Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to stop Huang Tian from endangering Cai Lin, then fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan leader. Huang Tian’s speed initially overwhelmed Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan began using his soul perception to read the attacks.

• Xiao Yan appeared and returned the water Huang Tian had pulled from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Huang Tian revealed that he had targeted Xiao Yan, condemned him for possessing Demon Phoenix Wings, and attacked him.
• Xiao Yan and Huang Tian exchanged blows; Huang Tian’s golden claw forced Xiao Yan back, though the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame burned Huang Tian’s hand.
• Huang Tian used the Demonic Phoenix Steps to outpace Xiao Yan and barrage him with attacks, drawing concern from Yao Ming and onlookers.
• Xiao Yan closed his eyes and used his soul perception to track Huang Tian’s movements, gradually seeing through the golden afterimages.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin raced through Void Space after sensing that Zi Yan was in grave danger. They arrived as the North Dragon King prepared to kill her, and pink flames halted his attack.

• Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan watched Xiao Yan and Cai Lin depart, while Huang Tian led the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan away.
• Xiao Yan followed the fading Dragon Seal toward Zi Yan, with Cai Lin close behind.
• Zhu Li and the East Dragon Island elders discovered that the North Dragon King had used the Dragon Transformation Demonic Array to devour the experts on North Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan fought the North Dragon King, who had merged with the West Dragon King and South Dragon King, but he overpowered her.
• The North Dragon King struck Zi Yan down and reached to kill her, but pink flames stopped his hand and he called for Xiao Yan to appear.

Cai Lin emerged as a legendary Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and overwhelmed Huang Tian in battle. After returning to human form, she looked toward Xiao Yan, who watched her with delight.

• A nine-colored pillar shattered when Huang Tian struck it, revealing Cai Lin as a gigantic Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan elders recognized Cai Lin’s legendary bloodline and understood why Xiao Yan had sent her to cultivate in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Cai Lin restrained Huang Tian with her coils and a shrinking web formed from the souls of Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.
• Huang Tian escaped the snake web but Cai Lin struck him into a mountain and sent him carving through the ground in a ravine.
• Cai Lin collected the python souls, transformed into a woman, and turned toward Xiao Yan as he watched her with delight.

Cai Lin emerged from seclusion with power drawn from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python ancestors and helped Xiao Yan force Huang Tian to admit defeat. Huang Tian then revealed that the new Dragon Emperor Zi Yan was in danger, prompting Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to rush toward Void Space.

• Cai Lin returned from seclusion and demonstrated that her strength had reached about four-star Dou Saint, while her snake markings revealed the remnant souls of her ancestors.
• Cai Lin explained that she had inherited the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan's legacy at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and borrowed the ancestors' power to fight Huang Tian.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin confronted the injured Huang Tian, who admitted defeat, but they refused to let the matter end there.
• Huang Tian warned Xiao Yan that the Ancient Dragon Clan had not been easily unified and that Zi Yan might be killed.
• Xiao Yan saw his Dragon Seal fading, tore open space, and hurried with Cai Lin toward Void Space, threatening Huang Tian if anything happened to Zi Yan.

Xiao Yan fought the Great Heavenly Venerate, whose man-saber fusion gave him a speed advantage, and turned the battle around with the Yellow Springs Demonic Sage’s three ultimate techniques. As Xiao Yan prepared to finish off the wounded Great Heavenly Venerate, the Soul Hall Deputy Master appeared.

• Xiao Yan and the Great Heavenly Venerate clashed, and the Bone Emperor Saber’s soul-damaging ripple threatened Xiao Yan.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate fused with the Bone Emperor Saber and attacked Xiao Yan at overwhelming speed, breaking through his defense and wounding his shoulder.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, blasting the Great Heavenly Venerate out of the saber and annihilating most of the Soul Hall experts nearby.
• Xiao Yan followed with Yellow Springs Finger and Yellow Springs Palm, leaving the Great Heavenly Venerate barely alive in a deep pit.
• As Xiao Yan moved to kill the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Soul Hall Deputy Master emerged from the great hall.

