Chapter Summaries

Feng Qing'er confronted Xiao Yan at the Wind Lightning Pavilion, where Fei Tian exposed him as the thief who had learned the pavilion’s techniques. Xiao Yan fought off her attacks, but when he unleashed two-colored flames, the gathered experts recognized them and rose in alarm.

• Fei Tian identified Xiao Yan as the person who had stolen the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and the inheritance Scroll of the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body, and Lei Zun Zhe chose not to stop Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan stepped into the ruined arena to face Feng Qing'er, while Wind Venerable and Sword Venerable treated their injured disciples and discussed the earlier conflict.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Yan with wind and lightning, but he countered her first strike with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Feng Qing'er filled the arena with a wind-lightning net and struck at Xiao Yan, forcing him to unleash his two-colored flames to block her attack.
• Lei Zun Zhe, Yellow Springs Venerable, and Wind Venerable recognized Xiao Yan's flames and rose to their feet in alarm.

Xiao Yan revealed his identity and fought Feng Qing'er with three Heavenly Flames, but their battle ended with both of them badly injured. Lei Zun Zhe then tried to seize Xiao Yan, triggering memories of his past imprisonment and abuse as he cried out for his ancestor to save him.

• Lei Zun Zhe and Yellow Springs Venerable recognized Xiao Yan from the Six Ancient Clans' bounty, while Wind Venerable regretted failing to protect him.
• Xiao Yan confirmed his identity and revealed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, combining it with his other two Heavenly Flames before charging Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er clashed, and Feng Qing'er used her Heavenly Phoenix bloodline to counter his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• The fire lotus and Heavenly Phoenix phantom collided in a destructive blast that hurled both fighters into the ruins.
• Lei Zun Zhe dismissed Feng Qing'er and reached for the wounded Xiao Yan, who relived his past abuse and cried out for his ancestor to save him.

Wind Venerable protected Xiao Yan after learning he was Yao Chen’s disciple and challenged Lei Zun Zhe to a fight to the death. As Yellow Springs Venerable joined the battle and Fei Tian’s elders moved against Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan called on Heavenly Fire and launched an attack.

• Wind Venerable stopped Lei Zun Zhe from attacking Xiao Yan and confirmed that Xiao Yan had received the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Flame Mantra from Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Soul Clan had captured Yao Chen after Han Feng and the Soul Hall ambushed him, and Wind Venerable vowed to protect him.
• Wind Venerable fought Lei Zun Zhe and drove him back, but Yellow Springs Venerable tried to seize Xiao Yan during the battle.
• Wind Venerable trapped Yellow Springs Venerable in a tornado and pulled him into the fight against Lei Zun Zhe.
• Fei Tian sent Dou Zong elders after Xiao Yan, who took pills, summoned Heavenly Fire’s Soul Power, and swung the Great Ruler at them.

Xiao Yan fought through the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders and briefly opened a path to escape, but Sword Venerable gave in to Lei Zun Zhe’s promises and struck him down. As Sword Venerable approached the fallen Xiao Yan, a mysterious white-clad figure emerged from a tear in space and condemned him.

• Xiao Yan used the Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler to defend himself against Fei Tian and the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders as Lei Zun Zhe summoned his Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Wind Venerable and Yellow Springs Venerable revealed their full strength, while Heavenly Fire Venerable urged Xiao Yan to attack before his borrowed power ran out.
• Xiao Yan endured the elders’ attacks and cleaved open their blockade with a blade of flame, then fled through the shattered Spatial Barrier.
• Lei Zun Zhe persuaded Sword Venerable to capture Xiao Yan by promising resources to restore the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, and Sword Venerable pierced Xiao Yan’s chest with sword aura.
• Wind Venerable failed to reach Xiao Yan as Lei Zun Zhe and Yellow Springs Venerable held him back, and Sword Venerable approached the fallen Xiao Yan.
• A white-clad figure stepped through a rift in space and told Sword Venerable that he had defiled his title.

