Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan silenced Medusa’s opposing elders, gave her Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline Essence, and secured her allegiance and the Snake-People Tribe’s loyalty. As night fell, Medusa asked him to try the Dual Cultivation Method.

• Xiao Yan killed Mosa and intimidated the elders until they accepted Medusa’s authority and his position as the tribe’s foremost authority.
• Xiao Yan led Medusa to her palace and gave her Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline Essence.
• Medusa accepted the gift and declared herself Xiao Yan’s woman, while Xiao Yan promised to protect and support her.
• The system awarded Xiao Yan fortune, Super Villain Points, and a Territory Guardian Array after the Snake-People Tribe pledged allegiance.
• Medusa asked Xiao Yan if they could try the Dual Cultivation Method.

Xiao Yan helped Queen Medusa awaken her Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python bloodline, allowing her to rise from Peak Dou Emperor to the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong. The chapter ended with Queen Medusa kissing Xiao Yan of her own accord.

• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa used the Yin-Yang Great Demon Dual Cultivation Method as she swallowed the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python Bloodline Essence.
• Queen Medusa absorbed the surging bloodline power and shattered her Peak Dou Emperor bottleneck, reaching the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa continued dual cultivation through the night, steadily refining their Dou Qi.
• Queen Medusa woke with her bloodline fully activated and her feelings for Xiao Yan strengthened.
• Queen Medusa kissed Xiao Yan, and he returned her passionate kiss.

After spending three days with Queen Medusa, Xiao Yan left the Snake-People Tribe to handle important business, promising to return for her. The system rewarded him for winning her heart and severing her fated bond with Destined Protagonist Xiao Yan, and he began refining Primordial Pangu Bloodline Essence in hiding.

• Xiao Yan spent three days with Queen Medusa, deepening their relationship through affection and dual cultivation.
• Queen Medusa advanced to the peak of the Three-Star Dou Zong realm, while Xiao Yan's Dou Qi became more refined.
• Xiao Yan left the oasis after promising Queen Medusa that he would return, and she watched him disappear into the distance.
• The system awarded Xiao Yan 200,000 fortune points, 1,000,000 Super Villain Points, and a portion of Primordial Pangu Bloodline Essence for severing Queen Medusa's fated bond with Destined Protagonist Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan concealed himself in the void with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and began refining the Primordial Pangu Bloodline Essence.

Xiao Yan fully refined the Pangu Bloodline Essence, greatly strengthening his body and awakening nine divine abilities. He ended the chapter by shattering the void with a punch powered by physical strength alone.

• Xiao Yan endured the Pangu Bloodline Essence tearing through and tempering his body.
• Xiao Yan discovered that his strengthened body could withstand the heat of a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan awakened nine bloodline divine abilities: Fire Control, Water Control, Space, Time, Thunder, Strength, Transformation, Defense, and Life.
• Xiao Yan continued refining the Pangu bloodline power until he absorbed its last trace.
• Xiao Yan rose and shattered the void with a punch that used no Dou Qi.

After refining Pangu Bloodline Essence, Xiao Yan discovered that he had become an Eight-Star Dou Sheng with a body that could withstand his four-flame Buddha Fury Fire Lotus. He set out for Jia Nan Academy to claim its Fallen Heart Flame and arrived by unleashing his overwhelming aura over the academy.

• Xiao Yan tested his new body with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus, but it could not even scorch him.
• Xiao Yan discovered that refining one drop of Pangu Bloodline Essence had advanced him to the mid-stage of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan left the oasis and flew northeast toward Jia Nan Academy, resolving to seize the Fallen Heart Flame and other Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan descended over Jia Nan Academy without concealing his aura, and his pressure darkened the sky and forced students to their knees.
• The students recognized the overwhelming presence as that of a Dou Sheng Expert and panicked.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy as an Eight-Star Dou Sheng and demanded the Fallen Heart Flame. After the academy's leaders were powerless to stop him, Zi Yan chased after him, determined to learn who he was.

