Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used the Black Flame and his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body to buy time while fusing a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus against the Ancient Clan. As Gu Xing, Gu Shuangxue, and Gu Po closed in, Gu Po suddenly saw the Ancient Clan's Clan Chief appear beside Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan sent the Black Flame to attack the Ancient Clan members while he fused the Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus.
• Gu Xing and the others attacked the Black Flame, but it absorbed their Dou Qi and grew stronger.
• Gu Yao sent Gu Xing, Gu Shuangxue, and Gu Po to stop Xiao Yan while the remaining Ancient Clan members dealt with the Black Flame.
• Xiao Yan fled as the fire lotus passed halfway through fusion, and his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body struck at Gu Shuangxue.
• Xiao Yan secretly moved his soul power as the three Ancient Clan members surrounded him, and Gu Po suddenly saw the Ancient Clan's Clan Chief appear beside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan escaped the Ancient Clan members’ encirclement and successfully fused Black Flame into his Fire Lotus, creating a destructive Five-Colored Fire Lotus. As the Ancient Clan members hesitated to attack him, a Dou Sheng arrived and declared that the fight was over.

• Gu Po was tricked by Xiao Yan’s soul technique into halting the Ancient Clan’s encirclement, allowing Xiao Yan to escape.
• Gu Xing ordered Gu Po, Gu Shuangxue, and the others to stop Xiao Yan before his Fire Lotus finished fusing.
• Xiao Yan used his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body and devouring power to withstand the attacks and evade the Ancient Clan members.
• Xiao Yan summoned Black Flame back, then fused it into the Fire Lotus, successfully creating a Five-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The Ancient Clan members feared the Fire Lotus’s power, but a Dou Sheng appeared and told Xiao Yan that the fight was over.

Xiao Yan faced intervention from the Dou Sheng Gu Zhao after unleashing a Five-Colored Fire Lotus in the Ancient Clan stronghold. He used layered soul attacks to briefly restrain Gu Zhao, then prepared to strike Gu Yao with the fire lotus.

• Gu Zhao appeared and ordered Xiao Yan to stop, saying he would spare him for Xun Er and Gu Yu's sake.
• Gu Yao protested Gu Zhao's decision, while Gu Zhao explained he was following the Third Marshal's order.
• Xiao Yan used his Heavenly State Soul and Soul Flow Black Vortex against Gu Zhao, but Gu Zhao shattered the attack.
• Xiao Yan concealed the Nihility Devouring Flame's devouring ability beneath a second vortex, temporarily restraining Gu Zhao, then struck him with the Shadow Piercing Needle.
• While Gu Zhao struggled to counter the soul attack, Xiao Yan fixed his gaze on the frightened Gu Yao and began lowering the Five-Colored Fire Lotus toward him.

Xiao Yan unleashed a Five-Colored Fire Lotus against Gu Yao and the Ancient Clan’s young experts, killing Gu Chen and capturing Gu Yao’s soul. Despite threats from Gu Zhao and Gu Yao, Xiao Yan annihilated Gu Yao, leaving the Ancient Clan’s Dou Saints to confront the aftermath.

• Xiao Yan used Soul Flow Black Vortex to restrain the Ancient Clan members and sent his Five-Colored Fire Lotus toward Gu Yao.
• Three Dou Saints intervened and contained the flames, but Gu Chen died and several other Ancient Clan experts suffered grave injuries.
• Xiao Yan caught Gu Yao’s escaping soul and trapped it within his Red Lotus Star Flame.
• Gu Zhao demanded that Xiao Yan release Gu Yao, while Gu Yao threatened Xiao Yan’s family to force him to relent.
• Xiao Yan refused to spare Gu Yao and used the Red Lotus Star Flame to annihilate his soul.

Xiao Yan tried to escape Gu Zhao by using Black Flame, but the Ancient Clan's Dou Saints subdued him and left him gravely wounded. As Gu Zhao prepared to cripple him, a familiar fragrance reached Xiao Yan, easing his tension.