After one hundred days of bloodline tempering, Xiao Yan broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng and gained a body nearly as powerful as an Ancient Void Dragon’s. With news that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge and Soul Hall was moving to seize it, he decided to return to Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan remained in seclusion for one hundred days as his bloodline tempered his body and brought his cultivation to the peak of late One-star Dou Sheng.
• An immense energy vortex formed around Xiao Yan and tore apart his chamber, drawing Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yao Ming, and the Ancient Void Dragon clansmen to the scene.
• Xiao Yan awoke, absorbed the condensed energy, and broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng as the onlookers sensed the Dragon Phoenix Bloodline in his aura.
• Xiao Yan confirmed his body had become extraordinarily powerful and learned from Xiao Yi Xian that Yao Lao had summoned him to Starfall Pavilion because the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to emerge and Soul Hall was making moves.
• Xiao Yan decided that he and the others would leave for Starfall Pavilion the next day to discuss the demonic flame.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan, who joined him to help seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He learned that Soul Hall had been attacking the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Old Yao proposed striking back at its branch halls.

• Zi Yan insisted on accompanying Xiao Yan to the Central Continent, and he agreed before leaving Yao Ming with instructions about Cai Lin and the Heaven Demon Phoenix captives.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the alliance’s territory and saw that many cities had been damaged in battles.
• Old Yao reported Soul Hall’s attacks on alliance cities and alchemists, then proposed concentrating their forces to attack Soul Hall branch halls.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where the elders noticed his rise to two-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan introduced Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor of the Ancient Void Dragon clan and said she had come to help seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Yan prepared to strike the Soul Hall's Human Hall with Zi Yan and Old Yao, while Old Yao used Demonic Sage Blood Essence to break through to One-star Dou Sheng. The group reached the Human Hall's hidden location in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, where Xiao Yan began the Heavenly Mansion Alliance's counterattack.

• Old Yao identified the Human Hall as the group's target, and Xiao Yan decided to lead the assault while Old Ancestor Huoyun and the Pill Tower Grand Elder stayed behind to protect the alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Old Yao Demonic Sage Blood Essence to refine and left Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan spent five days teaching Xiao Xiao Dou Skills and enjoying his time as her father.
• Old Yao emerged from seclusion after breaking through to One-star Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yan's group departed Starfall Pavilion two days later.
• Old Yao led Xiao Yan and the others to the Human Hall's hidden site in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, and Zi Yan raised a spatial barrier around the area.
• Xiao Yan ordered the group to leave no survivors as they prepared to attack the Human Hall.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered Soul Hall territory and began attacking its defenders. After Xiao Yan challenged the Great Heavenly Venerate, the gaunt elder emerged from the black hall to face him.

• A group of Soul Hall figures tried to leave on a mission, but Xiao Yan's companions collapsed the space and crushed them.
• Soul Hall's misty defenders attacked Xiao Yan's group, and Xiao Yan burned them with a sea of fire.
• Xiao Yan killed more than a dozen Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates by crushing them with spatial pressure.
• Xiao Yan confronted Gu You and declared that he would wash Soul Hall in blood.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate emerged from the black hall and warned Xiao Yan against underestimating the Hun Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Great Heavenly Venerate in the Soul Hall while Old Yao fought Venerable Gu You and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin took on the other enemies. Xiao Yan countered the Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul attacks and unleashed five Heavenly Flames against his Bone Saber, leaving their clash unresolved as the hall collapsed.

• The Great Heavenly Venerate appeared and threatened Xiao Yan, while Venerable Gu You urged him to capture Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Old Yao emerged, revealed that he had reached the Dou Saint level, and engaged Venerable Gu You in battle.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others to fight the remaining Soul Hall experts.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate attacked Xiao Yan with bone spikes and a soul-striking Bone Saber, but Xiao Yan melted the spikes and shattered the soul attack.
• Xiao Yan formed a massive fire wheel from five Heavenly Flames and collided it with the Great Heavenly Venerate’s Bone Saber, destroying the black great hall in the ensuing energy storm.

