Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan and the Jia Nan Academy forces attacked Demon Flame Valley to stop Earth Demon Old Ghost from threatening the academy. Xiao Yuan wounded the Seven Star Dou Zong in their opening clash, then battled him with Heavenly Flames and the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear as Earth Demon Old Ghost prepared to unleash his own techniques.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost gathered Demon Flame Valley’s experts to seek revenge against Jia Nan Academy, but Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Su Qian arrived with their forces.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost attacked Xiao Yuan, who blocked his icy strikes with dark golden flames before raising his strength from Two Star to Five Star Dou Zong with the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yuan moved behind Earth Demon Old Ghost and shattered his icy defense with a flaming punch, sending him coughing blood toward the ground.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost unleashed black snow and a barrage of ice attacks, but Xiao Yuan destroyed them with his Azure Lightning Dark Gold Spear.
• Xiao Yuan summoned lightning and Black Demon Lightning into his Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear, shattered Earth Demon Old Ghost’s giant ice sword, and charged at him as the old ghost gathered extreme cold.

Xiao Yuan defeated Earth Demon Old Ghost by unleashing and containing the catastrophic clash between his Thunderfire Spear and the old ghost’s freezing technique. Jia Nan Academy wiped out Demon Flame Valley, and Xiao Yuan’s group prepared to search its treasure vault.

• Xiao Yuan’s Thunderfire Spear struck Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Blood Chill Extreme Freeze Sky, triggering a massive explosion that devastated Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian pulled Zi Yan to safety as Su Qian ordered the fighters to retreat from the blast.
• Xiao Yuan gathered the explosion’s force with Space Power and used Spatial Prison, while Heavenly Flame Venerable helped contain the destructive energy and preserve Earth Demon Old Ghost’s Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yuan’s attack killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Jia Nan Academy’s fighters gained the upper hand against Demon Flame Valley.
• Su Qian, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian led the academy’s forces in killing the remaining Demon Flame Valley experts, while Hu Qian organized the aftermath.
• Xiao Yuan and the others planned to search Demon Flame Valley’s treasure vault for resources to take back to the academy and the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yuan and his companions entered Demon Flame Valley’s hidden storeroom, defeated its serpent guardian, and recovered four protected treasures. He discovered an improved Nong Yan Jue and a scroll labeled Tian Yao Kui, leaving him regretting that he had killed Earth Demon Old Ghost before learning more about it.

• Zi Yan smashed through a concealed stone wall, and Xiao Yuan led the group into the mountain cave.
• Su Qian broke open the storeroom’s Stone Gate and repelled a serpent beast, while Xiao Yuan killed it with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yuan bypassed the space-infused barrier and took four wooden boxes containing Earth Rank techniques and cultivation methods.
• Xiao Yuan found the True Nong Yan Jue and gave it to Xiao Yan to study.
• Xiao Yuan opened the final boxes, found a seventh-rank fire-attribute magic core and a Bamboo Slip labeled Tian Yao Kui, and regretted destroying Earth Demon Old Ghost.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan met Su Qian’s old friend Ye Zhong, who asked them to help the Ye Clan retain its place among the Dan Tower’s Five Great Clans. Xiao Yuan considered helping, but asked what reward Ye Zhong could offer, leaving the request unresolved.

• Xiao Yuan examined the Tian Yao Kui refining method, accepted the Bamboo Slip from Su Qian, and gathered rare herbs and Dou Skills from Demon Flame Valley’s storehouse.
• Xiao Yuan checked Xiao Yi Xian’s condition, then Xiao Yan told him that Su Qian wanted them both to come over.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan met Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan at Su Qian’s courtyard, where Ye Zhong explained that his clan needed to pass the Dan Tower’s assessment to retain its Elder Seat.
• Ye Zhong said the Ye Clan’s candidate needed to be a Seventh Grade Alchemist and place in the top three, and Xiao Yuan asked what reward the clan could offer for their help.

