Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian turned Fei Tian’s attempt to use Xiao Yi Xian as a hostage against him, and Xiao Yan seized the Storage Rings of Fei Tian and four fallen elders. Fei Tian warned him that the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s East Pavilion Master was a three-star Dou Zun, but Xiao Yan remained unfazed and prepared to test Fei Tian’s avatar.

• Fei Tian sent his avatar to threaten Xiao Yi Xian, but she immobilized it with her strange power.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had never entered the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s library pavilion, and Fei Tian seized on the explanation as a chance to escape blame.
• Xiao Yan used suction to take the Storage Rings worn by Fei Tian and the four fallen Dou Zong elders.
• Fei Tian threatened Xiao Yan with the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s three-star Dou Zun East Pavilion Master, but Xiao Yan said he had no reason to fear him.
• Xiao Yan told Fei Tian he wanted to learn more about the avatar Fei Tian had used.

Xiao Yan forced Fei Tian to reveal Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, a technique that created a powerful lightning clone. He and Xiao Yi Xian then traveled toward Starfall Pavilion aboard Fei Tian’s ship, while Xiao Yan practiced the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

• Xiao Yan used the Red Lotus Core Flame to torment Fei Tian and demand his cooperation.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned Fei Tian’s corrupted clone, and Fei Tian gave up resisting.
• Fei Tian explained that the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body created a lightning clone as strong as its original and required the Three Thousand Lightning Movement as a prerequisite.
• Xiao Yan learned that he had already mastered the prerequisite technique and became eager to cultivate the clone technique.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian boarded Fei Tian’s Wind Lightning Pavilion ship and traveled toward Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan practiced the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Xiao Yan practiced the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body aboard the space vessel while Xiao Yi Xian carried him toward Starfall Pavilion. After repeated attempts, he finally created an afterimage containing a strand of soul energy.

• Xiao Yan exhausted his Dou Qi practicing the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body and recovered with a pill taken from Fei Tian's Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether Xiao Yan had succeeded, and he said he still could not turn his afterimages into clones.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian discussed their journey to Starfall Pavilion and his promise to refine a poison pill that would free her from the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan sensed soul energy within one of his afterimages but continued practicing as Xiao Yi Xian piloted the space vessel toward the Heavenly Luan Clan.
• Xiao Yan discovered that one of his afterimages remained in place and contained a strand of soul energy, marking his success.

Xiao Yan successfully condensed a seed for the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body and asked Fei Tian how to strengthen it. Since wind and lightning power were unavailable, Xiao Yan tried tempering the clone with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, and the clone began to fade under the flames.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the clone seed and realized he had completed the first step of cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body.
• Xiao Yan asked Fei Tian how to strengthen the clone seed, and Fei Tian explained that it normally required wind and lightning power.
• Fei Tian was shocked when Xiao Yan confirmed that he had condensed the clone seed in less than ten days.
• Fei Tian suggested that other forms of energy might work, though he could not guarantee success.
• Xiao Yan summoned the clone in his sea of souls and wrapped it in the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, causing its body to tremble and grow fainter.

Xiao Yan strengthened his soul avatar by tempering it with the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, then prepared to enter the Southern Region aboard the spatial vessel. As the vessel neared its exit, he asked Fei Tian about Starfall Pavilion and learned it was considered the most mysterious and likely strongest of the Four Pavilions.

• Xiao Yan carefully adjusted the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame to temper his soul avatar, gradually strengthening it and infusing it with traces of flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his avatar had reached the strength of a one-star Dou Zong and reviewed the strengths and gaps in his abilities.
• Xiao Yi Xian alerted Xiao Yan as the spatial vessel approached the Southern Region, and he joined her and Fei Tian on deck.
• Fei Tian remained wary of Xiao Yi Xian, having realized she was likely a Dou Zun and knowing he could not remove the Dou Qi she had placed inside him.
• Xiao Yan asked Fei Tian about Starfall Pavilion, and Fei Tian said it was the most mysterious and probably strongest of the Four Pavilions.

Fei Tian led Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yan realized its missing founder was likely his teacher, Yao Lao, and its master was Yao Lao’s friend, Venerable Wind. Unable to enter the pavilion’s hidden formation without a token, Xiao Yi Xian announced their arrival with her Dou Zun power, and someone inside answered.

