Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ning accepted the Devouring Heaven Demon Skill inheritance from the apparent Devouring Heaven Demon Saint, unaware that Yao Yan had orchestrated the encounter to test a modified cultivation method and fire seed. Afterward, Gu Xun'er resolved to return to the Gu Realm and grow strong enough to beat Yao Yan herself.

• Xiao Ning put on the Storage Ring and entered a dark Flame World, where the Devouring Heaven Demon Saint offered him two cultivation methods.
• Xiao Ning chose the Devouring Heaven Demon Skill, and the old man sent its black flames into his soul as he endured excruciating pain.
• Yao Yan revealed that the old man was the Son of Heaven Fire performing an act, and ordered it to watch Xiao Ning as he tested a modified cultivation method.
• Yao Yan explained that Xiao Ning might help him pursue Xiao Xuan's inheritance if he became strong enough, then left the hidden space to avoid Gu Yuan's notice.
• Gu Xun'er told Aunt Hua she wanted to return to the Gu Realm because she felt powerless against Yao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er resolved to catch up to Yao Yan and make him regret bullying her.

Yao Yan studied cultivation techniques and planned to visit Xiao Yi Xian, while Xiao Ning became a Dou Zhe overnight by cultivating the Devouring Heaven Demon Skill. Yao Yan accompanied Gu Xun'er to the Town Market and told her his version of the Xiao Clan's destruction, while Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan privately recalled the Soul Clan's attack and the other clans' complicity.

• Yao Yan reviewed several unconventional cultivation techniques, especially the Calamity Poison Body formula, and considered visiting Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Ning reached One-Star Dou Zhe overnight through the Devouring Heaven Demon Skill, and his teacher urged him to gain strength by devouring enemies of the Xiao Family.
• Yao Yan caught Gu Xun'er preparing to visit the Town Market, took her hand, and went with her despite her protests.
• At the Xiao Family entrance, Yao Yan met Xiao Yan and Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yan asked him to treat Gu Xun'er well.
• On the way to the market, Yao Yan blamed Xiao Xuan's gamble to reach Dou Di for the Xiao Clan's downfall and suggested Gu Xun'er ask Gu Yuan about the past.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan recalled that the Soul Clan had attacked Xiao Xuan during his breakthrough, while the other clans tacitly permitted the Xiao Clan's destruction.

Yao Yan took Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Family Town Market, where he bought her a bracelet and incapacitated a young man who coveted her. They returned to find Nalan Yanran visiting the Xiao Family to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan, and the chapter ended as Xiao Zhan reacted in anger.

• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er browsed the Town Market, where Yao Yan bought her a bracelet and asked her to accompany him fishing the next day.
• A young man confronted Gu Xun'er, and Yao Yan struck him with a Soul Impact that left him severely incapacitated.
• Gu Xun'er thanked Yao Yan for the bracelet and agreed to go fishing with him before they returned to the Xiao Family.
• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er saw Nalan Yanran at the Xiao Family, where she announced that she wanted to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan stood up in anger as his Dou Qi surged around him.

Nalan Yanran came to the Xiao Family with Yun Lan Sect support to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, prompting him to defend his family’s honor and demand a divorce instead. After she invoked her teacher and the Yun Lan Sect to stop him, Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement, leaving his next move unclear.

• Ge Ye pressured Xiao Zhan to accept Nalan Yanran’s request to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan on behalf of the Yun Lan Sect.
• Xiao Yan revealed he was a Five Star Dou Shi and challenged the Yun Lan Sect’s involvement, while Nalan Yanran insisted her status meant she could not marry him.
• Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s public humiliation and declared that he would divorce her, but she invoked her teacher and the Yun Lan Sect to halt him.
• Yao Yan teased Gu Xun'er as they watched the dispute, and Gu Xun'er secretly pinched him before continuing to observe.
• Nalan Yanran offered compensation and preferential resources if Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement, and Xiao Yan calmly accepted.

Xiao Yan agreed to end his marriage contract with Nalan Yanran, but vowed to repay the humiliation after she and Ge Ye left the Xiao Family. Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er then spent the next day fishing together, and their underwater chase left Gu Xun'er flustered by his embrace.

