Recaps

Xiao Yan won the auction for clues to the Nether Poison Flame and a mysterious Fragmented Map, then set his sights on the Advanced Earth Tier movement Dou Skill Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body. As bidding for the skill escalated, he sensed a concealed aura that might belong to someone from the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan bid twenty million gold coins for the Nether Poison Flame clue and Fragmented Map, but Si Ming won them with a bid of twenty million five hundred thousand.
• Xiao Yan secretly marked Si Ming's private room with his Soul Seal and decided to find a way to take the items from him.
• Qian Wanguan presented Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body as the auction's final item, and Xiao Yan recognized it as Wind Lightning Pavilion's treasured movement Dou Skill.
• The Lion Underworld Sect and other factions drove the bidding past thirty million gold coins while Xiao Yan waited and sensed a concealed aura that might belong to a Wind Lightning Pavilion expert.

Xiao Yan watched the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body sell for forty-five million gold coins, then learned that the auction’s final offering was access to an ancient Peak Dou Zun’s abode. As experts rushed to register for the expedition, Xiao Yan prepared to follow them while wondering whether the Sect Assembly would still take place.

• Xiao Yan identified Wind Lightning Pavilion members in the auction hall and decided to let another bidder draw their attention before pursuing the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body himself.
• An unnamed guest won the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body for forty-five million gold coins, and the Wind Lightning Pavilion members focused on the buyer’s private room.
• Qian Wanguan announced that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had discovered an ancient abode in the Soul Burial Mountain Range and would sell exploration tickets for one million gold coins each.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that the public announcement and ticket sale might conceal the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s ill intentions, while Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong to buy a ticket and learn the location.
• Experts, including the Wind Lightning Pavilion members, rushed to register for the expedition, and Xiao Yan asked Jia Xingtian whether the Sect Assembly would still happen; Jia Xingtian admitted he did not know.

Xiao Yan suspected that Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s ancient cave abode auction concealed a Soul Hall plot to gather the factions’ experts, so he ordered the Yan Alliance members to evacuate while he investigated. After learning that Yao Ling and the others were safe with a Ling Clan senior, he headed for Heavenly Snake Mansion to meet Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan and the others suspected that Heavenly Treasure Pavilion’s cave-abode auction was a scheme to gather powerful factions, and Hai Bodong brought back its location and gathering time.
• Xiao Yan identified Soul Hall as the likely force behind the plot and explained its power, prompting the group to fear that the Sect Assembly attendees could be trapped and slaughtered.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Yan Alliance members to evacuate, kept Queen Medusa and Zi Yan with him, and went to investigate the disappearance of Yao Ling and the others.
• Old Yao detected faint spatial traces where the women had vanished, and Xiao Yan found a dark red jade fragment hidden inside a roadside lantern.
• Huo Zhi’s message told Xiao Yan that a Ling Clan senior had taken the women to safety and that he could summon a Yan Clan expert by crushing the Red Lotus Karma Flame she left behind.
• Xiao Yan relaxed after hearing the message and set out for Heavenly Snake Mansion to meet Qing Lin.

Xiao Yan secretly entered the Heavenly Snake Mansion and discovered that Qing Lin and Lv Man had bought information about the Heavenly Flames. Si Ming learned that the Yan Alliance leader was their beloved Young Master Yan, and the chapter ended with him stunned to discover they meant Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan used Old Yao's concealment to slip into the Heavenly Snake Mansion, where he traced the stolen Heavenly Flames clue.
• Si Ming told Qing Lin and Lv Man that he had spent over twenty million gold coins to obtain the information and had offended a Seventh-Tier Alchemist.
• Si Ming described the Yan Alliance leader's rise in the Jia Ma Empire, and Qing Lin and Lv Man realized he was Young Master Yan.
• Lv Man revealed that Qing Lin had served Xiao Yan as a little maid and that she and Qing Lin both loved him.
• Si Ming learned that Lv Man also intended to marry Xiao Yan and ended by asking who Young Master Yan was.

Xiao Yan secretly entered Heavenly Snake Mansion’s base and reunited with Qing Lin and Lv Man, who eagerly embraced him and presented the Heavenly Flame information they had bought for him. After thanking them and giving Si Ming a meeting gift, Xiao Yan left Si Ming stunned when he recognized the bottle’s contents as an Imperial Extreme Pill.

