Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao and Ya Fei reached an understanding as he recognized freedom as the true meaning of his Dao and she chose to serve him while pursuing her ambition to command wealth. As Grandpa Lu marveled at Xiao Yao’s progress, a mysterious seven-star sword icon began glowing in the Daoist Immortal System.

• Xiao Yao realized that following his true heart and seeking freedom clarified and strengthened his Dao heart.
• Ya Fei reflected on her family obligations and personal dreams, then pledged to obey Xiao Yao and become the Queen of Gold.
• Xiao Yao praised Ya Fei and declared that his maids and subordinates would rise to greatness.
• Grandpa Lu marveled at Xiao Yao’s rapid progress in Dao heart cultivation and wondered if he might inherit the Supreme Clarity True Inheritance.
• A sword icon engraved with the Northern Dipper’s seven stars began glowing in Xiao Yao’s Daoist Immortal System.

Taishang Laojun noticed that his disciple Xiao Yao had gained the Seven Star Sword’s recognition and praised his progress. On the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yao gave Ya Fei Law Comprehension Divine Tea to transform her body, and she went to cultivate after teasing him about sharing the cup.

• Taishang Laojun saw that Xiao Yao had improved and gained recognition from the Seven Star Sword.
• Kinkaku and Yin Jiao reacted in shock, then Laojun scolded them for neglecting the pill furnace and recalled their past theft of magical treasures.
• Xiao Yao gave Ya Fei the Law Comprehension Divine Tea and explained that it could cleanse her body and improve her aptitude.
• Ya Fei drank the tea, felt its effects, and lost her resentment about becoming Xiao Yao’s maid.
• Xiao Yao told Ya Fei to find a quiet room and cultivate, and she teased him about having shared the same cup before running off.

Xiao Yao planned to take the Falling Heart Flame and other Heavenly Flames for himself, while systematically removing Xiao Yan’s opportunities and motivations to grow. He intended to go to Jia Nan Academy next, confident that his scheme would keep Xiao Yan from advancing as quickly as in the original plot.

• Ya Fei hurried into a quiet room to bathe and attempt another breakthrough, while Xiao Yao drank tea brewed from Enlightenment Ancient Tree leaves.
• Xiao Yao decided to pursue the Falling Heart Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy rather than intercept Xiao Yan’s next expected Heavenly Flame, and planned to claim Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame as well.
• Xiao Yao reviewed how he had already taken or altered many of Xiao Yan’s opportunities, including the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map, the Green Lotus Core Flame, and the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Yao planned to take the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva from the Nalan Family while helping Nalan Jie remove his Brand Poison, further limiting Xiao Yan’s resources.
• Xiao Yao resolved to monitor Xiao Yan with the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique and take his future opportunities as part of their Dao Competition.

Xiao Yao learned that Xiao Yan was pursuing the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and planned to use his cousin’s need for Heavenly Flames and a rare pill to seize it. While Xiao Yan traveled toward the Luo Yan Empire with Old Man Yao, Xiao Yao playfully teased Ya Fei after she finished bathing.

• Xiao Yao used the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique to discover that Xiao Yan had left the Jia Ma Empire and was heading toward the Luo Yan Empire for the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yao planned to take the flame from Xiao Yan later by offering the help needed to revive Old Man Yao.
• Xiao Yan traveled toward Black Mountain Fortress, hoping the Wind Fury Dragon Flame would help him catch up to Xiao Yao.
• Old Man Yao regretted not choosing Xiao Yao as his disciple and doubted Xiao Yan could ever match him.
• Ya Fei asked Xiao Yao to bring her clothes after her bath, and Xiao Yao jokingly reached for the translucent bathroom door as they laughed and teased each other.

While staying with the Xiao Family, Xiao Yao received the inheritance of the Seven Star Sword Art and realized he needed a powerful spirit sword to wield it. His search for the finest forging material pointed him toward Starfall Pavilion in the Central Continent.

• Xiao Yao spent his days cultivating, testing the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts on magical beasts, and helping Little Cai strengthen her soul and body.
• Xiao Yao used his Heavenly Mechanism Art to observe Xiao Yan, who had reached the Luo Yan Empire and was nearing clues about the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xiao Yao asked Grandpa Lu and Samadhi Fire Spirit for a powerful offensive technique, and they recommended the Seven Star Sword Art.
• Xiao Yao discovered that the sword art's icon in the system store had lit up because he had received its true-intent inheritance, then comprehended the art through a vision in his sea of consciousness.
• Xiao Yao realized he needed to forge a life-bound spirit sword from exceptional materials and deduced that he could find suitable materials at Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yao left the Xiao Family and traveled through the Black Corner Region toward Jia Nan Academy, where he planned to obtain rare flames and a map fragment. After buying the fragment in Black Seal City, he faced Fan Ling, whose guard he killed with a casual gesture.

