Chapter Summaries

Feng Qing'er had come to Starfall Pavilion as the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s attempt to befriend Xiao Yan, but she and Mu Qingluan were confined with Zi Yan after causing trouble. Zi Yan threatened Feng Qing'er for asking about Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan turned his attention to a Soul Clan Dou Sheng’s corpse and Blood Blade Saint’s soul.

• Feng Qing'er’s arrival at Starfall Pavilion was explained as a diplomatic effort by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Zi Yan recounted how she had defeated and bullied Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan that they would return to the Northwest Continent in a few days, then ordered Zi Yan, Mu Qingluan, and Feng Qing'er to reflect at Meditation Cliff for three days.
• Zi Yan shared pills Xiao Yan had refined with Mu Qingluan, who ate two and began cultivating, while Feng Qing'er asked Zi Yan to tell her about Xiao Yan.
• Zi Yan grabbed Feng Qing'er by the neck, called her a mongrel bird, and threatened to swallow her and destroy the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan if she spoke about Xiao Yan that way again.
• Xiao Yan watched the confrontation from elsewhere, summoned a Soul Clan Dou Sheng’s corpse, and brought Blood Blade Saint’s soul into his palm.

After Xiao Yan destroyed Soul Hall and turned the tide of the Seven Tribes War, news of his power shook Central State and prompted factions to seek his favor. The chapter left the Medicine Clan leader confronting Wan Gui, while many factions prepared gifts and visits for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan began the ritual to resurrect Blood Blade Saint, while Yao Lao entered seclusion to cultivate with the soul essence.
• News spread that Xiao Yan’s Di Realm Soul had killed an Eight Star Dou Sheng and many others, and that he had destroyed Soul Hall with three palm strikes.
• The Pill Tower mobilized experts to hunt down Soul Hall’s Branch Halls, while Xuan Yi and the Small Pill Tower elders celebrated their alliance with Xiao Yan.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, Hua Yu, and leaders of other Central State factions prepared gifts and visits to Starfall Pavilion, while Heavenly Underworld Old Demon ordered his people to lie low.
• The Ancient Six Clans prepared a celebration banquet honoring Xiao Yan, and Medicine Clan Leader Yao Dan’s puppet incarnation confronted Wan Gui.

Yao Wangui agreed to apologize to Yao Chen to protect his life and the Yao Clan, while the clans celebrated the Soul Clan’s defeat and Xiao Yan’s victory. At Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan obtained the Nine-Colored Gemstone, learned that Blood Blade Saint had become a Dou Sheng, and set out with him and Zi Yan for the Yan Alliance.

• Yao Wangui accepted Yao Dan’s demand to lower his head and apologize to Yao Chen rather than risk his life and the Yao Clan’s safety.
• The Ancient Clans celebrated the Soul Clan’s defeat, while Ancient Clan prodigies abandoned their hopes of surpassing Xiao Yan or winning Xun’er.
• Xiao Yan traded a Heavenly Venerable Pill for the old man’s Nine-Colored Gemstone and asked Xuan Yi and Wind Venerable to keep searching for Treasure Mountain Old Man.
• Xiao Yan arranged a celebration at Starfall Pavilion for visitors to attend after Yao Lao emerged from seclusion.
• Blood Blade Saint’s aura revealed that his revival had brought him to the One-Star Dou Sheng realm, and Xiao Yan set out for the Yan Alliance with him and Zi Yan.

Xiao Yan opened a spatial passage between Starfall Pavilion and the Yan Alliance, returned to a joyful welcome, and recounted his immense strength through Zi Yan’s stories. The reunion ended with Yun Yun taking him aside to reveal that Nalan Yanran had gone missing.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Azure Wind Sect grounds into Starfall Pavilion’s holdings and opened a spatial passage to the Yan Alliance in less than two days.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Blood Blade Saint arrived near the Jia Ma Empire, where Yan Alliance experts and Xiao Yan’s family welcomed them.
• Xiao Yan attended a grand banquet as Zi Yan described his battles and victories in Central State, leaving the Yan Alliance members stunned by his power.
• Yun Yun brought Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect, where she told him that Nalan Yanran had gone missing.

