Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han and Starfall Pavilion defeat the Hall of Souls assault, with the Demonic Flame girl and Aisite helping capture or kill the attackers. As Xiao Han mocks the defeated invaders, an unknown presence arrives and fills Starfall Pavilion with overwhelming pressure.

• Xiao Han trapped two Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables in his Sword Formation and fought them while the Demonic Flame girl raised her cultivation and unleashed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus against five Hall of Souls Elders.
• Aisite trapped another Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerable in a cage of Holy Swords, allowing the Demonic Flame girl to destroy him with the fire lotus and follow-up attacks.
• The Demonic Flame girl helped Starfall Pavilion's fighters rout the Hall of Souls forces and punched Mu Gu into the ground, but Old Man Yao stopped her from killing him.
• Two Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerables crashed unconscious into Starfall Pavilion, followed by Aisite bringing down a badly injured old man, while Xiao Han declared the assault a complete failure.
• Xiao Han mocked the captured Hall of Souls forces as Starfall Pavilion celebrated, but a chilling voice from the void stopped their laughter and brought an unprecedented pressure.

Gu You attacked Starfall Pavilion but fled when Xiao Han summoned the terrifying Xiao Jiana. After escaping the shocked crowd, Xiao Han began refining poisonous magical beast corpses into Essence Blood for a poison pill to help Xiao Yi Xian advance.

• Gu You identified himself as the Hall of Souls' Second Heavenly Venerable and threatened to kill Starfall Pavilion's defenders.
• Xiao Han summoned Xiao Jiana, whose aura frightened Gu You into fleeing to report the defeat to the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Jiana dismissed the Spirit Summoning Technique and returned to the Black Corner Region, while Xiao Han awkwardly escaped the elders' questions about her.
• Xiao Han brought out poisonous magical beast corpses and used the Myriad Beasts Cauldron and Five-Colored Demon Flame to refine their Essence Blood.
• Xiao Han collected a fist-sized drop of poisonous Essence Blood from the Heavenly Poisonous Scorpion Dragon Beast and began refining another corpse.

Xiao Han refined the Eighth-Tier Heavenly Evil Demon Poison Pill with Old Man Yao’s guidance, while the Soul Hall Master decided to abandon his attack on Starfall Pavilion after learning it had a Dou Sheng protector. The chapter ended with Soul Hall discovering that its Northwest Continent branch had been destroyed by an unknown Dou Sheng-level force.

• Old Man Yao gave Xiao Han the poison-making tome Mo Du Dian and helped him study how to refine the Heavenly Evil Demon Poison Pill.
• After half a month, Xiao Han refined the Eighth-Tier pill, and the Five-Colored Demon Flame defeated its Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Han said he had made the pill for Xiao Yi Xian but would wait until she had absorbed the century-old Dou Zun Cold Poison before giving it to her.
• The Soul Hall Master learned that Starfall Pavilion had a Dou Sheng protector and ordered Gu You to let the matter rest while Soul Hall focused on gathering Soul Origins.
• Soul Hall Elders reported that their Northwest Continent branch had been destroyed, its Soul Origins plundered, and its branch Hall Master Feng Jizi missing.
• The Soul Hall Master learned the destruction had been caused by a force at least at the Dou Sheng Level and suspected one of the Ancient Emperor Clans.

After advancing his cultivation, Xiao Han entered a new world and recognized it as Wu Dong Qian Kun when he found Lin Dong and Qingtan. He treated Lin Dong’s injuries and left Qingtan relieved beside her recovered brother.

• The Soul Hall Master ordered the elders to recall all Soul Origins after warning them not to interfere.
• Xiao Han advanced to the mid-stage of the Heaven Realm in Soul Power and to Eight Star Dou Zong, then learned that the system’s dungeon worlds had become recreational worlds with no missions.
• Xiao Han traveled alone to a new world and identified it as Wu Dong Qian Kun after finding Lin Dong and Qingtan in Qingyang Town.
• Xiao Han frightened Qingtan into accepting his help by warning that Lin Dong might suffer lasting injuries if she carried him home.
• Xiao Han used Healing Magic on Lin Dong, who soon woke as Qingtan happily embraced him.

After healing Lin Dong, Xiao Han stayed with the Lin family while learning about Tianxuan Continent’s cultivation system and converting his Dou Qi into Yuan Qi. The chapter ended with Xiao Han sensing someone hiding nearby and calling them out.

