Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang told Dan Chen he wanted their relationship to be acknowledged openly, and she agreed to keep it from her elders until he was ready to speak with them. After Dan Chen experienced a surge in her Dou Qi and soul power, Xiao Cang returned to Ye Xinlan’s room on the eve of the assembly.

• Xiao Cang told Dan Chen he would face her elders openly, and she agreed not to tell them about their relationship for now.
• Dan Chen returned to her room, felt her Dou Qi and soul power grow unusually active, and wondered if being with Xiao Cang had improved her strength.
• Xiao Cang decided to check on Ye Xinlan before attending the assembly with her the next day.
• Ye Xinlan welcomed Xiao Cang back and reminded him that they would watch the competition with her grandfather the next day.
• Xiao Cang pulled Ye Xinlan close as she raised her head toward him.

Xiao Cang won the Pill Gathering for the Ye Family with his brilliant Bone-Regenerating Blood-Dissolving Pill. Xuan Kongzi invited him to discuss alchemy, while Ye Xinlan celebrated their victory and the Ye Family’s renewed standing.

• Xiao Cang and Ye Xinlan arrived late at the Pill Gathering, where the crowd greeted Xiao Cang with admiration.
• During the remaining days of pill refinement, Xiao Cang watched Dan Chen, who completed a Grade 8 Pill of lower quality than his own.
• Xuan Kongzi examined the contestants’ pills, and Tian Lei Zi announced Xiao Cang as the Pill Gathering’s winner.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Cang to seek him out to discuss alchemy, saying he could refine even more advanced pills.
• Ye Xinlan celebrated beside Xiao Cang and said his victory would end the Ye Family’s humiliation.

Xiao Cang celebrated the Ye Family’s success with Ye Xinlan, and she became pregnant before he left for the Dan Family and the Yan Clan. The chapter ended with him entering Dan Chen’s room while she wondered whether he would come.

• Ye Zhong thanked Xiao Cang for helping the Ye Family retain its place among the Five Great Families, and the family held a celebration.
• Xiao Cang and Ye Xinlan spent the night together, and the system announced that he had acquired a new bloodline and granted him rewards.
• Xiao Cang told Ye Xinlan she was pregnant and promised to return when she gave birth.
• Xiao Cang left that night, intending to see Dan Chen before heading to the Yan Clan.
• Dan Chen, thinking about Xiao Cang, repeated that he would come and that he would not, just as Xiao Cang entered her room.

Xiao Cang reunited with Dan Chen, spent the night with her, and left at dawn for the Yan Clan in the Northwest Continent. He crossed into the region and headed toward the Yan Clan, determined to reach Huo Zhi soon.

• Dan Chen plucked flower petals while wondering whether Xiao Cang would come, and Xiao Cang surprised her by appearing behind her.
• Dan Chen embraced Xiao Cang, and they spent time together before she asked whether he would return; he promised to visit her again.
• Xiao Cang left while Dan Chen was asleep, and she quietly accepted his departure despite her sadness.
• Xiao Cang traveled to the Gobi plains, opened a spatial passage, and entered the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Cang studied his map and headed northwest toward the Yan Clan, thinking of Huo Zhi.

Xiao Cang returned to the Yan Clan and reunited with the heavily pregnant Huo Zhi, who had been longing for him. The Fire Clan leaders sensed a powerful Dou Saint enter the city, then learned he was Huo Zhi’s husband and decided to let the couple reunite before inviting him over.

• Huo Zhi heard gongs and drums while walking with her maid and went to investigate.
• Xiao Cang appeared beside a great drum and caught Huo Zhi when she stumbled.
• Huo Zhi recognized Xiao Cang, and the two embraced as she cried over their months apart.
• Huo Jin sensed a powerful Dou Saint enter the city, and the Fire Clan elders gathered to discuss the intruder.
• A soldier reported seeing Huo Zhi with a man, and the Fire Clan leaders realized the Dou Saint was her husband.
• Huo Jin dismissed the alarm and suggested they let Huo Zhi and Xiao Cang talk before inviting him over.

Xiao Cang reunited with Huo Zhi and carried her to the Fire Clan’s elders, where she introduced him to the clan leaders. The elders gathered to meet the man Huo Zhi had chosen as her husband.