Xiao Yan returned to the Yan Alliance, reunited with Yun Yun, Ya Fei, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, and prepared to take his family and confidantes to Central State while leaving Xiao Ding in charge. Meanwhile, Nalan Yanran continued her solitary journey at the border of the Northwest and Southwest Continents, where she sought the opportunity promised by Heavenly Wind Granny.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Nalan Yanran had left to travel, and the two argued before reconciling.
• Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei, whose cultivation broke through from Dou Wang to Dou Huang after their night together.
• Xiao Yan inspected the Yan Alliance and announced that Cai Lin and the others would return to Central State with him, while Xiao Ding stayed to oversee the alliance.
• Xiao Yan took Cai Lin to Xiao Yi Xian, and after three days and nights both women broke through to Dou Zun.
• Nalan Yanran killed a high fourth-tier Wind Leopard with one strike and asked Heavenly Wind Granny whether the mountain range held the opportunity she had promised.

Nalan Yanran entered the ruins of the Wind God Sword Sect and chose to risk a deadly trial to gain the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect’s inheritance so she could catch up to Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan helped Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian advance to Dou Zun, then led his family and allies toward Central State and chose to help Zi Yan next.

• Nalan Yanran insisted on seeking the hidden opportunity despite Heavenly Wind Granny warning that the trial had almost no survivors.
• Heavenly Wind Granny led Nalan Yanran to the Wind God Sword Ancestor’s remains and revealed that the Wind God Sword Sect had been destroyed by the Soul Clan over its connection to the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect.
• Heavenly Wind Granny explained that the ancient sect’s assessment ground could rapidly cultivate an entrant to Dou Sheng, but only one of seventy-three people had survived the founder’s trial.
• Nalan Yanran entered the assessment, determined to become strong enough to make Xiao Yan notice her.
• Xiao Yan’s efforts helped Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian break through to Dou Zun, and he prepared the Yan Alliance before departing for Central State with his family and allies.
• Xiao Yan examined the Nine-Colored Gemstone and decided to help Zi Yan first.

Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan to East Dragon Island and revealed that Zhu Kun was still alive and Zi Yan was his daughter. After the elders welcomed them, Xiao Yan offered to help unify the divided Ancient Void Dragon Clan and asked to meet the three Dragon Kings.

• Xiao Yan settled his family at Starfall Pavilion, then took Zi Yan to East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered the island, alerting its powerful Ancient Void Dragon residents.
• Zhu Li recognized Zi Yan’s pure royal bloodline and learned that their visitor was Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told the elders that Zhu Kun was alive and that Zi Yan was his biological daughter, prompting their emotional welcome.
• Xiao Yan said he had come to support Zi Yan and unify the Ancient Dragon Islands, then asked Zhu Huo to arrange a meeting with the three Dragon Kings.

Xiao Yan helped Zhu Huo summon the three Dragon Kings so Zi Yan could be recognized as the Ancient Dragon Clan’s new Dragon Emperor. After the North Dragon King challenged her claim, Xiao Yan struck him down with a soul attack, leaving the other two Dragon Kings stunned.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Zhu Huo summon the three Dragon Kings, and Zi Yan thanked him for standing by her.
• Zhu Huo sent word to the three Dragon Kings, who arrived after one day, eager to hear his announcement of the new Dragon Emperor.
• The three Dragon Kings sensed Zi Yan’s pure bloodline and suspected Zhu Huo intended to name her Dragon Emperor, then grew hostile when he confirmed it.
• Zhu Huo declared that Zi Yan was Zhu Kun’s daughter and demanded that the three Dragon Kings kneel, shocking them with the claim that the Old Dragon Emperor had returned.
• The North Dragon King questioned whether Zhu Kun’s daughter had been proven, and Xiao Yan suddenly attacked him with Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath, shattering his soul and killing him.

