Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and his allies fought to stop Old Man Mu Gu and the Soul Hall from taking the unsealed Three Thousand Burning Flame. Yao Feng revealed that he had become a vessel for Nihility Devouring Flame, who appeared in person and ordered Mu Gu to seize the Dragon while he faced Xiao Yu.

• Xiao Yu detonated the soul mark inside the Three Thousand Burning Flame, weakening it after its seal vanished, and Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan to confront Yao Feng.
• Qiu Ling killed the Soul Hall experts hiding in the Space Rift while Xiao Yu blocked Old Man Mu Gu from reaching the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Old Man Mu Gu summoned three Three-Star Dou Venerates with a spatial jade tablet, and Xiao Yu prepared to fight them.
• Yao Feng revealed his hatred of Yao Chen and transformed as Nihility Devouring Flame took control of his body.
• Xiao Yu recognized Nihility Devouring Flame, who ordered Mu Gu and the other Soul Hall Venerates to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame while he faced Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu stalled Nihility Devouring Flame by discussing the Xiao Clan bloodline and proposing secret cooperation over the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. Nihility Devouring Flame agreed to consider the offer and withdrew, leaving Xiao Yu free to help secure the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi arrived, and Xiao Yu sent Xuan Kongzi to stop Old Man Mu Gu and Tian Lei Zi to help Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Tian Lei Zi rushed toward the weakened Three Thousand Burning Flame while Xiao Yu faced Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Nihility Devouring Flame questioned Xiao Yu about the Xiao Clan bloodline, and Xiao Yu claimed Xiao Xuan had preserved its Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Xiao Yu offered Nihility Devouring Flame secret cooperation and used the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion as a bargaining chip.
• Nihility Devouring Flame said he would consider cooperating, transformed Yao Feng's body into nothingness, and left.

Xiao Yu helped Xuan Kongzi and Qiu Ling defeat Old Man Mu Gu and the other Soul Hall Dou Venerates, while Xiao Yan began subduing the Netherworld Poison Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame. After Three Thousand Burning Flame erupted, everyone evacuated the Star Region and left Xiao Yan to continue his struggle within it.

• Xiao Yu told Xuan Kongzi that Nihility Devouring Flame had left, and Xuan Kongzi, Qiu Ling, and Xiao Yu killed Old Man Mu Gu and the other four Dou Venerates.
• Xiao Yan claimed the ownerless Netherworld Poison Flame, then used Zi Yan's Ancient Dragon blood and Three Thousand Burning Flame's Sub-Flame to begin subduing Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan entered Three Thousand Burning Flame's soul space as Xiao Yu and Tian Lei Zi suppressed the flame from outside.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame erupted with purple-black flames, and Xuan Kongzi ordered everyone to leave the Star Region.
• Xiao Yu reassured Xuan Kongzi that Xiao Yan could succeed with Yao Lao's help, and the group flew toward the exit.

Xiao Yu left the Star Region’s aftermath to prepare for his return to the Northern Domain, while Xiao Yan remained inside absorbing Heavenly Flames. Back at Ye Manor, Xiao Yu agreed to take Zi Yan, Xiong Zhan, and Bai Xiaoxiao with him, then claimed accumulated system rewards that included guards and the Heaven High-Level Dou Technique Star Divination Art.

• Xiao Yu told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi that Xiao Yan was still absorbing Heavenly Flames in the Star Region and announced he would return to the Northern Domain.
• Xiao Yu told Zi Yan, Xiong Zhan, and Bai Xiaoxiao they would visit Danta’s Medicine Vault before leaving the next day, and promised to refine pills to help Zi Yan advance.
• Zi Yan teased Xiao Yu about her transformed appearance, then ran off after he teased her in return.
• Xiao Yu invited Bai Xiaoxiao to accompany him to the Northern Domain, and she agreed.
• Xiao Yu claimed his accumulated sign-in rewards, receiving pill ingredients, techniques, five Dou Venerate-level guards, and the Heaven High-Level Dou Technique Star Divination Art.

