Chapter Summaries

You Quan broke through to One-star Dou Emperor with Xiao Cang’s help, and the two began a relationship that became public throughout Starfall Pavilion. After learning that Xiao Cang planned to leave soon, Mu Qingluan resolved to act before she lost her chance with him.

• You Quan advanced from Dou King to One-star Dou Emperor and learned that Xiao Cang’s cultivation method had helped her break through.
• After two more days together, Xiao Cang told the pregnant You Quan that they should leave the Cang Realm and return to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Cang took You Quan on a public stroll and declared that she could live in the pavilion as his wife.
• Starfall Pavilion’s disciples spread the news that Xiao Cang and You Quan were together.
• Mu Qingluan heard that Xiao Cang would leave in a few days and decided she had to become more proactive.

Mu Qingluan apologized to Xiao Cang and confessed her feelings before he left Starfall Pavilion. Xiao Cang accepted her as a wife or concubine, and the chapter ended as he began undressing her to consummate their marriage that night.

• Xiao Cang entrusted You Quan with managing the Cang Realm while he was away and kept half of its Half-Saints in his Storage Ring.
• Mu Qingluan visited Xiao Cang to apologize for offending him and learned he planned to leave the next day.
• Mu Qingluan confessed that she liked Xiao Cang, and he asked her to become his wife or concubine.
• Mu Qingluan agreed, and Xiao Cang pulled her into his arms and began removing her clothes.

Xiao Cang married Mu Qingluan, and their dual cultivation helped her break through to Dou Zong. He brought her to the Cang Realm to meet You Quan, then prepared to leave after spending more time with both women.

• Xiao Cang and Mu Qingluan consummated their relationship, and he received a Dragon Collapse Heaven Fist technique and thirty thousand Demonic Beast cubs as rewards.
• Mu Qingluan asked Xiao Cang not to leave, but he said he would reorganize the Middle Continent's forces and return for her later.
• After a night of dual cultivation, Mu Qingluan broke through from Nine Star Dou Huang to One-star Dou Zong, though she did not conceive.
• Xiao Cang brought Mu Qingluan to the Cang Realm, where she met You Quan, and he asked the two women to look after each other.
• Xiao Cang released the thirty thousand Demonic Beasts into the Cang Realm, then led Mu Qingluan and You Quan into the house before his departure.

Xiao Cang and Yao Chen reached Yellow Springs Pavilion, where Xiao Cang discovered Hun Clan energy corrupting its protective formation and shattered it. Inside, they found tens of thousands of disciples reduced to soulless puppets, and Xiao Cang confronted Yellow Springs Venerable over sacrificing their souls to reach the Dou Saint realm.

• Xiao Cang finally left Starfall Pavilion with Yao Chen after delaying his departure for two days.
• Xiao Cang sensed Hun Clan energy in the failing formation around Yellow Springs Space and destroyed the formation.
• Xiao Cang tore open a rift into Yellow Springs Space, where he and Yao Chen saw tens of thousands of disciples living as soulless puppets.
• Yellow Springs Venerable confronted Yao Chen, then realized Xiao Cang was far beyond his ability to perceive.
• Xiao Cang accused Yellow Springs Venerable of draining his disciples' souls to break through to the Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Cang confronted Yellow Springs Venerable over draining the Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples’ souls to advance his cultivation, while Yao Chen learned of the atrocity. Yellow Springs Venerable sacrificed the disciples’ souls to boost his power and attacked Xiao Cang, whose golden, lightning-wreathed body met the strike.

• Xiao Cang accused Yellow Springs Venerable of draining his disciples’ souls and accepting help from the Hun Clan, while Yellow Springs Venerable denied it.
• Xiao Cang unleashed the pressure of a peak Two Star Dou Saint, revealing the gap between his strength and Yellow Springs Venerable’s One-star cultivation.
• Yellow Springs Venerable activated a secret technique that consumed the disciples’ souls, raising his aura to the peak of Two Star Dou Saint as his body withered.
• Yellow Springs Venerable attacked Xiao Cang with a corrosive pale-white palm, and Xiao Cang transformed using his Vajra Lightning Body and Eternal Undying Body.
• Yellow Springs Venerable’s palm struck Xiao Cang’s golden body, and its eerie energy erupted.

Xiao Cang battled Yellow Springs Venerable, relying on his indestructible physique and overwhelming physical strength to gain the upper hand. After Yellow Springs Venerable’s powerful technique failed to harm him, Xiao Cang emerged from the attack and prepared to deliver a decisive blow.

