Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought in the arena, and Xiao Yan used the Black Heavy Ruler, his speed, and Eight Extremes Collapse to overcome her techniques. Nalan Yanran was struck and sent flying, leaving the watching Misty Cloud Sect disciples stunned by her apparent defeat.

• Xiao Yan charged Nalan Yanran and blocked her wind blades with the Black Heavy Ruler before clashing with her sword.
• Nalan Yanran launched Wind Spirit Fractal Sword, sending five linked energy swords at Xiao Yan, and he smashed through them with his ruler.
• Nalan Yanran retreated from Xiao Yan’s crashing ruler, but he burst from the dust at increased speed and broke through her wind-blade defense.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Nalan Yanran after using the Black Heavy Ruler as a decoy and struck her back with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Black Heavy Ruler as Nalan Yanran flew through the air, and the spectators wondered in disbelief if she had lost.

Nalan Yanran revealed that she had reached the Da Dou Shi level, but Xiao Yan shocked the plaza by revealing that he had reached the same rank. The duel continued as both fighters summoned Dou Qi Armor, leaving Nalan Yanran to face Xiao Yan with her full strength.

• Nalan Yanran halted her fall and revealed her true strength, raising her aura to the Da Dou Shi level.
• Yun Ling dismissed the elders’ concerns and predicted that Nalan Yanran’s Misty Cloud Sect techniques would secure her victory.
• Xiao Yan summoned Dou Qi Armor, revealing that he too was a Da Dou Shi and astonishing the spectators and elders.
• Nalan Yanran was shocked by Xiao Yan’s progress, took him seriously, and summoned her own refined pale-green Dou Qi Armor.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought to a standstill until she unleashed Wind Extreme: Setting Sun Radiance, prompting Xiao Yan to counter with an Azure Purple Fire Lotus. After the clash injured Nalan Yanran, Xiao Yan defeated her and declared the Three-Year Agreement over.

• Xiao Yan evaded Nalan Yanran's sword attacks and fought her fiercely at close range, while the Misty Cloud Sect elders noticed his strange, scorching energy.
• Gu He, Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and Nalan Jie realized that Xiao Yan was Yan Xiao and that the younger Mo Qi was his martial brother.
• Nalan Yanran rose into the air and unleashed Wind Extreme: Setting Sun Radiance, while Xiao Yan combined Azure Flame and Purple Flame into Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• The two techniques collided above the plaza, producing a violent shockwave that shattered the disciples' first barrier and injured Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan pursued Nalan Yanran through the air, told her the Three-Year Agreement was over, and struck her despite Yun Ling's appeal for mercy.
• Nalan Yanran fell unconscious toward the ground as the venue fell silent.

After Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, he released her from their agreement, but Yun Ling tried to detain Xiao Yan and Xia Mo over Mo Cheng's death. Xia Mo's refusal sparked a bloody fight with the Misty Cloud Sect, and the chapter ended as Xiao Bai drove Yun Ling back.

• Nalan Yanran tried to kill herself, but Xiao Yan stopped her, burned the repudiation letter, and declared that she and the Xiao Clan had no further connection.
• Yun Ling stopped Xiao Yan and Xia Mo from leaving and questioned them about the Mo Clan robbery and Mo Cheng's disappearance.
• Xia Mo admitted that he had killed Mo Cheng after Mo Cheng targeted his friend, and challenged Yun Ling to investigate the Mo Clan's crimes.
• Yun Ling refused to let them leave, so Xia Mo demanded that Nalan Yanran withdraw from the Misty Cloud Sect or face the consequences.
• Yun Ling sent the Enforcement Team against Xia Mo, who summoned Xiao Bai and killed most of the attackers while Xiao Yan prepared to escape.
• Xiao Bai blocked Yun Ling's attack and shattered his stone sword, forcing Yun Ling backward.

Three Misty Cloud Sect elders tried to capture Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, but Hai Bodong intervened as their shrinking energy prison closed in. The prison shattered under his icy power, leaving Yun Ling facing an unexpected opponent.