• Xiao Yao perfected the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, using the Samadhi True Fire to raise his strength from eight-star Dou Zong to the level of one-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yao left Ya Fei at the Xiao Family with pills to help her reach Dou Wang and set out for Jia Nan Academy through the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yao entered Black Seal City, burned a bandit who tried to ambush him, and went to the Eight Gates auction house.
• Xiao Yao paid one million gold coins for the third fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map.
• Fan Ling demanded Xiao Yao hand over the map fragment, and Xiao Yao killed Fan Ling's Dou Wang guard with a gesture.

Xiao Yao killed Fan Ling, destroyed the Blood Sect and its sect master Fan Lao, and earned 500 Merit Points. He then rescued injured Jia Nan Academy instructors and students from an underground prison beneath the sect.

• Xiao Yao burned Fan Ling to ashes after killing Elder Wu, then reassured the Black Seal Auction House steward that he would not harm the auction house.
• Xiao Yao used the Earth Overturning Seal to crush the Blood Sect estate, killing Fan Lao, its elders, and thousands of disciples.
• The Heavenly Dao rewarded Xiao Yao with 500 Merit Points, while Black Seal City's lord declared that Xiao Yao would rank first on the Strong Ranking.
• Xiao Yao sensed unusual auras beneath the Blood Sect, teleported to its underground prison, and brought out injured Jia Nan Academy instructors and students.

Xiao Yao rescued Instructor Ruo Lin and six Jia Nan Academy students by destroying the Blood Sect, then learned that a new Medicine Alliance had declared war on the academy. Ruo Lin revealed that the alliance was led by Han Feng after he announced his breakthrough to Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yao found Ruo Lin and six wounded students after the Blood Sect had imprisoned them and killed their Dou Wang-level instructor.
• Hu Jia cursed the Blood Sect and threatened its survivors, so Xiao Yao sealed her mouth with an invisible force.
• Ruo Lin and the students realized Xiao Yao had destroyed the Blood Sect and thanked him for saving their lives.
• Xiao Yao asked Ruo Lin why the Blood Sect had attacked Jia Nan Academy despite its past balance of power with the Black Corner Region.
• Ruo Lin explained that Han Feng had announced his breakthrough to Dou Zong, united more than half the region's evil factions into the Medicine Alliance, and declared war on Jia Nan Academy ten days earlier.

Xiao Yao learned that Han Feng’s Medicine Alliance had attacked Jia Nan Academy with Soul Hall’s support, and he investigated the forces behind the assault. He left Instructor Ruo Lin and the injured students with healing pills while realizing that Soul Hall was slowly wearing down the academy because it feared the powerful figures protecting it.

• Xiao Yao used the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique to trace Han Feng and confirmed that Han Feng still had the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yao gave healing pills to Instructor Ruo Lin and the injured Jia Nan Academy students, while deliberately withholding one from Hu Jia.
• Instructor Ruo Lin told Xiao Yao that mysterious attackers were draining the life force and souls of academy students and elders during the war.
• Xiao Yao sensed four powerful Soul Hall protectors near Feng City, including one approaching the Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Yao concluded that Soul Hall was cautiously weakening Jia Nan Academy because it knew powerful experts and the Lei Clan stood behind the academy.

Xiao Yao discovered that Han Feng had used the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill to survive a crisis and break through to Dou Zong, and resolved to kill him. He agreed to escort Instructor Ruo Lin’s group to Jia Nan Academy, where Hu Jia attacked him and was slapped flying; Xiao Yao waited at her landing spot.

• Xiao Yao used the Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique to learn that Han Feng had swallowed the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and reached Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yao searched the Black Seal Auction House vault, found the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll, and dismissed it as inferior to his own movement technique.
• Xiao Yao decided to kill Han Feng and offered to escort Instructor Ruo Lin’s group to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Jia struggled against Xiao Yao’s seal, then leaped at him in protest as the group prepared to leave.
• Xiao Yao slapped Hu Jia away, teleported to where she was about to land, and waited there with his arm drawn back.

