Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Liuli reached Heavenly Poison City to rescue Xiao Yi Xian after the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect attacked the Poison Sect. Xiao Yan found her at the Heavenly Pool as a strange purple mist gathered into two enormous insect eyes.

• Liuli warned Xiao Yan that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect likely had Soul Hall support, and Xiao Yan planned to confront its Dou Zong experts while she watched for ambushes.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli arrived at Heavenly Poison City and saw that the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect had breached the ruined city.
• Xiao Yan used the Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant to destroy the southern city walls and kill more than ten thousand Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect disciples as he called for Xiao Yi Xian.
• When neither Scorpion Bi Yan nor a Soul Hall Protector appeared, Xiao Yan spread his Soul Power to search the area.
• Purple mist gathered above the Heavenly Pool and formed two enormous insect eyes, while Xiao Yan detected Xiao Yi Xian beneath the clouds, watching him with purple-black eyes.

Xiao Yan and Liuli sought a way to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s rampaging Calamity Poison Body, and Liuli offered to refine a sealing pill while Xiao Yan held her off. Xiao Yan confronted Xiao Yi Xian, who revealed her possessive plan to transform him and declared herself the Heavenly Poison Woman.

• Liuli explained that she could refine a pill to seal Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation, but it would take ten days to half a month and Xiao Yan would have to hold Xiao Yi Xian off.
• Liuli gave Xiao Yan more than a hundred pills to aid him, and he flew toward Xiao Yi Xian in the Heavenly Pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she had crushed Scorpion Bi Yan and the Soul Hall Protector, who had massacred her people.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to be with her forever and said she planned to transform him into a form that could coexist with her.
• Xiao Yi Xian molded an illusory figure resembling Xiao Yan and declared that she was the Heavenly Poison Woman.

Xiao Yan fought Xiao Yi Xian at Heavenly Pool and tried to stop her from succumbing to the Calamity Poison Body. After she briefly regained herself, she said goodbye and sank beneath the lake, leaving Xiao Yan staring at the water as her aura vanished.

• Xiao Yi Xian attacked Xiao Yan with poisonous mist and tentacles, while he used his Heavenly Flames to burn through them.
• Xiao Yan broke through the tentacle barrier and confronted Xiao Yi Xian, but she clung to him and begged him to become like her so they could live together.
• Xiao Yi Xian accused Xiao Yan of loving the Pink-Haired Figure, and he explained that he had to avenge his father and clansmen and promised to help control her poison within two years.
• Xiao Yi Xian struggled with the two sides of her nature, told Xiao Yan goodbye, and sank beneath Heavenly Pool.
• The purple vortex dispersed, the Poison Corpses collapsed, and Xiao Yan remained by the lake after Xiao Yi Xian's aura disappeared.

After Xiao Yi Xian vanished into the Heavenly Pool during her battle with Xiao Yan, he resolved to search the lake while Liuli agreed to accompany him despite her fear. The chapter ended with Liuli nervously hiding behind Xiao Yan as they prepared to descend into the strange black water.

• Xiao Yan told Liuli that Xiao Yi Xian had fallen into the Heavenly Pool after her body split apart amid a struggle between two souls.
• Liuli comforted Xiao Yan and agreed to help him seal Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and restore her sanity.
• Xiao Yan decided to enter the lake to find out whether Xiao Yi Xian was alive, and Liuli insisted on going with him.
• As they approached the ink-black water, Liuli grew frightened and hid behind Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Liuli entered the Black Lake to search for Xiao Yi Xian, protecting themselves from its strange water with Heavenly Flames and Space Power. After they split up, Liuli quickly lost her nerve and returned to Xiao Yan, leaving them to continue together.

• Liuli prepared for the dive with Yin Yang Twin Flames and purifying pills, while Xiao Yan summoned his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan entered the lake first, and Liuli called Zi Yan with a jade token to guard the shore before following him into the water.
• Liuli used Space Power to form a barrier and found that the black water severely limited her visibility and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan teased Liuli about her barrier, and they argued before agreeing to search separately for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liuli grew frightened in the darkness and turned back, where Xiao Yan emerged from hiding and teased her for abandoning her Big Sister act.

Xiao Yan and Liuli searched the poisonous lake for Xiao Yi Xian and discovered a powerful barrier hidden beneath its bed. After Liuli broke through it, the drained lake exposed a huge cave entrance, leaving them ready to investigate what lay below.

