhan that he would handle the crisis.
• Hun Clan experts approached the Xiao Family, and Ling Ying recognized their aura.

Xiao Cang confronted the Hun Clan’s Soul Hall after its Protectors demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, revealing his overwhelming strength and killing their advance party. When Third Heavenly Venerate Hei Xing appeared, Xiao Cang prepared to fight him with all eight of his fused Heavenly Flames as he awaited the Gu Clan’s arrival.

• Hun Clan Protectors arrived at the Xiao Family and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, threatening to kill its members.
• Xiao Cang killed one Protector with heartfire and crushed the others with the power of space, shocking Xiao Yan, Ling Ying, and Heavenly Fire Venerate.
• Xiao Cang sensed a hidden enemy and called him out, revealing Hei Xing, the Soul Hall’s Third Heavenly Venerate at Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Xiao Cang anticipated that Half-Saints and Dou Saints would follow and resolved to hold out until the Gu Clan arrived.
• Xiao Cang summoned and fused all eight Heavenly Flames to attack Hei Xing without holding back.

Xiao Cang fought and killed Black Star Heavenly Venerate inside the void using his techniques and an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus. After returning, he asked Xiao Zhan for the Xiao Family jade pendant so he could prepare for the arrival of the Gu Clan and Hun Clan’s top experts.

• Xiao Cang revealed eight fused Heavenly Flames and dragged Star River Heavenly Venerate into the void to keep their battle from harming those outside.
• Xiao Cang and Black Star Heavenly Venerate fought, with Xiao Cang using numerous high-level Dou Techniques while he continued fusing the flames.
• Xiao Cang stalled Black Star Heavenly Venerate with his incarnations and struck him with an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus, then escaped as it exploded.
• Xiao Cang returned and told Xiao Zhan the Xiao Family was in danger, asking for its heirloom jade pendant.
• Xiao Zhan trusted Xiao Cang and handed him the jade pendant.

Xiao Cang accepted Xun’er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame Origin Flame and protected the Xiao Family from waves of Soul Hall attackers. As Hun Miesheng arrived with two Dou Saints, Xiao Cang faced the powerful enemies gathering before him.

• Xiao Cang examined the incomplete jade pendant and promised Xiao Zhan he would restore the Xiao Family to greatness.
• Xun’er lent Xiao Cang a wisp of Origin Flame from the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, which he refined and used to strengthen his firepower.
• Xiao Cang sent the Xiao Family members to rest and spent the day killing the Soul Hall Protectors and Venerates who came to attack.
• At dawn, Bone Nether Saint arrived and told Xiao Cang that the Xiao Clan’s history would end that day.
• Two Dou Saints and Hun Miesheng appeared, and Hun Miesheng introduced himself to Xiao Cang.

Xiao Cang faced Hun Miesheng as the Soul Hall sought the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Gu Qing intervened to shield him while insisting the Gu Clan would settle its own grievance over Xun'er. The Gu Clan’s formidable forces arrived, and Gu Yuan appeared as the standoff reached its climax.

• Hun Miesheng demanded Xiao Cang hand over the Ancient Emperor Jade fragment and threatened the Xiao Family and Xiao Cang’s wife when he refused.
• Gu Qing emerged to stop Hun Miesheng and declared that only the Gu Clan would decide Xiao Cang’s fate.
• Xun'er recognized Gu Qing, who warned her that Gu Yuan would soon arrive to hear her explanation.
• More than twenty Gu Clan Dou Saints emerged from a spatial tunnel, including the Ancient Clan Three Immortals and the Black Annihilation King.
• Gu Yuan appeared from the depths of the tunnel as the opposing forces faced one another.

Gu Yuan arrived to confront Xiao Cang over Xun'er, but relented after Xiao Cang claimed her bloodline was protected by a rare pill. Gu Yuan ordered Xiao Cang to accompany him to the Gu Clan for testing, just as Hun Miesheng challenged his decision.

• Gu Yuan appeared, suppressed Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall experts, and demanded to know where Xiao Cang was.
• Gu Yuan confronted Xiao Cang and blamed him for harming Xun'er, but Xun'er defended their relationship and pleaded with her father not to hurt him.
• Xiao Cang said he had given Xun'er a Grade 8 Emperor Blood Coagulating Heart Pill, and summoned Yao Chen to confirm the pill's origin.
• Xun'er praised Xiao Cang's talent, and Gu Yuan discovered that the eighteen-year-old was a Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Gu Yuan ordered Xiao Cang to return with him to the Gu Clan so Xun'er's bloodline could be tested, and Xiao Cang agreed.
• Hun Miesheng laughed and declared that Gu Yuan could not take Xiao Cang away.

Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan in Wutan City, demanding the Xiao Clan's Ancient Emperor Jade, while Xiao Cang realized the confrontation was a diversion. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan discovering that Hun Tiandi had gone after the Gu Clan's Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan to protect the Xiao Family, and the Ancient Clan Three Immortals formed a barrier around them.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame emerged from a spatial tunnel with the Hun Clan experts and faced Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi demanded the Xiao Clan's Ancient Emperor Jade, but Gu Yuan refused and declared Xiao Cang and his jade under the Gu Clan's protection.
• Xiao Cang suspected Hun Tiandi was using the confrontation as a diversion and warned Gu Yuan by voice transmission.
• Gu Yuan crushed Hun Tiandi's figure and realized Hun Tiandi had gone after the Gu Clan's Ancient Emperor Jade.

