Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xun'er joined forces to defeat the Nine-Star Energy Body in the core region of the Heavenly Eye Secret Realm. Afterward, they absorbed its released spiritual energy to recover, and Xiao Yan completed his recovery with his strength further refined.

• Xiao Yan found Xun'er struggling against the Nine-Star Energy Body and intercepted its attack, but its spear broke through her defenses and wounded her.
• Xun'er identified the Energy Body's Star Core as its weakness, and she and Xiao Yan agreed to attack it together.
• Xiao Yan distracted the Energy Body while Xun'er used Gu Clan Secret Technique—Spirit Binding Silk to disrupt its energy circulation.
• Xun'er broke open the Energy Body's chest shield with her Jade Hairpin, allowing Xiao Yan to strike the Star Core with Exotic Flame Ancient Ruler—Star Shatter.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Star Core, causing the Nine-Star Energy Body to collapse and release pure spiritual energy.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er absorbed the released spiritual energy; half an hour later, Xiao Yan had fully recovered and his Dou Qi was more condensed than before.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the second level of the Heavenly Eye Secret Realm and faced the Half-Saint-level Energy Body of the Blood Saber Saint. After Xiao Yan awakened the Xiao Clan Clan Tattoo, the Blood Saber Saint recognized his lineage and withdrew, leaving Xiao Yan and Xun'er battered but alive.

• Xiao Yan opened the stone gate with his Strange Fire-infused Dou Qi, and he and Xun'er entered the Blood-colored Plain, where they sensed a powerful Half-Saint aura.
• The Blood Saber Saint's Energy Body emerged and attacked Xiao Yan and Xun'er with a devastating saber strike, injuring them both.
• Xun'er manifested her Gu Clan Clan Tattoo and struck at the Blood Saber Saint's barrier while Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to unleash a four-flame saber.
• The clash severely injured Xiao Yan and Xun'er, and the strain awakened the Xiao Clan bloodline, manifesting Xiao Yan's Clan Tattoo and stabilizing his flames and Dou Qi.
• The Blood Saber Saint recognized the Xiao Clan Clan Tattoo, feared Xiao Xuan's power, and withdrew without continuing the fight.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er encountered two Hun Clan members and their One-star Dou Sheng souls in the depths of the Heavenly Eye Secret Realm. As Blood Saber Saint's energy body fought to protect them, a mysterious white-robed figure appeared and immobilized the Hun Clan attackers.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er sensed two Hun Clan members watching them and confronted them as the pair summoned two One-star Dou Sheng soul phantoms.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er prepared to fight together, with Xiao Yan relying on his Heavenly Flames and Xun'er on her Gu Clan Secret Technique.
• Blood Saber Saint's energy body appeared and attacked one soul phantom, but the Hun Clan souls overwhelmed him and prepared to strike again.
• A calm voice froze the Hun Clan soul phantoms, and a mysterious white-robed figure appeared, leaving Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Blood Saber Saint, and the Hun Clan members stunned.

Xiao Xuan’s projection destroyed the Hun Clan attackers and greeted Xiao Yan as a descendant of the Xiao Clan. He then led Xiao Yan and Xun'er toward the core of the Heavenly Eye Secret Realm, where the clan’s inheritance and the answers Xiao Yan sought awaited.

• The two Black Robe Figures recognized Xiao Xuan, then realized he was a projection restricted by the Heavenly Eye Secret Realm and tried to fight him with two One-star Dou Sheng souls.
• Xiao Xuan immobilized and annihilated the Dou Sheng souls, then killed the two Black Robe Figures despite their threats about the Soul Clan Lord and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan bowed to Xiao Xuan, and Xun'er respectfully greeted the ancestor while the Blood Saber Saint withdrew.
• Xiao Xuan healed Xiao Yan, praised his awakened Xiao Clan bloodline and accomplishments, and told him he could not remain for long.
• Xiao Xuan invited Xiao Yan to the secret realm’s innermost area to seek the Xiao Clan’s core inheritance and answers; Xiao Yan and Xun'er followed him while the Blood Saber Saint departed.

Xiao Xuan led Xiao Yan and Xun'er to the Xiao Clan's ancestral holy land and revealed the Myriad Blood Returns to Origin Pool, the clan's final inheritance. Xiao Yan entered the pool to endure its deadly bloodline baptism as Xiao Xuan stabilized the power and Xun'er guarded him.

• Xiao Xuan guided Xiao Yan and Xun'er through the mist to an ancient valley containing the Xiao Clan's blood pool.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he had created the Myriad Blood Returns to Origin Pool to preserve the Xiao Clan's bloodline and inheritance, and warned Xiao Yan that accepting it could kill him.
• Xiao Yan vowed to endure the trial and revive the Xiao Clan, while Xun'er promised to stay and protect him.
• Xiao Xuan opened the pool's barrier and used his remaining power to stabilize its inheritance energy.
• Xiao Yan entered the blood pool, where ancestral Bloodline Power began tearing through his body and soul as he endured the agony.
• Xiao Xuan stabilized the pool while Xun'er formed a protective barrier around Xiao Yan, and the inheritance began transforming him.

Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan bloodline inheritance turned deadly when his Heavenly Phoenix and Dragon Emperor bloodlines awakened and clashed with it. With Xun’er’s Ancient Clan essence blood helping to reconcile the four powers, Xiao Yan fused them into a Newborn Bloodline and emerged stronger, ready to continue opposing the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Phoenix and Dragon Emperor bloodlines awakened during the inheritance and violently clashed with the Xiao Clan bloodline, leaving him near death.
• Xiao Xuan told Xun’er that her Ancient Clan bloodline might stabilize Xiao Yan, and she put a drop of her essence blood into the pool despite the danger.
• The Ancient Clan power formed a bridge among the four bloodlines as Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan struggled to guide their fusion.
• The four bloodlines merged in Xiao Yan’s dantian into a Newborn Bloodline, ending the conflict and triggering a surge in his strength.
• Xiao Yan completed the inheritance and breakthrough, while Xiao Xuan declared him the Xiao Clan’s hope against the Hun Clan.

Xiao Yan’s newborn bloodline power drove him into a dangerous surge beyond Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun, but Xiao Xuan’s warning helped him regain control. He stabilized at Peak Eight-Star Dou Zun with a stronger foundation, and Xun'er and Xiao Xuan were relieved.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Xiao Clan’s Origin Power in the blood pool for over a year of consciousness-time as his newborn bloodline took root.
• Xiao Yan’s strength surged through Seven-Star, Eight-Star, and Nine-Star Dou Zun, then climbed beyond Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun as his power spiraled out of control.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Xuan that Xiao Yan’s rapid advancement threatened his foundation and future cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to wake up and remember his responsibility to the Xiao Clan, Xiao Zhan, and Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan regained control, restrained his Dou Qi, and let his aura fall before it stabilized at Peak Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Xun'er and Xiao Xuan saw that Xiao Yan had mastered his newborn bloodline and gained a stable foundation, and Xiao Yan opened his eyes with his power under control.

Xiao Xuan passed the complete Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations to Xiao Yan, who cultivated all three transformations in the blood pool and awakened the Xiao Clan Tattoo. He emerged at Second Turn Peak Dou Zun, determined to revive the Xiao Clan and destroy the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Xuan passed Xiao Yan the complete Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and explained how its three flame-based transformations fused with Xiao Clan Bloodline Power.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Azure Lotus Transformation with the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced from Peak Eight-Star Dou Zun to Early Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan endured the Fallen Heart Flame’s backlash to complete the Fallen Transformation and reach Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan used the Nether Poison Flame and the Ancient Xiao Clan Will to complete the Nether Transformation, advancing to Second Turn Peak Dou Zun as the Xiao Clan Tattoo awakened.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan’s achievement and urged him to further refine the fusion of the three transformations and the Clan Tattoo.
• Xiao Yan vowed to revive the Xiao Clan and eradicate the Hun Clan, then left the blood pool with Xun’er.

Xiao Yan left the Sky Curtain after receiving Xiao Xuan’s inheritance and encountered the Eight Ancient Clans gathered outside. When Hun Clan members blamed him for two dead elders and attacked, Gu Qingyang protected him, and Xiao Yan vowed to repay the Hun Clan’s blood debt before departing with Xun’er.

• Xiao Xuan entrusted the Xiao Clan’s future to Xiao Yan, who promised to restore the clan and settle its feud with the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er emerged from the Sky Curtain, where the gathered clans recognized Xiao Yan’s greatly increased strength and Xiao Clan bloodline.
• A Hun Clan elder accused Xiao Yan of killing two Hun Clan Dou Zuns and ordered his companions to attack him.
• Gu Qingyang stopped the attack and shielded Xiao Yan, declaring that the Ancient Clan would protect him on its territory.
• Xiao Yan openly vowed to destroy the Hun Clan and Soul Hall, and the Hun Clan withdrew after threatening retaliation.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er left together, resolved to strengthen their power and confront the Hun Clan.

After the Hun Clan withdrew, Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had returned to Starfall Pavilion to address unrest in the Yan Alliance. He left the Ancient Realm to join them and investigate, suspecting the Hun Clan was behind the disturbances.