Xiao Ji Bai arrived to rescue Xiao Yan, stripping Sword Venerable of his title and imprisoning him with sword intent before effortlessly destroying Lei Zun Zhe’s thunder dragon. He took Xiao Yan, Wind Venerable, and Mu Qingluan through a Spatial Rift, while Lei Zun Zhe remained behind.

• Xiao Yan recognized the white-clad figure as Xiao Ji Bai, who declared Sword Venerable unworthy of his title and renamed him Abandon Sword.
• Xiao Ji Bai trapped Sword Venerable in a cage of sword intent that would only release him if he regained his Sword Heart.
• Lei Zun Zhe unleashed a thunder dragon against Xiao Ji Bai, who cut through it and split the black clouds with a single sword strike.
• Lei Zun Zhe collapsed in despair, while Feng Qing'er regretted provoking Xiao Ji Bai and worried about her mission for the Phoenix Emperor.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ji Bai to take Wind Venerable and Mu Qingluan with them, and Xiao Ji Bai swept the group into a Spatial Rift.

Su Yun discussed the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and the threat posed by the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit with Xiao Yan, then gave him techniques to strengthen himself. Xiao Yan delivered the materials Su Yun needed for the Human Emperor Banner.

• Su Yun told Xiao Yan that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix was a Half-Saint, but his sword techniques gave him roughly even odds unless his opponent obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Yan proposed using Feng Qing'er to learn the Son of the Dragon Phoenix's plans, but Su Yun revealed that the Son had been nearby when he rescued Xiao Yan, making an attack on Feng Qing'er too dangerous.
• Su Yun instructed Xiao Yan to investigate Feng Qing'er himself and handed him nine jade slips containing Xiao Clan secrets and fire-attribute Dou techniques, including the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Yan gave Su Yun two boxes containing all the materials he had gathered for the Human Emperor Banner.

Su Yun took Xiao Yan's gathered materials for the Human Emperor Banner, then parted from him and Wind Venerable. He tracked down Feng Qing'er and confronted her over drawing attention to herself at the Four Pavilions Tournament.

• Xiao Yan told Su Yun how Mang Tianchi had helped him and described his imprisonment and escape from the Six Ancient Clans.
• Su Yun took the materials for the Human Emperor Banner and promised Xiao Yan that Yao Wan Gui, Gu Yang, Huo Yao, and Lei Ming would answer for their actions.
• Su Yun left through a Spatial Rift, while Wind Venerable declined Xiao Yan's offer to travel together and later returned toward Starfall Pavilion with Mu Qingluan.
• After recovering, Xiao Yan left the small house, and Su Yun followed the Soul Guiding Jade's aura to find Feng Qing'er.
• Su Yun appeared before Feng Qing'er in the mountains and rebuked her for drawing attention to herself.

Su Yun punished Feng Qing'er for using the power he had granted her to pursue a personal grudge, then forced her to accept the Soul Guiding Jade embedded in her soul. He ordered her to return to the Wutong Phoenix Nest and carry his news to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, leaving her life under his control.

• Su Yun rebuked Feng Qing'er for abusing his gift and began withdrawing the Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood from her body.
• Feng Qing'er pleaded for another chance, and Su Yun agreed to trust her if she proved her loyalty.
• Su Yun explained that embedding the Soul Guiding Jade in Feng Qing'er's soul would let him control her life and death, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Su Yun embedded the Soul Guiding Jade in Feng Qing'er's soul, causing her intense pain until it fully merged.
• Su Yun ordered Feng Qing'er to return to the Wutong Phoenix Nest and take his news to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, warning her to endure any torture or interrogation.

Su Yun destroyed the Wind Lightning Pavilion by staging a clash between a Half-Saint’s attack and his sword intent, then left a purple phoenix phantom as a misleading clue. Seven days later, the Six Ancient Clans arrived at the ruins as Wind Venerable disbanded Starfall Pavilion.

