Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan left the Flying Boat to confront the pursuers while Liuli stayed behind to protect Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yan blasted Old Ghost of Earthly Demons into a mountain with his Flame Splitting Wave Crushing Ruler, and Zi Yan began attacking the remaining pursuers.

• Xiao Yan assigned Zi Yan to handle the Dou Emperors and told Liuli to protect Xiao Yi Xian before charging at the pursuing group.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons attacked Xiao Yan with ice, but Xiao Yan burned through his strikes and countered with the Flame Splitting Wave Crushing Ruler.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons used Blood Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven to defend himself, but Xiao Yan's flames overwhelmed his cold cloud and engulfed the mountain peak.
• The surviving pursuers watched the destruction as Zi Yan appeared behind them and killed one of the Dou Emperors with a purple energy dragon claw.

Zi Yan drove off four Dou Zongs while Xiao Yan defeated Old Ghost of Earthly Demons, whose attempted self-destruction killed him after Xiao Yan disrupted his Dou Qi. Xiao Yan retrieved the Storage Ring, but a voice from the horizon threatened his girlfriend.

• Zi Yan crushed a Dou Huang and badly injured the dark-skinned Dou Zong who attacked her, prompting him and the other three Dou Zongs to flee.
• Xiao Yan emerged unharmed after his flames burned away Old Ghost of Earthly Demons' defenses and left him gravely injured.
• Old Ghost of Earthly Demons tried to self-destruct, but Xiao Yan ignited the Dou Qi inside him and escaped, leaving him to explode.
• Xiao Yan recovered Old Ghost of Earthly Demons' Storage Ring from the frozen crater.
• An unseen speaker laughed and asked Xiao Yan whether he had considered what might happen to his girlfriend.

Old Man Yingshan took Liuli hostage to force Xiao Yan to hand over the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, but Liuli and Xiao Yan had set a trap for him. Xiao Yan tracked down Old Man Yingshan after he revived in a cave and killed him before Liuli arrived.

• Old Man Yingshan threatened Liuli and demanded the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, so Xiao Yan placed the Crystal Box in a crater and withdrew.
• After Xiao Yan left, Old Man Yingshan discovered that Liuli was an illusion and that he had been holding a piece of wood; Liuli killed him with the Golden Longsword.
• Liuli recovered the Crystal Box and called for Zi Yan, who gave her Pills before they set off to watch the show.
• Old Man Yingshan revived in a cave, but Xiao Yan found him and confronted him; Old Man Yingshan attacked and Xiao Yan killed him.
• Liuli arrived with Zi Yan and complained that Xiao Yan had finished the fight before she could watch.

Xiao Yan and his companions returned safely to Jia Nan Academy after defeating their pursuers, and Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Li. At the Bamboo Pavilion, Xiao Yan told Su Qian that three Dou Zongs had died, including Old Ghost of Earthly Demons, leaving Su Qian stunned.

• Liuli teased Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian’s feelings for him, while Xiao Yan insisted they were only friends.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Li welcomed Xiao Yan back and said he had recently advanced to Nine Star Dou King.
• Xiao Li explained that the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s remaining Heart Flame had run out and that Panmen had helped by supplying cultivation pills.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Niu Guli had become a Dou King and an academy elder who often helped the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan and the others met Su Qian at the Bamboo Pavilion, where Xiao Yan reported that three of five pursuing Dou Zongs had died, including Old Ghost of Earthly Demons, who had self-detonated.

Xiao Yan discussed the aftermath of Old Ghost of Earthly Demons’s death with Su Qian and explained that he needed a rare Magical Core to address Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body. After Xiao Yan left to visit Panmen, Su Qian told Liuli that a powerful member of her Sword Clan had come looking for her, and she realized it was Gongsun Lan, her technically related uncle.

• Su Qian said Demonic Flame Valley would collapse after Old Ghost of Earthly Demons’s death, and Xiao Yan agreed to replenish the Heart Flame before going there.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Headmaster and explained that he needed a Seven-star Magical Core from a Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast to resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.
• Su Qian said the Headmaster was in the Central Continent, where Xiao Yan hoped to search for the Magical Core and other leads.
• Xiao Yan left with Xiao Yi Xian to visit Panmen, while Su Qian asked Liuli and Zi Yan to remain behind.
• Su Qian told Liuli that a golden-haired Dou Venerate from her Sword Clan had searched for her a year earlier, and Liuli recognized him as Gongsun Lan.
• Liuli learned that Gongsun Lan was technically her uncle and decided she would not return to the clan while he was pursuing her.