• Liuli and Xiao Yan descended to the lakebed and searched it for nearly two hours without finding Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan examined the black silt, recognized something was hidden beneath it, and struck the lakebed with his Flame Splitting Wave Crushing Ruler.
• The attack exposed a gray barrier that resisted Xiao Yan's powerful blow, leading Liuli to suspect a Dou Venerate was involved.
• Liuli drove Heart Rain into the barrier and unleashed Sword Qi, shattering it and opening a gap.
• The lake water poured through the gap and eventually drained away, revealing a deep cave entrance beneath the barrier.

Xiao Yan and Liuli descended into the ancient cavern while searching for Xiao Yi Xian, discovering that its White Crystal formations fed a vast sealing formation. They found Xiao Yi Xian unconscious beneath a Suspended Coffin, but as Liuli warned Xiao Yan of the coffin’s terrifying aura, he suddenly collapsed and fell toward the stone pillar.

• Xiao Yan and Liuli searched the cavern’s ring-shaped caves but found only White Crystals that gathered Space Power.
• Liuli identified the crystals’ purification, weakening, and spatial-sealing energies and concluded that their power converged in a central hub.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli followed a glow to the cavern floor, where they found a grand formation, a Suspended Coffin, and Xiao Yi Xian unconscious beneath it.
• Liuli sensed a terrifying aura from the coffin, while Xiao Yan could feel only powerful Space Power.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli to leave if the danger proved too great, then collapsed unconscious and fell toward the stone pillar.

Xiao Yan awoke in the cavern as a Soul Body and met an ancient Remnant Soul who sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and offered him his clan’s inheritance. After the old man implanted the inheritance and Spirit Devouring Plate in him, Xiao Yan lost consciousness with instructions to go to the Spirit Imprisonment Realm for answers.

• Xiao Yan awoke alone in the cavern, missing his Mysterious Heavy Ruler and Pitch-black Ring, and found that he had become a Soul Body.
• The old man revealed that he was a Remnant Soul whose body had been sealed by people with Dou Di bloodlines, and said he had been a Dou Saint.
• The old man returned Xiao Yi Xian, explaining that he had temporarily sealed the effect of her Calamity Poison Body on her soul.
• The old man implanted a mass of power protected by Seven Seals into Xiao Yan’s dantian and sent the Spirit Devouring Plate into his glabella.
• The old man told Xiao Yan to go to the Spirit Imprisonment Realm for answers as the cavern space collapsed and Xiao Yan lost consciousness.

Xiao Yan awakened after his soul had vanished for a day, reassuring Liuli and explaining that he had encountered the sealed Ancient Clans figure. He left Liuli with the Sky Swallowing Plate to investigate while Xiao Yi Xian remained tied up nearby.

• Liuli wept over Xiao Yan’s apparently soulless body until he woke and told her his Soul Body had wandered outside.
• Liuli threw herself onto Xiao Yan in relief, then explained that she had knocked out and bound Xiao Yi Xian after she woke and caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan covered Xiao Yi Xian with a blanket and recounted what had happened to him, including the sealed figure from the Ancient Clans.
• Liuli searched her memories and the Sword Clan’s records for clues about the figure but found none.
• Xiao Yan gave Liuli the Sky Swallowing Plate to examine, and she eagerly began studying it.

Liuli and Xiao Yan left the Abyss Cave with Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire before the Sect Competition. They reunited with Zi Yan, secured the cave, and planned to take Xiao Yi Xian to the Flame Alliance for safety.

• Liuli studied the Octagonal Compass as Xiao Yan explained they would rest in the Jia Ma Empire before heading to the Northwest Region for the Sect Competition.
• Liuli confronted Zi Yan about taking medicinal herbs, then teased her by deducting sixteen bottles of Pills before giving her a bottle.
• Liuli reflected on her affection for Zi Yan and her worry about the pressure awaiting her as a descendant of the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Liuli and Xiao Yan hid the cave entrance behind a barrier after discussing how to handle it.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian, intending to keep her safe in the Flame Alliance while her Calamity Poison Body stabilized.

After returning to the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan dealt with Xiao Yi Xian’s unstable affection and prepared to leave for Feng Tian City to seek medicinal ingredients and enter the Sect Competition. He gave Xiao Li a life-extending pill before setting out with Liuli.

