Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan sent Pan's Gate back to the Inner Academy, then attacked the Soul Hall-backed Demonic Alliance in Maple City with an Angry Buddha Lotus Flame. After killing several Dou Emperor experts and the Gold Silver Twins, he fought the Soul Hall Guardian and countered his strength with soul techniques, but black chains closed in from behind.

• Xiao Yan warned Pan's Gate's members that they were too weak to face the Demonic Alliance and sent them back to the Inner Academy, with Zi Yan guarding them.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Maple City and struck the City Lord's Manor with a two-colored Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, killing or wounding most of the Demonic Alliance's core members.
• Xiao Yan killed a wounded Dou Emperor and used the Soul Slaughtering Spear to shatter the souls of the Gold Silver Twins.
• The Soul Hall Guardian attacked Xiao Yan with Soul Locking Chains, but Xiao Yan fought back with flame chains and a Soul Slaughtering Spear.
• The Soul Hall Guardian blocked Xiao Yan's soul attack with captured Soul Bodies, while black chains launched toward Xiao Yan from behind.

Xiao Yan trapped and killed four Soul Hall Protectors with his Five Saint Divine Fire Method, then called on Yao Lao to destroy the remaining attackers. After Yao Lao warned him of a Six Star Dou Zun arriving, Xiao Yan fled Maple City and left a Three-Colored Fire Lotus beneath the Soul Hall rings, which exploded when Black Heavenly Venerable collected them.

• Xiao Yan formed the Five Saint Divine Fire Method formation and summoned three Sacred Beast Divine Fire Bodies to attack the Soul Hall Protectors.
• The flame giants killed the Four Star and Five Star Dou Zong Protectors, while Protector Ao ambushed Xiao Yan and shattered his ruler strike.
• Xiao Yan called on Yao Lao, who revealed himself as Venerable Yao and killed Protector Ao and the last trapped Protector.
• Xiao Yan collected the Protectors' rings and Soul fragments, then left Maple City after Yao Lao sensed a Six Star Dou Zun approaching.
• Xiao Yan planted a Three-Colored Fire Lotus beneath the discarded rings, and Black Heavenly Venerable was caught in its explosion when he collected them.

Xiao Yan refined Magic Cores until he broke through to the Huatian Realm, then forged the Gold Silver Twins into puppets before returning to the Inner Academy. He prepared to leave for the Jia Ma Empire, and Xun'er accepted his departure while asking him to keep her in his heart.

• Xiao Yan refined Magic Cores and broke through from the Rongtian Realm Peak to the Huatian Realm.
• Xiao Yan refined the Gold Silver Twins into puppets that could each fight at the early-stage Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, where Pan's Gate celebrated his return and he left Lin Xiuya and Han Yue in charge of the Gate's affairs.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he was returning to the Jia Ma Empire, and she guessed his trip involved Ya Fei and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yan to do what he wished as long as he always kept her in his heart.

Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er that he valued her more than the Tou She Ancient God Jade and promised to bring it to her when she returned to the Ancient Clan. After leaving Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, he returned to Wu Tan City, where the townspeople celebrated his influence and the Xiao Family’s rise.

• Xiao Yan comforted Xun'er about her coming return to the Ancient Clan and revealed that he knew she had been sent to the Xiao Family to seek the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan promised to give the jade to Xun'er, explaining that her safety mattered more to him than the chance to become a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and persuaded her to help him by promising a Transformation Pill and other rare treasures.
• After two days and a night of travel, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached the Jia Ma Empire and continued to Wu Tan City.
• Xiao Yan heard townspeople praise his influence, the Xiao Family’s growth, and the prosperity of Wu Tan City.

Xiao Yan returned to Wu Tan City and found that the Xiao clan had grown prosperous and powerful during his two-year absence. He rewarded Liu Panlong and Bai Han, reassured Zi Yan about her origins, and learned that Ya Fei had left for the Imperial Capital amid unrest in the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao clan with Zi Yan, and the guards and clan members welcomed him excitedly.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan, learned that his father had reached the two-star Dou Wang level, and introduced Zi Yan as a powerful Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yan praised Liu Panlong for strengthening the clan and advancing to Fifth Grade Alchemist, then gave him cultivation methods, flame techniques, pill-refining notes, and a soul cultivation art.
• Xiao Yan told Bai Han that Zi Yan was a pure Ancient Void Dragon and promised to help Bai Han and his younger sister reach the Eighth Order.
• Bai Han explained the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's immense power to Liu Panlong, while Xiao Yan comforted Zi Yan and promised to take her to find her family.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Ya Fei had left for the Imperial Capital two months earlier because the Northwest Continent had become unsettled.