• Xiao Yan accepted the end of his engagement to Nalan Yanran while warning her and the Misty Cloud Sect that he would seek revenge once he grew stronger.
• Xiao Zhan sent Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and their companion away, then ordered the Xiao Family not to spread word of the confrontation.
• Yao Yan told Gu Xun'er he had met Nalan Yanran before, and Gu Xun'er asked Aunt Hua to warn the Misty Cloud Sect not to mistreat the Xiao Family.
• Yao Yan took Gu Xun'er boating the next day, but caught no fish, so he used Sea Heart Flame to shield them underwater and pursue a large fish.
• Yao Yan let go of Gu Xun'er while they chased the fish, prompting her to embrace him; he held her waist, leaving her too flustered to focus on fishing.

Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er grew closer over a meal, and she promised to return to the Gu Realm and cultivate. Before leaving, she gave him the complete Emperor Seal to spite her clan’s elders, while Gu Yuan agreed to manage the fallout and urged her to catch up to Yao Yan.

• Yao Yan grilled fish for Gu Xun'er, and they discussed her growing Good Feeling for him and her unease about their strength difference.
• Yao Yan promised to take responsibility for holding and hugging Gu Xun'er, then agreed to visit her in the Gu Clan after she returned.
• Two and a half days later, Gu Xun'er left for the Gu Realm with Gu Yuan and gave Yao Yan the complete five-seal Emperor Seal as a return gift.
• Yao Yan said farewell to Xiao Zhan and departed from the Xiao Family after Gu Xun'er had left.
• Gu Yuan questioned Gu Xun'er about giving away the Emperor Seal, and she admitted through her silence that she had done it to anger him and the Gu Clan elders.
• Gu Yuan agreed to handle the elders’ reaction and told Gu Xun'er to cultivate so she could catch up to Yao Yan.

Yao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian and revealed that she had the Calamity Poison Body, offering to help her control it. After reading the Poison Scripture and hearing his assurances, Xiao Yi Xian drank a poison while Yao Yan examined how her constitution began to awaken.

• Yao Yan located Xiao Yi Xian at the Ten Thousand Medicines Shop and recognized her Calamity Poison Body.
• Yao Yan introduced himself as an alchemist and told Xiao Yi Xian that he could help control her constitution.
• Yao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the Poison Scripture, and she read how the Calamity Poison Body awakened and could destroy its bearer.
• Yao Yan urged Xiao Yi Xian to build her strength by consuming poison and said they would discuss controlling her powers when she reached Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian drank a poison she had prepared and passed out, and Yao Yan carried her to a bed and examined her constitution with Soul Power.

Yao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian awaken and advance her Calamity Poison Body, then prepared to take her away from Green Mountain Town. The chapter ended with them flying off on her blue eagle after he told her his name.

• Yao Yan observed Xiao Yi Xian absorb poison and deduced that her Calamity Poison Body could grow stronger by consuming poison, though the Poison Pill Method would likely limit her future potential.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke to find she had reached four-star Dou Zhe, and Yao Yan explained that her constitution would become an asset once she learned to control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to serve Yao Yan in exchange for his help, and he told her to pack because he planned to leave the Jia Ma Empire soon.
• Yao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring and a special bag so she could pack her belongings and bring along her blue eagle.
• Yao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian into the sky, where they joined her blue eagle, and he told her his name was Yao Yan.

Yao Yan took Xiao Yi Xian to the Jia Ma Empire, tested whether her Calamity Poison Body could absorb Fire Poison, and sent her to explore the Imperial Capital while he went to the Misty Cloud Sect. There, Yun Yun disciplined Nalan Yanran over her treatment of Xiao Yan and forbade the sect from retaliating against the Xiao Family before Yao Yan suddenly appeared and embraced her.