Xiao Yan agreed to help the Ye Clan regain its elders' seats in exchange for information about a Heavenly Flame, and Ye Zhong told him that the Three Thousand Burning Flame could be won through the Pill Gathering. Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan planned to travel to Central State in a week, while Ye Zhong's hopes of matching Ye Xinlan with either young man were discouraged by Su Qian.

• Xiao Yan asked Ye Zhong for information about Heavenly Flames instead of demanding one as payment for helping the Ye Clan.
• Ye Zhong revealed that Danta had sealed the ownerless Three Thousand Burning Flame and offered outsiders a chance to subdue it through the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help the Ye Clan regain its elders' seats in exchange for the information and decided to enter the Pill Gathering.
• Ye Zhong agreed to take Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan to Central State in a week, after they handled their remaining affairs.
• Ye Zhong considered bringing Ye Xinlan along in hopes she might attract one of the young men, but Su Qian warned him that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan already had formidable women around them.

Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion and took over as Misty Cloud Sect Leader, allowing Yun Yun to leave and reunite with Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan departed Jia Nan Academy for Central State with his companions, and another traveler was about to join them.

• Yun Yun received Xiao Yuan's message about his coming trip to Central State just as Nalan Yanran emerged from the Gate of Life and Death at the peak of the Dou Wang Stage.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran about the Misty Cloud Sect's troubles and passed the Sect Leader position to her.
• Yun Yun said farewell to Nalan Yanran and flew away to join Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yu a Storage Ring of resources and said goodbye to her before leaving the Inner Academy with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Ye Zhong, and Ye Xinlan on a Gryphon.
• Xiao Yuan's group flew toward Central State, and an approaching figure appeared as he told his companions that one more person would join them.

Xiao Yuan and his companions reached Tianya City to use its Space Wormhole to travel to Central State. After entering the city, they encountered an arrogant Red-Clothed Girl who rode her horse straight at them and demanded they move.

• Yun Yun arrived as Xiao Yuan was leaving and learned that he had become a Dou Zong; Xiao Yuan introduced her to Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan.
• Xiao Yuan's group traveled toward Tianya City while Ye Zhong explained how Space Wormholes worked and described Central State's major human factions and powerful Magical Beast clans.
• Xinlan spotted the Tianqing Mountain Range, and the group approached Tianya City, where a Luo Clan elder stopped them for flying into restricted airspace.
• Xiao Yuan asked the elder where the Space Wormhole was, landed the Gryphon outside the city, and sent it away after feeding it a medicinal pill.
• Xiao Yuan's group entered the bustling city and headed toward its center, where a Red-Clothed Girl charged down the street on a horse and ordered them out of her way.

Xiao Yuan and his companions clashed with Luo Xiaotian after she attacked them, and the confrontation drew the Luo Family Old Ancestor and his forces. After seeing the power of Xiao Yuan’s group, Luo Cheng apologized, but Xiao Yuan seized Luo Xiaotian and demanded compensation.

• Xiao Yuan caught Luo Xiaotian’s whip and pulled her from her horse, then warned her and the two Luo Family elders who came to confront him.
• Xiao Yi Xian slapped Luo Xiaotian, and Yun Yun wounded the elders when they charged at her.
• Luo Xiaotian crushed her Heartblood Jade Pendant, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to slap her again before Luo Cheng arrived.
• More than ten Luo Family experts gathered, but Ye Zhong and Xiao Yuan revealed Dou Zong-class auras alongside the group’s Dou Huang auras.
• Luo Cheng apologized for Luo Xiaotian, but Xiao Yuan grabbed her by the neck and demanded payment for the insult to his dignity.

Xiao Yuan accepted a Sixth Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and a space ship from the Luo Family Old Ancestor before leading his group through the Space Wormhole toward Central State. Near the end of their ten-day journey, a Space Storm blocked the channel, and Xiao Yuan went forward to confront it.