• The Hun Clan elder abandoned his attack, threatened Gu Qingyang and Xiao Yan, and led the Hun Clan experts away.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan would seek revenge and explained that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had safely returned to Starfall Pavilion after unrest broke out in the Yan Alliance.
• Xun'er urged Xiao Yan to return to Starfall Pavilion while she stayed in the Ancient Realm to monitor the Hun Clan and maintain ties with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan thanked Gu Qingyang and Xun'er, promised to return, and flew toward Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan suspected the Hun Clan had caused the Yan Alliance's troubles and vowed to uncover the truth and make them pay.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and learned that the Netherworld Sect had besieged Xuanhuang Fortress, threatening the Yan Alliance. Yao Chen gathered fifty Dou Zun experts with the promise of Sky Burning Pills, and Xiao Yan led them toward the fortress.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, who told him that Xuanhuang Fortress was surrounded and the Yan Alliance's supply lines were nearly cut off.
• Yao Chen explained that the attackers were the Hun Clan's subordinate Netherworld Sect and revealed his plan to recruit powerful Dou Zuns by offering Sky Burning Pills.
• Fifty Dou Zun experts, including Ink Qilin Dou Zun and Chi Yan Dou Zun, gathered at Starfall Pavilion and agreed to help defend the Yan Alliance.
• Xiao Yan promised additional Po E Pills to those who earned battle merit, winning the experts' enthusiasm and respect.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Dou Qi flying ship, boarded with Yao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and led the fifty Dou Zuns toward Xuanhuang Fortress.

Xiao Yan and the Dou Zun experts traveled through Yao Chen’s wormhole to reach Xuanhuang Fortress, where the Yan Alliance was close to defeat. Medusa faced Mo Feng while Xiao Xiao ran toward her, and a Soul Hall member attacked the child, leaving Medusa unable to intervene.

• Yao Chen opened a wormhole to a point outside Xuanhuang Fortress and sent Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and fifty Dou Zun experts through it.
• Xiao Yan and the others crossed the dangerous Spatial Turbulence and emerged near the devastated fortress, where the Netherworld Sect was overwhelming the Yan Alliance.
• Mo Feng struck Medusa with a ghost claw, wounded her, and demanded that she submit to him, but Medusa declared her loyalty to Xiao Yan.
• Mo Feng launched a Netherworld Ghost Fire Bomb at the exhausted Medusa, but Xiao Xiao ran toward her mother before it could reach her.
• A Soul Hall member appeared behind Xiao Xiao and slashed at her with a Soul Blade as Medusa and the Yan Alliance watched helplessly.

Xiao Yan returned to the battlefield just in time to save Xiao Xiao and destroy the Soul Hall member who threatened her. After reuniting with his daughter, he defeated and killed Mo Feng, leaving the Netherworld Sect demoralized as the Yan Alliance celebrated.

• Xiao Yan killed the Soul Hall member with a Black-Gold Flame palm and rushed to embrace Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao recognized Xiao Yan as her father, and he promised to protect her before turning to face the Netherworld Sect.
• Mo Feng attacked Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao with the Netherworld Soul-Breaking Spear, but Xiao Yan shielded his daughter and shattered the attack with a flaming palm.
• Xiao Yan's Black-Gold Flame consumed Mo Feng, killing the Netherworld Sect Master and Six-Star Dou Zun.
• The Netherworld Sect members lost their fighting spirit as the Yan Alliance cheered, and Xiao Xiao praised Xiao Yan while he vowed to protect his family and the alliance.

Xiao Yan reunited Medusa and Xiao Xiao, then led the Yan Alliance in turning the battle against the Netherworld Sect and killed Soul Hall’s Ninth Heavenly Venerate. With the fortress secured, he realized the Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s dying call had revealed a stronger Soul Hall Venerate nearby, and the conflict was only beginning.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Medusa for arriving late and returned Xiao Xiao to her, while Medusa reproached him and then took their daughter to safety atop Xuanhuang Fortress.
• Xiao Yan ordered the fifty Dou Zun experts to attack, and the Yan Alliance counterattacked against the collapsing Netherworld Sect forces.
• Xiao Yan challenged the hidden Ninth Heavenly Venerate, who emerged from the sinister mist and attacked him with Soul Snakes, Soul Devour, and a Netherworld Soul Spear.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to defeat the Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s attacks and destroyed him with the Great Heavenly Creation Palm.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate called for his Fourth Brother as he died, and Xiao Yan sensed a more powerful presence beyond the battlefield and vowed to fight Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan fought Blood River Heavenly Venerate, Soul Hall’s powerful Four Heavenly Venerates, and drove him into a desperate retreat. The Yan Alliance defeated the Netherworld Sect’s remaining forces, while Xiao Yan recognized that the war against Soul Hall was not over.