Xiao Yu examined the Heaven High-Level Dou Technique Star Divination Art and learned that it contained a treasure-seeking method and a deadly star formation. After Zi Yan devoured the Rank 7 Pills he had refined, Xiao Yu accompanied her to Danta’s Medicinal Herb Repository, where two Elders recognized him at the entrance.

• Xiao Yu learned that the Star Divination Art contained the Star Seeking Scroll and the Star Array Scroll, including the powerful Ten Directions Annihilation Array.
• Xiao Yu set the technique aside and refined five Rank 7 Pills overnight.
• Zi Yan burst into Xiao Yu’s room, swallowed all five pills, and urged him to take her to the Medicine Vault.
• Xiao Yu instructed Bai Xiaoxiao, Xiong Zhan, and Huo Yue'er to wait for them at the White Jade Square before setting out with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan reached Danta’s Medicinal Herb Repository, where two Danta Elders greeted Xiao Yu as Elder Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu and Zi Yan entered Danta’s Medicine Vault and took a huge haul of medicinal herbs, paying two Grade 8 Pills before making their escape. The Elders discovered that nearly three-tenths of the vault was gone, and the green-robed Elder went to complain to Xuan Kongzi and the other chairmen.

• The two Elders explained that Danta allowed its Elders to collect herbs in exchange for pills, then opened the Medicine Vault for Xiao Yu and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan rushed inside and began eating and gathering herbs while Xiao Yu urged her to take them in Storage Rings instead.
• Xiao Yu stopped Zi Yan after they had taken nearly three-tenths of the herbs and stored the haul in his System Space.
• Xiao Yu gave the Elders two Grade 8 Pills as payment, and he and Zi Yan quickly left.
• The Elders realized the Medicine Vault had been robbed and the green-robed Elder went to complain to Xuan Kongzi and the other two chairmen.

Xiao Yu and Zi Yan escaped Danta with medicinal ingredients and traveled through a Spatial Wormhole while Xiao Yu refined a pill for Little Xiao Nian. After a month, he completed the pill, but a powerful force locked onto his room, so Xiong Zhan guided the ship out of the wormhole.

• Xiao Yu and Zi Yan boarded the Spatial Ship, and Xiong Zhan hurriedly took it into the Spatial Wormhole.
• Xiao Yu told Bai Xiaoxiao and Zi Yan to help control the ship and protect him while Huo Yue'er observed him refining pills.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi learned of the stolen ingredients and decided to let Xiao Yu go, then discussed Yao Chen and Xiao Yan's attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yu spent a month refining a Top Grade Eight Yin Yang Soul Bone Pill for Little Xiao Nian while Huo Yue'er watched.
• Xiao Yu completed the pill, and a terrifying force locked onto his room, prompting him to tell Xiong Zhan to find an exit from the Spatial Wormhole.

Xiao Yu and his companions reached the Northern Domain after he refined the Yin Yang Soul Bone Pill and overcame its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. While practicing the Star Seeking Scroll in Mofeng City, Xiao Yu noticed that a treasure site lay in the Death Plains.

• Xiao Yu refined the Yin Yang Soul Bone Pill aboard the Spatial Ship, and its Nine-Colored Pill Lightning gathered over the Death Desert near Mofeng City.
• Xiao Yu destroyed the Pill Lightning, subdued the pill, and astonished Zhao Wuyan and the other onlookers with his Dou Venerate strength.
• Xiao Yu and his companions entered Mofeng City, bought a map, and learned that they were at the southern edge of the Northern Domain, far from the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu gave Zi Yan Rank 7 Pills, and the group stayed overnight at an inn.
• Xiao Yu studied the Star Seeking Scroll, then used it to observe the stars and discovered a treasure site in the Death Plains.

Xiao Yu changed the group’s route after discovering a treasure map pointing to the Death Desert, and they sought help from Tianmo Sect to enter it. Ma San revealed that the sect’s leader would guide an expedition the next day after rumors drew people into the desert.