• Su Yun ordered the system to manifest an Ancient Sky Phoenix Half-Saint’s attack and planned to make the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s destruction look like the result of a battle.
• Lei Zun Zhe and the Wind Lightning Pavilion were caught in the Half-Saint’s beam, and Lei Zun Zhe realized Su Yun had returned before his consciousness faded.
• Su Yun’s azure sword intent collided with the beam, destroying the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and he left a purple phoenix phantom before departing.
• Wind Venerable summoned Starfall Pavilion’s disciples and elders and announced that the pavilion was disbanded.
• Seven days later, Gu Dao led the Six Ancient Clans to the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s ruins and questioned whether the charred site was the pavilion.

Gu Dao and the other clan elders investigated the ruins where Xiao Ji Bai and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had fought, then sent their younger disciples to search for witnesses. Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor and other Central Plains powers arrived to challenge the Imperial Clans’ authority, and Gu Dao allowed them to listen in.

• Gu Dao sensed traces of sword intent and an ancient power resembling the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s aura in the charred ruins, and concluded that Xiao Ji Bai and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had fought evenly.
• Fairy Huo Ling noted that Xiao Ji Bai had reached the point of contending with a Half-Saint, while Yao Wanhuo worried that Xiao Ji Bai would take the Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Gu Dao ordered Gu Qingyang and the other clans’ younger disciples to search for Wind Lightning Pavilion survivors and witnesses.
• Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor arrived with Old Ancestor Huoyun and other Central Plains powers, objecting to the Imperial Clans’ efforts to bar them from the region.
• Gu Dao permitted the Central Plains forces to listen as the clans investigated Xiao Ji Bai’s whereabouts.

Pill Tower's Old Ancestor learned that Xiao Ji Bai and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix had fought at the Wind Lightning Pavilion, while Gu Dao recruited the Central Plains forces to help search for both of them. Half a month later, Gu Qingyang brought forward a witness who had seen the battle and Xiao Ji Bai's arrival.

• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor sensed Xiao Ji Bai's sword intent and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix's aura in the ruins, and Gu Dao confirmed the latter's identity.
• Gu Qingyang told Pill Tower's Old Ancestor about the old grudge between the Sword Emperor and the Dragon Phoenix Dou Di and the Son of the Dragon Phoenix's plans to obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Pill Tower's Old Ancestor questioned why the Ancient Emperor Clans pursued Xiao Ji Bai before the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, and Yao Wanhuo attacked Qing Xianzi with his pressure until Pill Tower's Old Ancestor shielded her.
• Gu Dao insisted the clans would deal with the Son of the Dragon Phoenix and warned Pill Tower's Old Ancestor not to press him further.
• After half a month of searching, Gu Qingyang found a Dou Huang passerby who had witnessed Xiao Ji Bai's arrival at the Wind Lightning Pavilion and his battle with the Son of the Dragon Phoenix.

A witness recounted how Xiao Ji Bai rescued Xiao Yan during the Four Pavilion Tournament, and the Six Clans’ leaders connected Feng Qing’er’s sudden increase in strength to the Son of the Dragon Phoenix’s destruction of the Wind Lightning Pavilion. Gu Dao sent a message toward the Beast Domain to locate Feng Qing’er, but an unknown force stopped it before it arrived.

• A passerby Dou King told Gu Dao and the others that Xiao Ji Bai had destroyed the Wind Lightning Pavilion while trying to prevent harm to its people.
• The witness described how Xiao Yan fought Feng Qing’er at the Four Pavilion Tournament and was rescued by Xiao Ji Bai after Wind Venerable opposed the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders.
• Gu Dao and the others learned that Feng Qing’er was a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan member whose strength had suddenly surged before she vanished.
• Gu Dao suspected Feng Qing’er’s disappearance was connected to the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s destruction and considered that she might have returned to the Wutong Phoenix Nest.
• Gu Dao used the Soul Guiding Jade to send a message to the Beast Domain, but an unknown force trapped the soul ripple before it reached its destination.