• Gu Zhao overwhelmed Xiao Yan's soul power and broke through his attacks with a steadily descending hand.
• Xiao Yan used Black Flame to disrupt Gu Zhao's pressure and attempted to flee, but the other Ancient Clan Dou Saints recognized the flame as a weakened Child Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• An Ancient Clan Dou Saint struck Xiao Yan from behind, grievously injuring him and sealing his power as Gu Zhao subdued Black Flame.
• Gu Zhao ordered Xiao Yan's hands and feet crippled, but Xiao Yan sensed a familiar fragrance behind him and relaxed.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived to heal Xiao Yan and refused to leave him alone in the Ancient Clan. Mu Yaoyin shielded them from Gu Zhao, turning the confrontation into a standoff with the Ancient Clan until another powerful presence intervened.

• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan gravely wounded, healed him, and told him she had sent their children to the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Yi Xian that staying in the Ancient Clan would put her in danger, but she chose to remain by his side.
• Gu Zhao attacked Xiao Yan again, but Mu Yaoyin blocked the strike with her seven-colored Dou Qi.
• Mu Yaoyin declared that the Heavenly Luan Clan would protect Xiao Yan, while the Ancient Clan's Dou Saints threatened to exterminate her clan.
• An ancient, vast voice challenged the Ancient Clan, asking what would happen if another group joined the fight.

Qing Lin arrived with Yao Ming and five other Dou Saints to protect Xiao Yan and take him away from the Ancient Clan. As Yao Ming opened a spatial rift to leave, Gu Yu appeared and confronted the outsiders.

• Qing Lin arrived with Yao Ming and five Dou Saint experts, then went to Xiao Yan's side and reassured him that she would not let anyone touch him.
• Qing Lin asked Yao Ming to escort Xiao Yan out of the Ancient Clan, and he agreed despite warning that their arrival could provoke a clan war.
• An Ancient Clan Dou Saint threatened Yao Ming with war if he took Xiao Yan, but Qing Lin remained determined to leave with him.
• Yao Ming opened a spatial rift to escape with Xiao Yan, but Gu Yu emerged from a larger rift and addressed the assembled outsiders.

Gu Yu of the Ancient Clan Three Immortals confronted Xiao Yan and demanded a price for his killing of Ancient Clan commanders. He offered to let everyone leave if Xiao Yan accepted having his cultivation crippled and swore never to oppose the Ancient Clan.

• Gu Yu appeared and calmed the surging energy, while Yao Ming and the Ancient Clan Dou Saints greeted him respectfully.
• Yao Ming explained that the Nine Serene Deepground Python tribe had come because of its bond with Xiao Yan and denied intending to disrespect the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yu questioned Xiao Yan, who admitted his identity without yielding despite his injuries.
• Gu Yu praised Xiao Yan's courage but said he could not let him leave without protecting the Ancient Clan's reputation.
• Gu Yu offered to cripple Xiao Yan's cultivation and spare everyone else if Xiao Yan swore never to become the Ancient Clan's enemy, prompting Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to protest.

Xiao Yan weighed Gu Yu’s offer to spare the others if he gave up a cultivation realm and vowed never to oppose the Ancient Clan. Though Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin pleaded with him to refuse, Xiao Yan appeared ready to accept, and Gu Yu warned him to consider the consequences of saying no.

• Before entering the Ancient Clan, Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding arranged for Lu Qing to alert Xiao Yi Xian and help the Xiao Clan members escape if possible.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized that Xiao Yan was considering sacrificing his cultivation for everyone else, but realized she could not change his mind.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Yu to confirm that the only terms were losing a cultivation realm and never again becoming enemies with the Ancient Clan.
• Qing Lin urged Xiao Yan to refuse and offered to use her own method to help them escape, but Xiao Yan rejected the plan to protect her from its likely cost.
• Gu Yu told Xiao Yan that surrendering his Dou Zun cultivation was a fair exchange for the others’ lives and warned that no one would force him to accept.

Yao Chen appeared to protect the badly injured Xiao Yan and confronted Gu Yu over the Ancient Clan’s treatment of him and the Xiao Clan. Gu Yu, unable to gauge Yao Chen’s strength, finally chose to attack.

• A hidden voice condemned the Ancient Clan for threatening Xiao Yan and attacking him with multiple Dou Saints.
• Yao Chen appeared as a powerful soul body, leaving Gu Yu unable to detect or judge his strength.
• Xiao Yan recognized his teacher, Yao Chen, who promised to protect him.
• Yao Chen rebuked Gu Yu for harming Xiao Yan despite the Xiao Clan having given the Ancient Jade and treated the Ancient Clan respectfully.
• Gu Yu invoked the Ancient Clan’s power, then erupted with Douqi and prepared to fight Yao Chen.

