Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used his new Dou Sheng technique, Buddha's Wrath Samsara, to defeat the three Half-Saints attacking Starfall Pavilion. The Hun Clan rescued Gu You and threatened Xiao Yan over his father Xiao Xuan, leaving Xiao Yan resolved to go to the Hun Clan and save him.

• The Hun Clan Half-Saint joined Old Demon Heavenly Nether and Gu You, and the three attacked Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Wrath Samsara, which devoured and purified their attacks before annihilating Old Demon Heavenly Nether and the Hun Clan Half-Saint.
• Gu You tried to escape, but a powerful black hand from a space crack broke Xiao Yan's flame chain and fought him to a standstill.
• The unseen attacker rescued Gu You and warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan was trapped in the Soul Realm, challenging him to come to the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Chen and Cai Lin, then resolved to rescue his father and make the Hun Clan pay.

Xiao Yan vowed revenge after Heavenly Nether Sect, Ice River Valley, and Wind Thunder Pavilion ravaged Starfall Pavilion, then rescued Han Xue and Han Yue from Venerable Lei. He killed Venerable Lei and promised to save the gravely wounded Old Ancestor Han, as a campaign against the three factions loomed.

• Xiao Yan surveyed Starfall Pavilion’s destruction and declared that he would settle the blood debt with the three allied factions.
• Venerable Lei attacked Han Xue and Han Yue to use them as leverage against Xiao Yan, and he blasted the Han Family Patriarch aside when he tried to protect them.
• Xiao Yan arrived and used One Finger Zen - Burning Heaven to destroy Venerable Lei’s attack and gravely wound him.
• Xiao Yan rejected Venerable Lei’s threats and crushed his head, killing him.
• Xiao Yan embraced Han Xue, promised to save Old Ancestor Han, and received the Han Family Patriarch’s gratitude.

Xiao Yan left a Half-Saint Puppet to protect the Han Family, then took Han Xue with him to destroy the Heavenly Nether Sect and Ice River Valley for their blood debts against Starfall Pavilion. After avenging the dead, he and Han Xue set off to return to the Han Family.

• The Han Family Patriarch pledged the clan's support against Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Xiao Yan left a Peak Half-Saint Puppet to guard the family.
• Xiao Yan asked Han Xue to accompany him as he pursued revenge, and she agreed on the condition that he stay safe.
• Xiao Yan announced Old Demon Heavenly Nether's death and destroyed the Heavenly Nether Sect with a strike of Nine-colored Flames.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Ice River Valley Master and elders, then destroyed Ice River Valley and its glacier stronghold.
• Xiao Yan told Han Xue they would go home, and the two headed back toward the Han Family.

After the battles at the Heavenly Nether Sect and Ice River Valley, Xiao Yan and Han Xue reassured each other, shared an intimate night, and woke together the next morning. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan helping Han Xue dress as they embraced in the morning light.

• Xiao Yan apologized to Han Xue for exposing her to danger, and she told him she was glad to stay by his side.
• Han Xue kissed Xiao Yan, and the two spent the night together in tender intimacy.
• Xiao Yan woke beside Han Xue and gently kissed her until she awoke.
• Han Xue blushed at the clothes scattered around the bed, and Xiao Yan promised to help her dress.
• Xiao Yan carefully dressed Han Xue, and she thanked him before they embraced again.

After destroying the Heavenly Nether Sect and Ice River Valley, Xiao Yan warned Elder Yao that Soul Hall threatened the continent and proposed uniting the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, Pill Tower, and Starfall Pavilion. Elder Yao approved the plan and tasked Xiao Yan with persuading the other factions while Starfall Pavilion prepared to form the Anti-Soul Alliance.

• Xiao Yan and Han Xue returned to Starfall Pavilion and told Elder Yao that the Heavenly Nether Sect and Ice River Valley had been dealt with.
• Xiao Yan warned Elder Yao that Soul Hall was expanding its influence and that Starfall Pavilion could not oppose it alone.
• Xiao Yan proposed an alliance among the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, Pill Tower, and Starfall Pavilion to resist Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan offered to visit the other three factions and persuade their leaders to join the alliance.
• Elder Yao agreed to form the Anti-Soul Alliance, assigning Xiao Yan to approach the factions while he organized Starfall Pavilion and contacted other forces.

Xiao Yan and Elder Yao visited Yun Yun at the Flower Sect to ask her to join an alliance against the Soul Hall. Yun Yun agreed and promised to prepare the sect’s forces for the alliance’s call.

• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao traveled to the Ten Thousand Flower Mountain Range and were escorted to the Hall of Hundred Flowers.
• Yun Yun welcomed Xiao Yan and Elder Yao and heard their proposal to unite the continent’s factions against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan described the Soul Hall’s threat and outlined the alliance’s plans to share resources, train disciples, and combine their combat forces.
• Yun Yun agreed to have the Flower Sect join the alliance and pledged to organize its resources and elite disciples.
• Xiao Yan promised to convene an alliance assembly at Starfall Pavilion after securing the Pill Tower and Burning Flame Valley’s participation.

Xiao Yan and Elder Yao visited Burning Flame Valley to recruit it into the Anti-Soul Alliance against Soul Hall. Xiao Yan healed Tang Chen with a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill, and Burning Flame Valley agreed to join as the alliance prepared to approach Pill Tower.

• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao traveled to Burning Flame Valley, where Tang Huo'er welcomed them and escorted them to Burning Heaven Hall.
• Tang Zhen and the injured Tang Chen refused to join the Anti-Soul Alliance because they feared Soul Hall and doubted Burning Flame Valley could defend itself.
• Xiao Yan offered Tang Chen a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill and explained that Soul Hall had weakened Burning Flame Valley to prepare to target it.
• Tang Chen took the pill, purged the lingering Soul Hall energy from his body, and recovered seventy to eighty percent of his strength.
• Tang Chen and Tang Zhen agreed that Burning Flame Valley would join the Anti-Soul Alliance and fight alongside Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan said the alliance would next seek Pill Tower, the final crucial faction.

Xiao Yan challenged the Pill Tower elders to three alchemy contests and won all three, convincing the Pill Tower to join the Anti-Soul Alliance. With the alliance formed and more factions answering its call, Xiao Yan prepared for the coming war against Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao arrived at the Pill Tower and asked its Five Elders to join the Anti-Soul Alliance, but the elders challenged Xiao Yan to an alchemy contest.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Second Elder in the speed round by refining a Quick Qi Pill faster and at higher quality.
• Xiao Yan beat the Third Elder in the pill-quality round, producing a Barrier-Breaking Pill that surpassed the elder’s pill by a full grade.
• Xiao Yan won the innovation round by creating a pill that enhanced strength and speed while temporarily strengthening soul defenses, and the Fourth Elder conceded.
• The Great Elder agreed that the Pill Tower would join the Anti-Soul Alliance and provide pills, alchemists, intelligence, and support for its operations.
• The alliance of Starfall Pavilion, the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and the Pill Tower formed, and other factions across the continent began answering its call as Xiao Yan prepared for war against Soul Hall.

Yao Chen formally established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance at Starfall Pavilion, but the Soul Hall's Hall Master sent an avatar to destroy it. Xiao Yan defeated the avatar with his seven Heavenly Flames, and the alliance began preparing for the Soul Hall's retaliation.

• Yao Chen announced the formation of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, with Yun Yun, Tang Chen, the Pill Tower's Great Elder, and Xiao Yan pledging their forces and support.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Hall's avatar appeared and attacked the gathered disciples, but Xiao Yan protected them with a barrier formed from seven Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan fought the avatar, destroyed its Soul Dragon and Soul Devouring Great Formation, and ultimately annihilated it with his Flame Longsword.
• Xiao Yan nearly collapsed from exhaustion, and Yun Yun gave him a Vitality Pill while Yao Chen helped stabilize his aura.
• Xiao Yan warned the alliance that the main war was still ahead, and Yao Chen ordered the four factions to prepare for the Soul Hall's counterattack.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin infiltrated the Nine Nether Abyss so Cai Lin could find the power needed to break through to Dou Sheng, but they discovered an ancient expert imprisoned at its depths. The stranger warned them that the abyss’s restrictions were far more terrifying than they appeared before his chains weakened him again.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin used the Soul Concealing Token, their concealment techniques, and Cai Lin’s Power of Space to pass the waterfall and enter the abyss.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin descended through the chilling abyss water while searching for the purest energy to support Cai Lin’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan detected an abnormal soul fluctuation and led Cai Lin toward its source at the bottom of the abyss.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin found an ancient, powerful man bound by chains within a vast formation that drew energy from a black bead.
• The imprisoned man opened his eyes, questioned Xiao Yan and Cai Lin, and recognized Cai Lin’s mixed bloodline and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames.
• The man warned them that the abyss’s restrictions were more dangerous than they realized, then coughed up black blood as the chains drained his power.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin found Mo Xuan, the former Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan leader, imprisoned for three hundred years by his brother Mo Yuan and the Great Elder. Xiao Yan and Cai Lin broke the array and chains to free him, leaving Mo Xuan alive and grateful at the bottom of the Nine Nether Cold Spring.

