Chapter Summaries

Hun Miesheng arrived at Fallen Mountain Peak with ten Dou Sheng experts, confident that he would defeat Xiao Yan and restore the Soul Hall’s reputation. As the gathered observers feared for Sky Mansion, Xiao Yan’s group began arriving through a spatial passage, and Hun Miesheng dismissed their approach as futile.

• Experts from across the Central Plains gathered at Fallen Mountain Peak and discussed the coming battle, with most expecting Sky Mansion to win because it had crippled the Soul Hall two years earlier.
• Hun Miesheng emerged from a spatial rift with ten Soul Hall Dou Sheng experts, shocking the crowd and revealing his restored strength as a Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Old Man Hun Mo asked why Xiao Yan and Sky Mansion had not arrived, and Hun Miesheng prepared to kill Xiao Yan before the watching world.
• A soft laugh announced Sky Mansion’s arrival as the space above the peak rippled with intense spatial fluctuations.
• Old Man Hun Mo assumed Sky Mansion was bringing Dou Zun experts, and Hun Miesheng dismissed their approach as futile struggles.

Thirty-five Sky Mansion Dou Sheng powerhouses arrived at the Peak of the Fallen, overwhelming the Soul Hall’s numbers and exposing tensions among its leaders. Xiao Yan then unleashed a sea of milky-white flames against the Soul Hall forces, leaving the battlefield poised for a clash.

• Thirty-five Sky Mansion Dou Sheng powerhouses appeared and compressed the Soul Hall’s aura across the Peak of the Fallen.
• Hun Qianmo mocked the Soul Hall for failing to curb Sky Mansion’s growth, and Hun Miesheng blamed the clan’s leadership for stopping his earlier attack.
• Hun Miesheng and Hun Qianmo traded insults and nearly fought until Old Man Hun Mo ordered them to focus on their mission.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the battlefield, called the Soul Hall forces rats, and unleashed a sea of milky-white flames that engulfed the Peak of the Fallen without crossing its edge.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Miesheng and the Soul Clan at the Peak of the Fallen, revealing that the Soul Hall was the Soul Clan’s disguise and condemning their shameless tactics. After provoking Hun Qianmo over his claimed battle with Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan declared that Sky Mansion would choose how the fight was conducted, leaving the Soul Clan caught off guard.

• Xiao Yan released the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, cleansing the Peak of the Fallen and startling the Soul Clan members.
• Xiao Yan exposed the Soul Clan’s use of its members as Soul Hall experts, prompting Central Plains onlookers to blame the clan for the Soul Hall’s crimes.
• Xiao Yan mocked Hun Miesheng for bringing ten Soul Clan members under the Soul Hall’s banner, and Hun Miesheng struggled to contain his fury.
• Hun Qianmo challenged Xiao Yan, who questioned his claim that he had fought Xiao Xuan and suggested he had only guarded the perimeter.
• Hun Qianmo flew into a rage, but Xiao Yan said Sky Mansion would choose the battle method, disrupting the Soul Clan’s plan.

Xiao Yan forced the Soul Clan to settle their conflict through three battles, and the first two matches began between their champions. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing Hun Miesheng in the final round as Hun Miesheng launched a close-range attack.

• Xiao Yan rejected Hun Miesheng's attempt to represent the Soul Hall and agreed to a three-on-three contest between Sky Mansion and the Soul Clan.
• Hun Qianmo challenged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan sent the Pill Tower Ancestor to fight him instead.
• Yao Chen offered to fight Old Man Hun Mo, but Xiao Chen took the match to face his old acquaintance.
• Xiao Chen and Old Man Hun Mo clashed and moved away from the others to continue their battle.
• Hun Miesheng challenged Xiao Yan and revealed his Mid-Six-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Yan at close range, and Xiao Yan mocked him for choosing that kind of fight.

Xiao Yan and Hun Miesheng clashed, with Xiao Yan first overwhelming him through the Golden Giant’s physical strength. Hun Miesheng then revealed the Nihility Devouring Flame, but Xiao Yan summoned an identical Black Flame Face and left their confrontation unresolved.