• Blood River Heavenly Venerate emerged from a blood pool and vowed to avenge Ninth Heavenly Venerate by killing Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan attacked Blood River Heavenly Venerate with four Dou seals and five Heavenly Flame beasts, breaking his defenses and badly injuring him.
• Blood River Heavenly Venerate sacrificed his essence blood to reach Four-Turn Dou Zun Peak, and Xiao Yan activated his Clan Tattoo to strengthen himself.
• Xiao Yan struck Blood River Heavenly Venerate with the Great Heavenly Creation Palm and Five-Colored Fire Lotus, severely wounding him and forcing him to flee.
• The Yan Alliance routed the Netherworld Sect’s remaining forces, while Medusa and Xiao Xiao celebrated Xiao Yan’s victory.

Xiao Yan returned to Xuanhuang Fortress after the Yan Alliance defeated the Netherworld Sect and Soul Hall forces. Reunited with Cai Lin and Xiao Xiao, he learned how much Cai Lin had carried during his three-year absence and promised to share their burdens and never leave her waiting alone again.

• Fifty Dou Zun experts helped the Yan Alliance finish defeating the remaining enemy forces, and the fortress celebrated its victory.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and met his daughter Xiao Xiao, who ran to him calling him Daddy.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li told Xiao Yan how Cai Lin had cared for Xiao Xiao, managed the Yan Alliance, and defended the fortress during his absence.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Cai Lin for leaving her to bear so much alone and promised to repay her sacrifices with the rest of his life.
• Cai Lin forgave Xiao Yan, and the family stood together as the sun set over Xuanhuang Fortress.

Xiao Yan refined a Rank 8 Five-Colored Pill Lightning Pill for Xiao Xiao, then uncovered and punished corruption in the Yan Alliance’s Pill Hall. After reorganizing the department, he stood with Cai Lin and Xiao Xiao, determined to protect the Alliance as the war with the Soul Hall remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan refined the Five-Colored Pill Lightning Pill and guided its medicinal power through Xiao Xiao’s body, strengthening her foundation.
• Loyal Pill Hall elders reported that Elder Liu had sold Alliance pills, withheld medicine from disciples, and colluded with outside forces.
• Xiao Yan confronted Elder Liu, exposed the evidence, killed him when he attacked, and crippled and expelled his accomplices.
• Xiao Yan reorganized the Pill Hall, appointed upright elders, established stricter controls, and shared pill formulas and refining knowledge.
• Xiao Yan stood with Cai Lin and Xiao Xiao above the flourishing Yan Alliance, resolved to defend it while the war with the Soul Hall continued.

Xiao Yan brought Cai Lin, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin from Xuanhuang Fortress to Starfall Pavilion, where Elder Yao welcomed them and offered to teach Xiao Xiao alchemy. Xiao Xiao began her training and successfully refined a Qi Condensing Pill, while the family settled into a peaceful life at the pavilion.

• Xiao Yan finished arranging the Yan Alliance's affairs and led his family through Elder Yao's Space passage to Starfall Pavilion.
• Elder Yao welcomed Xiao Yan and his family, then recognized Xiao Xiao's talent and offered to teach her alchemy.
• Xiao Xiao agreed to study under Elder Yao and explored the pavilion's alchemy rooms with him and Xiao Yan.
• Elder Yao taught Xiao Xiao about herbs and fire control, while Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin supported her training.
• After half a month of study, Xiao Xiao independently refined a Qi Condensing Pill, earning praise from Elder Yao, Xiao Yan, and Cai Lin.

Xiao Yan and Elder Yao prepared for the Space Wormhole Trade Fair by refining thirty top-grade Rank 8 Pills to exchange for a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After completing the pills, they said farewell to their family and set out for the Western Continent border.

• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that a Fragmented Map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would appear at the Space Wormhole Trade Fair and urged him to prepare valuable Rank 8 Pills for the exchange.
• Xiao Yan mobilized Starfall Pavilion and the Yan Alliance to gather rare ingredients while he and Elder Yao upgraded the alchemy chamber and built three furnaces.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao refined ten Nirvana Pills, ten Barrier-Breaking Pills, and ten Soul Suppressing Pills over twenty-eight days, overcoming dangerous disruptions and pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan stored the thirty top-grade pills and received Elder Yao's warnings about the trade fair and its possible Soul Hall forces.
• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao said farewell to Cai Lin, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then departed for the Western Continent border.

Xiao Yan and his companions visited the Space Wormhole Trade Fair, where Cai Lin chose a mysterious five-colored stone. After her bloodline awakened it into the legendary Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Stone, Yao Chen revealed that it could help Cai Lin evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to stay alert at the crowded trade fair.
• Cai Lin spotted a five-colored stone at a secluded stall, and Xiao Yan exchanged a Rank 8 Nirvana Pill for it.
• Cai Lin used her essence blood to activate the stone, which transformed into the nine-colored Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Stone.
• Yao Chen explained that the stone could absorb energy and was compatible with Cai Lin's Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline.
• Cai Lin stored the stone in her Storage Ring and sensed it beginning to nourish her bloodline toward its evolution.