Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family defeated the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families and killed Yun Lei despite his threats. The Wutan City Lord arrived to block the enemy’s retreat, then congratulated Xiao Zhan and greeted Xiao Han after the battle.

• Xiao Han attacked the enemy forces with his Great Jade Sword Technique while Xiao Zhan fought Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa.
• Yun Lei revealed his fear that the Xiao Family would kill him and worried that his hidden ties to the Misty Cloud Sect would be exposed.
• Xiao Zhan killed the last two Ao Ba Family Dou Masters and declared that Yun Lei would die despite his connection to the Chu Yun Empire.
• The Wutan City Lord arrived with soldiers and blocked Yun Lei and the six wounded Da Dou Shis from retreating.
• Xiao Yan ordered Yun Lei killed, and Xiao Han killed him after Yun Lei cursed at Xiao Yan.
• The battle ended with the six Da Dou Shis and four hundred elite fighters dead, and the Wutan City Lord congratulated Xiao Zhan and greeted Xiao Han.

After the Xiao Family defeated its enemies, Xun'er decided to protect Xiao Yan and the family while investigating their unusual strength. Xiao Yan turned the killing of a Misty Cloud Sect elder into a public story that would deter retaliation, but Yun Leng was enraged by the notice labeling the dead elder a Chu Yun spy.

• Xun'er questioned Ling Ying about the Xiao Family's rising strength and told him to leave Xiao Yan's secrets alone and protect the family.
• Xiao Zhan and the elders warned Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect could retaliate for its dead Dou Ling elder.
• Xiao Yan ordered the family to report that Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family had killed a Chu Yun spy, then request an imperial reward.
• The elders praised Xiao Yan's plan to use public opinion to discourage the Misty Cloud Sect from attacking openly and draw the imperial family into the dispute.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Shadow Guard to monitor the Misty Cloud Sect and imperial family while he waited for his teacher to awaken.
• Yun Leng angrily slammed the notice onto a table and vowed that he would not accept the humiliation.

Yun Yun confronted Yun Leng over his unauthorized attack on the Xiao Family as Jia Xing Tian arrived to test the Misty Cloud Sect’s strength. After the confrontation ended without a battle, Mittel Teng Shan set out for Wutan City while Xiao Yan began a secluded cultivation breakthrough using Yang Yuan Pills.

• Yun Yun reprimanded Yun Leng for sending Yun Lei against the Xiao Family and warned that his actions had endangered the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun and the elders learned that Jia Xing Tian was coming to discuss how the Xiao Family should be rewarded.
• Jia Xing Tian arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain, and he and Yun Yun opposed each other with their Dou Emperor auras.
• Jia Xing Tian tested the Misty Cloud Sect’s defenses, but Yun Yun activated the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation and no battle broke out.
• Mittel Teng Shan decided to travel to Wutan City and wondered whether Xiao Yan’s promised surprise involved a Dou Ling Pill.
• Xiao Yan began a secluded breakthrough by swallowing a handful of Yang Yuan Pills.

Xiao Yan reached Five-Star Dou Zhe and met with Mittel Teng Shan to arrange pills and rare ingredients needed for his plans. He then revealed that the main reason for Teng Shan's visit was to find Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, leaving Teng Shan stunned and eager to know whether Xiao Yan knew Hai Bodong's whereabouts.

• Xiao Yan consumed a Yang Yuan Pill and advanced to Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Family reception hall as Mittel Teng Shan discussed Xiao Zhan's advancement and the family's expansion.
• Xiao Yan agreed to hold a Dou Ling Banquet at the end of the month and gave Teng Shan a scroll of medicinal ingredients to gather.
• Teng Shan recognized that Gu Te might know where to find Ice Spirit Cold Spring and prepared to seek him out.
• Xiao Yan asked Teng Shan to travel to the Tagor Desert and invite Ice Emperor Hai Bodong back, prompting Teng Shan to ask if Xiao Yan knew Hai Bodong's whereabouts.