• Yun Ling sent three Dou Wang elders after Xia Mo and Xiao Yan while he kept Xiao Bai occupied.
• Fa Ma declined to intervene directly, and Hai Bodong resolved to act to obtain the Fu Zi Ling Dan that could restore his strength.
• The elders trapped Xia Mo and Xiao Yan first with Wind Bind, then inside a triangular energy prison that Xiao Yan could not break.
• As the prison shrank and the onlookers hesitated to help, Hai Bodong appeared within it and forced it apart with a surge of icy air.
• The three elders retreated after their combined energy prison exploded, and Yun Ling's expression turned grim.

Hai Bodong and Xia Mo fought to free their group from the Misty Cloud Sect, while Xia Mo and the newly awakened Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python battled Yun Ling. With Hai Bodong having defeated the three elders, Xiao Yan seized an opening and struck Yun Ling with his Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Hai Bodong intervened on Xia Mo's side, but Yun Ling ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to trap them inside the Misty Cloud Fog Array.
• Hai Bodong protected Xiao Yan while Xia Mo challenged Yun Ling, and Xia Mo shattered Yun Ling's Heavy Rock Sword before fighting him at close range.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python awakened, injured Yun Ling, and grew into a giant serpent that joined Xia Mo in attacking him.
• Hai Bodong defeated the three Misty Cloud Sect elders and began breaking the barrier while Xia Mo and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python continued pressuring Yun Ling.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yun Ling from behind with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, smashing through a stone wall and bringing the fiery weapon down toward Yun Ling's head.

Xiao Yan’s strike nearly killed Yun Ling, who retaliated with the Misty Cloud Sect’s formation and wounded Xiao Bai before Hai Bodong and Ling Ying intervened. As the group tried to escape, Yun Ling summoned the sect’s former leader, Yun Shan, whose awakening revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong level.

• Xiao Yan’s attack split Yun Ling’s head, and Yun Ling swore that Xia Mo and Xiao Yan would not leave the Misty Cloud Sect safely.
• Yun Ling activated the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Formation and sent a powerful attack at Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, but Xiao Bai shielded Xiao Yan and was badly wounded.
• Hai Bodong blocked Yun Ling’s next attack, while Xia Mo used Golden Flame with Little Cai to crack the energy barrier.
• Ling Ying appeared, shattered the barrier, and overpowered Yun Ling, but Yun Ling blew a flute to summon the Misty Cloud Sect’s former leader.
• Yun Shan’s immense aura awakened across Misty Cloud Mountain, and Hai Bodong, Xia Mo, and Xiao Yan realized that he had become a Dou Zong.
• Far from the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun sensed the awakening and wondered why her teacher had appeared.

Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and confronted Xia Mo and Xiao Yan over the destruction at the Misty Cloud Sect, but Queen Medusa intervened and forced him to let them go. The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master then arrived with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, and Xia Mo agreed to discuss Qing Lin’s future at his residence while Yun Ling continued to resent him and Xiao Yan.

• Yun Shan arrived at the plaza, heard Yun Ling’s account, and challenged Xia Mo and Xiao Yan to accept responsibility for the damage to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xia Mo invoked the Central Continent and Ling Ying warned Yun Shan not to harm him or Xiao Yan, but Yun Shan attacked and bound Hai Bodong and Ling Ying while blocking the others’ escape.
• Yun Shan tried to capture Xia Mo and Xiao Yan, but the Heaven Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa, who stopped him and forced him to release them.
• Yun Shan ended the confrontation and warned Xia Mo and Xiao Yan to stay away from the Misty Cloud Sect; Queen Medusa then departed with them.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master arrived with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Bai Ya, and her experts, introduced herself, and invited discussion about taking Qing Lin as her disciple.
• After Xia Mo and the others left with the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, Yun Shan rejected Yun Ling’s proposal to target Xiao Yan’s father, while Yun Ling secretly held onto his resentment.

Xia Mo negotiated with the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master over Qing Lin’s future, and Qing Lin agreed to become her disciple so she could grow strong enough to help him. After three days together, Qing Lin left for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Xia Mo stayed behind to return to Jia Nan Academy.