• Hu Gan and Su Qian sensed Xiao Yan's overwhelming Dou Sheng pressure and hurried to confront him.
• Xiao Yan told the academy leaders he had come to take the Fallen Heart Flame, and they were unable to resist his power.
• Xiao Yan headed for the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower while Hu Gan and Su Qian followed, accepting that they could not stop him.
• Zi Yan saw Xiao Yan and, shocked by his strength, resolved to find out who he was and chased after him.

Xiao Yan shattered the seals around the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and began refining the Fallen Heart Flame, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders watched helplessly. Zi Yan became fascinated by the mysterious young Dou Sheng and waited for him to emerge.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the tower’s barrier and sealing runes with a single grasp, shocking Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the academy elders.
• Xiao Yan descended into the magma chamber, restrained the Fallen Heart Flame with spatial power, and drew it toward himself with the Flame Mantra.
• Su Qian stopped Zi Yan from entering the tower, and she decided to question Xiao Yan when he came out.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame and circulated the five Heavenly Flames, steadily strengthening his cultivation as the elders waited outside.
• Zi Yan watched the tower’s depths with anticipation while the academy crowd remained gathered around its ruins.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Tower with Zi Yan to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, using the Dragon Seal she gave him. He revealed his eight-star Dou Sheng aura, forcing the Three Great Heads to come out and face him, stunned by his youthful appearance.

• Zi Yan questioned Xiao Yan about his strength and recalled how she had barged into the lava space while he refined the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached the Alchemist Tower, where Xiao Yan planned to use Zi Yan's Dragon Seal to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan the Dragon Seal and insisted on accompanying him to watch him refine a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his eight-star Dou Sheng aura outside the Alchemist Tower, plunging its alchemists into panic and chaos.
• The Three Great Heads came to the entrance and found a black-clad youth and Zi Yan, shocked that their visitor looked only fifteen or sixteen.

Xiao Yan forced the Alchemist Tower to let him take the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then absorbed it and advanced to Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng. He left with Zi Yan to take her to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan before seeking the remaining Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Tower and demanded the Three Thousand Burning Flame, while the Three Great Heads could not move under his pressure.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan flew into the starry sky, where he used the Dragon Seal to restrain the Three Thousand Burning Flame and absorbed it with the Flame Mantra.
• The six Heavenly Flames within Xiao Yan fused, raising his cultivation from Mid-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng to Late-Stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan told Zi Yan he would take her to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then departed with her as the Three Great Heads mourned the loss of the Alchemist Tower’s foundation.

Xiao Yan left Zi Yan with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and went to the Soul Hall to find Hun Tiandi and seize the Nihility Devouring Flame. After confronting Hun Tiandi, Xiao Yan asked his system why it had called him Hun Tiandi, and the system declared that the real Hun Tiandi was impersonating its host.

• Xiao Yan entrusted Zi Yan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and she vowed to grow stronger and surpass him.
• Xiao Yan used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to find the Soul Hall's headquarters by reading the memories of its members.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Soul Hall's experts and demanded that Hun Tiandi appear.
• Hun Tiandi emerged and questioned Xiao Yan, whose late-stage eight-star Dou Sheng strength surprised him.
• Xiao Yan asked the system who Hun Tiandi was, and the system urged him to defeat the man impersonating its host.

Xiao Yan revealed himself as a descendant of the Xiao Clan and confronted Hun Tiandi in the Hun Clan’s territory. After resisting Hun Tiandi’s attacks with his powerful body and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Xiao Yan used the Lotus Lantern to suppress him, leaving Hun Tiandi’s mind and soul under assault.

