Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling agreed to take Yun Yun with him to the Central Plains, and Yun Yun returned to Misty Cloud Mountain to tell Yun Shan she would leave the sect and give up her position as leader. Later, Xiao Ling spent a peaceful afternoon with Medusa in the valley, speaking about their life together and their child.

• After Yao Chen urged him to consider Yun Yun's beauty and her request, Xiao Ling agreed to help her escape the marriage arranged with Gu He and take her to the Central Plains.
• Yun Yun thanked Xiao Ling and agreed to return to the Misty Cloud Sect while awaiting notice of his departure.
• Yun Shan confronted Yun Yun about visiting Xiao Ling, but she insisted she had already agreed to travel with him.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan she would take Yan Ran with her and return the sect leader position to him, then walked away.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa relaxed together on a swing in a valley, talking about the Snake People Race, their peaceful life, and their unborn child.

Xiao Ling prepared to leave the Snake People Race for the Central Plains, while Medusa stayed behind to care for their unborn child. At the departure point outside Jia Ma Holy City, Yun Yun and Ya Fei joined Xiao Ling’s group, and Xiao Ling agreed to bring Nalan Yanran before using his Spiritual Power to locate her.

• Medusa agreed to remain with the Snake People Race while Xiao Ling traveled to the Central Plains and arranged for Zi Yan to return to the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Ling and Medusa spent an intimate night together before their separation.
• On a mountaintop outside Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Ling comforted the upset Zi Yan as she prepared to leave for the Ancient Dragon Clan and absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Yun Yun and Ya Fei arrived to travel with Xiao Ling, and Yun Yun asked him to bring her disciple Nalan Yanran along.
• Xiao Ling agreed to take Nalan Yanran and spread his Spiritual Power across Jia Ma Imperial Capital to locate her.

Xiao Ling brought Nalan Yanran from the Nalan Family to join Yun Yun and the others, then led the group through a Space Passage to the Central Plains. After arriving at the Sky Star Mountain Range, he prepared to take them into the Starfall Pavilion’s hidden Star Realm.

• Xiao Ling used the Destiny Talisman to teleport Nalan Yanran away from her farewell with Nalan Jie and assured the Nalan Family that he would protect her.
• Nalan Yanran thanked Xiao Ling after reuniting with Yun Yun, and Xiao Ling opened a Space Passage to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ling and the six women arrived in the Sky Star Mountain Range, where he explained that the area was the Starfall Pavilion’s home.
• Xiao Ling asked Zi Yan whether she would return to Ancient Dragon Island, and she decided to rest at the Starfall Pavilion before sending for a pickup.
• Xiao Ling opened a Space Gate to the Star Realm, and Xiao Yi Xian explained the hidden headquarters to the astonished Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei.

Xiao Ling brought Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei through the Space Gate to Starfall Pavilion, where they toured the Star Realm and settled at Ling Yue Peak. They reunited with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qing Luan, who had been sparring, while Xiao Yi Xian headed to the Medicinal Garden.

• Xiao Ling led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei through the Space Gate into the Star Realm.
• Kui Wenhao and the patrol disciples greeted Xiao Ling respectfully, then resumed their duties after he dismissed them.
• Xiao Ling led the group through Starfall Pavilion, where Qing Lin introduced its buildings, and brought them to his residence on Ling Yue Peak.
• Xiao Yi Xian left for the Medicinal Garden while Feng Qing'er and Mu Qing Luan were sparring in the courtyard.
• Mu Qing Luan and Feng Qing'er stopped fighting and greeted Xiao Ling; Mu Qing Luan clung to his arm, and Xiao Ling praised Feng Qing'er's cultivation.

Xiao Ling brought Yun Yun and her companions into Starfall Pavilion, where Mu Qing Luan helped them settle in, while Feng Qing'er remained on Ling Yue Peak. That night, after sharing an intimate moment with Feng Qing'er, Xiao Ling asked whether she resented being kept out of public view, and she hurriedly denied it.

• Mu Qing Luan playfully kissed Xiao Ling and asked him to praise her cultivation, while Feng Qing'er concealed her irritation.
• Xiao Ling introduced Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and their companion as old acquaintances from the Northwest Continent, and Mu Qing Luan offered to show them around Starfall Pavilion.
• Mu Qing Luan arranged positions and a secluded residence for Yun Yun and the other two, and they settled into Starfall Pavilion by nightfall.
• Zi Yan went to the Medicinal Garden, Qing Lin went to care for her Snake Pets, and Feng Qing'er quietly followed Xiao Ling toward his pavilion.
• After an intimate moment with Feng Qing'er, Xiao Ling asked whether she resented being kept on Ling Yue Peak, and Feng Qing'er insisted she was grateful and content.
• A white oval stone in Xiao Ling's Niwan Palace faintly glowed as it sensed the emotional fluctuations.