• Hai Bodong gave Xiao Yan the medicinal herbs he had gathered and departed, then Ling Ying also left after warning Xiao Yan to become stronger.
• Xia Mo warned the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master not to force Qing Lin, and she agreed to respect Qing Lin’s wishes.
• Qing Lin initially refused the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master’s offers, but accepted her as a master after being told that training would let her help Xia Mo.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master gave Qing Lin a Storage Ring and promised to make her the mansion’s Saintess, while Lu Man gave Xia Mo a Storage Ring containing gold and medicinal herbs.
• Xia Mo asked the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master to stay for three days so he could spend time with Qing Lin, then watched as she and the Heavenly Snake Mansion group departed with Qing Lin.

Xia Mo traveled with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward Wutan City, stopping in major cities to search for ingredients for the Spirit Merging Pill. The trio reached a city near the end of their journey, where Xia Mo bought Medusa a pair of shoes and narrowly prevented her from harming a shopkeeper who mistook them for a married couple.

• Xia Mo gave Queen Medusa the Spirit Merging Pill formula, and she asked him to refine it in exchange for staying with him and protecting him while they searched for the rare ingredients.
• Queen Medusa delayed their journey by having them stop at major cities to search auction houses and trading fairs for the pill ingredients, but they found none during the first three days.
• Queen Medusa continued traveling with Xia Mo beyond the expected time before she would revert to the Heaven Swallowing Python, and the journey to Wutan City stretched to nearly five days.
• Xia Mo, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan stopped in a city for the night, where Zi Yan tried on clothes and Xia Mo bought Medusa a costly pair of red-and-gold shoes.
• The shopkeeper called Queen Medusa Xia Mo’s wife, provoking her terrifying aura; Xia Mo calmed her and paid for the shoes before the trio left for an inn.

Xia Mo returned to Wutan City with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan and learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had destroyed the Xiao Clan’s home and abducted Xiao Zhan. After recognizing the clan’s ancient jade as the Tou She Ancient God Jade, Xia Mo warned Xiao Yan to keep it hidden, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan preparing to evacuate his clan and pursue strength at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xia Mo returned to Wutan City with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan and found the Xiao Clan’s compound largely deserted.
• Xiao Yan told Xia Mo that three black-robed Misty Cloud Sect elders had ruined the clan’s home and that Xiao Zhan had disappeared after drawing them away.
• Xiao Yan explained his plan to move the clan members east, while Xia Mo urged him to relocate them to Peace Town and investigate the danger cautiously.
• Xiao Yan showed Xia Mo the ancient jade that confirmed Xiao Zhan was still alive, and Xia Mo identified it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and warned him to conceal it.
• Old Yao said the jade might be connected to the Tou She Ancient God Emperor, a legendary Dou Di, and advised Xiao Yan to keep it safe and focus on gaining strength.
• Xiao Yan planned to arrange the clan’s relocation, confront the Misty Cloud Sect, and then go with Xia Mo to Jia Nan Academy to cultivate.

Xiao Yan returned to the Misty Cloud Sect to demand his father’s whereabouts, but his confrontation with Yun Shan escalated into a devastating attack that wrecked much of Misty Cloud Mountain. Yun Shan placed Xiao Yan and Xia Mo on the sect’s kill list, leaving their conflict irreconcilable.

• Xia Mo summoned Xiao Lan, then he and Xiao Yan traveled with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward the Imperial Capital and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan flew ahead to the sect while Xia Mo and the others waited in the nearby forest, and experts across the Imperial Capital sensed their return.
• Yun Yun warned the Misty Cloud Sect elders against provoking Xiao Yan and Xia Mo, but Xiao Yan arrived with Yun Ling and the other two elders’ bodies and demanded his father’s return.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as Yun Zhi, then accused Yun Shan of responsibility for Xiao Zhan’s disappearance and threatened the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan combined two Heavenly Flames into a Buddha’s Fury Lotus and detonated it, badly damaging the sect despite its protective energy shield.
• Yun Shan declared Xiao Yan and Xia Mo enemies of the Misty Cloud Sect and placed them on its kill list.

Xiao Yan, empowered by Old Yao, fought Yun Shan and escaped the Misty Cloud Sect with Xia Mo, but Yun Shan’s sneak attack left him badly injured and marked. The group hid in the forest, then fled west toward the Monster Mountain Range while sect search parties pursued them.