• Si Ming spoke of wanting to meet Young Master Yan, and Xiao Yan appeared from the shadows and revealed himself.
• Qing Lin joyfully embraced Xiao Yan, then Lv Man threw herself into his arms while Si Ming watched in dismay.
• Lv Man dismissed Si Ming’s complaints, and Xiao Yan pulled her away to say he had important matters to discuss.
• Si Ming gave Qing Lin a jade slip and Fragmented Map, which she presented to Xiao Yan as information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan thanked Qing Lin and Lv Man, then gave Si Ming a jade bottle as a meeting gift.
• Si Ming opened the bottle, smelled its contents, and exclaimed that it held an Imperial Extreme Pill.

Xiao Yan warned Lv Man, Qing Lin, and Si Ming that Soul Hall had turned the rumored Ancient Dou Zun Peak Abode into a trap for the Northwest Continent’s strongest factions. After arranging to take them away from danger, he tore open space and pulled Si Yuan through, leaving Si Ming’s father wondering whether Xiao Yan was a Dou Zun expert.

• Xiao Yan gave Si Ming a top-quality Imperial Extreme Pill and said no alchemist below the Eighth-Grade could refine one better.
• Lv Man learned Xiao Yan was only fourteen, teased him about Medusa, and bluntly declared she wanted to become his woman; Qing Lin supported her.
• Xiao Yan warned that Soul Hall was using the Ancient Dou Zun Peak Abode to lure and kill the Northwest Continent’s young elites and gather their souls.
• Si Ming checked a map and found that the ancient abode lay only one mountain away from a Soul Hall branch, strengthening his belief in Xiao Yan’s warning.
• Xiao Yan said he would take Lv Man, Qing Lin, and Si Ming away, then tore open space and brought Si Yuan to them.
• Si Yuan stared at Xiao Yan in shock and asked whether he was a Dou Zun expert.

Xiao Yan brought Heavenly Snake Mansion into his plan to investigate Soul Hall’s trap at Soul-Severing Ravine, winning Si Yuan’s support with his Danta connections. After Xiao Yan left with Lv Man and Qing Lin, Si Yuan told Si Ming that Lv Man had disguised herself as Xiao Qianyan to draw Soul Hall’s attention away from Xiao Yan.

• Si Yuan learned from Si Ming that Xiao Yan had come to warn them about Soul Hall’s possible trap, then questioned Xiao Yan about his age and Danta connections.
• Xiao Yan and Si Yuan jokingly called each other brother-in-law and agreed that Si Yuan would secretly gather the mansion’s people so Xiao Yan could send away those too weak to join the mission.
• Si Yuan placed Heavenly Snake Mansion’s three Dou Zongs under Xiao Yan’s command and agreed to keep the plan confidential until they gathered.
• After Xiao Yan departed with Lv Man and Qing Lin, Si Yuan urged Si Ming to respect Xiao Yan and revealed that Lv Man had likely posed as Xiao Qianyan to divert Soul Hall’s attention.
• Si Yuan speculated that Lv Man and Qing Lin had fallen for Xiao Yan, while Si Ming complained that he was nearly thirty and still had no romantic experience.

Xiao Yan reunited Lv Man and Qing Lin with his fiancées, then introduced them to Zi Yan, whose identity as an Ancient Void Dragon triggered a powerful bloodline awakening. Zi Yan’s memories began to return, and Xiao Yan caught her as the awakening subsided.

• Xiao Yan brought Lv Man and Qing Lin to meet Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Queen Medusa, who welcomed them as sisters and accepted Lv Man’s oath of loyalty.
• Ya Fei urged Qing Lin to stop calling them young mistresses and to address them as sisters.
• Zi Yan arrived and settled on Xiao Yan’s shoulder, prompting Qing Lin and Lv Man to wonder about her closeness to him.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and warned Lv Man and Qing Lin to keep her identity secret.
• Zi Yan’s memories stirred, unleashing overwhelming dragon pressure and spatial cracks as her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline awakened.
• After about half an hour, Zi Yan’s aura faded; Xiao Yan caught her, and she told him that something extra seemed to be in her head.

After Zi Yan awakened her Ancient Void Dragon spatial abilities, Xiao Yan used her help to infiltrate Yan Luotian’s estate and seize the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body. He slaughtered the Golden Goose Sect members and left Yan Luotian isolated inside a sealed space, promising the seal would lift in three days.

• Zi Yan revealed that she could open stable spatial passages without causing ripples, then ate the energy pills Xiao Yan had prepared.
• Xiao Yan asked Ya Fei and Yun Yun to oversee the evacuation, then took Zi Yan through a spatial rift to obtain the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself as a Wind Lightning Pavilion expert and confronted Yan Luotian, who had secretly bought the incomplete Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body scroll.
• Yan Luotian activated the Golden Feather Space-Locking Array and attacked, but Xiao Yan used Zi Yan’s spatial control to conceal the estate and began killing the Golden Goose Sect members.
• Xiao Yan killed the elders and took their Storage Rings, leaving only Yan Luotian alive; he then revealed that the space was sealed and that Yan Luotian would not survive until the seal lifted.

Xiao Yan killed Yan Luotian and seized a crippled Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, then impersonated a Soul Hall Dou Zun to destroy Fei Tian and the North Wind Lightning Pavilion elders and learn the technique’s missing key. He left with Zi Yan, while Thunder Venerable learned of the deaths and set out for the Northwest Continent.

• Yan Luotian launched a barrage of golden feathers at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan dodged them and killed him with a lightning-powered punch.
• Xiao Yan took Yan Luotian’s Storage Ring and discovered its Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body scroll was incomplete, then traveled with Zi Yan to find Fei Tian and the Wind Lightning Pavilion group.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself as a Soul Hall Dou Zun, sealed the space around Fei Tian and the four elders, and killed them with Space Strangulation.
• Xiao Yan searched the five souls with the Blood Soul Art, learned the key to unlocking the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, and sacrificed their souls to the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
• Thunder Venerable learned that the five North Wind Lightning Pavilion members had died and headed for the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Yan secluded himself to master the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, quickly condensed a clone, and discovered he could strengthen it with the Great Sun Separation Fire Body and Heavenly Flames. He left the clone tempering itself while planning to study Yun Shan’s Cloud Mist Shadow Transformation and eventually use the clone as a stand-in to protect Old Yao.

• Xiao Yan studied the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body’s cultivation method and trained until he successfully condensed a weak, semi-transparent clone.
• Xiao Yan brought the clone into his soul consciousness sea and used Fallen Heart Flame to test tempering it with the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.
• Xiao Yan found that the clone could practice the Great Sun Separation Fire Body on its own, gradually becoming more solid as it tempered itself.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao about his discovery and planned to study Cloud Mist Shadow Transformation while the clone trained.
• Xiao Yan offered to temper all his Heavenly Flames into the clone and use Bone Chilling Flame and Old Yao’s aura to make it a protective stand-in for his teacher.

Xiao Yan fused two clone techniques into the Three Thousand Wind Lightning Body, giving himself the strength of two Dou Zong-level fighters. After arranging the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s evacuation from Tianxin City, he led Si Yuan and his companions through a spatial passage toward their next destination.

• Xiao Yan fused the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body with Cloud Mist Shadow Transformation and created the Dou Zong-level Three Thousand Wind Lightning Body.
• Xiao Yan discussed plans to revive Venerable Skyfire and help Old Yao recover, then returned to the Yan Alliance residence.
• Si Yuan revealed that most of the Heavenly Snake Mansion had already left Tianxin City, leaving Qing Lin, Lv Man, Si Ming, and two Five-Star Dou Zong elders behind.
• Xiao Yan opened a spatial passage and sent the Yan Alliance members, Qing Lin, Lv Man, and Si Ming to safety.
• Xiao Yan introduced Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to Si Yuan, then led the remaining group through another spatial passage to a desolate mountain peak.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached Soul-Severing Ravine and discovered that Soul Hall had sealed the area in a trap. Zi Yan opened the seal and led them into the ruins, where signs of an ancient sect and a devastating battle left Xiao Yan uneasy.

• Xiao Yan detected that Soul Hall had secretly sealed Soul-Severing Ravine with a grand array powerful enough to trap an ordinary Peak Dou Zong.
• Zi Yan transformed into her mature form and tore open the spatial seal with her Ancient Void Dragon powers.
• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Si Yuan, Teng She, and Ku Rong entered the ruins and found an enormous hollow mountain filled with dense natural energy.
• Old Yao sensed something ahead that repelled Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, so Xiao Yan led the group through a long passage.
• Xiao Yan struck the dark-gold stone plaza but could not mark it, and Old Yao concluded the site was likely an ancient sect's ruins rather than a Dou Zun's cave abode.

Xiao Yan and his companions explored the ancient ruins and discovered unfamiliar crimson pills that he recognized as Nirvana Pills from Tianxuan Continent. Though the discovery left Xiao Yan fearing a connection to Alien Demons, Zi Yan believed she could still take them out, and Xiao Yan concluded they were still on the Dou Qi Continent, leaving Medusa and Zi Yan stunned.

• Xiao Yan and Si Yuan split up to investigate the ruins after Xiao Yan warned that the jade shard could summon help.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Queen Medusa found strange runes and a pill chamber whose structures and spatial laws seemed unlike anything on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a crimson pill and found that it strengthened his Great Sun Separation Fire Body; Zi Yan ate another and confirmed its benefits.
• Xiao Yan consumed the remaining pills, condensed a matching sphere from reddish energy in the air, and identified the pills as Nirvana Pills containing Nirvana Qi from Tianxuan Continent.
• Xiao Yan feared the ruins might bring Alien Demons to the Dou Qi Continent, but Zi Yan said she could probably lead them out, prompting Xiao Yan to conclude they were still on their own continent.

Xiao Yan discovered that the ancient sect space might come from another continent and received a memory showing the Master of Devouring fighting Alien Demons. After recovering from the potent Nirvana Pills, he decided to bury the skeleton and investigate the ruins’ depths to confirm whether Alien Demons remained.

• Xiao Yan told Queen Medusa and Zi Yan that the strange space might be a fragment of another world, and Old Yao sensed an aura deeper inside.
• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan found a jade-like skeleton holding a Qiankun Bag, which disintegrated after Xiao Yan opened it and collected its contents.
• The skeleton seized Xiao Yan and showed him a memory of the Master of Devouring and four Devouring Heavenly Corpses fighting the Alien Demons.
• Xiao Yan realized the space might have been invaded by Alien Demons again, then accepted two potent Nirvana Pills from Zi Yan and refined them while Queen Medusa supported him.
• Xiao Yan treated Queen Medusa’s overheated skin with Ice Spirit Cold Spring and said they would bury the skeleton before heading deeper into the ruins.

Xiao Yan followed a strange soul-linked fluctuation into the depths of the ruins, where he discovered Soul Hall Protectors fighting bizarre Symbol Puppets powered by fragments of the Devouring Heavenly Corpse. Suspecting a hidden will was guiding the puppets, he descended into the Puppet Nest and found a black altar centered on a light-devouring sphere.

• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, and Zi Yan entered the mountain ruins and found a stone gate leading into a vast cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the severed puppet parts inside the Puppet Nest were fighting ten Soul Hall Protectors, including a Peak Dou Zong leader.
• Old Yao found that his soul power was erased when he tried to reach one of the puppets, while Xiao Yan realized the puppets' fragments contained the Devouring Heavenly Corpse's power.
• Xiao Yan suspected an unseen expert or will was directing the Devouring Puppets, so he took Queen Medusa and Zi Yan deeper into the nest.
• Xiao Yan descended to an enormous black altar and saw a pitch-black sphere floating at its center.

Xiao Yan touched the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and met Master of Devouring, who explained his origins and asked Xiao Yan to inherit the symbol and eventually fight the Alien Demons. After accepting the inheritance and learning to control the Devouring Puppets, Xiao Yan set off with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to target the Soul Hall Protectors.

• Xiao Yan touched the black orb, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol entered his sea of soul consciousness and transported him to an ancient palace.
• Xiao Yan met Master of Devouring, who explained that he had survived for ten thousand years and that the Devouring Symbol was formed from his remnant power.
• Master of Devouring told Xiao Yan about the Alien Demons and asked him to inherit the symbol and help save Tianxuan Continent; Xiao Yan agreed.
• Master of Devouring returned Xiao Yan to the black altar, gave him the Devouring Puppet control method, and explained that the inheritance trial would take place deeper in the ruins.
• Xiao Yan gained control of the Devouring Puppets and decided to refine the Soul Hall Protectors’ soul power to restore Master of Devouring.
• Xiao Yan took Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward the interior of the Puppet Nest.

