Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan injured Venerable Yellow Spring, but Yellow Spring retaliated with his hidden technique, Yellow Spring Corpse Rot. As the attack engulfed Xiao Yan, an unfamiliar Dou Zun aura emerged from the explosion, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Xiao Yan and Venerable Yellow Spring faced off while Xiao Yan weighed the cost of using his remaining trump card.
• Venerable Wind stayed seated as Venerable Sword and Venerable Lei questioned whether he would intervene.
• Venerable Yellow Spring unleashed Yellow Spring Corpse Rot, sending a gray figure to explode around Xiao Yan.
• Venerable Yellow Spring realized his attack might kill Xiao Yan and rushed toward the explosion, while Venerable Wind still did not move.
• A powerful, unfamiliar aura spread from the corpse rot, and Venerable Sword and Venerable Lei cried out that it belonged to a Dou Zun.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived to protect Xiao Yan and faced Venerable Yellow Spring in a duel between Dou Zun experts. She steadily suppressed him, while Xiao Yan noticed something strange about Venerable Yellow Spring’s performance.

• Xiao Yi Xian appeared before Xiao Yan and cut through Venerable Yellow Spring’s corrosive energy, revealing herself as a Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan withdrew with Mu Qingluan and left Venerable Yellow Spring to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Venerable Yellow Spring questioned Xiao Yi Xian about her identity and her connection to Starfall Pavilion, but she said she intended to defeat him.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s poisonous Dou Qi dissolved Venerable Yellow Spring’s attacks, and he drew his short blade to fight her.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s rapid attacks and stronger Dou Qi forced Venerable Yellow Spring to repeatedly detonate his corpse-rotting aura to escape her grasp.
• Mu Qingluan watched Xiao Yi Xian with admiration, while Xiao Yan noticed something unusual about Venerable Yellow Spring’s performance.

Venerable Wind revealed that Starfall Pavilion’s masked Dou Zun expert was only twenty-three, proving his eligibility for the Four Pavilions Conference. He then identified the expert as Xiao Yan and exposed his face, leaving Venerable Lei to face the fallout from Xiao Yan’s past conflict with Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Venerable Wind used a Ten Thousand Longevity Spirit Leaf to test the masked expert’s age while the crowd and the other Venerables watched.
• The leaf’s image showed three branches, with the third only one-third grown, revealing that Xiao Yan was twenty-three years old.
• The crowd reacted with shock, while Venerable Yellow Spring, Tang Ying, and Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan’s extraordinary talent.
• Venerable Wind named the masked expert as Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan removed his mask.
• The revelation made Venerable Lei’s response crucial because Xiao Yan had previously clashed with Fei Tian of Wind Lightning North Pavilion.

At the Four Pavilions Conference, Venerable Lei publicly accused Xiao Yan of abducting Fei Tian and demanded that Xiao Yan take three of his moves. As Venerable Wind and Venerable Lei prepared to clash, Xiao Yi Xian stepped forward and offered to fight in Xiao Yan’s place.

• Venerable Lei recognized Xiao Yan as the one who had taken Fei Tian and decided he could not let the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s dignity go unanswered.
• Venerable Lei accused Xiao Yan before the conference and claimed the Starfall Pavilion had captured Fei Tian.
• Venerable Wind countered that the Wind Lightning North Pavilion had attacked Starfall Pavilion members first and challenged Venerable Lei’s account.
• Venerable Lei proposed that Xiao Yan take three of his moves or return Fei Tian and the items taken.
• Venerable Wind defended Xiao Yan, and the two pavilion leaders summoned their Dou Qi in a tense standoff.
• Xiao Yi Xian removed her veil and declared that she had defeated Fei Tian and would fight Venerable Lei.

Xiao Yan recovered from the strain of using the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire after the Four Pavilions Conference, while Venerable Lei learned that Xiao Yi Xian was a Dou Zun and had to face her. With the conference victory drawing attention across the Central Plains, Xiao Yan hoped Huo Zhi and Zi Yan would learn that he was at the Starfall Pavilion, though he worried about the pressure his fame would bring to the sect.

• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Venerable Lei, and their clash revealed that she was a Dou Zun.
• Venerable Wind stopped the gale eagle so Xiao Yan could safely expel the violent Dou Qi left by his secret technique.
• Xiao Yan regained control of his body, and Xiao Yi Xian checked him by circulating her Dou Qi through him.
• Venerable Wind said Xiao Yan’s conference victory and fight with Venerable Yellow Spring would spread word of his whereabouts to Huo Zhi and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan worried that his new fame would place greater pressure on the Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan and Venerable Wind discussed the danger Soul Hall posed now that Xiao Yan’s identity had been exposed, and the need to build ties with the Flame Clan. Venerable Wind arranged for Xiao Yan to seek an eighth-rank Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core from the Heavenly Luan Clan while Starfall Pavilion searched for his friends and prepared to spread news of Yao Lao’s return.

