Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan went with Nalan Yanran to the Nalan Estate and examined her grandfather, Nalan Jie, who was near death from Burning Poison. He located a deep wound that was the poison’s source and began probing it with the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Nalan Yanran after visiting the Martyrs' Garden and bowing before his grandfather Xiao Lin’s inscription.
• Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Yan to the Nalan Estate, where she and her father prepared Nalan Jie for examination.
• Xiao Yan used the Fallen Heart Flame to probe Nalan Jie’s body, causing severe pain and violent convulsions.
• Xiao Yan found a massive wound from which much of Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison originated and raised the flame’s temperature.

Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison with the Fallen Heart Flame, then learned techniques from Han Feng to make the next session less painful. The next morning, Xiao Yan returned to the Nalan Estate while Han Feng discussed Eileen’s plans to travel to the Black Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan used the Fallen Heart Flame to treat Nalan Jie, who repeatedly woke in pain before Xiao Yan finished the session and said the old man could still be treated.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a prescription for at least five sets of medicinal ingredients and promised Nalan Jie would wake before her important match.
• Xiao Yan reported the treatment to Yao Chen, who checked him and advised him to refine the Dou Wang battle qi he had absorbed.
• Xiao Yan told Han Feng about Nalan Jie’s painful treatment, and Han Feng taught him techniques for controlling Heavenly Flames while treating people.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan returned to the Nalan Estate, while Eileen gave Han Feng requested materials and he warned her to bring enough people if she went to the Black Corner Region.

Hai Bodong broke through to Dou Zong with Han Feng’s Sect Breaking Pill, ending the standoff between the Mittel Family and the imperial family. Meanwhile, Wu Ying considered how the new expert might affect his plans, and Xiao Yan nearly finished treating Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison.

• Hai Bodong broke through to Dou Zong, and Jia Xing Tian reluctantly withdrew the spies surrounding the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong thanked Han Feng for the Sect Breaking Pill and pledged his loyalty, while Han Feng urged him to keep cultivating.
• Wu Ying learned that someone in the Imperial Capital had reached Dou Zong and decided to investigate, while continuing his plans involving Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan nearly cleared Nalan Jie’s Burning Poison and told Nalan Yanran that one more day of treatment would complete the cure.

Xiao Yan finished treating Nalan Jie and expected to break through to three-star Dou Ling by absorbing the last of his Burning Poison. Meanwhile, Han Feng and Yao Chen followed Wu Ying to the Misty Cloud Sect and decided it needed investigation after discovering his connection to the Hall of Souls.

• Xiao Yan left Nalan Estate after treating Nalan Jie, while Nalan Yanran wondered why he remained cold toward her.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family, learned an elder had broken through, and helped prepare a banquet for Hai Bodong, who had become a Dou Zong.
• Wu Ying investigated the breakthrough and discovered Hai Bodong was the new Dou Zong, then watched the Mittel Family from outside its gates.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen followed Wu Ying to the Misty Cloud Sect and agreed to investigate its possible ties to the Hall of Souls before judging it.
• Han Feng cultivated through the night, then practiced at dawn to steady his anxiety about his goals.
• Xiao Yan went to Nalan Estate for the final treatment, where Nalan Jie was awake and scolding Nalan Yanran's father.

Xiao Yan completed Nalan Jie's treatment, then returned to the Mittel Family and reunited with his brothers before the Three-Year Agreement. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun greeted Nalan Yanran and asked whether her grandfather had recovered.

• Nalan Jie endured Xiao Yan's final treatment, and Xiao Yan drew out the last of the Black Dou Qi and Burning Poison.
• The Mittel Family received visitors after Hai Bodong's breakthrough, while Han Feng finished the Heavenly Phoenix Armor he had made for Lin Xian'er.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived in the Imperial Capital and reunited with Xiao Zhan as they waited for Xiao Yan's Three-Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran's family thanked Xiao Yan with a storage ring, and Nalan Yanran felt disappointed when he left without speaking to her.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family, reunited with his elder brothers, and declared himself ready for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Yun Yun met Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect and asked whether Nalan Jie had recovered.

As the Three-Year Agreement became a major public event, Nalan Yanran prepared to face Xiao Yan while Yun Yun urged her not to fear defeat. Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to reclaim his honor, and the chapter left him preparing to choose how to make his entrance.

