Chapter Summaries

Su Yun revealed the power of one percent of his Dou Di Sword Intent and killed Yao Xingji's elder and the Yao Clan members. Before dying, Yao Xingji recognized Su Yun as Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor's Successor, and the Woeful Poison Body, while Su Yun stopped his message from reaching the clan.

• Yao Xingji ordered his Five-Revolutions Dou Zun elder to kill Su Yun and take his Heavenly Flames.
• Su Yun unleashed one percent of his Dou Di Sword Intent, split the elder's sea of flames, and killed him.
• Yao Xingji recognized Su Yun as Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor's Successor, and tried to send a warning to the Medicine Realm with a Soul Guiding Jade.
• Su Yun took the Soul Guiding Jade and pulled back its message, revealing that he knew the secret art Yao Xingji had used.
• Yao Xingji realized Su Yun was also the Woeful Poison Body, and Su Yun killed him and the remaining Yao Clan members, preserving Yao Xingji's head.

Su Yun subdued Yao Wanhuo’s Nine Nether Wind Flame and used Yao Xingji’s Soul Guiding Jade to send a false message to the Yao Clan. Yao Wanhuo and the Yao Clan Clan Leader set out to pursue Xiao Ji Bai, but Yao Wanhuo was shocked when he tried to sense his flame.

• Su Yun, nearly out of Dou Qi, bound the Nine Nether Wind Flame with sword seals that blocked Yao Wanhuo’s perception of it.
• Su Yun sent a message through Yao Xingji’s Soul Guiding Jade claiming that Yao Xingji had found Xiao Ji Bai in the Central Plains.
• Yao Wanhuo received the message and hurried to the Yao Clan Clan Leader, who decided to investigate without notifying the other five clans.
• Yao Wanhuo used his connection to the Nine Nether Wind Flame to locate Yao Xingji, then opened his eyes in shock.

After discovering that Xiao Ji Bai had severed Yao Wanhuo’s connection to the Nine Nether Wind Flame, the Yao Clan Leader and Yao Wanhuo tracked down Yao Xingji and found him dead. They summoned the other five clans to join the hunt, and five figures arrived through void fissures.

• Yao Wanhuo used the Soul Guiding Jade to locate Yao Xingji, and he and the Yao Clan Leader rushed toward the signal.
• The Yao Clan Leader and Yao Wanhuo arrived at a ravaged plain and sensed the lingering Ultimate Sword Intent left by Xiao Ji Bai.
• They found Yao Xingji’s severed head beside the Soul Guiding Jade and a Five-Revolutions Dou Zun elder’s corpse nearby.
• The Yao Clan Leader concluded that Xiao Ji Bai had deliberately left Yao Xingji’s remains as a provocation, and Yao Wanhuo vowed revenge for his junior and the stolen Heavenly Flame.
• The Yao Clan Leader enclosed the area with a spatial barrier while Yao Wanhuo sent messages to the Gu, Thunder, Fire, Stone, and Spirit Realms.
• Five void fissures opened above them less than half an hour later.

The Eight Ancient Races gathered where Xiao Ji Bai’s sword intent had lingered and debated how to find him in the Central Plains. Hun Xuzi proposed revealing that the Sword Emperor’s Successor was there, turning the Central Plains’ forces against Xiao Ji Bai and leaving him hunted by humanity at large.

• Yao Dan told the arriving clan leaders that Xiao Ji Bai had recently passed through the area, and explained that he had killed Yao Xingji after reaching the strength to slay a Five-Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Yao Wanhuo urged the clans to seal off and scour the Central Plains, but Yao Dan and Lei Ying warned that the region was too vast and that indiscriminate slaughter risked consequences from the Reincarnation Tablet.
• Hun Xuzi arrived after hearing reports of the sword intent from Soul Hall branches and insisted that the Soul Clan be included in the discussion.
• Gu Yuan asked Hun Xuzi how the clans could find Xiao Ji Bai, and Hun Xuzi proposed spreading news of the Sword Emperor’s Successor so the Central Plains’ forces would search for him.
• Gu Dao realized Hun Xuzi’s plan would make Xiao Ji Bai an enemy of the entire human race.

The Six Clans agreed to hunt Xiao Ji Bai, while discussing the still-missing Son of the Dragon Phoenix and their plans for Xiao Yan. In Nether Valley, Su Yun saw the Sword Emperor Inheritance’s materialization progress rise after he left Dou Di Sword Intent behind, and resolved to make more public appearances while staying cautious.

