Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao used his new Carefree Seal to kill Iron Protector and Xie Bi Yan, then installed Xiao Yi Xian as ruler of the Chu Yun Empire and left to strengthen the Xiao Family. At the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave, he discovered Yun Yun bathing in a hot spring.

• Xiao Yao crushed Iron Protector and Xie Bi Yan with his Carefree Seal, erasing their bodies and souls.
• Xiao Yao placed golden soul marks on the Poison Sect's surviving experts and made Xiao Yi Xian their master, securing the Chu Yun Empire for her.
• Xiao Yao asked Grandpa Lu to give Xiao Yi Xian a protective mark, then bid her farewell and left the empire.
• Xiao Yao returned to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cave to check on the lioness and gather fire-element herbs, but sensed an unfamiliar Dou Emperor aura inside.
• Xiao Yao entered the cave and found Yun Yun rising from a hot spring after her bath.

Xiao Yao encountered Yun Yun bathing in a cave, then gathered rare herbs and refined pills while she recovered. After Yun Yun broke Xiao Yao’s seal on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, the beast awakened and a fierce battle loomed.

• Xiao Yao saw Yun Yun bathing, withdrew from the cave, and decided to help her become more assertive.
• Xiao Yao searched the volcanic region for rare herbs and killed the magical beasts guarding them.
• Xiao Yao returned to the cave and refined perfect Life Devouring Pills, Dou Spirit Pills, and Imperial Pills.
• Yun Yun finished meditating, then broke Xiao Yao’s seal on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King with her sword aura.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King awoke and released its savage aura as a battle was about to begin.

Yun Yun fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to obtain Purple Spirit Crystal for her disciple, but their battle left both badly injured. As the Lion King charged at her, Xiao Yao appeared and struck it away with a single palm.

• Yun Yun attacked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, while Xiao Yao watched from hiding and noticed that both fighters were holding back in different ways.
• Yun Yun offered three Fifth Grade Magic Cores for Associated Purple Crystal, but the Lion King demanded a seventh-grade Shaping Pill, so negotiations failed.
• Yun Yun and the Lion King fought from noon until sunset, then unleashed their strongest techniques against each other.
• The collision broke the Lion King's horn and severely injured Yun Yun, whose Dou Qi was also sealed by an eerie energy.
• The enraged Lion King charged at the helpless Yun Yun, but Xiao Yao appeared, caught her around the waist, and slapped the beast into the cavern wall.

Xiao Yao rescued Yun Yun, healed her injuries, and completed a lightning-attracting Sect-Breaking Pill while she recovered. He revealed that he was Xiao Yao of the Xiao Family, the young man who had defeated her disciple Nalan Yanran, leaving Yun Yun stunned.

• Xiao Yao knocked out the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and caught Yun Yun when her injuries overcame her.
• Xiao Yao used a Fifth Grade Muscle-Generating Bone-Beautifying Pill and his mana to heal Yun Yun's wounds.
• Xiao Yao refined the Sect-Breaking Pill as Yun Yun woke and witnessed Pill Lightning strike outside the cave.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as the Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect and thanked Xiao Yao for saving her.
• Xiao Yao told Yun Yun that he belonged to the Xiao Family and was the same Xiao Yao who had defeated Nalan Yanran with one punch.

Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yao was the true force behind the Xiao Family’s rise and that the Soul Hall had corrupted the Misty Cloud Sect’s elders. After Xiao Yao revealed his enmity with the Soul Hall, Yun Yun bowed and begged him to save her sect, offering him everything.

• Yun Yun realized Xiao Yao was truly a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old Dou Zong and apologized for the Misty Cloud Sect’s role in Xiao Yan’s broken engagement.
• Xiao Yao told Yun Yun that he had killed a Soul Hall Protector and that the Soul Hall had cultivated the Misty Cloud Sect as one of its pieces.
• Xiao Yao accused Yun Shan and the elders who had entered seclusion of being corrupted into Soul Hall puppets, and Yun Yun struggled to accept his warning.
• Xiao Yao overwhelmed Yun Yun with his aura and struck her forehead, jolting her into acknowledging the possibility that his warning was true.
• Yun Yun learned that Xiao Yao and the Soul Hall were mortal enemies, then bowed and begged him to save the Misty Cloud Sect, offering him everything.

Xiao Yao forced Yun Yun to confront the possibility that Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect had been corrupted by Soul Hall, and she resolved to take responsibility for saving the sect. He offered her two paths and then prepared to show her the truth firsthand.