Yao Lao returned and stopped Gu Yu’s devastating attack with his soul power and bone-white flame, leaving the Ancient Clan unsure whether it could defeat him. As the standoff continued, Jiang Yunyan arrived to challenge Gu Yu.

• Gu Yu unleashed a tide of Dou Qi against Xiao Yan and his companions, while Yao Ming shielded the others from its shockwaves.
• Yao Lao pierced Gu Yu’s attack with soul power and froze the entire tide with a bone-white flame.
• The frozen Dou Qi shattered, and Gu Yu realized Yao Lao was at least as strong as he was.
• Yao Lao mocked the Ancient Clan Three Immortals, and Gu Yu hesitated to continue fighting.
• Jiang Yunyan arrived and called on Gu Yu to instruct her.

Jiang Yunyan challenged Gu Yu, lost their clash, and then asked him to spare Xiao Yan, offering the Lei Clan’s support. Gu Yu acknowledged that the conflict’s core was the Ancient Jade and insisted that the Xiao Clan could not leave without addressing its grievances, including Xiao Yan killing two Ancient Clan geniuses.

• Jiang Yunyan struck at Gu Yu, but his Great Nirvana Finger shattered her sword shadow and injured her.
• Jiang Yunyan conceded the battle and asked Gu Yu to spare Xiao Yan because she believed he had not deliberately provoked the Ancient Clan.
• Jiang Yunyan revealed a lightning-imbued spatial jade slip and offered to secure anything Gu Yu demanded except the Ancient Jade.
• Gu Yu recognized the Lei Clan’s involvement and admitted that the Ancient Jade was central to the Ancient Clan’s conflict with the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yu said the Xiao Clan could not simply leave after being sheltered by the Ancient Clan and accused Xiao Yan of killing two of its young geniuses.

Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yu’s challenge to compete in the Heavenly Tomb Gathering after avenging Xiao Li, and his allies helped him and the Xiao Clan leave the Ancient Clan safely. He departed heartbroken that Xun Er had not appeared, but composed himself and led his group away.

• Gu Yu offered Xiao Yan a place in the Heavenly Tomb Gathering and warned that the Ancient Clan would not intervene if its prodigies targeted him.
• Xiao Yan defended killing Gu Yao to avenge Xiao Li and accepted the Heavenly Tomb Gathering challenge.
• Gu Yu left, and Xiao Yan reclaimed the Black Flame before Yao Ming opened a spatial passage for Xiao Yan’s group and the Xiao Clan members to depart.
• Xiao Yan hoped Xun Er would appear, but she did not, and Xiao Yi Xian tried to comfort him.
• Xiao Yan regained his composure and led his group out of the Ancient Clan.

After the Ancient Clan’s attack, Xiao Yan thanked Jiang Yunyan and the Nine Serene Deepground Python tribe for helping him. Jiang Yunyan departed after warning Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to honor Lei Jingxiao’s loyalty, while Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin and confirmed she had become a Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan thanked Jiang Yunyan, who explained that Lei Jingxiao had sent her in his place and given Xiao Yan a precious spatial jade slip left by his mother.
• Jiang Yunyan warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian not to betray Lei Jingxiao’s sincere friendship, and Xiao Yi Xian vowed to protect them both.
• Jiang Yunyan left through a spatial rift and said Lei Jingxiao would visit after completing his breakthrough and attend the gathering at the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan thanked Yao Ming and the Nine Serene Deepground Python tribe for answering Qing Lin’s call to help him.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Qing Lin, who blushed at his praise, and confirmed that she had entered the Dou Saint realm.

Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Yan after three years and confessed that she wanted to remain by his side once she had grown strong enough. Xiao Yan accepted her feelings, and the chapter ended with him turning his attention to Yao Lao, who had returned to help him.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that she had to return to the Nine Serene Deepground Python clan after escorting him and the others to safety, because the clan remained unstable and her cultivation was best pursued there.
• Qing Lin confessed that once she reached the five-star Dou Saint level and could walk her own path, she wanted to protect Xiao Yan and never be separated from him again.
• Xiao Yan accepted Qing Lin's feelings and promised to wait for her, making her joyful and delighting the watching Nine Serene Deepground Python clansmen.
• Qing Lin told Yao Ming and the others to leave while she spent more time with Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan later thanked everyone before turning to Yao Lao and reflecting on his unexpected return.