• Hun Xuzi convinced the Six Clans to join a vast search for Xiao Ji Bai, and Gu Dao ordered that Xiao Yan be allowed to travel to the Central Plains as potential bait.
• The clan leaders discussed the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, but Gu Dao insisted that capturing Xiao Ji Bai and obtaining the secret of Origin Qi took priority.
• Gu Yuan claimed he would reach the Dou Di realm and eliminate the Beast Race once he obtained the secret from Ji Bai, while Hun Xuzi privately showed disgust at the others’ flattery.
• Su Yun saw the Sword Emperor Inheritance’s progress increase from 1.02% to 1.19% after the Six Clans learned of Xiao Ji Bai’s displayed sword intent.
• Su Yun concluded that he should appear publicly more often to accelerate the inheritance’s materialization, though he knew he could not afford to be caught.

Su Yun tried to make the Nine Nether Wind Flame submit and began slowly grinding away its intelligence when it refused. He planned to pursue the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit as a shortcut to Dou Sheng, while Yao Wanhuo felt his Spiritual Sense Imprint on the flame crack.

• Su Yun summoned the sealed Nine Nether Wind Flame and demanded that it help dispel Yao Wanhuo's Spiritual Sense Imprint.
• The Nine Nether Wind Flame refused to betray Yao Wanhuo, so Su Yun used Dou Di Sword Intent to hurt it and began wearing down its intelligence.
• Su Yun resolved to continue refining the flame slowly and planned to accelerate the appearance of the Son of the Dragon Phoenix so he could obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Su Yun thought about Xiao Yi Xian's coming advance to Dou Venerable and waited for Xiao Yan to reunite with him.
• Yao Wanhuo left the Seven Clans Council and felt his Spiritual Sense Imprint on the Nine Nether Wind Flame crack, then cried out for his Heavenly Flame.

Su Yun refined an Eighth-grade Seven-colored Sect Breaking Pill and easily defeated its lightning tribulation, giving Xiao Yi Xian a chance to advance to Dou Venerable. Xiao Yi Xian then told him the Central Plains powers were hunting Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor’s Successor, for slaughtering the Yao Clan.

• Su Yun refined a pill while Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Elder Li watched, and a Seven-colored Lightning Tribulation gathered over the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron.
• Su Yun cut apart every lightning bolt with Nether Poison Flame sword auras and captured the pill’s rabbit-shaped Pill Beast.
• Su Yun named the pill the Sect Breaking Pill and gave the Pill Beast to Xiao Yi Xian so she could enter seclusion and attempt to break through to Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Yi Xian reported that the Seven Ancient Clans had placed a bounty on Xiao Ji Bai and that major Central Plains powers were mobilizing to hunt him.
• Su Yun reacted strangely upon hearing that the news had spread throughout the Central Plains.

Su Yun left Nether Valley after Xiao Yi Xian became a One-star Dou Venerate and traveled to the Beast Domain to advance his plans for manifesting the Son of the Dragon Phoenix. He reached the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Wutong Phoenix Nest, but found it guarded by a barrier and hidden Saints, so he decided he needed Feng Qing’er as an envoy.

• Xiao Yi Xian successfully broke through to become a One-star Dou Venerate, and Su Yun left Nether Valley in her care before departing.
• Su Yun traveled to the Beast Domain to involve the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in manifesting the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and to seek the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit’s Ancient Ruins.
• Su Yun concealed his presence with the Myriad Transformations Sword Art and approached the Wutong Phoenix Nest.
• Su Yun discovered a Spatial Barrier around the phoenix nest and realized Saints from the Six Clans were hidden nearby.
• Su Yun decided that Feng Qing’er could serve as the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s envoy.

Su Yun manifested a Dragon Phoenix Feather and began searching the Beast Domain for the Creation Saint's Ancient Ruins. Meanwhile, Hun Tu captured Old Yao after failing to seize Xiao Yan, and Gu Jian freed Xiao Yan and urged him to seek strength in the Central Plains.

• Su Yun chose to manifest the Dragon Phoenix Feather for 100,000 Truth Points and set out to locate the Ancient Ruins.
• Su Yun searched the Beast Domain for half a year as major events unfolded in the Northwest Continent.
• Hun Tu failed to capture Xiao Yan after Yao Wan Gui and the others intervened, but he seized Old Yao and escaped.
• Hun Tu demanded that Xiao Yan exchange Xiao Ji Bai for Old Yao, then left through a Spatial Rift.
• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Wan Gui's offer to cooperate, and Gu Jian stopped Yao Wan Gui from attacking him.
• Gu Jian admitted the Gu Clan had wronged the Xiao Clan, freed Xiao Yan, and urged him to go to the Central Plains to grow stronger.

After deciding the Northwest Continent could no longer support his rapid growth, Xiao Yan set out for the Pill Region, hoping to find protection there. Gu Jian and the Six Clans secretly arranged to watch him in Central Plains and capture Xiao Ji Bai if he appeared.

