Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huo rescued Xun'er and the Xiao Family disciples from Elder Bai, then fought Jia Nan Academy’s hidden experts alone. He killed two of the Ten Great Dou Ancestor Experts, including their strongest fighter, Huang Hao, leaving the academy’s elders stunned.

• Elder Bai ordered his forces to kill Xiao Huo and Xun'er, and ten peak Dou Ancestor experts appeared to attack them.
• Xiao Huo teleported Xun'er and the Xiao Family disciples away, then refused Huang Hao’s demand that he surrender Xun'er.
• Xiao Huo unleashed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used the Nine Strikes of Heavenly Travel to kill one Dou Ancestor expert with his staff.
• Huang Hao attacked Xiao Huo, but Xiao Huo pierced him with his staff and killed him.
• Elder Bai and Jia Nan Academy’s elders watched in shock as Xiao Huo defeated two of the ten experts.

Xiao Huo stood against Elder Bai’s order with Xun’er and the Xiao Clan disciples at his side, while the ten Dou Zun experts and Jia Nan Academy’s elders pleaded for Elder Bai to relent. The Fallen Heart Flame knelt before Xiao Huo, but Elder Bai remained enraged and prepared to attack him personally.

• Xun’er unleashed her peak Dou Ancestor power and stood beside Xiao Huo, while Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Nangong Yumo, Shangguan Lingshuang, and the Xiao Clan disciples joined them.
• The ten Dou Zun experts laid down their weapons and begged Elder Bai to rescind his order, and the Inner Academy Elders joined their plea.
• The Fallen Heart Flame emerged from the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, knelt before Xiao Huo, and welcomed him as its lord.
• Xiao Huo told the Fallen Heart Flame to return until he summoned it, though his aura was nearly exhausted.
• Elder Bai refused to spare Xiao Huo and declared that he would attack him himself.

Gu Ling'er and Gu Dao arrived at Jia Nan Academy with over a hundred thousand Ancient Clan troops, stopping Elder Bai's attack on Xiao Huo and Xun'er. Gu Dao brutally punished Elder Bai and, at Gu Ling'er's request, repeatedly restored him so the punishment could continue.

• Elder Bai attacked Xiao Huo, but an unseen force froze him before he could land the blow.
• Gu Ling'er arrived with Gu Dao and over a hundred thousand Ancient Clan troops, declaring that Xiao Huo and Xun'er were being bullied.
• At Gu Ling'er's urging, Gu Dao ordered the Ancient Clan army to surround Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Dao dismissed Elder Bai, then hurled him through distant mountain ranges and brought him back barely alive.
• Gu Ling'er healed Elder Bai at Gu Dao's request, and Gu Dao threw him through the mountains again before ordering the punishment to continue.

Gu Dao and the Ancient Clan army arrived at Jia Nan Academy after Elder Bai attacked Xiao Huo and Xun'er, revealing Xun'er as the Ancient Clan's young lady. As Elder Bai realized the scale of his offense and collapsed, Jia Nan Academy faced the consequences of having attacked her and Xiao Huo.

• Gu Dao tortured Elder Bai and asked whether he had tried to kill Xiao Huo and Xun'er.
• Elder Bai recognized Xun'er, and the hundred-thousand-strong Ancient Clan army saluted her as their young lady and Gu Yuan's only daughter.
• Xun'er thanked Gu Dao and stood beside Xiao Huo, while Gu Ling'er healed their injuries.
• Elder Bai collapsed after realizing his actions had brought the Ancient Clan's wrath upon Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian stared at Elder Bai and understood that he had ruined Jia Nan Academy by attacking Xiao Huo and Xun'er.

Old Man Cang Ming emerged to confront the Ancient Clan’s army and discovered that Jia Nan Academy had angered Xun’er and Xiao Huo. Recognizing Xiao Huo’s overwhelming potential, he knelt and begged him to become the academy’s new master.

• Old Man Cang Ming appeared before the gathered army and respectfully greeted Gu Dao, whom he had long admired.
• Old Man Cang Ming learned that Elder Bai had harmed Xun’er and tried to arrange her marriage to his grandson, and he condemned Elder Bai for endangering Jia Nan Academy’s future.
• Old Man Cang Ming recognized Xun’er’s extraordinary bloodline and sensed Xiao Huo’s exalted potential, which he could not fully discern.
• Old Man Cang Ming bowed to Xun’er, then knelt before Xiao Huo and asked him to punish Jia Nan Academy for its sins.
• Old Man Cang Ming declared Xiao Huo the academy’s new master and begged him to accept the position.