• Xiao Cang carried Huo Zhi beneath the moonlight and asked about the Yan Clan’s situation.
• Huo Zhi told Xiao Cang that the Lion Nether Sect had sent experts to Xuanhuang Fortress, which the Yan Clan would not surrender.
• Xiao Cang carried Huo Zhi toward the Fire Clan’s headquarters and said he would give her a gift the next day.
• Clan members noticed Huo Zhi’s pregnancy as Xiao Cang carried her through the city.
• The Great Elder, the Fire Clan Chief, and the other elders went out to meet Xiao Cang and Huo Zhi.
• Xiao Cang carried Huo Zhi up to the elders, and she blushed and asked him to put her down.

Xiao Cang arrived at the Yan Clan to reunite with Huo Zhi and ask the elders to bless their relationship. The clan welcomed him with a banquet, though Huo Ling remained wary, and Huo Zhi warned him that Second Elder Huo Yao would soon be drunk.

• Huo Zhi introduced Xiao Cang to the elders as her husband and asked them to judge him.
• Huo Ling objected to the couple’s private pledge and Huo Zhi’s pregnancy, but Huo Yao invited Xiao Cang into the great hall.
• Xiao Cang joined Huo Zhi and the elders at a banquet prepared by Clan Chief Yan Jin.
• Huo Yao sensed that Xiao Cang possessed more than one Heavenly Flame, and he did not deny it.
• Yan Jin toasted Xiao Cang and wished him and Huo Zhi a long life together.
• Huo Zhi whispered that Huo Yao would be unconscious after a few more cups of wine.

Xiao Cang celebrated with Huo Zhi and the Yan Clan, but he noticed an unfamiliar aura that he eventually recognized as belonging to the Hun Clan. He returned to the banquet after discovering that the aura permeated the entire Yan Clan, suspecting the Hun Clan was plotting something there.

• Xiao Cang celebrated Huo Zhi's pregnancy with her and reassured Second Elder that he loved her gentle nature.
• Xiao Cang noticed Great Elder seemed tense while the clan celebrated his arrival.
• Xiao Cang left the hall to change clothes and sensed that the strange aura was stronger inside than outside.
• Great Elder confronted Xiao Cang, and Xiao Cang recognized the aura on him as the Hun Clan's.
• Xiao Cang realized the Hun Clan's aura had spread throughout the Yan Clan and returned to the banquet to investigate without drawing attention.

Xiao Cang discovered that the Great Elder had poisoned his wine, then watched the Yan Clan banquet collapse into chaos as the poisoned drink took effect. He pulled Huo Zhi to safety as the clan members who had drunk the wine fell unconscious.

• Huo Zhi welcomed Xiao Cang back and brought him to sit at the banquet, where the Great Elder confronted him and tested his cultivation.
• The Great Elder gave Xiao Cang a cup of wine, and he drank it while Huo Zhi defended him.
• After the Great Elder left, Xiao Cang secretly expelled the wine and realized it contained poison, suspecting her of colluding with the Hun Clan.
• The Clan Chief and other guests who had drunk wine became dizzy and collapsed, while the singers and dancers fled in panic.
• Huo Zhi grew dizzy too, and Xiao Cang pulled her back as she slumped into his arms.

Huo Ling poisoned the Yan Clan gathering and revealed that she intended to seize Yan Jin’s position as clan chief. Xiao Cang protected the pregnant Huo Zhi and confronted Huo Ling, suspecting she had obtained the poison from the Hun Clan.

• Huo Zhi collapsed after the poisoned incense took effect, and Xiao Cang caught her and sent Dou Qi into her body.
• Huo Ling confronted the incapacitated Yan Jin and declared that she wanted his position as clan chief.
• Huo Ling accused Huo Yao of undeserving his Heavenly Flame and revealed that Xiao Cang’s arrival had disrupted her original plan.
• Huo Ling mocked Xiao Cang and Huo Zhi’s relationship, then admitted she had poisoned the gathering so no one could move.
• Xiao Cang recognized the poison’s Hun Clan aura and asked Huo Ling where she had obtained it.

Huo Ling revealed her alliance with the Hun Clan after poisoning the Yan Clan’s leaders, but Xiao Cang stood up despite the poison and confronted her and Old Man Hun Mo. As the Hun Clan’s forces darkened the skies and threatened the clan, the clan leader challenged Huo Ling over her betrayal.

