Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s group learned that they would face Xuan Ling Sect in the first round of the Sect Convention and prepared for the match. As the convention began, Sect Master Mo hinted that he knew where the Yao Family ancestor had died, prompting Yao Jiangcang to demand an explanation.

• Yao Han explained that Xuan Ling Sect had two Dou Zongs and more than ten Dou Huangs, and Xiao Yan agreed it would not be a serious threat.
• Xiao Yan assigned himself to handle the Dou Zongs while Zi Yan volunteered to fight Xuan Ling Sect’s Dou Huangs.
• Liuli decided to stay with Xiao Yan through the days of preliminary matches, and the two exchanged teasing remarks.
• Yao Jiangcang announced the start of the thirty-seventh Sect Convention, and the bells rang across the venue.
• Sect Master Mo asked about the Yao Family ancestor’s mysterious death and claimed he knew where the ancestor had died, causing Yao Jiangcang to confront him.

Mo Xiu revealed that Qiu Heng had found the entrance to the vanished Qian Ji Pavilion’s secret realm and proposed that the Ten Great Powers explore it together. After Qiu Heng offered a broken Wooden Staff found outside the sect, Yao Jiangcang recognized it as his dead Elder Brother’s.

• Mo Xiu introduced Qiu Heng as a descendant of Qian Ji Pavilion disciples taken in by the Bei Ming Sect.
• Qiu Heng explained that the Qian Ji Pavilion secret realm’s outer perimeter had no signs of life and was guarded by a sect-protecting puppet at the Dou Venerate realm.
• Mo Xiu revealed that the secret realm’s barrier only allowed those below the Dou Venerate realm to enter and asked the Ten Great Powers to join the exploration.
• Qiu Heng announced that a Divine Tree bore fruit once every thousand years, and that its fruit could help a Peak Dou Zong break through to the Dou Venerate realm.
• Qiu Heng handed Yao Jiangcang a broken Wooden Staff he had found outside the sect, and Yao Jiangcang recognized it as his Elder Brother’s.

Xiao Yan replaced Zi Yan in the Sect Convention arena and defeated Xuan Ling Sect’s Four-star Dou Zong sect master, Huang Yizhong, with a surprise strike. Huang Yizhong refused to concede and launched a powerful lightning attack, which Xiao Yan met with his mastered Nine Heavens Firefall Palm.

• After Zi Yan withdrew, Xiao Yan defeated three High-tier Dou Huangs and a Peak Dou Huang, leaving Xuan Ling Sect’s two Dou Zongs to fight.
• Huang Yizhong attacked Xiao Yan with a hammer, but Xiao Yan evaded the blow and challenged the sect master’s dishonorable tactics.
• Xiao Yan countered Huang Yizhong’s Collapsing Thunder Cannon with Eight Extremes Collapse, then appeared behind him and demanded his surrender.
• Huang Yizhong flew into a rage and attacked again, promising to concede and make Xiao Yan a Grand Elder if he survived his next move.
• Huang Yizhong unleashed Nine Dragons Thousand Annihilation Breath, and Xiao Yan answered with Nine Heavens Firefall Palm at Mastery.

Xiao Yan defeated Huang Yizhong by unleashing the Nine Heavens Firefall Palm and taking control of his Shocking Dragon Spear with his Dragon Might. After Huang conceded, Venerable Yao praised Xiao Yan’s strength and became curious about his background.

• Xiao Yan’s nine Flame Rings swelled and exploded, overwhelming Huang Yizhong’s thunder dragons and nearly shattering the arena’s Defensive Grand Formation.
• Yao Jiangcang raised an Ice Wall around the platform to contain the fire waves and lightning after the formation collapsed.
• Xiao Yan approached Huang Yizhong through the flames, but Huang hurled the Shocking Dragon Spear, trusting its Six-star Dou Zong dragon soul to defeat him.
• Xiao Yan’s Dragon Might made the spear’s dragon soul submit, and he took the weapon before Huang and explained that its dragon soul recognized his superior lineage.
• Huang Yizhong conceded, and Xiao Yan withdrew the power sustaining the flames.
• Venerable Yao praised Xiao Yan’s abilities and questioned him about his background, leaving Xiao Yan aware that his secrets were difficult to conceal from powerful experts.

After defeating Huang Yizhong, Xiao Yan received a warning from Yao Jiangcang that powerful factions might target him for his strength and possible inheritance. Back with Liuli and Zi Yan, he helped Zi Yan bargain her way out of having her pills reduced, leaving her celebrating her victory.