Xiao Yan killed the North Dragon King, forced the Ancient Void Dragon clan to unite under Zi Yan, then subdued the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning. He began refining the entire Void Lightning Pool to strengthen his power.

• Xiao Yan killed the North Dragon King and forced the South Dragon King and West Dragon King to accept Zi Yan as their new Dragon Emperor and submit to her Dragon Imprints.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan toured the Dragon Islands, where the two Dragon Kings persuaded most of the Ancient Void Dragons to return to the clan, while Xiao Yan killed those who resisted.
• Xiao Yan left Zi Yan to consolidate her rule and traveled to the Void Lightning Pool, absorbing its lightning as he crossed it.
• Xiao Yan subdued the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning and drew its origin consciousness into a small golden dragon that settled on his arm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Chaos Furnace and began refining the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning's body, the Black Demon Lightning, and the entire Void Lightning Pool.

Xiao Yan refined the Void Lightning Pool into a vast reserve of Supreme Spiritual Liquid, forged the North Dragon King's body into a powerful puppet, and discovered a silver spear carrying lightning Origin Qi. He reflected on the Dou Qi Continent’s history and the role of Origin Qi, ending as he turned to the continent’s later Emperor Fall Era.

• Xiao Yan refined the Void Lightning Pool’s lightning into Supreme Spiritual Liquid and saved it for his future attempt to form the Flame Emperor Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yan tempered the North Dragon King's body for seven days, creating a puppet strong enough to rival a Six Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan found a silver spear at the center of the pool and recognized it as an Emperor Tier Weapon empowered by lightning Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yan recalled how the ancient Flame Heaven World was shattered, leaving the fragment that became the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan explained that Origin Qi came from the broken Plane of Origin and enabled Dou Sheng experts to advance to Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan identified the continent’s later history, from the disappearance of the ancient Dou Dis to the present, as the Emperor Fall Era.

Xiao Yan reviewed the Dou Qi Continent’s history, from its ancient wars against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan to the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Xiao Tribe. After leaving the Void Lightning Pool and entrusting its lightning spirit to remain there, he returned to East Dragon Island to take Zi Yan to search for the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• The chapter recounted how the Flame Demon Clan and the Devouring Devil Clan invaded the Dou Qi Continent, and how the Fire Spirit Old Ancestor and Tou She Ancient God led its defenders against them.
• After the ancient Dou Gods died and the Tunling Clan was finally wiped out, Hun Tiandi began the Soul Clan’s long plan and destroyed the Xiao Tribe during Xiao Xuan’s attempt to reach Dou God.
• Xiao Yan remembered the continent’s history through the Flame Emperor Era and resolved to help it develop even better in this life.
• Xiao Yan left the silver Emperor Tier Weapon with the Ancient Dragon Clan and released the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning’s little golden dragon into the remaining sea of lightning.
• Xiao Yan returned to East Dragon Island, where Zhu Huo was trying to persuade Zi Yan to eat treasures she disliked, and their faces lit up when he appeared.

Xiao Yan sought rare ingredients to refine a Dragon Phoenix Supreme Pill that would help Zi Yan absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and advance her cultivation. After obtaining the Ancient Dragon Clan’s supplies, he visited the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for Ancient Heavenly Phoenix essence blood, and Clan Leader Huang Tian agreed to provide it but refused payment.

• Xiao Yan told Fire Elder that he would take Zi Yan to find the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and asked him to gather ingredients for a pill to help her absorb it.
• Fire Elder gathered the requested supplies, but the Ancient Dragon Clan lacked Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood and he offered to attack the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan for it.
• Xiao Yan rejected Fire Elder’s plan to use force and took Zi Yan to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan himself.
• Huang Tian and the clan’s experts welcomed Xiao Yan, who requested Ancient Heavenly Phoenix essence blood and offered a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill in exchange.
• Huang Tian agreed to give Xiao Yan the essence blood but refused to accept the pill, saying payment would insult the clan’s ancestor.