• Liuli and Xiao Yi Xian argued after Xiao Yi Xian woke with her Calamity Poison Body sealed but her mind affected by its eruption.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Yi Xian from her restraints and promised to seek the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, while she insisted on staying with him and kissed him to provoke Liuli.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave for Feng Tian City in three days and asked her to remain peacefully at the Xiao Family estate; after he left, she tearfully apologized to him.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Li an Azure Underworld Longevity Pill as a safeguard against the Life Devouring Pill and explained that he was still searching for medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Li urged Xiao Yan to be careful in the Northwest Region and encouraged him to set out with Liuli.

Xiao Yan and Liuli arrived in Guili Port and learned that its Space Wormhole would not open for nearly a month. Xiao Yan revealed his alchemy skill to Qiong Yu Pavilion’s Elder Le, hoping to gain an exception to use the passage.

• Qing Rou explained Qiong Yu Pavilion’s honorary membership to Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that Guili Port’s Space Wormhole opened for only three days each month, so their arrival on the eighteenth meant a long wait.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Rou a Sixth-grade Pill to have appraised and auctioned.
• Elder Le rushed over, examined the pill, and doubted that Xiao Yan had refined it himself.
• Xiao Yan revealed three Heavenly Flames and his Spirit Realm Soul Power, leaving Elder Le astonished by his potential as an Alchemist.

Xiao Yan secured an early opening of Qiong Yu Pavilion’s Space Wormhole and learned about the Northwest Region’s strongest factions. He and Liuli and Zi Yan then gathered intelligence in Guili Port as they prepared to travel to Tian Xing City for the Sect Convention.

• Xiao Yan told Le Sui that the group needed to reach Tian Xing City, and Le Sui agreed to open Qiong Yu Pavilion’s Space Wormhole for them at dawn the next day.
• Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan left Qiong Yu Pavilion and teased each other about their aliases as they explored Guili Port.
• Xiao Yan decided to gather information about the Northwest Region’s leading sects and families from the city’s crowds and merchants.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Northwest Region’s Ten Great Powers included four sects and six families, each led by a Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan learned that Tian Xing City, the Sect Convention’s venue, was controlled by the Yao Family.

Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan traveled through a Space Wormhole to Tian Xing City, where the Sect Convention was about to begin. As the Yao Family prepared to host the event, Yao Han’s father tried to force him to meet a young woman, but Yao Han refused and lost his Black Sword.

• Xiao Yan sold a Sect Breaking Pill to Qiong Yu Pavilion for ten million gold coins in exchange for its help opening the Space Wormhole.
• Liuli lent Xiao Yan her Seventh-grade High-rank Space Ship, and she, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan entered the wormhole.
• Ten days later, Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Tian Xing City as crowds gathered for the Sect Convention.
• Yao Hongwu urged his son Yao Han to meet the Xiahou Family’s granddaughter, but Yao Han refused and said he needed to refine his sword.
• Yao Hongwu seized Yao Han’s Black Sword and left, so Yao Han took out a Bamboo Sword and continued practicing.

Yao Han agreed to visit Xiahou Wenxin after his father returned the Pitch-black Longsword to him and reminded him of his promise to his late mother. Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan arrived in Tian Xing City, where Zi Yan coaxed Liuli into admitting she had feelings for Xiao Yan.

• Yao Hongwu urged Yao Han to stop forging swords, and Yao Han explained that it was a promise he had made with his mother.
• Yao Hongwu returned the Pitch-black Longsword to Yao Han, who agreed to visit Xiahou Wenxin the next day.
• After ten days traveling through a Space Wormhole, Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan arrived in Tian Xing City and checked into an expensive inn room.
• Xiao Yan left Liuli and Zi Yan in the room while Liuli prepared to take a bath, and Liuli quietly admitted that she had feelings for him.

Liuli met Xiao Yan at Wang Dong Inn, while Xiahou Wenxin dressed up to meet Yao Han, hoping to grow closer to him. When Yao Han greeted Liuli, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan instead of returning Xiahou Wenxin’s embrace, she was left heartbroken and stunned.