Liuli settled back into the Inner Academy while Xiao Yan advanced his cultivation and fire-control skills. As Xiao Yan left the Magma World, he remained intrigued by a mysterious force beneath the magma that had stirred the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Liuli returned to her courtyard and cleaned it while Zi Yan declined to bathe with her.
• Xiao Yan lured Zi Yan away with pills and a promise of festival food, then entered Liuli’s loft while she was bathing.
• Over the next two months, Liuli restored Sword Heart to ninety percent but could not repair the final portion.
• Xiao Yan refined the Sky Demon Phoenix’s Bone Wings, trained in the Magma World, and brought back the young Fallen Heart Flame and Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Yan practiced the Five Wheel Separation Fire Method and noticed the Tou She Ancient God Jade reacting to something deep beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yan decided not to investigate the magma’s depths yet and headed toward the bottom of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

Xiao Yan went to Demonic Flame Valley with Liuli and claimed its assets as the sect’s new master, using Old Ghost of Earthly Demons’ Token. After he killed a dissenting elder, Chief Xu challenged his claim, while Mo Tianxing cautiously kept his distance.

• Xiao Yan prepared to leave for Demonic Flame Valley, and Liuli insisted on accompanying him.
• Xiao Yan arrived to find Mo Tianxing and two other Dou Zongs’ factions clearing the valley; Mo Tianxing credited his recent breakthrough to Xiao Yan’s pill.
• Xiao Yan produced Old Ghost of Earthly Demons’ Token and declared that the dead patriarch had entrusted Demonic Flame Valley’s assets to him.
• A surrendered elder challenged Xiao Yan’s claim, and Xiao Yan killed him with a single palm strike.
• Chief Xu of the Sky-Blowing Gang challenged Xiao Yan’s right to take the valley, and Mo Tianxing retreated rather than stand beside him.

Xiao Yan challenged Mo Tianxing and Xu Wuque over whether Xiao Yan was Demonic Flame Valley's successor, but Xu Wuque insulted him and propositioned Liuli. Liuli killed Xu Wuque with her Golden Flying Swords, leaving the gathered experts stunned.

• Xiao Yan asked Mo Tianxing whether he also refused to recognize him as Demonic Flame Valley's successor, and Mo Tianxing promptly affirmed him.
• Xu Wuque rejected Xiao Yan's claim and demanded that Liuli be given to him, while Mo Tianxing withdrew and ordered the Black Emperor Sect to treat the Xiao Clan as a strategic ally.
• Liuli told Xiao Yan she would handle Xu Wuque, then summoned three Golden Flying Swords and flew toward him despite lacking Dou Qi.
• Xu Wuque attacked with his Black Fiend Arms, but Liuli's Golden Flying Swords sliced them apart.
• Liuli pierced Xu Wuque through the head with a Golden Longsword and challenged the others, asking, "Who else?!"

After Liuli killed Xu Wuque, Xiao Yan disbanded the Demonic Flame Valley and gave its elders Qi Restoration Pills. He and Liuli then used Zi Yan’s Essence Blood to locate the valley’s hidden treasury and broke through its concealed entrance.

• Liuli returned to Xiao Yan after killing Xu Wuque, and Mo Tianxing led the Black Emperor Sect away.
• Xiao Yan announced that the Demonic Flame Valley was disbanded, and a senior elder accepted the decision on behalf of the others.
• Xiao Yan gave the Demonic Flame Valley elders over a hundred Jade Bottles containing Third-grade Qi Restoration Pills, then left with Liuli.
• Liuli gave Xiao Yan a purple Jade Talisman containing Zi Yan’s Essence Blood, allowing him to sense the hidden treasury’s location.
• Xiao Yan found the concealed cave entrance and smashed through its stone wall with successive attacks.

Xiao Yan and Liuli emptied the Demonic Flame Valley storehouse, where Xiao Yan found valuable resources, a safer version of the Flame Controlling Art, and a bamboo slip labeled Heavenly Demon Puppet. Meanwhile, a golden-haired stranger arrived at Jia Nan Academy, asked whether a statue depicted Xiao Yan, and caused everyone nearby to feel a deadly threat.

• Xiao Yan protected Liuli from a Fifth Rank Serpentine Magical Beast guarding the storehouse and drove it away.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli gathered the storehouse's Scrolls and medicinal ingredients, then Xiao Yan retrieved four Earth Rank items from behind a Light Barrier.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Thunderclap Mirror and Awakening Thunder Law as suitable for his second brother, Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Flame Controlling Art was marked True and had been improved by Old Ghost of Earthly Demons to have almost no side effects.
• Xiao Yan found a seventh-tier fire-attributed Magical Core and opened a bamboo slip labeled Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• A golden-haired White-robed Youth arrived at Jia Nan Academy, asked whether the bronze statue was Xiao Yan, and made everyone feel the threat of death.

