Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan’s struggle with the Plane Embryo ended with him trapped in its Five Elements Illusory World, where he lost his memories and awoke as a child on Qingyun Mountain. Tian Buyi and Su Ru took him in at Dazhu Peak, naming him Xiao Xuan and placing him in Daren’s care.

• The Plane Embryo trapped Xiao Xuan’s Primordial Spirit in the Five Elements Illusory World and began wearing it away.
• A middle-aged Daoist found an unconscious child with injured legs near a strange fruit tree and brought him to Dazhu Peak.
• The child woke with amnesia and recognized the names Dazhu Peak, Tian Buyi, and Su Ru, but remembered little else.
• Su Ru and Tian Buyi took the child in as a disciple, named him Xiao Xuan, and assigned Daren to care for him.
• Su Ru told Xiaofan and Ling'er to look after Xiao Xuan, who had eaten the tree’s fruits and received their medicinal benefits.

Tian Buyi formally accepted Xiao Xuan as his eighth disciple despite his congenital leg condition and memory loss, and Xiao Xuan asked to study at Dazhu Peak’s Scripture Depository. After three months, Tian Buyi found that Xiao Xuan had memorized most of its books, and promised to seek permission for him to access records at the other peaks.

• Tian Buyi brought Song Daren and Xiao Xuan to Tongtian Peak, where Daoxuan approved Xiao Xuan’s acceptance as a disciple of Dazhu Peak.
• Xiao Xuan thanked Tian Buyi for taking him in and requested permission to enter the Scripture Depository instead of wasting his time.
• Tian Buyi granted Xiao Xuan’s request, bought him a wheelchair, and had Song Daren teach him and Zhang Xiaofan the first level of Taiji Xuanqing Dao.
• Over three months, Xiao Xuan read extensively in the Scripture Depository and discovered that he never forgot what he read, while Zhang Xiaofan struggled to cultivate.
• After testing the boys’ progress, Tian Buyi learned how much Xiao Xuan had memorized and promised to ask the other peak heads for permission to let him study their records.

With Su Ru’s help, Xiao Xuan was welcomed to Xiaozhu Peak to study in its Library Pavilion. Shui Yue arranged a quiet place for him to stay, and Wen Min brought him to the pavilion, where they found an elderly woman reading at its entrance.

• Su Ru brought Xiao Xuan to Xiaozhu Peak after Shui Yue agreed to let him visit its Scripture Depository.
• Su Ru introduced Xiao Xuan to Wen Min and Lu Xueqi, who had been waiting for them.
• Shui Yue welcomed Xiao Xuan, granted him free access to Xiaozhu Peak’s Library Pavilion, and assigned him a secluded residence below Looking-Moon Terrace.
• Wen Min pushed Xiao Xuan toward the Library Pavilion and described its collection and history.
• Wen Min and Xiao Xuan arrived at the pavilion, where an elderly white-haired woman was reading a bamboo scroll.

Xiao Xuan spent years studying and cultivating on Dazhu Peak, eventually mastering Object Manipulation and finding a long-range attack technique. As the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament approached, Tian Buyi invited him to compete, but Xiao Xuan declined while remaining troubled by his lost memories and a persistent sense of danger.

• The old senior at the Library Pavilion welcomed Xiao Xuan and Shui Yue, and Wen Min brought Xiao Xuan to his new residence at Looking-Moon Terrace.
• Wen Min helped Xiao Xuan clean the bamboo house, and he began spending his days studying at the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Xuan met Lu Xueqi while reading and told her that he had cultivated the Taiji Xuanqing Dao without yet sensing results.
• Over the next several years, Xiao Xuan completed his studies, stabilized his meridians, cultivated Taiji Primordial Qi, and learned to manipulate objects with both Yuan Qi and his soul.
• Xiao Xuan searched the libraries of all seven peaks and found the Mystic Sound Art, which he called the Mysterious Sound Divine Technique.
• Tian Buyi asked Xiao Xuan whether he wanted to compete in the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, and Xiao Xuan declined.

