Arc 10The Yao Clan’s Fall

Xiao Yan refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill as Hun Xuzi attacked the Yao Clan, then escaped with its survivors and warned the Ancient Clan about the Hun Clan’s campaign. The ancient clans formed an alliance after the Hun Clan stole their ancient jades, and Gu Yuan agreed to let Xiao Yan enter the Heavenly Tomb to seek Xiao Xuan.

  • Xiao Yan used Little Yi to purify Hun Xuzi’s stolen pill embryo, then completed his Nine-Rank Profound Pill with the embryos Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo gave him.
  • Hun Xuzi revealed the true Nihility Devouring Flame and led the Hun Clan’s assault on the Yao Clan, whose members sacrificed themselves to help Xiao Yan and the young survivors escape.
  • Xiao Yan fled with Yao Ling and Yao Tian, fought Hun Sha, and reached the Ancient Clan, where he warned Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Yao, Spirit, and Shi Clans.
  • Xiao Yan refined the remaining pill energy and raised his strength to Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng, then fought Lei Dong and faced Lei Ying in the Ancient Clan’s training ground.
  • Hun Tiandi arrived with the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints as Xiao Yan realized the Hun Clan was stealing the Gu Clan Ancient Jade.
  • Lei Ying and Yan Jin learned that their clans’ ancient jades had also been stolen, and Gu Yuan called for an alliance to reclaim the jades before the Hun Clan opened the Tou She Ancient God’s cave dwelling.
  • Xiao Yan asked to enter the Heavenly Tomb again to seek Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan agreed.
Chapters 396–420 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 396Seizing Energy

Xiao Yan and three other alchemists struggled to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills as the process drained the natural energy around Yao Mountain. When Hun Xuzi tried to steal energy from the others, Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant thwarted him and seized the unfinished pill from his cauldron.

  • Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo spent three days drawing in natural energy to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills, leaving the surrounding land and herbs depleted.
  • Yao Dan and the Yao Clan elders realized that the four pill forms remained incomplete and that the available natural energy had run out.
  • Hun Xuzi used his Nihility Devouring Flame sub-flame to steal energy from Xiao Yan, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo, but Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant purified the black hole and fed its energy into Xiao Yan’s cauldron.
  • Hun Xuzi redirected his devouring power toward Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo, bringing his own pill close to completion.
  • Xiao Yan’s Fire Infant snatched Hun Xuzi’s unfinished pill from his cauldron, and Hun Xuzi roared in fury.

Ch. 397Living Flame

Xiao Yan and the other alchemists faced Hun Xuzi as they prepared to refine pills, revealing the Heavenly Flames they possessed. The chapter left them poised to begin the contest, with Xiao Yan’s enormous fire cauldron filling the sky.

  • Hun Xuzi summoned a massive black fire cauldron formed from his Pool Sub-Flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and challenged Xiao Yan and the elders to bring out their Heavenly Flames.
  • Elder Wanhuo unleashed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, while Shennong Elder revealed the Living Flame and explained its life-giving properties.
  • Xiao Yan revealed Little Yi, the spirit of his Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, drawing solemn reactions from the other alchemists and greedy interest from Hun Xuzi.
  • Yao Dan called on the four participants to begin refining pills, and Xiao Yan sent out a pink fire cauldron that expanded into a towering vessel encircled by fire dragons.

Ch. 398Pill Refining Showdown

Xiao Yan and three master alchemists began a pill-refining showdown, each displaying extraordinary techniques as they prepared to refine a Nine-Rank Profound Pill. The chapter ended with all four drawing on the power of heaven and earth, setting off immense energy storms above the Yao Clan.

  • Hun Xuzi, Elder Wanhuo, Shennong Elder, and Xiao Yan began refining pills in separate fire cauldrons, while Shennong Elder used the Living Flame to rapidly grow medicinal ingredients.
  • Xiao Yan fed several thousand medicinal ingredients into his cauldron at once, and the Yao Clan’s younger generation marveled at his skill and Heavenly Realm Great Perfection soul strength.
  • Xiao Yan used Little Yi to refine the ingredients efficiently, while the other three masters processed their own batches over the next day.
  • Hun Xuzi drew energy from heaven and earth into his cauldron, prompting the elders to realize he was refining a Nine-Rank Profound Pill.
  • Elder Wanhuo, Shennong Elder, and Xiao Yan also began drawing in heaven-and-earth energy, and the gathered alchemists realized all four were attempting to refine Nine-Rank Profound Pills.