Xiao Yao punished Hu Jia for causing trouble by slapping her 128 times, then headed with Instructor Ruo Lin and the others toward Jia Nan Academy. At Peace Town, they found the academy besieged by Black Corner Region forces and Soul Hall figures harvesting the fallen.

• Xiao Yao repeatedly slapped Hu Jia in midair, keeping her conscious with immortal power until she was left terrified and badly injured.
• Instructor Ruo Lin healed Hu Jia slightly, and Xiao Yao lifted her and the others with Dou Qi before flying toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yao and the others arrived at Peace Town and saw Jia Nan Academy instructors’ and students’ bodies hanging from the Death Spirit Tree.
• They saw Jia Nan Academy protected by its highest-level defensive formation while Black Corner Region factions attacked from outside.
• Xiao Yao recognized black-robed figures harvesting the souls of the dead as members of Soul Hall.

Xiao Yao arrived at Jia Nan Academy as Liu Qing was being tortured by a Magic Flame Valley elder. When the elder prepared to continue, Xiao Yao appeared above him and pierced him with a golden beam.

• Xiao Yao and Instructor Ruo Lin encountered Magic Flame Valley members blocking their path to Jia Nan Academy, with their leader holding the wounded Liu Qing captive.
• The Magic Flame Valley elder tortured Liu Qing in front of the academy, while Instructor Ruo Lin pleaded with Xiao Yao to save the students.
• Liu Fei tried to rush out to save her cousin, and Lin Yan urged Lin Xiuya to join him, but an elder restrained Lin Xiuya and warned of an ambush.
• As the Magic Flame Valley elder prepared to torture Liu Qing again, the battlefield suddenly froze and everyone saw Xiao Yao appear above him.
• Xiao Yao pointed at the elder and pierced him from head to toe with a golden beam.

Xiao Yao appeared on the battlefield and killed a Magic Flame Valley Dou Emperor elder with one finger, saving Liu Qing and turning the fight in Jia Nan Academy’s favor. He told Hu Gan that he had intervened because members of the Xiao Family studied at the academy.

• Xiao Yao pierced and split the Magic Flame Valley Dou Emperor elder, making the enemy forces panic and retreat.
• Instructor Ruo Lin treated Liu Qing, while Jia Nan Academy opened its formation and sent elders and students to help him.
• Liu Qing and Liu Fei thanked Xiao Yao, and Xiao Yao gave Liu Qing a high-quality healing pill.
• Hu Gan arrived and thanked Xiao Yao, who explained that he had come because the Xiao Family had ties to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Gan recognized the Xiao Family’s connection to the academy.

Xiao Yao faced the Medicine Alliance and its Black Corner Region allies after the Blood Sect’s destruction, while Jia Nan Academy’s rescued students revealed his strength. He unleashed the Green Lotus Core Flame against the enemy army, ending with a deadly Meteor Fire Rain descending on them.

• The rescued students told Hu Gan and the elders that Xiao Yao had destroyed the Blood Sect and saved them.
• Five Dou Emperor powerhouses, the Golden Silver Elders, and two Soul Hall Protectors appeared with the Medicine Alliance to confront Xiao Yao and Jia Nan Academy.
• A black-robed alchemist urged Xiao Yao to join Han Feng, but Xiao Yao rejected the offer and condemned Han Feng.
• The Golden Silver Elders threatened Jia Nan Academy and demanded that it hand over the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yao burned one Dou Emperor to ash with the Green Lotus Core Flame, then formed a flame lotus that released Meteor Fire Rain over the Black Corner Region forces.

Xiao Yao used the Green Lotus Core Flame to destroy the Medicine Alliance and its powerful fighters. The Soul Hall Protectors then emerged from hiding and plotted to capture him.

• The fleeing Dou Emperor experts and Medicine Alliance thugs were pursued by Xiao Yao's azure flame petals.
• The Golden Silver Elders and three other Dou Emperor experts died when their attacks failed to stop the petals.
• The Valley Master of Demonic Flame Valley burned his life force to resist, but a second petal reduced him to ash; a blood-escaping Dou Emperor was also caught and killed.
• Xiao Yao's flames silently erased the Medicine Alliance members, while Great Elder Su Qian, Hu Gan, Ruo Lin, and Jia Nan Academy's teachers and students watched in shock.
• Three Soul Hall Protectors revealed themselves in the sky as another approached under cover, and they discussed using the Soul Lock Chain to capture Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao overwhelmed the Soul Hall Protectors at Jia Nan Academy, killing several and capturing Kui Protector. Han Yue watched and hoped his strength could protect her from the Hong Clan and the Wind Lightning North Pavilion, while Xiao Yao ordered Kui Protector to summon every Soul Hall member he could, including the Ninth Heavenly Venerate.