Xiao Yan learned that the Chu Yun Empire and its allies had attacked the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Race, then returned to the Imperial Capital and found Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran being pressured into marriage alliances. He killed the envoy and declared that the three great empires would be destroyed.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect had united the Chu Yun, Luo Yan, and Mu Lan Empires and launched attacks across the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Zhan reported that a mysterious woman in white had driven Xie Bi Yan away from the Snake-People Race, leading Xiao Yan to suspect Bai Xue was protecting Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan left Wu Tan City with Zi Yan, flew to the Imperial Capital, and sensed that the Jia Ma Empire's leading figures had gathered in a palace hall.
• A Falling Goose Sect envoy demanded marriage alliances between Ya Fei, Nalan Yanran, and the allied empires, while Jia Xingtian and the others resisted.
• Xiao Yan crashed through the palace roof, seized the envoy, burned him to ashes, and declared that the three great empires would be destroyed.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Imperial Palace and instantly killed a Dou Wang elder from the Falling Goose Sect, astonishing the gathered experts. After Nalan Yanran told him that Yun Yun had been poisoned by the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, Xiao Yan took her to the Misty Cloud Sect to save her.

• Xiao Yan burned the Falling Goose Sect's Dou Wang elder to ashes, then spared two Dou Ling messengers and ordered them to warn the Three Great Empires Alliance.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei, while Nalan Yanran was shaken by his strength and by the arrival of the Dou Wang child Zi Yan.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to save Yun Yun, who had been severely poisoned after fighting the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect's leader.
• Xiao Yan left the palace with Nalan Yanran and flew to the Misty Cloud Sect, revealing that he could walk through the air like a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan learned more about Yun Yun's poison and vowed to wipe out the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect before arriving at her residence.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and insisted on treating Yun Yun despite Gu He's doubts. He used his Heavenly Flame to purge her Scorpion Poison, and the chapter ended with Yun Yun covering herself as Xiao Yan moved close to her.

• Nalan Yanran introduced Xiao Yan to Gu He and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples as her fiancé, though she struggled to explain their relationship.
• Gu He challenged Xiao Yan's ability to cure Yun Yun, but Xiao Yan revealed his power and entered the hall alone.
• Xiao Yan examined Yun Yun and found that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect's mixed poison had spread throughout her body.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flame to burn away the poison over a day and night, and Yun Yun expelled it as black blood.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Yan, then covered herself with a blanket when she caught him staring, only to find him suddenly close to her face.

Xiao Yan finished treating Yun Yun, then met Yun Shan and exposed the Soul Hall’s interest in the Xiao Family’s Ancient Jade. After revealing what he knew about the Soul Clan, he killed Wu Protector and left Yun Shan facing the consequences of the secret.

• Xiao Yan left Yun Yun’s bedchamber after saving her, while Yun Yun struggled with her feelings about his kiss and his connection to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan reassured Nalan Yanran and Gu He that Yun Yun was recovering, then agreed to meet Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan displayed Dou Zong-level power as he walked through the air to Yun Shan’s hall, where Yun Shan asked about the Xiao Family’s inherited Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan claimed the Ancient Jade held an opportunity to become a Dou Emperor, then named the Soul Hall as another party interested in it.
• Wu Protector emerged from the black mist, and Xiao Yan revealed his knowledge of the Soul Clan before trapping and crushing Wu Protector with a giant hand of flame.

Xiao Yan killed Wu Protector and used the Soul Curse Technique to eliminate Soul Hall infiltrators in the Misty Cloud Sect, then enslaved Yun Shan and restored the sect’s lost inheritance to him. After Xiao Yan left to deal with the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, Yun Yun emerged and learned of his strength as the sect confronted the deaths of its elders and stewards.

• Xiao Yan used Wu Protector’s remaining black mist to kill Yun Ling and nearly ten other Soul Hall infiltrators with the Soul Curse Technique.
• Xiao Yan spared Yun Shan but planted a Soul Seal in his soul, making him Xiao Yan’s servant.
• Xiao Yan returned the Misty Cloud Sect’s Earth-tier High-Level cultivation method and Dou Skill to Yun Shan and told him to pass them to Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan left to destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, while Yun Shan planned to foster Yun Yun’s relationship with his new master.
• Yun Yun emerged from seclusion, and Nalan Yanran and Gu He told her that Xiao Yan could kill a Dou Wang expert in one move.
• Misty Cloud Sect disciples reported the deaths of several elders and stewards, and Yun Shan attributed them to a strange power before ordering compensation for the dead.

Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to pursue Xiao Yan, revealing his strength and his own desperation to use Xiao Yan’s power to transform the Yun Lan Sect, but Yun Yun rejected the idea and left. Xiao Yan reached the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect to avenge Yun Yun, and Xie Bi Yan confronted him as the chapter ended.

• Yun Shan explained that the deaths among the Yun Lan Sect’s elders had been caused by a strange power, then ordered Nalan Yanran to arrange compensation for the fallen families.
• Yun Shan brought Yun Yun to the sect’s memorial hall and urged her to accept Xiao Yan despite his age, Nalan Yanran’s engagement, and his other female confidantes.
• Yun Yun accused Yun Shan of abandoning his former principles and refused to use her feelings to gain power, then left the hall.
• Yun Shan privately concluded that Yun Yun did not dislike Xiao Yan and believed her objections could be overcome.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Chu Yun Empire’s Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect and damaged buildings with a shout demanding that its members appear.
• Xie Bi Yan stepped forward to ask Xiao Yan who he was and why he had come to cause trouble.

Xiao Yan confronted the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, revealed his strength by killing Diao Protector and Xie Bi Yan, and destroyed the sect’s leading experts. As he prepared to bring the other empires under his control, he discovered a mysterious item in Diao Protector’s Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan identified himself to Xie Bi Yan and declared that he would destroy the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect for attacking Jia Ma Empire and targeting the women connected to him.
• Xiao Yan exposed Diao Protector, a Six Star Dou Zong from the Soul Hall, and stopped him from escaping after Diao Protector tried to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan shattered Diao Protector’s Soul Locking Chains, refined him into Soul Nourishing Liquid, and then killed Xie Bi Yan and absorbed the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s other leading experts.
• Xiao Yan concluded that the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect had been destroyed and planned to bring Luo Yan Empire and Mu Lan Empire under his control.
• Xiao Yan found a mysterious item in Diao Protector’s Storage Ring and reacted with delight.

Xiao Yan used Diao Protector’s token to locate Spirit Spring Elder’s underground secret treasure in the Mu Lan Empire, where he found a natural Spirit Eye and a rich collection of treasures. He began refining its accumulated energy and reached the middle stage of the Huatian Realm as news of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s destruction spread.

• Xiao Yan found Spirit Spring Elder’s token in Diao Protector’s storage ring and used it to trace the secret treasure north.
• Xiao Yan broke through the spatial seals beneath a small hill in the Mu Lan Empire and discovered a natural Spirit Eye.
• Xiao Yan collected Spirit Spring Elder’s remains and storage ring, finding numerous treasures including two Heaven Rank manuals.
• Xiao Yan declined to use Spirit Spring Elder’s body for Yao Lao’s resurrection, hoping to find a Dou Sheng corpse instead.
• Xiao Yan refined the Spirit Eye’s energy with the Chaos Furnace and advanced to the middle stage of the Huatian Realm over three days.
• News of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect’s destruction spread among the surrounding factions.

After Xiao Yan’s defeat of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect made him the focus of the Northwest Continent, he reached the Heavenly Sovereign Late Stage by draining a Spirit Eye. He prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire and the Tagor Desert, where he discovered a Void Nether Mysterious Coffin beneath the pool.

• Reports confirmed that Xiao Yan personally killed Xie Bi Yan and the other leaders of the Ten Thousand Scorpions Sect, drawing factions across the Northwest Continent toward the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yun Shan handled the Jia Ma Empire’s visitors and supported Xiao Yan’s family and allies, while Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family celebrated Xiao Yan’s growing reputation.
• In the Snake-People Race’s Queen’s Palace, Xiao Yi Xian told Medusa she missed Xiao Yan, and the two discussed his strength and his likely visit to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Spirit Eye’s energy for half a month and advanced to the Heavenly Sovereign Late Stage.
• Xiao Yan planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire to establish the Yan Alliance again before going to the Tagor Desert, then spotted a box beneath the pool and recognized it as the Void Nether Mysterious Coffin.

Xiao Yan discovered that Spirit Spring Elder had stolen a Void Nether Mysterious Coffin containing a Three Star Dou Sheng corpse, and he destroyed the corpse’s lingering will so he could use it to revive Yao Lao. After leaving the Spirit Eye Cavern, Xiao Yan returned to the Gama Imperial Capital and found that Yun Shan had efficiently handled his affairs in his absence.