Ch. 399Sudden Upheaval

At the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex, Hun Xuzi revealed that he had been hiding seven-star Dou Saint strength and sealed the Yao Realm to prevent anyone from escaping or calling for help. As the real Nihility Devouring Flame covered the sky, he declared that the Yao Clan was finished.

  • Hun Xuzi demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then overwhelmed Elder Wanhuo with a concealed seven-star Dou Saint aura.
  • Yao Dan identified the Hun Clan as responsible for the disappearance of the Spirit Clan and Shi Clan and ordered a warning sent to the Yan Clan and Lei Clan.
  • Hun Xuzi blocked the Yao Clan’s spatial passages and prevented messages from reaching the other clans.
  • Hun Xuzi allowed visitors to leave, but black flashes and screams revealed that the exits were under attack.
  • The real Nihility Devouring Flame spread across the Yao Realm as Hun Xuzi announced the Yao Clan’s destruction.

Ch. 400Pill Rain

Little Yi stole Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo, and Xiao Yan purified its energy to aid his refinement of a Nine-Rank Profound Pill. With Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo contributing their own pill embryos, Xiao Yan’s pill began to form as pill rain fell across Yao Mountain.

  • Little Yi snatched Hun Xuzi’s pill embryo, provoking him to attack Xiao Yan.
  • Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo intervened to restrain Hun Xuzi while Xiao Yan had Little Yi purify and absorb the stolen embryo’s energy.
  • Xiao Yan sent King Bei to fight Hun Xuzi, but the stolen embryo’s energy still proved insufficient to form the pill.
  • Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo gave Xiao Yan their pill embryos, which Little Yi purified and poured into his fire cauldron.
  • A point of light appeared in Xiao Yan’s cauldron, black pill lightning filled the sky, and a rain of pills fell as Yao Dan announced the Profound Pill’s emergence.

Ch. 401Borrowing the Jade

Xiao Yan successfully refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and subdued it after it emerged from its shell. As Yao Dan allowed Yao Chen to use the Ancestral Tablet, Hun Xuzi demanded to borrow the Tou She Ancient God Jade held by the Yao Clan.

  • Xiao Yan's pill endured the lightning tribulation, broke free of its shell, and fled toward the edge of Yao Mountain.
  • Xiao Yan intercepted the pill, marked it with a soul seal, and stored it in a jade bottle.
  • Xiao Yan thanked Hun Xuzi, Shennong Elder, and Elder Wanhuo for the embryonic pills that had contributed to his success.
  • Shennong Elder praised Xiao Yan's alchemy, and Yao Dan allowed Yao Chen to use the Ancestral Tablet.
  • Hun Xuzi asked to temporarily borrow the Tou She Ancient God Jade held by the Yao Clan.

Ch. 402Eight-Colored Fire Lotus

Xiao Yan fused eight Heavenly Flames into an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus and badly injured Hun Yan, creating a chance for his group to escape. As Xiao Yan and the others fled through a spatial crack, Yao Dan sacrificed himself in a devastating explosion to hold back Hun Jing.

  • Xiao Yan fused the Living Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Flame with six other Heavenly Flames to form an Eight-Colored Fire Lotus.
  • Hun Yan struck Xiao Yan and wounded him, but Xiao Yan detonated the fire lotus and left Hun Yan seriously injured.
  • Xiao Yan shielded Old Yao and the others from the blast, returned the Living Flame and Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and led the group toward a spatial crack.
  • The remaining Yao Clan experts self-destructed to prevent the Hun Clan from intercepting Xiao Yan's group.
  • Yao Dan held Hun Jing back and detonated himself as Xiao Yan escaped through the spatial crack with Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the others.

Ch. 403True Form

Xiao Yan and Old Yao were trapped in the Yao Realm as the Hun Clan launched an attack, and the Yao Clan activated its ancient protective formation. The true form of Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and began devouring the formation’s power, leaving Yao Dan to call upon the clan’s ancestor through its stockpile of pills.

  • Xiao Yan shielded himself and Old Yao from the tiny traces of Nihility Devouring Flame while they realized the Hun Clan had sealed the space and planned to leave no survivors.
  • Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to activate the Heavenly Transformation Pill Array, which drew energy from the mountains, medicinal ingredients, and clan members.
  • Hun Xuzi called upon Lord Void, and the true form of Nihility Devouring Flame appeared before the gathered Yao Clan and Xiao Yan.
  • Nihility Devouring Flame poured black fire onto the formation and offered to spare the Yao Clan if it surrendered.
  • Yao Dan poured the clan’s pill reserves into the formation and invoked the ancestor with the Myriad Pills Transform Heaven technique.