Xiao Yan told Teng Shan where Hai Bodong was and promised that his teacher could remove the seal on Hai Bodong’s strength, securing the Mittel Family’s alliance with the Xiao Family. After half a month of cultivation and preparations, Xiao Yan’s teacher emerged from seclusion as Xiao Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yan told Teng Shan that Hai Bodong was in Mo City with his strength sealed to Dou Ling, and Teng Shan immediately set out to bring him to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan promised that his teacher could lift Hai Bodong’s seal, and Teng Shan pledged that the Mittel Family would advance and retreat together with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Han warned Xiao Yan about the dangers of exposing Hai Bodong, but Xiao Yan reassured them that his teacher would provide Dou Zong-level combat power.
• Xiao Yan told the elders to strengthen the Shadow Guards and monitor the Misty Cloud Sect while cautioning against drawing the Soul Hall’s attention.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yan cultivated, spent time with Xun'er, and reviewed intelligence as his strength rose from Five-Star to Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
• Old Yao emerged from the Ancient Ring in a more solid phantom form, praised Xiao Yan’s cultivation, and revealed his Peak Seven-Star Dou Zhe strength.

Old Yao adapted the Talisman Master cultivation method, condensed two Heavenly Talismans, and survived the resulting Wind and Thunder Tribulation. After Xiao Yan reassured his family, Hai Bodong met Old Yao and recognized him as a Dou Zong-level expert.

• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that the Talisman Master method had strengthened his soul and let him wield the power of a Two-star Dou Zong on his own or a Four-star Dou Zong through Xiao Yan's body.
• Old Yao revealed that he had condensed two Heavenly Talismans using the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, prompting a Wind and Thunder Tribulation over the Xiao Family Back Mountain.
• Old Yao's Bone Spirit Cold Flame swallowed the tribulation, and he explained that a true Mud Pill Palace would let him advance beyond his current Heavenly Symbol Master rank.
• Xiao Yan promised to refine enough Heavenly Flames to forge Old Yao a new body, and Old Yao said he expected his soul realm to reach the Late Heavenly Realm once revived.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders rushed to the back mountain, and Xiao Yan told them he was safe and introduced Hai Bodong to Old Yao.
• Hai Bodong thanked Xiao Yan, bowed to Old Yao, and declared the Xiao Family his friend after sensing Old Yao's Dou Zong-level strength.

Old Yao used his Bone Spirit Fire Talismans to restore Hai Bodong’s strength, drawing vast Heaven and Earth Energy to the back mountain. The energy helped Xiao Yan, the Xiao Family, and Wutan City’s cultivators break through, while Hai Bodong remained unconscious as a fierce energy ripple finally broke the silence.

• Old Yao recognized Hai Bodong’s talent and invited him to recover his strength while Xiao Yan watched.
• Old Yao sent Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and the Four Elders of the Xiao Family away, then used two Bone Spirit Fire Talismans to restore Hai Bodong.
• The surge of Heaven and Earth Energy helped Xiao Yan reach Eight-Star Dou Zhe and enabled the three Xiao Family elders to advance to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Cultivators across Wutan City and the Xiao Family benefited from the energy, with many breaking through and Xiao Zhan’s realm becoming more stable.
• After nearly half an hour, Hai Bodong had still not awakened when a fierce energy ripple shattered the silence.

Hai Bodong broke free of his seal, reclaimed the Dou Emperor realm, and gave Xiao Yan a map of possible Heavenly Flame sites in the Tagor Desert. When Hai Bodong presented two fragments tied to the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, Xiao Yan identified their connection to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, startling Hai Bodong and Old Yao.

• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame burned away the serpent-shaped seal, and Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength.
• Hai Bodong thanked Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family, then gave Xiao Yan his map of likely Heavenly Flame locations in the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bodong offered Xiao Yan two pieces of an ancient fragmentary map, which Xiao Yan recognized as related to the Pure Lotus Demon Saint and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Old Yao and Hai Bodong reacted with surprise when Xiao Yan named the map's connection to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and the Pure Lotus Demon Saint.

Xiao Yan explained the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s lingering will and revealed the Great Thousand World and the Profound Sky Continent to Old Yao. The chapter ended with Old Yao realizing Xiao Yan wanted him to improve the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill to revive a Lingering Soul Fragment.