• Xiao Yao used his movement technique to ambush Iron Protector, shattered his soul shield, and killed him with a palm strike.
• Xiao Yao killed another Protector with his sword intent and caught and blasted apart a third as he fled.
• Kui Protector attacked with soul chains, but Xiao Yao destroyed them with the Sea Turning Seal and captured him using azure flames.
• Han Yue watched Xiao Yao defeat the Protectors and wished someone of his strength would help her resist the Hong Clan and the Wind Lightning North Pavilion.
• Kui Protector begged for his life and offered to call Han Feng, but Xiao Yao told him to summon all the Soul Hall members he could, including the Ninth Heavenly Venerate.

Xiao Yao seized Kui Protector’s Soul Token, learned how it worked, and traced its connection back to the Soul Hall’s source. He discovered that the organization was built around the Nihility Devouring Flame, whose soul realm was approaching the Emperor Realm.

• Kui Protector revealed that his token was a Soul Token used for Soul Hall communications and merit, then Xiao Yao seized it and erased Kui Protector’s imprint.
• Xiao Yao discovered that Kui Protector had requested two Hall Masters to capture his soul, then killed him.
• Jia Nan Academy celebrated its rescue, while Vice Principal Hu Gan reported the battle and Great Elder Su Qian hurried to the Outer Academy.
• Xiao Yao used the Soul Token and Lesser Heavenly Secret Technique to trace the Soul Hall’s connections, overcoming its barriers with his Fiery Golden Eyes.
• Xiao Yao saw the Nihility Devouring Flame at the center of the Soul Hall’s source and recognized it as the second-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yao escaped Nihility Devouring Flame’s attempt to trace his soul by calling on Lu and Samadhi, then captured the enemy’s sub-flame. After Hun Tiandi discussed the mysterious power with Nihility Devouring Flame, Xiao Yao joined Jia Nan Academy’s leaders and accepted Su Qian’s invitation to the Inner Academy, intending to seek out the Falling Heart Flame.

• Nihility Devouring Flame detected Xiao Yao spying on him and sent a sub-flame to trace the soul power back to Xiao Yao’s body.
• Xiao Yao called on Lu and Samadhi, whose Emperor Realm soul power and Samadhi True Fire stopped the sub-flame and let him capture it.
• Hun Tiandi questioned Nihility Devouring Flame about the transcendent power and flame aura, then speculated that they were nearing the world of the ancient Dou Di.
• Xiao Yao met Hu Gan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei, while a silver-haired woman watched him from among the students.
• Su Qian arrived, sent Hu Gan and the academy’s experts to pursue the fleeing Medicine Alliance members, and invited Xiao Yao to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yao accepted Su Qian’s invitation and planned to look for the Falling Heart Flame.

Xiao Yao accompanied Great Elder Su Qian and the new students into Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where he discovered that Han Feng had infiltrated the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. He warned Su Qian just as an explosion tore the tower’s roof away.

• After Xiao Yao helped calm the battlefield, Su Qian invited him to the Inner Academy with the top fifty freshmen.
• During the journey, Han Yue admired Xiao Yao, while he considered ways to obtain Falling Heart Flame without breaking the academy’s seal.
• Su Qian showed Xiao Yao the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunt Competition after their group entered the hidden space.
• Xiao Yao sensed Han Feng’s presence inside the tower and warned Su Qian to summon the vice headmaster.
• An explosion erupted from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and blasted off its roof.

Han Feng attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the Falling Heart Flame, while Xiao Yao rescued the students and befriended Zi Yan. As Han Feng weakened the seal, he fed the Sea Heart Flame’s source flame to the Falling Heart Flame’s fire spirit.

• Han Feng blasted apart the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and attacked the seal imprisoning the Falling Heart Flame, while Xiao Yao caught the falling tower and students with a barrier.
• Xiao Yao caught Zi Yan as she was thrown from the tower, healed her, and won her friendship with medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yao stopped Zi Yan from charging at Han Feng and teleported toward the seal as the Falling Heart Flame’s fire spirit battered it from within.
• Han Feng threw the Sea Heart Flame’s source flame into the seal and urged the Falling Heart Flame’s fire spirit to devour it.