• Lin Dong thanked Xiao Han for healing him and introduced him to Qingtan.
• Xiao Han decided not to take the Ancestral Stone and resolved to learn about Yuan Qi by studying local experts.
• Lin Dong invited Xiao Han to stay at his family’s home, where Xiao Han met Lin Xiao and Liu Yan.
• Xiao Han secretly seized cultivation techniques from Lin Xiao’s mind and converted his Dou Qi into Yuan Qi, nearly unleashing a dangerous aura over Qingyang Town.
• Xiao Han went to a nearby mountain peak and called out to the hidden person he had sensed.

Xiao Han healed Lin Xiao’s longstanding hidden injury with Yuan Power and spirit liquid, restoring the Lin family’s hope and joy. After breakfast, Xiao Han returned to the cliff to cultivate, but Lin Dong rushed in to report that Qing Tan’s body had turned freezing cold.

• Lin Dong begged Xiao Han to treat his father, and Xiao Han agreed to help.
• Xiao Han purged Lin Xiao’s stagnant blood and used spirit liquid to heal his hidden injury.
• Lin Xiao’s vitality returned, and he thanked Xiao Han as his family celebrated his recovery.
• Xiao Han went back to the cliff to cultivate, but Lin Dong arrived in a panic, saying Qing Tan was becoming freezing cold.

Xiao Han suppressed Qingtan’s severe Cold Qi outbreak and explained that her powerful constitution could make her a formidable cultivator. After learning that the Heavenly Flame would only ease her symptoms, Lin Dong asked Xiao Han to take him as his disciple.

• Lin Dong brought Xiao Han to Qingtan, whose Cold Qi had frozen the house and left her suffering.
• Xiao Han absorbed the violent Yin Sha Qi, left its purer energy in Qingtan, and placed a wisp of Demonic Flame in her Dantian to suppress future outbreaks.
• Lin Dong told Xiao Han that Qingtan had suffered from recurring Cold Qi since childhood and that their father had been injured trying to dispel it.
• Xiao Han said Qingtan’s constitution could let her become a powerhouse and urged Lin Dong to teach her to cultivate.
• Xiao Han revealed that he had used Heavenly Flame to treat Qingtan’s symptoms, then teased Lin Dong about his ordinary prospects.
• Lin Dong bowed to Xiao Han and asked him to take him as his disciple.

Xiao Han guided Lin Dong and Qingtan through a month of rapid cultivation while developing his own Yuan Power and considering how to improve his Soul Power. After teaching Lin Dong another technique, Xiao Han left temporarily, telling him to keep training and share what he had learned with Qingtan.

• Xiao Han refused to take Lin Dong as a disciple but taught him the Body Refining methods and took him to train.
• Xiao Han adapted Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for the Tianxuan Continent and helped Lin Dong, Qingtan, Lin Xiao, and Liu Yan improve their cultivation.
• Lin Dong reached the Body Refining Third Level and Qingtan reached the Fourth, while Xiao Han studied Yuan Power and sought a systematic way to cultivate his Soul Power.
• Xiao Han watched Lin Dong and Qingtan practice modified footwork, then praised Lin Dong's progress and advised him to balance training with rest.
• Xiao Han sent Lin Dong information about another Martial Skill, then left a note saying he would be away and instructing Lin Dong to teach Qingtan and use the herbs he had prepared.

Xiao Han entered the Rune Master Association in Yan City, took its talisman masters’ knowledge, and used it to condense five Lifebound Rune Seals with his own Soul Power cultivation method. He left the seals at the elementary level so he could study them before advancing further.

• Xiao Han took the Ancestral Stone from Lin Dong’s cave and examined it while heading to Yan City.
• Xiao Han read a City Guard Sub-Captain’s memories to find the Rune Master Association, then entered unseen and bypassed its library protections.
• Xiao Han read the minds of the association’s talisman masters and learned their cultivation system, including the role of the Niwan Palace.
• Xiao Han chose to cultivate Mental Power through the Douqi Continent’s Soul Power system and used the Creation Rune Seal method to condense his first Lifebound Rune Seal.
• Xiao Han condensed five elementary Lifebound Rune Seals and decided to study their energy before advancing further.

Xiao Han awakened the soul inside the Ancestral Stone and discovered it belonged to Little Sable, a member of the Heavenly Demon Sable Clan. Little Sable recognized Xiao Han’s extraordinary Mental Power but remained unsure of his true strength.

• Xiao Han fed Soul Origin into the Ancestral Stone until the soul within awakened.
• When the soul refused to come out, Xiao Han used his Soul Power to drag out a black rat and pin it down.
• Little Sable surrendered and explained that he was a genius of the Heavenly Demon Sable Clan, not a rat.
• Xiao Han identified the Ancestral Stone as a renowned divine treasure and asked whether Little Sable had owned it.
• Little Sable assessed Xiao Han’s concealed cultivation and immense Mental Power, wondering whether he was a reincarnated Reincarnation Stage expert.