• Yun Yun reminded Nalan Yanran that one battle would not define the sect, and Nalan Yanran resolved to perform well.
• Xiao Yan set out for the Misty Cloud Sect openly under his own name as imperial leaders and families gathered to watch the match.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Liu Ling's feelings and told him she would never agree to him.
• Wu Ying approached Liu Ling with an offer of power, secretly sent black mist into his body, and left Liu Ling wondering what he had encountered.
• Jia Xing Tian resented the Mittel Family's growing influence as Hai Bodong joined the assembled spectators.
• Han Feng and Yao Chen went ahead to the viewing platform while Xiao Yan considered how to make his entrance.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to face Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement, while Han Feng, Yao Chen, and other prominent guests gathered to watch. The match began with both young fighters stating their positions, and Xiao Yan’s unusual battle qi caught the spectators’ attention.

• Han Feng arrived with the Xiao Family members, and Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma recognized him and Yao Chen.
• Han Feng told Jia Xing Tian that he had come to watch his junior disciple brother fulfill the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect and formally challenged Nalan Yanran over the humiliation brought upon his family.
• Nalan Yanran defended her past decision and declared she would still make the same choice if given the chance.
• Yun Yun announced the match and urged both fighters to show restraint, then Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran prepared to fight.
• Nalan Jie watched Xiao Yan’s powerful battle qi with a darkened expression as the Mu Family head praised him.

Xiao Yan decisively outmatched Nalan Yanran during their duel, revealing that he was Yan Xiao when he used a Heavenly Flame. Nalan Yanran unleashed the Misty Cloud Sect’s ultimate technique, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Splits Waves Ruler overwhelmed it, leaving her expecting death.

• Nalan Yanran attacked Xiao Yan with sword Qi and the Willow Catkin Movement Technique, but he evaded her strikes and blocked her attacks with the Profound Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan swiftly struck Nalan Yanran with Eight Extremities Collapse, shattering her Dou Qi Armor after holding back his strength.
• Nalan Yanran refused to accept defeat and summoned her ultimate technique, Extreme Wind.
• Xiao Yan coated the Profound Heavy Ruler in Heavenly Flame, prompting the spectators and Nalan Yanran to realize he was Yan Xiao.
• Nalan Yanran countered with Extreme Wind: Falling Sun, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Splits Waves Ruler overwhelmed her attack, and she closed her eyes, expecting to die.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, saved her from his flames, and burned their marriage contract, ending the Three-Year Agreement. When Yun Leng questioned Xiao Yan’s identity and Liu Ling challenged him, Xiao Yan accepted after Yao Chen sensed Liu Ling was controlled by someone from the Hall of Souls.

• Nalan Yanran nearly died in Xiao Yan’s flames, but Xiao Yan caught her and she apologized for her sudden despair.
• Xiao Yan burned the marriage contract and told Nalan Yanran they were both free.
• Liu Ling challenged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan declined until Yun Leng questioned his identity and Yun Yun declared him the winner of the Three-Year Agreement.
• After hearing his Senior Disciple Brother warn that Liu Ling seemed strange, Xiao Yan accepted Liu Ling’s challenge.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that someone from the Hall of Souls had controlled Liu Ling.

Xiao Yan defeated Liu Ling in the second match, but a mysterious black qi emerged from Liu Ling and attacked him. Han Feng destroyed the qi and dragged a black-robed figure out of the void, exposing a hidden threat at the arena.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Liu Ling in their duel, but a voice inside Liu Ling offered him power and he accepted, causing his cultivation to surge to the Dou Ling realm.
• Liu Ling struck Xiao Yan by surprise, but Xiao Yan revealed his Great Yan Martial Body and defeated him with Flame Collapse.
• Yun Yun declared Xiao Yan the winner, while Yun Leng decided to pursue his plans in secret.
• Black qi seeped from beneath Liu Ling and attacked Xiao Yan, but a flaming palm print burned it away.
• Han Feng seized a black-robed figure from the void after the figure's attack failed.

After discovering that the Hall of Souls had learned the Xiao Clan was near the Jia Ma Empire, Han Feng acted against suspected infiltrators at the Misty Cloud Sect. He subdued Yun Shan and ordered him imprisoned, leaving Yun Yun and the sect’s other members under his control.

• Han Feng extracted Wu Ying’s memories and learned the Hall of Souls was searching near the Jia Ma Empire for the Xiao Family, prompting him to decide the family needed to relocate.
• Han Feng returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and knocked unconscious the sect members he had identified as offenders, telling Yun Yun they needed to be imprisoned.
• Yun Leng summoned Yun Shan with a jade flute, and Yun Shan emerged from seclusion to confront Han Feng.
• Han Feng crushed Yun Shan to the ground with gravity and declared that the former Sect Master had committed the most serious offense.
• Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma left the sect plaza, while Han Feng ordered Hai Bodong to stay.