• Yao Yan traveled toward the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yi Xian and discovered that his Fallen Heart Flame conflicted with her Calamity Poison Body, so he planned to take her to the Chuyun Empire later.
• After they reached the Imperial Capital, Yao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Purple Gold Card and told her to explore while he visited the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun reprimanded Nalan Yanran for publicly humiliating Xiao Yan and sentenced her to reflect at the back mountain until she reached Da Dou Shi.
• Yun Yun warned Yun Leng and the other elders not to secretly target the Xiao Family, revealing that a powerful expert had already warned her against it.
• Yao Yan appeared beside Yun Yun, pulled her into his embrace, and asked whether she was tired.

Yao Yan reunited with Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, overwhelmed her with affection, and then spoke with her privately at the back mountain. He learned that Yun Shan was away traveling, told Yun Yun about his family’s planned marriage alliance and Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement, and asked where the Snake-People Tribe had gone.

• Yao Yan embraced Yun Yun in the sect hall and kissed her while she struggled to push him away.
• Yao Yan took Yun Yun to the Bamboo Forest Abode, where she realized he had reached the Dou Zun realm and refused his suggestion that they have a child.
• Yun Yun made tea for Yao Yan and told him Yun Shan had left to travel after emerging from seclusion four years earlier.
• Yao Yan asked whether Yun Yun planned to remain in the Misty Cloud Sect, and she said she had no plans to leave for now.
• Yao Yan told Yun Yun that he had visited the Xiao Family, witnessed Nalan Yanran break off her engagement, and could not refuse his family’s marriage alliance.
• Yao Yan asked where the Snake-People Tribe had gone, and Yun Yun said they had become very formidable.

After nearly ten years away, Yao Yan reunited with Yun Yun in the Jia Ma Empire and urged her to cultivate a Heaven Rank technique, while their flirtation exposed her lingering feelings for him. Their quiet meeting ended when Gu He arrived and found Yao Yan holding Yun Yun’s hand.

• Yun Yun told Yao Yan that Cai Lin had led the Snake-People Tribe to conquer more than a dozen kingdoms and rise to power as a Dou Zun.
• Yao Yan told Yun Yun he would leave the Jia Ma Empire within three days, and he invited her to visit him in the Central Plains.
• Yao Yan gave Yun Yun the Yin Yang Unification Record, and after she objected to its intimate contents, he persuaded her to keep the Heaven Rank technique.
• Yun Yun asked whether Yao Yan would seek out Cai Lin and the others, and they discussed his arranged engagement before Gu He called for Yun Yun.
• Yao Yan took Yun Yun’s hand and accompanied her outside, where Gu He recognized him and reacted angrily to seeing them together.

Gu He confronted Yun Yun and Yao Yan over Yun Yun’s rejection, then accepted the end of his attachment to the Misty Cloud Sect and left to pursue alchemy. In Wutan City, Xiao Ning’s teacher pushed him to protect his devouring technique, and Xiao Ning killed Xiao Yan to absorb his strength.

• Gu He demanded to know whether Yun Yun had rejected him because of Yao Yan, but Yun Yun said she had never loved him and had always made that clear.
• Gu He challenged Yao Yan, who restrained him with Space Power and teleported him to the Misty Cloud Sect’s mountain gate; Gu He then resolved to pursue his Pill Dao and departed.
• Xiao Ning tested his new cultivation technique by devouring a magical beast, while his teacher warned him to focus on absorbing human Dou Qi and conceal the technique.
• Xiao Yan discovered Xiao Ning beside the drained beast, and Xiao Ning’s teacher urged him to kill Xiao Yan before his secret could be exposed.
• Xiao Ning attacked Xiao Yan, shattered his Dou Qi Veil, and drove a hand into his heart to devour his Dou Qi.

Xiao Ning devoured Xiao Yan and threw his corpse from a cliff, while Yao Yan discovered the death and burned the body. Before leaving the next day, Yao Yan comforted Yun Yun, who kissed him after he could not promise when he would return.