• Old Yao identified the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explained that the Pure Lotus Demon Saint had been the expert closest to becoming a Dou Di.
• Hai Bodong accepted that he had no fate with the fragmentary map and left, followed by Xiao Zhan and the elders as they returned to attend to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan explained to Old Yao that a fallen Half-Emperor could leave behind a conscious Lingering Soul Fragment between life and death.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Great Thousand World and the Profound Sky Continent, explaining that its experts condensed pills rather than refining them.
• Old Yao accepted Xiao Yan’s account and concluded that Xiao Yan wanted him to improve the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill.

Xiao Yan proposed combining Profound Sky Continent pill methods with Dou Qi Continent alchemy to resurrect powerful figures, while Old Yao withdrew to develop new pills. Afterward, Xiao Yan joined Hai Bodong and the Xiao Family leaders as Hai Bodong prepared to establish a chamber of commerce and gather medicinal ingredients in the Black Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan explained how the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill worked and proposed using it with several Dou Qi pills to resurrect the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, and Ancestor Xiao Xuan.
• Old Yao agreed that Xiao Yan’s idea might work but said they first needed a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill as a reference.
• Xiao Yan suggested investigating a Nirvana Realm expert’s cave abode and Nirvana Heart, and Old Yao returned to the Ancient Ring to study new pill formulas.
• Xiao Yan went to the discussion hall, where Hai Bodong told Xiao Zhan and the other Xiao Family leaders that he would establish the Kuaguo Chamber of Commerce and gather medicinal ingredients in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan handed Hai Bodong a scroll listing a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill, and Hai Bodong asked what kind of pill it was.

Xiao Yan explained how the Spirit Recovery Purple Pill could restore Hai Bodong’s lost strength and planned to gather its ingredients in the Black Corner Region. At Xiao Zhan’s banquet, Hai Bodong revealed that a mysterious Dark Attribute Dou Emperor had beaten him on the way to the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Yan explained that a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill could restore Hai Bodong to his former Five-Star Dou Emperor strength, and said the ingredients could be found in the Black Corner Region.
• Hai Bodong decided to visit the Black Corner Region after the Xiao Family’s Dou Ling Tournament and left to make arrangements with the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yan about his next trip to the Profound Sky Continent, and Xiao Yan said he would take his fourth granduncle and teacher for three days after the tournament.
• The Xiao Family held a banquet to celebrate Xiao Zhan’s promotion to Dou Ling, and Xiao Yan noticed Hai Bodong wearing a conical hat to hide his bruised face.
• Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan that a mysterious Six- or Seven-Star Dou Emperor with Dark Attribute Battle Qi had attacked him without explanation on the way to the banquet.

Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong to protect the Xiao Family while he and Old Yao prepared to train in the Monster Beast Mountain Range. After Old Yao created the Spirit Ascension Pill formula and Xiao Yan reached the Dou Master realm, they prepared to bring Fourth Granduncle to the Profound Sky Continent.

• Xiao Yan joked that Hai Bodong's mysterious attacker might be a woman from his youth, then asked him to guard the Xiao Family while he was away.
• Hai Bodong promised that no one would harm the Xiao Family, even Yun Shan, and said Yun Yun would not attack a small family.
• Yun Leng secretly summoned Mo Cheng and planned another move against the Xiao Family without Yun Yun's knowledge.
• Old Yao noticed that Xiao Yan had broken through to the Dou Master realm after taking the Yang Yuan Pill with Fen Jue.
• Old Yao revealed that he had created the Spirit Ascension Pill, which could raise a Dou Ling Expert by one star once, and said it could be improved further.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to accompany him to the Battle Qi Pavilion so they could bring Fourth Granduncle, who had a special constitution, to the Profound Sky Continent.

Xiao Han gained insight into the Profound Sky Continent’s cultivation system and believed he would soon reach the Creation Qi Realm, while Xiao Yan reunited with Lin Dong in Yan City. Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached the Dou Master realm and planned to force open a Nirvana Realm Expert’s tomb mansion during his three-day stay.