• Xiao Yan worried that Soul Hall would target Starfall Pavilion after learning he was there, and Venerable Wind reassured him that Yao Lao’s reputation and other powerful allies could help.
• Mu Qingluan learned that Xiao Yan’s teacher was Venerable Yao, Starfall Pavilion’s true Pavilion Master and Venerable Wind’s longtime friend.
• Venerable Wind explained that the Flame Clan rivaled Soul Hall in strength and that Xiao Yan needed ties with hidden forces to advance.
• Venerable Wind warned Mu Qingluan not to reveal Xiao Yan’s relationship to Yao Lao to Soul Hall, since doing so could provoke a stronger attack.
• Xiao Yan told Mu Qingluan he needed an eighth-rank Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core, and she agreed to take him to the Heavenly Luan Clan.
• Venerable Wind sent Starfall Pavilion to search for Xiao Yan’s two friends and planned to spread news of Yao Lao while Xiao Yan traveled with Mu Qingluan.

Xiao Yan fought Fei Tian, who summoned the Wind Lightning North Pavilion’s Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation to overpower him. The chapter ended with Fei Tian’s lightning fist striking Xiao Yan, leaving his fate unclear.

• Xiao Yan pierced Fei Tian’s attack with a purplish-red strike from the Heavy Profound Ruler and forced him back.
• Fei Tian ordered the Heavenly Gang Hall and the North Pavilion’s forces to form the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation around Xiao Yan.
• The formation boosted Fei Tian’s strength as he attacked Xiao Yan with lightning, and Xiao Yan dodged while devouring one bolt with a void vortex.
• Fei Tian unleashed the formation’s Wrath of the Thunder God, and its colossal lightning fist struck Xiao Yan.
• A muffled thunderous sound came from the impact site as Xiao Yan invoked the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, Red Lotus Change.

Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan traveled toward the Heavenly Luan Clan to obtain a Magic Core, while Xiao Yi Xian returned with Venerable Wind to Starfall Pavilion. In the Gu Realm, a young woman learned that Xiao Yan had appeared and immediately ordered her departure.

• Xiao Yan parted ways with Venerable Wind and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Starfall Pavilion after Xiao Yan urged her to help protect it.
• Venerable Wind gave Xiao Yan a letter for the Heavenly Luan Clan before Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan set off together.
• Mu Qingluan asked about Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then accepted a Transformation Pill from Xiao Yan as a gift.
• An elderly man informed a young woman in the Gu Realm that Xiao Yan had won the Four Pavilions Conference and possessed strength comparable to a Dou Zun.
• The young woman confirmed Xiao Yan's identity and ordered that she leave the Gu Realm.

Xiao Yan tempered his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body with lightning and Heavenly Flames, then bonded with the Heartblood Clay Puppet. The puppet unexpectedly fused with his avatar, leaving Xiao Yan to watch as the strange union developed.

• Xiao Yan used the Lightning Storage Pearl and Heavenly Flames to raise his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body to the Major Achievement realm.
• Xiao Yan realized the avatar could help it carry a three-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus without risking his true body.
• Xiao Yan bonded with the Heartblood Clay Puppet by smearing his blood on it, and the puppet's frigid energy invaded his meridians.
• Xiao Yan used the Red Lotus Core Flame to melt the cold energy and cleared the puppet of impurities with a black vortex.
• Xiao Yan's Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body emerged, and the Heartblood Clay Puppet entered its chest and began fusing with it.

Xiao Yan merged the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body with the Heartblood Clay Puppet, but could not tell what the fusion had changed. He recalled the phantom body and left his room, where Mu Qingluan was operating the Space Ship.

• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flames to merge the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body with the Heartblood Clay Puppet over the course of a day.
• Xiao Yan tested the fused phantom body and found its strength remained at the eight-star Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Yan channeled lightning force from the Lightning Storage Pearl into the phantom body, but stopped when it became unstable.
• Xiao Yan found no visible changes or trace of the clay puppet's aura, then recalled the phantom body and left his room.
• Xiao Yan saw that Mu Qingluan had been operating the Space Ship while he cultivated.

Xiao Yan accompanied Mu Qingluan to the Heavenly Luan Clan to seek its help in obtaining an eighth-tier Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core. They reached the clan’s secluded mountain home, where its members recognized Mu Qingluan and asked why she had returned.

• Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan discussed the Heavenly Luan Clan’s low profile and its plan to wait for an opportunity.
• Xiao Yan guarded their Space Ship through an unstable stretch of passage, and they emerged near the Heavenly Luan Clan’s territory.
• Mu Qingluan guided Xiao Yan through the clan’s formation into the Heavenly Luan Five Peaks, where he saw its wind-rich valleys, rare herbs, and Azure Luan birds.
• Five clan members arrived on Azure Luan birds, and their leader recognized Mu Qingluan and asked why she had returned from studying under Venerable Wind at the Starfall Pavilion.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Luan Clan with Mu Qingluan and was welcomed as an honored guest by Mu Jin. After settling into Mu Xinyuan’s pavilion, he met Qingluan’s grandfather, who was impressed by Xiao Yan’s strength.

• Mu Jin greeted Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yan, invited Xiao Yan to attend the clan’s ceremony in three days, and explained that Mu Xinyuan was occupied with discussions about the Young Luan Pool.
• Mu Qingluan led Xiao Yan to her grandfather’s pavilion, where Xiao Yan noticed signs of other humans in the clan and wondered whether they would interfere with obtaining the magic core.
• Mu Qingluan served Xiao Yan specially cultivated Green Autumn Fruits, and Xiao Yan praised their flavor and unusual quality.
• Mu Xinyuan arrived, greeted Mu Qingluan affectionately, and probed Xiao Yan’s strength before marveling at the talent Venerable Feng Xian had kept hidden.

Xiao Yan impressed Mu Xinyuan with his age and strength, and Venerable Wind’s letter persuaded the elder to help him obtain a magic core. As Mu Xinyuan brought Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan into the Heavenly Luan Clan’s treasure mountain, Tang Qiying blocked them, insisting a human could not enter.

• Mu Qingluan told Mu Xinyuan that Xiao Yan was only twenty-three, and Mu Xinyuan was astonished to learn he was an eight-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan gave Mu Xinyuan Venerable Wind’s letter, which revealed he was an old friend’s disciple and warned Mu Xinyuan not to try to recruit him.
• Mu Xinyuan agreed to take Xiao Yan to the treasure vault for a magic core and led Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan into the mountain’s protected interior.
• Two guards directed Mu Xinyuan toward the fifth chamber, where the clan stored magic cores and items related to magical beasts.
• Tang Qiying confronted Mu Xinyuan and objected to Xiao Yan entering the treasure mountain because he was human.
• Mu Xinyuan challenged Tang Qiying’s objection, and Tang Qiying invoked his authority as Chief Inspector and prepared to enforce the rules.

Mu Xinyuan and Tang Qiying nearly fought at the Heavenly Luan Clan’s entrance before Mu Zi’er intervened and allowed Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan to enter. Mu Xinyuan then explained Tang Qiying’s origins and his bitter rise to becoming Chief Inspector.

• Mu Zi’er stopped Mu Xinyuan from attacking Tang Qiying and told Tang Qiying that the clan chief had approved the visitors’ entry.
• Tang Qiying obeyed the clan chief’s order to stand aside, and Mu Qingluan greeted Mu Zi’er before introducing Xiao Yan.
• Mu Zi’er asked whether Venerable Wind had sent her anything, and Mu Qingluan defended her teacher when Xiao Yan said he had brought no message.
• As they entered, Xiao Yan asked why Tang Qiying bore the Tang surname, and Mu Xinyuan explained that Tang Zhen had rescued him as an abandoned child of mixed human and luan blood.
• Mu Xinyuan recounted how Tang Qiying had endured bullying, won the Chief Inspector selection, and crippled several clansmen he resented.

Xiao Yan accompanied Mu Xinyuan through the Heavenly Luan Clan’s stores in search of an eighth-tier Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core. In the third chamber, they found that two cores remained and had already been claimed by visiting alchemists, leaving Xiao Yan to stop Mu Xinyuan from escalating the dispute.

• Mu Xinyuan led Xiao Yan and Mu Zi'er through the clan’s chambers of magical beast cores and materials, but they found no suitable core in the first two.
• In the third chamber, Xiao Yan recognized Mu Jin among six people, including five human seventh-tier alchemists.
• Mu Xinyuan asked Mu Jin for an eighth-tier Sky Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast core and learned the two remaining cores had already been chosen by the alchemists.
• Mu Xinyuan asked Master Bai to spare a core and offered to replace it later, but a fat alchemist accused the clan of reneging on its agreement.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward and told Mu Xinyuan to leave the matter for another day.

After leaving Treasure Mountain, Xiao Yan explained why he had stopped Mu Xinyuan from fighting the five alchemists over the eighth-tier Magic Core. When Mu Xinyuan revealed that the alchemists had been hired to maintain the Heavenly Luan Clan’s Young Luan Pool, Xiao Yan showed his mid seventh-tier alchemist badge, giving Mu Xinyuan hope of securing the Magic Core another way.

