Chapter Summaries

Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Heavenly Flame Venerable, who confronted and killed the Soul Hall Protector Hu Fa Ao. Hu Fa Ao’s Blood Sacrifice summoned Old Man Mu Gu, leaving Heavenly Flame Venerable waiting for the greater battle to come.

• Nalan Yanran reunited with Yun Yun and introduced Heavenly Flame Venerable as the Dou Zun who had come to help the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan led Heavenly Flame Venerable, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran to confront Hu Fa Ao at the back mountain.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable struck Hu Fa Ao down before he could use a Dou Skill, then sealed the surrounding space to stop his soul from escaping.
• Hu Fa Ao’s soul tried to bargain with Heavenly Flame Venerable, but Heavenly Flame Venerable attacked and nearly destroyed it.
• Hu Fa Ao used a Blood Sacrifice to break the spatial seal and summon Old Man Mu Gu before his soul dissipated.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable realized the true battle was about to begin and prepared for the arrival of the Soul Hall Venerable.

After Hu Fa Ao’s death, Heavenly Flame Venerable warned the Misty Cloud Sect that the Soul Hall would retaliate, but Old Man Mu Gu arrived before the sect could evacuate. Heavenly Flame Venerable killed Mu Gu’s soul fragment and drew the Soul Hall’s attention toward Jia Nan Academy, while Mu Gu’s true body resolved to report the incident to Central Continent.

• Old Man Mu Gu followed Hu Fa Ao’s Blood Sacrifice summons to the Misty Cloud Sect and discovered Hu Fa Ao had died.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable urged Yun Shan to evacuate the disciples because the Soul Hall would seek revenge, but Old Man Mu Gu arrived before they could leave.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable challenged Old Man Mu Gu and claimed responsibility for killing Hu Fa Ao, naming Jia Nan Academy to shield the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Old Man Mu Gu tried to escape, but Heavenly Flame Venerable blocked him and destroyed his soul fragment with fire dragons.
• Old Man Mu Gu’s true body spat blood and decided to report Heavenly Flame Venerable and Jia Nan Academy to the Soul Hall in Central Continent.

Hun Miesheng sent Blood River to investigate and capture the Soul Body of the Heavenly Flame Venerable who had defeated Old Man Mu Gu. After Mu Gu described Jia Nan Academy and claimed Mang Tianchi was gone, Blood River and Mu Gu set out to attack the academy.

• Hun Miesheng assigned Blood River to handle the Heavenly Flame Venerable at Jia Nan Academy and bring back his Soul Body.
• Blood River traveled to Old Man Mu Gu and asked about the academy and its new Dou Zun.
• Old Man Mu Gu told Blood River that the Heavenly Flame Venerable had killed Protector Hu Fa Ao and injured his soul fragment, while omitting how easily it had been destroyed.
• Old Man Mu Gu said Mang Tianchi had left Jia Nan Academy centuries ago and suggested the Heavenly Flame Venerable was the academy's strongest remaining defender.
• Blood River and Old Man Mu Gu headed toward Jia Nan Academy to attack it together.

After Heavenly Flame Venerable warned Zi Yan that Soul Hall might retaliate, Old Man Mu Gu and Blood River arrived near Jia Nan Academy. Mu Gu confronted Heavenly Flame Venerable, who was soon faced with three powerful Soul Hall puppets, while Yao Chen recognized his old enemy and launched an attack.

• Heavenly Flame Venerable returned from the Misty Cloud Sect and told Zi Yan that killing Hu Fa Ao might bring Soul Hall's retaliation.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Liu Fei arrived and found him occupying her usual chamber.
• Blood River ordered Old Man Mu Gu to test Jia Nan Academy's strength while he waited in ambush nearby.
• Old Man Mu Gu confronted Heavenly Flame Venerable, then summoned three powerful black-robed puppets with a shattered jade tablet.
• Yao Chen recognized Old Man Mu Gu and flew from the Alchemy Hall to launch a surprise attack.

Yao Chen fought Blood River at Jia Nan Academy and killed him after overcoming his blood-boosting secret technique. He then ambushed Old Man Mu Gu during his fight with the Heavenly Flame Venerable and killed him, ending his revenge.

• Blood River ambushed Yao Chen, who countered him while Ao Qing sensed the battle and chose not to intervene.
• Blood River used Blood Sacrifice to raise his strength and unleashed the Blood-Burning Heavenly Demon Palm, but Yao Chen countered with the Five Round Li Fire Disc.
• Yao Chen used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to break through Blood River's defenses, destroyed his body, and crushed his escaping soul.
• Yao Chen attacked Old Man Mu Gu while he was fighting the Heavenly Flame Venerable and plunged his hand into Mu Gu's chest.
• Yao Chen crushed Old Man Mu Gu's heart and annihilated his body and soul.

After killing Old Man Mu Gu and Blood River, Yao Chen settled into his role at Jia Nan Academy while Xiao Yan and the others competed to grow stronger. A year later, Zi Yan considered expanding the academy into Central Continent as Soul Hall’s Great Heavenly Sovereign gathered the year’s captured Soul Bodies.

• Yao Chen reflected on avenging Han Shanshan and resolved to return to the Yao Clan and take revenge on Soul Hall with help from Saint Ao Qing and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Soul Hall failed to notice that Old Man Mu Gu and Blood River had died, while Jia Nan Academy’s students competed fiercely under Zi Yan’s rules.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he was pursuing body cultivation because Aru Na, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran outpaced him in other areas.
• Ao Qing reached the peak of the Heavenly Soul Realm but, on the Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s advice, shifted his focus back to Dou Qi cultivation.
• Grand Elder Su Qian asked Zi Yan to choose a suitable site for Jia Nan Academy’s planned expansion into Central Continent.
• Bone Nether Saint gathered Soul Hall’s Protectors and Venerables and sent their captured Soul Bodies into the hall’s prison.

Soul Hall learned that Blood River’s life plaque had shattered, while Ao Qing explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Innate Woeful Poison Body and asked Yao Chen to help choose a new site for Jia Nan Academy in Central Continent. The two prepared to travel there, with Yao Chen considering Starfall Pavilion as a possible location.

• Gu You learned from Hun Miesheng that Blood River’s life plaque had shattered and was warned not to act against Jia Nan Academy alone.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian’s room filled with poisonous smoke, and Yao Chen stopped him and explained the dangers of the Woeful Poison Body.
• Yao Chen recounted his past battle with a Woeful Poison Body woman, and Ao Qing revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had the rarer Innate Woeful Poison Body.
• Ao Qing warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian could become stronger than him within two years and asked Yao Chen to accompany him to Central Continent.
• Yao Chen agreed to help Ao Qing find a new site for Jia Nan Academy and considered proposing Starfall Pavilion.

Ao Qing, Yao Chen, Aru Na, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled by griffin toward Tianya City while Yao Chen explained Central State’s factions and dangers. They reached the prosperous Tianqing Mountain Range and continued toward Central Continent, prepared to use its Space Wormhole.

• Ao Qing set out for Central State with Yao Chen, Aru Na, and Xiao Yi Xian, choosing to travel leisurely by griffin.
• Yao Chen explained how Space Wormholes worked and described Central State’s major human factions, including the Soul Hall and Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian cautioned Yao Chen against confronting the Soul Hall, and Yao Chen suppressed his killing intent while vowing to pursue them when the time came.
• Ao Qing described the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the other great magical beast clans, revealing that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would avenge attacks even against Emperor Clans.
• The group entered the busy Tianqing Mountain Range, where Ao Qing urged their griffin toward Central Continent as other travelers watched their rare mount with envy.

Ao Qing and Yao Chen watched Hun Changqing kill a Nine Netherworld Earth Python and then took over its cave, where Xiao Yi Xian absorbed its Magic Core and the Nine Netherworld Cold Pool to strengthen herself. As Yao Chen gathered the cave’s treasures, a strange black jade released a dangerous liquid onto his hand.

• Ao Qing and Yao Chen spotted Hun Changqing fighting a Nine Netherworld Earth Python, and Hun Changqing killed it, captured its soul, and took its Magic Core.
• Hun Changqing entered the python’s cave and discovered a Nine Netherworld Cold Pool and rare yin-cold herbs, but Yao Chen killed him before he could use them.
• Ao Qing, Yao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Aru Na entered the cave, where Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the pool’s energy and the Magic Core, advancing from peak Dou Ling to peak six-star Dou Wang.
• Yao Chen collected the cave’s herbs and found a piece of black jade among the python’s remains.
• Black liquid seeped from the jade onto Yao Chen’s hand, and he sensed that its poison posed a danger even to him as a Half-Saint.

Xiao Yi Xian safely took the poisonous Black Stone, which benefited her and helped her reach Eight-Star Dou Wang, while Ao Qing and the others traveled to Starfall Pavilion. Yao Chen went on to Wind Lightning Pavilion East Pavilion for the Four Pavilions Grand Meeting and, arriving at Thunder Mountain, sensed his old friend nearby.

• Ao Qing used dragon flame to purge the poison that the Black Stone had released into Yao Chen's arm.
• Xiao Yi Xian picked up the Black Stone without harm and said it aided her Woeful Poison Body and excited the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Ao Qing, Xiao Yi Xian, Aru Na, and Yao Chen reached Starfall Pavilion, where they learned Venerable Feng had gone to Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Yao Chen left Starfall Pavilion to follow Venerable Feng to the Four Pavilions Grand Meeting at Wind Lightning Pavilion East Pavilion.
• Yao Chen arrived at Thunder Mountain, observed its lightning-charged trees and crowds, and sensed his old friend's aura near the pavilion seats.

