Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin explored Sound Valley’s treasure vault, selecting sound-wave combat skills and examining its rare medicinal ingredients. Xiao Ling discovered and opened a box containing the Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus, whose life-giving white flower and dangerous Black Lotus were still joined together.

• Ning Yu Xi welcomed Xiao Ling and Qing Lin into Sound Valley’s treasure vault and explained how its members used musical instruments as weapons.
• Qing Lin accepted Ning Yu Xi’s gift of the Frost Condensing Flute, which could enhance sound-wave attacks and calm the mind.
• Xiao Ling chose Heavenly Resonant Brahma Chant, while Qing Lin selected Ethereal Flute Illusionary Dream Melody; Xiao Ling also mastered the Mysterious Grade Cloud Controlling Heaven Transformation Art.
• Ning Yu Xi led them to the medicinal ingredients, where Xiao Ling recognized the rare Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus and learned that Sound Valley had kept it for centuries.
• Xiao Ling used Ning Yu Xi’s token to open the lotus’s protective barrier and reveal its joined white and Black Lotus flowers.

Xiao Ling acquired a Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus in Sound Valley, giving him hope of developing a pill to restore Little Diao's body, then departed with Qing Lin for the Alchemist Convention. Afterward, Chu Wanqing returned to Sound Valley and reproached Su Li for teasing Ning Yu Xi about Xiao Ling; Xiao Ling and Qing Lin continued their journey together.

• Little Diao recognized the Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus as a treasure that could help balance the Qi of Life and Death and restore its physical body, and Xiao Ling promised to study it for a revival pill.
• Ning Yu Xi let Xiao Ling take the lotus and showed him the medicinal ingredients stored in Sound Valley's Treasure Vault, where he collected several rare herbs.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin left Sound Valley with Su Li and Ning Yu Xi, and Xiao Ling invited them to attend the Danta Alchemist Convention, where he vowed to win the championship.
• After Xiao Ling departed, Su Li teased Ning Yu Xi about her possible feelings for him, and Ning Yu Xi admitted she would not object to a relationship if he pursued her.
• Chu Wanqing appeared, warned Su Li and Ning Yu Xi to end the conversation, and then vanished; Su Li and Ning Yu Xi hurried back to Sound Valley after realizing the Grand Elder had returned.
• Xiao Ling relaxed on Lie Kong Zuo's back as Qing Lin massaged his temples during their journey.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin planned to return to Starfall Pavilion before traveling to the Beast Region, while Zi Yan and Medusa set out for the pavilion to meet them. The chapter ended with a green-robed man appearing beside a stern old man at Starfall Pavilion’s training grounds.

• Xiao Ling told Qing Lin they would return to Starfall Pavilion first and visit the Beast Region after the Alchemist Convention.
• Zi Yan subdued a Blood Fiend Lion in the Sky Star Mountain Range, and Medusa arrived with news that Xiao Ling’s group would soon return to Starfall Pavilion.
• Zi Yan and Medusa boarded the Void Shattering Dragon Eagle and flew toward Starfall Pavilion.
• The chapter described Starfall Pavilion’s expanded Star Realm and its many disciples training in the grounds.
• A green-robed man appeared beside a stern old man watching the training disciples.

Xiao Ling and Qing Lin returned to Starfall Pavilion after their journey, and Xiao Ling told Yao Chen about his breakthroughs and asked him to help restore A Diao’s physical body. Yao Chen agreed to study the Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus and teach Xiao Ling alchemy, then told him that Zi Yan and Queen Medusa were waiting to see him.

• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin arrived at Starfall Pavilion on Void Dragon, where Wind Venerate introduced Xiao Ling to the elders and disciples.
• Feng Xian told Xiao Ling that two friends had come to Starfall Pavilion and were staying at his former residence.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin reunited with Yao Chen, and Xiao Ling described absorbing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, obtaining a child flame of the Nine Dragon Thunderclap Flame, and reaching Four-star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Ling asked Yao Chen to help devise a pill that could give A Diao a new body, and Yao Chen agreed to study the Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus and work with Xiao Ling on the recipe.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Ling that Zi Yan and Queen Medusa were waiting for him, so Xiao Ling and Qing Lin headed to their residence.

