Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the Jia Ma Empire’s forces prepared to resist the invading empires, while the Misty Cloud Sect agreed to join the war. After secretly visiting Yun Shan, Xiao Yan headed to see someone as Nalan Yanran nervously wondered whether he would come to the Imperial Capital.

• Xiao Zhan ordered the Xiao Tribe’s forces to travel to the Imperial Capital and warned Xiao Yan that Xie Biyan was a Dou Zong of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate.
• Xiao Zhen stayed behind with Yun Shan to guard the Xiao Tribe while Xiao Zhan and the clan’s fighters departed.
• Yun Yun decided that the Misty Cloud Sect would join the fight, and Yun Shan supported her choice.
• Jia Xingtian learned that Hai Bo Dong, the Xiao Tribe, and the Misty Cloud Sect had agreed to help defend the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan arrived secretly at Great Snow Mountain and praised Yun Shan for allowing the Misty Cloud Sect to join the war.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wondered whether Xiao Yan would come to the Imperial Capital, still fearing that he would break off their engagement.

Yun Yun reassured Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan would come, then reunited with him in private. In the Imperial Capital, Ya Fei swallowed a pill Xiao Yan had sent her, leaving her unconscious as Hai Bo Dong prepared to depart without her.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan would definitely come before seeing her off for the night.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Yun Yun, embraced her, and took her to the mountaintop to look at the stars.
• Ya Fei told Hai Bo Dong that Xiao Yan had promised to visit her, and Hai Bo Dong revealed that Xiao Yan had sent her a pill.
• Hai Bo Dong explained that the pill would raise Ya Fei to Peak Dou Emperor permanently but prevent her from advancing further, and Ya Fei chose to take it.
• Ya Fei swallowed the pill and fainted from its surging energy, so Mittel Tengshan carried her away to rest.
• Hai Bo Dong realized Ya Fei would remain unconscious for ten days to half a month and miss the chance to travel with him to see Xiao Yan.

Hai Bo Dong, Nalan Jie, and other experts joined Jia Xingtian at Black Mountain Fortress, where Xiao Yan and Yun Yun discussed their future. After a month of border battles, Jia Xingtian launched the final confrontation by calling the enemy Dou Zong experts into the open.

• Hai Bo Dong met Nalan Jie on the way to the Imperial City, and they flew together to join Jia Xingtian's gathering.
• Xiao Yan urged Yun Yun to leave the Misty Cloud Sect with him, while Yun Shan offered to resume the sect leadership and approved their marriage.
• Jia Xingtian led the assembled experts to Black Mountain Fortress, where the Jia Ma Empire had fought a month-long campaign against the allied forces of three nations.
• As the final battle began, Jia Xingtian called on the enemy Dou Zong experts to fight openly, and dozens of opponents took to the sky.
• Jia Xingtian taunted Xie Biyan about the Chu Yun Empire's losses and warned him that his people would soon bleed dry.

Jia Ma Empire’s hidden Dou Zong experts appeared to confront the invading armies of the Cloud Departure Three Kingdoms. As the battle began, Xiao Zhan fought Xie Shan until the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate master summoned his guardian beast, and a mysterious woman arrived to face it.

• Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan revealed themselves as Dou Zong experts, while Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong also stepped forward, shocking the invading leaders with Jia Ma Empire’s strength.
• Jia Xingtian assigned Yun Shan to fight Xie Biyan, himself and Hai Bo Dong to face Yan Luotian, and Xiao Yan to handle the Mu Lan Three Elders as the armies charged.
• Xiao Zhan attacked Xie Shan and crushed his poisonous centipede with a wind-energy lion, knocking him into the ground.
• Xie Shan blew a whistle that summoned the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion, which burst from underground and killed over a thousand soldiers from its own allied forces.
• A green-haired woman with energy wings arrived and declared that she would fight the scorpion, leaving Xie Shan startled by another Peak Dou Emperor.

Yun Yun and Xiao Zhan joined the battle against Xie Shan and the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion, while Yun Shan pressed Xie Biyan with powerful attacks. Yan Hangtian tried to target Xiao Yan, but Elder Jia and Hai Bo Dong forced him into a stalemate.

• Yun Yun arrived to help Xiao Zhan, took on the Four-Winged Heavenly Demon Scorpion, and sent Xiao Zhan to fight Xie Shan.
• Xie Shan drew his staff and attacked Xiao Zhan after the planned encirclement failed.
• Yun Shan struck Xie Biyan with the Great Wind Hand Seal, then launched Wind Extremity: Meteor Kill, forcing Xie Biyan to defend with a blood-strengthened shield.
• Yan Hangtian chose Xiao Yan as his target, but Elder Jia and Hai Bo Dong intercepted him.
• Yan Hangtian attacked the two elders with golden feathers, but their coordinated techniques drove him off and left him leading them in circles.