Feng Qing'er told Huang Tian and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix existed and had empowered her with his Essence Blood. After learning she had exposed Xiao Yan and drawn out Xiao Ji Bai, Huang Tian realized the human Imperial Clans might soon track her to Wutong Phoenix Nest.

• Feng Qing'er reported that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix was real and that one drop of his Essence Blood had transformed her bloodline.
• Huang Tian recognized the potential of the Son of the Dragon Phoenix's blood and considered how it might strengthen the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Huang Tian asked Feng Qing'er to explain how she had met the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, and she recounted her encounters with Su Yun while concealing the Soul Guiding Jade.
• Feng Qing'er revealed that she had fought Xiao Yan and drawn out Xiao Ji Bai, the Sword Emperor's Successor.
• Huang Tian warned that the human Imperial Clans would notice Feng Qing'er's transformed bloodline and might soon arrive at Wutong Phoenix Nest, so he turned to helping her escape the danger.

Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan tried to stop Feng Qing’er from being captured, but the Six Clans’ Dou Shengs arrived as she escaped with the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. Gu Dao learned they were too late and erupted in fury.

• Huang Tian devised a plan after Feng Qing’er panicked, and Phoenix urged him to act before the Six Clans captured her.
• Gu Nan Hai and the other five Dou Shengs received orders to capture Feng Qing’er and entered the Wutong Phoenix Nest.
• A phoenix phantom struck Huang Tian, wrecked the nest, and left him grievously injured.
• Huang Tian blamed Feng Qing’er and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes, claiming they had fled after using the clan’s foundation to attack him.
• Gu Nan Hai searched for the fugitives, but Huang Tian lost consciousness before he could clearly point out their direction.
• At the Wind Lightning Pavilion Ancient Ruins, Gu Dao learned the group had arrived one step too late and unleashed his anger.

Su Yun finished arranging events around Feng Qing'er and set out to contact the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan. In the Central Region, Xiao Yi Xian fought Tang Zhen over Nether Valley’s claim to the Lin Yan Mountain Range, and the duel reached its decisive third move.

• Su Yun reviewed Huang Tian’s scheme and the Three Heavenly Demon Phoenixes’ new position, then opened a Spatial Rift and departed to seek contact with the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian led Nether Valley’s delegation in a confrontation with Fen Yan Valley over the Lin Yan Mountain Range.
• Tang Zhen proposed that Nether Valley win the mountain range by defeating him within three moves, and Xiao Yi Xian accepted on Nether Valley’s behalf.
• Xiao Yi Xian blocked Tang Zhen’s first attack with a Nether Profound Palm Seal.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous Fire Butterflies clashed with Tang Zhen’s silver fire dragon in the second move, leaving her struggling to withstand the impact.
• Tang Zhen prepared his third move as the confrontation continued.

Tang Zhen manifested the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and challenged Xiao Yi Xian over her knowledge of Fen Yan Valley’s secret art, the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations. When a jade poison flame nearly killed the Great Elder and poisoned Tang Zhen, Su Yun arrived and confronted Fen Yan Valley.

• Tang Zhen unleashed the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire’s Exotic Flame Manifestation and warned Xiao Yi Xian that his attack could kill her.
• Fen Yan Valley’s Great Elder accused Xiao Yi Xian’s teacher of stealing the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and Xiao Yi Xian defended her teacher and attacked the Great Elder.
• Tang Zhen stopped Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous qi, but the Great Elder continued to insult her teacher, bringing Fen Yan Valley and Nether Valley close to war.
• A jade poison flame struck at the Great Elder, and Tang Zhen’s nine thunder dragons failed to stop it.
• Tang Zhen used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to reach Six-star Peak Dou Zun and block the jade flame, but its poison seeped into his body.
• Su Yun appeared above the gathered factions and declared his arrival as his pressure bore down on everyone below.