Xiao Ling used the Lie-Detecting Stone to confirm Feng Qing'er had been truthful, then gave her the Ancient Phoenix Blood Crystal. After Zi Yan left for Ancient Dragon Island, Xiao Ling showed Yao Chen a profound Pill Recipe, which amazed him with its mastery of Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Ling confirmed Feng Qing'er's words with the Lie-Detecting Stone, apologized for his earlier suspicions, and promised her the Ancient Phoenix Blood Crystal.
• Feng Qing'er eagerly accepted the Ancient Phoenix Blood Crystal from Xiao Ling.
• Zi Yan said farewell to Xiao Ling and left for Ancient Dragon Island through a Space Passage opened by Zhu Li.
• Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen a Pill Recipe, and Yao Chen praised its alchemy techniques and detailed use of Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Ling prepared to refine the Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill, a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill whose effects could nurture a Pseudo Heavenly Flame seed. With Yao Chen standing guard, he began the demanding refinement using a cauldron formed from his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen that he had obtained the Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill recipe from Venerable Mu Gu's Ring after killing him in the Dan Realm.
• Xiao Ling declared that he would refine the pill as his breakthrough into Ninth-grade alchemy, and Yao Chen encouraged him while recognizing that Xiao Ling intended it for him.
• Day arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Ya Fei continued settling into their new roles.
• Xiao Ling confirmed that he had prepared all the ingredients and asked Yao Chen to stand guard while he refined the pill.
• Xiao Ling entered a focused state, formed a Medicine Cauldron from his Heavenly Flames, and summoned thousands of rare medicinal ingredients from his Portable Space.

Xiao Ling began refining the Ninth-grade Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill and used the Object-Condensing Alchemy Technique to bring it close to completion. Black Demon Lightning appeared above the valley, and Yao Chen judged that the pill refinement was no longer in danger.

• Xiao Ling began tempering the rare ingredients for the Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill with his Heavenly Flames and divided his Spiritual Power to control hundreds of ingredients at once.
• After more than three days, Xiao Ling rose and commanded the Fire Dragon inside the Medicine Cauldron to condense the pill, causing the cauldron to explode.
• Xiao Ling formed a vast Fire Dragon and used the Object-Condensing Alchemy Technique, impressing Yao Chen, who recognized the method Xiao Ling had learned from watching him.
• As Xiao Ling continued injecting Dou Qi and Soul Power into the fireball, profound black clouds gathered overhead.
• Yao Chen identified the phenomenon as Black Demon Lightning and said the pill refinement was no longer in danger.

Xiao Ling and Yao Chen weathered the Black Demon Lightning during the refinement of the Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill, and Xiao Ling’s Sky Demon Puppets grew stronger. Xiao Ling captured the completed pill and was congratulated by Yao Chen on becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

• Black Demon Lightning descended, and Xiao Ling sent three Sky Demon Puppets to meet it head-on.
• The clash shattered the surrounding space, but Xiao Ling used Space Power to contain the destruction until the storm subsided.
• The Black Demon Lightning strengthened the two weaker Sky Demon Puppets until they could contend with Half-Saints.
• The Fire Dragon exploded, and Xiao Ling caught the crimson pill that escaped from within it.
• Yao Chen congratulated Xiao Ling on completing the pill and becoming a genuine Ninth-grade Alchemist.

Xiao Ling gave Yao Chen a Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill to nurture a Pseudo Heavenly Flame, hoping to restore the alchemical support Yao Chen lost when he gave Xiao Ling the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Yao Chen successfully formed a powerful flame and began testing it by refining a pill.

• Xiao Ling thanked Yao Chen for guiding him to become a Ninth-grade Alchemist and offered him the Heavenly Fire Condensing Yuan Pill.
• Yao Chen accepted the pill, swallowed it, and cultivated as its blazing medicinal power gathered within him.
• After about half an hour, Yao Chen manifested a brilliant Pseudo Heavenly Flame that he judged remarkable and potentially no weaker than the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen took out the Black Demon Cauldron and used his new flame to refine a Sixth-grade pill while Xiao Ling watched.
• Yao Chen quickly refined a top-grade Emperor-tier Pill with the Pseudo Heavenly Flame.