Xiao Yan defeated the Mu Lan Three Elders with a single strike, freeing himself to join the wider battle. As Xie Biyan struggled against Yun Shan, he tore open his clothes to reveal the power he had relied on for decades.

• The Mu Lan Three Elders combined their strength through the Three Beasts Wildness Technique and clashed with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told the elders to withdraw, but they refused and charged at him.
• Xiao Yan formed an azure flaming greatsword and severely injured the three elders, breaking their formation.
• Xie Biyan realized the Mu Lan Three Elders had failed and that another Jia Ma Dou Zong could join the fight.
• Yun Shan trapped Xie Biyan with Ten Thousand Wind Binding, and Xie Biyan tore open his clothes to reveal his hidden power.

Xiao Yan’s allies arrived as reinforcements, and he ordered the Gold and Silver Elders to kill the Mu Lan Three Elders despite their surrender. Yun Shan continued to overpower Xie Biyan, while Yan Hangtian searched for a chance to escape his losing fight against Elder Jia and Hai Bo Dong.

• Xie Biyan used the Blood Soul Technique to transform and raise his strength to Five-Star Dou Zong, but Yun Shan bound him and attacked him with wind blades.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Gold and Silver Elders emerge from the void, and they reported that they had found the two items he had ordered them to locate.
• Xiao Yan sent the Gold and Silver Elders to kill the Mu Lan Three Elders, who offered to surrender and hand over the Three Beasts Wildness Technique.
• The Gold and Silver Elders attacked the Mu Lan Three Elders, forcing them to transform and fight again.
• Elder Jia and Hai Bo Dong wore down Yan Hangtian, who realized defeat was certain and began looking for a chance to flee.

Xiao Yan and the Jia Ma Empire’s forces defeated the Cloud Departure Three Kingdoms’ leaders, but Xie Biyan’s dying attack struck Yun Shan with a Demon Poison Spot. Xiao Yan explained that only a Dou Zun could remove it, leaving Yun Yun terrified for her teacher.

• Hai Bo Dong and Elder Jia slowed Yan Hangtian, but Xiao Yan appeared behind him and killed him.
• Xiao Yan joined the Gold and Silver Elders and headed toward Yun Shan’s battle with Xie Biyan.
• Xie Biyan self-destructed and launched a Demon Poison Spot at Yun Shan, striking him before he could dodge.
• Elder Jia ordered the Jia Ma Empire’s forces to attack, and the leaderless Cloud Departure Three Kingdoms’ army began to collapse.
• Xiao Yan identified the spreading poison on Yun Shan and said only a Dou Zun could remove it, alarming Yun Yun.

After the war, Venerable Skyfire cured Yun Shan’s Demon Poison Spot, and Xiao Yan used his battle merits to seek territory in the Jia Ma Empire for the Snake-People Tribe. The agreement was accepted, but Yun Yun was troubled by Xiao Yan’s connection to Queen Medusa.

• Xiao Yan revealed Venerable Skyfire, a Dou Zun, and explained that he would only intervene if Xiao Yan’s life was in danger.
• After the battle ended, Xiao Yan released Hai Bo Dong from their agreement early and asked him to look after Ya Fei in the Mittel Family.
• Venerable Skyfire removed Yun Shan’s Demon Poison Spot, leaving him with a Four-Star Dou Zong’s cultivation to absorb.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Jia to exchange the Xiao Tribe’s war merits for territory near the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the Snake-People Tribe, and Elder Jia agreed.
• Yun Yun overheard Xiao Yan mention his history with Queen Medusa and reacted with a complicated expression.

After the victory at Black Mountain Fortress, Xiao Yan gave the Xiao Tribe valuable war trophies and sent news of the Allied Forces’ defeat to Xiao Yi Xian, who prepared to unify the Chu Yun Empire. Before leaving Jia Ma Holy City, Xiao Yan spent the night with Ya Fei, then returned when she woke in sorrow and comforted her; he stayed behind while his family left for Wutan City.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Zhan the Mu Lan elders’ combined attack technique and Yan Hangtian’s Flight Dou Technique to place in the clan’s Scripture Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that the Allied Forces had been crushed and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate wiped out, then ordered her Poison Sect forces to move.
• Xiao Yan visited Ya Fei, learned her Dou Emperor Pill had given her flight but little fighting ability, and accepted her confession of love.
• Xiao Yan left Ya Fei after promising she would not wait long, but returned when she woke and admitted she had marked him to make him remember her.
• Xiao Yan told Ya Fei that his departure had been delayed, while the Great Elder told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan was resting at the Mittel Family after drinking with Hai Bo Dong.
• Xiao Zhan decided the Xiao Tribe would leave without Xiao Yan, who would return to the clan on his own the next morning.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er faced her impending departure from the Xiao Tribe as a force from the Ancient Clan approached Wutan City to retrieve her. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhen leading Xiao Tribe experts into the sky to confront the unannounced visitors.

• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that the Ancient Clan's people would arrive within days, and Xiao Yan asked her to stay with him in the back mountain a little longer.
• Ling Quan led Four-Winged Unicorns carrying nine Dou Wang experts toward the Xiao Tribe, intending to retrieve Xiao Xun'er and obtain a key.
• Ling Quan privately fantasized about winning Xiao Xun'er and earning recognition from the Ancient Clan's elders.
• Xiao Zhen detected the incoming force trespassing over the Xiao Tribe's grounds and ordered his men to take to the skies with him.

Ling Quan and the Ancient Clan’s entourage arrived at the Xiao Tribe to retrieve Xiao Xun'er, but their presumptuous approach angered the clan’s guards and drew a stern reception from Xiao Zhan. In the Hundred Flower Garden, Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan and overstepped with Xiao Xun'er, who rebuked him and threatened to question her father about the Ancient Clan’s conduct.

• Ling Quan approached the Xiao Tribe with his entourage, and Xiao Zhen’s experts surrounded them after spotting their unauthorized arrival.
• Ling Quan identified himself as an Ancient Clan officer visiting to retrieve someone, and Xiao Zhan directed Xiao Zhen to take him to Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er watched the visitors arrive, and Xiao Zhen led Ling Quan and two companions to them in the Hundred Flower Garden.
• Ling Quan saw Xiao Xun'er leaning against Xiao Yan and criticized her for associating with someone from a fallen clan.
• Xiao Xun'er rebuked Ling Quan for insulting Xiao Yan and invoking her father, then said she would question her father about the Black Annihilation Army’s conduct.

Xiao Yan defended Xiao Xun'er from Ling Quan and the Ancient Clan, revealing his strength and the Xiao Tribe's hidden power. After sending Xun'er away, he believed they would meet again soon.

• Ling Quan admitted his guilt but continued insulting Xiao Yan, who pinned him down with his Dou Zong aura.
• Xiao Yan held back Ling Quan's two Dou Kings while Ling Quan used his bloodline power to raise his cultivation, but could not break free.
• An Ancient Clan Dou Zun attacked Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan exposed the elder's hiding place and summoned Venerable Skyfire to defeat and capture him.
• Xiao Yan released Ling Quan and rebuked the Ancient Clan elder for intervening only after Ling Quan was punished.
• Xiao Xun'er said she would wait for Xiao Yan in the Central Plains, then flew away with Ling Quan and the others as Xiao Yan vowed they would meet again soon.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Central Plains and agreed to travel with Han Yue, who had graduated from Jia Nan Academy. Yao Lao, lingering in the Flower Sect with Hua Yu, remembered his promise to open a spatial passage for Xiao Yan and left to handle it.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he planned to leave for the Central Plains within a couple of days, and Xiao Zhan wished him well.
• Su Qian and Han Yue arrived at the Xiao Tribe through a Space Wormhole, and Su Qian explained that Han Yue had graduated and would travel with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arranged to leave with Han Yue the next morning for End of the World City in the Sky-Reach Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan wondered why Yao Lao had not yet opened a spatial passage, then dismissed the thought that his teacher was distracted by romance.
• Yao Lao remembered his promise to open a passage between the Central Plains and the Northwest Continent, and he left Hua Yu to take care of it.

Xiao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Han Yue and headed for the Central Plains, while Yun Yun prepared to leave the Misty Cloud Sect and Medusa stayed behind with the Snake-People Tribe. Their journey reached End of the World City, where Han Yue continued to question Xiao Yan about his master’s faction.

• Xiao Yan asked Su Qian about Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing, and learned they had graduated from the Inner Academy to travel the continent while Huang Hao and his five companions had become elders.
• Xiao Yan read Medusa’s letter and learned she could not join him until the Snake-People Tribe had settled into its new home near the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan departed with Han Yue on a griffin, while Yun Shan urged Yun Yun to travel to the Central Plains with Nalan Yanran and bid his disciple farewell.
• A month later, Yun Shan resumed leadership of the Misty Cloud Sect as Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran disappeared from public view, while Ya Fei began her commercial rise in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yan and Han Yue arrived at End of the World City, and Xiao Yan evaded Han Yue’s questions about his master’s sect.