Xiao Xuan stayed behind while Dazhu Peak competed in the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, then reunited with his returning family and identified Zhang Xiaofan’s strange weapon as Soul Eater. He argued that Zhang Xiaofan would control the weapon and asked Tian Buyi and Su Ru for permission to travel down the mountain, but they worried about his safety.

• Xiao Xuan refused to attend the tournament, played his Jade Flute alone, and considered traveling down the mountain after the others returned.
• Wen Min and the Xiaozhu Peak disciples noticed Xiao Xuan’s absence, while Tian Ling'er explained that he had stayed behind because of his condition and did not want to burden the others.
• Qi Hao won the Seven Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, Zeng Shushu took second place, and Zhang Xiaofan reached the top four before injuries ended his run.
• Xiao Xuan identified Zhang Xiaofan’s Fire Poker as Soul Eater and assured Tian Buyi and Su Ru that Zhang Xiaofan’s nature would keep the weapon from corrupting him.
• Xiao Xuan asked Tian Buyi and Su Ru to let him travel down the mountain, and they warned him that his limited combat ability made the journey dangerous.

Xiao Xuan left Qingyun Mountain, traveled through Heyang City, and journeyed for nearly a year to reach the Northern Plains. There, he watched a red-clad woman battle a pack of snow wolves.

• Xiao Xuan left Dazhu Peak after Tian Buyi advised him to pursue his own insights in the Taiji Xuanqing Dao.
• Xiao Xuan stopped at Shanhai Pavilion in Heyang City, where two women recognized him as a Qingyun Sect disciple in the Object Manipulation Realm.
• Xiao Xuan traveled for nearly a year from Heyang City to the Northern Plains and explored its frozen wilderness.
• Xiao Xuan reached a snow-covered valley and saw a red-clad woman fighting a pack of snow wolves with a purple blade.
• The red-clad woman formed hand seals and recalled the purple blade as the wolves charged her.

After meeting Jin Ping'er on the ice plain, Xiao Xuan continued his Life and Death trials alone and advanced rapidly through two years of cultivation. He discovered a Spirit Pool at the divine mountain, gained insight into Divine Soul cultivation, and decided to return to Qingyun, while his fellow disciples worried about his absence.

• Jin Ping'er joined Xiao Xuan after he gave her a Healing Pill, and they traveled together and shared a meal before parting.
• Xiao Xuan continued alone across the ice plain, enduring fierce beasts and deadly hazards as he tempered his body and improved his cultivation over roughly a year.
• Xiao Xuan reached the colossal divine mountain and found a Spirit Pool filled with potent spiritual liquid.
• Xiao Xuan heard a mysterious voice explain the Dao through water, entered a deep trance, and awakened after nearly exhausting the pool.
• Xiao Xuan realized he had begun tempering his Divine Soul and decided to return to Qingyun after more than two years away.
• On Dazhu Peak, a fellow disciple worried about Xiao Xuan's long absence and hoped to hear news of him during the coming trip to Liupo Mountain.

After returning to Shenzhou, Xiao Xuan set out for Liupo Mountain and killed a Demonic Cult fighter, taking his Mountain and River Fan. At Liupo Mountain, the Orthodox and Demonic factions battled as they tried to capture the Kui Ox, and Ghost King noticed Xiao Xuan watching from the mountainside.

• Xiao Xuan heard that the Orthodox sects planned to confront the Demonic Cult at Liupo Mountain and decided to go there.
• A sinister young man attacked Xiao Xuan, who killed him with his Jade Flute and took the Mountain and River Fan.
• Xiao Xuan arrived at Liupo Mountain and recognized the storm-wreathed beast as a Kui Ox.
• Zhang Xiaofan identified Wild Dog Daoist and Elder Nian as fighters from the Blood Refining Hall while the Orthodox and Demonic factions clashed.
• Ghost King trapped the Kui Ox beneath a red net suspended from a Great Cauldron, then sensed Xiao Xuan watching from the mountainside.