• Xiao Han sensed the Profound Sky Continent’s yin-yang Origin Energy and realized he was close to breaking through to the Creation Qi Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Han met Lin Dong, who had reached the Heavenly Origin Realm and become a One-Seal Talisman Master.
• Lin Dong told Xiao Yan that City Lord Shi had opened the Pill Immortal Pond, allowing Little Sable to recover some strength by devouring the Azure Water Demon Python’s Demon Spirit.
• Xiao Han went to visit City Lord Shi, while Xiao Yan and Lin Dong went to a secret chamber in the Lin Mansion.
• Xiao Yan told Lin Dong that he had reached the Dou Master realm and planned to force open the Nirvana Realm Expert’s tomb mansion in the Tianyan Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan told Lin Dong and Little Sable that a Nirvana Realm expert’s tomb could be forcibly opened with help from Yao Chen, whom he summoned from his ring. After Yao Chen explained that his Bone Spirit Cold Flame was not an Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan revealed he knew where to find a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill and planned to reach the Hundred Dynasties War early.

• Xiao Yan said the tomb’s formation had to be forcibly broken rather than waiting years for it to weaken naturally.
• Little Sable warned that opening the formation could take more than three days and asked whether Xiao Yan had enough help; Xiao Yan said Yao Chen would assist.
• Xiao Yan summoned Yao Chen, whose soul presence shocked Little Sable, who mistook his opposing flame and cold powers for two Ancestral Symbols.
• Yao Chen explained that he possessed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, while Little Sable judged its power comparable to an Ancestral Symbol and noted the current Flame Ancestral Symbol wielder was a Samsara Stage expert.
• Xiao Yan encouraged Little Sable to aim for the Samsara Stage and revealed that a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill was on the Hundred Dynasties War battlefield.
• Xiao Yan said the war was six years away and that they would need an unconventional way to enter early, leaving Little Sable eager to know whether the pill was truly there.

Xiao Yan confirmed that a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill lay hidden in the Hundred Dynasties Battlefield, prompting Little Sable and Old Yao to discuss who might use it. Xiao Yan explained that Old Yao had better revival options and hoped to study the pill to revive ancient experts, then warned Lin Dong that the Nirvana Tomb Mansion was tied to his wife and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.

• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Hundred Dynasties Battlefield held a Life and Death Reincarnation Pill from the ancient Sect Alliance, and Little Sable became excited at the prospect of regaining a body.
• Old Yao asked to study the pill, while Little Sable conceded that he should have first claim and asked Old Yao to help him find another one later.
• Lin Dong proposed capturing a Samsara Stage expert to make another pill, and Xiao Yan cautioned his brothers against talking so crudely.
• Xiao Yan explained that Old Yao could be revived more suitably with Heavenly Flames, a powerful expert's corpse, and Monster Beast Essence Blood, and that studying the pill might help revive ancient experts.
• Old Yao said he wanted to study the Nirvana Heart in the Nirvana Tomb Mansion, and Lin Dong urged the group to set out.
• Xiao Yan warned Lin Dong that the future Nirvana Tomb Mansion was connected to Lin Dong's wife and the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, leaving Lin Dong deep in thought.

Lin Dong chose to seize control of his future and traveled with Xiao Yan to the Tianyan Mountain Range to search for a Nirvana Tomb Mansion. Old Yao broke its seal, and Xiao Yan sensed something inside stirring the Fen Jue.

• Lin Dong resolved to pursue his own future, and Little Sable entered the Stone Talisman in his palm.
• Lin Dong and Xiao Yan entered the Tianyan Mountain Range, where Old Yao used his Soul Power to search for the Tomb Mansion.
• Old Yao found the ruins and carried Lin Dong and Xiao Yan through a forest barrier to the mountain peak.
• Xiao Yan and Little Sable recognized that the site had likely been a secluded residence for a Nirvana Realm Expert and asked Old Yao to break its seal.
• Old Yao used the Bone Spirit Fire Talisman to shatter the Formation light screen, and Xiao Yan sensed the Fen Jue stirring inside him.

Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Little Sable, and Old Yao looted the Tomb Mansion’s passages and discovered a vast haul of pills and Spiritual Treasures. After Old Yao agreed to study whether Dou Qi could activate the treasures for flight, they prepared to explore deeper passages where Xiao Yan sensed powerful flames.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong entered the Tomb Mansion, and Little Sable identified the fifth passage on the left as the richest in resources.
• Xiao Yan proposed searching every passage, so Little Sable and Old Yao broke through the sealing barriers and the group looted all eighteen passages.
• Little Sable consumed nearly a hundred Demon Spirits, while Lin Dong and Xiao Yan counted more than a hundred thousand Pure Yuan Pills and considered how the haul could strengthen their families.
• Little Sable retrieved six Spiritual Treasures, and he explained their uses as Old Yao compared them with the Dou Qi Continent’s flight abilities.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to adapt the Method of Flying via Controlling Objects for Dou Qi, and Old Yao agreed to study it before sensing powerful flames deeper in the passages.

Old Yao prepared Xiao Yan to refine a tiny cluster of Nirvana Fire, hoping it would evolve the Fen Jue beyond the Yellow Tier. Xiao Yan survived the refining and surged to Seven-Star Dou Shi, but the chapter ended before he confirmed whether the technique had evolved.

• Old Yao explained that Nirvana Fire could temper Xiao Yan’s Origin Fire Seed and help the Fen Jue evolve into a Mysterious-tier Cultivation Technique.
• Old Yao returned with refined Nirvana Fire from a Sea of Fire Great Formation and gave Xiao Yan a Blood Lotus Pill to protect him.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Blood Lotus Pill and Nirvana Fire, then used his Heavenly Gang Yang Flame and Yang Yuan Pills to withstand the heat.
• After an hour, Xiao Yan broke through from One-Star Dou Shi to Seven-Star Dou Shi, and Old Yao asked whether the Fen Jue had evolved.

Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Little Sable, and Old Yao explored the Tomb Mansion’s underground passages and found a hall filled with Talisman Puppets. Old Yao collected the damaged puppets, believing he could repair and modify them, and continued searching beyond the hall.

• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that Fen Jue had evolved to the Low Xuan Tier, and Old Yao sensed faint soul fluctuations deeper in the tomb.
• Xiao Yan led Lin Dong and Little Sable into a vast passageway, where they found a Rune-inscribed fragment of a Talisman Puppet.
• Little Sable explained that the fragment belonged to a defective Unranked Talisman Puppet, while Old Yao took an interest in studying it.
• Old Yao smashed through the Formation mechanisms and opened a route to a Training Ground containing one hundred and eight Low-Grade Talisman Puppets.
• Little Sable said the puppets’ Runes had dissipated, but Xiao Yan asked Old Yao to try repairing them, and Old Yao collected them.
• Old Yao extended his Soul Power beyond the Training Ground after sensing something further ahead.

Xiao Yan and his companions recovered a Mid-Grade Talisman Puppet and Spiritual Medicine from the Tomb Mansion, then reached the Bronze Gate concealing its master. Xiao Yan proposed merging the master's Lingering Soul Fragment into the puppet, and Old Yao agreed to ask the master before helping.

• Little Sable identified the recovered puppet as a usable Mid-Grade Talisman Puppet that needed two thousand Pure Yuan Pills to unleash a Form Creation Realm attack.
• Xiao Yan proposed combining Talisman Puppet techniques with Magic Cores, and Old Yao judged the idea feasible for future modifications.
• Xiao Yan left the Mid-Grade Talisman Puppet with the Lin Family and told Lin Dong to collect the Spiritual Medicine, including Extreme Fiend Yin Dragon Saliva for Qing Tan.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong gathered the Spiritual Medicine and reached the Bronze Gate after Old Yao cleared the Sea of Fire Great Formation.
• Old Yao sensed the tomb master's Lingering Soul Fragment, and Xiao Yan suggested merging it into the puppet; Old Yao agreed to ask the master for consent.