Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and the West Pavilion Master unleashed supreme attacks that devastated the sky above the plaza, leaving both fighters badly injured. The Great Ming King healed itself, but Xiao Yan had run out of Dou Qi and risked being forced out of his fusion state as the duel threatened to resume.

• Venerable Lei raised thunder nets over the plaza and Heavenly Thunder Pagoda to contain the fighters' attacks.
• Xiao Yan and the West Pavilion Master collided their attacks, creating an energy storm that tore through seven layers of Venerable Lei's thunder nets and ripped open the sky.
• The storm cleared to reveal the West Pavilion Master and the Great Ming King gravely wounded, with neither willing to back down.
• The Great Ming King healed its wounds with azure flames and demanded to fight again, while the West Pavilion Master warned that recovery must consume a great deal of energy.
• The West Pavilion Master readied himself to continue fighting, but Xiao Yan had no Dou Qi left and his fusion with the Great Ming King was close to collapsing.

Xiao Yan called out to Venerable Feng for help, revealing that he was Feng’s disciple and prompting Feng to intervene with Venerable Lei. Feng threatened the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s leader, then offered a Tier 8 Zunjie Pill to settle the dispute.

• The West and South Pavilion Masters prepared to attack the exhausted Great Ming King, but it shouted for Venerable Feng and its teacher to save Xiao Yan instead.
• Venerable Feng admitted that Xiao Yan was his disciple and asked Venerable Lei to treat the incident as a misunderstanding.
• Venerable Lei refused to overlook Xiao Yan’s killing of the North Pavilion Master and the damage to Thunder Mountain, so Venerable Feng released his aura.
• Venerable Lei and the other Venerables were shocked when Feng’s strength appeared to have reached Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Venerable Feng offered Venerable Lei a Tier 8 Zunjie Pill, and Lei asked whether the offer was genuine.

Venerable Feng ended the confrontation by promising Venerable Lei a Zunjie Pill, and Xiao Yan returned safely to the ground. The Four Square Pavilions Assembly then began, with sixty-one contestants entering a free-for-all to determine the eight who would advance.

• Venerable Lei agreed to Venerable Feng's offer of a Zunjie Pill and called off the fight, allowing the West and South Pavilion Masters to descend.
• Venerable Feng caught Xiao Yan with a wind eagle after Xiao Yan's Great Ming King form vanished and he claimed he had no Dou Qi left.
• Venerable Lei resumed the Assembly, and Xiao Yan stayed behind Venerable Feng while Mu Qingluan entered the arena.
• Venerable Lei announced the Assembly's start and explained that the sixty-one contestants would fight until only eight remained.

The Four Square Pavilions’ disciples advanced through the first selection rounds and faced one another for the championship. Feng Qing'er and Tang Ying began their match, which ended with Feng Qing'er summoning a powerful, living phoenix to counter Tang Ying’s Sword Control Technique.

• Wang Chen, Mu Qingluan, Feng Qing'er, and Tang Ying joined forces to eliminate most of the contestants in the first round.
• Mu Qingluan’s group and four One-Star Dou Emperors advanced, and the Venerables arranged for the four Emperors to face the Pavilion disciples first.
• After defeating the four One-Star Dou Emperors, the disciples drew lots, pairing Feng Qing'er against Tang Ying and Mu Qingluan against Wang Chen.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Tang Ying with her metal silk ribbons, but Tang Ying shattered them with the Azure Greatsword.
• Tang Ying used the Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion’s Sword Control Technique, forcing Feng Qing'er to summon a giant multicolored phoenix and empower it with her Essence Blood.

Feng Qing'er and Tang Ying unleashed their bloodline and sword techniques as their duel escalated, with both preparing decisive attacks. The chapter ended as Tang Ying’s Azure Greatsword swept toward Feng Qing’er’s black beam.

• Feng Qing'er used her Colorful Phoenix to block Tang Ying's opening sword attack, then revealed her Heavenly Demon Phoenix bloodline and raised her strength to Six-Star Dou Emperor.
• Tang Ying used Origin Returning Sword Concealment to raise his strength to Peak Five-Star Dou Emperor and form Sword Pupils.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the Demon Phoenix Saint Image and gathered energy for an attack capable of swallowing heaven and containing earth.
• Tang Ying summoned and enlarged his Azure Greatsword as Feng Qing'er sent the Saint Image's black beam toward him.
• Tang Ying invoked One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Laws and sent his Azure Greatsword sweeping toward the black beam.

Tang Ying unleashed the Ten Thousand Sword Art against Feng Qing'er, who defended herself with the Saint Image Demon Phoenix Bell. Although her bell endured the attack and Feng Qing'er won the round, Tang Ying left with such composure that she felt as if she had lost.