• At breakfast, Xiao Yu told the group he wanted to visit the Death Desert because his treasure map pointed there.
• An inn waiter warned Xiao Yu’s group that the desert was deadly and introduced them to a Tianmo Sect representative who could arrange entry.
• Zi Yan mocked the goateed representative, and Xiong Zhan subdued him until Xiao Yu ordered him released and questioned him.
• Ma San identified himself as a Tianmo Sect elder who recruited people seeking entry into the Death Desert.
• Ma San told Xiao Yu that Tianmo Sect would enter the desert the next day with its Sect Master leading, prompted by rumors about recent visitors.

Xiao Yu and his companions joined the Tianmo Sect’s expedition into the Death Desert, where rumors of a Rank 9 Magical Beast and the Star Seeking Scroll’s promised treasure made the journey dangerous. As Xiao Yu scouted ahead, he spotted a magma-covered mountain range, while Sound Valley’s Holy Maiden led a separate search for the second half of the Divine Demon Preface.

• Ma San warned Xiao Yu that tremors and terrifying roars had troubled the Death Desert, where some claimed to have seen a Rank 9 Magical Beast.
• Xiao Yu, Bai Xiaoxiao, Huo Yue'er, Xiong Zhan, and Zi Yan agreed to enter the Death Desert with Ma San, and Ma San arranged their place in the expedition.
• The next morning, Xiao Yu dismissed Ma San from their carriage to avoid drawing attention to the Tianmo Sect Elder, and the convoy set out from Mofeng City.
• As the convoy traveled deeper into the Death Desert, the sand turned blood-red and the surrounding sandstorm grew dark and fierce.
• Xiao Yu flew out to scout and saw a magma-covered mountain range ahead, while the veiled Holy Maiden of Sound Valley instructed her elders to search for the second half of the Divine Demon Preface at Death Canyon.

Xiao Yu and his companions reached a magma-filled mountain range that Zi Yan and Bai Xiaoxiao suspected was the burial ground of an Ancient Alien Species Phoenix. Xiao Yu reunited with Yun Yun, Cai Die, and Little Xiao Nian, who had led them there because she had been feeling unwell.

• Xiao Yu sensed exceptionally dense Fire Attribute energy in the mountain range and returned to tell Zi Yan about it.
• The convoy stopped near the mountains, where Zi Yan and Bai Xiaoxiao suggested that the oppressive aura came from the burial ground of a powerful dead magical beast, possibly a Phoenix.
• Travelers, including people from Sound Valley, flew across the abyss toward the magma mountains.
• Xiao Yu spotted Yun Yun, Cai Die, and Little Xiao Nian rushing toward the mountains and followed them with Zi Yan and the others.
• Xiao Yu stopped a wind blade from striking Little Xiao Nian, who joyfully called him Daddy and ran into his arms.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yu that Little Xiao Nian had been feeling unwell and had led them to the mountain range.

Xiao Yu discovered that Little Xiao Nian’s Phoenix Mark was reacting to a force beneath the Volcanic Crater, and she said a Phoenix was calling to her. As Xiao Yu prepared to investigate, the Fire Flame Sect’s sect master and many others entered the deadly magma, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Yun Yun and Cai Die told Xiao Yu that Little Xiao Nian’s Phoenix Mark and the Heavenly Flames inside her had grown restless, and Nian’er said a Phoenix beneath the crater was calling to her.
• Zi Yan reunited with Cai Die and explained that she had secretly fled her clan because its Elders restricted her freedom.
• Xiao Yu suspected that a powerful Ancient Alien Species Phoenix lay beneath the crater and decided to investigate, while Cai Die mistakenly thought Bai Xiaoxiao was her sister’s daughter.
• The sect master of the Fire Flame Sect entered the magma and vanished, but many onlookers assumed he had found treasure and followed him down.
• Xiao Yu warned Yun Yun and the others that the magma’s heat could kill even a Dou Zong, then said he would descend to investigate.