Xiao Ling returned to Ling Yue Peak and reunited with Zi Yan and Medusa, then brought them into Starfall Pavilion as Guest Elders. After agreeing to lead Mu Qing Luan to the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, he arranged rooms for them and went to rest.

• Zi Yan and Medusa visited Xiao Ling's Medicinal Garden, where Zi Yan ate Spirit Fruits until Xiao Ling and Qing Lin returned.
• Zi Yan joyfully charged into Xiao Ling's arms, and Xiao Ling greeted her warmly.
• Medusa reproached Xiao Ling for leaving her behind and demanded twenty Shaping Pills as compensation; Xiao Ling agreed.
• Xiao Ling toured Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and Medusa, introduced them to its Guest Elders, and arranged for them to become Guest Elders themselves.
• Feng Xian asked Xiao Ling to lead Mu Qing Luan to the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, and Zi Yan agreed on his behalf before Xiao Ling accepted.
• Xiao Ling arranged rooms and daily necessities for Zi Yan and Medusa, informed Qing Lin, and headed to his room to rest.

Xiao Ling used his three remaining extraction chances and obtained treasures that could strengthen Starfall Pavilion and help him pursue the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art. He learned about the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone’s progress and discovered that the Ancient Cushion contained the Heaven Earth Ancient Formation, while the Spirit speculated that artifacts from the Heaven Profound Continent might have crossed to the Dou Qi Continent through dimensional rifts.

• Xiao Ling extracted the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed, Taiqing Roaming Heaven Steps, and a remnant shadow left behind by Azure Dragon King Qing Zhi, and planned to use the seed and martial art for Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling considered asking Qing Zhi’s remnant shadow to teach him the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and thought the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone and Little Diao might help persuade him.
• Xiao Ling summoned the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone, which said it needed ninth-tier healing pills to recover fully and expected to complete the Pure Origin Treasure and Destiny Talisman in four or five months.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone showed Xiao Ling the unfinished Pure Origin Treasure and Destiny Talisman, explaining that the talisman carried copied imprints from four Ancestor Talismans and would be completed after all eight were copied.
• The Spirit of the Ancestor Stone identified Xiao Ling’s Ancient Cushion as containing the Heaven Earth Ancient Formation, and explained that it could fuse and decompose energies but had no artifact spirit.
• Little Diao examined the cushion and expressed envy at Xiao Ling’s good fortune, while the Spirit of the Ancestor Stone suggested that dimensional rifts might have brought Heaven Profound Continent artifacts to the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Ling broke the Ancient Cushion and, with the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone’s help, subdued the Heaven Earth Ancient Formation. He tested its ability to fuse Dou Qi and Soul Power and decompose objects, then returned the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone to the Ancestral Stone and collapsed onto his bed.

• Xiao Ling blasted the Ancient Cushion, releasing the Heaven Earth Ancient Formation, which entered his body and began consuming his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling followed the formation’s energy flow to its core, and the Ancestral Stone helped him suppress and master it.
• Xiao Ling summoned the formation and fused his Dou Qi with Soul Power into a powerful new energy.
• Xiao Ling used the formation’s decomposition force to destroy a jade bottle while leaving the Sixth-grade Pills inside unharmed.
• Little Diao recoiled when Xiao Ling jokingly aimed the decomposition beam at him, then retreated into the Bone Flame Ring.
• The Spirit of the Ancestral Stone returned to the Ancestral Stone, which Xiao Ling put into System Space before collapsing onto his bed.

Xiao Ling reunited with Medusa and Zi Yan at Starfall Pavilion and discussed their plans after the Alchemist Convention. He intended to prepare an Immortal Origin Ancient Seed for the pavilion and then enter the Sky Star Mountain Range, while Medusa and Zi Yan planned to accompany him on future travels.

• Xiao Ling watched Mu Qing Luan train from a mountaintop, and she spotted him and waved.
• Medusa told Xiao Ling she had advanced to the Eighth Rank and needed twenty Shaping Pills for the Snake People Race; she agreed to travel with him and Zi Yan rather than return home yet.
• Xiao Ling told Medusa he planned to visit the Beast Region with Zi Yan after the Alchemist Convention, then take Zi Yan to the Northwest Continent.
• Zi Yan appeared from the void and jumped into Xiao Ling's arms, then reluctantly agreed to go to the Beast Region with Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling said he would give the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed to Feng Xian and Yao Chen, then enter the Sky Star Mountain Range to investigate the Azure Dragon King's remnant shadow.
• Zi Yan demanded to go with Xiao Ling when she heard he was leaving, and he reassured her that his trip into the mountains would be brief.