Old Man Cang Ming and Jia Nan Academy’s elders and disciples urged Xiao Huo to become the academy’s master, and Xiao Huo accepted while announcing he would soon leave for the Misty Cloud Sect. He also gave Cang Ming a pill to improve his talent and make a breakthrough to Dou Saint possible.

• Old Man Cang Ming knelt and asked Xiao Huo to become Jia Nan Academy’s master, and the academy’s elders and disciples joined him.
• Xiao Huo condemned Jia Nan Academy’s conduct toward Xun'er, and Old Man Cang Ming killed Elder Bai for his crimes.
• Su Qian and the others pledged their loyalty, while Xiao Yu, Nangong Yumo, and Xun'er supported Xiao Huo’s decision to accept the position.
• Xiao Huo accepted the mastership, kept the academy’s rules unchanged, and said he planned to leave for the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Huo promised Cang Ming a pill that could improve his talent and help him reach Dou Saint, then revealed that he had already prepared it.

Xiao Huo celebrated his new position at Jia Nan Academy and promised Gu Ling'er he would come to the Central Plains to marry her in three months. As Gu Ling'er and Xun'er prepared to return to the Ancient Clan, Xun'er warned that their future together was uncertain and asked Xiao Huo to find her with the ring if she ever forgot him.

• Jia Nan Academy celebrated Xiao Huo's appointment, while Nangong Yumo and Shangguan Lingshuang placed first and second in the Inner Academy Selection Competition, and Xiao Yu entered the Inner Academy without competing.
• Gu Ling'er told Xiao Huo she was pregnant and explained that many people in the Central Plains opposed their relationship; Xiao Huo vowed to prove himself and marry her in three months.
• Xiao Huo and Gu Ling'er spent the night together before her departure from Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Huo and Xun'er spent their last night together before she returned to the Ancient Clan, where she would enter the Divine Path.
• Gu Dao warned Xiao Huo that winning Xun'er's hand would require him to prove himself to the powerful Ancient Clan and the Central Plains.
• Xun'er tearfully told Xiao Huo she would wait for him and asked him to find her using the ring if she ever forgot him.

After Xun'er departed, Xiao Huo married Xiao Yu and made Jia Nan Academy a rising power, appointing Zi Yan to command its legion. He led the academy to conquer the Black Corner Region, then set out for the Misty Cloud Sect to claim Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun as his wives.

• Xun'er left Xiao Huo a ring and promised to wait for him, while the Ancient Clan army withdrew; Xiao Huo vowed to grow stronger and find her.
• Xiao Huo married Xiao Yu at Jia Nan Academy, and the academy celebrated her pregnancy.
• Xiao Huo appointed Zi Yan commander of Jia Nan Academy's legion and ordered Su Qian and Old Man Cang Ming to prepare to conquer the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Huo led Jia Nan Academy's army into the Black Corner Region and killed Han Feng with one staff strike, ending the battle in a day.
• Xiao Huo learned that Nangong Yumo and Shangguan Lingshuang were pregnant, entrusted the academy to Su Qian, and announced his departure.
• Xiao Huo declared that he was going to the Misty Cloud Sect to marry Nalan Yanran and bring Yun Yun home as well.

Nalan Yanran waited for Xiao Huo to come to the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yun Yun worried that the sect might endanger him. In the council hall, Nalan Yanran declared her devotion to Xiao Huo and revealed that they had already consummated their marriage, leaving the elders stunned.

• Nalan Yanran heard that Xiao Huo had unified the Jia Ma Empire and become the Sacred Flame Sect Master, and she waited anxiously for him to arrive.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran she would take her away if Xiao Huo came and the Misty Cloud Sect threatened them.
• Yun Leng summoned Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to the council hall and announced that Xiao Huo would arrive in half a day to propose marriage to Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.
• The elders objected to Xiao Huo's proposal, while Yun Leng asked Nalan Yanran to state what she wanted.
• Nalan Yanran said she had been betrothed to Xiao Huo since childhood, had agreed to marry him, and had already consummated their marriage, shocking the elders.

Nalan Yanran declared that she and Xiao Huo were married, while Yun Leng challenged their marriage and demanded Xiao Huo prove himself in the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Yun defended Nalan Yanran, revealed her overwhelming power, and left the council hall with her disciple.