Yao Lao reunited with Xiao Yan and explained that the power he had used came from the Void Heavenly Emperor. As Xiao Yan’s allies from the Pill Tower arrived, the group’s escape from the Ancient Clan ended in a tearful reunion.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had sensed trouble three years earlier but only recently came to help, and explained that the Void Heavenly Emperor had temporarily boosted his soul power.
• Xiao Yan assured Yao Lao that he was confident he could gather the materials needed to revive him.
• A spatial vortex appeared, and the Nine Serene Deepground Python Dou Saints prepared to defend Qing Lin and Xiao Yan’s group.
• Wei Jiangyuan, Elder Lin, Xuan Yi, and Yao Qingyu emerged from the vortex and greeted Xiao Yan as an ally.
• Yao Qingyu hugged Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian comforted her while Wei Jiangyuan jokingly joined their embrace.

Xiao Yan reunited Yao Lao with Xuan Yi and revealed that Yao Qingyu was their daughter, giving the family a chance to reunite after years apart. After thanking the allies who came to his aid, Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yi Xian to meet two people among the Xiao Clan.

• Yao Qingyu recognized that Xuan Yi had stopped to stare at Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan introduced Yao Qingyu as Yao Lao's daughter.
• Xuan Yi confirmed that Yao Qingyu was Yao Lao's child and embraced him, explaining that she had been unable to reach him when she discovered the girl.
• Xiao Yan led the others away to give Yao Lao, Xuan Yi, and Yao Qingyu time together, while Wei Jiangyuan supported Yao Qingyu.
• Xiao Yan thanked Mu Yaoyin for the Heavenly Luan Clan's aid and Elder Lin for the Pill Tower's support; Elder Lin promised the Pill Tower would help him in the future.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian to accompany him to meet two people near the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Zhan were comforting the clan members.

Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ding, who welcomed her as family and promised to arrange a grand wedding. After the group reunited and prepared to leave, they decided to return to Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Zhan learned that Xiao Yi Xian also commanded the Medical Poison Valley.

• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian to meet Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ding, and introduced her to them.
• Xiao Yi Xian addressed Xiao Zhan as Father and Xiao Ding as Big Brother, and both welcomed her warmly.
• Xiao Yan explained that he and Xiao Yi Xian had not yet married, and Xiao Zhan promised to arrange a grand wedding once things settled down.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the comfort of having his family and Xiao Yi Xian with him, while wishing his Second Brother were present.
• Yao Lao's family reunited, Elder Lin returned to the Pill Tower, and Wei Jiangyuan joined the group accompanying Yao Qingyu.
• The group chose to return to Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Zhan became more impressed after learning Xiao Yi Xian commanded the Medical Poison Valley.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Yao Lao and their companions, where Venerable Wind joyfully reunited with Yao Lao. They entered the newly strengthened pavilion, and Yao Lao praised its transformation as Mu Qingluan hinted that it had changed only recently.

• Xiao Yan and the group arrived outside Starfall Pavilion, where Venerable Wind and the others welcomed them back safely.
• Venerable Wind reunited with Yao Lao and checked on his health, then learned that Yao Lao still lacked a physical body.
• Venerable Wind led everyone through Starfall Pavilion's improved defensive formation and showed Yao Lao the pavilion's expanded grounds.
• Yao Lao praised Starfall Pavilion's transformation, and Venerable Wind boasted that it ranked third among the great powers.
• Mu Qingluan laughed and told Venerable Wind that Starfall Pavilion had not looked this way three years earlier.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Starfall Pavilion and discussed the strange lack of defenses during their escape from the Ancient Clan. They could not explain who had helped them or why, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Xun Er had been involved.

• Mu Qingluan revealed that Starfall Pavilion's growth came from Xiao Yan's Pill Convention victory and Wei's formation, deflating Venerable Wind's boast.
• Yao Chen praised Feng Xian for his work as Pavilion Master, and the two old friends joked warmly.
• The Nine Serene Deepground Python clan confirmed Qing Lin's return date and left, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to their quarters together.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that the Ancient Clan's defenses had been inexplicably absent when she and the reinforcements arrived to rescue him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reasoned that the Ancient Clan had not deliberately lured them in, but they could not determine who had helped them.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Xun Er had secretly intervened and why she had not appeared.