Xiao Ling entrusted the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed to Yao Chen, then studied alchemy with him before releasing Qing Zhi’s remnant shadow in a secluded valley. After Xiao Ling claimed the two had become fated, Qing Zhi offered him a trial for the chance to inherit his legacy, and Xiao Ling eagerly accepted.

• Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen the Immortal Origin Ancient Seed, and Yao Chen stored it to cultivate until it matured.
• Yao Chen taught Xiao Ling alchemy and praised his progress refining Eighth-grade pills.
• Xiao Ling released Qing Zhi’s remnant shadow in a secluded valley, and its powerful lightning forced Xiao Ling to retreat.
• Qing Zhi demanded an explanation, and Xiao Ling claimed a spatial Dou Skill had accidentally drawn him from the Azure Dragon Hall.
• Qing Zhi explained that his remnant shadow had been seeking an inheritor and offered Xiao Ling a trial for his legacy.
• Xiao Ling accepted the trial confidently, boasting of his cultivation and strength among his peers.

Xiao Ling passed Qing Zhi’s test by using the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and Space Flame Slash to defeat his Azure Dragon attack. Qing Zhi accepted Xiao Ling as worthy of his legacy and began imparting the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.

• Qing Zhi unleashed a miniature Azure Dragon attack to test Xiao Ling’s strength.
• Xiao Ling raised his cultivation to Seven Star Dou Venerate with the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and attacked with Space Flame Slash.
• Xiao Ling’s flaming spear pierced the Azure Dragon phantom, but Qing Zhi transformed into a giant dragon and destroyed the weakened spear phantom.
• Qing Zhi praised Xiao Ling’s talent, declared him worthy of inheriting his legacy, and sent a beam of azure light toward him.

Xiao Ling received Qing Zhi’s Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and endured the Heavenly Dragon Qi until he reached its beginner stage and formed Azure Dragon Skin. After Qing Zhi’s remnant vanished, Xiao Ling reunited with Void Dragon and found the Eighth-order Blood Fiend Lion and Void Shattering Dragon Eagle waiting under its command.

• Xiao Ling accepted Qing Zhi’s inheritance, and the information gathered in his mind as the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.
• Qing Zhi sent Heavenly Dragon Qi into Xiao Ling, who endured its force, learned to guide it through his meridians, and formed Azure Dragon Skin.
• Xiao Ling tested his newly strengthened body, and Qing Zhi praised his talent and urged him to continue cultivating the art.
• Qing Zhi explained that his remnant came from another plane and that his main body would remember their meeting, then vanished after leaving Xiao Ling with a final exhortation.
• Xiao Ling left the valley and met Void Dragon, which confirmed that its forces had kept others away.
• The Eighth-order Blood Fiend Lion and Void Shattering Dragon Eagle arrived as Void Dragon’s subdued subordinates.

Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion after learning that Zi Yan and Medusa had beaten the Blood Fiend Lion and Void Shattering Dragon Eagle, and he compensated the beasts with medicinal ingredients. He cultivated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, grew closer to Medusa, and awaited the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly.

• The Blood Fiend Lion and Void Shattering Dragon Eagle told Xiao Ling that Zi Yan and Medusa had defeated them, and Xiao Ling gave them Eighth Rank medicinal ingredients to settle the matter.
• Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion, where the disciples greeted him and discussed his strength and his expected role in the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly.
• Zi Yan sensed dragon aura on Xiao Ling, and he explained that it came from cultivating the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art; Qing Lin and Medusa also learned about the technique.
• Xiao Ling accepted Zi Yan's Ring of empty pills and began refining pills for her and twenty Shaping Pills for Medusa.
• Over the following days, Xiao Ling advanced his alchemy and body cultivation, spent time with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Medusa, and grew closer to Medusa as the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly approached.