• Nalan Yanran told the elders that she and Xiao Huo were engaged and already husband and wife.
• Yun Leng dismissed the old engagement and proposed that Xiao Huo defeat the Misty Cloud Sect’s nine greatest geniuses before marrying Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran confidently said Xiao Huo would crush the sect’s geniuses, and an elder rebuked her.
• Yun Yun froze the elder, declared her authority as Sect Master, and released an aura that revealed her peak Dou Emperor strength.
• Yun Yun took Nalan Yanran out of the council hall, determined to protect her and Xiao Huo.

Xiao Huo arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to marry Nalan Yanran, but First Elder Yun Leng used the sect's opposition to set up a deadly challenge. Xiao Huo rejected the conditions and declared that he could defeat every Misty Cloud Sect disciple himself.

• The Misty Cloud Sect disciples protested Xiao Huo's proposal, and Yun Leng arranged nine Dao battle stages guarded by the sect's strongest geniuses, including Mo Li.
• Yun Leng told the elders that Mo Li was no weaker than Yun Yun and ordered experts to target Xiao Huo and his family, while revealing that Xiao Yan had chosen Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Huo arrived alone and told Yun Leng he had come to marry Nalan Yanran under their marriage contract.
• Yun Leng challenged Xiao Huo to defeat all nine Dao battle stages before the sect would agree to the marriage.
• Xiao Huo rejected the challenge as a condition for marrying Nalan Yanran and claimed he could defeat every disciple in the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Huo challenged the Misty Cloud Sect’s nine Dao battle stages to prove his strength and press for his marriage to Nalan Yanran. He defeated the guardians of the first eight stages with a single staff strike each and charged toward Mo Li on the ninth.

• Yun Leng told Xiao Huo that he would have to fight through the Misty Cloud Sect’s battle stages before his marriage to Nalan Yanran could be considered.
• Xiao Huo declared that even Mo Li could not change the outcome, then stepped onto the battle stage.
• Blade Maniac attacked Xiao Huo with Heavenly Blade Slash, but Xiao Huo defeated him and shattered his body and meridians.
• Xiao Huo struck down the guardians of the remaining seven stages, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect disciples stunned.
• Xiao Huo charged toward the ninth battle stage, where Mo Li stood as the sect’s strongest guardian.

Xiao Huo defeated the Misty Cloud Sect’s other challengers and faced Mo Li on the final battle stage, where their dispute over Nalan Yanran turned deadly. Mo Li revealed his peak Dou Emperor strength and vowed to kill Xiao Huo.

• Xiao Huo crossed eight of the Misty Cloud Sect’s nine battle stages, leaving Mo Li as his final opponent.
• Mo Li urged Xiao Huo to abandon Nalan Yanran and offered him a maidservant and a place as his war slave.
• Xiao Huo declared that Nalan Yanran had been his woman for half a year, provoking Mo Li’s fury.
• Mo Li unleashed his killing intent and summoned Dou Qi Wings, revealing that he had reached the peak Dou Emperor realm.
• Mo Li declared that Xiao Huo would die, while Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples reacted to Mo Li’s power.

Xiao Huo used the Space Rule and Star Rule to overwhelm Mo Li, then killed him with a single strike, crushing the Misty Cloud Sect’s confidence. The chapter ended with Yun Leng staring in shock at Mo Li’s corpse.

• Yun Leng watched Mo Li’s fight and hoped his victory would help the Misty Cloud Sect defeat Xiao Huo and secure greater power.
• Yun Yun assured Nalan Yanran that Xiao Huo would win, then led her away to face another battle.
• Mo Li attacked Xiao Huo with his sword, but Xiao Huo froze him with the Space Rule and struck him with the Star Rule.
• Xiao Huo declared himself sovereign within the Great Dao of the World, and Mo Li realized he could not compare with him.
• Xiao Huo struck Mo Li down, and Mo Li died as the Misty Cloud Sect disciples watched in disbelief.
• Yun Leng’s smile vanished when he saw Mo Li’s corpse fall from the arena.

Xiao Huo defeated Mo Li with a single devastating attack, leaving Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples in shock. Mo Li realized he could never rival Xiao Huo or be worthy of Nalan Yanran before flames consumed him.