Xiao Han tried to recruit Little Sable as his guide and revealed that he planned to give up the Ancestral Stone, but his Demon Armor’s aura made Little Sable mistake him for an Other Demon. Xiao Han argued that the Ancestral Stone’s acceptance proved he was human, though Little Sable remained wary.

• Little Sable questioned Xiao Han’s ignorance of cultivation, and Xiao Han claimed he had lost his memory.
• Xiao Han gave Little Sable Soul Origin and asked him to stay with him, then said someone else would own the Ancestral Stone in the future.
• Xiao Han released the Demon Armor’s Demonic Might, and Little Sable accused him of being an Other Demon.
• Xiao Han pointed out that the Ancestral Stone had accepted him as its master, convincing Little Sable that he was not an Other Demon.
• Little Sable remained distrustful of Xiao Han’s terrifying aura, and Xiao Han realized he would need to conceal the Demon Armor’s power.

Xiao Han entered Yan City's Symbol Master Tower to find the Devouring Ancestral Symbol map, while the tower's Mental Power cleansing proved too weak to affect him. He reached the seventh floor and decided to search for the map.

• Xiao Han put away the Ancestral Stone and set out for the Symbol Master Tower to find the Devouring Ancestral Symbol map.
• Xiao Han used his Soul Power to control everyone in the Rune Master Association and entered the tower with Little Sable.
• Xiao Han discovered that the tower's Mental Power waves lightly cleansed his Lifebound Runes, while they made Little Sable's remnant soul more solid.
• Little Sable asked Xiao Han for Mental Power essence, and Xiao Han gave him a bottle of Nourishing Soul Pills instead.
• Xiao Han quickly cleared the tower's trials and reached the seventh floor, then decided to look for the map.

Xiao Han climbed to the eighth floor of the Symbol Master Tower, learned a Mental Power absorption technique from Little Sable, and copied the Transformation Rune Array. On the ninth floor, he began imprinting a map of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, startling Little Sable when it recognized the Ancestral Symbols.

• Little Sable struggled under the eighth floor’s Mental Power pressure but refused Xiao Han’s offer of shelter and taught him the Na Ling Technique.
• Xiao Han used the eighth floor’s stone tablet to learn the Transformation Rune Array and quickly recreated an improved version with his golden Magic Sparks.
• Xiao Han and Little Sable went up to the ninth floor, where they found two complex ancient runes covering the walls.
• Xiao Han summoned his Life Spirit Runes and began imprinting a map of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, while Little Sable recognized the ancient characters as the Ancestral Symbols.

Xiao Han used the reproduced Ancestral Symbols to uncover a map, then headed with Little Sable to a Nirvana Stage expert’s tomb in the Tianyan Mountain Range. He entered the sealed tomb alone, ready to claim its treasures.

• Little Sable identified the wall symbols as reproductions, and their Mental Power revealed a map marking an Ancestral Symbol’s location.
• Xiao Han memorized the map and said he wanted to preserve certain events rather than retrieve the Ancestral Symbol.
• Xiao Han had two women obtain a detailed map of the Tianyan Mountain Range and told Little Sable they were going to a Nirvana Stage expert’s tomb that might restore his strength.
• Xiao Han searched the mountain range with his Soul Power and found the tomb hidden beneath ancient structures on a peak.
• Xiao Han used his Demonic Flame to breach the Yuan Power seal, stitched the breach closed behind him, and entered the tomb with Little Sable.

Xiao Han and Little Sable explored the tomb, collecting its pills, treasures, and Rune Puppets while Xiao Han cleared every obstacle with ease. They reached the chamber holding the tomb’s most valuable treasure.

• Xiao Han followed the fifth passage and collected Pure Yuan Pills and other items from the sealed chambers.
• Xiao Han helped Little Sable absorb more than a hundred demonic spirits, allowing him to recover toward the Form Creation Stage.
• Xiao Han and Little Sable searched the passage, gathered Spiritual Medicines, and defeated the Rune Puppets they encountered.
• Xiao Han broke the main hall’s barrier, caught six escaping spirit treasures, and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Han disabled and collected more than a hundred Rune Puppets, then continued with Little Sable toward the tomb’s greatest treasure.

Xiao Han and Little Sable found a Nirvana Heart in an ancient tomb, but discovered that refining it required harmonizing Yin and Yang. Xiao Han went into seclusion, transformed his cultivation to the peak of the Nirvana Stage, and refined an Extremely Cold Pill for Qingtan before leaving with Little Sable for Qingyang Town.