Xiao Yan and Lin Yan arrived at the Wind Thunder East Pavilion for the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, where Xiao Yan hoped to find his cousin Xiao Ling and gain the Starfall Pavilion’s support. As the assembly began, the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s leaders appeared, and Lin Yan warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall was far more dangerous than Ice River Valley.

• The chapter introduced the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly and described the Wind Thunder East Pavilion, where the event was being held.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Yan attended the assembly, and Xiao Yan wondered whether his cousin Xiao Ling would appear and hoped to connect with the Starfall Pavilion.
• Lin Yan praised Xiao Yan’s talent but noted that Xiao Yan’s travels had brought him trouble, including a deadly feud with Ice River Valley.
• A lightning strike announced the arrival of the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s leaders, including the formidable Thunder Venerate and the new Pavilion Master of the Wind Thunder North Pavilion.
• Lin Yan warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall had killed the former North Pavilion master and that Xiao Yan must never provoke the organization.

At the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, the other pavilion masters discussed Starfall Pavilion’s growing power before Void Dragon arrived with Xiao Ling and his companions. Xiao Ling appeared in place of Starfall Pavilion’s pavilion master, leaving the assembly stunned by his dramatic entrance.

• Lin Yan warned Xiao Yan that Soul Hall was powerful and urged him not to provoke it.
• Sword Venerate and Yellow Springs Venerate arrived, and Thunder Venerate boasted that Feng Qing’er could help humiliate Starfall Pavilion at the assembly.
• Thunderclouds gathered over Thunder Mountain, and Void Dragon emerged from a spatial passage, frightening the pavilion masters and crowd.
• Lin Yan and Xiao Yan recognized Void Dragon and anticipated that Xiao Ling had come with it.
• Thunder Venerate cautiously welcomed the dragon, and Xiao Ling explained that he had come because his pavilion master was in seclusion.
• Xiao Ling and four companions descended onto Void Dragon’s head, and the crowd recognized him as Starfall Pavilion’s renowned eighth-grade Alchemist.

Xiao Ling arrived at the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly and watched as the contestants gathered for the first round. After Feng Qing’er entered the arena, Zi Yan identified her as a Sky Demon Phoenix and proposed capturing her as a maid, a plan Xiao Ling approved.

• Xiao Ling arrived at Thunder Mountain with Mu Qing Luan, Zi Yan, Medusa, Qing Lin, and others, drawing attention as an Eighth-grade Alchemist and Dou Venerate.
• Thunder Venerate welcomed Xiao Ling, addressed the crowd, and announced a free-for-all round that would end when eight contestants remained.
• The fifty-three contestants entered the arena, including Tang Ying, Wang Chen, and Mu Qing Luan.
• Feng Qing’er arrived on a seven-colored giant crane, and Xiao Ling determined that she had only just entered the Dou Ancestor Realm.
• Zi Yan recognized Feng Qing’er as a Sky Demon Phoenix and suggested capturing her to serve as a maid; Xiao Ling agreed, and Zi Yan confidently claimed she could handle Feng Qing’er.

Xiao Ling watched the Four Directions Pavilion Grand Competition begin as Xiao Yan and Lin Yan fought their way through the first-round melee. With the field reduced to eleven contestants, Wang Chen attacked the pair, but Xiao Yan’s powerful flaming ruler strike forced him back.

• Little Diao and Xiao Ling discussed the decline of powerful clans, including the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan.
• Xiao Ling spotted Xiao Yan and Lin Yan among the contestants and judged that they could pass the first round but were unlikely to win the competition.
• The fifty-four contestants began a chaotic battle, and Feng Qing'er, Mu Qing Luan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen secured safe areas while Xiao Yan and Lin Yan fought together against their opponents.
• As only eleven contestants remained, Tang Ying attacked a Nine-Star Dou Emperor contestant while Wang Chen confronted Xiao Yan and Lin Yan, taunting them over their conflict with Ice River Valley.
• Wang Chen launched a black Dou Qi storm at Xiao Yan and Lin Yan, but Xiao Yan countered with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and sent Wang Chen retreating with burning palms.

Xiao Yan and Lin Yan faced Wang Chen at the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, where Lin Yan took over the fight to spare Xiao Yan’s strength for later rounds. Lin Yan and Wang Chen fought to a draw, but Wang Chen then used the Yellow Springs Blood Art and began a dangerous transformation.