Xiao Yan took the Soul Origin from the destroyed Human Hall and began refining it in the Star Realm to strengthen his soul. As news of the Hall’s destruction spread across the Central Continent, the Soul Hall Deputy Master vowed that the Hun Clan would retaliate and seize the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Yan stored the Soul Origin after dispelling the negative emotions within it, then left the ruined Human Hall with Old Yao and the others.
• The Soul Hall Deputy Master returned to the ruins, lamented the loss of the Human Hall’s souls, and vowed that the Hun Clan would destroy the Heavenly Mansion Alliance in revenge.
• News of the Human Hall’s destruction spread throughout the Central Continent, and factions began to recognize the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as a force capable of opposing Soul Hall.
• After resting for several days, Xiao Yan began refining the Soul Origin in the Star Realm and burned away the black thoughts Soul Hall had planted within it.
• Xiao Yan formed a soul avatar and drew the purified Soul Origin into his soul, where a crystal-like layer began to appear.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan confronted the Soul Hall Deputy Master at the devastated Human Hall, where Xiao Yan captured the Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul. The Deputy Master escaped after warning that the Hun Clan would soon be free to destroy the Xiao Family and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.

• The Soul Hall Deputy Master attacked Xiao Yan, but Zi Yan appeared and broke his chains with spatial turbulence.
• Xiao Yan crushed the Great Heavenly Venerate’s body, captured his escaping soul, and sealed it in a bottle for questioning.
• Zi Yan blocked the Deputy Master’s black mist and prevented his spatial jade slip from summoning reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan vowed to destroy the Soul Hall’s Heaven, Earth, and Human Halls as repayment for its attacks on his master and him.
• The Deputy Master warned that the Hun Clan would soon act without restraint, then tore through the spatial turbulence and fled, abandoning the Human Hall.

Xiao Yan and his allies destroyed a Soul Hall branch, freed its imprisoned souls, and discovered that Soul Hall had gathered vast amounts of Soul Origin. Old Yao explained that the Hun Clan might be seeking an Emperor Realm soul, and Xiao Yan accepted the Soul Origin to strengthen himself before competing for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• The Soul Hall Deputy Master escaped, while Zi Yan and the others killed the remaining Soul Hall experts and Old Yao defeated Gu You.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the hall and freed the imprisoned souls, then uncovered a Soul Origin cluster made from the souls of roughly a million people.
• Old Yao explained that Soul Hall had likely collected Soul Origin to help someone in the Hun Clan cultivate an Emperor Realm soul.
• Old Yao advised Xiao Yan to absorb the Soul Origin to advance his soul realm, and Xiao Yan accepted it after promising to avenge the souls.

Xiao Yan watched Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s attempt to gain intelligence falter under violent backlash, then weakened it by extracting its power and gave it a spiritual seed. He left the Thunder Pool as the newly intelligent thunder dragon remembered him as the first person it had seen.

• Xiao Yan decided to remain in the Thunder Sea and wait for a chance to subdue Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Nine Profound Golden Thunder endured violent internal backlash as Black Demon Thunders sacrificed themselves to help it gather intelligence, but its power and spirit both weakened.
• Xiao Yan approached the exhausted Nine Profound Golden Thunder and offered to help it gain intelligence in exchange for its power.
• Xiao Yan drew out Nine Profound Golden Thunder’s destructive power, sealed it inside Little Yi, and reduced the dragon to a much smaller, weaker form.
• Xiao Yan placed a spiritual seed inside Nine Profound Golden Thunder, allowing it to gain intelligence, then left the Thunder Pool as the dragon watched him depart.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin from the Soul Light Cluster as his soul advanced toward Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, spreading immense pressure throughout the Star Realm. After more than fifty days of cultivation, he began to awaken as the Soul Light Cluster entered his crystal-like soul form and triggered a tremendous surge.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin, and the pressure of his soul made creatures and experts within a thousand zhang of his mountain tremble and retreat.
• Old Yao and the Grand Elder of the Lesser Pill Tower recognized Xiao Yan's soul had reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, while Venerable Wind warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and Soul Hall's plans were drawing near.
• Old Yao ordered everyone to stay a thousand zhang away from Xiao Yan as his cultivation continued.
• As Xiao Yan's soul pressure spread across the Star Realm, Starfall Pavilion disciples and elders adapted to it and used it as training, gaining strength while some absorbed stray Soul Origin.
• After more than fifty days, the pressure began to weaken, and Old Yao and the others sensed Xiao Yan was nearing awakening.
• Xiao Yan's crystal-like soul form swallowed the remaining Soul Light Cluster, releasing a vast ripple as dark clouds and wild lightning filled the sky.