• Yellow Springs Venerable struck Xiao Cang with a corrosive palm, but Xiao Cang’s indestructible physique nullified it, and Xiao Cang punched him through several palaces and into a mountain.
• Yellow Springs Venerable burst free from the destroyed mountain, enlarged his body, and attacked Xiao Cang again, while Yao Chen retreated to watch.
• Xiao Cang and Yellow Springs Venerable exchanged blows in the sky, with Xiao Cang relying on physical strength as Yellow Springs Venerable used secret arts and Dou Qi.
• Yellow Springs Venerable unleashed Heavenly Nether Yellow Springs Waterfall, drowning Xiao Cang in a torrent of pale and crimson Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cang emerged unharmed from the waterfall, declared Yellow Springs Venerable too weak, and threw a final punch.

Xiao Cang killed Yellow Springs Venerable’s body and questioned his remnant soul, learning that the Hun Clan had recruited him to break through to Dou Saint. Xiao Cang suspected Hun Tiandi was accelerating the clan’s millennium-long scheme in response to changes caused by Xiao Cang’s arrival, but Yellow Springs Venerable’s soul suddenly began transforming.

• Xiao Cang caught Yellow Springs Venerable as he tried to flee and punched through his chest, crushing his heart.
• Xiao Cang beat Yellow Springs Venerable’s body apart, while Yao Chen watched in terror.
• Yellow Springs Venerable’s remnant soul begged for mercy, and Xiao Cang agreed to question him before deciding whether to spare him.
• Yellow Springs Venerable revealed that a Hun Clan expert named Old Man Hun Mo had recruited him two years earlier and promised him a breakthrough to Dou Saint in exchange for obedience.
• Yellow Springs Venerable said the Hun Clan had infiltrated other factions, though he did not know which ones; Xiao Cang connected the scheme to Hun Tiandi’s response to changes in the original plot.
• Yellow Springs Venerable’s soul let out a piercing scream as a sudden transformation began within it.

Xiao Cang discovered that Old Man Hun Mo had been controlling Yellow Springs Venerable and decided to investigate the Hun Clan’s infiltration of major factions. As he traveled toward Blazing Flame Valley, he received rewards after Yao Ye gave birth to his son, advancing to the Three Star Dou Sheng realm and obtaining the Flame Ancestral Symbol.

• Old Man Hun Mo appeared through Yellow Springs Venerable, threatened Xiao Cang, and then left Yellow Springs Venerable’s soul to burn away while Xiao Cang watched without intervening.
• Xiao Cang ordered Yao Chen to clear the Yellow Springs Pavilion grounds and investigate Starfall Pavilion, Wind Lightning Pavilion, and Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion for Hun Clan infiltrators.
• Xiao Cang set out to visit Danta and Blazing Flame Valley, aiming to bring them under his command before the Hun Clan could.
• While nearing Blazing Flame Valley, Xiao Cang received a system reward for Yao Ye giving birth to his son.
• Xiao Cang claimed the rewards, broke through to the early Three Star Dou Sheng realm, and obtained the Flame Ancestral Symbol, causing the Heavenly Flames within him to tremble.

Xiao Cang discovered that the Flame Ancestral Symbol could nourish Heavenly Flames and let them fuse, gaining enough pure fire energy to advance his cultivation. The fusion produced a new being, which he recognized as the Spirit of Exotic Fire.

• Xiao Cang investigated the Flame Ancestral Symbol's resonance with his Heavenly Flames and found that it strengthened Void Void Swallowing Flame's Sub-flame.
• Xiao Cang sent all his Heavenly Flames into the Flame Ancestral Symbol, where the ten Heavenly Flames began to fuse.
• Xiao Cang absorbed the pure fire-attributed energy released by the fusion and advanced from the early stage to the late stage of Three Star Dou Sheng over two days.
• Xiao Cang discovered that the Heavenly Flames remained within the Flame Ancestral Symbol and drew out a small flame-covered figure.
• Xiao Cang realized that the Spirit of Exotic Fire had condensed.

Xiao Cang welcomed Xiao Fu, a powerful Spirit of Exotic Fire, and tested her abilities before setting out for Blazing Flame Valley. There, he joined the many alchemists who had been invited to the ancient faction.