• Xiao Yan’s Life Transformation Flame helped him gain the advantage over Wang Chen, while the spectators and Yellow Springs Venerate reacted with disbelief and anger.
• Wang Chen revealed strength approaching the Dou Zong Realm, and Lin Yan stepped forward to fight him alone so Tang Ying would not join the battle against both of them.
• Lin Yan and Wang Chen exchanged powerful attacks, damaging Silverwood Plaza and injuring each other before their clash ended in a draw.
• Xiao Ling, Sword Venerate, and Thunder Venerate praised Lin Yan’s ability, while Yellow Springs Venerate grew furious at Wang Chen’s failure to defeat him.
• Fearing punishment for losing, Wang Chen unleashed the Yellow Springs Blood Art, causing his aura to surge and his body to become drenched in blood as Tang Ying reacted in alarm.

Lin Yan conceded to Wang Chen, but Wang Chen ignored the Assembly’s rules and tried to kill him until Mu Qing Luan intervened and eliminated Wang Chen. Xiao Ling defended Mu Qing Luan against Yellow Springs Venerate, who eventually withdrew with Wang Chen, leaving the Assembly’s ranking battles to continue without Yellow Springs Pavilion.

• Tang Ying reflected on his temporary alliance with Wang Chen as Wang Chen unleashed the Yellow Springs Corpse Arm against the exhausted Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan conceded, but Wang Chen accelerated his attack, intending to kill him despite the Assembly’s rules.
• Mu Qing Luan blocked Wang Chen’s strike with Space Power, then knocked him off the platform after he insulted her.
• Mu Qing Luan explained to herself that she had intervened at her senior brother’s request, and Lin Yan left the platform after she ordered him to go.
• Yellow Springs Venerate confronted Xiao Ling over Mu Qing Luan’s actions, but Xiao Ling defended her and warned that Starfall Pavilion would not back down.
• Yellow Springs Venerate withdrew with the unconscious Wang Chen, ending Yellow Springs Pavilion’s participation in the Assembly.

Xiao Ling oversaw the Four Directions Pavilion competition after confronting Yellow Springs Venerate, and the remaining contenders advanced through the ring battles. Qing Luan defeated Xiao Yan and joined Feng Qing'er in the final, while Xiao Yan reunited with his cousin Xiao Ling.

• Xiao Ling apologized to Thunder Venerate for disrupting the competition, then privately promised that Yellow Springs Venerate would pay for provoking him.
• Thunder Venerate announced the second round, where Feng Qing'er, Tang Ying, Qing Luan, and Xiao Yan defeated their opponents and advanced.
• Xiao Ling drew the next matchups: Feng Qing'er faced Tang Ying, while Qing Luan faced Xiao Yan; Feng Qing'er quickly defeated Tang Ying.
• Qing Luan learned that Xiao Yan was Xiao Ling's cousin and playfully called him her junior brother before their match.
• Xiao Yan fought Qing Luan with many powerful techniques, but the three-star Dou Ancestor defeated him and advanced to the final against Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Ling after the match, and Xiao Ling praised his progress.

Xiao Ling warned Mu Qing Luan that Feng Qing'er was a Sky Demon Phoenix before their Four Directions Pavilion Grand Competition final began. Mu Qing Luan gained the upper hand with a countering secret art, and the chapter ended with Feng Qing'er swallowed by her tornado, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Xiao Ling warned Mu Qing Luan that Feng Qing'er’s Sky Demon Phoenix bloodline made her a dangerous opponent, and Mu Qing Luan vowed to fight for Starfall Pavilion.
• Thunder Venerate announced the final between Mu Qing Luan and Feng Qing'er, who exchanged taunts before beginning their duel.
• Mu Qing Luan attacked with her sword, while Feng Qing'er fought back with colorful silks charged with wind-and-lightning Dou Qi.
• Qing Lin asked Xiao Ling who would win, and Zi Yan revealed that she had given Mu Qing Luan a Dragon Seal and an Ancient Void Dragon Clan secret art effective against Sky Demon Phoenixes.
• Mu Qing Luan initially overwhelmed Feng Qing'er, who used the Wind Kill Finger; Mu Qing Luan countered with Azure Poor Against Wind Vortex and swallowed Feng Qing'er in the resulting tornado.