• Fei Tian explained that Starfall Pavilion’s founder had been the continent’s renowned alchemist, who had mysteriously disappeared, and identified its current master as Venerable Wind, Feng Xian.
• Xiao Yan connected the missing alchemist to Yao Lao and recognized Venerable Wind as the friend he had been seeking.
• Fei Tian guided Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to Starfall Pavilion’s concealed headquarters in the Sky Star Mountain Range.
• Fei Tian revealed that a natural formation protected the pavilion and required a special token to enter.
• Xiao Yi Xian released her Dou Zun pressure across the forest to draw out the pavilion’s residents.
• A voice asked who had come to visit, and Xiao Yan replied that a disciple of an old friend had come to pay respects.

Xiao Yan proved to Venerable Wind that he was Yao Lao’s disciple by showing him the Heavy Profound Ruler and his Flame Mantra, then told him Yao Lao was safe and that he was preparing to revive him. Venerable Wind welcomed Xiao Yan into Starfall Pavilion as family.

• Xiao Yan showed Venerable Wind the Heavy Profound Ruler, prompting the old man to demand an explanation.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated that he could control three Heavenly Flames, and Venerable Wind recognized the Flame Mantra and accepted him as Yao Lao’s disciple.
• Venerable Wind brought Xiao Yan and his companions into Starfall Pavilion, while Fei Tian realized that Xiao Yan was Venerable Yao’s disciple.
• In a secret chamber, Xiao Yan assured Venerable Wind that Yao Lao was safe and that he was making preparations to revive him.
• Venerable Wind told Xiao Yan that, as Yao Lao’s disciple, he was also his disciple and Starfall Pavilion would be his home.

Xiao Yan reunited with Venerable Wind at Starfall Pavilion and discussed Fei Tian, Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and the supplies needed to revive Yao Lao. Venerable Wind agreed to help, but Mu Qingluan was away in the northern region of the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan recounted his journey and Fei Tian’s ambush while withholding sensitive details, and Venerable Wind welcomed him as part of Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan chose not to kill Fei Tian, so Venerable Wind decided to hold him until Wind Lightning Pavilion offered satisfactory terms.
• Venerable Wind teased Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian and advised him not to disappoint her sincere feelings.
• Xiao Yan explained that he needed Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva and a Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.
• Venerable Wind said Starfall Pavilion had a suitable beast core and that Qingluan could accompany Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Luan Clan, but revealed that she was in the northern region of the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan learned that Mu Qingluan had gone to the Northern Region and agreed to travel with Venerable Wind to the Four Pavilions Conference, where he could meet her. After discovering Xiao Yan was also a seventh-tier alchemist, Venerable Wind asked him to represent Starfall Pavilion at the conference.

• Venerable Wind told Xiao Yan that Mu Qingluan had gone to compete for a spot at the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool, and promised to take him to see her at the Four Pavilions Conference.
• Xiao Yan told Venerable Wind that he was an eight-star Dou Zong whose combat strength could rival some nine-star Dou Zongs.
• Xiao Yan showed Venerable Wind his Pill Tower badge, revealing that he was a seventh-tier alchemist.
• Xiao Yan described Dan Qiu's attempt to recruit him, and Venerable Wind advised him to build a connection with the powerful Dan Clan.
• Venerable Wind asked Xiao Yan to represent Starfall Pavilion at the Four Pavilions Conference.

The Four Pavilions Conference began at the Wind Lightning Pavilion, where the pavilion masters discussed the Starfall Pavilion sending extra disciples. Venerable Yellow Spring challenged Venerable Wind to bet on whether the Starfall Pavilion would take first place.

• The four pavilion masters gathered for the conference, while Venerable Lei concealed Fei Tian’s disappearance and hoped Feng Qing'er would secure the championship.
• Venerable Wind asked to let the Starfall Pavilion send additional participants, and Venerable Lei proposed allowing each pavilion up to three extra disciples.
• Venerable Yellow Spring mocked the Starfall Pavilion and challenged Venerable Wind to bet on whether it could win first place.
• Venerable Yellow Spring offered Venerable Wind anything he wanted from the Yellow Spring Pavilion if he won, with no penalty if he lost.

Venerable Yellow Spring pressured Venerable Wind into wagering valuable treasures on the pavilion rankings, and Venerable Lei joined with a Lightning Storage Pearl while Venerable Sword declined. Venerable Yellow Spring planned to target Starfall Pavilion for the Purple Blood Pill, unaware that Venerable Wind had arranged a gift for Xiao Yan.

• Venerable Wind accepted Venerable Yellow Spring's wager, offering Starfall Pavilion's resources if it lost and asking for an equal stake if it won.
• Venerable Yellow Spring invited Venerable Lei and Venerable Sword to join, and Venerable Lei contributed a Lightning Storage Pearl while Venerable Sword chose to witness the wager.
• Venerable Yellow Spring offered a Heartblood Clay Puppet, and Venerable Wind warned that its resentment could harm whoever used it.
• Venerable Wind put up a Purple Blood Pill and an Azure Cloud Awakening Wind Art, drawing greedy looks from Venerable Yellow Spring and Venerable Lei.
• Venerable Yellow Spring resolved to focus Yellow Spring Pavilion's strength on suppressing Starfall Pavilion to claim the Purple Blood Pill.
• Venerable Wind privately told Xiao Yan that his meeting gift was ready, and Xiao Yan vowed not to disappoint him.