• Xiao Cang identified the poison’s aura as belonging to the Hun Clan, and Huo Ling admitted it had not come from the Yan Clan.
• Old Man Hun Mo arrived, and Huo Yao realized that Huo Ling had been conspiring with the Hun Clan.
• Huo Ling declared that she had removed the obstacles and demanded that Old Man Hun Mo fulfill his promise, while Huo Yao pleaded with her to remember the Yan Clan as her home.
• Dark clouds and blood-red traces spread across the sky as the Hun Clan’s attack sent the clansmen searching for shelter.
• Xiao Cang stood despite the poison and accused Huo Ling and the Hun Clan of bringing slaughter upon the clan.
• The clan leader confronted Huo Ling, who claimed she deserved his position, and he called her a traitor.

Xiao Cang and the Yan Clan confronted Old Man Hun Mo after Huo Ling's betrayal and the Hun Clan's poisoning left many people incapacitated. Yan Jin appeared and challenged Huo Ling, while Old Man Hun Mo revealed that the Hun Clan wanted the Yan Clan's ancient power.

• Old Man Hun Mo appeared in person, recognized Xiao Cang, and revealed his killing intent toward him.
• Yan Jin identified Old Man Hun Mo and accused Huo Ling of colluding with the Soul Hall, while Huo Ling fled to Old Man Hun Mo's side.
• Old Man Hun Mo dismissed the clans' agreement and declared that the Hun Clan wanted the Yan Clan's ancient power.
• Huo Ling revealed that the Hun Clan had poisoned people throughout the Yan Clan and demanded that Yan Jin give up the clan chief position.
• Xiao Cang condemned Huo Ling, and Yan Jin appeared with his Heavenly Flame to confront the traitorous elder.

Xiao Cang fought Old Man Hun Mo after declaring that he would help Yan Jin clean house, revealing power that shocked the Yan Clan. Huo Ling tried to seize the clan chief position, but Yan Jin declared him the least qualified.

• Xiao Cang burned Huo Ling and attacked Old Man Hun Mo, who countered with a soul-shaking snort and a sudden strike from above.
• Xiao Cang surrounded himself with pale white light and withstood Old Man Hun Mo’s full-strength palm without being pushed back.
• Xiao Cang accused the Hun Clan and Soul Hall of breaking their agreement and declared that Old Man Hun Mo would pay for his crimes.
• Old Man Hun Mo seized Huo Ling and threatened the Yan Clan, while Huo Ling claimed the clan had been drugged and demanded the clan chief position.
• Xiao Cang challenged Huo Ling’s assumptions about the people beside him, and Yan Jin told Huo Ling that he was the least qualified to lead.

Xiao Cang watched Yan Jin confront Huo Ling, who had allied with Old Man Hun Mo to seize the Yan Clan leadership. As Yan Jin fought Huo Ling, Xiao Cang stepped in to face Old Man Hun Mo while chaos spread through the clan city.

• Old Man Hun Mo urged Huo Ling to kill Yan Jin, but Xiao Cang stepped forward and Yan Jin declared he would protect the Yan Clan.
• Huo Ling attacked Yan Jin, who struck him with the Meteor Sky Profound Finger and badly burned him.
• Old Man Hun Mo summoned ghostly shadows, and Xiao Cang burned them away with his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Cang asked Yan Jin to let him handle Old Man Hun Mo, while Yan Jin continued confronting Huo Ling.
• Yan Jin attacked Huo Ling as the Yan Clan members fled the city, and Xiao Cang faced Old Man Hun Mo.

Xiao Cang fought Old Man Hun Mo in the Yan Clan’s main hall and rescued Huo Zhi as their battle brought the building down. Outside the ruins, he resumed the fight with his ancestor’s giant axe and drew blood from Old Man Hun Mo.

• Old Man Hun Mo charged Xiao Cang to avenge the destruction of his avatar, but Xiao Cang trapped him with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and struck him with a fist infused with Heavenly Flames and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Their clash shook the hall apart, so Xiao Cang carried Huo Zhi outside while Yan Jin and the others escaped the collapsing building.
• Xiao Cang placed Huo Zhi somewhere safe, then told Old Man Hun Mo to compensate him for the destruction before the two resumed fighting.
• Xiao Cang formed a massive flame axe that Old Man Hun Mo recognized as belonging to Xiao Cang’s ancestor and used it to attack him.
• Xiao Cang’s axe struck Old Man Hun Mo and drew blood through his black robes.