• Yao Jiangcang warned Xiao Yan that people with ulterior motives had begun taking notice of him, and Xiao Yan said he could protect himself.
• Xiao Yan left the ruined arena and reunited with Liuli, who teased him about his brutal fighting style.
• Zi Yan complained that Liuli planned to cut her monthly pills, so Xiao Yan offered her a bottle of Second-grade Pills.
• When Zi Yan threatened to expose Xiao Yan and Liuli's secrets, Xiao Yan offered her three Fourth-grade Pills each month.
• Liuli agreed to stop docking Zi Yan's pills, and Zi Yan celebrated.

Xiao Yan won his final elimination match and reached the peak of the Dou Emperor realm while Liuli stayed away from the competition because her Sword Heart was deteriorating. The chapter ended with Zi Yan telling Xiao Yan that Liuli was asleep and her underpants were wet.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yan Qianjun, a Seven-star Dou Zong, and secured the Flame Alliance's victory in Match 144.
• Xiao Yan looked for Liuli in the stands and felt disappointed when she was absent.
• Liuli worried that her Sword Heart was cracking and hid her condition to keep her clan from suspecting Xiao Yan.
• Liuli recalled her intimate moments with Xiao Yan and indulged in private while alone in the Cultivation Room.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn with Zi Yan and asked her to fetch Liuli.
• Zi Yan came back and whispered to Xiao Yan that Liuli was asleep and appeared to have wet her underpants.

Liuli woke after exhausting herself and feared Xiao Yan would discover what she had done, but Zi Yan turned the secret into leverage to demand more pills. Liuli eventually agreed to restore Zi Yan’s withheld pills and provide extra ones.

• Liuli woke in the evening, remembered what had happened in the Cultivation Room, and worried Xiao Yan would find out.
• Xiao Yan returned with Zi Yan and told Liuli that he had not entered the Cultivation Room while she slept.
• Liuli took Zi Yan upstairs and asked whether Xiao Yan had seen her, and Zi Yan promised she had kept quiet.
• Zi Yan threatened to tell Xiao Yan that Liuli wet the bed unless Liuli gave her more pills.
• Liuli agreed to issue Zi Yan’s withheld pills and provide three extra pills each month.

Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan considered the Yao Family’s invitation to a banquet where the Spirit Imprisonment Realm would be announced, worrying about the dangers and the strength of their allies. At the banquet, the guests gathered and Yao Jiangcang finally prepared to address them about the real business.

• Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan discussed the invitation jointly issued by the Ten Great Powers and questioned why the Spirit Imprisonment Realm had appeared just as they were searching for it.
• Liuli worried that her fragile Sword Heart and limited strength would leave Xiao Yan vulnerable if Soul Hall experts or other Dou Venerates attacked, while Xiao Yan proposed disguising himself and taking things as they came.
• Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan attended the Yao Family banquet, where prominent factions from across the Northwest Region gathered in the Core Plaza.
• Liuli complained about the formalities and noticed people watching her, while Xiao Yan spotted several hostile onlookers and explained that others coveted her because she concealed her strength.
• After the performances continued, Yao Jiangcang rose at the head table, stopped the dancers, and announced that it was time to discuss business.

Yao Jiangcang revealed that the Spirit Imprisonment Realm was the former headquarters of Qian Ji Pavilion and held a Divine Tree whose fruit could help Dou Zongs advance to Dou Venerate. Xiao Yan challenged the plan by raising the possibility of a surviving Dou Saint and demanded more intelligence, while Hua Ji arrived and asked Yao Jiangcang for proof that the realm was safe.

• Yao Jiangcang claimed his late brother had brought back a Spirit Fruit from the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, allowing him to reach his current cultivation, and said the realm belonged to Qian Ji Pavilion.
• Yao Jiangcang announced that the realm's Divine Tree bore fruit every thousand years, prompting the gathered experts to consider entering despite the risks.
• Xiao Yan objected and warned that Qian Ji Pavilion's Dou Saint might still be alive, causing the crowd to reconsider the danger.
• Mo Xiu argued that the realm's open entrance and Yao Chuanqiong's return with a fruit suggested the Dou Saint was not a threat, but Xiao Yan countered that the Saint could be trapped or outmatched.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Jiangcang share more intelligence, and Hua Ji arrived to ask for substantial proof that the realm was safe.

At a banquet, the gathered factions agreed to join forces to enter the Spirit Imprisonment Realm and wear down its Dou Venerate puppet. Hua Ji reunited with Xiao Yan and asked about his Master, but he told her Yao Lao was still asleep and led her away to speak privately.