• Xiao Fu woke, eagerly approached Xiao Cang, and accepted the name he gave her.
• Xiao Cang tested Xiao Fu and discovered she possessed strength rivaling a High-level Half-Saint and could instantly create Buddha's Rage Fire Lotuses.
• Xiao Cang inspected the Immortal Life and Death Transformation reward and resolved to visit Ye'er only after the danger from the Hun Clan had passed.
• Xiao Cang reached Blazing Flame Valley and saw numerous alchemists arriving alongside fire-attributed Dou Zhes.
• A red-robed Blazing Flame Valley guide mistook Xiao Cang for an invited alchemist and escorted him into the Scorching Fire Mountain Range.

Xiao Cang discovered signs that the Hun Clan had infiltrated Blazing Flame Valley and learned that Tang Huo'er was suffering from fire poison amid a bitter conflict with Tang Zhen. That night, he captured a powerful Soul Body sent to approach him and read its memories.

• Xiao Cang attended Tang Zhen's gathering of alchemists and sensed a trace of the Hun Clan's aura on the Valley Master.
• Tang Zhen asked the alchemists to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill to cure Tang Huo'er's fire poison.
• Tang Huo'er rejected Tang Zhen's help, but Tang Zhen ordered servants to take her back to her room and confine her.
• Xiao Cang told the servants he was an eighth-tier alchemist and waited in his guest room.
• A concealed Soul Body tried to approach Xiao Cang at night, but he pierced it with Dou Qi, captured it, and read its memories with the Great Soul Control Art.

Xiao Cang destroyed the Old Valley Master's Soul Slave and discovered Tang Zhen's plans to control the visiting alchemists. He found Tang Huo'er suffering from fire poison and offered to save her and her father in exchange for marriage and the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.

• Xiao Cang crushed the Old Valley Master's mindless soul after learning Tang Zhen had turned his uncle's corpse into a Soul Slave.
• Tang Zhen learned his Soul Slave had been destroyed and decided to personally subdue the alchemists.
• Xiao Cang found Tang Huo'er suffering severe fire poison after she tried to refine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to free her father from the Hun Clan's influence.
• Xiao Cang offered to cure Tang Huo'er and save Tang Zhen, asking Tang Huo'er to marry him and give him the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Tang Huo'er hesitated over Xiao Cang's conditions.

Tang Huo'er agreed to marry Xiao Cang and give him the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire if he saved her father, Tang Zhen. Xiao Cang removed the Hun Clan’s control from Tang Zhen, but the Hun Clan expert who placed the soul mark then arrived at Blazing Flame Valley.

• Tang Huo'er agreed to Xiao Cang’s conditions to save Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen arrived to confront Xiao Cang, who revealed his agreement with Tang Huo'er.
• Xiao Cang overpowered Tang Zhen and erased the Hun Clan’s mark from his soul.
• Tang Zhen regained his clarity, recalled the crimes he had committed under the Hun Clan’s control, and thanked Xiao Cang.
• As Tang Zhen began to refine the energy released by the removed mark, a terrifying presence erupted inside Blazing Flame Valley.

Tang Zhen agreed to give Xiao Cang the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and bring Blazing Flame Valley into his alliance in exchange for protection from Hun Qianmo. Xiao Cang confronted Hun Qianmo, revealed that he was only an avatar, and engulfed him in a sea of flames using the Flame Ancestral Symbol.

• Tang Zhen feared the arrival of a Six Star Dou Saint and asked Xiao Cang for help.
• Xiao Cang demanded the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and Blazing Flame Valley's membership in his alliance, and Tang Zhen accepted.
• Hun Qianmo emerged from a spatial fissure and recognized Xiao Cang as a threat to the Hun Clan's plans.
• Xiao Cang identified Hun Qianmo as an avatar and unleashed his middle-stage Three Star Dou Saint cultivation.
• Xiao Fu used five Heavenly Flames to form a Five-Colored Fire Lotus, and Xiao Cang's Flame Ancestral Symbol swallowed Hun Qianmo in a sea of fire.

Xiao Cang destroyed Hun Qianmo’s projected avatar, freed Tang Zhen from the Hun Clan’s control, and removed Tang Huo’er’s fire poison. Tang Huo’er recovered and accepted Xiao Cang’s marriage condition, while their relationship grew more intimate.

• Xiao Cang defeated Hun Qianmo’s projected avatar in Blazing Flame Valley, and Hun Qianmo reported the loss to the Black Flame Figure, who planned to deal with Xiao Cang after the Shi Clan.
• Xiao Cang asked Tang Zhen to fulfill his promise to give him the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and Tang Zhen requested a few days to separate it from his body.
• Xiao Cang went to Tang Huo’er’s room, where she confirmed she was willing to marry him.
• Xiao Cang used the Flame Ancestral Symbol to absorb Tang Huo’er’s fire poison and restored her strength with Dou Qi.
• Tang Huo’er blushed when Xiao Cang reminded her not to call him Senior, then asked what she should call him instead.