• Feng Qing'er shattered Tang Ying's Azure Greatsword and taunted him, but Tang Ying summoned hundreds of swords with the Ten Thousand Sword Art.
• Feng Qing'er recognized the danger and transformed her Black Phoenix phantom into the Saint Image Demon Phoenix Bell.
• Tang Ying sent nearly a thousand swords crashing against the bell, which became battered but did not break.
• Tang Ying called back his Azure Greatsword, conceded the round to Feng Qing'er, and flew away on his sword.
• Feng Qing'er watched Tang Ying leave and felt frustrated because her victory still seemed like a loss.

Mu Qingluan faced Wang Chen in the next match after Feng Qing'er defeated Tang Ying, and her unexpected Heavenly Luan Bloodline awakening gave her a decisive advantage. She put Wang Chen at swordpoint, but he escaped and launched another attack.

• Venerable Lei declared Feng Qing'er the winner, and Xiao Yan gave Tang Ying pills to recover his Dou Qi.
• Mu Qingluan and Wang Chen entered the arena, where Xiao Yan revealed that Mu Qingluan had begun awakening her Heavenly Luan Bloodline.
• Mu Qingluan teased Wang Chen about calling her Senior Sister until Venerable Feng told her to focus on the match.
• Wang Chen attacked Mu Qingluan with his dark Dou Qi and twin daggers, but she drew her sword and held it to his neck.
• Wang Chen bent away from Mu Qingluan's sword and launched another attack with his Bone-Eroding Circular Dagger Dance.

Mu Qingluan disarmed Wang Chen and battered him with her Gale Dazzling Dance, but he strengthened himself with the Yellow Spring Blood Art and challenged her to surrender. Mu Qingluan dismissed his threat, and the fight was left poised for their next clash.

• Wang Chen attacked Mu Qingluan with his twin daggers, but she drove him back with Wind Slash and knocked the weapons from his hands.
• Wang Chen used Corpse-Eroding Hand, and Mu Qingluan countered with Gale Dazzling Dance, blasting him out of the tornado and leaving him battered.
• Wang Chen activated the Yellow Spring Blood Art, raising his strength to the Five-Star Dou Emperor realm as Venerable Sword and Venerable Huangquan watched.
• Venerable Huangquan said he had given Wang Chen all his trump cards and would break his legs if he still lost, while Venerable Feng remained relaxed about Mu Qingluan.
• Wang Chen urged Mu Qingluan to surrender, but she told him to stop bragging and warned that she would beat him half to death.

Mu Qingluan awakened her Heavenly Luan Bloodline and defeated Wang Chen with her Heavenly Luan Phantom Image. When Wang Chen tried to keep fighting, Venerable Huangquan intervened to take him away, leaving Wang Chen to plead for some dignity in front of Mu Qingluan and the crowd.

• Wang Chen attacked Mu Qingluan with his Yellow Spring Corpse Arm, but she released her bloodline and summoned the Heavenly Luan Phantom Image.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Mu Qingluan's awakened bloodline and felt its pressure suppress her own.
• Mu Qingluan used Luan Phoenix Returns to Nest, shattering Wang Chen's attack and sending him crashing across the platform.
• Wang Chen rose despite his injuries and tried to continue fighting, while Venerable Huangquan stood and headed toward the arena.
• Venerable Huangquan stopped Wang Chen and scolded him for refusing to surrender, and Wang Chen asked him to preserve his dignity as Mu Qingluan tried not to laugh.

Mu Qingluan won the Four Square Pavilions Assembly after Feng Qing'er conceded, giving the Star Fall Pavilion the chief seat and hosting rights for the next assembly. The next day, Xiao Yan learned that Feng Qing'er had deliberately lost to Mu Qingluan because of him.

• Venerable Huangquan took Wang Chen away after his defeat, while Xiao Yan gave him healing pills.
• Mu Qingluan prepared to face Feng Qing'er in the final match, and Xiao Yan gave her a Qi Cultivation Pill.
• After a fierce clash, Feng Qing'er claimed her Dou Qi was exhausted and conceded, then told Mu Qingluan she was repaying a favor to Xiao Yan.
• Venerable Lei declared Mu Qingluan the winner and awarded the Star Fall Pavilion the chief seat and the next assembly.
• The next day, Xiao Yan reacted with disbelief when he learned Feng Qing'er had deliberately lost for his sake.

Xiao Yan waited outside the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, hoping to improve his Three Thousand Lightning Movement, while Venerable Feng negotiated the merger of the Four Square Pavilions with the other three Pavilion Masters. After revealing that Yao Chen had recovered, Venerable Feng introduced him, and Venerable Lei asked whether he had reached the Half-Saint realm.