• Xiao Huo struck Mo Li down, shocking Yun Leng and the watching disciples.
• Yun Leng rushed to Mo Li, who lay on the ground coughing blood and barely clinging to life.
• Mo Li tried to warn Yun Leng of Xiao Huo's power but could not speak under the crushing pressure.
• Lightning struck Mo Li, and the force blasted Yun Leng away and shattered the ground.
• Mo Li regretted provoking Xiao Huo and recognized the gulf between them before fire consumed him.

Xiao Huo killed Mo Li and defeated the Misty Cloud Sect disciples on all nine Dao battle stages, leaving the sect in awe. Yun Leng condemned him and ordered the enforcement team to attack, while Xiao Huo searched for Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.

• Xiao Huo killed Mo Li with a thunderbolt and declared the Misty Cloud Sect's heavenly talents were no match for him.
• The Misty Cloud Sect disciples lowered their heads, shaken by Xiao Huo's strength after he had overcome all nine battle stages.
• Yun Leng blamed Xiao Huo for killing a sect disciple and secretly welcomed Mo Li's death because it would help prevent Xiao Huo from marrying Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Huo searched the Misty Cloud Sect for Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun while Yun Leng surrounded him with powerful fighters.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team to charge at Xiao Huo.

The Misty Cloud Sect surrounded Xiao Huo and launched its powerful sect-protecting attack, Devouring Lord, after he killed Mo Li. Nalan Yanran feared for Xiao Huo, but Yun Yun insisted the attack could not harm him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team, elders, and Guard Team to surround Xiao Huo and avenge Mo Li.
• Yun Leng mocked Xiao Huo's wish to marry Nalan Yanran and ordered the teams to attack with Heavenly Net.
• The Guard Team combined its Dou Qi into a massive arrow as the Misty Cloud Sect disciples watched, convinced Xiao Huo would die.
• Nalan Yanran recognized the attack as Devouring Lord and worried that Xiao Huo could not survive it.
• Yun Yun reassured Nalan Yanran that Devouring Lord could not kill Xiao Huo, while Nalan Yanran prayed nothing would happen to him.

The Misty Cloud Sect unleashed its Devouring Lord, a thousand-zhang arrow attack meant to kill Xiao Huo, while Yun Leng trusted in the sect’s hidden trump card. Xiao Huo’s Space Rule and Star Rule failed to stop the attack, so he charged skyward with his golden staff and vowed to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Leng refused the elders’ offer to intervene, confident that the Misty Cloud Sect’s trump card would defeat Xiao Huo.
• The Enforcement Team commanded the Devouring Lord to fire a giant icy-blue arrow at Xiao Huo.
• Nalan Yanran watched anxiously as Yun Yun suspected the Misty Cloud Sect had lured Xiao Huo into successive traps.
• Xiao Huo used the Space Rule and Star Rule against the arrow, but both failed to impede it.
• Xiao Huo charged into the arrow’s energy with his golden staff, declared that the Misty Cloud Sect would cease to exist, and transformed the staff into a spear.

Xiao Huo charged into the Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team’s Devouring Lord attack and shattered it with his golden staff. He then struck down the enforcement team’s experts, leaving the sect’s defenders defeated.

• The Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team unleashed Devouring Lord, a massive arrow of energy aimed at Xiao Huo.
• Xiao Huo charged into the attack with his golden staff as Yun Leng and the Elders expected him to die.
• The clash devastated the surrounding area, and Hao Qing and Yun Leng believed Xiao Huo had been reduced to ashes.
• Xiao Huo burst through the flames and shattered Devouring Lord with a single staff strike.
• Xiao Huo appeared above the enforcement team and smashed its experts down, defeating them.

Xiao Huo defeated Hao Qing and wiped out the Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team, but Yun Leng unleashed the sect’s lethal death warriors against him. With Yun Yun blocked and Nalan Yanran’s family threatened, Xiao Huo prepared to unleash all his cultivation and use the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger.

• Xiao Huo smashed Hao Qing off the battle stage and defeated the Misty Cloud Sect enforcement team.
• Yun Leng threatened Xiao Huo and summoned the Misty Cloud Sect’s death warriors, whose power corroded living things on contact.
• Yun Yun tried to go help Xiao Huo, but Mo Bai and other elders stopped her and threatened Nalan Yanran’s family.
• Yun Leng sent the death warriors surging toward Xiao Huo, who unleashed his full cultivation and invoked the Great Desolate Prison Heaven Finger, One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth.