Chapter Summaries

Ling Ying confronted Third Commander over the Ancient Clan’s business, then summoned a powerful Heaven Demon Phoenix who revealed himself to be Ling Ying’s servant. Third Commander used a Dou Sheng’s protection to resist, but the White-robed Elder captured him inside a black bell.

• Ling Ying rebuked Third Commander and refused to let him seize him for obstructing the Ancient Clan’s business.
• Third Commander attacked Ling Ying, but Ling Ying summoned a Heaven Demon Phoenix with a Pedantic Whistle.
• The White-robed Elder transformed from the Heaven Demon Phoenix and addressed Ling Ying as his master, shocking Third Commander and the Black Annihilation Army.
• Third Commander used a jade pendant to repel the White-robed Elder’s Half-Saint pressure and tried to escape while warning Ling Ying about his Dou Sheng maternal great-grandfather.
• The White-robed Elder used Demon Phoenix Bell, Swallowing Heaven and Earth, to capture Third Commander inside the black bell.

Xun'er worried that the Ancient Clan would retaliate over the detained Black Annihilation Army, but Xiao Yan reassured her and brought her to see Old Yao emerge from seclusion. Old Yao had finished forging a powerful treasure, but its demonic nature required Xiao Yan’s Fusion of Exotic Flames to suppress.

• Xun'er explained that she planned to return to the Ancient Clan to divert attention from the Tou She Ancient God Jade and give Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family time to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er that the Xiao Family could handle the threat and took her to the Great Desolate Tablet after learning Old Yao had emerged from seclusion.
• The Tablet Spirit warned that Old Yao was refining a puppet from Otherworldly Demons and sealed away traces of their energy to protect the space.
• The Tablet Spirit told Xiao Yan that Old Yao needed his help with the final step of his work.
• Old Yao revealed that he had successfully forged a treasure, but asked Xiao Yan to use Fusion of Exotic Flames to reduce its dangerous demonic might.

Old Yao revealed that he had refined the Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin, a powerful collection of Otherworldly Demon Corpse Puppets that he was struggling to control. With Xiao Yan's help, he began suppressing the puppets and refining their rebellious intelligence.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er saw thirty-four Otherworldly Demon corpses rise from the coffin, their power and rebellious intelligence threatening to break free.
• Old Yao explained that the Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin contained one Four-star Dou Sheng, six One-star Dou Sheng, and twenty-seven Half-Saint puppets, and that he had narrowly avoided being overwhelmed by them.
• Xiao Yan asked how he could help, and Old Yao told him to use the Ten Directions Raging Fire Realm while he subdued and polished the puppets' intelligence.
• Xiao Yan sent Xun'er behind the Great Desolate Tablet and summoned the Ten Great Flames to suppress the Corpse Puppets.
• Old Yao invoked the Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin's power as the Human Emperor Banner and Five Elements Symbol Array joined in to bind the puppets.

Old Yao completed the Eight Divisions Heavenly Demon Coffin and planned to return to the Central Plains, where he would seek the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame map and possibly obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame for Xiao Yan. Heavenly Snake Venerable awakened from his recovery and broke through to High-level Half-Saint, becoming Heavenly Snake Saint.

• Old Yao used his and Xiao Yan’s Exotic Flame power, aided by the Great Desolate Ancient Tablet’s spirit, to suppress the Otherworldly Demon Corpse Puppets and seal them inside the completed coffin.
• Xiao Yan reported that he had moved the Creation Relic to the Xiao Family and brought back the Creation Saint’s remains, which Old Yao planned to refine into a guardian around Three-star Dou Sheng strength.
• Old Yao said he and Uncle Feng would return to the Central Plains, search for the remaining Pure Lotus Demonic Flame map, and try to secure the Pill Tower’s Three Thousand Burning Flame for Xiao Yan.
• Heavenly Snake Venerable woke early, recovered his ancient bloodline, and advanced to High-level Half-Saint, earning the name Heavenly Snake Saint.

Old Yao and Wind Venerable planned to expand Starfall Pavilion’s power in the Central Plains and confront the Soul Hall while advancing Xiao Yan’s broader strategy. Old Yao left to visit old acquaintances, and Wind Venerable prepared Yun Shan to deliver letters to the other Three Pavilions.

• Xiao Yan continued his seclusion in Wutan City as his refining produced powerful Pill Lightning that the Xiao Family’s guardian Magical Beasts devoured.
• Wind Venerable told Old Yao that old allies were willing to become Starfall Pavilion Guest Elders, and Old Yao set their treatment below Iron Sword Venerable’s.
• Wind Venerable proposed holding the Four Directions Pavilion Conference early to unite the pavilions, expand Starfall Pavilion, and challenge the Soul Hall with Pill Tower support.
• Old Yao agreed and directed Starfall Pavilion to gather intelligence, seek the Fragmentary Map of Pure Lotus Demonic Flame, and watch the Space Trading Fair and its organizers.
• Old Yao assigned Yun Shan to deliver letters to the other Three Pavilions and gave him two Dou Zun Puppets for protection.
• Old Yao departed through the void to visit old acquaintances, leaving Wind Venerable with two Half-Saint Puppets and a Space Scroll.

Yun Shan carried Wind Venerable’s challenge to Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Xiao Yan assembled a powerful Xiao Family team for the Four Directions Pavilion Conference. The group prepared to head to the Central Plains, where Xiao Yan also intended to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Wind Venerable summoned Yun Shan and tasked him with delivering Starfall Pavilion’s letters to the remaining pavilion, warning him to be cautious of Wind Thunder Pavilion’s ties to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Yun Shan reached Wind Thunder Pavilion and presented Wind Venerable’s proposal for an early Four Directions Pavilion Conference, with each generation and the pavilion masters fighting while Starfall Pavilion held the ring.
• Thunder Venerable was alarmed by Yun Shan’s Half-step Dou Zun strength and questioned how Starfall Pavilion expected to face the other three pavilions.
• Qing Lin, the Xiao Family Three Elders, and Iron Sword Venerable asked Xiao Yan to let them participate in the conference, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan opened a void rift to take the group toward the Central Plains, intending to join the excitement and refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

Starfall Pavilion opened the Four Directions Pavilion Conference early, drawing Central Plains factions eager to see the pavilion chiefs and elders clash after news spread that Venerable Yao had become a Dou Sheng. Xiao Yan arrived with the Xiao Family elders as a spectator and entered the crowded Star Mountain Range, where Ice River Valley’s delegation had also appeared.

• Starfall Pavilion announced an expanded conference featuring younger fighters, elders, and Dou Zun pavilion chiefs, and temporarily opened the Star Realm to visitors.
• Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family elders arrived in the Star Mountain Range and remarked on the Central Plains’ abundant Heaven and Earth Energy and concentration of experts.
• Xiao Yan led his group toward the conference as spectators, intending to gauge the reaction to Old Yao’s reported ascension and see which major factions had come.
• The group joined the crowds heading into the Star Mountain Range and heard that Ice River Valley and Sky Snake Elder had arrived.
• The Xiao Family elders watched Ice River Valley’s white-clad delegation gather at the entrance, led by four elderly figures including a white-haired man carrying a Snake-Head Staff.

At the Star Realm, Ice River Valley’s Sky Snake Elder joined the gathering for the Four Directions Pavilion Conference, while Xiao Yan reached the summit and noted the gathered experts. Meanwhile, Sixth Heavenly Venerate urged Soul Hall’s leaders to attack Yao Chen, believing they could kill the newly advanced Medicine Saint and profit from his soul.

• Sky Snake Elder learned that Blazing Flame Valley’s Second Elder was attending and set out hoping to meet and fight the old rival.
• Xiao Yan considered whether Ice Venerable was connected to the Heavenly Nether Poison Sage, then parted from the Xiao Family Three Elders as they headed to the participant test.
• Qing Lin joined the younger generation’s test, and Xiao Yan hurried up the mountain to the Star Realm summit.
• Xiao Yan sensed several Dou Zun experts at the conference and went to stand beside Wind Venerable.
• Sixth Heavenly Venerate proposed that Soul Hall investigate Starfall Pavilion and kill Yao Chen, expecting the Human Hall to be rewarded for harvesting his soul.

Great Heavenly Venerate decided to have the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan probe Starfall Pavilion, while Wind Venerable revealed Xiao Yan’s strength at a gathering of powerful factions. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan turning his attention to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint behind Thunder Venerable.

• Great Heavenly Venerate rebuked Sixth Heavenly Venerate and decided to visit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to urge them to act against Starfall Pavilion.
• Yellow Springs Venerable challenged Xiao Yan’s place among the Dou Zuns, and Sword Venerable asked who he was.
• Wind Venerable introduced Xiao Yan as the Flame Saint, prompting the Flower Sect and Pill Tower elders to salute him.
• Yellow Springs Venerable knelt and apologized, and Xiao Yan forgave him at Wind Venerable’s request.
• Xiao Yan focused on Thunder Venerable and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint standing behind him.

Xiao Yan chose to avoid confronting the hidden Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint in public while the Four Directions Pavilion Conference began. Yellow Springs Venerable and Sword Venerable yielded to Starfall Pavilion, and the first elder-level match between Starfall Pavilion and Wind Thunder Pavilion was announced.

• Xiao Yan and Wind Venerable sensed a hidden Intermediate Ban Sheng from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan decided to wait until the conference ended before capturing him.
• Thunder Venerable agreed to have the three Wind Thunder Pavilion branch pavilion masters face Starfall Pavilion's three elders together.
• Yellow Springs Venerable withdrew from the challenge and declared Yellow Springs Pavilion willing to follow Starfall Pavilion's lead.
• Sword Venerable likewise offered Myriad Sword Pavilion's support, pleasing Wind Venerable.
• Wind Venerable announced the first elder-level battle between Wind Thunder Pavilion and Starfall Pavilion, and the six elders took their places before the cheering crowd.

Xiao Yan predicted that the Xiao Family Three Elders would defeat Wind Thunder Pavilion’s three Branch Pavilion Masters and offered other factions access to Starfall Pavilion’s Treasure Pagoda. The arena battle began with Wind Thunder Pavilion’s Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array, and the Xiao elders responded by revealing their Blood Soul Art.

• Xiao Yan told the Great Elder of Flower Sect that the Xiao Family Three Elders were likely stronger than Wind Thunder Pavilion’s fighters.
• Xiao Yan offered Yellow Springs Pavilion, Myriad Sword Pavilion, Flower Sect, and Pill Tower opportunities to cultivate in Starfall Pavilion’s Treasure Pagoda, while Thunder Venerable grew interested in its benefits.
• The three Branch Pavilion Masters summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array and warned the Xiao Family Three Elders to surrender.
• The Xiao Family Three Elders dismissed the warning, tore open their robes, and revealed lion, tiger, and bear tattoos.
• The Xiao Family Great Elder activated the Blood Soul Art and identified his tattoo as a Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.

The Xiao Family Three Elders used the Blood Soul Art to transform into powerful humanoid beasts and rise to Peak Dou Zong, then joined forces with another technique to reach strength comparable to a newly advanced Dou Zun. The battle with Fei Tian and the Wind Thunder Pavilion branch masters continued, leaving the watching experts stunned by the elders’ newfound power.

• The Xiao Family Great Elder revealed that he had cultivated the Blood Soul Art using essence blood from a peak Seventh-Tier Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then transformed into a humanoid beast and rose to Peak Dou Zong.
• The Xiao Family Second Elder and Third Elder activated the Blood Soul Art, transforming into humanoid Earth Tiger and Ancient Dragon Bear forms and likewise reaching Peak Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan explained that the improved High Earth Tier Blood Soul Art could be exchanged by the disciples of Starfall Pavilion and the joined pavilions, while Thunder Venerable wondered how the Xiao Family had acquired Earth Tiger essence blood.
• Fei Tian and the other Wind Thunder Pavilion branch masters unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Technique, sending countless bolts of lightning toward the Xiao Family Three Elders.
• The Xiao Family Three Elders formed a formation and used another cultivation technique to combine their power, producing an aura comparable to or slightly stronger than a newly advanced Dou Zun and devouring the incoming lightning.

The Xiao Family Three Elders unleashed the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal against Fei Tian and his allies, while the technique’s resemblance to an Ancient Sky Phoenix caught the Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint’s attention. The phoenix shadow collided with the Thunder God Phantom, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Fei Tian and the other two men sacrificed their essence blood to unleash the Thunder God Fist at the Xiao Family Three Elders.
• The First Elder gathered the elders’ Dou Qi and formed a Three-colored Phoenix Shadow with the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal, an Earth-tier skill modified by Xiao Yan.
• The Great Elder of Flower Sect asked whether the phoenix shadow resembled the Heaven Demon Phoenix, and Xiao Yan explained that the technique came from his sworn brother’s clan.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Half-Saint recognized the shadow as an Ancient Sky Phoenix and resolved to wait for Feng Qing’er’s match before seeking the Xiao Family’s inheritance.
• Fei Tian and the other two men renewed their blood sacrifice, and the Great Heavenly Phoenix Seal’s phoenix shadow charged into the Thunder God Phantom.

The Xiao Family Three Elders defeated Fei Tian and the other Wind Thunder Pavilion Branch Pavilion Masters, while Yellow Springs Pavilion and Myriad Sword Pavilion forfeited the elder-level competition. Sky Snake Elder of Ice River Valley then challenged Blazing Flame Valley’s Second Elder, and their duel began.

• The Xiao Family Three Elders defeated Fei Tian and the other two Branch Pavilion Masters, sparing them from the full force of their attack.
• Yun Shan announced Starfall Pavilion’s victory and invited further challenges after Yellow Springs Pavilion and Myriad Sword Pavilion forfeited.
• Sky Snake Elder asked to spar with Blazing Flame Valley’s experts, and Yun Shan agreed while warning both sides against serious harm or killing.
• Sky Snake Elder and Blazing Flame Valley’s Second Elder faced off in the sky, trading attacks as the Second Elder shattered Sky Snake Elder’s icy palm with his Pure Yang Soft Hand.

Sky Snake Elder and Blazing Flame Valley’s Second Elder nearly destroyed each other in a fierce duel before Yun Shan intervened and broke through to the Dou Zun Realm. The youth competition then narrowed to Feng Qing’er and Qing Lin, whose revealed Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake bloodline drew the attention of the Sky Demon Phoenix Half-Saint and an unseen elder.

• Sky Snake Elder and Blazing Flame Valley’s Second Elder unleashed their strongest techniques, and Yun Shan stopped their attacks with spatial power.
• Yun Shan gained insight into space, broke through to the Dou Zun Realm, and took the title Cloud Venerable.
• The youth competition advanced until Feng Qing’er and Qing Lin were the final two contestants.
• Qing Lin revealed her Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake form and stepped into the air as a Dou Ancestor, shocking Feng Qing’er and the gathered experts.
• The Sky Demon Phoenix Half-Saint decided Qing Lin could not be allowed to live, while an old man in an ancient Snake Pattern Robe watched him from the void.

Feng Qing'er used her bloodline to raise her strength, but Qing Lin defeated her and Wind Thunder Pavilion conceded. Wind Venerable then announced that Iron Sword Venerable would face the other venerables, revealing an expert whose strength they could not sense.

• Feng Qing'er transformed her colored phoenix into red light and absorbed it, raising her strength to the early Seventh Tier.
• Qing Lin revealed her Eight-star Dou Zong strength and tore apart Feng Qing'er's Demon Phoenix Sacred Image with the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake phantom.
• Thunder Venerable conceded the match for Wind Thunder Pavilion to protect Feng Qing'er from injury.
• Wind Venerable invited Thunder Venerable, Iron Sword Venerable, and Yellow Springs Venerable to fight together, and they challenged him to show his strength.
• Wind Venerable said Iron Sword Venerable would fight in his place, and the old man appeared with a massive iron sword, leaving the three opponents unable to sense his Dou Qi.