• The Luo Family Old Ancestor apologized to Xiao Yuan with a Sixth Rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core and a space ship, and Xiao Yuan warned him to discipline the young Luo family member.
• Xiao Yuan and his companions entered the Space Wormhole, where Ye Zhong brought out his Level Seven Glazed Space Ship and explained how it worked.
• Xiao Yuan piloted the ship through the Space Channel for ten days while he and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to wait for a Seventh Rank magic core before using the Poison Pill Method.
• The Space Channel's walls weakened, and Ye Zhong warned that the damage could cause a Space Storm that might drag them into the void.
• A Space Storm appeared ahead and threatened to overwhelm the ship, so Xiao Yuan told Ye Zhong to leave the vessel to him and moved to confront the storm.

Xiao Yuan was separated from Xiao Yan’s group by a Space Storm and stranded injured in a remote desert after surviving a perilous fall through space. Medusa found him while he was weak, demanded that he make a Spirit Fusion Pill, and carried him away after their tense, flirtatious exchange.

• Xiao Yuan boosted his strength and tore open the Space Storm so the Space Ship could reach the wormhole exit, but another storm swept him out of the channel.
• Xiao Yan and the others arrived safely in Central State, and Yao Lao reassured Xiao Yan that Xiao Yuan was likely alive after Xiao Yan checked their Soul Spark.
• Xiao Yuan crashed into a desert, recovered a little Dou Qi, and took a healing pill while Heavenly Flame Venerable fell silent to recover.
• Medusa appeared, restrained Xiao Yuan, and asked him to refine a Spirit Fusion Pill to suppress the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s influence.
• Xiao Yuan told Medusa that the Snake-People Tribe was being supported and challenged her with flirtation and a threat to its safety.
• Medusa killed a nearby Yellow Sand Demon Scorpion, scared off approaching magical beasts, and carried Xiao Yuan away with Space Power.

Medusa and the injured Xiao Yuan crossed the desert, where Xiao Yuan killed Demon Snake Xia Mang before collapsing from his injuries. After recovering, they reached Tianbei City, where Hong Chen threatened the Han Clan and demanded that Han Yue and Han Xue marry him.

• Medusa guided Xiao Yuan through the desert while keeping his douqi sealed, and they entered Ten Thousand Snakes Gorge.
• Demon Snake Xia Mang mistook Xiao Yuan for a woman and threatened to take him and Medusa as bandit wives, so Xiao Yuan beat him to death and then lost consciousness.
• Medusa treated Xiao Yuan and continued their journey; after his injuries healed, they arrived in Tianbei City disguised in black robes.
• Xiao Yuan went out to gather information while Hong Chen confronted the Han Clan over its refusal to accept his marriage demands.
• Hong Chen revealed that he was a candidate inner pavilion disciple of the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion and demanded that Han Xue marry him as well as Han Yue.

Xiao Yuan arrived at the Han Family manor and confronted Hong Chen, who was trying to force Han Yue into marriage. After Hong Chen attacked him, Xiao Yuan easily overpowered him and proposed destroying the Hong Clan as a betrothal gift, leaving the gathered families stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yuan reached the Han Family manor and learned that Hong Chen was pressuring Han Yue to marry him.
• Han Yue warmly welcomed Xiao Yuan, teased him about marrying her, and revealed her affection for him in front of both families.
• Hong Chen attacked Xiao Yuan in a jealous rage, but Xiao Yuan caught his fist and hurled him into a courtyard wall.
• Xiao Yuan asked Han Yue whether destroying the Hong Clan would make a suitable betrothal gift, and she agreed to marry him if he could do it.
• Hong Chen used lightning attacks and the Wind and Thunder Claw against Xiao Yuan, who dodged and blocked his strikes before punching him into the wall again.

Xiao Yuan defeated Hong Chen and the Hong Clan members who attacked the Han Clan, then revealed his Dou Zong strength to reassure Han Chi and Han Yue. He flew toward the Hong Clan Manor, declaring that he would destroy the clan and give its assets to the Han Clan as a betrothal gift.