Xiao Yan obtained Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood from Huang Tian and took Zi Yan to the hidden ancient ruins, where he accelerated the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s maturation. He began preparing to refine a pill as the fruit approached readiness.

• Huang Tian gave Xiao Yan the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood, while Xiao Yan promised to guide Feng Qing’er but showed no romantic interest in her.
• After Xiao Yan left, Huang Tian rebuked the clan elders for complaining and said he would bear the blame for giving up the ancestral essence blood to protect the clan.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled to the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan summoned the hidden ancient ruins and collected medicinal treasures.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan explained its origins and why it was unusually fortunate for one to grow there.
• Xiao Yan used nine drops each of Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood and Ancient Dragon Blood Essence to hasten the fruit’s maturation, then summoned a Flame Furnace and began gathering ingredients.

Xiao Yan completed the Dragon Phoenix Supreme Pill with Zi Yan’s blood essence and dragon soul, producing a Ninth Grade Golden Pill that drew a massive Pill Thunder over the Skeleton Mountain Range. He emerged to face the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning and contained its strike within his Flame Furnace as onlookers recognized him.

• Xiao Yan refined the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit with the Ancient Dragon Blood Essence, Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood, and countless medicinal ingredients to form a vast pill embryo.
• Xiao Yan asked Zi Yan for a drop of blood essence and a strand of dragon soul, which he fused into the pill embryo as she endured the pain of giving them up.
• As Xiao Yan completed the Dragon Phoenix Supreme Pill, experts gathered outside the ruins, and a black thundercloud spread over the Skeleton Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the ruins as the pill took shape, and the Ninth Grade Golden Pill drew Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the lightning strike into a giant Flame Furnace, and a Dou Sheng recognized him as Lord Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan refined a Dragon Phoenix Supreme Pill, absorbed the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, and left the remaining ruins treasures for other cultivators before returning to Starfall Pavilion. Yao Lao emerged from seclusion stronger than before, and his celebration drew the great factions of Central State, including a grim-faced Yao Wangui with Yao Tian and Yao Ling.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning released by his Ninth Grade Golden Pill, replenishing his energy and laying the foundation for his Sovereign Dharma Body.
• Xiao Yan exposed the pill incarnation posing as Zi Yan, then sent the real Zi Yan back to Ancient Dragon Island to cultivate with the pill's energy.
• Xiao Yan opened the Ancient Ruins to the gathered experts and warned the Dou Sheng not to take opportunities from the younger generation; a Lei Clan Dou Sheng also threatened anyone who caused wanton slaughter.
• Xiao Yan returned to Ancient Dragon Island, left Zi Yan there, and went to Starfall Pavilion after learning that Yao Lao had emerged from seclusion with Heavenly Sovereign Great Perfection soul strength and Three Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Starfall Pavilion hosted a banquet attended by Central State's major factions and Dou Sheng experts from the Ancient Eight Clans.
• Yao Wangui arrived at Starfall Pavilion with Yao Tian and Yao Ling, his expression gloomy.

Xiao Yan welcomed Xun'er and the leaders of the Ancient Six Clans to Starfall Pavilion, where Xun'er reconciled with him and met his other partners. As powerful factions gathered to pay their respects, envoys from the Ancient Void Dragon clan arrived, surprising everyone.

• Gu Yuan brought Xun'er to Starfall Pavilion and encouraged Xiao Yan to show her around while he spoke with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan led Xun'er away, and she joined Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei; the women quickly bonded and left Xiao Yan feeling excluded.
• Xiao Yan found Xun'er waiting for him that night, and she embraced him, forgave his past actions, and asked him not to make her sad again.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao hosted a huge gathering of powerful visitors, including the Ancient Six Clan leaders, Pill Tower Ancestor, and representatives of major Central State factions.
• Xiao Yan gave Tang Huo'er a Fire Bodhi Pill and gave Cao Ying and Dan Chen soul-cultivation Secret Arts; meanwhile, Hua Qing and Xuan Yi argued before Yao Lao intervened.
• Magical Beast envoys arrived at Starfall Pavilion, including experts from the Ancient Void Dragon clan, startling the gathered guests.