• Xiao Yao challenged Yun Yun's pleas by arguing that the Misty Cloud Sect did not truly care for her and that Yun Shan meant to use her to win over Gu He.
• Yun Yun defended the sect as her home but admitted that Yun Shan's sudden breakthrough and the elders' rapid progress supported Xiao Yao's accusations.
• Yun Yun concluded that she needed a Dou Zong's help and recognized that Xiao Yao intended to assist her.
• Xiao Yao told Yun Yun she must become strong enough to cripple Yun Shan and purge the sect, or he would destroy the corrupted Misty Cloud Sect himself.
• Yun Yun vowed to restore the sect and offered to serve Xiao Yao for life if he helped her save it.
• Xiao Yao dismissed her promise as empty words and said he would take her to see the truth for herself.

Xiao Yao brought Yun Yun to the Misty Cloud Sect and revealed how deeply the sect had been corrupted by its members’ crimes and the Soul Hall. Yun Yun discovered that her master, Yun Shan, was bound by black soul chains, while Xiao Yao resolved to keep him alive and cripple him instead.

• Xiao Yao told Yun Yun that Mo Cheng had used the Misty Cloud Sect’s name to tyrannize Salt City, conduct forced human-modification experiments, and build a regional alliance.
• Xiao Yao found that the sect’s Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Array had been tampered with, leaving a hidden way to disable or control it.
• Yun Yun discovered that Yun Du, Yun Sha, and other elders had rapidly advanced to Peak Dou Wang with the help of Soul Hall energy that consumed their lifespan and soul origins and left them vulnerable to control.
• Xiao Yao and Yun Yun found Yun Shan restrained by black soul-power chains in a formation, wearing a strange expression of enjoyment.
• Xiao Yao stopped Yun Yun from attacking and promised not to kill Yun Shan, while privately deciding to cripple his cultivation as punishment.

Yun Yun confronted Yun Leng over Mo Cheng’s crimes and, after he tried to protect the steward, asserted her authority as Misty Cloud Sect leader and ordered an investigation. Xiao Yao approved of her resolve, but Grandpa Lu warned him that the Soul Hall was attacking the Xiao Family.

• Yun Yun gave Nalan Yanran a Purple Spirit Crystal and told her to apologize to Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family during the Three-Year Agreement while still giving the contest her all.
• Yun Yun ordered Yun Leng to send the enforcement team to arrest Mo Cheng, but Yun Leng defended him and dismissed the accusations.
• Yun Yun drew her sword on Yun Leng, then issued orders stripping Mo Cheng of his post, sending Yun Yi to apprehend him, and tasking Yun Lei with investigating the sect’s outside disciples.
• The elders present accepted Yun Yun’s commands, and Xiao Yao approved of her newfound resolve.
• Grandpa Lu warned Xiao Yao that the Soul Hall was attacking the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yao rushed to the Xiao Family after learning that Protector Wu and another Soul Hall Protector were attacking it. He arrived as the Heaven Annihilating Seal descended upon the attackers, leaving their fate to the next moment.

• Xiao Yao left Yun Yun and hurried through space toward the Xiao Family after Grandpa Lu identified Protector Wu among the attackers.
• Grandpa Lu assured Xiao Yao that his divine-sense barrier would protect the Xiao Family from the two Dou Zong Protectors.
• Protector Wu and the Soul Hall experts attacked the golden barrier while Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Family elders sheltered inside.
• The Xiao Family members spotted Xiao Yao's return as a massive golden seal appeared above the attackers.
• Xiao Yao invoked the Heaven Annihilating Seal and challenged the Soul Hall forces to die.

Xiao Yao used the Heaven Annihilating Seal to crush the Soul Hall forces, but Protector Wu sacrificed his own subordinates to hold out until a powerful arrival emerged from a spatial rift. The chapter ended with Xiao Yao sensing that the newcomer was a Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yao descended the Heaven Annihilating Seal, forcing Protector Wu and the Soul Hall experts to struggle beneath its pressure.
• Protector Wu secretly sent a signal for reinforcements, but Xiao Yao revealed that he had noticed and was waiting for the person who answered it.
• Protector Wu told his subordinates that an Elder Venerable was coming, giving them hope as they reinforced the barrier.
• Protector Wu and another Soul Hall Protector killed their own subordinates and fused their souls into the barrier to make it stronger.
• Grandpa Lu warned Xiao Yao that someone stronger was coming, and a pale hand opened a spatial rift as a Dou Zun's aura spread across the area.