Yao Chen attended the Four Pavilions Grand Meeting to reunite with Feng Xian and announce Starfall Pavilion’s allegiance to Jia Nan Academy. After the tournament began, he revealed himself to Feng Xian, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Yao Chen waited at Thunder Mountain as the four pavilion masters arrived for the meeting.
• Thunder Honored Teacher announced the fifty-three-person free-for-all tournament, which would continue until eight competitors remained.
• Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, Wang Chen, and Feng Qing'er entered the arena as the crowd’s excitement rose.
• Yao Chen walked toward Feng Xian, and a Dou Zong guard tried to stop him.
• Yao Chen unleashed Half-Saint pressure, forced the guard to the ground, and introduced himself as Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master.
• Feng Xian recognized Yao Chen and exclaimed that he was alive.

Yao Chen reunited with Feng Xian at the Four Pavilions Grand Meeting, where the two discussed Han Feng’s betrayal and Yao Chen’s return. After the tournament, Yao Chen announced that Starfall Pavilion would merge into Jia Nan Academy, and news of the decision spread across Central Continent.

• Feng Xian reunited with Yao Chen, learned Han Feng had betrayed him, and heard that Yao Chen had already killed Han Feng.
• Thunder Honored Teacher began the Four Pavilions Grand Meeting, and Feng Qing'er, Mu Qingluan, Wang Chen, and other strong contestants advanced through the chaotic elimination round.
• Yao Chen told Feng Xian that he planned to make Starfall Pavilion a new campus of Jia Nan Academy, and Feng Xian supported the plan.
• After the tournament, Yao Chen announced that Starfall Pavilion would cease to exist and join Jia Nan Academy, reinforcing his declaration with his Half-Saint aura.
• Yao Chen, Feng Xian, and Mu Qingluan hurried to Starfall Pavilion to meet Ao Qing, while news of the merger spread throughout Central Continent.

Yao Chen returned to Starfall Pavilion and was restored as its Pavilion Master, while Ao Qing proposed that it join Jia Nan Academy. After Venerable Feng accepted the proposal, the news stirred Central Continent’s factions.

• Yao Chen and Venerable Feng led Starfall Pavilion’s disciples through the hidden entrance in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
• Venerable Feng introduced Yao Chen to Mu Qingluan as Starfall Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, and Yao Chen accepted the position when Venerable Feng announced his return to the disciples.
• Ao Qing arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Aru Na and asked Venerable Feng whether Starfall Pavilion would become part of Jia Nan Academy.
• Venerable Feng agreed to join Jia Nan Academy on Starfall Pavilion’s behalf, and Ao Qing promised its members a place in the academy.
• News of Starfall Pavilion joining Jia Nan Academy spread across Central Continent and left its factions wondering about the academy.

The Soul Hall attacked Starfall Pavilion to capture Yao Chen and destroy the pavilion, but Yao Chen confronted its leading experts. As the battle began, Bone Nether Saint arrived, revealing the Soul Hall’s hidden advantage.

• Hun Miesheng ordered Bone Nether Saint to go to Starfall Pavilion and end the conflict quickly.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerables led Soul Hall forces to surround Starfall Pavilion and assault its grand array.
• Venerable Feng rallied Starfall Pavilion’s elders and disciples to resist, while Yao Chen reassured them that he and Young Master Ao Qing would help.
• Venerable Feng lowered the array, and Yao Chen blocked Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerables as Soul Hall began its attack.
• Yao Chen neutralized a devastating energy attack, and Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerables realized Bone Nether Saint had also arrived.

Yao Chen revealed that he had reached the Half-Saint realm and stopped the Black White Heavenly Venerables’ combined attack. After Ao Qing warned that Soul Hall’s strongest leaders could not intervene, Yao Chen attacked the Soul Hall experts while Ao Qing confronted the Great Heavenly Sovereign and Bone Nether Saint.

• Black Heavenly Sovereign and White Heavenly Sovereign joined forces to launch the Rain Erosion of the Firmament at Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen stopped the ice sphere with a raised hand and revealed he was a Half-Saint.
• The Black White Heavenly Venerables summoned the Great Heavenly Sovereign and Second Heavenly Sovereign, while Yao Chen prepared for their arrival.
• Ao Qing told Yao Chen that the two Soul Hall leaders could not spare the strength to attack him and ordered him to act.
• Yao Chen charged at the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Sovereigns and the Black White Heavenly Venerables as Ao Qing appeared before the Great Heavenly Sovereign and Bone Nether Saint.

