Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan accompanied Yun Yun to the Flower Sect, where Hua Jin tried to force a contest for the sect-master position despite Xiao Yan’s warning. The arrival of the Flower Sect’s Supreme Great Elder and Supreme Second Elder revealed that the elders did not support Hua Jin’s proposal, leaving her and Demon Flower Evil Lord alarmed.

• Hua Jin greeted Xiao Yan, who said he had come to visit Yun Yun, his longtime friend from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Demon Flower Evil Lord leered at Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan promised that the man would die.
• Hua Jin called for a contest against Yun Yun to decide the Flower Sect’s sect master, but Xiao Yan said the outcome had already been settled.
• Hua Jin accused Xiao Yan of interfering in the Flower Sect’s affairs, but the Great Elder refused to back her, and Xiao Yan said the contest had never been agreed to.
• Hua Jin called Xiao Yan an outsider, and a woman’s voice agreed before the Supreme Great Elder and Supreme Second Elder emerged from a spatial rift.

Hua Qing arrived at the Flower Sect assembly and declared Yun Yun the next Sect Leader, rejecting Hua Jin’s claim to the position. After Hua Qing struck down Demon Flower Evil Lord and canceled Hua Jin’s proposed alliance with the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Hua Jin broke down at her feet.

• Hua Qing and Hua Duo arrived, and Hua Qing told Xiao Yan that Yun Yun would become Flower Sect Leader.
• Hua Jin protested, but Hua Qing explained that Hua Yu had designated Yun Yun as her successor and passed her the cultivation and Sect Leader Jade Token.
• Hua Jin argued that Yun Yun had given her the token and invoked her nearly completed alliance with the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Demon Flower Evil Lord tried to intervene, but Hua Qing struck him down and ordered him not to meddle in Flower Sect affairs.
• Hua Qing canceled the alliance, citing the Flower Sect’s existing place in the Sky Mansion Alliance, and Hua Jin fell to her knees in despair.

Hua Qing exposed Hua Jin’s unwitting role in the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s scheme and removed her from leadership, then appointed Yun Yun as Flower Sect leader. After Yun Yun’s succession ceremony, she surprised the crowd by publicly declaring Xiao Yan to be her man.

• Hua Qing revealed that Old Ghost Tianming had crippled Hua Yu and that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had manipulated Hua Jin to undermine the Flower Sect.
• Hua Jin surrendered the sect leader jade token and was sent to Reflection Peak for ten years.
• Hua Qing announced Yun Yun as the new Flower Sect leader and summoned the Supreme Elders to witness her succession ceremony.
• Yun Yun accepted the sect leader position while the Flower Sect members bowed before her.
• Yun Yun rushed to Xiao Yan, raised his hand, and proclaimed, “Xiao Yan, my man!”

After becoming the Flower Sect's Sect Master, Yun Yun ended her honeymoon with Xiao Yan so they could return to their duties. Xiao Yan left the Flower Sect to confront the Heavenly Underworld Sect, but found that the Soul Hall had joined the ambush and another enemy had revealed himself.

• Yun Yun left Xiao Yan after ten days together to fulfill her duties as Sect Master, and Xiao Yan decided to leave the Flower Sect.
• Xiao Yan set out with a Venerable One to lure the Heavenly Underworld Sect into an ambush, confident they would pursue him.
• After flying for two days, Xiao Yan stopped in a desolate region and called out four hidden enemies, including the Demon Flower Young Lord and three elders.
• Mo Yu, the Soul Hall's Ninth Heavenly Venerable, appeared and joined the attackers, hoping to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan taunted Mo Yu about another hidden enemy, and a white figure appeared beside him with an icy, overwhelming aura.

Xiao Yan confronted Qiudi, Mo Yu, and Venerable Senluo Ghost, then revealed that Venerable Skyfire had secretly accompanied him as protection. With Skyfire’s Four-Turn Peak Dou Zun strength and fire-attributed Dou Qi suppressing the two Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables, Qiudi and Mo Yu feared they would not escape.

• Qiudi arrived and identified himself as the Soul Hall’s Eighth Heavenly Venerable, while Venerable Senluo Ghost relaxed after hearing his explanation.
• Xiao Yan threatened to kill Qiudi, Venerable Senluo Ghost, and Demon Flower Young Lord, who hid behind Venerable Senluo Ghost.
• Qiudi dismissed Xiao Yan’s claim that he had brought an expert with him and boasted that he and Mo Yu could defeat a Nine-Star Dou Zun together.
• Venerable Skyfire revealed himself beside Xiao Yan and introduced himself as a Four-Turn Peak Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan explained that Venerable Skyfire had been protecting him, and Skyfire warned that Qiudi and Mo Yu would not leave alive.
• Qiudi and Mo Yu felt Skyfire’s fire-attributed Dou Qi suppress their own power and realized they were in grave danger.

Xiao Yan confronted the Heavenly Underworld Sect and Soul Hall, revealing a formation that raised his Heavenly Demon Puppet’s strength to Nine-Star Dou Zun. He offered the Heavenly Underworld Sect a chance to leave if they handed over Demon Flower Young Lord, but they had yet to decide whether to trust him.

• Mo Yu and Qiudi tried to summon help with a Space Jade Slip, but Venerable Skyfire destroyed it and confronted them.
• Qiudi arranged for Soul Hall to hold off Venerable Skyfire while the Heavenly Underworld Sect captured Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned eleven Dou Zun-level puppets, then used ten of them to empower the Heavenly Demon Puppet to Nine-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Yan offered to let the Heavenly Underworld Sect leave if they handed over Demon Flower Young Lord, but the four sect members remained wary.

Xiao Yan manipulated the Heavenly Underworld Sect elders into abandoning Demon Flower Young Lord, then sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet after the fleeing men. He began fighting Demon Flower Young Lord and left him badly shaken by the difference in their strength.

• Demon Flower Young Lord tried to stop Xiao Yan from sowing discord, but Venerable Senluo Ghost persuaded him that the sect would stand together.
• Venerable Senluo Ghost and the two elders fled, telling Demon Flower Young Lord to hold Xiao Yan off while they went for reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Heavenly Demon Puppet to pursue the three fugitives, while Venerable Senluo Ghost planned to sacrifice his companions to escape.
• Xiao Yan told Demon Flower Young Lord that he had to die for coveting Yun Yun, then struck him from behind with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Demon Flower Young Lord survived the attack but was shocked by Xiao Yan's speed and power as Xiao Yan mocked him as a fake Four-Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan defeated Demon Flower Young Lord with Four-Seal Overlap, killing him and the hundred-zhang giant he summoned. The Heavenly Demon Puppet returned after killing Venerable Senluo Ghost and the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s other two Five-Star Dou Zuns, and Xiao Yan burned their bodies and souls to ashes.

• Demon Flower Young Lord attacked Xiao Yan with Great Rending Wind, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave-Severing Ruler blocked every spatial crack.
• Xiao Yan formed the Mountain Opening, Sea Overturning, Earth Covering, and Sky Annihilation Seals while Demon Flower Young Lord summoned a hundred-zhang Dou Qi giant to protect himself.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Four-Seal Overlap, vaporizing Demon Flower Young Lord and his giant in a massive crater.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet returned and dropped the bodies of Venerable Senluo Ghost and the other two Five-Star Dou Zuns at Xiao Yan’s feet.
• Xiao Yan burned the three bodies and souls to ashes, then used his soul power to witness how the Heavenly Demon Puppet had hunted them down after they fled in separate directions.

Xiao Yan recalled his Heavenly Demon Puppets and watched Venerable Skyfire fight Mo Yu and Qiudi. Venerable Skyfire defeated Mo Yu and forced Qiudi to self-destruct, then emerged from the blast unharmed.

• Xiao Yan recalled his Heavenly Demon Puppets after Sen Luo died and turned his attention to Venerable Skyfire's battle.
• Mo Yu summoned a vast sphere of rainwater for a combined attack with Qiudi, but Venerable Skyfire destroyed it with a flaming hand and struck Mo Yu into a ravine.
• Venerable Skyfire vanished, and Qiudi hurled an Ice Spear at his position, but a withered hand crushed it.
• Venerable Skyfire tried to capture Qiudi, who began to self-destruct after finding himself trapped.
• Venerable Skyfire raised layers of Space Barrier Mirrors around Qiudi, but Qiudi's explosion pierced them; Venerable Skyfire emerged unharmed and condemned the Soul Hall fighters.

Xiao Yan captured Soul Hall’s Eighth Heavenly Venerable and reunited with Venerable Skyfire before returning to the Four Square Pavilions. Yao Lao gave him a Ninth-Grade Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Xiao Yan planned to begin reviving Ancestor Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yan ambushed Qiudi and sealed Soul Hall’s Eighth Heavenly Venerable in a jade bottle, while Venerable Skyfire brought the supposedly dead Mo Yu back alive.
• Xiao Yan thanked Hua Qing for following him and sent her back before he and Venerable Skyfire returned to the pavilion through a spatial rift.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he had handed the captured Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables to Gu Ling for interrogation.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan the successfully refined Ninth-Grade Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and warned him not to open its box.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Xiao Yan looked forward to entering the Heavenly Tomb to revive Ancestor Xiao Xuan.
• Yao Lao said the ceremony was three months away and told Xiao Yan to visit His Majesty in the Northwest Continent first; Xiao Yan planned to ask for more Essence Blood.

Xiao Yan visited Zhu Kun to ask for his Essence Blood to revive Xiao Xuan, arguing that he had earned it by helping Zi Yan obtain a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit. Zhu Kun questioned Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to become a Dou Di, and Xiao Yan defended his ancestor’s resolve.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that Medusa and Qing Lin had advanced to Dou Zun levels, while Xiao Yi Xian was pursuing a way to develop her Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan left for Jia Nan Academy and entered the Endless Magma World to meet Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun recognized Xiao Yan and demanded a compelling reason before he would give up any Essence Blood.
• Xiao Yan said he had helped Zi Yan fuse with a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and needed Zhu Kun’s Essence Blood to revive Xiao Xuan.
• Zhu Kun called Xiao Xuan foolish for attempting to break through to Dou Di without Source Qi, but Xiao Yan argued that his ancestor had acted to save the Xiao Tribe from losing its Emperor Clan status.

Xiao Yan secured Zhu Kun’s Essence Blood and promise to help revive Xiao Xuan, then strengthened his cultivation before setting out with Yao Lao and the others for Ancient Saint City and the Heavenly Tomb plan. The group left the Star Realm aboard a Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python.

• Xiao Yan persuaded Zhu Kun to give ten drops of Essence Blood and agreed that Zhu Kun would help Yao Lao enter the Ancient Realm to assist Xiao Xuan’s revival.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm and told Yao Lao that Zhu Kun believed he had an eighty percent chance of entering the Ancient Realm; they planned to coordinate the attempt through Xiao Yan’s Fire Seal while he was in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan consumed the Essence Blood he had refined from the remains in Saint Creation’s ruins and broke through to the Six-Star Dou Zun realm after a month and a half of seclusion.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Lao, Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, teasing Xiao Yi Xian about her restored black hair before upsetting Medusa with his comment about her purple eyes.
• Qing Lin summoned Snake Tooth, a Five-Star Dou Zun Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python, and the six set out from the Star Realm for Ancient Saint City.

Yao Lao’s group arrived at Ancient Saint City, where Xiao Yan delighted in teasing Ling Quan, an old acquaintance from the Xiao Tribe. After the group settled into guest quarters, Xiao Yan’s companions recalled how he had once beaten Ling Quan and joked about his continued provocations.

• Yao Lao led his group from the Space Wormhole toward Ancient Saint City and followed the rule forbidding flight near the city.
• Xiao Yan recognized Ling Quan at the gates and teased him while presenting the group’s Black Jade Invitation.
• Ling Quan admitted the invitation was genuine and let Xiao Yan’s group enter, while Xiao Yan promised to visit him again.
• A Black Annihilation Army soldier mistook the exchange for a warm reunion, and rumors spread that Ling Quan and Xiao Yan were longtime friends.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire revealed that Xiao Yan had beaten Ling Quan years earlier, and Xiao Yan joked that he wanted to do so again.
• Xiao Yan’s group showed their invitation and settled into an independent pavilion in the guest quarters.

Xiao Yan enjoyed a day watching matches at Ancient Saint City's Martial Arena with Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin. Yang Hao arranged a public challenge to provoke him, but Xiao Yan calmly refused, leaving Yang Hao embarrassed before the crowd.

• Yao Lao and Venerable Skyfire visited acquaintances while Xiao Yan and the three women explored Ancient Saint City during the seven-day wait for the spatial gate to open.
• Qing Lin took Xiao Yan and the others to the Martial Arena, where they watched young talents spar.
• Yang Hao saw Medusa serving Xiao Yan tea and, angered by the scene, arranged for a match announcement challenging Xiao Yan to fight him.
• Medusa wanted to punish the challenger, but Xiao Yan stopped her and said he would handle the provocation himself.
• Yang Hao invited Xiao Yan to spar before the gathered crowd, but Xiao Yan refused and left Yang Hao visibly embarrassed.

Xiao Yan summoned the Void Wolf to fight Yang Hao, who had challenged him, and the powerful spirit overwhelmed the Third Commander of the Ancient Clan's Black Annihilation Army. The Void Wolf defeated Yang Hao again, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Xiao Yan rejected Yang Hao's challenge and summoned the Void Wolf, whose howl injured a nearby Dou Zong expert and revealed its strength.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Void Wolf to attack Yang Hao, who used Dragon-Snake Footwork to dodge its charge but was struck by its tail and flung through the air.
• Yang Hao recovered and attacked the Void Wolf with Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw, but the Void Wolf saw through the claw shadows and shattered them.
• The Void Wolf struck Yang Hao in the chest with its flaming claw, sending him flying and winning the second round.