• Xiao Ning drained Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and life force, reached Dou Shi, and threw his dried corpse into the abyss.
• Xiao Ning asked the Son of Heaven Fire for help hunting more cultivators, then agreed to leave Wutan City and go to the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Yan found Xiao Yan’s corpse, burned it, and ordered the Son of Heaven Fire to send Xiao Ning away from the Xiao Family.
• Yao Yan returned to Yun Yun and told her Xiao Yan had died after someone he taught a cultivation method killed him.
• Yao Yan told Yun Yun he planned to leave the next day, and she asked when he would return.
• Unable to promise when he would come back, Yao Yan embraced Yun Yun, and she kissed him.

Yao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Xiao Yi Xian and headed for the Chuyun Empire to gather resources and search for Cai Lin and the others. At Xuanhuang Fortress, Cai Lin ruled the Snake-People Tribe’s growing territory with ruthless authority before preparing to return to their base with Qing Lin.

• Yao Yan recalled his days with Yun Yun as he and Xiao Yi Xian flew away from the Imperial Capital, then promised to help her gather Poison Master techniques and resources in the Chuyun Empire.
• Yao Yan explained that Xiao Yi Xian could reach Dou Zun within three years and began cultivating during their journey, while intending to learn where Cai Lin and the others were.
• The Snake-People Tribe’s occupation of Xuanhuang Fortress and Medusa Queen’s expansion across the Northwest Continent were described as Cai Lin ordered the execution of everyone connected to those who broke her Rules.
• After the others left, Cai Lin reflected on how Yao Yan’s Heavenly Court and its Students had helped set the wars in motion and decided it was time to pause the expansion and deal with disloyal factions.
• Cai Lin agreed to return to the Snake-People Tribe’s base with Qing Lin, whose Azure Eye Three Flower Pupils had helped her reach Three-star Dou Zong, and offered to take her to capture Magical Beasts.

Yao Yan returned to the Snake-People Tribe’s temple in the Chuyun Empire and reunited with Hua She Er, learning about the tribe’s expansion and its conflict with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. Hua She Er revealed that Cai Lin had found the whereabouts of two Heavenly Flames, leaving Yao Yan stunned.

• Yao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Snake-People Tribe’s temple and reunited with Hua She Er, who summoned Cai Lin with a Message Jade Token.
• Cai Lin sensed Yao Yan’s return but destroyed the teleportation coordinates and decided to meet Cai Die before returning; Qing Lin accompanied her.
• Hua She Er told Yao Yan that the Snake-People Tribe had expanded with help from graduates of Jia Nan Academy and had clashed with the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Yao Yan worried that the tribe’s bid to unite the Northwest Continent could draw the Soul Clan’s attention, but he continued asking Hua She Er about regional threats.
• Hua She Er revealed that Cai Lin had found the whereabouts of two Heavenly Flames, shocking Yao Yan.

Yao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and Cai Die after ten years and told them he intended to take them back with him. He left Cai Lin ready to stand by him despite learning of his ties to Soul Hall and the Soul Clan.

• Cai Lin and Cai Die returned with Ling Er, who recognized Yao Yan and eagerly climbed onto his shoulder.
• Cai Lin left Yao Yan and Cai Die alone, and Cai Die embraced him tearfully before agreeing to leave with him.
• Yao Yan met Cai Lin outside the hall through a strand of Soul Power and revealed that he was nearing the Dou Sheng realm.
• Yao Yan explained that he had become Soul Yan, the Soul Clan's Young Clan Leader, and described how he had parted ways with Yao Lao over Danta's Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Cai Lin vowed that she and Cai Die would stand with Yao Yan regardless of his enemies, and Yao Yan promised to stabilize the Northwest Continent before taking them to the Soul Clan.
• Cai Lin asked whether Heavenly Flames could still help Yao Yan, and he confirmed that they could.

Yao Yan and Cai Lin discussed his need for greater strength and the truth about Ling Er, then Yao Yan and Cai Die traveled to the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range to find the Netherworld Poison Flame. After defeating and absorbing it, Yao Yan planned to use its poison-consuming ability to begin developing a Calamity Poison Body.