After testing the Pseudo Heavenly Flame, Yao Chen and Xiao Ling returned from their secluded location, and Xiao Ling resumed his cultivation. Feng Qing'er told him the Flower Sect had chosen a new Sect Master and invited Starfall Pavilion to the inauguration, so Xiao Ling decided to attend and see Han Yue and Han Xue; the chapter ended with him and Feng Qing'er enjoying an intimate moment.

• Yao Chen tested the Pseudo Heavenly Flame, then he and Xiao Ling concealed their traces and left through a spatial gateway.
• Xiao Ling completed his daily cultivation and opened the Cultivation Room door for Feng Qing'er.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Ling that the Flower Sect had selected its next Sect Master and invited Starfall Pavilion to witness the inauguration.
• Xiao Ling decided to attend the ceremony, hoping to learn what had happened to Han Yue and Han Xue and to meet them again.
• Xiao Ling praised Feng Qing'er's cultivation progress, and she invited him to help her relax.

Xiao Ling prepared Feng Qing'er to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan as his informant, then discussed his upcoming visit to the Flower Sect with Yao Chen and Feng Xian. He decided to travel with Mu Qing Luan, while Feng Qing'er departed for her clan.

• Xiao Ling told Feng Qing'er to return to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, reassuring her that he was not sending her away and explaining how she could aid him by gathering information.
• Xiao Ling and Feng Qing'er rehearsed explanations for her transformation and prepared a hidden-storage necklace, a transmission array, and puppets to protect her.
• Feng Qing'er left Starfall Pavilion for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Ling watched her depart with mutual reluctance.
• Xiao Ling met Yao Chen and Feng Xian, who discussed the Flower Sect's succession ceremony and teased Yao Chen about his past connection to Qing Xianzi.
• Xiao Ling said he would attend the Flower Sect ceremony alone because Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were cultivating, but agreed to bring Mu Qing Luan after Feng Xian suggested she accompany him.

Xiao Ling left Yao Chen and Feng Xian to travel with Mu Qing Luan to the Flower Sect's succession ceremony, turning the journey into a leisurely trip as he taught her Dou Skills. They reached Hua Lin City, where they planned to contact the Flower Sect steward before proceeding to the sect.

• Xiao Ling said farewell to Yao Chen and Feng Xian, who advised him to contact them if he encountered trouble.
• Xiao Ling visited Mu Qing Luan at the training grounds and invited her to accompany him to the Flower Sect's succession ceremony.
• Mu Qing Luan agreed to go, and Xiao Ling promised to teach her Dou Skills as they prepared to leave Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling summoned Void Dragon, and he and Mu Qing Luan traveled together at an unhurried pace while he taught her along the way.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan arrived at Hua Lin City and prepared to notify the Flower Sect steward at the Condensing Fragrance Pavilion.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan arrived in Hua Lin City and were received by Hua Fei of the Flower Sect. After spending the night at the Condensing Fragrance Pavilion, they traveled by Skylark Beast to the Flower Sect’s hidden residence, where Hua Fei revealed its spatial barrier.

• Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan entered Hua Lin City and shared a close, hand-in-hand stroll through the night market, where Xiao Ling bought Mu Qing Luan a jade hairpin.
• Hua Fei welcomed them to the Condensing Fragrance Pavilion on behalf of the Flower Sect and arranged for them to rest overnight before traveling to the sect.
• The next morning, Hua Fei summoned a Skylark Beast, and Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan rode it toward the Flower Sect’s residence.
• After half a day of flight, Hua Fei used a petal-shaped object to reveal the Flower Sect’s immense spatial barrier.

Hua Fei guided Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan into the Flower Sect, where preparations for the sect master succession ceremony revealed a brewing dispute between Han Xue and Han Yue and Hua Jin. Xiao Ling's arrival silenced the gathered factions, and the Flower Sect honored his party with a staircase of petals as they approached the plaza.

• Hua Fei led Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan through the Flower Sect's concealed barrier and explained that its sea of flowers formed the sect's protective array.
• Han Xue warned Han Yue that Hua Jin might make a move at the succession ceremony with support from the Demonic Flower Evil Lord, and Han Yue vowed not to let Hua Jin take the sect master's position.
• Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan arrived at the ceremony, and the announcement of Xiao Ling's name brought the assembled guests to silence.
• Hua Fei created a staircase of petals from the clouds to the plaza and invited Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan to descend.

Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan attended the Flower Sect succession ceremony, where acting Sect Master Hua Jin presented herself with the Demonic Flower Evil Lord as her partner. When two unfamiliar sisters arrived to challenge them, Xiao Ling recognized the women as old acquaintances and prepared to meet them.