• Gu Jian overruled Yao Wan Gui and the other Six Clans Dou Sheng, then offered Xiao Yan a ride to Central Plains, but Xiao Yan refused to trust him.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yan decided to leave for Central Plains after reaching Peak Dou Emperor and explained the conflict with the Ancient Races to the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Mang Tianchi offered Xiao Yan three Space Passage destinations, and Xiao Yan chose the Pill Region rather than seeking help from Su Yun at Nether Valley.
• Mang Tianchi sent Xiao Yan through the Space Passage and wished him a smooth journey.
• Gu Jian and the Six Clans revealed that Dou Sheng were waiting in Central Plains to watch Xiao Yan and capture Xiao Ji Bai if he appeared, while Mang Tianchi collapsed in exhaustion.

Xiao Yan consulted Heavenly Fire Venerable about contacting his ancestor and used the Soul Guiding Jade while traveling through a Space Passage. Su Yun answered from the Beast Domain and told Xiao Yan he was heading to the Northern Region of the Central Plains, leaving their reunion closer than Xiao Yan expected.

• Xiao Yan told Heavenly Fire Venerable that he planned to cultivate at the Alchemist Tower after reaching the Central Plains.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable recognized the Soul Guiding Jade and advised Xiao Yan that the Space Passage was safe from being spied upon.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Guiding Jade to contact his ancestor, Su Yun, after deciding to trust Heavenly Fire Venerable's advice.
• Su Yun, who had found ancient ruins in the Beast Domain, told Xiao Yan he was going to the Northern Region of the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan regretted that they would not meet soon, while Su Yun privately anticipated that they would meet very soon.

Xiao Yan spoke with Su Yun about the threats facing them and the Gu Clan before a Space Storm shattered the passage. After surviving the disaster, Xiao Yan emerged battered in the Northern Region of the Central Plains, free from the Six Clans’ control.

• Xiao Yan told Su Yun that he had gathered two materials for the Human Emperor Banner and was cultivating at the Nine-Star Dou Huang level; Su Yun urged him and Zi Yan to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Gu Clan, and Su Yun warned him not to trust Gu Jian or the clan completely.
• Xiao Yan and Heavenly Fire Venerable sensed a Space Storm tearing apart the passage, while Gu Jian entered the turbulence to search for Xiao Yan but could not find him.
• Several dozen days later, Xiao Yan lay wounded in an unnamed mountain range in the Northern Region and whispered that he was free.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Sky Eye Mountain Range to seek the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool while evading the Wind Lightning Pavilion and the Six Ancient Clans. Su Yun arrived in the Northern Region to approach Feng Qing'er, as the Four Pavilions’ disciples gathered for the Blood Pool.

• Xiao Yan hid from Fei Tian, worried about Zi Yan, and planned to use the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool to break through to the Dou Zong Realm.
• Su Yun reached the Northern Region, sensed Xiao Yan through the Soul Guiding Jade, and decided to seek out Feng Qing'er first.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Sky Eye Mountain Range and learned that the Four Pavilions’ direct disciples, including Feng Qing'er, would compete for the Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yan learned that Feng Qing'er belonged to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and resolved to treat her normally.
• Feng Qing'er stood apart from the Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples as they discussed their plan to climb the mountain.

Feng Qing'er was shunned by the Wind Lightning Pavilion after her clan's crisis, then raced alone to a Blood Pool in the Sky Eye Mountain Range. She reached it exhausted, only to find Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen encircling her and eyeing her share.

• Feng Qing'er recalled that Lei Zun Zhe had tried to surrender her to the Six Ancient Clans, and she resented her teacher and the Wind Lightning Pavilion for abandoning her.
• When an Energy Tide appeared, Feng Qing'er used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to outpace the others and enter the mountain range first.
• Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen followed her toward the summit, each using their own movement skills.
• Feng Qing'er fought magical beasts as she climbed alone, spending much of her Dou Qi before reaching the Blood Pool.
• Mu Qingluan suggested that the group should take Feng Qing'er's share, and she and the others surrounded the exhausted Feng Qing'er.

Feng Qing'er was driven from the Blood Pool after Wang Chen attacked and injured her, then faced death on the mountain path. A powerful purple-robed man rescued her and revealed a bloodline pressure that made her tremble.

• Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yan urged the weakened Feng Qing'er to leave, while Feng Qing'er challenged Mu Qingluan to fight to the death.
• Wang Chen attacked Feng Qing'er, poisoned her with his ghostly force, and forced her to withdraw from the mountain.
• Feng Qing'er vowed to remember the humiliation and left, while Tang Ying rebuked Wang Chen and Wang Chen insisted that sharing the Blood Pool mattered most.
• A Sixth-tier Giant Python attacked the badly injured Feng Qing'er, who could not defend herself.
• A purple-robed man killed the python with a blast of purple Dou Qi and questioned why a descendant of the Ancient Sky Phoenix had become so weak.