• Hong Chen used Thunder God Descent and the Hao Thunder Hammer, but Xiao Yuan overpowered him and killed him with the hammer.
• Xiao Yuan activated the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations, killed a Hong Clan elder, and wiped out the Hong Clan members at the Han Clan entrance.
• Xiao Yuan reassured Han Yue and Han Chi that he would deal with the Hong Clan, then demonstrated his space power and claimed he was a Dou Zong expert.
• Xiao Yuan flew toward the Hong Family Manor while Han Chi and the Han Clan followed, and he announced that he would destroy the Hong Clan and give its foundation to the Han Clan.

Xiao Yuan destroyed the Hong family’s airborne experts after they attacked him, then faced Shen Yun of the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion over his use of Three Thousand Lightning Movement. He refused to submit and challenged Shen Yun, while Han Chi resolved that the Han Clan would not abandon him.

• Hong Li attacked Xiao Yuan, who used secret techniques to reach Dou Zong strength and burned Hong Li to ashes with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yuan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to kill the Hong family’s remaining flying experts, prompting Shen Yun to recognize the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s secret art.
• Han Chi and Han Yue arrived, and Shen Yun demanded that Xiao Yuan explain how he obtained Three Thousand Lightning Movement or face death.
• Xiao Yuan said he had acquired the technique at an auction and refused to prove his innocence, while Shen Yun threatened the Han Clan and offered Xiao Yuan two choices.
• Han Chi promised the Han Clan would not stand by and watch Xiao Yuan be harmed, and Xiao Yuan refused to go with Shen Yun and declared him unqualified to cripple him.

Xiao Yuan fought Shen Yun and killed him after overpowering the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion elder with his strength, Space Power, and demon lightning spear. When Hong Tianxiao attacked him, Medusa arrived to protect Xiao Yuan and challenged Hong Tianxiao, while Han Yue acknowledged her feelings for Xiao Yuan.

• Shen Yun attacked Xiao Yuan, but Xiao Yuan’s punch forced him back and revealed his formidable strength.
• Xiao Yuan trapped Shen Yun with a Space Cage and pierced his heart with the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear, killing him.
• Hong Tianxiao charged at Xiao Yuan in a sneak attack, but Medusa appeared and forced him back.
• Medusa declared that anyone who tried to kill Xiao Yuan would die by her hand, then attacked Hong Tianxiao.
• Han Yue accepted that Xiao Yuan had other women and decided she would rather become his lesser wife than marry Hong Chen.
• Xiao Yuan left Medusa to face Hong Tianxiao and went to loot Shen Yun’s corpse.

Xiao Yuan captured Shen Yun’s escaping soul and helped Medusa kill Hong Tianxiao, leaving the Han Clan to face retaliation from the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. He stayed with the Han Clan to protect it, while Han Yue confessed her feelings and trusted him to face the coming threat.

• Xiao Yuan seized Shen Yun’s soul with Soul Strength, burned it with his flames, and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Medusa killed Hong Tianxiao after Xiao Yuan struck him with a silent sword technique and ignited flames on his chest.
• Medusa left angrily after telling Xiao Yuan to find his senior sister, and Xiao Yuan recovered with Han Yue’s help.
• Han Chi approved of Xiao Yuan and gave Han Yue a Storage Ring with herbs and the clan head’s token, while he and Han Tian planned for the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s retaliation.
• As Xiao Yuan and Han Yue flew back, she thanked him for saving her, admitted she had fallen for him at first sight, and trusted him despite the danger to the Han Clan.
• Xiao Yuan decided to stay with the Han Clan and wait for the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, while asking Han Yue about the route to the Pill Domain.

Xiao Yuan refined Shen Yun’s corpse, soul, and magic core into a Di Yao Kui puppet and bound it to his Soul Seal. The Wind and Thunder North Pavilion began investigating Shen Yun’s death, while Xiao Yuan planned to use the puppet against them.

