Chapter Summaries

Chu Xiao reunited with Ya Fei, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian after emerging from seclusion, giving gifts and preparing them for a family dinner. Xiao Yi Xian gave him the complete Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, prompting the women to realize the Xiao Clan could revive its bloodline power; Chu Xiao then resolved to find Han Yue, Han Xue, Zi Yan, Qing Luan, and Feng Qing Er soon.

• Ya Fei embraced Chu Xiao, accepted his invitation to meet his family at dinner, and went to prepare gifts for them.
• Chu Xiao praised Qing Lin's cultivation, then helped her control the sealed Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Chu Xiao visited Xiao Yi Xian in the Small World, gave her a cultivation-boosting gift, and received a scroll of Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame from her.
• The women learned from Chu Xiao's Diary that the technique could help members of the Xiao Clan awaken clan marks despite their weakened Dou Di Bloodline, and they reported that the clan was cheating.
• Chu Xiao realized the Diary had brought the complete technique to Xiao Yi Xian and decided to find Han Yue, Han Xue, Zi Yan, Qing Luan, and Feng Qing Er as soon as possible.

Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed Zi Yan’s royal lineage and Zhu Kun’s identity, prompting Zi Yan to confront her anger over being abandoned as a child. Feng Qing Er learned that Chu Xiao considered her replaceable as a future mount, leaving her shaken.

• Chu Xiao’s Diary explained that Zi Yan carried the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s Royal Bloodline and that Zhu Kun, the peak ninth-rank Old Dragon Emperor, could return to protect her.
• Xun Er compared Zi Yan’s status with her own, while Feng Qing Er resolved to secure Zi Yan’s safety and considered establishing a branch pavilion near Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan questioned why Zhu Kun had left her alone as a child, then decided to travel to the Northwest Continent but agreed to wait after Han Xue cautioned her.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary warned that Feng Qing Er might become arrogant and oppose his allies, and listed other potential mounts as alternatives.
• Feng Qing Er realized Chu Xiao viewed her as replaceable and lost her composure.

Feng Qing Er feared Chu Xiao would replace her as his mount, but his thoughts reassured her that he intended to keep her. Chu Xiao drew several rewards, chose to assimilate Xun Er’s Dou Di Bloodline through its power, and hosted his uncle’s family with his wives in the Small World.

• Feng Qing Er despaired over being replaceable as Chu Xiao’s mount until his thoughts revealed that he wanted to keep her, leaving her both relieved and embarrassed.
• Chu Xiao used the Diary’s drawing opportunities and obtained Xun Er’s Dou Di Bloodline, Huo Zhi’s Great Extinction Sky Burning Palm, Cao Ying’s Heaven Origin Soul Mantra, and Ya Fei’s Mystic Ice Sword.
• Chu Xiao considered how to use his rewards and chose to merge the power of the Dou Di Bloodline so he could evolve his own bloodline without becoming related to Xun Er.
• Chu Xiao realized he could use the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame to form his own clan mark and later benefit from the Dou Di Bloodline he created.
• Chu Xiao hosted Xiao Zhan and his family in the Small World and introduced Cai Lin, Ya Fei, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin as his wives.

Chu Xiao introduced his wives to Xiao Zhan and Fang Yi, who welcomed them into the Chu Family and gave them jade bracelets made from a Soul Jade Stone. After the family left the Small World, Fang Yi teased her sons about marriage and urged Xiao Yan to find several wives.

• Xiao Zhan and Fang Yi welcomed Cai Lin, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yi Xian as Chu Xiao’s wives, and Fang Yi gave each a family jade bracelet.
• Chu Xiao explained that the bracelets were made from Soul Jade Stone and awakened its Soul Jade Pearl, which could track the wearers and preserve their soul imprints.
• Chu Xiao forged jade pendants for the Xiao Family and gave Qing Lin a jade bracelet, then explained how blood imprints linked the accessories to the Soul Jade Pearl.
• Fang Yi asked Chu Xiao to prepare extra bracelets for future daughters-in-law, prompting Cai Lin and the others to tease him about bringing more women home.
• After the reunion dinner, the Xiao Family left the Small World, and Fang Yi explained that she wanted Chu Xiao to value his wives and avoid causing trouble by bringing home too many women.
• Fang Yi called Xiao Ding and Xiao Li old bachelors and told Xiao Yan that he should find several wives in the future.