Ch. 404Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul

Yao Dan summoned the Yao Clan ancestor’s remnant soul to defend the clan from Nihility Devouring Flame, but the ancestor was destroyed and the clan’s formation shattered. The Yao Clan’s descendants were left exposed as the attack continued.

  • Yao Dan used the Yao Clan’s pills and formation to summon the ancestor’s remnant soul, which freed the formation from Nihility Devouring Flame’s Black Flames.
  • Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the formation with giant flaming fingers, and the ancestor blocked the blows with an enormous Medicine Cauldron.
  • Yao Dan and the Yao Clan members poured their Dou Qi into the formation, reinforcing the cauldron and sending it toward Nihility Devouring Flame.
  • Nihility Devouring Flame devoured Yao Clan descendants to strengthen a blood sphere, then used it to destroy the cauldron and batter the formation.
  • The ancestor rushed into Nihility Devouring Flame and shattered, and the weakened formation broke before the horrified Yao Clan members.

Ch. 405Devouring Spirits

The Yao Clan’s protective formation shattered, and its members launched a desperate attack against Nihility Devouring Flame. When he unleashed the Tunling Clan creatures, Yao Dan ordered the elders to sacrifice themselves so he could preserve the clan’s bloodline, while Xiao Yan prepared to act.

  • After the Medicine Emperor’s remnant soul vanished, Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to escape if the battle went badly, but Xiao Yan answered with quiet resolve.
  • Yao Dan rallied the Yao Clan, and its elders and younger members poured their Dou Qi into a massive attack that forced Nihility Devouring Flame back.
  • Nihility Devouring Flame summoned a huge black-hole vortex that swallowed the clan’s attack, then sent countless Black Flame creatures down on Yao Mountain.
  • Yao Dan identified the creatures as the supposedly extinct Tunling Clan, and Hun Xuzi implied that the Hun Clan had survived by using them.
  • Yao Dan seized young Yao Clan members and ordered the elders to self-destruct and destroy the space to preserve the clan’s bloodline, as Xiao Yan grabbed Old Yao and prepared to act.

Ch. 406War of Extermination

The Yao Clan sacrificed its experts in a desperate effort to break the sealed space and preserve a remnant of its bloodline from the Hun Clan’s extermination attack. Xiao Yan agreed to escort Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the other young survivors as Yao Dan and the elders held off the Hun Clan, and the group rushed toward the opening.

  • Hun Jing and Hun Yan arrived to lead the Hun Clan’s assault, and Yao Dan refused their demand that the Yao Clan become a subordinate race.
  • Yao Clan experts self-destructed to weaken the seal, while Hun Jing and Hun Xuzi fought to stop them.
  • Yao Dan asked Xiao Yan to preserve the Yao Clan’s bloodline, and Xiao Yan agreed to protect Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the other young survivors.
  • Yao Dan charged Hun Jing and Hun Yan, while the remaining Yao Clan elders continued sacrificing themselves to break the Black Flame runes.
  • Xiao Yan formed a fire barrier around the young Yao Clan members, and the group rushed toward the shattered opening as King Bei protected Old Yao.

Ch. 407Borrowing Flame

Xiao Yan tried to lead the survivors out of the Yao Realm, but Hun Yan blocked the shattered spatial seal and proved too powerful to defeat. With the Yao Clan experts being wiped out, Xiao Yan prepared to combine more Heavenly Flames for a stronger attack.

  • Xiao Yan and his group rushed toward the shattered seals as the Hun Clan and Soul Devouring Creatures pursued them, while the Shennong Elder held off their attackers with the Living Flame.
  • Hun Yan broke away from his battle with Yao Dan and intercepted Xiao Yan's group at the spatial seal, scattering the Shennong Elder's flame beast and killing an expert with his attack.
  • Xiao Yan sent King Bei to hold Hun Yan back, fused with Little Yi, and struck with a Destruction Fire Lotus, but Hun Yan emerged largely unharmed.
  • The Shennong Elder and Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that they had to escape before the Yao Clan's experts were killed.
  • Xiao Yan asked the Shennong Elder and Yao Tian to lend him their Heavenly Flames, then prepared to combine seven flames into a new fire lotus.

Ch. 408Escape

Xiao Yan fled toward the Ancient Clan with Yao Ling while Hun Sha pursued him for the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As Xiao Yan’s condition deteriorated from the Nine-Rank Profound Pill’s energy, Hun Sha caught up and attacked, but an elderly figure from the Ancient Clan appeared before the blow landed.

  • Xiao Yan sent Yao Tian away so he could flee faster with Yao Ling, while Hun Sha continued pursuing him for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
  • Xiao Yan’s body and soul weakened as the Nine-Rank Profound Pill’s energy overwhelmed him, and Yao Ling offered her blood to restore his Spiritual Strength.
  • Hun Sha used black bat wings and essence blood to accelerate, then vanished and reappeared above Xiao Yan with a blood blade.
  • Xiao Yan descended to dodge Hun Sha’s strike and prepared to counterattack with Little Yi and the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
  • An elderly figure appeared before Xiao Yan and Yao Ling and rebuked Hun Sha for killing in Ancient Clan territory.

Ch. 409Escape

Xiao Yan and the survivors escaped the Hun Clan’s destruction of the Yao Clan, and he planned to seek the Ancient Clan’s help against the Hun Clan. As the group prepared to split up, a mysterious warrior with a Ghost Head Great Blade appeared nearby.

  • Yao Dan’s self-destruction let Xiao Yan and the others escape, while Hun Jing recovered the Yao Clan’s ancient jade and ordered Hun Sha and Hun Tu to pursue Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan treated his wound after reaching safety, and Yao Tian and Yao Ling grieved for the fallen Yao Clan.
  • Xiao Yan decided to go to the Ancient Clan and urged Old Yao to prepare the Heavenly Mansion Alliance for a Hun Clan attack.
  • The Shennong Elder agreed to go to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, while Yao Tian and Yao Ling agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan.
  • Xiao Yan sensed a scarlet-eyed figure carrying a dark-red Ghost Head Great Blade on a nearby mountain peak, and the figure unleashed baleful qi.

Ch. 410Swallowing

Xiao Yan encountered Hun Sha, a powerful Soul Clan expert, while helping Old Yao and the others escape. After swallowing a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and using its violent energy to fight Hun Sha, Xiao Yan fled toward King Bei, but Hun Sha pursued him.

  • Hun Sha appeared in the Shen Nong Mountain Range and confronted Xiao Yan and his companions.
  • Xiao Yan told Old Yao and the others to escape, then blocked Hun Sha’s attack so they could get away.
  • Xiao Yan swallowed a Nine-Rank Profound Pill and used its surging energy to clash with Hun Sha.
  • Xiao Yan’s heavy ruler attacks forced Hun Sha back and ravaged the mountains.
  • Xiao Yan fled toward King Bei, who was carrying Yao Tian and Yao Ling away, and Hun Sha set off in pursuit.

Ch. 411Secrets of the Hun Clan

Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that the Nihility Devouring Flame had become the Tunling Clan, prompting the Ancient Clan to suspect that the Hun Clan had survived by consuming other clans’ bloodlines. Gu Yuan concluded that the Hun Clan posed an urgent threat and decided to summon the Yan and Lei Clan chiefs to discuss a response.

  • Xiao Yan recounted the Nihility Devouring Flame’s emergence as the Tunling Clan in the Yao Realm.
  • Gu Yuan explained that the ancient Tunling Clan had devoured other clans’ bloodlines before being destroyed, and recalled that the Hun Clan had killed its final chief.
  • Gu Dao suggested that the Hun Clan might have secretly destroyed other ancient clans to sustain its bloodline, and Gu Yuan suspected the Nihility Devouring Flame had given it the Tunling Clan’s ability.
  • Gu Yuan said the Nihility Devouring Flame could hide the Hun Clan by swallowing its entire space, while Xiao Yan warned that the Hun Clan sought bloodline power and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
  • Xiao Yan urged the Ancient Clan to act before another clan fell, and Gu Yuan ordered that the Yan and Lei Clan chiefs be invited to discuss their survival.

Ch. 412Repelled

Xiao Yan reached Ancient Clan territory with Yao Ling while Hun Sha pursued him, and Gu Dao intervened to protect him. As Xiao Yan refined the Nine-Rank Profound Pill and advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng, Hun Sha tried to seize him but was repelled by the Mysterious Golden Thunder, leaving Hun Sha to flee as the Ancient Clan approached.