• At the North Thunder Tower, the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion’s leader learned that Shen Yun’s Soul Thunder Tablet had shattered and sent Elders Wind, Thunder, and Lightning to investigate.
• Xiao Yuan decided to awaken Heavenly Flame Venerable and prepare for Fei Tian, postponing his plans to marry Han Yue until he dealt with the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan used Shen Yun’s corpse, magic core, and refined soul to begin making a Tian Yao Kui, while separately tempering strange metals into liquid.
• After seven days of refinement, Xiao Yuan seized the moment when the body, soul, and magic core were compatible and coated the puppet with the molten metal.
• The puppet reached the Di Yao Kui grade, gained strength comparable to a Four Star Dou Zong, and knelt to Xiao Yuan after he branded it with his Soul Seal.
• Xiao Yuan considered using the puppet, which resembled Shen Yun, to provoke the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.

Han Yue and Han Xue reunited with Xiao Yuan, who gave Han Xue a Dou Ling Pill and learned how deeply she cared for her sister. Just as Xiao Yuan and Han Yue were about to kiss, the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion arrived in force, leaving Xiao Yuan angry and the Han Family facing a dangerous confrontation.

• Han Yue reminisced about Xiao Yuan saving her and the Han Family before Han Xue teased her about being smitten with him.
• Xiao Yuan emerged from seclusion, met Han Xue, and gave her a Dou Ling Pill as a first-meeting gift.
• Han Xue kissed Xiao Yuan to thank him for saving the sisters, and Han Yue explained her younger sister had long wished to marry the same man as her.
• Han Yue kissed Xiao Yuan, but the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion's forces arrived over Tianbei City before they could kiss.
• Han Chi sensed the arrival of the Wind, Thunder, and Lightning Three Elders, and Xiao Yuan appeared beside him, angry that they had interrupted him and Han Yue.

Xiao Yuan faced the Wind and Thunder North Pavilion’s three elders in Tianbei City, using Heavenly Flame Venerable’s soul power to raise his strength and fighting their Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array. He secretly endured the elders’ lightning attack to cultivate two lightning techniques, and the chapter ended with the elders realizing the lightning fist was feeding power into him.

• Xiao Yuan sent Han Chi and the Han Clan away, then killed more than a dozen Wind and Thunder Pavilion Dou Wang experts with dark-gold Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yuan challenged the Wind, Thunder, and Lightning Three Elders, absorbed Heavenly Flame Venerable’s Soul Strength, and raised his power to near peak Seven Star Dou Zong.
• The three elders formed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array and attacked Xiao Yuan with lightning, while Xiao Yuan countered with a Soul Spiral Cannon and a fire wolf.
• Xiao Yuan told Heavenly Flame Venerable he planned to use the array’s heavenly lightning to cultivate Demon Lightning Body and Heavenly Lightning Movement, then let the elders’ Thunder God’s Wrath strike him.
• Xiao Yuan secretly guided the lightning into his body to temper his physique and cultivate Azure Lightning, while the Han sisters watched in fear as the lightning fist drove him into the ground.
• The three elders exhausted themselves and descended to inspect the crater, but discovered Xiao Yuan standing within the lightning fist and absorbing its remaining power.

Xiao Yuan absorbed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array’s lightning, awakened the Demon Lightning Body, and killed the Wind and Thunder Pavilion forces before returning to the Han Clan. As he began a breakthrough in seclusion, Cai Lin lifted his seal but left in frustration, uncertain why she should stay beside him.

• Xiao Yuan awakened the Demon Lightning Body, killed the three Wind and Thunder Pavilion elders, and slaughtered the pavilion’s remaining fighters in Tianbei City.
• Han Fei welcomed Xiao Yuan, and Han Yue and Han Xue accompanied him back to the courtyard while he prepared to break through.
• Xiao Yuan gave Han Yue an Imperial Zenith Pill and entered seclusion after sensing that his Dou Qi was ready to advance.
• Xiao Yuan persuaded Medusa to let Hai Lao help protect the Snake-People Tribe, called her Cai Lin, and she removed the Seven-Colored Snake Seal.
• Cai Lin fled after Xiao Yuan embraced her and asked why their relationship had to rely on threats, then Xiao Yuan began cultivating and considered his alchemy and other techniques.