• Mo Xuan revealed that Mo Yuan and the Great Elder had betrayed him, stolen control of the Nine Nether Pearl, and imprisoned him to drain his Origin Power.
• Mo Xuan offered Xiao Yan the clan's secrets and promised to help purify Cai Lin's bloodline in return for help taking revenge and reclaiming his position.
• Xiao Yan agreed to save Mo Xuan and told Cai Lin to shield him with the Power of Space and disrupt the array with her bloodline power.
• Cai Lin weakened the array while Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames and Soul Power to destroy its runes and break the Soul Locking Chains.
• Xiao Yan gave Mo Xuan a Recovery Pill, and Mo Xuan thanked him for saving his life.

Mo Xuan killed Mo Yuan and the Great Elder, reclaimed leadership of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, and began restoring the clan. After learning the Three Great Dragon Islands planned to attack Zi Yan at Black Rock Island, he agreed to go there with Xiao Yan and Cai Lin in three days.

• Mo Xuan defeated Mo Yuan and the Great Elder, killing both after they resisted and Mo Yuan tried to flee.
• Mo Xuan spared the rebels who had not committed serious crimes, restored the clan rules, and ordered the clan to rebuild its strength.
• Mo Xuan learned from the Great Elder's memories that Mo Yuan had allied with the Three Great Dragon Islands against Zi Yan over the Dragon Phoenix Origin.
• Mo Xuan told Xiao Yan and Cai Lin he would go to Black Rock Island in three days to stop the plot and apologize to Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin offered to accompany Mo Xuan, and he accepted their help.

Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin a Rank 8 Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Bodhi Pill to help her break through to Dou Sheng, then joined Mo Xuan to ambush the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements. The battle at the space cracks intensified, with Xiao Yan’s sword descending toward Feng Yan as Mo Xuan pinned down the clan’s elders.

• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Bodhi Pill, and she entered the Nine Nether Abyss to cultivate and attempt her breakthrough to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan traveled to the space cracks and concealed themselves to ambush the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s reinforcements.
• Feng Yan arrived with four One-star Dou Sheng elders and revealed their plans to seize East Dragon Island’s Dragon Phoenix Origin and swallow up the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Yan attacked Feng Yan while Mo Xuan engaged the four elders, badly injuring several of them with his spear.
• Xiao Yan overpowered Feng Yan’s Phoenix Dance Across the Nine Heavens and raised his Flame Longsword for a decisive strike as the battle continued.

Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan defeated the Heavenly Phoenix elders and forced the clan to withdraw its support from the Three Great Dragon Islands, keeping two young disciples as hostages. They then raced toward Dragon Island to join Zi Yan before the conflict over the Dragon Phoenix Origin escalated.

• Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan subdued Feng Yan and the other Heavenly Phoenix elders after defeating them in battle.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Heavenly Phoenix Clan withdraw its forces from the Three Great Dragon Islands, and Feng Yan swore to comply.
• Xiao Yan took two unconscious Heavenly Phoenix youths as hostages, and Feng Yan's group left Nine Nether Land.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan set out for Dragon Island, fearing Zi Yan would face the Three Great Dragon Islands without them.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan reached the Dragon Island sea region and hurried toward Black Rock Island as their captive youths awoke in the barrier.

Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan reached Dragon Island as the Three Great Dragon Islands besieged East Dragon Island and its defenses neared collapse. Zi Yan fought Ao Lie, Ao Yan, and Ao Bing alone, but as their combined attack closed in, she was badly wounded and East Dragon Island stood on the brink of defeat.

• Xiao Yan and Mo Xuan arrived at Dragon Island and saw the Three Great Dragon Islands surrounding East Dragon Island with warships.
• Ao Lie demanded that Zi Yan surrender the Dragon-Phoenix Origin and attacked her with his Black Iron Dragon Axe.
• Ao Yan and Ao Bing attacked Zi Yan in turn, leaving her burned, pierced by ice spikes, and badly weakened.
• Zi Yan refused to surrender East Dragon Island or the Dragon-Phoenix Origin and charged the three Dragon Kings with her remaining power.
• Ao Lie, Ao Yan, and Ao Bing unleashed a combined attack toward Zi Yan as East Dragon Island's protective formation nearly shattered.