• Yao Jiangcang revealed that the Spirit Imprisonment Realm’s passage was guarded by a Dou Venerate puppet, and Mo Xiu and Yao Jiangcang proposed wearing it down with coordinated forces and a powerful treasure.
• Xiao Yan agreed to trust Senior Yao, and the gathered factions supported the joint expedition.
• Hua Ji approached Xiao Yan and teased Liuli, who angrily insulted her before Xiao Yan stepped in to mediate.
• Hua Ji asked Xiao Yan where his Master was and requested the item he resided in; Xiao Yan told her Yao Lao was asleep and invited her to talk somewhere private.

Xiao Yan spoke with Hua Ji about Old Yao and the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, but refused to let her take Old Yao’s ring before his Master awoke. After Hua Ji departed, Xiao Yan followed the jealous Liuli and learned she was angry because he had called her a child.

• Xiao Yan told Hua Ji about Old Yao’s death and his plan to gather three Heavenly Flames to forge him a body.
• Hua Ji offered to take Old Yao’s ring and obtain something to repair his Soul Origin, but Xiao Yan refused until Old Yao could decide for himself.
• Hua Ji and Xiao Yan discussed Yao Jiangcang’s reputation and the risks of exploring the Spirit Imprisonment Realm.
• Hua Ji left, and Liuli walked away with Zi Yan until Xiao Yan caught up and apologized.
• Liuli explained that Xiao Yan had offended her by calling her a child, then led him and Zi Yan home.

Xiao Yan reflected on his uncertain future and the powerful enemies he would eventually face before Liuli comforted him with an embrace. The two promised to stay by each other’s side as Xiao Yan continued to worry about the Spirit Imprisonment Realm and his father’s fate.

• Xiao Yan reviewed his strength and the mysterious sealed light in his dantian, then wondered whether the Mysterious Old Man had been Qian Ji Pavilion’s Dou Saint master.
• Liuli interrupted Xiao Yan’s meditation, and they teased each other about his flirtation and Sister Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan asked Liuli for a hug, and she reluctantly agreed before he pulled her into his arms.
• Xiao Yan admitted he felt uncertain about the Spirit Imprisonment Realm and the powerful Soul Hall that had taken his father.
• Liuli comforted Xiao Yan and promised to stay by his side always, and he hugged her tighter.

Zi Yan suspected Liuli had spent the night with Xiao Yan, but they both claimed they had cultivated together. As the Spirit Imprisonment Realm expedition approached, Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan walked through Tian Xing City, where experts from across the Northwest Region had gathered.

• Zi Yan noticed Liuli had not slept in their room and accused her of secretly meeting Xiao Yan, but Liuli said she had stayed with him to guide his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that Liuli had been with him the previous night, saying they had only cultivated together, and Zi Yan dropped the matter after Liuli threatened to stop taking her out to eat.
• Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan made their way through Tian Xing City as news of the Spirit Imprisonment Realm drew a growing crowd of powerful visitors.
• Liuli said the number of Dou Zong experts in the city had nearly doubled, and Xiao Yan reflected on how many factions were hiding their strength.
• Xiao Yan noted that the Yao Family would lead the gathered experts into the Spirit Imprisonment Realm the next day, while Liuli shared her candied hawthorns with him and Zi Yan felt jealous.

Xiao Yan and Liuli revisited a mountain peak that recalled the beginning of their relationship, where Xiao Yan asked to kiss her. After their kiss, Liuli wept and admitted she was scared, leaving Xiao Yan holding and comforting her.

• Xiao Yan and Liuli returned to their residence after a day out with Zi Yan, who fell asleep on Xiao Yan's back.
• Liuli took Xiao Yan to a mountain peak overlooking Tian Xing City, whose scenery reminded them of Jia Ma Holy City years earlier.
• Xiao Yan asked Liuli if he could kiss her, and she reluctantly agreed after saying they were not a couple.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli kissed, and afterward Liuli cried and said she did not know why she was scared.
• Xiao Yan held Liuli and comforted her as he realized her feelings for him seemed humble.

Xiao Yan and Liuli enjoyed their final days exploring Tian Xing City before the Northwest Region’s powers assembled to answer Yao Jiangcang’s call to enter the Spirit Imprisonment Realm. After receiving their destination, Xiao Yan discovered that the nearby Tai Ming Empire was also close to the Profound Yellow Flame, one of three Heavenly Flames marked on his stone map.

• Xiao Yan and Liuli grew closer during their remaining days in Tian Xing City, while Zi Yan accompanied them.
• Yao Jiangcang gathered the Ten Great Powers and called on the Northwest Region’s allies to explore the Spirit Imprisonment Realm.
• More than three thousand cultivators answered the call, and Xiao Yan flew to join them with Liuli and Zi Yan.
• Yao Jiangcang distributed scrolls directing the group to the Crimson Refining Desert in the Tai Ming Empire.
• Xiao Yan examined his black stone map and told Liuli that it marked three Heavenly Flames, including the nearby Profound Yellow Flame.