• Cai Lin told Yao Yan that Cai Die had found clues to a Heavenly Flame in the Chuyun Empire, and Yao Yan explained that Ling Er was the Living Flame, whom he planned to help grow within his body.
• Yao Yan admitted that he still considered himself far too weak, and Cai Lin affirmed her faith in his future before they spent two days resting.
• Cai Die led Yao Yan and Ling Er into the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and guided them to a hidden Small World filled with poisonous flowers.
• Ling Er sensed the Netherworld Poison Flame, which revealed itself as a butterfly and attacked Yao Yan with corrosive poisonous flames.
• Yao Yan subdued the Netherworld Poison Flame, absorbed it into his body, and planned to use its ability to consume deadly poison to cultivate a Calamity Poison Body.

Yao Yan obtained the Netherworld Poison Flame and the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, then entered seclusion in the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range to refine them and attempt to advance. As he unleashed the Flame Mantra’s power, he began absorbing the mountain range’s poisonous miasma, leaving Cai Lin and Cai Die watching in uncertainty.

• Yao Yan took Cai Die and Ling Er to the Sea of Death, where he used Huo Ling’s Exotic Fire Origin to lure out the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and seized and swallowed it.
• Yao Yan entered seclusion in the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and quickly refined the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Netherworld Poison Flame, though neither strengthened the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Yan summoned his Fusion Exotic Flame, whose aura had grown closer to Di Yan after merging seven types of Strange Fire, and released the full power of the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Yan’s aura shook the Chuyun Empire as the poisonous miasma gathered toward him, frightening nearby Poison Masters.
• Cai Lin arrived in the Poisonous Marsh World and recognized Yao Yan’s terrifying Dou Sheng Realm aura, while Cai Die joined her as Yao Yan absorbed the mountain’s miasma and poisonous creatures.

Yao Yan devoured the poisons of the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range and formed an Acquired Calamity Poison Body, drawing the attention of hidden Dou Shengs in the Northwest Continent. After six months, he confronted Heavenly Dragon Saint, whose attempt to teach him a lesson ended in their first clash.

• Yao Yan absorbed the poisons and treasures of the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain Range to transform his body and refine a Chaos Body.
• Heavenly Serpent Saint, Spirit Turtle Saint, and Heavenly Dragon Saint sensed Yao Yan's power and debated whether to intervene as he consumed the mountain range.
• Yao Yan spent six months devouring the region, then confirmed to Cai Lin and Cai Die that he had initially succeeded in forming an Acquired Calamity Poison Body.
• Yao Yan left Cai Lin and Cai Die behind and confronted Heavenly Dragon Saint, demanding an explanation for watching him.
• Heavenly Dragon Saint attacked Yao Yan with a golden palm seal, and Yao Yan met it with a palm strike.

Yao Yan battled Heavenly Dragon Saint, using seven Exotic Flames and the Ten Thousand Flames Avatar to turn the fight against the stronger Dou Sheng. After Yao Yan raised his strength to Two Star Dou Sheng, both prepared devastating attacks, leaving Heavenly Serpent Saint and Spirit Turtle Saint fearing the clash would destroy the Northwest Continent.

• Heavenly Dragon Saint intensified his assault, but Yao Yan countered with Purple-Green Flame and the Five Round Separating Fire Method, summoning seven Exotic Flames in a seven-colored fire disk.
• Heavenly Dragon Saint unleashed the Nine Dragons Golden Emperor Sword, but Yao Yan used a flame avatar and Spatial Shift to strike him repeatedly from unexpected angles.
• Heavenly Dragon Saint summoned the Luck Golden Dragon and identified Yao Yan's ability as a special Dou Technique, while Yao Yan revealed that poison had already seeped into Heavenly Dragon Saint's body.
• Yao Yan took three steps and raised his strength from Advanced Half-Saint to Two Star Dou Sheng, shocking Heavenly Dragon Saint and the watching saints.
• Heavenly Dragon Saint formed a dragon pearl as Yao Yan condensed the Seven Origin Powers of Exotic Flames into a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus, and Heavenly Serpent Saint and Spirit Turtle Saint realized the fight had become a battle to the death.