Xiao Yu stayed above the Magma after sensing that those who had entered were likely dead, while the Sound Valley Holy Maiden warned that a powerful danger lay beneath the crater. A giant Phoenix burst from the Volcanic Crater, and Xiao Yu suspected it was undergoing Phoenix Nirvana.

• Yun Yun and Cai Die urged Xiao Yu not to enter the Magma, and he decided to wait while probing it with his Soul Power.
• People gathered above the crater argued over the treasure and accused one another of waiting to seize it.
• The Sound Valley Holy Maiden explained that an Ancient Alien Species had been buried with the 'Divine Demon Preface' and warned that the crater might erupt.
• Xiao Yu sensed a powerful cry and a surge of scorching energy from below, then warned everyone to retreat.
• A Magma wave erupted and swallowed many people before a gigantic crimson Phoenix soared into the sky.
• Little Xiao Nian's Phoenix Mark glowed as the Phoenix turned toward the crater, and Xiao Yu wondered if it was undergoing Phoenix Nirvana.

Xiao Yu, Little Xiao Nian, and Yun Yun entered the magma to help the dying Phoenix, which bestowed its power on Little Xiao Nian. Little Xiao Nian broke through several cultivation realms and faced a Heavenly Tribulation as the Phoenix merged into her mark, while Xiao Yu collected the Phoenix’s remains.

• Xiao Yu explained that the magma pillar marked the Phoenix’s attempted Nirvana, and the Phoenix struggled against it as its power faded.
• A mysterious force pulled Little Xiao Nian toward the magma, but Xiao Yu broke free of the restraint and rescued her as Yun Yun’s Life Divine Tree power weakened the force.
• The Phoenix asked Xiao Yu to bring Little Xiao Nian and Yun Yun closer, promising a cultivation opportunity for the girl in exchange for Yun Yun’s life energy.
• The Phoenix and Yun Yun’s energies flowed into Little Xiao Nian, rapidly raising her cultivation through Dou Emperor and Dou Zong to Dou Ancestor Peak.
• A Heavenly Tribulation gathered around Little Xiao Nian, and the Phoenix merged its soul into the golden mark on her forehead.
• Xiao Yu collected the Phoenix’s Rank 9 skeleton from the magma.

Little Xiao Nian faced a Heavenly Tribulation, while Xiao Yu drew the stronger lightning away from the surrounding area and endured it himself. The tribulation continued to strike father and daughter as Xiao Yu absorbed its energy and his Dou Qi began to grow.

• Little Xiao Nian's Phoenix power calmed her surging Dou Qi, and she told Xiao Yu and Yun Yun she was ready to face the Heavenly Tribulation.
• Xiao Yu gave Little Xiao Nian the Yin Yang Soul Bone Pill and urged her to use it against the lightning.
• The Sound Valley Holy Maiden recognized Xiao Yu and ordered her people to gather information about the Underworld and its possible connection to him.
• As the Heavenly Tribulation gathered over the Magma Mountain Range, Xiao Yu flew toward the clouds to keep its destructive power away from the area.
• Xiao Yu was struck by lightning that damaged his Soul Power, while Little Xiao Nian began enduring her own tribulation.
• Xiao Yu continued absorbing the lightning's energy as the tribulation fell, and the Dou Qi within him began to grow.

Xiao Yu endured the final Heavenly Tribulation lightning and broke directly through from Nine-turn Peak Dou Venerate to Dou Saint, while Little Xiao Nian also survived her tribulation. As the Sound Valley group approached to discuss the Divine Demon Preface, Yin Ning greeted Xiao Yu.

• The Sound Valley elder recognized the black-gold Runes on Xiao Yu as signs of a cultivated physique and warned Yin Ning that he could rival her in strength.
• The Prison Suppressing Divine Body protected Xiao Yu from the final lightning bolt, and the Chaos Green Lotus healed him as the lightning’s energy replenished his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu released a Dou Saint aura, astonishing everyone by advancing directly from Nine-turn Peak Dou Venerate without passing through Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yu took Little Xiao Nian into his arms and gave her a Recovery Pill; he reassured Yun Yun that she would recover and said the Yin Yang Soul Bone Pill would help her advance in the Dou Venerate realm.
• Yin Ning led the Sound Valley group to Xiao Yu and bowed, greeting him as a Young Master; Xiao Yu replied that they had met before.