Gu Yuan exposed Hun Tiandi’s decoy and returned to the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Cang warned him of a second plot against the Gu Clan’s Ancient Emperor Jade. After the jade was secured and Hun Tiandi’s hidden agent was revealed, Gu Yuan expressed his gratitude to Xiao Cang and accepted his relationship with Xun'er.

• Gu Yuan crushed Hun Tiandi’s avatar, killed several Hun Clan Dou Saints, and drove Nihility Devouring Flame to retreat after the Flame revealed its Nine Star Dou Saint strength.
• Gu Yuan, Xiao Cang, Xun'er, and the Gu Clan experts returned to the Ancient Realm, where Hun Tiandi confronted them.
• Xiao Cang warned Gu Yuan to check the Ancient Emperor Jade before engaging Hun Tiandi, prompting Gu Yuan to send clan experts to protect it.
• The Ancient Clan Three Immortals discovered that Elder Gu Yang had been replaced by a Hun Clan agent and confirmed that the Ancient Emperor Jade was safe.
• Gu Yuan thanked Xiao Cang for saving the Gu Clan and resolved to support his relationship with Xun'er.

After Hun Tiandi withdrew from the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan protected Xiao Cang and brought him before the Gu Clan elders, who agreed to repay him for exposing the Hun Clan’s hidden pawn. Seven days later, Xiao Cang attended the Gu Clan’s bloodline test ceremony, where he faced hostile suitors of Xun’er, including the furious prodigy Gu Yao.

• Hun Tiandi threatened Xiao Cang over the Ancient Emperor Jade, but Xiao Cang warned that he would throw it into the void if the Hun Clan attacked his family, and Hun Tiandi left.
• Gu Yuan brought Xiao Cang and Xun’er to the ancestral hall, where he ended the elders’ debate and ordered a bloodline test before deciding the matter, while promising Xiao Cang a reward.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Cang and Xun’er not to meet until the bloodline test results were known, and Xiao Cang stayed in the Gu Clan for seven days.
• The Gu Clan announced an early bloodline testing ceremony for all adult disciples, and Xiao Cang attended as a witness.
• Xiao Cang greeted Xun’er at the ceremony and noticed hostile looks from her suitors, especially the furious Gu Yao.

Xun'er's bloodline test confirmed her nearly perfect Divine Grade potential, easing the Gu Clan's doubts about Xiao Cang. Gu Ling challenged Xiao Cang over his love for Xun'er, and Xiao Cang answered by revealing nine Heavenly Flames and fusing them into a single attack.

• Gu Zhen thanked Xiao Cang for helping save the Black Mist Army and warned that Gu Ling might challenge him over Xun'er.
• Xun'er tested her bloodline, and the pool revealed that her bloodline remained undamaged and approached perfection.
• The Gu Clan elders celebrated the result and relaxed their reservations about Xiao Cang.
• Gu Ling challenged Xiao Cang, and Xiao Cang accepted while saying Gu Ling was unqualified to challenge him.
• Xiao Cang revealed nine Heavenly Flames, fused them together, and declared he would defeat Gu Ling with one move.

Xiao Cang defeated Gu Ling in a clash between his Nine-Colored Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus and Gu Ling’s Great Annihilation Finger, but Dou Saint elders intervened before Gu Ling could die. After the duel, Xun’er embraced Xiao Cang and said they could finally be together openly.

• Xiao Cang fused nine Heavenly Flames into a Nine-Colored Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, alarming the Gu Clan spectators.
• Gu Ling used the Great Annihilation Technique and challenged Xiao Cang with the Great Annihilation Finger.
• Xiao Cang’s Fire Lotus pierced through the finger, exploded, and engulfed Gu Ling in a sea of fire.
• Several Dou Saint elders contained the flames, rescued Gu Ling, and asked Xiao Cang to spare him; Xiao Cang agreed.
• Xun’er flew to Xiao Cang and embraced him, saying they could finally be together openly.

Xiao Cang stayed with Xun'er in the Gu Clan and learned he would enter the Heavenly Tomb, but he left when Yun Yun was about to give birth. He welcomed his daughter Xiao Yiyi and received powerful system rewards.

• Xun'er told Xiao Cang to remain in the Gu Clan until the Heavenly Tomb opened in half a year, and he agreed to accompany her through her pregnancy.
• Three months later, Xiao Cang left Xun'er and returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, giving Yun Shan the Shattering Sect Pill and reuniting with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Seven days later, Yun Yun went into labor, and six hours afterward she gave birth to a daughter.
• The system awarded Xiao Cang Three-Revolutions Dou Zun cultivation, Heavenly Realm Early Stage soul cultivation, the Eternal Undying Body, two Heavenly Flames, and other rewards.
• Xiao Cang cared for Yun Yun before holding their daughter and naming her Xiao Yiyi.