  • Gu Dao confronted Hun Sha and refused to hand over Xiao Yan, then Xiao Yan warned him that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Yao Clan, Spirit Clan, and Shi Clan.
  • Gu Dao and Hun Sha fought while Xiao Yan retreated to refine the Nine-Rank Profound Pill with Little Yi and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
  • Hun Sha used Blood God Sky Splitting against Gu Dao, then exploited the clash as a feint to attack Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan completed his refinement and reached Six-Star Dou Sheng just as Hun Sha struck at him.
  • Xiao Yan unleashed the Mysterious Golden Thunder, piercing Hun Sha's palm and sending him flying.
  • Hun Sha fled as a group approached, while Xiao Yan found that his arm had gone numb from using the thunder.

Ch. 413Entering the Ancient Realm Again

Xiao Yan and Yao Ling reached the Ancient Realm after Hun Sha fled, and Xiao Yan warned the Ancient Clan that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Yao Clan. As the elders gathered to discuss the threat, Xiao Yan mentioned the Tunling Clan, provoking a fearful reaction that left its significance unresolved.

  • Xiao Yan explained that he had only refined part of the Nine-Rank Profound Pill and credited Gu Dao with saving him from its dangerous medicinal power.
  • Ling Quan and the Ancient Clan's experts arrived, and Gu Dao told them Hun Sha had attacked before scolding them for their fear and praising Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan asked to meet Gu Yuan and warned that the Yao Clan's destruction suggested the Soul Clan was targeting the ancient clans.
  • Gu Dao brought Xiao Yan and Yao Ling into the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Yan and acknowledged his relationship with Xun Er.
  • Xiao Yan mentioned the Tunling Clan during the discussion, and the Ancient Clan's elders reacted with alarm as wine cups shattered.

Ch. 414Taking Action

At the Ancient Clan training ground, Lei Dong and the Lei Clan youths provoked the Black Annihilation Army and spoke crudely about Xun Er. Xiao Yan arrived with Xun Er and challenged Lei Dong, then asked the Lei Clan members to attack him together.

  • Lei Yun mocked the Black Annihilation Army after Lei Dong defeated Gu Qingyang, and Lei Dong declared that he wanted to meet Xun Er.
  • Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi discussed Lei Dong’s strength and Xiao Yan’s reported victory over Hun Miesheng.
  • Xiao Yan and Xun Er appeared, and Lei Dong recognized Xiao Yan as the man rumored to have defeated Hun Miesheng.
  • Xiao Yan stepped forward to answer the Lei Clan’s insults, and Gu Qingyang said Xiao Yan was Xun Er’s future husband and could be considered part of the Ancient Clan.
  • Lei Dong unleashed Black Demon Thunder and accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge, but Xiao Yan asked all the Lei Clan youths to attack him together.

Ch. 415Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng

After Gu Yuan committed the Ancient Clan to confronting the Hun Clan, Xiao Yan stayed in the Ancient Realm to refine the Nine-Rank Profound Pill’s energy. He reached Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng, and the chapter ended as Xun Er told him the Yan Clan and Lei Clan had arrived and Gu Yuan wanted to see him.

  • Gu Yuan’s decision spread through the Ancient Clan, which dispatched experts to monitor the Hun Clan and entered a state of alert.
  • Xiao Yan asked Xun Er to guard him while he refined the remaining Nine-Rank Profound Pill energy, and Ling Ying praised Xiao Yan’s rise.
  • Xiao Yan refined three pills and spent ten days using them and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to absorb the pill’s energy.
  • Xiao Yan’s strength stabilized at Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng, nearly a full star higher than before.
  • Xun Er told Xiao Yan that the Yan Clan and Lei Clan had arrived and that Gu Yuan wanted him to come over.

Ch. 416Lei Dong

Xiao Yan and Xun Er attended the Ancient Clan’s reception for the Yan and Lei Clan patriarchs, where Gu Hua told them that Lei Dong had defeated the Black Annihilation Army’s commanders. Xiao Yan agreed to confront Lei Dong and restore their side’s pride.

  • Xun Er introduced Xiao Yan to Yan Jin and Lei Ying, describing their strength and their clans’ Heavenly Flames.
  • Gu Hua told Xiao Yan and Xun Er that Lei Clan youths had provoked the Black Annihilation Army and defeated Gu Qingyang and the other commanders.
  • Xun Er identified the Lei Clan’s rising genius as Lei Dong and revealed that she and Lei Dong had once been part of an abandoned marriage arrangement.
  • Gu Hua asked Xiao Yan to fight Lei Dong, and Xiao Yan agreed to go meet him.