Xiao Yan used Venerable Skyfire’s power and the Devouring Puppets to slaughter the Soul Hall Protectors in the Puppet Nest, then reached the Devouring Divine Temple with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan. He began the Devouring Ancestral Symbol inheritance trial, leaving his companions to guard him as his soul entered the Symbol.

• Xiao Yan had Queen Medusa and Zi Yan guard the Puppet Nest while he borrowed Venerable Skyfire’s power and attacked the Soul Hall Protectors.
• Xiao Yan and the ten Devouring Puppets killed the Protectors, and Xiao Yan captured the chief Protector’s soul.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use Heavenly Flames to refine corpse puppets and stored the Devouring Puppets before leaving with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan.
• The Master of Devouring guided them to the Devouring Divine Temple and explained that Xiao Yan could inherit the temple along with the Ancestral Symbol.
• Queen Medusa and Zi Yan guarded the entrance as Xiao Yan’s soul entered the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to begin its inheritance trial.

Xiao Yan endured the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s inheritance trial by cultivating in its darkness, then gained the Symbol’s recognition and refined it. He emerged with mid-stage Spirit Realm soul power and the potential to become an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, though his stiff legs sent him tumbling into a familiar soft landing.

• Xiao Yan used the Great Sun Separation Fire Body to temper his Three Thousand Lightning Fire Body clone with Heavenly Flame power while trapped in the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s darkness.
• After the Heavenly Flame power ran out, Xiao Yan refined the surrounding devouring power and strengthened his clone until it rivaled a Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan rejected the false exit, reached the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and accepted the Symbol Spirit’s acknowledgment as its master.
• The Devouring Ancestral Symbol merged into Xiao Yan and consumed his soul power before replenishing it, helping his soul realm break through to the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Devouring Divine Temple, thanked the Master of Devouring, and reentered his body after the inheritance space vanished.
• Xiao Yan tried to stand with legs stiff from remaining still, fell forward, and plunged his face into two familiar soft mounds.

After refining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Yan gained control of the Devouring Divine Temple and learned about the symbol’s powers from Master of Devouring. He learned that an Alien Demon General was sealed in the sect ruins, and he set out with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan to confront it while Master of Devouring prepared to help.

• Queen Medusa helped Xiao Yan recover, while Master of Devouring teased him about his relationships with nonhuman women.
• Master of Devouring taught Xiao Yan about Tianxuan Continent, the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and the Devouring Divine Temple, which Xiao Yan claimed with a Devouring Blood Seal.
• Master of Devouring warned Xiao Yan that an Alien Demon General was sealed within the sect ruins and might be awakened by the commotion outside.
• Xiao Yan declared his trust in Master of Devouring and his intent to destroy the Alien Demons, and Master of Devouring explained how he had reinforced the general’s seal.
• Xiao Yan offered to help resurrect Master of Devouring, who entered the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to recover, while Xiao Yan led Queen Medusa and Zi Yan toward the sect’s core hall.

Xiao Yan and Si Yuan exchanged gifts and discussed the foreign sect ruins, while Xiao Yan learned more about the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele and the Primordial One-Qi Sect. The Master of Devouring revealed that the sect’s inheritance included a method especially effective against alien demons, as the gathered experts faced the threat of the imprisoned Alien Demon General.

• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden Soul Hall Dou Zun and an immensely powerful woman observing him, then stayed alert as he entered the core hall.
• Si Yuan gave Xiao Yan a scroll of mental secret techniques, and Xiao Yan gave him Nirvana Pills in return.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Si Yuan break through to Dou Zun and accepted Si Yuan’s token to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• The Master of Devouring identified the Primordial Demon-Suppressing Stele as a thirteenth-ranked divine object and explained how the Primordial One-Qi Sect had sacrificed itself to seal the Alien Demon General.
• The Master of Devouring urged Xiao Yan to seek the Primordial One-Qi Sect’s inheritance, revealing that its unique method was especially lethal against alien demons.