• Xiao Yan told Hun Tiandi that he was from the Xiao Clan and declared that the clan had been dormant for a thousand years, waiting to rise again.
• Hun Tiandi, alarmed by Xiao Yan’s strength and heritage, attacked him with a lethal claw strike.
• Xiao Yan blocked Hun Tiandi’s claw with his bare palm, then summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to send vengeful spirits and chains after him.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed his full power to push back the banner’s mist and struck Xiao Yan with the Soul Extinguishing Slash.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Lotus Lantern, whose light suppressed Hun Tiandi’s murderous intent and caused his negative emotions to torment his mind and soul.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Tiandi with the Lotus Lantern and Ten Thousand Soul Banner, then forced the Hun Clan to submit and surrender their souls to his banner. He went to the Soul Hall to subdue the Nihility Devouring Flame and showed it Hun Tiandi’s captured soul as proof of his victory.

• The Lotus Lantern suppressed Hun Tiandi while the Ten Thousand Soul Banner bound him and devoured his soul.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Hun Clan must submit, and its members knelt and let their souls enter the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Xiao Yan turned toward the Ancient Realm and named Gu Yuan as his next target, but chose to subdue the Nihility Devouring Flame first.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Nihility Devouring Flame in the Soul Hall and demanded that it submit or perish.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame doubted Xiao Yan’s claim that he had killed Hun Tiandi, so Xiao Yan displayed Hun Tiandi’s soul inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Xiao Yan subdued Nihility Devouring Flame, absorbed it to reach Half-Step Dou Di, and headed for the Ancient Realm to confront Gu Yuan. The chapter ended as an urgent elder began addressing Gu Yuan in the Ancient Clan council hall.

• Xiao Yan forced Nihility Devouring Flame to submit and absorbed it into his body.
• The seven Heavenly Flames propelled Xiao Yan to Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng and Half-Step Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan received system rewards, including an insight into the Laws of Dou Di, and set off for the Ancient Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame watched Xiao Yan leave and reflected that the Dou Qi Continent was about to change.
• Gu Yuan sat in the Ancient Clan council hall as an urgent elder rose to speak.

Gu Yuan recalled how he had let the Xiao Clan fall and ordered its destruction to protect the Ancient Clan. Before he could give the order, a terrifying Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint arrived at the Ancient Realm, announcing himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan.

• Gu Yuan reflected on how he had allowed the Xiao Clan to be plundered and left its surviving branches unaided after Xiao Xuan's death.
• Gu Yuan decided to eliminate the Xiao Clan's younger generation and began issuing the order to the elders.
• Gu Yuan felt an overwhelming presence approaching the Ancient Realm and recognized that it belonged to an unfamiliar Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• A seven-colored streak of light reached the Ancient Realm's boundary, carrying the aura of seven Heavenly Flames and the Primordial Realm.
• Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan announced that he had come to visit the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted Gu Yuan outside the Ancient Realm and demanded the return of the Xiao Clan’s stolen treasures and an explanation for the Ancient Clan’s broken covenant. Gu Yuan refused to justify the past and challenged Xiao Yan to settle the matter through strength.

• Xiao Yan’s Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint aura shook the Ancient Realm, and Gu Yuan realized the boy from Wutan City possessed overwhelming power.
• Xiao Yan arrived before the Ancient Realm with Nihility Devouring Flame, Hun Clan fighters, and vast armies of death warriors, then gave Gu Yuan three seconds to emerge.
• Gu Yuan came out with the elders and cautiously asked Xiao Yan why he had come.
• Xiao Yan demanded the return of the Cultivation Methods, Combat Skills, and heavenly treasures seized from the Xiao Clan, and an explanation for the Ancient Clan’s betrayal of its covenant with Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Yuan admitted there was no explanation that could justify the Ancient Clan’s actions and declared that strength would decide the matter.
• Gu Yuan released his Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint aura and challenged Xiao Yan to take justice by his own strength.

Xiao Yan confronted Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan over their past treatment of the Xiao Clan, then revealed the full power of his seven Heavenly Flames and faced the Ancient Clan’s assembled Dou Saints. As their combined assault descended, Xiao Yan summoned a streak of sacred green light.

• Xiao Yan rejected the Ancient Clan’s excuses and said he would stop pretending as well.
• Xiao Yan unleashed seven Heavenly Flames and displayed the aura of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Sheng, alarming Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan rallied more than twenty Ancient Clan Dou Saints, while three powerful reclusive elders emerged to join the defense.
• Gu Yuan sealed the battlefield’s void, and the Ancient Clan’s Dou Saints attacked Xiao Yan with their strongest techniques.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the Ancient Clan’s strength and summoned a gentle green light from within himself.

Xiao Yan used the Lotus Lantern to withstand the Ancient Clan’s combined assault, then deployed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to hinder its Dou Shengs. He countered Gu Yuan’s Ancient Emperor Sword with a seven-Heavenly-Flame Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and left the Ancient Clan leader struggling to match him.

• Xiao Yan’s Lotus Lantern shielded him from the attacks of more than twenty Ancient Clan Dou Shengs, leaving Gu Yuan and the others shocked.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, whose black chains obstructed Gu Yuan and the other Ancient Clan fighters.
• Gu Yuan drew the Ancient Clan’s ancestral treasure, the Ancient Emperor Sword, and struck Xiao Yan with a powerful golden sword beam.
• Xiao Yan met Gu Yuan’s sword beam with a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus fused from seven Heavenly Flames, and the clash shook Gu Yuan’s barrier.
• Xiao Yan remained calm after the clash and challenged Gu Yuan, asking whether the Ancient Clan had no greater reserves.

Xiao Yan’s overwhelming defenses forced the Gu Clan to resort to its forbidden Ancient Emperor Blood Sacrifice Array. Gu Yuan activated it, draining the bloodlines of Gu Clan Dou Shengs to raise his cultivation to Dou Emperor, and unleashed a vastly greater pressure across the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yan declared that the Gu Clan had no reason to exist, while Gu Yuan and the other Gu Clan experts angrily challenged him but hesitated to attack again.
• Gu Yuan proposed using the Ancient Emperor Blood Sacrifice Array, and the Clan Chief struggled with the cost before deciding the clan’s survival came first.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Clan experts at Dou Sheng level and above to join him, and they followed him to an ancient altar in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan powered the altar, whose blood-red chains drained the bloodline power of the Gu Clan Dou Shengs and funneled it into him.
• Gu Yuan’s cultivation surged from Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint to Dou Emperor as the sacrificed experts weakened and a tremendous pressure swept across the Ancient Realm.

Gu Yuan sacrificed the Ancient Clan’s bloodlines to raise his power near the Dou Emperor realm and challenged Xiao Yan, confident he could defeat him. Xiao Yan effortlessly bound Gu Yuan with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and began devouring his Dou Qi and soul, leaving the Ancient Clan experts horrified.

• Xiao Yan watched Gu Yuan absorb the bloodline power of the Ancient Clan and chose to let the sacrifice run its course.
• Gu Yuan reached power close to the Dou Emperor realm and demanded that Xiao Yan kneel, submit the Xiao Clan, and surrender his secrets.
• Xiao Yan mocked Gu Yuan’s confidence and sent out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner’s black chains.
• The chains immobilized Gu Yuan and began devouring his Dou Qi and soul despite his attempts to break free.
• The Ancient Clan experts saw Gu Yuan overwhelmed in a single move and watched in terror and despair.

Xiao Yan condemned the Ancient Clan for abandoning and exploiting the Xiao Clan, then declared that the Ancient Clan would be destroyed. Gu Yuan pleaded for mercy and offered the clan’s treasures, resources, and submission, but Xiao Yan had not answered by the chapter’s end.

• Xiao Yan loosened the Ten Thousand Soul Banner’s chains around Gu Yuan, who asked how a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint could wield such power.
• Xiao Yan identified himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan and declared that the Ancient Clan had no reason to exist.
• Xiao Yan recounted how the Ancient Clan had watched the Xiao Clan’s destruction, allowed the Hun Clan to slaughter its bloodline, and seized its assets.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Yan to spare the Ancient Clan and its tens of thousands of clansmen.
• Gu Yuan admitted the Ancient Clan had wronged the Xiao Clan and offered its techniques, treasures, resources, and service in exchange for mercy.