Xiao Yan arrived in time to protect Zi Yan and used his clan technique and Heavenly Flames to hold off Ao Yan and Ao Bing while she recovered. He severely injured both Dragon Kings with the Seven-Colored Fire Lotus, but was left nearly exhausted as the battle continued.

• Xiao Yan awakened the Xiao Clan Mark and raised his strength to the Two-star Dou Sheng realm, while Zi Yan began recovering and asked him to hold the Dragon Kings off for a quarter of an hour.
• Mo Xuan engaged West Dragon King Ao Lie and kept him from supporting Ao Yan and Ao Bing.
• Xiao Yan summoned five Heavenly Flame beasts and attacked Ao Yan and Ao Bing, but their combined counterattacks gradually weakened the beasts.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Heavenly Creation Palm, forcing Ao Yan and Ao Bing to counter with a flame spear and ice dragon, and was driven back by the clash.
• Xiao Yan fused seven Heavenly Flames into a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus and shattered the Dragon Kings' defenses, severely injuring Ao Yan and Ao Bing.
• The Fire Lotus nearly exhausted Xiao Yan, but he forced himself to gather his remaining Dou Qi while waiting for Zi Yan to recover.

Zi Yan awakened the Dragon Emperor Sword and turned the battle around after Xiao Yan was left helpless by the explosion. She maimed Ao Yan, drove Ao Bing and Ao Yan to flee, and left Ao Lie gravely wounded as the opposing disciples surrendered.

• As Xiao Yan lay exhausted, North Dragon King Ao Bing launched an ice spear at his heart.
• Zi Yan drew on East Dragon Island’s earth-vein power and summoned the Dragon Emperor Sword, stopping Ao Bing’s attack.
• Zi Yan struck South Dragon King Ao Yan with the sword and severed his right arm.
• Ao Bing and Ao Yan fled through a spatial rift while West Dragon King Ao Lie lagged behind.
• Zi Yan’s next sword strike blasted Ao Lie into the sea, leaving him gravely injured, and the remaining disciples of the Three Great Dragon Islands knelt in surrender.

After the battle on Dragon Island, Xiao Yan and Zi Yan withdrew to a quiet pavilion, where they reunited in an intimate embrace. The chapter ended with them resting together in peace beneath the moonlight.

• Xiao Yan suppressed the backlash from using the Seven-Colored Fire Lotus and carried Zi Yan to a secluded pavilion on East Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan's Dragon Phoenix Origin settled within her, and the Dragon Emperor Sword dissolved into specks of light.
• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Yan, expressing the longing and relief she had kept hidden after their long separation.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan embraced and shared tender kisses as they recovered from the battle.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan settled into each other's arms, finding comfort and security in their reunion.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan visited Cai Lin at the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, where Mo Xuan told Xiao Yan about the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s sealed inheritance. Xiao Yan agreed to try breaking the Demon Sage Stone Tablet’s soul barrier.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan traveled from Dragon Island to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan to check on Cai Lin’s cultivation.
• Mo Xuan and the elders welcomed Xiao Yan and praised his role in protecting Dragon Island.
• Cai Lin emerged from the Nine Nether Deep Pool, reunited warmly with Xiao Yan, and greeted Zi Yan as her cultivation showed clear progress.
• Mo Xuan explained that the Yellow Springs Secret Realm held the Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s inheritance, sealed behind a powerful Soul Power barrier the clan could not break.
• Mo Xuan asked Xiao Yan to open the Demon Sage Stone Tablet, and Xiao Yan agreed to give it his best effort.

Xiao Yan entered the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and passed Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s three trials, obtaining his inheritance, three Heaven Tier Fighting Skills, and Natal Essence Blood. He shared two drops of the essence blood with Mo Xuan for the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan, leaving the clan grateful and indebted to him.

• Mo Xuan led Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan into the Yellow Springs Secret Realm and showed Xiao Yan the Demon Sage Stone Tablet.
• Xiao Yan tried to break the Soul Barrier, then learned from Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul that he had to pass three trials to receive the inheritance.
• Xiao Yan endured soul tempering and defeated illusions in the test of will, then accepted Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s remnant soul mark.
• Xiao Yan received the Heaven Tier Fighting Skills Yellow Springs Finger, Yellow Springs Palm, and Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, along with Yellow Springs Demon Sage’s Natal Essence Blood.
• Xiao Yan gave Mo Xuan two drops of the essence blood, and Mo Xuan accepted them on behalf of the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan with gratitude.