Xiao Xuan returned to the Orthodox Dao during the battle after years of deadly training, revealing cultivation that astonished both factions. After persuading the Qingyun members to let Ghost King proceed with his plan, he returned to Tongtian Peak, where Daoxuan asked him what the plan might be.

• Ghost King and the factions recognized Xiao Xuan, who appeared among the Orthodox Dao and reunited with his Qingyun companions.
• Xiao Xuan explained that years of repeated Life-and-Death training and his soul power had helped him advance to Shangqing while touching Taiqing.
• Xiao Xuan congratulated Ghost King on capturing the Kui Ox and argued that Qingyun should wait to thwart his plan rather than sacrifice people trying to stop him immediately.
• Xiao Xuan rebuked a Buddhist monk who accused him of collusion, then convinced the Orthodox Dao to withdraw while the Demonic Dao retreated.
• Xiao Xuan returned to Qingyun with the others, flying in his wheelchair, and Daoxuan praised his cultivation before asking what Ghost King planned to do.

Xiao Xuan entered the Huanyue Cave Abode for seclusion and emerged seven years later at Peak Shangqing, while the Righteous-Demonic War transformed Zhang Xiaofan’s path. After learning what had happened, Xiao Xuan warned Daoxuan about the Zhuxian Ancient Sword’s evil power and argued that Zhang Xiaofan might discover the secret of immortality.

• Xiao Xuan watched Zhang Xiaofan cultivate Qingyun, demonic, and Buddhist arts, then memorized mysterious characters that stirred his cultivation.
• With Daoxuan’s approval, Xiao Xuan entered the Huanyue Cave Abode and found an ancient method in his iron sword that shared an origin with Zhang Xiaofan’s discovery.
• During Xiao Xuan’s seven years in seclusion, Zhang Xiaofan exposed his multiple cultivation methods, the truth about Caomiao Village emerged, and the Demonic Cult’s invasion sparked a devastating war that led Zhang Xiaofan to join Ghost King.
• Xiao Xuan reached Peak Shangqing, refined the Mountain and River Fan into a Nine Heavens Divine Weapon, and emerged from the cave to find Lin Jingyu had reached Shangqing.
• Lin Jingyu told Xiao Xuan about the war and Zhang Xiaofan’s fate, and Daoxuan joined their conversation.
• Xiao Xuan gave Daoxuan, Lin Jingyu, and the old man an ancient scroll, urged Daoxuan to deal with the Zhuxian Evil Power, and argued that Zhang Xiaofan might uncover immortality.

Xiao Xuan gave Zhang Xiaofan the Nameless Ancient Scroll and urged him to cultivate until he could unravel Changsheng, then withdrew to study the Heavenly Book. Nearly twenty years later, the Beast Demons invaded Qingyun Mountain, and a red-clad youth appeared before the battle and halted their assault.

• Xiao Xuan admitted he was still searching for his forgotten identity and memories when he sensed an arrival at Qingyun.
• Xiao Xuan gave Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Buyi the Nameless Ancient Scroll, while Zhang Xiaofan shared several volumes of the Heavenly Book with them.
• Zhang Xiaofan left Dazhu Peak, and Xiao Xuan remained in seclusion to study the Heavenly Book.
• Daoxuan and the gathered sect leaders learned that the Beast Demons had reached Qingyun Mountain and prepared to defend Shenzhou.
• The Beast Demons overwhelmed Qingyun's defenses and attacked Tongtian Peak until a red-clad youth appeared, causing them to fall silent.

Xiao Xuan recovered his memories and confronted the Beast God, learning that the world around them was real but that he himself existed there only as an illusion of his true self. After the Beast God opened a rift and vanished, Xiao Xuan began to fade as he prepared to return.