Iron Sword Venerable defeated Thunder Venerable and two other pavilion masters with one sword, prompting Starfall Pavilion to offer Wind Thunder Pavilion an alliance. When the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan intervened, Wind Venerable revealed a powerful Half-Saint puppet and drove off Fire Phoenix Saint, leaving Thunder Venerable ready to submit to Starfall Pavilion.

• Iron Sword Venerable broke the combined trump-card attacks of Thunder Venerable and the other two Dou Zun with a single strike, then invited Thunder Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion's alliance.
• Thunder Venerable refused, explaining that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan controlled Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Fire Phoenix Saint appeared to threaten Starfall Pavilion.
• Wind Venerable confronted Fire Phoenix Saint, while Xiao Yan assured the others that Wind Venerable could handle him.
• Wind Venerable summoned a High-level Half-Saint puppet, overwhelming Fire Phoenix Saint's pressure and forcing him to flee with Feng Qing'er.
• Heavenly Snake Saint and several concealed Half-Saint Puppets pursued Fire Phoenix Saint, while Thunder Venerable declared that Wind Thunder Pavilion would submit to Starfall Pavilion.

The Soul Hall’s Deputy gave the Great Heavenly Venerate an Ancient Sky Phoenix corpse to secure Huang Tian’s cooperation in investigating the Northwest Continent, while threatening the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan if it refused. Huang Tian accepted the corpse and chose to send the Heavenly Nether Sect and Cloud Rain Sect to probe Starfall Pavilion as he prepared to refine its blood and enter seclusion.

• The Hall Master's Deputy agreed to give Huang Tian the Ancient Sky Phoenix corpse and warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could be destroyed if it failed to cooperate.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate took the corpse to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where Huang Tian accepted it.
• The First Supreme Elder asked Huang Tian when the clan would head to the Northwest Continent after Yao Chen became a saint.
• Huang Tian doubted that Yao Chen was the reported Four-star Dou Sheng and proposed using the Heavenly Nether Sect and Cloud Rain Sect to investigate Starfall Pavilion.
• Huang Tian planned to refine the corpse's Essence Blood and enter seclusion.

Huang Tian arranged protection for the Heavenly Nether Sect and Cloud Rain Sect while Starfall Pavilion grew into the center of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Xiao Yan helped Old Yao reconnect with Xuan Yi by inventing love poems, before Old Yao revealed he had brought back the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Huang Tian ordered Third Supreme Elder Ying Huang to secretly accompany the sects and protect them from danger.
• More than ten Dou Zong and three Eight-star Dou Zun known as the Hu Clan Three Elders joined Starfall Pavilion, and the Four Pavilions formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with Old Yao as its leader.
• Wind Venerable told Xiao Yan that Tang Zhen had sent word that Old Ancestor Huoyun would emerge from seclusion within a month or two to discuss their matter.
• Old Yao returned with Xuan Yi, one of the Three Leaders of Pill Tower, and Wind Venerable teased him about bringing Xiao Yan a master's wife.
• Xiao Yan called Xuan Yi his master's wife and recited invented poems that made her blush and look fondly at Old Yao.
• Old Yao interrupted Xiao Yan and announced that he had brought back the Three Thousand Burning Flame from the Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, breaking through to High-level Half-Saint and gaining the Indestructible Purple-gold Body, with combat strength that could contend with a Two-star Dou Sheng. As the group discussed obtaining the Nine Dragon Thunder Flame, a powerful visitor tore open the entrance to the Star Realm and called out to Yao Chen.

• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which the Pill Tower had agreed to release with Xuan Yi and the Three Leaders' help.
• Xiao Yan entered the temporary space, subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame with his Dragon Emperor Bloodline and Emperor Flame aura, and swallowed it.
• Xiao Yan broke through to High-level Half-Saint, strengthened his body to the Late One-star Dou Sheng level, and developed the Indestructible Purple-gold Body.
• Xiao Yan said he could contend with a Two-star Dou Sheng but still needed another Heavenly Flame for Fen Jue to advance; Yao Chen planned to seek the Nine Dragon Thunder Flame from Blazing Flame Valley.
• A monstrous aura entered through a rift in the Star Realm, and an unfamiliar voice greeted Yao Chen while challenging his claim to have become a Saint.