• Xiao Yan realized Spirit Spring Elder had betrayed the Spirit Clan to steal a Void Nether Mysterious Coffin containing a Three Star Dou Sheng corpse.
• Xiao Yan entered the coffin’s will-space and learned that the corpse’s lingering will had likely killed Spirit Spring Elder when he tried to take its power.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Dou Sheng’s will with Flame God's Wrath and promised to protect the Spirit Clan and help it enter the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had found the corpse needed to revive him, then put away the coffin and left the Spirit Eye Cavern.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Gama Imperial Capital and discovered that Yun Shan had managed his family’s affairs, settled visiting factions, and spoken with his confidantes.

Xiao Yan arranged invitations for a new alliance, rewarded Yun Shan, and visited Ya Fei to give her powerful puppets and a cultivation method. The next morning, he left with Zi Yan for the Tagor Desert, eager to reunite with Cai Lin and meet other people waiting there.

• Xiao Yan told Yun Shan to invite nearby forces to join his alliance with cultivation methods and Dou Skills as rewards, then gave him a Life Reversing Pill.
• Xiao Yan visited the Mittel Family, reassured Mite'er Teng Shan about Hai Bodong, and reunited with Ya Fei before Zi Yan interrupted them.
• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei two peak Dou Emperor puppets and the Yin Scroll of the Great Emperor Inner Canon, which could help her increase her strength through dual cultivation.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan took Zi Yan toward the Tagor Desert, thinking about his brothers, Qing Lin, the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Cai Lin.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan why he was smiling lewdly as they traveled.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Shi Mo City, welcomed Qing Lin as his little sister, and let Zi Yan befriend her. He then went to Mo City, found Hai Bodong in an ancient map shop, and offered to restore his strength in exchange for a map fragment.

• Xiao Yan met Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and gave its members more than a hundred healing medicines.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Qing Lin as his little sister, explained the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and allowed Zi Yan to call herself Qing Lin’s boss.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li medicines to help them temper their bodies with heart flame, then left Shi Mo City with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan found Hai Bodong in Mo City’s ancient map shop and asked to exchange the map fragment for restoring Hai Bodong’s strength.
• Xiao Yan identified himself to Hai Bodong and presented him with a Qingfeng Pill and a Fuzi Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan traded Hai Bodong two pills that could break Queen Medusa’s seal and restore his strength for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment, then recruited him for the future Yan Alliance. Hai Bodong entered seclusion to recover while Xiao Yan and Zi Yan headed toward the Snake-People Race.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Qingfeng Pill could break Hai Bodong’s seal and that the Fuzi Spirit Pill could restore him to his peak strength.
• Hai Bodong traded the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment to Xiao Yan for the two pills.
• Xiao Yan invited Hai Bodong to join the Yan Alliance after returning to the Mittel Family and promised him a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Hai Bodong became ecstatic over the offer and went into seclusion to recover his strength.
• Xiao Yan left with Zi Yan and hurried toward the Snake-People Race.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Snake-People Race King City and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had spent the past two years there alongside Queen Medusa. After Xiao Yi Xian introduced Medusa to him, Xiao Yan faced his first meeting with her in this life.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached the Snake-People Race King City, where Yue Mei and Hua She'er greeted Xiao Yan after recognizing his reputation as a young Dou Zong.
• Hua She'er told Medusa that Xiao Yan had arrived while Medusa was speaking with Xiao Yi Xian and Bai Xue.
• Xiao Yi Xian hurried to Xiao Yan and embraced him, surprising Yue Mei and Hua She'er with her affection for him.
• Xiao Yan greeted Bai Xue, who showed him deep respect, and Xiao Yi Xian noted that he had arranged for Bai Xue to protect her.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced Medusa as her sworn elder sister and the Snake-People Race's Queen, and Xiao Yan extended his hand to greet her.

Xiao Yan visited the Snake-People Race with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, then offered Queen Medusa extraordinarily generous terms for joining his planned Flame Alliance. Queen Medusa accepted with gratitude, but Xiao Yan ended their serious negotiations by teasingly asking her to repay him with her body.

• Xiao Yan greeted Queen Medusa and the Snake-People women, introduced Zi Yan, and joined them on a tour of the palace while flirting with Xiao Yi Xian.
• At the palace, Queen Medusa raised the Snake-People Race's role and benefits in Xiao Yan's planned Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Queen Medusa a proposal granting the Snake-People Race new territory, extensive Rank 6 pill support, and the Flame Alliance deputy leader position.
• Queen Medusa accepted the generous offer and thanked Xiao Yan on behalf of her people, promising to repay him.
• Xiao Yan joked that he would prefer repayment with her body, shocking everyone.