Xiao Yan discovered the Heavenly Demon Puppet technique and returned to Jia Nan Academy with Liuli, where Gongsun Lan confronted them. Gongsun Lan revealed he could take Liuli away with the Sword Clan leader’s Token.

• Xiao Yan read about the Heavenly Demon Puppet and realized Old Ghost of Earthly Demons had prepared the Seven-star fire-attribute Magical Core for refining one, though key materials were missing.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli left Demonic Flame Valley, notified the Xiao Clan to handle the aftermath, and hurried back toward the Inner Academy.
• Gongsun Lan waited at Panmen headquarters for Liuli, explaining to Su Qian that he had tracked her with his Spiritual Sense.
• Gongsun Lan sensed Xiao Yan and Liuli’s return, judged Xiao Yan unqualified, and approached them at Panmen.
• Liuli recognized Gongsun Lan and feared he would report her shattered Sword Heart to her father.
• Gongsun Lan asked when Liuli’s Sword Heart had shattered, then showed her the clan leader’s Token and said he could take her away.

Gongsun Lan told Liuli that her father wanted her back for the upcoming Jian Dian, prompting her to choose between staying with Xiao Yan and returning to the Sword Clan. After Xiao Yan urged her to repair her damaged Sword Heart and prepare for her future, Liuli agreed to return in three days.

• Liuli challenged Gongsun Lan for using Gongsun Lin's authority to pressure her, but he explained that her father had ordered her return.
• Gongsun Lan said the Jian Dian would open in a year and warned that Gongsun Lin might learn Liuli's Sword Heart had been shattered.
• Xiao Yan encouraged Liuli to return to the Sword Clan, repair her Sword Heart, and meet him again once they were both stronger.
• Liuli tearfully embraced Xiao Yan, then agreed to return to the clan after three days to settle her affairs at Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan refined Soul Nurturing Saliva and awakened Heavenly Fire Venerable, then faced Liuli as she broke down over his impending separation from her. Liuli begged Xiao Yan to sleep with her, and a flash from her Storage Ring left him disoriented and unconscious.

• Xiao Yan refined Soul Nurturing Saliva and used it to restore Heavenly Fire Venerable's Soul Origin.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable thanked Xiao Yan and said he no longer needed to fear his soul dispersing for several years.
• Liuli entered Xiao Yan's room and asked why he had not visited her during the past three days.
• Liuli said she feared Xiao Yan would forget her after she left and began undressing, hoping to secure a place in his life.
• Xiao Yan tried to reassure Liuli that his love would never change and warned that giving herself to him could harm her cultivation.
• Liuli begged Xiao Yan to sleep with her, and a pink-white light flashed from her Storage Ring before Xiao Yan lost consciousness.

After Xiao Yan woke to find Liuli gone, Zi Yan told him she had returned home and left him her letter. Liuli reunited with her family in the Jian Realm, then prepared to ask her father to help repair her unresponsive Sword Heart so she could grow stronger and see Xiao Yan again.

• Xiao Yan woke and found Liuli's bed empty, then discovered Zi Yan crying outside with a box.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that Liuli had gone home and gave him her letter before running off.
• Old Yao admitted that he had made an agreement with Liuli but could not tell Xiao Yan what it was, and Xiao Yan returned to his room with the letter unread.
• Liuli reunited with Gongsun Yu, Gongsun Lin, and Gongsun Sanbu at the Jian Realm, and Gongsun Lin told her to meet him at the training grounds the next day.
• Liuli tried cultivating but found that her Sword Heart remained unresponsive, so she planned to apologize to Gongsun Lin and ask him to repair it.

Liuli reunited with her father, Gongsun Lin, and told him about her ordeal in the Spirit Imprisonment Realm and her years away from the Sword Clan. Gongsun Lin reassured her that her happiness mattered more to him than her cultivation or clan duties, then asked what was happening between her and Xiao Yan.

• Liuli met Gongsun Lin at Kongming Peak's training plaza and explained how she had shattered her Sword Heart to escape the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, while praising Xiao Yan's help.
• Gongsun Lin scolded Liuli for risking her life and asked about her cultivation, techniques, and progress during her eight years away.
• Liuli admitted she feared she had wasted her talent and failed her responsibilities as the Sword Clan's Young Clan Leader.
• Gongsun Lin comforted Liuli, telling her she was his daughter before she was the Young Clan Leader and promising to protect her until she could stand on her own.
• After Liuli cried in his arms, Gongsun Lin asked what was going on between her and Xiao Yan.