Ch. 417Watching

Xiao Yan accepted Lei Ying’s challenge to demonstrate his strength to the leaders of the ancient clans, then used his Six-Colored Fire Lotus to withstand Lei Ying’s Thunder Tribulation Palm. After Gu Yuan contained the resulting shockwave, he addressed Hun Tiandi, who had been watching from the void.

  • Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying appeared above the training ground as Xiao Yan’s earlier defeat of Lei Dong and the Lei Clan youths left them and the crowd astonished.
  • Lei Ying challenged Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan accepted despite Gu Yuan’s warning, hoping to establish himself as an equal in future talks with the clans.
  • Xiao Yan merged with Little Yi and unleashed the Destruction Fire Body, revealing an aura of an early Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
  • Xiao Yan attacked with a Six-Colored Fire Lotus, and Lei Ying countered with the Lei Clan’s Thunder Tribulation Palm.
  • The clash sent Xiao Yan flying hundreds of meters and forced Lei Ying back, while Gu Yuan swallowed the spreading shockwave into a black hole.
  • Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan’s strength, then looked into the void and called out to Hun Tiandi for secretly watching.

Ch. 418Seeking Instruction

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated Lei Yun and the other Lei Clan youths, then stopped Lei Dong’s strongest spear attack and sent him flying. Lei Clan chief Lei Ying challenged Xiao Yan to take a palm strike at half strength, and Xiao Yan accepted.

  • Xiao Yan rebuked Lei Yun after Lei Yun mocked him and Xun Er, prompting Lei Dong to order Lei Yun and the others to fight him.
  • Lei Yun and nine Lei Clan fighters surrounded Xiao Yan and unleashed Thunder Dragon Execution, but Xiao Yan remained unharmed.
  • Lei Dong attacked Xiao Yan with rapid spear thrusts, then used Demon Thunder Fall, but Xiao Yan stopped the spear with one hand and absorbed its black lightning.
  • Xiao Yan destroyed Lei Dong’s spear and sent him flying with a palm strike, drawing cheers from the Black Annihilation Army.
  • Lei Ying challenged Xiao Yan to take a palm strike from him at half strength, and Xiao Yan accepted.

Ch. 419Strange

Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame arrived with the Soul Clan’s strongest fighters, keeping Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders occupied while Xiao Yan realized their real target was the Gu Clan Ancient Jade. The ancestral shrine’s alarm sounded just as Xiao Yan warned Gu Yuan.

  • Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi approaching, and the Ancient Clan, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying prepared for an attack.
  • Hun Tiandi emerged with the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan, then confirmed the Hun Clan’s role in the ancient clans’ disappearances.
  • The Nihility Devouring Flame revealed he had reached the initial stage of Nine-Star Dou Saint, and Gu Yuan warned he would seal him away if given the chance.
  • Xiao Yan joined Xun Er, learned the Gu Clan Ancient Jade was in the ancestral shrine, and realized the Hun Clan had drawn away its guards to steal it.
  • Xiao Yan warned Gu Yuan about the Gu Clan Ancient Jade, but the ancestral shrine’s alarm sounded before Gu Yuan could respond.

Ch. 420Discussion

After the Hun Clan seized the Lei and Yan Clans’ ancient jades, Gu Yuan called for an alliance to oppose them and prepare for war in half a month. Xiao Yan confirmed that he held the final jade and asked to return to the Heavenly Tomb to seek Xiao Xuan’s help with resurrection.

  • Xiao Yan learned that the Hun Clan planned to exchange his father for the ancient jade in half a month.
  • Lei Ying and Yan Jin received word that their clans’ ancient jades had been stolen by betraying elders and taken by the Hun Clan.
  • Gu Yuan gathered Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin to discuss the Hun Clan’s strength and the need for an alliance.
  • Yan Jin warned that the Hun Clan had seven ancient jades and could use the last one to open the Tou She Ancient God’s cave dwelling and pursue the Dou God realm.
  • Gu Yuan urged the clans to unite their armies and reclaim ancient jades from the Hun Clan in half a month.
  • Xiao Yan asked to enter the Heavenly Tomb again to seek Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan agreed to send him.
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