• Xiao Yan told Mu Qingluan he had come to the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda to seek an opportunity to improve his Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and she warned him that cultivating there could get him killed.
• Venerable Feng gave Venerable Lei a Zunjie Pill, then asked the three Pavilion Masters to decide whether to merge the Four Square Pavilions.
• Venerable Feng offered each Pavilion Master another Zunjie Pill if they agreed to the merger, then revealed that Yao Chen had survived and recovered.
• Venerable Lei, Venerable Sword, and Venerable Huangquan agreed to the merger on the condition that they meet Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen appeared on an empty meditation cushion without disturbing the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, and Venerable Lei cautiously asked whether he had reached the Half-Saint realm.

Yao Lao revealed that he had advanced to Dou Sheng and secured the merger of the four pavilions, becoming their General Pavilion Master while keeping the plan secret from the Central Plains for several years. He reunited with Xiao Yan, arranged for him to cultivate in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, and planned to spend a month opening spatial passages between the pavilions.

• Venerable Feng introduced Yao Chen as a Dou Sheng, and the three pavilion masters agreed to merge their pavilions under Yao Lao's leadership.
• Yao Lao ordered the merger kept secret for three to five years, gave two Zunjie Pills to Venerable Sword and Venerable Huangquan, and arranged to protect them while they took the pills.
• Yao Lao asked Venerable Lei to let Xiao Yan cultivate Three Thousand Lightning Movement in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, and Venerable Lei agreed.
• Xiao Yan greeted Yao Lao as his Teacher, leaving Mu Qingluan shocked to learn that Xiao Yan was her senior brother and that the others had concealed the truth from her.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that the merger had succeeded and that he would spend a month opening spatial passages before leaving, while Xiao Yan prepared to train toward Lightning Instant.

Xiao Yan cultivated the Three Thousand Lightning Movement in the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda with Feng Qing’er’s help, then traveled with Yao Lao to the Burning Flame Valley to retrieve Xiao Xuan’s legacy and seek an alliance. He met Valley Master Tang Zhen and his daughter Tang Huo’er, but had not yet explained his purpose.

• The West Pavilion Master escorted Xiao Yan into the Heavenly Thunder Pagoda, where Feng Qing’er offered to teach him the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan left having reached the Lightning Instant realm, while Feng Qing’er resolved to defeat Mu Qingluan next time they met.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Gu Ling and Green Luan had returned to arrange the Four Square Pavilions’ merger, then took him through space to the Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan entered Tang Zhen’s hall and greeted the Valley Master, catching Tang Huo’er’s attention.
• Xiao Yan asked Tang Zhen to dismiss everyone, but Tang Zhen said only he and Tang Huo’er were present and invited Xiao Yan to speak.

Yao Chen and Xiao Yan visited Burning Flame Valley, where they showed off their Heavenly Flames and made Tang Zhen wary. Old Ancestor Huoyun arrived and recognized Yao Chen, leaving Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er astonished.

• Yao Chen introduced himself to Tang Zhen and asked to see Old Ancestor Huoyun, while Tang Zhen doubted his identity.
• Tang Zhen sent Tang Huo'er to fetch Huoyun and grew uneasy when Yao Chen discussed Burning Flame Valley's Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Yao Chen revealed his Bone Chilling Flame, and Xiao Yan displayed five Heavenly Flames, prompting Tang Zhen to show them the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Tang Zhen explained the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame's protections while Yao Chen and Xiao Yan whispered about its Child Flame.
• Huoyun arrived with Tang Huo'er, recognized Yao Chen, and greeted him as an old acquaintance who was still alive.

Yao Lao sought an alliance with Burning Flame Valley against Soul Hall, offering to heal Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Huo'er in exchange for their support. Xiao Yan asked to reclaim the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and Old Ancestor Huoyun recognized him as Xiao Xuan's descendant and asked about the Xiao Tribe.

• Yao Lao asked Burning Flame Valley to ally against Soul Hall and promised to refine a pill that could heal Old Ancestor Huoyun's injuries.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to the alliance after Yao Lao offered to refine a pill that could restore his strength and possibly advance his cultivation.
• Yao Lao diagnosed Tang Huo'er's lingering injuries from the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and promised that Xiao Yan would refine a Fire Bodhi Pill to cure her.
• Xiao Yan asked Tang Zhen to return the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, explaining that his ancestor Xiao Xuan had given the technique to Old Ancestor Fenyan.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun realized Xiao Yan was descended from Xiao Xuan and asked him what the Xiao Tribe had been like.

Xiao Yan asked Burning Flame Valley for a Child Flame from the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and received Tang Zhen’s agreement to pass on the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes. The Second Elder and Third Elder challenged Tang Zhen’s decision, but Old Ancestor Huoyun intervened and began reprimanding them.