• The Beast God effortlessly defeated and injured Daoxuan and the other Orthodox Dao experts, then attacked Taiji Cave while realizing Xiao Xuan was recovering his memories.
• Xiao Xuan emerged as a Primordial Spirit from the collapsed cave and explained that the Beast God had sought him because of their past conflict over the world's Source.
• Xiao Xuan and the Beast God argued over the sealed world, their roles in each other's growth, and their inability to destroy one another.
• The Beast God split the Void with a slash and disappeared through a vortex.
• Xiao Xuan told everyone that the world was real but he was illusory, then began to fade.

Xiao Xuan returned to the Jia Ma Empire and discovered that the Xiao Clan was filled with hidden reincarnated experts and gifted children. He arranged for Venerable Tianhuo to watch over his juniors while leaving Xiao Yan to endure hardship, and the chapter ended with a young Misty Cloud Sect disciple preparing to travel.

• Xiao Xuan regained his clarity in the Xiao Realm, escaped, and headed for the Jia Ma Empire.
• At the Xiao Clan assessment, ten-year-old Xiao Yan tested as a high-ranked one-star Dou Zhe and basked in the crowd’s praise.
• Xiao Xuan found dozens of hidden Dou Emperors and a Dou Zun in the Xiao Clan, then told Venerable Tianhuo to protect the juniors without interfering in their hardships.
• Xiao Xuan warned that Xiao Yan’s ring would bring him trouble and ordered Venerable Tianhuo to let Xiao Yan endure years of scorn to temper his character.
• At Misty Cloud Sect, a thirteen-year-old disciple reached one-star Da Dou Shi and decided to leave the mountain to travel, while a young girl admired him.

Long Xiao, Zi Yan, and other young cultivators made breakthroughs across the region, while Xiao Yan remained stuck at Fifth-Stage Dou Power and endured his clan’s mockery. After his cousin Xiao Ning passed the test as a One-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yan went to the Back Mountain and angrily questioned why he had been transmigrated into a life of failure.

• Long Xiao ended his seclusion, and Yun Yun urged her new young disciple to work hard after breaking through to Da Dou Shi at thirteen.
• At Jia Nan Academy, a young man and a young woman reflected on their goals and strength, while a frustrated boy admitted Zi Yan had beaten him despite his peak Dou Shi cultivation.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li arrived in Shi Mo City and decided to establish the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, with Xiao Li hiding his true Dou Ling strength from others.
• Xiao Yan tested at Fifth-Stage Dou Power and heard the Xiao Clan crowd mock his decline, while his cousin Xiao Ning privately encouraged him and considered attending Jia Nan Academy.
• After Xiao Ning passed the test as a One-Star Dou Zhe, Xiao Yan went alone to the Back Mountain, raged at the night sky, and despaired over losing his Dou Qi vortex.

Xiao Ning revealed his strength and urged Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan to value caution, then left to attend Jia Nan Academy. Elsewhere, a traveler crossing the Black Domain Plains noticed a group from the Misty Cloud Sect training in the Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Zhan comforted Xiao Yan over his vanishing Dou Qi and praised Xiao Wen’s rise to the peak of the Dou Ling realm.
• Xiao Ning arrived, revealed that he was a Da Dou Shi, and warned Xiao Yan that his former fame and arrogance could have put his life at risk.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yu was nearing the fourth-tier alchemist level and that he had secured a place at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Ning departed for Jia Nan Academy the next day, leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan stunned by the clan’s hidden talents.
• A figure crossed the Black Domain Plains at tremendous speed and observed a Misty Cloud Sect group training there, led by a noble woman in a purple robe.

Xiao Xuan rescued Yun Yun and her Misty Cloud Sect disciples from several sixth-tier magical beasts, then traveled to Shi Mo City and offered to help Qing Lin control her unusual condition. The next day, Qing Lin brought him to meet her young master, Xiao Yan.