Xiao Yan and Liuli prepared to pursue the Profound Yellow Flame and the Spirit Imprisonment Realm as their group arrived in Zhu City. Three days later, Yao Jiangcang learned that the realm held three Dou Venerate-level puppets, while Mo Xiu claimed he had a solution.

• Xiao Yan gave Liuli the Spirit Devouring Plate and asked her to enter the Spirit Imprisonment Realm with the group while he sought the Profound Yellow Flame.
• The group reached Zhu City, where Zhu Duxiao welcomed them, and Xiao Yan slipped away with Liuli's consent.
• Three days later, Yao Jiangcang confronted Mo Xiu over the realm's dangers and learned that Qiu Heng had detected three Dou Venerate-level puppets.
• Yao Jiangcang angrily accused Mo Xiu of risking the Northwest Region's strongest forces, but Mo Xiu said he had a solution.

Liuli punished Allied Army members who had terrorized Zhu City, killing Scarface despite Yao Jiangcang's warning that he was the Beast Taming Sect leader's son. The next day, Yao Jiangcang announced strict penalties for Allied Army members who committed crimes.

• Liuli confronted Scarface and his men after seeing them assault a woman, then knocked Scarface through the inn with one punch.
• Liuli revealed her Dou Zong strength, crippled Scarface's fleeing lackeys, and struck him down when he attacked with his White Snow Leopard.
• Yao Jiangcang arrived and warned Liuli that Scarface was the Beast Taming Sect leader's son, but she killed Scarface anyway.
• Liuli paid the innkeeper and left, while Yao Jiangcang killed Scarface's remaining lackeys and followed her.
• The next day, Yao Jiangcang announced that Allied Army members below Dou Zong who committed crimes would be publicly beheaded, while those above Dou Zong would be expelled.

Liuli prepared to refine a pill for Zi Yan while Xiao Yan located the Profound Yellow Flame and encountered a Seven-star Earth Spirit Beast who guarded it. The Earth Spirit Beast recognized Xiao Yan’s crimson Token as belonging to her missing master, Immortal Chi Yuan.

• Liuli reflected on killing Scarface and considered confronting the Yao Family if its elder rejected her demands.
• Liuli found Zi Yan close to advancing to Seven-star and took a medicinal ingredient outside the city to refine a pill.
• After three days of searching, Xiao Yan found the Profound Yellow Flame in a mountain valley.
• A tiny Seven-star Earth Spirit Beast emerged and claimed the flame and surrounding mountains as her territory.
• Xiao Yan showed the Earth Spirit Beast a crimson Token, and she recognized it as her master’s and cried out for Immortal Chi Yuan.

Xiao Yan tried to use Immortal Chi Yuan’s Token to persuade the Little Earth Spirit Beast to give up the Profound Yellow Flame, but she refused, so he left without taking it. He then noticed Liuli’s Pill Lightning and flew toward it, while Liuli’s unstable Dou Qi and cracking Sword Heart continued to worsen.

• Xiao Yan questioned the Little Earth Spirit Beast about her Master and learned that she had waited for several hundred years.
• Xiao Yan took Immortal Chi Yuan’s Token, but the Little Earth Spirit Beast refused to trade the Profound Yellow Flame for it or follow him.
• Xiao Yan left the canyon without taking the Profound Yellow Flame and planned to return after reaching Peak Dou Huang.
• Xiao Yan spotted Pill Lightning in the distance and changed course toward it.
• Liuli cleaved the Pill Lightning with her Silver Sword Qi, then noticed that her unstable Dou Qi was interfering with its normal use.

Xiao Yan reunited with Liuli and explained why he had not obtained the Profound Yellow Flame, while Liuli worried over his safety and continued preparing a pill for Zi Yan. As Xiao Yan and Liuli returned to the inn hand in hand, Zi Yan recognized the medicinal fragrance from her dream and rushed over to ask for a taste.

• Xiao Yan startled Liuli while she was recovering from pill refining, then hugged her and urged her to care for herself.
• Xiao Yan told Liuli that the Profound Yellow Flame belonged to an Earth Spirit Beast that had refused his offer, and Liuli offered to negotiate with her own treasures.
• Liuli recalled that an elder in her clan had once refined an Earth Spirit Beast into a Ninth-grade Pill.
• Zi Yan waited bored at the inn, then spotted Xiao Yan and Liuli walking together and secretly watched them.
• Zi Yan recognized the medicinal fragrance from her dream coming from Liuli and leapt down to ask what she had made.