• The Golden Giant battered Hun Miesheng into a mountainside and collapsed the mountain with another attack.
• Hun Miesheng stopped the Golden Giant’s punch with his Nihility Devouring Flame, then was forced back when the Golden Giant shattered its flames.
• The Golden Giant transformed into Xiao Yan and challenged Hun Miesheng’s belief that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was his only option.
• Hun Miesheng summoned the Nihility Devouring Flame and boasted that it ranked above the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan formed a hand seal and summoned a Black Flame Face identical to Hun Miesheng’s.

Xiao Yan's Black Underworld Dragon seized Hun Miesheng's Black Flame Face and carried it into the sky, leaving Hun Miesheng without its help. Hun Miesheng then unleashed Soul Funeral, and Xiao Yan answered with Condensing Fire Finger as their battle continued.

• Hun Miesheng recognized Xiao Yan's Black Flame Face as a stronger manifestation of the Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xiao Yan explained that he had obtained two Child Flames.
• Hun Miesheng fed his Black Flame Face with Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan summoned a Black Underworld Dragon and sent it charging at him.
• The Black Underworld Dragon seized the Black Flame Face and carried it into the sky, while Xiao Yan mocked Hun Miesheng and prepared to fight him directly.
• Hun Miesheng declared that he could defeat Xiao Yan without the Devouring Flame, then used his Essence Blood to summon the massive Soul Funeral vortex.
• Xiao Yan formed a giant milky-white flaming finger with Condensing Fire Finger and sent it plunging toward Hun Miesheng.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Miesheng after revealing that his soul had reached the Emperor Realm. The Soul Hall’s collapse brought relief to the Central Plains, though the Soul Clan remained a threat.

• Hun Miesheng ambushed Xiao Yan with Ten Thousand Souls Worship after surviving Xiao Yan’s Soul Funeral attack.
• Xiao Yan countered with Yellow Spring Heaven Rage, and his Emperor Realm soul shattered Hun Miesheng’s phantoms and overwhelmed his attack.
• Hun Miesheng realized Xiao Yan’s soul had reached the Emperor Realm, then his body shattered and he died.
• Central Plains onlookers celebrated Hun Miesheng’s death and the end of the Soul Hall’s era, while recognizing that the Soul Clan still threatened the continent.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Sky Mansion experts.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Miesheng, while Pill Tower Ancestor defeated Hun Qianmo and returned to Sky Mansion. The battle between Xiao Chen and Hun Mo remained unresolved as Hun Qianmo rushed to save Hun Mo from Xiao Chen’s finishing blow.

• Yao Chen praised Xiao Yan after he killed Hun Miesheng, and Xiao Yan asked about the other battles.
• Pill Tower Ancestor defeated Hun Qianmo, who learned that Hun Miesheng had died and vowed that the Soul Clan would destroy Sky Mansion.
• Xiao Chen struck Hun Mo with the Heaven-Breaking Three Axes, blasting him into a crater and leaving him severely injured.
• Xiao Chen raised his Blood Axe to finish Hun Mo, and Hun Qianmo tore through space to intervene.

After Sky Mansion won all three battles against the Soul Clan, Xiao Yan demanded that the Soul Hall be abolished, while Yao Chen restrained his allies from pursuing the departing Soul Clan. Sky Mansion left the Peak of the Fallen, and Xiao Yan revealed his intention to find and devour the true Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Hun Qianmo arrived in time to block Xiao Chen from killing Old Man Hun Mo, and Xiao Chen withdrew after wounding him.
• Xiao Chen asked Yao Chen to pursue the Soul Clan, but Yao Chen refused because Sky Mansion had already achieved its objective and risked drawing the Soul Clan's attention.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Soul Hall must be abolished after the Soul Clan lost all three battles, and Hun Qianmo left with his people without stating whether he accepted the demand.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had gained a third Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame and vowed to find and devour the flame's true body.
• Yao Chen led Sky Mansion away through a spatial rift, while the spectators remained at the Peak of the Fallen discussing the battles for three days.

Xiao Xuan destroyed Hun Qianmo and the Soul Clan’s Nine Saints after Hun Qianmo falsely claimed to have fought him, leaving the Sky Mansion Alliance dominant in the Central Plains. Later, Xiao Yan learned that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had attacked the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and headed toward the Beast Domain with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Xuan confronted Hun Qianmo in the Void Space and killed him and the other eight Soul Clan Dou Shengs.
• The Soul Hall withdrew from the Central Plains, and the Sky Mansion Alliance became its sole hegemonic power as more factions sought to join.
• Xiao Xuan returned to the Star Realm, where Yao Chen and Xiao Yan learned that he had dealt with the Soul Clan’s Nine Saints.
• A messenger informed Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had attacked the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and that something had changed in the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and the three traveled toward the Beast Domain as the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan surrounded the Nine Serenity Earth Vein.

The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan invaded the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan’s Nether Snake Earth Vein, but Yao Ming remained confident after strengthening his clan with Ancient Heavenly Snake essence and securing Xiao Yan’s promise of aid. He ordered his experts to withdraw and prepare the Coiled Snake Formation as the invaders approached.

• Huang Tian led the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s forces into the Nether Snake Earth Vein while the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan resisted through successive defensive lines.
• The clan’s strength had risen after Xiao Yan gave Yao Ming the corpse of a Dou Sheng-level Ancient Heavenly Snake, boosting Yao Ming to Late Four-Star Dou Sheng and adding five Dou Sheng elders.
• Yao Ming refused to disturb Cai Lin, whose evolution in the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring was nearing a critical moment, and told the elders that Xiao Yan was on his way.
• A Peak Dou Zun reported that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan had broken through sixteen defensive lines and would reach the headquarters in about twenty minutes.
• Yao Ming ordered the remaining defenders to retreat and told Elder Mo to gather all Half-Saint experts and above for the Coiled Snake Formation.

Huang Tian led the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan to the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and demanded Cai Lin, seeking revenge against Xiao Yan. Yao Ming refused to surrender her and ordered the elders to form the Coiled Snake Formation as battle began.

• Elder Mo used the clan's emergency summons, and Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan experts gathered behind Yao Ming.
• Huang Tian arrived with a large force, and his first clash with Yao Ming ended in a draw.
• Yao Ming mocked Huang Tian about the clan's purified bloodline and provoked him by suggesting Feng Qing'er be killed for her Essence Blood.
• Huang Tian demanded that Yao Ming hand over Cai Lin, and Yao Ming suspected a traitor had revealed her presence.
• Yao Ming refused to surrender Cai Lin, and Huang Tian ordered his forces to attack.
• Yao Ming commanded the Half-Saint and stronger elders to form the Coiled Snake Formation.

Yao Ming and Huang Tian led their clans in a battle between the Coiled Snake Formation and the Ancient Phoenix Formation. After Yao Ming let his formation collapse, he called on Xiao Yan for help, and Xiao Yan appeared beside him with two others.

• Yao Ming fused with the Coiled Snake Formation and summoned a giant Ancient Heavenly Snake, while Huang Tian became the core of the Heavenly Phoenix Formation and summoned an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• The two formations clashed, with the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix proving stronger while Yao Ming used the fight to buy time.
• After ten minutes, the Ancient Heavenly Snake began to collapse, and Yao Ming fell from the sky as Huang Tian prepared to disperse his formation.
• Yao Ming rejected Huang Tian’s assumption that he was surrendering and asked Young Palace Master Xiao Yan for assistance.
• Xiao Yan and two others appeared beside Yao Ming, and Xiao Yan warned Huang Tian against harming his people.

Xiao Yan confronted Huang Tian as Cai Lin emerged from the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, having successfully evolved into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python. With Cai Lin beside him and demanding Huang Tian’s death, Xiao Yan prepared to attack the trapped Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan leader.

• Xiao Yan thanked Yao Ming for delaying Huang Tian and refused Huang Tian’s offer to leave peacefully.
• Huang Tian summoned the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s experts as the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan prepared to fight them.
• A Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python emerged from the Nine Serenity Yellow Spring, and Yao Ming recognized her as Cai Lin, a Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Cai Lin transformed into a woman, joined Xiao Yan, and told him to call her big sister.
• Cai Lin said anyone who disturbed her evolution should die, and Xiao Yan raised his killing intent toward Huang Tian.

Xiao Yan battled Huang Tian, whose Demon Phoenix Step briefly overwhelmed Xiao Yan with rapid attacks. Xiao Yan answered with Yellow Spring Heaven Rage, leaving Huang Tian severely wounded and helpless as Xiao Yan moved in to finish him.