• Liuli went downstairs with Zi Yan and met Xiao Yan, who took her hand and led them out of Wang Dong Inn.
• Xiahou Wenxin dressed carefully and complained to Lü Er that Yao Han had ignored her despite her devotion to him.
• Xiahou Wenxin hurried to meet Yao Han outside Wang Dong Inn, expecting him to embrace her.
• Yao Han passed Xiahou Wenxin and greeted Liuli, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan with ingratiating warmth.
• Xiahou Wenxin froze as Yao Han called the little Zi Yan “Sister” and ignored her.

Xiao Yan asked Yao Han and Xiahou Wenxin about the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, seeking information tied to the mysterious energy in his body. Xiahou Wenxin explained its connection to the ancient Qian Ji Pavilion and the Bei Ming Sect, then took Yao Han away under their agreement.

• Yao Han introduced Xiahou Wenxin as an acquaintance, and Liuli teased him about her interest in him before Xiao Yan asked whether he knew of the Spirit Imprisonment Realm.
• Yao Han said he had no knowledge of the place, but Xiahou Wenxin revealed that she knew about it and initially refused to share what she knew.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine a Sixth-grade Pill for Xiahou Wenxin, and she agreed to talk only if Yao Han stayed by her side during the Sect Convention and granted her reasonable requests.
• At the Wang Dong Inn, Xiahou Wenxin told Xiao Yan that Qian Ji Pavilion had once been a Dou Saint-level force whose sealed spatial world was called the Spirit Imprisonment Realm.
• Xiahou Wenxin said the pavilion had cut off contact with the Northwest Region three thousand years earlier and that the Bei Ming Sect retained a small number of its disciples' descendants.
• After Xiao Yan thanked her, Xiahou Wenxin dragged Yao Han away with her.

Xiao Yan spent eight days consolidating his rapidly advanced cultivation before the Yao Family opened its Main Pavilion for Sect Convention registration. At the pavilion, Yao Han asked Xiao Yan to accompany him privately, leaving Liuli, Xiahou Wenxin, and Zi Yan behind.

• Xiao Yan assessed the Northwest Region's powerful factions and decided to strengthen his cultivation rather than rely on Liuli to secure a Sect Convention spot.
• Liuli took Zi Yan shopping while Xiao Yan stayed in his room and worked to break through to Nine-star Dou Huang.
• Eight days later, Yao Han's family opened the Main Pavilion, where factions gathered to register and socialize.
• Liuli and Xiahou Wenxin traded insults about each other's appearance, and Xiao Yan calmed Liuli with sweet talk.
• Yao Han pulled away from Xiahou Wenxin and asked Xiao Yan to speak with him privately, then led him to the second floor.

Yao Han and Xiao Yan returned to the Main Pavilion and found Mo Meng harassing Liuli while Xiahou Wenxin tried to protect her and Zi Yan. Xiao Yan drove Mo Meng away, leaving the conflict unresolved as Mo Meng threatened to confront him again at the Sect Convention.

• Xiao Yan comforted Yao Han after his heartbreak, and the two returned to the Main Pavilion in silence.
• Xiahou Wenxin confronted Mo Meng, who had blocked her and Liuli and wanted to take Liuli upstairs; she refused to leave Liuli behind.
• Yao Han arrived and challenged Mo Meng, who mocked him and dismissed accusations about his past abuse of female disciples.
• A black-robed attendant blocked Xiao Yan's Jade-Green Flame attack, and the clash revealed the attendant's strength as a six-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan warned Mo Meng to stay away from Liuli, and Mo Meng withdrew with his attendants after threatening to meet Xiao Yan at the Sect Convention.

The Sect Convention began in Tian Xing City, where Liuli urged Xiao Yan and Zi Yan to compete and Yao Family Ancestor Yao Jiangcang announced the tournament rules. Xiao Yan realized that the elimination rounds would be difficult for their three-person group because participants had to keep fighting in a gauntlet.

• Liuli told Xiao Yan and Zi Yan that they would compete first, then coaxed Zi Yan into agreeing with the promise of pills.
• Zi Yan eagerly ate a Fifth-grade Pill while Xiahou Wenxin asked Yao Han whether that was normal for her.
• Yao Jiangcang appeared before the gathered cultivators, revealing himself as a Dou Venerate and opening the Sect Convention.
• Yao Jiangcang announced that 2,304 sects would compete in elimination rounds, with participants replacing defeated fighters until their sect had no one left.
• Xiao Yan frowned at the gauntlet rules, realizing they put their small group at a disadvantage.