Su Yun revealed himself to Feng Qing'er as the Phoenix Emperor and Son of the Dragon Phoenix, then ordered her to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and announce his existence. Feng Qing'er pledged to obey as Su Yun began recruiting the clan to support his ambition of unifying the continent.

• Feng Qing'er sensed Su Yun's overwhelming bloodline and recognized him as the likely Son of the Dragon Phoenix.
• Su Yun declared that he was the Phoenix Emperor, and Feng Qing'er prostrated herself and swore loyalty.
• Su Yun claimed that human Imperial Clans had discovered him through the Sword Emperor Ruins and explained his history with the Sword Emperor and his successor, Xiao Ji Bai.
• Feng Qing'er praised Su Yun's ambition to destroy the human Imperial Clans and unify the continent.
• Su Yun ordered Feng Qing'er to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and reveal his existence, and she accepted the mission.

Su Yun deceived Feng Qing'er into believing he was the Phoenix Emperor, gave her Ancient Sky Phoenix Essence Blood, and recruited her against the Six Ancient Clans. A month later, Xiao Yan and three others reached Dou Zong, while Feng Qing'er finished refining the blood and vowed revenge on her rivals.

• Su Yun warned Feng Qing'er about human experts near the Wutong Phoenix Nest, gave her a Soul Guiding Jade, and gifted her Ancient Sky Phoenix Essence Blood.
• Feng Qing'er accepted Su Yun's orders and planned to refine the blood before returning to the Wutong Phoenix Nest.
• Su Yun secretly watched Feng Qing'er, decided to use her against the Six Ancient Clans, and planned to meet Xiao Yan again.
• One month later, Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, and two others broke through to Dou Zong at the Sky Eye Mountain Range.
• Mu Qingluan invited Xiao Yan to join Starfall Pavilion and told him about the upcoming Four Pavilion Tournament, but he declined.
• Feng Qing'er completed her bloodline refinement in a hidden cave and vowed revenge on Mu Qingluan, Wang Chen, and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan attended the Four Pavilion Tournament while waiting for Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Space Passage to reopen, and Heavenly Fire Venerable noticed Feng Qing'er had undergone a powerful bloodline transformation. Feng Qing'er spotted Xiao Yan just as the arena was sealed for the tournament, leaving him trapped inside.

• Xiao Yan learned that Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Space Passage was closed until the Four Pavilion Tournament ended, so he went to watch the competition.
• Xiao Yan saw Feng Qing'er standing beside Lei Zun Zhe and sensed her formidable pressure, while Heavenly Fire Venerable recognized that she had broken through to Dou Zong.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable identified the Bloodline Mark on Feng Qing'er’s forehead and concluded that she had gained an opportunity that greatly strengthened her Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline.
• Xiao Yan connected Feng Qing'er's transformation to the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and decided to tell his ancestor.
• Feng Qing'er sensed Xiao Yan in the crowd, and Heavenly Fire Venerable urged him to flee.
• Fei Tian announced the tournament’s start as Wind Lightning Pavilion elders sealed the arena, trapping Xiao Yan inside.

Xiao Yan considered escaping the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Dou Zong blockade, but Heavenly Fire Venerable warned him that confronting Lei Zun Zhe and the other Venerables would be disastrous. As the Four Pavilions Tournament began, Feng Qing’er launched a sudden attack against everyone in the arena, leaving Xiao Yan and the other contestants stunned by her strength.

• Heavenly Fire Venerable dissuaded Xiao Yan from attempting to escape and urged him to wait for an opportunity.
• Yellow Springs Venerable provoked Lei Zun Zhe by praising Feng Qing’er and drawing attention to their broken master-disciple relationship.
• Sword Venerable called the tournament to order, and independent cultivators competed until forty-nine remained for the final battle.
• Feng Qing’er, Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen entered the arena as Fei Tian announced a free-for-all with no restrictions.
• Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen attacked the independent cultivators together, but Feng Qing’er unleashed a shower of multicolored rays at everyone in the arena.
• Mu Qingluan and the others questioned Feng Qing’er’s attack, while Xiao Yan wondered at her overwhelming strength.

Feng Qing'er used her overwhelming power to defeat Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen, then killed Wang Chen and renounced the Wind Lightning Pavilion. After confronting the pavilion leaders and threatening her former rivals, she turned her attention to Xiao Yan.

• Feng Qing'er unleashed her power, grievously injuring more than half the arena and forcing Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen to attack her together.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the Demonic Phoenix Bell, blocked their combined attacks, and struck it to send devastating soundwaves through the arena.
• Wind Venerable shielded the spectators, but Feng Qing'er killed Wang Chen before Fei Tian could announce the tournament result.
• Feng Qing'er renounced the Wind Lightning Pavilion and challenged Lei Zun Zhe and Yellow Springs Venerable, who hesitated to attack her because of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing'er confronted Mu Qingluan and Tang Ying, then declared that she would settle accounts with Xiao Yan first.