Han Feng uncovered and removed Hall of Souls seeds and Vengeful Soul Power hidden within Misty Cloud Sect members, weakening Yun Shan and many disciples. After leaving the sect, he warned Hai Bodong that the imperial family might act, while Xiao Yan reflected that Han Feng had overshadowed the Three-Year Agreement.

• Han Feng ordered Yun Yun to restrain the unconscious Misty Cloud Sect members and carried Yun Shan into the inner hall.
• Han Feng used the Fallen Heart Flame to draw Vengeful Soul Power out of the unconscious disciples and elders, then burned it away.
• Han Feng extracted a black seed from Yun Shan, causing his cultivation to fall from Dou Zong to Dou Emperor and weakening the others as well.
• Yun Yun thanked Han Feng and resolved to deal with Yun Leng, while Nalan Yanran apologized and Yun Yun reassured her.
• Han Feng left the Misty Cloud Sect with Xiao Yan and the others, telling Hai Bodong not to worry if the imperial family moved against the sect.
• Xiao Yan said the Three-Year Agreement had settled what needed explaining, then joked that Han Feng had stolen the spotlight.

Xiao Zhan agreed to move the Xiao Family to the Black Corner Region as the Hall of Souls pursued them, while Eileen and Ya Fei prepared to go with them. Before the group could depart, Han Feng sensed that his disciple Lin Xian’er was in danger and teleported to Hidden Dragon Cave, where he found himself blocked outside the secret realm.

• Han Feng told Xiao Zhan that the Hall of Souls had located the Xiao Family, and Xiao Zhan agreed to relocate the clan to the Black Corner Region.
• Eileen decided to travel to the Black Corner Region with Ya Fei, and Han Feng warned them to rely on their own strength there.
• The Xiao Family prepared to leave the Imperial Capital, while Xiao Zhan worried that his clansmen had become complacent.
• Han Feng sensed that his connection with Lin Xian’er had been severed, entrusted the group to Yao Chen, and used the Void God Stele to leave.
• Han Feng arrived outside Hidden Dragon Cave in the Eastern Profound Empire, where Qin Heng and Dao Ling questioned him after his teleportation was blocked.

Han Feng learned that Qin Heng planned to capture Lin Xian'er for her talent and tried to break into Hidden Dragon Cave, where she had entered. Inside the cave, Lin Xian'er proceeded cautiously with Qin Shu, unaware that Qin Shu was leading her toward a trap.

• Han Feng questioned Qin Heng about Hidden Dragon Cave and Lin Xian'er, then read Qin Heng's memories and discovered his plan to seize her talent.
• Han Feng attacked Hidden Dragon Cave's barrier with his flames, cracked it, and entered after the Black Tortoise Heavenly Ancestor Scripture let him pass.
• Lin Xian'er noticed that her puppets and contact with Han Feng were gone, so she moved carefully through the cave with Qin Shu and the others.
• Qin Shu secretly led Lin Xian'er along a longer route toward the Blood Spirit Array while helping her through trials to gain her trust.
• Lin Xian'er entered the sixth cave.

Lin Xian'er survived Qin Shu's ambush in the Sixth Cave and entered the Seventh Cave to seek the Azure Dragon's secret. She defeated the Bronze Mechanical Dragon, clearing the Seventh Cave's strength trial.

• Qin Shu and the royal descendants activated the Blood Spirit Array to suppress Lin Xian'er, but they collapsed from poison she had already spread.
• Lin Xian'er incapacitated Qin Shu and the royal family's followers, then proceeded alone to the Seventh Cave.
• Lin Xian'er faced a Bronze Mechanical Dragon whose speed and changing attacks threatened to overwhelm her.
• Lin Xian'er realized the dragon tracked dou qi fluctuations, but it adapted its attacks and paralyzed her with lightning.
• Lin Xian'er's Poison Spirit and Feng Xian's longsword blocked a fatal strike, giving her time to recover and unleash the Calamity Poison Body.
• Lin Xian'er disrupted the dragon's adaptation with the Netherworld Poison Flame and shattered its head with the Nine Yin Profound Roar Hand.

Lin Xian'er cleared the Seventh Cave, collected its treasures, and reunited with Han Feng after he followed her signal into Hidden Dragon Cave. They entered the Eighth Cave together, where three powerful presences appeared in the darkness.