Chu Xiao confessed his feelings to Xiao Yi Xian, then stabilized his soul through a new realm of enlightenment and planned to share it with the women around him. As the Southern Domain rallied behind Ling Xiao Pavilion and tensions with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion grew, Chu Xiao explored whether Yao Chen could use the Devouring Corpse—until he sensed Xuan Yi arriving uninvited.

• Xiao Zhan praised Fang Yi for her strength and devotion, and the couple returned to their residence while Xiao Yan joked that they might soon have another sibling.
• Chu Xiao refused to take back the jade bracelet he had given Xiao Yi Xian, confessed that he liked her, and asked her to stay by his side; Xiao Yi Xian kissed him and accepted his feelings.
• Chu Xiao's soul art inheritance led him to enlightenment, stabilized his soul, and revealed a realm that could help peak Mortal Realm practitioners reach the Spirit Realm; Cai Lin and Yun Yun anticipated learning it from him.
• After three days of investigation, Chu Xiao learned that most Southern Domain factions had chosen to acknowledge Ling Xiao Pavilion, while the Heavenly Serpent Mansion and its allies continued to resist.
• Chu Xiao discussed Soul Hall's threat and the Devouring Corpse with Yao Chen, then suggested Yao Chen might enter its body before sensing Xuan Yi's arrival.

Xuan Yi reunited with Yao Chen and gave him intelligence reports from her search for Han Shanshan, rekindling their old rivalry over who would find her first. Chu Xiao’s diary revealed the power Yao Chen could wield through the Devouring Corpse and hinted that Han Shanshan would eventually be revived, though he withheld the details.

• Xuan Yi entered the rear hall, recognized Yao Chen, and recalled his promise to find Han Shanshan.
• Xuan Yi gave Yao Chen the reports she had collected while searching for Han Shanshan and challenged him to see who would find her first.
• Yao Chen vowed he would win the search, and Xuan Yi answered that she would not go easy on him.
• Chu Xiao’s diary explained that the Devouring Corpse could let Yao Chen wield near-peak Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin reflected on how yearning had once kept them from understanding their feelings for Chu Xiao.
• Chu Xiao revealed that Yao Chen would eventually find and revive Han Shanshan after reaching the Heaven Supreme realm, but said he could not disclose the specifics.

Mu Qingluan revealed evidence linking Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu to Yao Chen’s disappearance, while the Diary Copy exposed how Yao Chen and Han Shanshan had sacrificed themselves over Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Yao Ling resolved to investigate Yao Wangui and seek Chu Xiao, as Chu Xiao declared that Old Yao would win his wager with Xuan Yi unless she advanced her soul first.

• Mu Qingluan told the Wind Venerable that Old Man Mu Gu was a Soul Hall elder who remained in contact with Han Feng, and the Wind Venerable decided to investigate their possible role in Yao Chen’s disappearance.
• The Diary Copy revealed that Bone Spirit Cold Flame had consumed Han Shanshan’s soul, prompting Yao Chen to sacrifice his body and bloodline to save her; Han Shanshan then sacrificed herself to restore him through the Yao Emperor.
• Yao Ling suspected that Yao Wangui had wronged Yao Chen and sent a message to a Half-Saint announcing that she was leaving the Yao Realm to gain experience.
• Chu Xiao told Xuan Yi and Old Yao that Old Yao would win their wager unless Xuan Yi reached an Emperor Realm Soul before Old Yao attained Heavenly Realm Great Perfection.

Chu Xiao revealed that Han Shanshan’s soul mark remained in Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame and briefly helped her make contact with Xuan Yi. After Xuan Yi joined Ling Xiao Pavilion in exchange for Chu Xiao’s future help reviving Han Shanshan, she and Chu Xiao entered a hidden world beneath a lake, where a Void Barrier suppressed their powers.

• Chu Xiao told Yao Chen and Xuan Yi that Han Shanshan had fallen and that her soul mark was hidden in Yao Chen’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Chu Xiao examined the Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s memories and explained that Yao Chen could sense Han Shanshan’s mark after reaching Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, while reviving her would require Chu Xiao’s future help.
• Chu Xiao empowered the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, briefly awakening Han Shanshan’s soul mark and allowing her to see Xuan Yi across the River of Time before the connection ended.
• Yao Chen vowed to serve Chu Xiao, and Xuan Yi agreed to become a guest elder of Ling Xiao Pavilion in exchange for future help reviving Han Shanshan.
• Chu Xiao entrusted Ling Xiao Pavilion’s Void Grand Formation to Yao Chen and traveled with Xuan Yi to a hidden world beneath a lake to investigate the Dragon Bone Spirit Liquid.
• Inside the small world, Xuan Yi found that a Void Barrier suppressed her Dou Qi and drained her Soul Power, and Chu Xiao warned her not to probe recklessly.