Xiao Yao fought the Ninth Heavenly Venerate of the Soul Hall after the elder appeared to save Protector Wu. Xiao Yao forced the Ninth Heavenly Venerate to retreat, while the battle’s immense energy shook the Jia Ma Empire.

• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate arrived through a spatial rift and dismissed Protector Wu before attacking Xiao Yao with Black Soul Yuan Devour.
• Xiao Yao countered with the Heaven Annihilating Seal and Golden Flame Dragon Spear, and the two attacks canceled each other out.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate recognized Xiao Yao as a threat and unleashed the Earth tier high-level Soul Extinguishing Profound Blood Light.
• Xiao Yao fused the first four seals of the Imperial Seal Art into the Carefree Seal and broke through the Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s blood-red attack.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate narrowly dodged the Carefree Seal’s remaining force as the Xiao Family cheered and Jia Ma Empire’s experts watched from afar.

Xiao Yao fought Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s Two-Star Dou Zun avatar above Wutan City, adapting to spatial attacks and matching him with Immortal Family techniques. As the city’s barrier neared collapse, both fighters prepared their final attacks, with Xiao Yao unveiling a new seal.

• Grandpa Lu warned Xiao Yao about spatial fluctuations, helping him evade Ninth Heavenly Venerate’s attacks and learn to read the space around him.
• Xiao Yao matched Ninth Heavenly Venerate in combat with Heaven Burning Martial Arts and Eight Extremes Fist, shocking the Soul Hall venerate and thrilling the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yao mocked Ninth Heavenly Venerate, who lost his temper and unleashed increasingly fierce attacks that shattered space.
• Xiao Yao formed the Imperial Seal Art, prompting Ninth Heavenly Venerate to suspect that someone powerful was supporting him and to vow to kill him.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerate gathered his power for the Soul Burst Heavenly Star as Xiao Yao prepared the Carefree Seal, causing the energy across half the Jia Ma Empire to surge.

Xiao Yao unleashed his strongest Carefree Seal against Ninth Heavenly Venerate, and their attacks triggered a catastrophic explosion above the Jia Ma Empire. The chapter ended with the blast’s shockwaves splitting a distant mountain and shaking more than half the empire.

• Ninth Heavenly Venerate sensed Xiao Yao’s gathering energy and used Heaven and Earth Energy to strengthen his Soul Burst Heavenly Star.
• Xiao Yao poured his Immortal Family Mana and Spirit Realm soul power into the Carefree Seal, injuring his hands as he compressed it.
• Xiao Yao and Ninth Heavenly Venerate released their attacks, but the violet-gold Carefree Seal passed through the black energy sphere.
• Xiao Yao’s Carefree Seal detonated above the heavens, sending destructive shockwaves across the Jia Ma Empire.
• The shockwaves split a distant mountain in half and made more than half the Jia Ma Empire tremble.

Xiao Yao defeated the Soul Hall's Ninth Heavenly Venerate with the Carefree Seal, then used the Eight Trigrams Furnace to restore his strength. He destroyed the spatial passage the Ninth Heavenly Venerate opened, leaving the enemy's true body to threaten revenge from beyond it.

• Xiao Yao's Carefree Seal severely damaged the Ninth Heavenly Venerate, who recognized it as a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate ordered Protector Wu and another protector to attack the exhausted Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao summoned Grandpa Lu's Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• The furnace devoured Heaven and Earth Energy within a thousand miles and restored Xiao Yao to peak strength, astonishing the Soul Hall members.
• Protector Wu and the other protector tried to flee, but Xiao Yao's power had sealed the surrounding space.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate burned his avatar to open a spatial passage and tried to take Protector Wu through it, but Xiao Yao annihilated the passage with the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerate's true body threatened to take revenge, and Xiao Yao said he would be waiting.

Xiao Yao explained the Xiao Family’s ancient ties to the Eight Ancient Clans and revealed that the Soul Clan had targeted them for the Tou She Ancient God Jade. He took the jade, supplied the family with pills and cultivation resources, and vowed to deal with the Soul Hall while leading the Xiao Family back to greatness.

• Xiao Yao told Xiao Zhan and the three elders that their family had once been the mightiest of the Eight Ancient Clans, descended from Xiao Xuan, and had declined after the Soul Clan attacked it.
• Xiao Yao revealed that the men in black belonged to the Soul Hall and had come for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, which Xiao Zhan had inherited as patriarch.
• Xiao Yao said he could crush a Dou Zong and promised to handle the Soul Hall while the Xiao Family strengthened itself.
• Xiao Yao produced pills and cultivation scrolls for the family, and Xiao Zhan and the elders handed him the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yao refused to become family head, learned that Xiao Yan had left to gain experience, and urged the family to keep training under his master's protective barrier.