Xiao Yan joined Starfall Pavilion’s team for the Four Pavilions Conference, where Venerable Wind introduced him to Mu Qingluan and asked him to protect her. The competition began with Mu Qingluan challenging Feng Qing'er, while Xiao Yan noticed a powerful participant secretly watching him.

• Venerable Wind introduced Mu Qingluan to Xiao Yan and asked him to protect her from the other pavilions.
• Xiao Yan concealed his identity with a ghost mask and gave Mu Qingluan a seventh-tier Transformation Pill.
• The Four Pavilions Conference began, and the young contestants gathered on Wind Lightning Pavilion’s competition platform.
• Mu Qingluan challenged Feng Qing'er and attacked her with wind-attributed Dou Qi.
• Feng Qing'er countered Mu Qingluan with claw-shaped Dou Qi and Three Thousand Lightning Movement as they fought at high speed.
• Xiao Yan moved through the melee and noticed a quasi-Dou Zong secretly watching him.

Xiao Yan concealed his strength while Mu Qingluan fought Feng Qing'er fiercely at the Four Pavilions Conference. As Mu Qingluan struggled against Feng Qing'er's Wind-Killing Finger, Wang Chen launched a sneak attack that left her unable to defend herself.

• Xiao Yan secretly assessed the fighters and continued to hide his true strength while the Venerables watched him.
• Mu Qingluan attacked Feng Qing'er relentlessly, forcing her to use the Wind-Killing Finger after Mu Qingluan shattered her hair ribbon.
• Mu Qingluan summoned Whirling Wind Blades to block Feng Qing'er's attack, but the Wind-Killing Finger tore through the vortex.
• Wang Chen of Yellow Spring Pavilion seized the opening and rushed toward Mu Qingluan with two icy daggers as she remained occupied resisting Feng Qing'er's attack.

Xiao Yan stopped Wang Chen from sneak-attacking Mu Qingluan and overwhelmed him in the arena, prompting Venerable Yellow Spring to intervene. After Venerable Wind blocked the attack and defended Starfall Pavilion, Yellow Spring Pavilion conceded the conference, while the other competitors turned against Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan as the match resumed.

• Xiao Yan caught Wang Chen's attack on Mu Qingluan, then dislocated his jaw, shattered his breastbone, and pinned him to the arena platform.
• Venerable Yellow Spring attacked Xiao Yan from the stands, but Venerable Wind blocked the strike and challenged him for interfering in the contest.
• Venerable Wind argued that Xiao Yan had not seriously injured Wang Chen, and Venerable Yellow Spring conceded the Four Pavilions Conference before taking Wang Chen away.
• Venerable Wind returned to the stands with Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan, while Venerable Yellow Spring and Venerable Lei suspected Xiao Yan's apparent age was a trick.
• The arena match resumed, and the other competitors surrounded Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan; Xiao Yan assured her they would win.

Xiao Yan defeated Tang Ying of the Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion with ease, further establishing the Starfall Pavilion’s dominance at the Four Pavilions Conference. With the other contestants hesitating and Feng Qing’er uncertain of his strength, Xiao Yan challenged everyone to remain on the fighting platform for ten breaths or claim victory for the Starfall Pavilion.

• Tang Ying challenged Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan agreed to fight him.
• Tang Ying unleashed the Ten Thousand Sword Art, but Xiao Yan saw through its true attack, caught his greatsword, and sent him off the platform.
• Tang Ying acknowledged Xiao Yan’s restraint and left the match, while spectators marveled at Xiao Yan’s victories over the Yellow Spring Pavilion and Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion geniuses.
• Venerable Sword praised Xiao Yan to Venerable Wind, and Feng Qing’er wondered who the masked fighter was as the contestants looked to her as their last hope.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Starfall Pavilion would concede if anyone remained standing on the fighting platform for ten breaths.

Xiao Yan attacked the remaining competitors at the Four Pavilions Conference, eliminating nearly everyone in just a few breaths. Feng Qing'er was the only opponent left besides Mu Qingluan, and she protected herself inside a massive Demon Phoenix Bell as Xiao Yan prepared to strike it.