• Xiao Yan requested a Child Flame from the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and offered Tang Zhen a high-grade seventh-tier medicinal pill in compensation.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun said Burning Flame Valley would first verify that separating a Child Flame would not damage the Heavenly Flame’s origin, and Tang Zhen ordered Tang Huo'er to retrieve the inheritance crystal.
• Xiao Yan reminded Tang Zhen that the Elder Council might object, and Tang Huo'er soon reported that the Second Elder and Third Elder had blocked the inheritance.
• The Second Elder and Third Elder entered the hall to question Tang Zhen, but Old Ancestor Huoyun ordered them to kneel and struck them.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun berated the elders for interfering with Tang Zhen, blasted Wu Chen out of the hall, and received the Second Elder’s apology.

Old Ancestor Huoyun reprimanded Tang Zhen’s opponents and arranged for Xiao Yan to study Burning Flame Valley’s inheritance and obtain the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame Child Flame. Xiao Yan had the Great Ming King swallow the Child Flame and activated the Flame Mantra to digest it.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun ordered Second Elder to reflect, removed Wu Chen from the Elder Council, and backed Tang Zhen in dealing with the elders.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun sent Tang Huo'er to take Xiao Yan to the Dou Technique Pavilion and asked Tang Zhen and Yao Chen to test whether a Child Flame could be split.
• Tang Huo'er led Xiao Yan to the Inheritance Crystal for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes and explained Burning Flame Valley’s fire-rich environment.
• Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan a jade box containing the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame Child Flame and told him to devour it while the valley gathered ingredients for an eighth-tier pill.
• The Child Flame’s nine silver dragons fled from the jade box, but the Great Ming King chased them down and swallowed the flame.
• Xiao Yan activated the Flame Mantra to help the Great Ming King digest the Child Flame.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao refined a Fire Bodhi Pill to heal Tang Huo'er, while Xiao Yan also learned that consuming the Child Flame had advanced his Dou Qi but not the Flame Mantra. The pill’s formation drew Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun back to the sealed plaza, where Xiao Yan anticipated the Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yan emerged from five days of cultivating and reported that the Child Flame had advanced him to the late stage of two-star Dou Zong without evolving the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Lao confirmed the prepared ingredients and began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill with Xiao Yan after Tang Zhen showed off his Mountain Melting Cauldron and Yao Lao and Xiao Yan revealed their superior cauldrons.
• After seven days, Xiao Yan gave Tang Huo'er the Fire Bodhi Pill, and she stayed with him while Yao Lao continued refining.
• Ten days later, Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron released a deep cyan pillar of light, prompting Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun to arrive.
• When Old Ancestor Huoyun asked whether the pill had succeeded, Xiao Yan told him to ask how many colors of Pill Lightning it would have.

Xiao Yan used his Earth Demon Puppet to withstand the Five-Color Pill Lightning while Yao Chen refined an Eighth-Grade Pill for Old Ancestor Huoyun. After Huoyun recovered, he agreed to form a secret alliance with Star Fall Pavilion against Soul Hall, while Xiao Yan prepared to leave and Tang Huo'er asked if he was going.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun and Xiao Yan argued over who would face the Five-Color Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan sent out his Earth Demon Puppet.
• The Earth Demon Puppet endured the lightning, was badly damaged, and began developing golden marks as it rapidly repaired itself.
• Yao Chen extracted the Eighth-Grade Pill from its spiritual rabbit form and gave it to Old Ancestor Huoyun to heal his injuries.
• Seven days later, Huoyun recovered, then left with Tang Zhen to form an alliance with Star Fall Pavilion.
• Yao Chen told Huoyun that the alliance would remain secret while they contacted more forces before attacking Soul Hall.
• Tang Huo'er asked Xiao Yan whether he was leaving, and he teased her about missing him.

Xiao Yan secured Burning Flame Valley’s support for the Liu Family and set out for the Pill Region, while confronting Yao Lao about his secret relationships. He left with Venerable Skyfire to pursue a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core and visit Ye Zhong.

• Tang Huo'er told Xiao Yan to visit her at Star Fall Pavilion, and Xiao Yan asked Old Ancestor Huoyun to look after the Liu Family in Sky Yellow City.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to return to Star Fall Pavilion, but Xiao Yan revealed he planned to travel to the Pill Region.
• Xiao Yan accused Yao Lao of neglecting his promised Space Wormhole while contacting Xiao Yan’s “martial mothers,” and Yao Lao denied having said anything.
• Xiao Yan explained that he needed a seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s magic core to resolve the Woe Poison Body and intended to visit Ye Zhong at the Ye Family.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a Star Jade and assigned Venerable Skyfire to protect him before returning to Star Fall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Skyfire set off for Sky Yellow City to take a Space Wormhole to the Pill Region.