At a grand banquet, Xiao Yan announced that he would become a Dou God within three to five years and marry when he became Emperor. He then formed the Demon Extermination Alliance to eradicate factions that cultivated by plundering innocent lives.

• Qing Shan delivered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Emperor’s Decree to congratulate Yao Lao on leaving seclusion, alarming the gathered magical beast leaders.
• Xiao Yan welcomed the guests at Starfall Pavilion and announced that his wedding would take place when he became Emperor.
• Xiao Yan said he expected to reach the Dou God realm in three to five years, leaving the assembled experts shocked and wary.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would join the Ancient Six Clans, the Alchemist Tower, and other factions to establish the Demon Extermination Alliance.
• The alliance’s member factions dispatched experts to hunt down demonic cultivators who used innocent lives as cultivation resources.

Xiao Yan oversaw the punishment of Central State’s Demonic Path factions, then forced Yao Wangui to kneel and apologize to Yao Lao for driving him from the Medicine Clan. Yao Lao accepted the apology but hesitated to return, so Yao Dan offered him the title of Medicine Clan Honorary Vice Clan Leader.

• Xiao Yan’s Demon Extermination Alliance destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect and Icy River Valley, then swept away Central State’s major Demonic Path factions over three days.
• Yao Wangui faced Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Yao Dan, and Gu Yuan and was ordered to kneel, beg forgiveness, and relinquish his Medicine Clan elder position.
• Yao Wangui knelt, kowtowed, apologized to Yao Lao, and invited him to return his parents’ memorial tablets to the Medicine Clan ancestral shrine.
• Yao Dan promised a grand ceremony for Yao Lao’s parents, but Yao Lao said he was unsure about returning to the Medicine Clan.
• Yao Dan offered Yao Lao the new title of Medicine Clan Honorary Vice Clan Leader, with no obligation to live in the clan or help it.

Yao Lao accepted the Yao Clan’s gesture of reconciliation and found comfort in Xiao Yan’s support. After Xun’er returned to the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yan took Cai Lin to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, rescued Yao Ming, and secured his allegiance as a first step toward restoring Yao Ming as Clan Leader.

• Yao Dan offered Yao Lao the title of Grand Elder, and Yao Lao accepted after Xiao Yan nodded his approval.
• Yao Lao thanked Xiao Yan, then privately vowed to honor his parents and make the Yao Clan remember them.
• Xun’er left Starfall Pavilion with Gu Yuan to cultivate in the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yan later departed with Cai Lin for the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s territory.
• Xiao Yan brought Cai Lin into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and freed Yao Ming from the chains holding him in its depths.
• Yao Ming agreed to recognize Xiao Yan as his master in exchange for help restoring his strength and reclaiming the Clan Leader position, and Xiao Yan planted a Soul Seal and gave him healing pills.
• Fierce fluctuations began spreading through the lake above after Yao Ming recovered more than half his strength.

Yao Ming reclaimed leadership of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan after Xiao Yan helped him kill Yao Xiao Tian and the Grand Elder. Xiao Yan then showed Cai Lin the source of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, arranged protection for her evolution, and left to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Yao Ming attacked Yao Xiao Tian and the Grand Elder, while Xiao Yan secretly wounded them with soul attacks.
• Yao Ming killed Yao Xiao Tian and the Grand Elder, then reclaimed control of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and pledged its obedience to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan took Cai Lin to the deepest part of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and explained that its blood crystals came from the corpse of a Nine Nether Grand Yin Python beyond a spatial passage.
• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Gemstone and arranged for North King and an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng to guard her as she began her evolution.
• Xiao Yan obtained another cluster of Demon Saint Essence Blood from Yellow Spring Demon Saint and departed to refine the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.