Gongsun Lin questioned Liuli about Xiao Yan, and she confessed that she loved him and wanted to marry him, praising his talent as a Dou Zong and Eighth-grade Alchemist. Gongsun Yu joined them, scolded Gongsun Lin for his talk of concubines, then warmly teased Liuli about bringing Xiao Yan home.

• Gongsun Lin asked Liuli about the man who received her Dou Di bloodline and a tenth of her life force, and Liuli asked him not to lose his temper or go looking for him.
• Liuli confessed that she had pledged herself to Xiao Yan and would marry no one else, then praised his talent and potential as an Eighth-grade Alchemist.
• Gongsun Lin briefly considered Xiao Yan's qualifications but told Liuli she could marry only after reaching the Dou Saint realm.
• Gongsun Yu appeared and threatened Gongsun Lin for joking about having three thousand male companions.
• Gongsun Yu hugged Liuli, teased her about Xiao Yan and Gongsun Lan, and asked when she would bring Xiao Yan home.

Gongsun Lin took Liuli to Yan Xin Pavilion to explain why her Sword Heart would not recover, revealing that it had merged into the pavilion’s central sphere and left no restorable fragments. An aged stranger appeared and shattered the Sword Heart she had repaired, leaving her cultivation in sudden jeopardy.

• Gongsun Lin learned that Liuli’s Sword Heart had shown no signs of recovering despite her efforts.
• Gongsun Yu watched Gongsun Lin take Liuli away and lamented that they would be separated again.
• Gongsun Lin brought Liuli to Yan Xin Pavilion and explained that its light spheres reflected the condition of Sword Clan members’ Sword Hearts.
• Gongsun Lin revealed that Liuli’s Sword Heart had merged into the central sphere, leaving no fragments to repair.
• An aged stranger appeared, pressed a hand to Liuli’s lower abdomen, and shattered her Sword Heart.

Liuli learned that the Sword Head had destroyed her Sword Heart because it was useless to her, but she could no longer cultivate without it. After demonstrating his overwhelming power, he offered to resolve the problem if she became his student and stayed in the Sword Tomb for three years.

• The Sword Head destroyed Liuli's Sword Heart, and Gongsun Lin introduced him as the Sword Clan's first Sword Tomb guardian and the creator of the Sword Heart method.
• Liuli asked how she could cultivate without a Sword Heart, and the Sword Head refused to help because they had no relationship.
• The Sword Head unleashed his aura and reminded Liuli that the strong made the rules on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Liuli agreed that the Sword Head's actions were justified, and he stopped the spatial fractures he had caused.
• The Sword Head offered to resolve Liuli's problem if she became his student and stayed in the Sword Tomb for three years.

Xiao Yan met Gongsun Lin, Liuli’s father, who confronted him over the harm Liuli had suffered because of him. The chapter ended with Gongsun Lin questioning whether Xiao Yan could ever be powerful enough to help or protect her.

• Xiao Yan remained in Tianya City while the damaged Space Wormhole was under repair.
• Gongsun Lin entered Xiao Yan’s pavilion, and Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that the visitor was extremely powerful.
• Gongsun Lin demonstrated that he had detected Old Yao and Heavenly Fire Venerable, leading Xiao Yan to realize he was a Dou Saint and Liuli’s father.
• Gongsun Lin listed the harm Liuli had suffered and asked Xiao Yan if the accusations were true.
• Xiao Yan admitted Liuli had suffered because of him, apologized, and promised to help her even at the cost of his life.
• Gongsun Lin dismissed Xiao Yan’s promise and questioned whether his future strength could surpass the Sword Clan.

Gongsun Lin wagered that Xiao Yan had fifty years to prove himself worthy of marrying Liuli, then challenged him to a fight after sealing his cultivation to One-star Dou Zong. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing Gongsun Lin in a silver space.

• Gongsun Lin told Xiao Yan that Liuli's status meant he needed comparable power to protect their relationship.
• Gongsun Lin offered Xiao Yan fifty years to reach Three-star Dou Saint or become a Ninth-grade Alchemist, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan mentioned Gu Yuan, angering Gongsun Lin, who changed the wager to Five-star Dou Saint or a Ninth-grade Profound Pill within fifty years.
• Gongsun Lin transported Xiao Yan to a silver space, formed a Three-foot Wooden Sword, and challenged him while sealed to One-star Dou Zong.