• Xiao Ling and Mu Qing Luan arrived at the Flower Sect ceremony, and Xiao Ling surrounded their seats with a barrier that blocked others' perception.
• Hua Jin opened the succession ceremony and declared that challengers would have to face her and her partner to contest the Sect Master position.
• The Demonic Flower Evil Lord appeared beside Hua Jin, and the crowd expected the pair to win with their combined strength.
• Xiao Ling sensed two familiar auras and told Mu Qing Luan that interesting changes were coming.
• Two silver-haired sisters landed on the plaza to challenge Hua Jin, and Xiao Ling stood up after recognizing them as old acquaintances.

Xiao Ling recognized Han Xue and Han Yue, who had gained powerful cultivation after receiving Flower Granny’s inheritance, as they faced Hua Jin’s challenge for the Flower Sect leadership. When the elders stayed silent over Hua Jin’s plan to fight with the Demonic Flower Evil Lord, Xiao Ling stepped forward to support the sisters, who were stunned by his return.

• Xiao Ling realized Han Xue and Han Yue had likely inherited Flower Granny’s cultivation after seeing their peak Four-star Dou Venerate auras.
• Hua Jin challenged the Han sisters and announced that the Demonic Flower Evil Lord would fight alongside her under the Flower Sect’s partner-combat rule.
• Han Yue and Han Xue accused Hua Jin of abusing the ancestral rules to seize the Sect Master position, drawing support from guests at the plaza.
• Hua Jin appealed to the Flower Sect elders, but they avoided taking a position, leaving the sisters without their support.
• Xiao Ling rose from the western seating area and approached the confrontation, and Han Xue and Han Yue recognized him with astonishment.

Xiao Ling reunited with Han Xue and Han Yue at the Flower Sect competition and declared that he would join the contest as their partner. The elders accepted his entry but ruled that he could fight alongside only one sister, leaving the choice—and the match against Hua Jin and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord—unresolved.

• Xiao Ling appeared at the competition and stopped Hua Jin from proceeding, then announced that he wanted to compete rather than serve as referee.
• Xiao Ling reunited warmly with Han Xue and Han Yue, apologized for not visiting sooner, and reassured them as they recalled their connection.
• Hua Jin questioned why Xiao Ling was interfering, but he ignored her and invoked the Flower Sect's ancestral rule allowing partners to compete.
• The lead Flower Sect elder approved Xiao Ling's entry but ruled that he could partner with only one sister in a two-on-two battle against Hua Jin and the Demonic Flower Evil Lord.
• The crowd erupted in debate over Xiao Ling's combat ability, and the chapter ended before he chose which sister would fight beside him.

Xiao Ling joined Han Yue in the Flower Sect succession match and promised to keep the sect master position from Hua Jin and Demonic Flower Evil Lord. As Demonic Flower Evil Lord launched his first attack, Xiao Ling sent Han Yue back and prepared to face both opponents alone.

• The Flower Sect elder let Xiao Ling enter the succession match as the partner of either Han Yue or Han Xue, and the sisters chose Han Yue to inherit the sect.
• Xiao Ling declared that he would fight as Han Yue's partner, while Hua Jin and Demonic Flower Evil Lord decided to proceed despite underestimating his combat strength.
• Xiao Ling warned Demonic Flower Evil Lord that the position would not fall into his hands, and Demonic Flower Evil Lord secretly prepared to use poisoned needles and other tricks against him.
• The Flower Sect disciple rang the bell and announced the start of the two-on-two match, with defeat requiring the losers to leave the arena.
• Demonic Flower Evil Lord charged Xiao Ling with phantom vines, but Xiao Ling told Han Yue to step back and said he would face the opponents alone.

Xiao Ling overwhelmed the Demonic Flower Evil Lord in a physical clash, then faced Hua Jin and her coordinated attacks. He destroyed her assaults with his Heavenly Flames and space-controlling power, leaving her engulfed in a devastating firestorm as the Flower Sect elders shielded the spectators.

• Xiao Ling burned the Demonic Flower Evil Lord’s folding fan and sent him flying with a single punch, shocking the spectators.
• The injured Demonic Flower Evil Lord told Hua Jin to delay Xiao Ling while he prepared the Heavenly Nether Sect technique Qi Transformation of Heaven and Earth.
• Hua Jin attacked Xiao Ling with poisonous vines, silver needles, and flower blades, while her needles also threatened Han Yue.
• Xiao Ling burned away Hua Jin’s vines, shattered the silver needles by imprisoning space, and unleashed a Fire Dragon and fire lotuses against her.
• Flower Sect elders raised a defensive barrier to protect the crowd from Xiao Ling’s blast, while he remained standing amid the flames.