Xiao Yu negotiated an alliance between Sound Valley and the Underworld in exchange for letting Sound Valley search the Magma Mountain Range for its lost cultivation technique. After warning his companions that Soul Hall might act soon and that the Soul Clan stood behind it, he led them away from the Phoenix’s former nest.

• Yin Ning told Xiao Yu that Sound Valley had come to recover the lost half of the Divine Demon Preface from the Magma Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu claimed the mountain range as his own and demanded an alliance with Sound Valley as the price for retrieving its technique.
• Yin Ning agreed to the alliance, and Xiao Yu told her to have Sound Valley formally establish it with the Underworld in the Northern Domain.
• Xiao Yu warned Cai Die, Yun Yun, and Zi Yan that Soul Hall might make a move and that the powerful Soul Clan stood behind it.
• Xiao Yu said the Phoenix and its bones were the only treasures in the mountain range, then led his group toward the Death Desert’s outskirts.

Xiao Yu returned to the Underworld after advancing to Dou Saint and found the sect established in the Northern Domain. He arranged to move its Northwest Continent members to Phoenix Perch Mountain and promised Qing Lin she could stay by his side wherever he went.

• The system rewarded Xiao Yu with pills, Bodhi Liquid, and the Thunder Guiding Art after he and Young Master reached new realms.
• Xiao Yu learned about the Underworld's growth from Yun Yun and Cai Die as they traveled to the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yu reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then proposed bringing the Underworld members from the Northwest Continent to Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Xiao Yu agreed with Xiao Yi Xian that the Underworld needed its own Spatial Wormhole and considered forming an alliance with Sound Valley and Blazing Flame Valley.
• Qing Lin brought Xiao Yu beggar's chicken, and he promised that from then on she would go wherever he went.

Xiao Yu returned to the Black Corner Region with Qing Lin and learned that the Underworld had suffered losses in attacks by the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Soul Hall. When his brothers mistook his concealed aura for a serious injury, he revealed the overwhelming pressure of his strength.

• Xiao Yu decided to travel to the Northwest Continent with Qing Lin and left the Central Plains with her.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li discussed the Underworld's losses, including dozens of Dou Lings, six Dou Wangs, three Dou Emperors, and Elder Hai's injury.
• Xiao Yu arrived at the Underworld and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who told him about the attacks.
• Xiao Yu resolved to settle the trouble caused by the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Soul Hall.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li mistook Xiao Yu's hidden aura for a crippling injury, so Xiao Yu released his terrifying presence to show them his strength.

Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Family and helped Xiao Ding and Xiao Li break through, then revealed that he had reached the Dou Saint realm and planned to take the family to Central Plains. At the banquet, he proposed connecting the Black Corner Region and Underworld with a Spatial Wormhole and arranging exchanges with Jia Nan Academy, while promising to help Hai Bodong grow stronger.

• Xiao Yu used his cultivation pressure to help Xiao Ding and Xiao Li enter meditation and break through to Dou Zong and Five-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he had become a Dou Saint and had returned to take the family to Central Plains once their father finished his breakthrough.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed that the family should move to Central Plains and acknowledged the need to deal with the Heavenly Snake Mansion, while Qing Lin pledged to follow Xiao Yu's decision.
• Su Qian and Hai Bodong joined Xiao Yu, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li for a banquet after learning Xiao Yu had returned.
• Xiao Yu proposed opening a Spatial Wormhole between the Underworld and Black Corner Region and arranging yearly training exchanges between Jia Nan Academy and the Underworld.
• Xiao Yu urged Hai Bodong to pursue greater strength and promised to handle the matter for him.