• Lin Xian'er received the high-grade Earth Tier movement Dou Technique Azure Sky Roaming Dragon Steps and decided to stop exploring while she studied it.
• Han Feng reached the Seventh Cave after rushing through the earlier caves and reunited with Lin Xian'er.
• Lin Xian'er told Han Feng she had poisoned the imperial disciples in the Sixth Cave, and he praised her for protecting herself.
• Han Feng learned that Lin Xian'er had reached the Seventh Cave and seen the Netherworld Poison Flame as her companion.
• Han Feng and Lin Xian'er entered the Eighth Cave, where three pairs of crimson eyes opened and a powerful aura shook the cave.

Han Feng and Lin Xian'er cleared the eighth cave, then entered the forbidden ninth trial, where Han Feng faced a peak Nine-turn Dou Zun Azure Dragon. After being driven back by its attack, he studied its elemental power and prepared to continue fighting.

• Han Feng defeated the three dragon constructs in the eighth cave while Lin Xian'er watched.
• Han Feng and Lin Xian'er collected treasures, including Azure Sky Coiling Dragon Shield and Azure Sky Roaming Dragon Steps, and Lin Xian'er chose the path to the ninth cave.
• Han Feng entered the ninth cave despite its warning and declined the chance to withdraw.
• A peak Nine-turn Dou Zun Azure Dragon attacked Han Feng, and its first strike dispersed his Black Tortoise phantom and forced him back.
• Han Feng recovered with water-attributed energy, recognized the Azure Dragon's power as primarily wood-attributed, and raised the ground with Black Tortoise True Intent as lightning struck toward him.

Han Feng defeated the Azure Dragon in the Ninth Grotto and received the Heaven Tier Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw inheritance. He taught Lin Xian'er its first stage and found an Essence of Wood, while she wanted to stay in the grotto longer.

• Han Feng trapped the Azure Dragon with Black Tortoise True Intent, pierced it with a Sea Heart Flame trident, and destroyed it with the Black Tortoise Prison Suppression Seal.
• The Azure Dragon's defeat filled the Ninth Grotto with vibrant growth, and Han Feng called Lin Xian'er inside to see the sea of flowers.
• Han Feng absorbed the inheritance of the Heaven Tier Azure Dragon Skyrending Claw and explained that Lin Xian'er could not yet withstand its direct transmission.
• Han Feng taught Lin Xian'er the Fighting Skill's first stage, and she resolved to master it before learning more.
• Han Feng and Lin Xian'er searched the grotto's treasure chests, and Lin Xian'er caught and stored an Essence of Wood.
• Lin Xian'er asked Han Feng to stay in the Ninth Grotto a little longer.

Han Feng entered the tenth cave and defeated a high-level Half-Saint incarnation of the Azure Dragon after activating Flame God Transformation and combining his flames with his Soul Power. He received the Azure Dragon True Meaning and learned its Fighting Skills, including the Heaven Tier skill Azure Dragon Annihilation Wave, before preparing to continue the challenge.

• Han Feng rested with Lin Xian'er in the ninth cave’s flower sea before they reached the gate to the tenth cave.
• Han Feng entered the tenth cave alone and climbed a mountain under the pressure of its Law Domain.
• Han Feng fought the high-level Half-Saint Azure Dragon, activated Flame God Transformation, and defeated it with a soul-powered strike.
• The Azure Dragon’s life force repaired Han Feng, and its True Meaning granted him mastery of its Fighting Skills.
• Han Feng learned the Heaven Tier Fighting Skill Azure Dragon Annihilation Wave and regained confidence in continuing.

After recovering from his battle in the tenth cave, Han Feng entered the eleventh cave and endured its endless darkness while Azure Dragon tested his resolve. As Han Feng released the hatred rooted in his past life, his heart’s shackles loosened and he continued forward in a new state of cultivation.

• Han Feng returned to Lin Xian'er in the ninth cave, and they chose to cultivate there rather than rush onward.
• After half a month, Han Feng recovered, mastered the four Azure Dragon Fighting Skills, and led Lin Xian'er back to the tenth cave.
• Han Feng entered the Space Gate to the eleventh cave and found himself alone in an endless void of spatial turbulence.
• Han Feng used the Green Lotus Core Flame and Fallen Brahma Heart to steady himself as Azure Dragon watched and compressed time within the cave.
• Han Feng reflected on his past-life hatred of the Soul Clan, let go of its hold on him, and felt the shackles of the Saint Realm loosen.