Ao Qing killed the Soul Hall forces attacking Starfall Pavilion, then faced Hun Miesheng, the Soul Hall Master, in a battle that began with a surprise attack and a clash of soul techniques. Their powers proved closely matched, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ao Qing sealed Bone Nether Saint and the Great Heavenly Sovereign in place, and the Great Heavenly Sovereign burned his life force and soul before self-destructing against Ao Qing’s dragon attack.
• Ao Qing killed Bone Nether Saint and burned the remaining Soul Hall members to ash, while Yao Chen protected Starfall Pavilion’s fighters from the blast.
• Hun Miesheng arrived after receiving Bone Nether Saint’s message and challenged Ao Qing over the deaths of the Soul Hall experts.
• Ao Qing attacked Hun Miesheng by surprise, melted through his Dou Qi shield with dragon flames, and burned his hand before the two separated.
• Ao Qing used Telepathic Link, but Hun Miesheng countered with Ten Thousand Souls Worship, and their soul attacks clashed without either gaining a clear advantage.

Ao Qing defeated Hun Miesheng’s assault on Starfall Pavilion, forcing the wounded Soul Hall Master to flee back to the Soul Clan. Months later, Yao Chen returned to a greatly strengthened Starfall Pavilion and prepared to welcome Zi Yan and the others from Jia Nan Academy.

• Ao Qing overwhelmed Hun Miesheng with his dragon body and spear, forcing him to use a medicinal pill and escape through a spatial passage with a mangled back.
• News of the battle spread across Central Continent, where the Great Heavenly Sovereign’s death and Hun Miesheng’s retreat made Starfall Pavilion appear to be a leading force.
• Hun Miesheng emerged unconscious outside Soul World, and two Soul Clan venerables carried him into the clan.
• Months later, Yao Chen returned from Jia Nan Academy after sending word that its people could move, and saw that Starfall Pavilion’s territory had become more heavily defended.
• Yao Chen broke through the elders’ attempt to stop him in the Star Realm, and the elders recognized him as their Pavilion Master.

Jia Nan Academy arrived at Starfall Pavilion and absorbed it into the academy, giving the new Central Continent base a powerful fighting force. As Queen Medusa reunited with Ao Qing, the others settled into their new roles and prepared for life in Central Continent.

• Yao Chen told Starfall Pavilion’s disciples and elders that the pavilion would become part of Jia Nan Academy, and Feng Xian organized their welcome for Zi Yan’s group.
• Zi Yan led Jia Nan Academy’s students and instructors to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Chen and Feng Xian formally welcomed her and offered the pavilion’s allegiance.
• Zi Yan made Starfall Pavilion’s disciples students and its elders instructors, then established a Battle Hall led by Feng Xian and Heavenly Flame Venerable.
• Queen Medusa joined Ao Qing at the back mountain, and the two shared a private reunion before she asked why Purification Lotus Demon Saint had stayed behind.
• Xiao Yan explored the new Alchemy Hall with Yao Chen, while Zi Yan reunited with Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin and Feng Xian reflected on Jia Nan Academy’s strength.
• Ao Qing told Queen Medusa that Purification Lotus Demon Saint was gathering Demon Fire Remnant Maps in the Northwest Continent and would join them later.

Zi Yan took a small group of Jia Nan Academy students to train in the Void Thunder Pool, where Xiao Yan fled from intelligent black lightning and met the mysterious Mang. After Zi Yan brought him back safely, the group rested in the Ancient Dragon World, where Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa reflected on the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

• Zi Yan led Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Aru Na, and Mu Qingluan to the Void Thunder Pool and warned them to stay out of its core region.
• Xiao Yan ventured into the inner region, encountered black lightning pursuing a bedraggled old man, and fled as the old man briefly joined him before escaping ahead.
• Xiao Yan outran the lightning and learned from the old man, who called himself Mang, that the creatures were intelligent beings formed from lightning and invited him to return to the depths.
• Zi Yan found Xiao Yan using the Dragon Mark and led him away; Mang later reappeared and wondered about Xiao Yan's name.
• In the Ancient Dragon World, Medusa spoke with Xiao Yi Xian about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's bloodline and its burdens, and Zi Yan joined them after their training.

Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that an outsider was using the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Void Thunder Pool, prompting her to report it to the elders. While the elders discussed the intruder, Mang Tianchi absorbed Black Demon Lightning in the pool and aimed to reach the late Five-Star Dou Saint stage.

• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that a powerful outsider had entered the Void Thunder Pool, and she said she would inform the clan elders.
• Zi Yan brought Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others to Ancient Dragon Island, where Elder Zhu Li recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and Ancient Heavenly Serpent soul.
• Zi Yan met the elders in the secret realm and reported that someone outside the clan was in the Void Thunder Pool.
• Mang Tianchi trapped Black Demon Lightning with Dou Techniques and absorbed it, refining its energy into Dou Qi.
• Mang Tianchi continued cultivating amid the surging Black Demon Lightning, believing that absorbing it all could take him to the late Five-Star Dou Saint stage.