• Xia Mo sent Zi Yan and Xiao Bai toward Town Ghost Pass as Old Yao took control of Xiao Yan and broke Yun Shan’s energy-clone attack.
• Old Yao clashed with Yun Shan, used the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and helped Xiao Yan launch a Buddha’s Fury Lotus that disrupted the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Formation.
• Yun Yun tried to stop Xiao Yan from harming Yun Shan, and Yun Shan seized the opening to strike Xiao Yan from behind.
• Xiao Yan returned Yun Yun’s cracked inner armor and declared their relationship over before Xia Mo carried him through the energy net and into the mountains.
• Yun Shan ordered his elders and deacons to hunt the fugitives, while Xiao Yan, Xia Mo, and Old Yao hid in a tree and discussed Xiao Yan’s injuries and the mark Yun Shan had left.
• Xia Mo used a bamboo whistle to summon Xiao Lan, and he and Xiao Yan flew west toward the Monster Mountain Range.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan hid in a cave in the Monster Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan recovered and uncovered the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations secret art. Xia Mo also refined an eighth-tier earth-element Demonic Core, and the group prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy the next day.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan found a concealed cave, drove out a Crystal Beast, and settled in for the night while Xiao Lan stayed nearby.
• Xiao Yan cultivated as Xia Mo refined a pill, then took it to heal his injuries and absorb the remaining power of the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill, raising his strength by two stars.
• Old Yao recognized Xiao Yan's black jade fragment as an item from Blazing Flame Valley, and Xia Mo used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to reveal the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations secret art.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the secret art's instructions, and Old Yao explained that it could temporarily increase strength but that the fragment contained only its first transformation.
• Xia Mo followed Old Yao's instructions to extract an eighth-tier earth-element Demonic Core from a hide-covered sphere and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao agreed to leave for Jia Nan Academy the next day and focus on improving their strength.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan reached Town Ghost Pass while fleeing the Misty Cloud Sect’s nationwide manhunt, but Meng La exposed Xiao Yan at the gate and Deputy Commander Meng Li tried to arrest them. Mu Tie upheld the empire’s authority, and Xia Mo defeated Meng Li; after Old Yao urgently warned them to leave, Xiao Yan vowed to return and kill Yun Shan.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan traveled toward the Jia Ma Empire’s border after evading their pursuers and gathering supplies outside Daling City.
• Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan approached Town Ghost Pass with a caravan, but Meng La recognized Xiao Yan and ordered the guards to arrest him.
• Meng Li ordered soldiers to attack Xiao Yan, but Commander Mu Tie withdrew the Silver Armor Army and set a boundary for their duel.
• Xia Mo stepped in for Xiao Yan and defeated Meng Li with a single palm strike.
• Old Yao urgently told Xia Mo and Xiao Yan to leave, and Mu Tie allowed them to pass through Town Ghost Pass.
• Xiao Yan told the gathered crowd to warn Yun Shan that he would return within two to five years and kill him.

Xiao Yan and Xia Mo learned that the Soul Hall had discovered traces of Yao Chen and posed a grave threat to him. They set out for Jia Nan Academy to grow stronger while avoiding the Soul Hall’s pursuit.

• Black vapor appeared over Town Ghost Pass and drifted after Xia Mo and Xiao Yan’s trail.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan and Xia Mo that the Soul Hall was powerful and had hunted him after his body was destroyed.
• Xiao Yan affirmed his loyalty to Yao Chen, and Xia Mo reassured him that they would stay cautious while building their strength.
• Yao Chen explained that the Soul Hall targeted powerful souls and that its agents might increase in the region after sensing him.
• Xiao Yan and Xia Mo decided to fly directly to Jia Nan Academy, then left with Zi Yan on Xiao Lan.
• Black mist later searched the place they had departed from but drifted away in the opposite direction.

Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan traveled across the Black Domain Great Plains toward Black Seal City, where they witnessed the Soul Hall capturing a soul body during a Black Storm. They reached the city before its auction, and Xia Mo warned Xiao Yan that his money would not be enough to bid on anything.