Xiao Cang and Tang Huo'er consummated their marriage, and the system rewarded him with a Spatial Transmission Array. After Xiao Cang explained that their intimacy could rapidly improve Tang Huo'er's cultivation, she eagerly asked to continue cultivating with him.

• Xiao Cang kissed Tang Huo'er and carried her to bed, where they spent two hours together.
• The system rewarded Xiao Cang with a Spatial Transmission Array that connected two anchored locations.
• Xiao Cang realized he could use the array to travel to his Cang Realm without returning to Starfall Pavilion.
• Tang Huo'er asked why her cultivation had improved, and Xiao Cang said she could reach Dou Zong in two days by cultivating with him.
• Xiao Cang told Tang Huo'er he was twenty years old and a Dou Saint, and she asked him to continue cultivating with her.

Tang Huo'er broke through to Dou Zong through Dual Cultivation with Xiao Cang, then discovered she was pregnant. Xiao Cang gave her Ling Zong Pills to continue advancing and learned that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire had been successfully stripped away.

• Tang Huo'er cultivated with Xiao Cang for three days and broke through from Nine-star Dou Huang to One-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Cang received a Demonic Flame Fragmented Map and spiritual medicines as a reward after learning Tang Huo'er carried his bloodline.
• Xiao Cang combined the new map with two others and decided to wait until he was at least Five Star Dou Saint before seeking the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Cang told Tang Huo'er she was pregnant and gave her Ling Zong Pills that could raise a Dou Zong's cultivation.
• At dusk, Tang Zhen told Xiao Cang that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire had been successfully stripped away.

Xiao Cang went to Blazing Flame Valley to devour the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, while Tang Huo'er revealed that she had reached the Dou Zong realm and was now his wife. He suppressed and began refining the Heavenly Flame without the Azure Nether Flame Art, leaving Tang Zhen and Ancestor Huoyun astonished by his power and youth.

• Tang Zhen told Xiao Cang that he had separated the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire from his body, and Tang Huo'er joined them after revealing she had broken through to the Dou Zong realm with Xiao Cang's help.
• Tang Zhen led Xiao Cang and Tang Huo'er to the gorge where the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire burned, and Ancestor Huoyun offered Xiao Cang the Azure Nether Flame Art needed to refine it.
• Xiao Cang refused the cultivation method and entered the fire, using the Flame Ancestral Symbol to suppress the nine silver dragons before devouring the Heavenly Flame with the Supreme Flame God Canon.
• Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen watched Xiao Cang's aura grow stronger, then learned from Tang Huo'er that he was only in his early twenties.
• Ancestor Huoyun wondered whether Xiao Cang was descended from the Xiao Clan, but dismissed the thought because he believed the clan had been exterminated a thousand years earlier.

Xiao Cang suppressed and refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, astonishing Ancestor Huoyun, Tang Zhen, and Tang Huo'er. After Xiao Cang awoke, Ancestor Huoyun asked whether he belonged to the Xiao Family.

• Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen were shocked to learn Xiao Cang was only twenty and already a Three Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Cang used the Supreme Flame God Canon to suppress the Heavenly Flames and absorb them into his body.
• Xiao Cang refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and woke after the flames had vanished.
• Tang Huo'er celebrated Xiao Cang's success and embraced him, while Tang Zhen felt heartache over the loss of Blazing Flame Valley's inherited treasure.
• Ancestor Huoyun asked Xiao Cang whether he was a member of the Xiao Family.

After refining the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, Xiao Cang gave Tang Zhen pills as compensation, then began breaking through as the Heavenly Flame surged within him. He subdued its power and emerged as a mid-stage Four Star Dou Saint, with his Supreme Flame God Canon advancing to Emperor-grade Advanced.

• Xiao Cang confirmed his connection to the Xiao Family and gave Tang Zhen numerous Grade 7 and Grade 8 Pills for the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Tang Huo'er touched Xiao Cang's chest and noticed a crimson patch just as his power surged toward another breakthrough.
• Ancestor Huoyun pulled Tang Huo'er away while Xiao Cang became engulfed in flames and struggled to suppress the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Cang controlled the flame's power, and Ancestor Huoyun congratulated him on reaching the mid-stage Four Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Cang confirmed his breakthrough and discovered that the Heavenly Flame had advanced his Supreme Flame God Canon to Emperor-grade Advanced.