After leaving the Xiao Family, Xiao Yao discovered that the Tou She Ancient God Jade contained Heavenly Dao Merit, which he used to obtain the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique. The technique elevated his soul to the Heaven Realm and pointed him toward the Tagor Desert, where he expected to meet Queen Medusa and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yao told Grandpa Lu he planned to earn merit, raise his cultivation, and seek the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert.
• Grandpa Lu examined the Tou She Ancient God Jade and discovered it contained Heavenly Dao Merit left by Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Yao absorbed the merit from the jade, gained 1000 Merit Points, and exchanged them for the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique.
• Xiao Yao endured the technique's inheritance, broke through from the peak of the Spirit Realm to the Heaven Realm, and gained the ability to perceive threads of fate and karma.
• Xiao Yao divined that he needed a Tong Zhen Qi Ling Pill and realized it could awaken the bloodlines of Cai Lin and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yao set off at increased speed for the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Yao tracked down the Ancient Map Shop in Desert City and confronted Hai Bodong over a fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map. After Xiao Yao revealed that he knew Hai Bodong’s identity and history, Hai Bodong attacked him, and Xiao Yao answered with his Sky-Burning Martial Display.

• Xiao Yao arrived in Desert City and used his soul power to locate the Ancient Map Shop.
• Xiao Yao recognized the shopkeeper as Hai Bodong and demanded to buy the map fragment hanging on the wall.
• Hai Bodong questioned Xiao Yao and spread his icy Dou Qi through the shop.
• Xiao Yao taunted Hai Bodong by revealing his identity and mentioning Queen Medusa and his signature technique.
• Hai Bodong launched the Ice Thorn Blast Kill Formation at Xiao Yao, who activated the Sky-Burning Martial Display.

Xiao Yao overwhelmed Hai Bodong with golden flames, then learned that a curse from Queen Medusa had sealed Hai Bodong’s strength. After Hai Bodong offered a map fragment in exchange for a Calamity Breaking Pill, Xiao Yao began removing the seal himself.

• Xiao Yao melted Hai Bodong’s ice attack with golden flames and defeated his ice dragon and Mysterious Ice Mirror.
• Xiao Yao stopped his flame dragon before Hai Bodong and asked to talk, prompting Hai Bodong to admit defeat.
• Hai Bodong offered his map fragment in exchange for a sixth-grade Calamity Breaking Pill, explaining that Queen Medusa’s Serpent Seal Curse had sealed his strength.
• Xiao Yao approached Hai Bodong and used Eight-Nine Arcane Arts · Immobilization and Disaster Dispelling and Calamity Relief to begin breaking the seal.

Xiao Yao broke Hai Bodong’s seal, claimed the second map fragment, and ordered the Ice Emperor to join the Xiao Family’s service. He persuaded Hai Bodong to bring the Mittel Family along by offering rare pills.

• Xiao Yao shattered the Serpentine Sealing Curse, restoring Hai Bodong’s Peak Dou Emperor strength.
• Hai Bodong thanked Xiao Yao and gave him the map fragment, which Xiao Yao joined to his own and confirmed as genuine.
• Xiao Yao ordered Hai Bodong to become a guest elder of the Xiao Family and watch Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yao told Hai Bodong to bring the entire Mittel Family to serve him, offering an Imperial Pill and two Dou Spirit Pills.
• Hai Bodong accepted eagerly and took the jade bottles.

Xiao Yao persuaded Hai Bodong to join his side by promising him a Spirit Revival Purple Pill, then traveled to Stone Desert City. There, he found Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s Desert Iron Mercenary Group facing off against the Sand Mercenary Group.

• Xiao Yao told Hai Bodong that a Spirit Revival Purple Pill could restore his strength and help him surpass his former peak.
• Hai Bodong accepted Xiao Yao’s offer and committed himself and the Mittel Family to Xiao Yao’s side.
• After Xiao Yao left, Hai Bodong considered using Ya Fei to strengthen the Mittel Family’s ties with Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao used the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique to locate Stone Desert City and flew there.
• Xiao Yao recognized Xiao Ding leading the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while Xiao Li broke through to the Da Dou Shi realm nearby.
• The Desert Iron Mercenary Group faced an attack from the Sand Mercenary Group.