• Xia Mo explained the Black Corner Region's factions and told Xiao Yan that Han Feng, the Medicine Emperor, ranked third on the Black List, prompting Old Yao's ring to flare with pale flames.
• Xia Mo landed the group behind a boulder to wait out a Black Storm, but its sudden darkness and gale separated them from their surroundings.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan watched a Soul Hall member bind and capture a red soul body with a black chain, while Old Yao warned them about the danger to soul bodies.
• After the storm passed, Old Yao explained that the Soul Hall used unusual methods against soul bodies and urged Xia Mo and Xiao Yan to grow stronger before they were discovered.
• Xia Mo learned Xiao Yan had only a little over a hundred thousand gold coins and suggested he auction pills to earn money.
• Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan reached Black Seal City at night, where Xia Mo told them about the upcoming auction and its potentially valuable treasures.

Xia Mo and his companions attended the Black Seal City Auction, where they used Xiao Yan’s VIP card to enter and watched powerful factions compete for rare items. The auction continued with the Blood Sect’s Fan Ling acquiring the Thunderbat Sky Wings, while the factions’ interest in a mysterious final item remained unresolved.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan witnessed a skinny man fatally outwit a stronger bald man, and Xia Mo warned Xiao Yan not to judge people by their appearance in the Black Corner Region.
• Xia Mo and Zi Yan explored Black Seal City while Xiao Yan visited the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, then the group headed to the auction the next day in disguise.
• Xiao Yan used his second-tier VIP card to bring Xia Mo and Zi Yan into the auction house, where Fan Ling sensed something unusual about them and discussed obtaining a mysterious final item with an elder.
• Xia Mo bought a rare Nightmare Flower for two hundred thousand gold coins, while Xiao Yan’s two Azure Spirit Pills sold to Fan Ling for six hundred thousand gold coins each.
• Fan Ling outbid Elder Qing and other factions to purchase the Thunderbat Sky Wings for one million nine hundred thousand gold coins.

The auction reached its climax as the factions fought over the Earth-tier Three Thousand Lightning Movement and the seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Xia Mo and Xiao Yan let Fan Ling buy the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and map fragment, planning to seize them later, then left before the final pill auction began.

• Elder Qing outbid Fan Ling for Xiao Yan’s Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill with a bid of 1.5 million.
• Xia Mo recognized the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and map fragment, but he and Xiao Yan stopped bidding when Fan Ling raised the price; Fan Ling won them for 1.3 million, and Xia Mo resolved to take them from him later.
• An arrow fired from the second floor stopped a fight between two factions, and the Black Skull Tomb won the Three Thousand Lightning Movement with a bid of 10.2 million.
• The auctioneer revealed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill as the finale and explained its ability to grant a chance at transformation after grievous injury, along with the seller’s requirement that its buyer perform two tasks.
• Xia Mo decided the group could not compete for the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and left the auction with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan.

After leaving the auction, Xia Mo and his companions bought medicinal herbs and tracked the Blood Sect’s plan to ambush the Heavenly Snake Mansion over the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. Xiao Yan and Zi Yan took the pill from Fan Ling while Queen Medusa and Xia Mo defeated Fan Lao, leaving the group to return to Black Seal City as Lu Man and Elder Qing departed to investigate the theft.

• Xiao Yan collected the proceeds from the Azure Spirit Pills, and Xia Mo, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan left the auction house after refusing the Eight Gates sect master’s invitation.
• Xia Mo noticed two groups following them, and the companions shook off the pursuers before Queen Medusa helped Xia Mo and Zi Yan buy four million gold coins’ worth of herbs at the Thousand Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan found Fan Ling’s lodging, and the group watched him leave Black Seal City before hiding along the Blood Sect’s planned ambush route.
• Fan Lao’s Blood Sect ambushed Elder Qing’s party for the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Xia Mo sent Xiao Yan and Zi Yan after Fan Ling while Queen Medusa prepared to intervene.
• Zi Yan killed Elder Tan and the other Blood Sect guards, while Xiao Yan killed Fan Ling with his own Blood Corrosion Arrow and took the pill.
• Queen Medusa rescued Elder Qing and killed Fan Lao with Xia Mo’s help; Lu Man arrived, thanked them, and left with Elder Qing to investigate the missing pill.