• Xiao Han took the Nirvana Heart from the tomb, but he and Little Sable read the coffin inscription warning that it would burn anyone who refined it without harmonizing Yin and Yang.
• Xiao Han absorbed the tomb owner's lingering consciousness and obtained the Heavenly Scale Halberd Technique, then asked Little Sable to search the tomb while he cultivated.
• Little Sable absorbed Demon Spirits and Nourishing Soul Pills, recovering to the initial stage of the Creation Stage over two months.
• Xiao Han transformed his cultivation and reached the peak of the Nirvana Stage, then used the tomb's herbs and treasures to refine an Extremely Cold Pill for Qingtan.
• Xiao Han emerged from seclusion after more than two months and set off with Little Sable for Qingyang Town.

Xiao Han returned to the Lin family after two months in seclusion and gave Lin Dong the Ancestral Stone, urging him to keep it secret and use it to grow stronger. Lin Dong accepted it with resolve, determined to avenge his father and defeat Lin Langtian, and he and Xiao Han headed home.

• Xiao Han found Lin Dong training and praised his rapid progress in Mental Power and Yuan Power.
• Xiao Han gave Lin Dong the Ancestral Stone and warned him that revealing it could endanger the Lin family and the Great Flame Dynasty.
• Lin Dong hesitated to accept the Stone Talisman, but Xiao Han reminded him of his wish to avenge his father and defeat Lin Langtian.
• Lin Dong accepted the Stone Talisman and vowed to use it well without letting Xiao Han down.
• Xiao Han and Lin Dong headed to the Lin family's Wooden House, and Xiao Han briefly glanced back after sensing a strange fluctuation.

Xiao Han returned to the Lin family and warned Qingtan that her Shattered Demon Body would reject the Yang Gang Qi needed to form a Yuan Dan. He gave her Yin Sha spiritual ointment and explained that she could instead cultivate an Evil Devil Yin Pill, leaving Qingtan encouraged about her future.

• Qingtan greeted Xiao Han enthusiastically when he returned with Lin Dong and complained that Lin Dong made her practice every day.
• Xiao Han examined the family's cultivation and found that Qingtan had reached the Ditian Realm in only three months.
• At the rear mountain, Xiao Han warned Qingtan that absorbing Yang Gang Qi at the Tianyuan Realm would trigger her Shattered Demon Body's rejection.
• Xiao Han gave Qingtan bottles of Yin Sha spiritual ointment and explained that she could condense an Evil Devil Yin Pill instead of a Yuan Dan.
• Xiao Han reassured Qingtan that a pure Yin Dan could be stronger than an ordinary Yuan Dan, and she happily thanked him.

Xiao Han welcomed Lin Zhentian’s family and gave him a pill that could help him reach the Yuan Dan Stage. He then prepared to leave the Lin residence, giving Qingtan a pill to resolve her constitution problem before sensing a hidden watcher nearby.

• Xiao Han sensed Lin Zhentian and several Lin family members approaching, then met them in the Wooden House sitting room.
• Lin Zhentian thanked Xiao Han for healing Lin Xiao and offered him a medicinal herb; Xiao Han gave Lin Zhentian a pill that could help him reach the Yuan Dan Stage within a week.
• Lin Dong realized Xiao Han was preparing to leave, and Qingtan confronted Xiao Han about breaking his promise to stay until she reached the peak of the Tianyuan Realm.
• Xiao Han gave Qingtan a pill refined from Extremely Evil Yin Dragon Saliva and reminded Lin Dong about the map to two Ancestral Symbols.
• Xiao Han sensed someone watching from the shadows and demanded that they reveal themself.

Xiao Han drew out the hidden expert, who revealed himself as Bo Xuan, Hall Master of the Dark Hall, and explained that he had come to the Great Flame Dynasty after sensing demonic energy. Bo Xuan confirmed that he sought Qingtan as his successor because of her Shattered Demon Body.

• Xiao Han attacked the concealed expert with a Gungnir-shaped Mental Power technique, and the expert neutralized it and dispersed the blast before it could harm Qingyang Town.
• Xiao Han reassured Lin Dong and Qingtan that the expert had shown no hostility, while Little Sable warned Lin Dong that the stranger’s strength was formidable.
• The black-robed old man appeared, and Xiao Han identified him as Bo Xuan, the late Death Profound Stage Hall Master of the Dark Hall who possessed the Dark Ancestral Symbol.
• Bo Xuan admitted that he had been searching for a successor and had come to the Great Flame Dynasty after sensing Other Demon Clan aura two months earlier.
• Bo Xuan confirmed that Qingtan’s Shattered Demon Body was the reason he wanted to take her as his disciple.