Chu Xiao explained the Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul and led Xuan Yi through the forbidden place, where they found the fallen beasts and a pool of rare spirit liquid. He identified it as Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow, and its discovery revealed a path for his next stage of body refinement.

• Chu Xiao told Xuan Yi that a dying Taixu Ancient Dragon had trapped two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, whose resentful souls later fused with its dragon soul into a Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul.
• Feng Qing Er and Zi Yan recognized the remnant soul's potential, while Chu Xiao considered using it to help Feng Qing Er pursue a Dragon Phoenix transformation.
• Chu Xiao explained that the remnant soul threatened anyone seeking the Dragon Bone Spirit Liquid, then led Xuan Yi deeper through the cave.
• Xuan Yi and Chu Xiao found the remains of one Taixu Ancient Dragon and two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes beside a pool of nearly ninth-rank spirit liquid.
• Chu Xiao corrected Xuan Yi's identification and declared that the pool contained Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow.

Chu Xiao recruited Xuan Yi into Ling Xiao Pavilion by offering her a path to the Dou Saint level, then brought her to the Small World to refine the Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow. The Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul’s attack released Saint-level energy that stirred the Northwest Continent, while Huo Yun recognized the treasure land’s existence.

• Chu Xiao explained that the Quasi Ninth-Rank Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow could help Xuan Yi reach Dou Saint and offered her Star Power Spirit Liquid to strengthen her breakthrough.
• Xuan Yi accepted Chu Xiao’s invitation to become a guest elder of Ling Xiao Pavilion, clarified she would give up her status as one of the Pill Tower’s Three Giants, and swore a soul oath.
• Chu Xiao took Xuan Yi into the void and brought her to the Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow pool in the Small World.
• Chu Xiao summoned the true body of the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower to suppress the corpses, triggering the Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul to attack it and condense a spiritual body.
• Cultivators across the Northwest Continent sensed the Half-Saint-level energy and suspected that Ling Xiao Pavilion had a Saint-level expert.
• Yan Xiao asked Huo Yun about the disturbance, and Huo Yun recognized the treasure land.

Chu Xiao suppressed the Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul, gave Xuan Yi Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow, and asked her to refine Dragon Phoenix Soul Cleansing Pills while he rapidly advanced his alchemy skills. He left the Small World for Ling Xiao Pavilion’s founding ceremony, where guests were already offering congratulations.

• Huo Yun and Yan Xiao learned that Chu Xiao had suppressed the Dragon Phoenix Remnant Soul and absorbed the corpses and Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow with his treasure tower.
• Chu Xiao brought Xuan Yi into his Small World, refined two drops of Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow essence, and gave her one drop for pill refining.
• Chu Xiao asked Xuan Yi to refine a Dragon Phoenix Soul Cleansing Pill, and she agreed to make another for him using her supplementary ingredients.
• Chu Xiao practiced alchemy beside Xuan Yi and reached the sixth-tier level in five days, astonishing her with his rapid progress.
• Chu Xiao left to attend Ling Xiao Pavilion’s founding ceremony, where Hui Ming of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion announced his congratulations.

Ling Xiao Pavilion held its founding ceremony as powerful factions arrived with gifts, and Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s Hui Ming showed goodwill after discovering Chu Xiao had remade its damaged avatar into a formidable seven-star Dou Zun. Chu Xiao began the ceremony by announcing an auction, but black mist appeared and an unknown intruder threatened to turn the celebration into a funeral.

• Ya Fei and Medusa presided over Ling Xiao Pavilion’s founding ceremony while the Devouring Corpse’s Dou Zun aura kept the guests in check.
• Hui Ming arrived with Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s experts and presented Azure Sea Scale Armor as a congratulatory gift.
• The Jade-Eyed Serpent Dragon Beast recognized Baqi’s aura in Chu Xiao’s altered avatar, Chu Qi, and Hui Ming accepted the invitation to take his seat.
• Chu Xiao drew an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Essence and decided to give it to Cai Lin, but the auspicious hour arrived before he could find her.
• Chu Xiao appeared to welcome the guests and announced an auction for the ceremony.
• Black mist surged over Ling Xiao Pavilion as an unknown voice asked whether the occasion was a celebration or a funeral and threatened that the answer remained to be seen.