Su Yun confronted Fen Yan Valley's Great Elder over the origins of the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, while Tang Zhen recognized Su Yun's power and worried about the revelations. Su Yun exposed a contradiction in Fen Yan Valley's history, leaving the Great Elder unable to explain the valley's claim to the art.

• Tang Zhen sensed that Su Yun had reached Seven-star Dou Zun and was shocked by his rapid advancement.
• Fen Yan Valley's Great Elder accused Su Yun of stealing the valley's teachings, but Su Yun questioned the claim that the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations belonged to Fen Yan Valley.
• The Great Elder vowed to take his own life if Su Yun proved the art had not originated with the valley.
• Su Yun said Xiao Xuan created the art and gifted it to the Blazing Flame Valley Old Ancestor, who was his close friend.
• Su Yun challenged the Great Elder to name the two Heavenly Flames the ancestor had wielded, and the Great Elder admitted the records mentioned only one Heavenly Flame and two Beast Flames.

Su Yun exposed Fen Yan Valley’s claim to the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations as a lie, forcing Tang Zhen to admit that the art belonged to the Xiao Clan. As Fen Yan Valley tried to leave, Xiao Yi Xian demanded that its Great Elder answer for his insults and broken oath, and he killed himself.

• Su Yun challenged Tang Zhen to swear that Fen Yan Valley’s founder created the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and Tang Zhen admitted that Xiao Xuan had created it.
• Tang Zhen explained that Fen Yan Valley had claimed the art as its own after the Xiao Clan’s destruction, then apologized to Su Yun.
• Su Yun said the art had been gifted to him by a Xiao Clan descendant and refused to accept Tang Zhen’s apology on the clan’s behalf.
• Xiao Yi Xian stopped Fen Yan Valley from leaving, saying its Great Elder had to pay for insulting her teacher and fulfill his oath.
• Tang Yu declared that he would end the matter himself and struck his own chest, killing himself as Tang Zhen was unable to intervene.

Fen Yan Valley confronted the fallout from the revelation that its signature secret art had been taken from another sect, while Old Ancestor Huoyun urged public confession and warned Tang Zhen of a coming Central Plains upheaval. Huoyun revealed that Fen Yan Valley had joined the Zhongzhou Alliance and assigned Tang Zhen the task of bringing Nether Valley into it.

• Tang Zhen and Fen Yan Valley's elders discussed the chaos caused by the revelation about the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun returned, heard Tang Zhen's account, and ordered Fen Yan Valley to publicly admit its wrongdoing through a proclamation and self-condemnation edict.
• Huoyun rebuked the Second Elder for seeking revenge on Nether Valley and argued that Fen Yan Valley's ancestors had caused Tang Yu's death by concealing the truth.
• After the others left, Huoyun told Tang Zhen that a great upheaval was coming and that the Son of the Dragon Phoenix could become a major threat to the Central Plains.
• Huoyun explained that Fen Yan Valley had joined the Zhongzhou Alliance and tasked himself with recruiting Sound Valley while assigning Tang Zhen to settle Nether Valley's entry.

Tang Zhen apologized to Su Yun on behalf of Fen Yan Valley and invited Nether Valley to join the Zhongzhou Alliance. Su Yun continued trying to subdue the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and the chapter ended as he considered why the alliance was being formed early.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun told Tang Zhen to apologize to Su Yun, warning him about the Nine Nether Wind Flame’s future power and Alchemist Tower’s support for Nether Valley.
• Su Yun struggled to subdue the Nine Nether Wind Flame because Yao Wanhuo’s Soul imprint still guarded its origin.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun that Tang Zhen had arrived to apologize, and Su Yun agreed to meet him.
• Su Yun accepted Tang Zhen’s apology and said Nether Valley and Fen Yan Valley could keep out of each other’s way.
• Tang Zhen invited Nether Valley to join the Zhongzhou Alliance, leaving Su Yun to wonder whether the alliance was forming early because of the Six Ancient Clans’ movements.