Wolf Spirit defeated Yang Hao’s God Seal Technique with a devastating fireball, but Gu Xun intervened before it could kill him. When Wolf Spirit prepared to challenge Gu Xun, a voice from a pavilion calmed it instantly.

• Yang Hao used the God Seal Technique: Sky Annihilation Seal against Wolf Spirit, but Wolf Spirit destroyed the hand seal with a massive invisible fireball.
• Gu Xun appeared and swallowed the fireball in a black hole, saving Yang Hao from being killed.
• Gu Xun reprimanded Yang Hao for challenging a guest, losing the duel, and disgracing the Ancient Clan, then healed most of his injuries.
• Wolf Spirit sensed Gu Xun’s strength and prepared to attack him after Gu Xun identified it as a Void Wolf.
• A voice from a pavilion told Wolf Spirit not to be rude, and Wolf Spirit immediately withdrew and whimpered docilely.

Xiao Yan won his match with a Wolf Spirit that the Yan Tribe identified as the spirit of Fallen Heart Flame, then visited the Yan Tribe members watching the competition. He revealed that he had sensed their three Heavenly Flames before departing in a lightning phantom, leaving them surprised that they had not recognized his clone.

• Wolf Spirit defeated Yang Hao, and Gu Xun conceded the match on Yang Hao's behalf.
• Gu Xun identified Wolf Spirit as a possible Heavenly Flame Spirit, and the Yan Tribe members recognized it as the spirit of Fallen Heart Flame.
• Huo Xuan, Huo Yao, and Huo Zhi discussed their Heavenly Flames while Xiao Yan approached their pavilion unnoticed.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself and said he had come to examine the three Yan Tribe members' Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan's presence stirred the Heavenly Flames within Huo Xuan, Huo Yao, and Huo Zhi before he vanished using Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body.
• Huo Zhi angrily complained that the Yan Tribe had failed to notice Xiao Yan was a clone.

As the Heavenly Tomb approached, Xiao Yan revealed that he belonged to the Xiao Tribe and confronted members of the Soul Clan in the Ancient Clan’s city. He left the Soul Clan youth furious after taunting him about their failed search for the Xiao Tribe.

• The Yan Tribe elder warned Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and their companion not to make an enemy of Xiao Yan, while Huo Zhi suspected he had fused at least five Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan returned to Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, then sensed members of the Soul Clan ahead.
• Xiao Yan approached the three black-robed figures and corrected their identification of him, insisting they call him Xiao Yan of the Xiao Tribe.
• The Soul Clan youth erupted in killing intent when he learned Xiao Yan was from the Xiao Tribe and threatened Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and the hidden clan.
• Xiao Yan mocked the Soul Clan for searching for the Xiao Tribe for thousands of years without finding it, provoking the youth into stepping forward and threatening him.

Xiao Yan taunted Hun Ya in Ancient Saint City, then left after warning that he would kill him in the Heavenly Tomb. When the Ancient Realm opened, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao arrived at the lake and dismissed the younger generation of the ancient clans.

• Xiao Yan mocked Hun Ya’s ancestor and provoked him, but Hun Ya held back because they were in Ancient Saint City.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Ya to stay alive until the Heavenly Tomb opened, then left with Medusa and the others.
• Hun Ya rejected his guards’ suggestion to kill Xiao Yan, insisting that Xiao Yan could not threaten him.
• Xiao Yan’s group and Yao Lao arrived at the silver lake where the experts gathered for the Ancient Realm to open.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Yan about his clashes with Yang Hao and Hun Ya, and the two criticized the ancient clans’ younger generation.

The Ancient Realm opened, and Xiao Yan entered with Yao Lao and their group after the first rush of visitors. Before departing, Xiao Yan humiliated Yang Hao and knocked him into the lake, while Gu Xun ordered Yang Hao back to duty and the gate later closed.

• A pillar of energy opened a silver spatial gate to the Ancient Realm, and Gu Xun invited everyone to enter.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and their group waited for the crowd to thin before flying toward the gate.
• Xiao Yan taunted Yang Hao, then punched him through the gate into the silver lake after Yang Hao insulted him.
• Yang Hao emerged from the lake and angrily attacked its surface until Gu Xun reprimanded him and ordered him back to his post.
• The silver spatial gate closed and vanished one hour later.