Chu Xiao and the Ling Xiao Pavilion faced a Soul Hall attack during the pavilion’s founding ceremony. Chu Xiao trapped the four Soul Hall Dou Zuns in the Void Grand Formation, where the Devouring Corpse defeated them, then returned with their corpses.

• Hun Lan arrived with three Soul Hall Dou Zuns and challenged Chu Xiao, while Chu Qi met his attack with the Wind Annihilation Sword God.
• Two Soul Hall Dou Zuns attacked Chu Xiao with a black-and-white dragon formation, but the Devouring Corpse seized them and drained their Dou Qi.
• A Soul Hall expert with eight-star Dou Zun strength attacked the Devouring Corpse, while Chu Xiao activated the Void Grand Formation.
• The formation shifted the four Soul Hall Dou Zuns into a sealed void world, where the Devouring Corpse’s aura rose to the peak of the ninth transformation.
• The Devouring Corpse, controlled by Yao Chen, quickly defeated the four Soul Hall Dou Zuns and tossed their corpses onto the square before the pavilion.

Chu Xiao oversaw Ling Xiao Pavilion’s auction, used its strength to secure the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s cooperation against the Soul Hall, and gave Cai Lin an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Essence. In the Ancient Realm, Xun Er suddenly felt jealous while cultivating.

• The Devouring Corpse killed Hun Lan and the other Soul Hall intruders with the Void Grand Formation’s help, and Chu Xiao offered auction attendees a ten percent discount.
• Ya Fei opened Ling Xiao Pavilion’s auction with Ancestor Breaking Pills and Sect Spirit Pills, then sold increasingly powerful treasures as bids climbed into the tens of millions.
• Hui Ming presented Grand Elder Qing Feng’s apology gift and offered the Heavenly Serpent Mansion’s support, so Chu Xiao demanded that it destroy a Soul Hall branch and give Ling Xiao Pavilion thirty percent of its resources.
• Cai Lin won a bloodline-enhancing pill for the Snake-People Tribe, and Chu Xiao gifted her an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Essence.
• Xun Er opened her eyes in the Ancient Realm and thought that she might as well not be the young lady of the imperial clan.

Xun Er received Chu Xiao’s letter and gifts through a mysterious spatial treasure, then used it to send him resources and a letter from the Ancient Realm. Gu Yuan witnessed the transfer but could not trace its source, leaving him stunned by Chu Xiao’s method.

• Xun Er reflected that Chu Xiao’s support could help her and the other women reach Dou Saint within ten years, while Cao Ying and Feng Qing Er considered their own cultivation prospects.
• Chu Xiao sent Xun Er a jade box containing a heartfelt letter, ten Rank 6 Pills, and a Vermillion Bird Jade Hairpin.
• Xun Er read Chu Xiao’s letter several times, then asked Gu Yuan for cultivation resources and techniques to send to him.
• Gu Yuan supplied Xun Er with treasures and scrolls after she claimed she could send them immediately, and she packed them with a long letter into Chu Xiao’s jade box.
• Chu Xiao pulled the box into his Dou Emperor Small World, and Gu Yuan sensed a trace of spatial fluctuation but could not find its source.

Gu Yuan questioned Xun Er about the vanished jade box and agreed not to interfere with Chu Xiao for ten years, though he insisted Chu Xiao must prove himself before marrying her. After receiving Xun Er’s gifts, Chu Xiao planned a new body-tempering art using the Dan Lei Wood and Void Wind Bead, naming it the Dragon-Phoenix Dan Lei Body.

• Gu Yuan suspected the vanished jade box was connected to a Dou Emperor, and Xun Er confirmed it while warning him that Chu Xiao had obtained the treasure himself.
• Gu Yuan recalled how he had protected the weakened Xiao Clan from Nihility Devouring Flame and explained why he had raised Xun Er among them.
• Gu Yuan promised not to let anyone make things difficult for Chu Xiao for ten years, but said Chu Xiao would have to reach the Ancient Clan and formally ask for Xun Er’s hand.
• Xun Er defended Chu Xiao’s strength and character, while Gu Yuan worried that she had been bewitched by him.
• Chu Xiao examined Xun Er’s gifts and considered how to use or distribute the techniques, cultivation methods, and treasures among his allies.
• Chu Xiao decided that the Dan Lei Wood and Void Wind Bead could help him create the Dragon-Phoenix Dan Lei Body, a technique meant to rival the body of a peak eighth-rank magical beast at perfection.