• Xiao Yan's Golden Giant overpowered Huang Tian in a contest of physical strength, despite Huang Tian's Demon Phoenix Body.
• Huang Tian unleashed his enormous golden wings and used the Demon Phoenix Step to surround Xiao Yan with afterimages and fierce attacks.
• Yao Ming asked Cai Lin whether they should help Xiao Yan, but Cai Lin trusted him and refused.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Spring Heaven Rage, and its soul attack shattered Huang Tian's afterimages and left Huang Tian badly injured.
• Huang Tian cried out in agony as Xiao Yan emerged from the soul storm and charged toward him.

Xiao Yan defeated Huang Tian, sealed away his cultivation, and used the Purifying Demonic Lotus Seal to make him submit. With Huang Tian under his control and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in disarray, Xiao Yan turned his attention to taking the entire clan.

• Huang Tian failed to summon his true body after Xiao Yan interrupted him, then Xiao Yan struck him with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Seal and sealed away his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan captured Huang Tian and carried him to a mountain while Yao Ming drove back the demoralized Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin that he wanted the entire Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan rather than Huang Tian's death.
• Xiao Yan activated the Purifying Demonic Lotus Seal and made Huang Tian endure the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame before the flames vanished.
• Huang Tian lost control of his body, knelt before Xiao Yan, and called him Master.

Xiao Yan forced Huang Tian to withdraw the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and arranged for the three great Beast World clans to join the Sky Mansion Alliance. After the war ended, Qing Lin revealed her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to Yao Ming, who narrowly escaped their attack.

• Xiao Yan gave Huang Tian a pill, ordered him to lead the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan back to the Phoenix Realm, and told him to prepare to join the Sky Mansion Alliance.
• Huang Tian returned to the battlefield and ordered his clan to withdraw, while Yao Ming agreed to let them leave.
• The Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan retreated, and news of its failed attack caused its reputation to fall as the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan restored order at its headquarters.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Ming that he would visit Ancient Dragon Island and have the three great clans jointly announce their entry into the Sky Mansion Alliance.
• Qing Lin showed Yao Ming her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and briefly stunned him, but he regained control and dodged her attack.

Xiao Qing revealed herself as an Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake and overwhelmed Yao Ming and the elders of the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan with her bloodline pressure. Xiao Yan agreed to let her stay with the clan for seven days before departing for Ancient Dragon Island, giving the clan a chance to seek her help and favor.

• Xiao Qing’s bloodline pressure forced Yao Ming to kneel, and she revealed her human form before Qing Lin ordered her back to her side.
• Yao Ming asked Xiao Yan to let Xiao Qing remain with the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan for seven days, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Yao Ming promised Xiao Qing access to the clan’s heavenly treasures and secret treasury, which persuaded her to accept the stay.
• Xiao Yan settled Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin in a courtyard while Yao Ming escorted Xiao Qing to meet the clan’s core elders.
• The elders welcomed Xiao Qing as Lord Qing, and she enjoyed their enthusiastic reverence.

Xiao Yan visited Dragon Island and secured the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s agreement to ally with Sky Mansion, alongside the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan. He then entered the Void Lightning Pool to absorb Black Demon Lightning and pursue a breakthrough to Six-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan agreed that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would join Sky Mansion in an alliance, with the Nine Serenity Deep Ground Python Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan also set to announce their alliances.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Yan to meet the Ancient Dragon Clan’s Great Elder, and Xiao Yan left Dragon Island alone the next day.
• Xiao Yan entered the Void Lightning Pool and traveled into its deepest region, where Black Demon Lightning dwelled.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that the Black Demon Lightning’s energy could help him break through, but decided to avoid the Nine Profound Golden Lightning dragon until later.
• Xiao Yan stepped into the Black Lightning Domain, where his Black Flame Faces intercepted the lightning bolts as they gathered around him.

Xiao Yan devoured Black Demon Lightning for three months and advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng before finding the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool. He began absorbing the Golden Lightning Dragon’s attacks, but had to retreat when the energy overwhelmed his capacity.

• Xiao Yan cultivated by devouring Black Demon Lightning for three months and reached Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan followed the Black Demon Lightning deeper into the Void Lightning Pool and found the Nine Profound Golden Lightning in the form of a golden dragon.
• The Golden Lightning Dragon attacked Xiao Yan, but he swallowed its lightning with black-flame vortices and absorbed the energy.
• The Golden Lightning Dragon unleashed a storm of golden lightning, pushing Xiao Yan’s cultivation toward Mid-Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan retreated when he could no longer absorb the incoming energy, and the Golden Lightning Dragon closed its eyes again.