Xiao Yan learned that the Primordial One-Qi Sect’s Primordial One Qi could dissolve attacks and annihilate Alien Demons, then planned how to secure the Primordial Martial Stele’s rewards while keeping knowledge of Tianxuan Continent from spreading. When the stele produced ten prayer mats, rival factions erupted into a battle, and Xiao Yan’s group waited at the edge for the fighting to thin the crowd.

• The Master of Devouring explained Primordial One Qi’s power and said Xiao Yan might be able to cultivate it; Xiao Yan considered combining it with the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Si Yuan shared that the Primordial Martial Stele could grant martial arts, including Creation-Grade Martial Arts, and might also bestow Heaven-Grade Spirit Treasures.
• Xiao Yan warned Si Yuan that Soul Hall’s Dou Zun was hiding, then resolved to protect his group and eliminate other witnesses to the ruins’ connection to Tianxuan Continent.
• Xiao Yan led his group of six to a concealed corner, intending to let the factions fight before striking and taking advantage of the chaos.
• The Primordial Martial Stele formed ten prayer mats, and Shi Tian, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the Three Elders of Mulan, Xie Shan, the Tianxin Empire, and other factions rushed to claim them.
• As the factions fought over the prayer mats, Si Yuan kept intruders away while Xiao Yan monitored the battlefield and told his group to let the fighting continue.

Xiao Yan secretly manipulated the battle over the ten cushions until the Soul Hall forces revealed themselves and massacred the survivors. He then borrowed Venerable Skyfire’s power, reached the Dou Zun level, and attacked the Soul Hall deputy hall master.

• Xiao Yan used hidden soul threads to disrupt fighters while he watched the Soul Hall members and kept his group out of the fighting.
• The three-star Dou Zun from Soul Hall emerged, killed several experts, and ordered eighteen Soul Hall Protectors to slaughter the survivors and seize their souls.
• The Soul Hall forces killed Shi Tian’s allies, Xie Shan, the Three Elders of Mulan, and Elder Tianbao, while the Crown Prince of Tianxin Empire asked Si Yuan for help.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Crown Prince’s plea, drew on Venerable Skyfire’s soul force, and revealed power at the one-star Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan used Space Strangulation to tear apart his marked Soul Hall enemies and collect their souls.
• Xiao Yan rushed the Soul Hall deputy hall master and brought down the Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated the Soul Hall deputy hall master and wiped out the other fighters in the hall with his Three-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus. Afterward, Li Lingjing revealed herself and explained that she had secretly entered the ruin to protect him.

• Xiao Yan used his speed and concealed aura to surprise the deputy hall master, then struck him with a Three-Colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• The Fire Lotus explosion badly wounded the deputy hall master and killed the nearby fighters, while Xiao Yan survived by absorbing the flames with the Great Sun Separation Fire Body.
• Xiao Yan killed the deputy hall master and collected his soul and body, leaving only his companions and the ten ancient meditation cushions in the hall.
• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden presence and called for it to reveal itself; Li Lingjing emerged, and Old Yao recognized her strength as approaching the Half-Saint realm.
• Li Lingjing told Xiao Yan she had secretly entered the ruin to protect him on another person's behalf, and Xiao Yan recognized her as Aunt Jing, an elder connected to Ling Yanfei.

Xiao Yan and his companions prepared to comprehend martial arts from the Primordial Martial Stele while Li Lingjing protected them with the Supreme Wonderful Five-Tone Array. Inside the stele, Xiao Yan bypassed ordinary martial arts and was pulled toward a mysterious light deep in the starry sky.

• Li Lingjing reassured Xiao Yan that Ling Yanfei and the others were safe, then agreed to join the comprehension session.
• Xiao Yan summoned ten Devouring Puppets to guard them, and Li Lingjing formed the Supreme Wonderful Five-Tone Array to protect and sharpen their minds.
• Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, Si Yuan, and the others sat on meditation cushions as the Primordial Martial Stele drew them into its radiance.
• Xiao Yan entered a starry space where martial arts appeared as meteors, caught a Ninth-Grade art called Three Origin Lightning Method, and released it.
• Xiao Yan flew deeper into the starry sky seeking the stele spirit, but an unseen force dragged him into a meteor and delivered him before an enormous sphere of light.