Xiao Yan and Han Yue traveled through a Space Wormhole toward the Han Family, speeding up their journey with the help of a Venerable and breaking through a spatial storm. Near Ten Thousand Snake Ridge, they encountered Xia Mang robbing a Han Family caravan, and Han Yue asked Xiao Yan to intervene.

• Xiao Yan used a Venerable's Dou Qi to accelerate the space vessel, then broke a path through a spatial storm with Han Yue.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue emerged at Thousand Crane City, and Xiao Yan carried Han Yue toward Tianbei City.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue flew over Ten Thousand Snake Ridge, where Han Yue warned him about Xia Mang, the Demon Snake.
• Han Yue recognized the caravan Xia Mang was robbing as belonging to her Han Family and asked Xiao Yan to save it.
• Han Chong asked Lord Han Ping whether they should seek help from the Dou Zong expert flying overhead.

Xiao Yan and Han Yue reunited with the Han Family caravan at Ten Thousand Snake Ridge and confronted Demon Snake Xia Mang. After Xia Mang tried to flee and revealed his intent to attack the caravan later, Xiao Yan ordered the Great Ming King to kill him.

• Han Ping paid Xia Mang a hundred thousand gold coins to let the Han Family caravan pass safely.
• Xiao Yan and Han Yue landed on the caravan, and Han Yue reunited with Han Ping and Han Chong.
• Han Yue asked Xiao Yan to punish Xia Mang, who pleaded for mercy while secretly planning to attack the caravan later.
• Xiao Yan saw Xia Mang's killing intent, and Xia Mang fled into Ten Thousand Snake Ridge.
• Xiao Yan sent the Great Ming King after Xia Mang, and the giant bird killed him and ate his Tier 6 Monster Core.

After Xiao Yan killed Xia Mang, he traveled with Han Yue back to Tianbei City and reunited her with her father, Han Chi. Han Chi revealed that the Han Family feared the Hong Family’s growing ties to the Wind Lightning Pavilion, leaving the family’s future uncertain.

• Xiao Yan recalled the Great Ming King and agreed to accompany Han Yue’s caravan to Tianbei City.
• During the journey, Han Chong teased Han Ping about a possible romance between Han Yue and Xiao Yan, while Han Yue teased Xiao Yan inside their carriage.
• Five days later, Han Yue and Xiao Yan arrived at the Han Family Manor, where Han Chi welcomed his daughter and met Xiao Yan.
• Han Yue asked why a Dou Wang had guarded the caravan instead of a Dou Emperor, and Han Chi explained that he had kept the family’s Dou Emperors at home amid tensions with the Hong Family.
• Han Chi told Han Yue that Hong Chen’s connection to the Wind Lightning Pavilion could eventually threaten the Han Family, despite the family having its own Dou Zong Old Ancestor.

Yao Chen arrived in Wutan City to connect the Xiao Tribe, Star Fall Pavilion, and Jia Nan Academy with Space Wormholes. He stayed to teach the Xiao Tribe’s Alchemists, leaving Master Xu eager for more lessons.

• Yao Chen met Xiao Zhan and learned that Xiao Yan had already left for the Central Plains.
• Yao Chen connected the Xiao Tribe’s Space Wormhole to Star Fall Pavilion and Jia Nan Academy, creating a route to the academy that took two days.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Zhan he planned to stay for half a month and assess the Alchemists he had trained.
• Yao Chen lectured the Xiao Tribe’s Fourth-Tier and higher Alchemists, including the late-arriving Xu Yi.
• Xiao Yun confirmed that Yao Chen would lecture for fifteen days, and Xu Yi hurried away, grateful for the lesson.

Yao Chen invited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to cultivate at Star Fall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan agreed to help the Han Family confront the Hong Family. At the Hong Family banquet, Han Chi’s unexpected confidence unsettled Hong Chen, who suspected Xiao Yan was a dangerous variable.

• Yao Chen invited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to travel with him to Star Fall Pavilion, and they accepted.
• Han Yue told Xiao Yan that Hong Chen had returned and that the Hong Family was hosting a banquet, so Xiao Yan decided to attend with the Han Family.
• Han Chi thanked Xiao Yan for offering to resolve the Han Family’s dispute with the Hong Family and introduced him to Han Tian and Zhu Gan.
• Hong Li bragged about Hong Chen’s Wind Lightning Pavilion status to Han Chi, but Han Chi offered only exaggerated, unenthusiastic praise.
• Hong Chen suspected Xiao Yan was powerful, but Hong Li dismissed him as a servant with no cultivation.