Xiao Yan encountered the legendary Nine Profound Golden Thunder in the depths of the Thunder Sea and used its power to advance his cultivation. He discovered that the thunder was gathering spirit and realized its weakened state might offer an opportunity.

• Xiao Yan recognized the golden thunder dragon as Nine Profound Golden Thunder and fled when it awakened.
• Xiao Yan summoned King Bei and Little Yi to defend against the dragon’s lightning strike, and Little Yi devoured the bolt.
• Xiao Yan refined the energy Little Yi fed back to him, while King Bei developed a crack from the destructive lightning.
• Xiao Yan stored King Bei away and broke through to the late stage of Five-Star Dou Sheng by absorbing the thunder’s power.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Nine Profound Golden Thunder gathering spirit and realized it would become weakened during the process.

As the Soul Hall and Heavenly Mansion Alliance remained locked in a tense stalemate, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen traveled to the Yao Clan's Pill Codex. Their arrival ended with Yao Wangui confronting Yao Chen on the clan's plaza.

• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance continued investigating the Soul Hall but found its branch halls heavily fortified and chose not to risk an all-out attack.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen left the Star Realm for the Yao Clan, while Cai Lin stayed behind to help guard the alliance.
• At the Yao Clan's entrance, Xiao Yan identified himself and Yao Chen, and the guards admitted them after checking their invitation.
• The pair crossed the spatial gate and rode a giant bird to the Yao Clan's main mountain, where Yao Chen quietly regarded the familiar buildings.
• Yao Wangui approached them and taunted Yao Chen for returning after being expelled from the clan.

Xiao Yan left the Void Thunder Pool with the power of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder sealed inside Little Yi and returned to Dragon Island. After reuniting with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, he learned that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had agreed to ally with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, then departed with Cai Lin.

• Xiao Yan left the Void Thunder Pool after advancing to the late stage of Five-Star Dou Sheng and sealed the destructive power of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder inside Little Yi.
• Xiao Yan returned to Dragon Island and saw that the four islands had united under Zi Yan, with nearly ten Dou Sheng experts among the clan.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, told them about his cultivation breakthrough, and said it was time to return to the alliance.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had finalized an alliance with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance because the clan remembered his help.
• Xiao Yan accepted Zi Yan's decision, promised to visit Dragon Island again, and left through a spatial crack with Cai Lin.

Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, where its power had grown through alliances with the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. As the Soul Hall withdrew from its branch halls and raised suspicions, Xiao Yan learned that Old Yao would return to the Yao Clan in one month for the Pill Codex and promised to help him fulfill his parents’ wish.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan had allied with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and told its leaders that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had agreed to a secret alliance.
• Xiao Yan studied the Nine Profound Golden Thunder inside Little Yi, but it condensed into an unrefinable golden lightning pearl in Little Yi’s right arm.
• Xiao Yan led Alliance experts to investigate Soul Hall branch halls and found them emptied of their souls and Soul Origin before the Alliance destroyed them.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that the Yao Clan’s Pill Codex was one month away, and Xiao Yan promised to handle any obstacles to Old Yao’s return and his parents’ wish.

Xiao Yan confronted the Yao Clan over Yao Wangui’s mistreatment of Old Yao, but Elder Wanhuo negotiated a peaceful resolution. Xiao Yan and Old Yao then followed the clan elders to the mountaintop for the Pill Codex, where Xiao Yan anticipated competing with the continent’s alchemy masters.

• Xiao Yan held Yao Wangui captive and warned Elder Wanhuo that he would not tolerate anyone bullying his teacher or him.
• Elder Wanhuo asked Xiao Yan to spare Yao Wangui for the Yao Clan’s sake, and Old Yao agreed to accept the offered compromise.
• Xiao Yan released Yao Wangui and warned Elder Wanhuo that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance would not accept disrespect.
• Elder Wanhuo banished the people who had insulted the guests from Yao Mountain for ten years and ordered the Iron Guards to remove them.
• Elder Wanhuo invited Xiao Yan and Old Yao to the mountaintop for the Pill Codex, and they followed the Yao Clan elders.