• Xiao Yan stomped the arena and used Octane Blast to knock down nearly a third of the competitors, while Mu Qingluan swept them off the stage.
• Xiao Yan swung his Dou Qi ruler three times and sent the remaining competitors flying, prompting Venerable Wind to protect the weaker fighters.
• Feng Qing'er summoned a black phoenix and formed the defensive Demon Phoenix Bell around herself.
• Xiao Yan smiled beneath his mask and punched the Demon Phoenix Bell.

Xiao Yan shattered Feng Qing’er’s Demon Phoenix Bell, defeated her, and secured the Four Pavilions Conference championship alongside Mu Qingluan as the only contestant left standing. After Venerable Yellow Spring challenged Venerable Wind over Xiao Yan’s strength, Xiao Yan tossed Feng Qing’er to Venerable Lei and challenged Venerable Yellow Spring to fight.

• Xiao Yan’s punch and Wild Desolation Ruler shattered Feng Qing’er’s Demon Phoenix Bell, leaving her badly injured and defeated.
• Xiao Yan kicked Feng Qing’er to the ground and drove his ruler into the arena beside her, leaving only himself and Mu Qingluan standing.
• Feng Qing’er tried to claw Xiao Yan in a sneak attack, but Xiao Yan caught her wrist and crushed it when she refused to back down.
• Venerable Lei demanded that Xiao Yan release Feng Qing’er, while Venerable Yellow Spring confronted Venerable Wind about Xiao Yan’s high cultivation.
• Xiao Yan tossed Feng Qing’er toward Venerable Lei, then pointed his ruler at Venerable Yellow Spring and challenged him to fight.

Xiao Yan openly challenged Venerable Yellow Spring, and Venerable Wind allowed the Dou Zun to discipline him. Venerable Yellow Spring attacked, but Xiao Yan used his strange ability and the Red Lotus Change to withstand the first strikes before Yellow Spring pressed his assault.

• Xiao Yan provoked Venerable Yellow Spring, while Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er reacted with shock.
• Venerable Wind told Venerable Yellow Spring that he could discipline Xiao Yan, leaving Venerable Sword and Venerable Lei baffled by his confidence.
• Xiao Yan insulted Venerable Yellow Spring, who gathered natural energy and declared that he would not let the provocation go unanswered.
• Venerable Yellow Spring struck Xiao Yan, but a black vortex absorbed most of the force and left Yellow Spring suspicious.
• Xiao Yan activated the Red Lotus Change and threw the Wild Desolation Ruler at Venerable Yellow Spring, then retreated after the ruler shattered.
• Venerable Yellow Spring pursued Xiao Yan and swept his left hand toward Xiao Yan's head.

Xiao Yan withstood Venerable Yellow Spring’s first three attacks, impressing the other pavilion leaders and drawing Venerable Lei’s suspicions. Venerable Yellow Spring unleashed his signature technique, and Xiao Yan used a mysterious black flame to meet the full-force attack with one hand, disappearing inside its energy pillar.

• Xiao Yan blocked Venerable Yellow Spring’s attacks for three exchanges, earning Venerable Sword’s praise and strengthening his resolve to maintain ties with Starfall Pavilion.
• Venerable Lei suspected Xiao Yan might be the same person who had fallen out with Wind Lightning North Pavilion but lacked proof.
• Venerable Yellow Spring recognized Xiao Yan’s strategy and began treating him as an equal opponent.
• Venerable Yellow Spring used the Yellow Spring Blood Art to disrupt Xiao Yan’s blood and lock onto him.
• Venerable Yellow Spring launched Yellow Spring Blood Strangle, and Xiao Yan gathered energy into his blackened arm as a mysterious black flame appeared across his back.
• Xiao Yan received the attack with one hand and was swallowed by its black pillar, though the strike had not actually reached his body.

Xiao Yan swallowed Venerable Yellow Spring’s full-force attack with the Nihility Devouring Flame and used the stolen Dou Qi to unleash the Wild Desolation Ruler’s Sovereign’s Descent. He wounded Venerable Yellow Spring, whose fury grew as the fight continued.

• Venerable Yellow Spring struck Xiao Yan with a full-force attack, but Xiao Yan absorbed it and emerged unharmed.
• Xiao Yan gathered the stolen Dou Qi and formed a massive ruler as figures of armored troops appeared behind him.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Wild Desolation Ruler, Sovereign’s Descent, and its ruler shadows pierced Venerable Yellow Spring’s defenses.
• Venerable Yellow Spring distorted space and turned transparent to evade the attack, but Xiao Yan used soul power to pin him briefly.
• The ruler shadows struck Venerable Yellow Spring and left him injured, prompting him to abandon reason and grow more determined to make Xiao Yan pay.