Chu Xiao completed the Dragon-Phoenix Dan Lei Body after fifty days of body tempering, while Hun Zi agreed to investigate Hun Lan’s death after refining the Netherworld Poison Fire. The chapter ended with Chu Xiao preparing to leave for the Black-Corner Region, where he had already set a plan in motion for Han Feng.

• Hun Zi and his brothers learned that Hun Lan had been killed, and they chose to send Hun Zi to investigate after he refined the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Chu Xiao continued developing his body-tempering method as Xuan Yi refined two Dragon Phoenix Soul Cleansing Pills, and the Devouring Corpse consumed their Pill Lightning.
• Chu Xiao entered seclusion in the Dragon Essence Phoenix Marrow Pool and used the Dan Lei Wood and Void Wind Bead to temper his body.
• After fifty days, Chu Xiao completed the Dragon-Phoenix Dan Lei Body, reached four-star Dou Huang, and advanced his soul realm to the middle Spirit Realm.
• Chu Xiao announced that he was heading to the Black-Corner Region and had prepared a plan for Han Feng, surprising the women.

Chu Xiao prepared to leave for the Black-Corner Region and planned to take the Fallen Heart Flame while arranging for Jia Nan Academy to receive a controllable replacement. Before departing, he used his lottery rewards and synchronized several powerful abilities and inheritances from Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun.

• Mu Qingluan realized Chu Xiao had left for the Black-Corner Region without warning and reflected on Han Feng’s betrayal of Old Yao and his pursuit of the Fen Jue.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed that he had previously obtained and refined the Fallen Heart Flame during its eruption, and that the crisis had brought him and Cai Lin together.
• Chu Xiao planned to head out before the Fallen Heart Flame erupted, deal with Han Feng, and give Jia Nan Academy a new Fallen Heart Flame it could control.
• Chu Xiao used eight Yellow-Grade and two Mysterious Grade Lotteries, obtaining the Flame Nurturing Cauldron and Ephemeral Spirit Shirt among his rewards.
• Chu Xiao claimed the Ephemeral Spirit Shirt and synchronized Cai Lin’s Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul, Qing Lin’s Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and Yun Yun’s inherited Dou Qi from Yun Potian.

Chu Xiao brought Cai Lin to the Snake-People Tribe’s sacred pool and used an Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul to begin restoring her younger sister. He then traveled to the Black-Corner Region, where Hai Bo Dong prepared to auction the Fen Jue at Ling Xiao Pavilion’s branch.

• Chu Xiao told Cai Lin that he could heal her younger sister, then took her to the Snake-People Tribe’s sacred pool.
• Chu Xiao used the Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul to repair Cai Lin’s younger sister’s shattered soul and said she would eventually become a powerful Eight-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Chu Xiao spent another day with Cai Lin before leaving for the Black-Corner Region to check on Ling Xiao Pavilion’s new branch.
• Hai Bo Dong learned that the person he was waiting for had arrived in Heavenly Chamber Number Three.
• Hai Bo Dong ordered Su Mei to add the Fen Jue to the auction.

Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun prepared for Han Feng’s arrival as Ling Xiao Pavilion’s auction culminated in the reveal of Fen Jue, a technique that could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames. Han Feng recognized the technique he had betrayed Yao Chen to obtain, and Yun Yun and Ling Ying expected him to take the bait.

• Hai Bo Dong told Yun Yun that Han Feng had arrived and that the Pavilion Master’s trap was ready, while Yun Yun warned that a Dou Zong might also appear.
• Ling Xiao Pavilion’s second auction half featured Su Mei, the Rakshasa Gate master, as its auctioneer, and she presented several seventh-grade pills and Earth-Rank techniques.
• Su Mei announced Fen Jue as the final item and described it as a low-grade Yellow Rank technique that could evolve by devouring Heavenly Flames, potentially reaching Heaven Rank.
• Han Feng recognized Fen Jue as the technique he cultivated and recalled betraying Yao Chen to obtain it.
• Yun Yun asked Ling Ying whether Han Feng would take the bait, and Ling Ying confidently said the auction item had been prepared specifically for him.