Xiao Cang battled Old Man Hun Mo and confronted a mysterious black-robed figure whose power resembled that of the Spirit Devouring Clan. The chapter ended with Xiao Cang locked in combat with the figure, whom the clan leader suspected was not human.

• Old Man Hun Mo attacked Xiao Cang after Xiao Cang condemned his schemes and the Hun Clan's treachery.
• Xiao Cang and Old Man Hun Mo clashed, sending Hun Mo through a wall and leaving him bloodied.
• Xiao Cang mocked Old Man Hun Mo, who challenged his standing as a member of the Xiao Clan.
• A black-robed man stepped forward, and Xiao Cang noticed strange rune cloth and powerful devouring energy beneath his robe.
• Xiao Cang charged the black-robed man, whose black mist repelled him, and the clan leader identified the power as belonging to the Spirit Devouring Clan.

Old Man Hun Mo and the Nihility Devouring Flame attacked Xiao Cang and the Yan Clan, while Huo Ling learned that the Hun Clan would not make him clan chief. After identifying the Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Cang gathered the surrounding flames and launched a massive attack on Old Man Hun Mo.

• Old Man Hun Mo appeared behind Xiao Cang and trapped him with the black-robed man in a transformed space.
• Huo Yao attacked Huo Ling, but the clan chief’s flames burned Huo Yao and left him unable to move.
• The clan chief bound the black-robed man with a Heavenly Flame hook, and Xiao Cang identified him as the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame admitted he planned to devour the Yan Clan, and Huo Ling realized the Hun Clan had deceived him.
• Old Man Hun Mo challenged Xiao Cang, who gathered the flames into a vast fire python and struck at him.

Xiao Cang overwhelmed Old Man Hun Mo with mutated Heavenly Flames, despite Hun Mo’s black mist and desperate resistance. As Hun Mo fled, Huo Ling and Huo Yao watched in disbelief at Xiao Cang’s terrifying power.

• Xiao Cang attacked Old Man Hun Mo with blazing fists, forcing him to defend himself with black mist.
• Old Man Hun Mo spread his mist across the battlefield, but Xiao Cang strengthened his Heavenly Flames with a drop of his blood.
• Xiao Cang’s flames pierced the black mist and melted part of Old Man Hun Mo’s chest.
• Xiao Cang unleashed a storm of mutated Heavenly Flames and declared he would kill Old Man Hun Mo and turn him into a puppet.
• Old Man Hun Mo fled from Xiao Cang while Huo Ling and Huo Yao watched, stunned by the flames’ immense power.

Xiao Cang defeated Old Man Hun Mo and used the Sorrowful Wind Soul Refining Hand to refine him into a puppet while Yan Jin kept Nihility Devouring Flame at bay. Huo Ling watched in fear as the battle left Old Man Hun Mo gone and Nihility Devouring Flame unable to intervene.

• Xiao Cang pierced Old Man Hun Mo with a beam of light and battered him as he tried to flee.
• Yan Jin blocked Nihility Devouring Flame from rescuing Old Man Hun Mo.
• Xiao Cang said he would refine Old Man Hun Mo into a puppet and dismissed the old man's threat about the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Cang used the Sorrowful Wind Soul Refining Hand to seize Old Man Hun Mo and make him vanish inside a giant hand of Dou Qi.
• Nihility Devouring Flame tried to reach Old Man Hun Mo, but Yan Jin stopped him while Huo Ling watched in terror.

Xiao Cang turned Old Man Hun Mo into a puppet while Yan Jin confronted Nihility Devouring Flame to protect the Yan Clan and Xiao Cang. Yan Jin unleashed the Sky Burning Great Law empowered by his Heavenly Flame, trapping Nihility Devouring Flame in blazing flames, though the formation’s enormous cost left Xiao Cang fearing Yan Jin would be drained if it failed to kill him.

• Xiao Cang revealed that Old Man Hun Mo had become a mindless puppet under his control and summoned him away.
• Yan Jin blocked Nihility Devouring Flame, who attacked him while trying to reach Xiao Cang.
• Yan Jin used the Meteor Sky Profound Finger to wound Nihility Devouring Flame, drawing blood from his face.
• Yan Jin activated the Sky Burning Great Law, and flames erupted from the ground around Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Huo Yao identified the formation and explained that Yan Jin had empowered it with his Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Cang stabilized himself with Dou Qi and worried that Yan Jin would lose all his strength if the formation failed to defeat Nihility Devouring Flame.