• Mu Xinyuan regretted failing to obtain the eighth-tier Magic Core, but Xiao Yan said he had stopped him to avoid harming the Heavenly Luan Clan’s interests.
• Mu Xinyuan promised to approach Lan Gao again and obtain the Magic Core for Xiao Yan, who first asked why the clan had invited five alchemists.
• Mu Xinyuan explained that the alchemists were hired to charge the Young Luan Pool with fire-attributed energy for three years.
• Mu Qingluan suggested that Xiao Yan replace Lan Gao, but Mu Xinyuan doubted an ordinary alchemist could handle the task.
• Xiao Yan showed Mu Xinyuan his Pill Tower badge, revealing that he was a mid seventh-tier alchemist.
• Mu Xinyuan was shocked and said Xiao Yan’s skill gave him confidence that he could secure the Magic Core.

After Mu Xinyuan sent Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan to inspect the Heavenly Luan Clan’s herb garden, Xiao Yan discovered that a grand formation sustained its carefully arranged medicinal plants. They found a mysterious woman in white unconscious among the Green Autumn Fruits, and Mu Qingluan hurried to help her.

• Mu Xinyuan gave Mu Qingluan his jade token and sent her to show Xiao Yan the herb garden.
• Mu Qingluan led Xiao Yan through the garden’s guarded barrier after presenting the token.
• Xiao Yan admired the garden’s medicinal treasures and sensed that a grand formation made its Dou Qi circulate on its own.
• Mu Qingluan brought Xiao Yan to the Green Autumn Fruit area, where they found a woman in white lying unconscious.
• Mu Qingluan recognized the woman as Sister Xue and rushed to support her.

Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan encountered Mu Qianxue, a blind and frail member of the Heavenly Luan Clan, in the herb garden. When Tang Qiying tried to force Mu Qianxue back and reached for Mu Qingluan, Xiao Yan intervened, setting up a confrontation with the clan’s Chief Inspector.

• Mu Qingluan and Xiao Yan helped Mu Qianxue after she fainted, and she told them she could sense Xiao Yan’s unusual aura despite being unable to see.
• Tang Qiying arrived with members of the Heavenly Luan Clan and told Mu Qianxue he had already cut off one of her guards’ arms for failing to protect her.
• Mu Qianxue confronted Tang Qiying over his cruelty, while he insisted she had to return because the clan could not risk her safety.
• Mu Qingluan stood between Tang Qiying and Mu Qianxue, and Tang Qiying reached to seize her.
• Xiao Yan blocked Tang Qiying’s hand and mocked him for making a move against two women, prompting Tang Qiying to glare at him and threaten him.

Xiao Yan fought Tang Qiying in the medicinal garden, using his Heavy Profound Ruler and strange energy vortex to withstand the nine-star Dou Zong’s speed and attacks. After Tang Qiying’s poisoned blade barely cut Xiao Yan, he claimed the poison would drain Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and demanded that he kneel.

• Xiao Yan sent Mu Qingluan and Mu Qianxue away from the fight, then deflected Tang Qiying’s blades with the Heavy Profound Ruler.
• Tang Qiying used his Heavenly Luan movement techniques and twin blades to attack at extreme speed, while Xiao Yan countered with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and his ruler.
• Tang Qiying unleashed Wind-Rending Kill, and Xiao Yan met it with a powerful ruler strike as vortices absorbed much of the energy and protected the medicinal herbs.
• Tang Qiying’s poisoned blade cut Xiao Yan’s neck, but Xiao Yan’s Flame Lotus Heart Flame burned away the poison and his wound healed.
• Tang Qiying escaped the pull of Xiao Yan’s vortex and warned that his poison would exhaust Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi, demanding that Xiao Yan kneel and apologize.

Xiao Yan used his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body clone to catch Tang Qiying off guard and heavily injure him. Although Xiao Yan believed the fight was decided, Tang Qiying suddenly released a surge of Dou Qi that multiplied his strength.

• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames neutralized the poison Tang Qiying had put on his short blades.
• Tang Qiying evaded Xiao Yan’s attacks, relying on his poison to grow more potent as Xiao Yan circulated his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan’s clone ambushed Tang Qiying with Eight Extremities Collapse, while the original continued attacking.
• Tang Qiying struck Xiao Yan with both short blades but was blasted into the Dou Qi formation by the clone’s attack.
• Tang Qiying saw Xiao Yan and his clone standing side by side as the original pulled out the blades and rapidly healed.
• Tang Qiying’s Dou Qi erupted, and his strength surged severalfold before Xiao Yan could attack again.