• Several wolf kings attacked Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, but Xiao Xuan appeared and effortlessly sent the magical beasts flying.
• Xiao Xuan advised Yun Yun's disciples to improve their strength, then vanished before they learned his name.
• Xiao Xuan entered Shi Mo City in disguise, drawing the attention of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group's leaders.
• Xiao Xuan reassured Qing Lin, offered to help hide her scales, and gave her soul-origin energy and a cultivation technique.
• The next day, Qing Lin introduced Xiao Xuan to Xiao Yan, who had reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Xuan arranged for Qing Lin and the girl with the Woeful Poison Body to be placed under the care of a powerful expert from his faction. After revealing Xiao Li’s hidden strength and praising the brothers’ different talents, he sent Feng Yu to find the Woeful Poison Body and promised future rewards.

• Xiao Xuan took Qing Lin from Xiao Yan and said he would introduce her to a powerful master, while Xiao Yan’s ring soul warned him to respect the senior.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Xuan and Qing Lin to meet Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and Xiao Xuan revealed Xiao Li’s concealed Dou Wang strength and assessed the brothers’ talents.
• Xiao Xuan said he would introduce Qing Lin and the girl with the Woeful Poison Body to a powerful expert from his faction rather than take them as his own disciples.
• Feng Yu appeared through teleportation, agreed to care for the two girls, and heard Xiao Xuan promise him two future Dou Saint vice hall masters and mention a remnant soul in the Ancient Void Dragon Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan pointed Feng Yu to Xiao Yan to locate the girl with the Woeful Poison Body.

Feng Yu brought a young woman with the Woeful Poison Body to Xiao Yan and his brothers, then gifted the brothers the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body technique. Xiao Xuan revealed himself as the Xiao Clan’s ancestor, gave Xiao Yan and Yao Chen a powerful soul cultivation technique, and left to meet a girl Xiao Yan disliked.

• Feng Yu brought the young woman to Shi Mo City, where she learned that he would take her as his disciple and help her control her constitution.
• Feng Yu gave Xiao Yan and his brothers the Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body technique and invited them to visit the Eight Desolations Divine Realm.
• Yao Chen recognized Xiao Xuan and asked him about the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Xuan confirmed that the clan had several dozen Dou Emperors and a peak Dou Zun in hiding.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Yan against forcing women and gave him and Yao Chen the Nine Revolutions Soul Forging Technique.
• Xiao Xuan vanished to visit a girl Xiao Yan disliked, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen about the Xiao Clan’s origins.

Xiao Xuan watched Yun Yun train Nalan Yanran and offered to use her as a whetstone for Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement. He promised to help her reach Dou Zun and provide for her even if she could not keep pace with Xiao Yan.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan about powerful Central Plains factions, including the Eight Desolations Divine Hall, Soul Hall, Dan Tower, Sound Valley, and Fenyan Valley.
• On Misty Cloud Mountain, Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun about Jia Nan Academy's geniuses, and Yun Yun described the formidable Xiao Clan siblings Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, as well as Zi Yan.
• Xiao Xuan appeared on the rooftop, praised Yun Yun's progress, and encouraged Nalan Yanran to defeat Xiao Yan in their Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he was Xiao Yan's ancestor and confirmed that he wanted Nalan Yanran to serve as Xiao Yan's whetstone.
• Xiao Xuan offered to help Nalan Yanran reach Dou Zun and promised her a good future even if she could not keep up with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Xuan gave Nalan Yanran pills and a Tianque elder's badge for her and Yun Yun, then continued traveling while Xiao Yan prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy. In the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan confronted the Heavenly Tomb Soul and began extracting its Soul Origin.

• Nalan Yanran accepted Xiao Xuan's offer, received cultivation resources, and secured a Tianque elder's badge for herself and Yun Yun after the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City after surviving his challenge at the Misty Cloud Sect and planned to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Xuan appeared in the Heavenly Tomb and confronted the Heavenly Tomb Soul over its control of the space and its Energy Bodies.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul attacked Xiao Xuan with a soul storm, but he was unharmed and used strange flames to pull at its Soul Origin.