Chapter Summaries

After emerging from two years of seclusion as a One-star Dou Sheng, Xiao Yan returned to the Star Realm battle and found Old Yao, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin badly injured. He sealed the space and faced the three enemy Half-Saints, beginning to counter their attacks with his newly comprehended Buddha's Wrath Samsara.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the sea of fire as a One-star Dou Sheng, shocking both Starfall Pavilion and the Nether River Alliance.
• Xiao Yan rescued the wounded Old Yao and brought Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the stone platform for treatment.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Starfall Pavilion elders to protect the injured and leave the fighting to him.
• Xiao Yan sealed the surrounding space to prevent Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate from escaping.
• Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate joined forces and launched their strongest attacks at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed his four-colored Buddha's Wrath Samsara ring and sent it against their attacks.

Xiao Yan reached the Dou Sheng class and stopped the Soul Clan from killing him while rescuing Gu You, though the Soul Clan expert escaped and threatened him. After hearing about the Starfall Pavilion’s struggles over the past two years, Xiao Yan proposed forming a grand alliance to face the Hun Clan.

• A hidden Soul Clan Dou Sheng rescued Gu You from Xiao Yan through a spatial rift, and the two exchanged blows.
• The Soul Clan expert withdrew, warning Xiao Yan that he would become the Hun Clan’s prisoner and challenging him to come to the Soul Realm to save Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Starfall Pavilion elders and disciples to handle the aftermath, then checked on Old Yao, Cai Lin, and the others.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan’s breakthrough, and Xiao Yan returned to the pavilion to hear what had happened over the past two years.
• After learning about the Nether River Alliance, Old Yao vowed to destroy its remaining factions, while Xiao Yan proposed forming a grand alliance against the Hun Clan.

Xiao Yan discussed building an alliance against Soul Hall and learned that Pill Tower, Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley each had hidden strength and reasons to oppose Soul Hall. Old Yao agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to Pill Tower after Starfall Pavilion’s affairs were settled, while Xiao Yan resolved to form the alliance before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.

• Xiao Yan argued that Starfall Pavilion needed allies to stand against Soul Hall, and Old Yao revealed that Pill Tower’s true core was the secretive Lesser Pill Tower.
• Old Yao explained that Pill Tower’s hatred of Soul Hall stemmed from the murder of a former Tower Master by a disciple secretly connected to the Hun Clan.
• Old Yao agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to persuade Pill Tower to join the alliance once Starfall Pavilion’s affairs were settled.
• Cai Lin proposed seeking Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley as allies, and Old Yao revealed the hidden Half-Saint elders and old connections within those sects.
• Xiao Yan resolved to complete the alliance before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, knowing the Hun Clan would also pursue it.

After Xiao Yan’s victory in the Star Realm, the Starfall Pavilion crushed the Nether River Alliance and retaliated against its allied sects. With the Soul Hall still looming, Xiao Yan sought support from the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley to build an alliance.

• Xiao Yan and Old Yao led the Starfall Pavilion’s counterattack, seized Tian Ming Sect’s headquarters, and Xiao Yan killed its sect leader.
• The Starfall Pavilion split its forces to attack powerful Nether River Alliance allies, including Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan crushed Thunder Venerable after Thunder Venerable threatened him with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Over ten days, the Starfall Pavilion destroyed more than twenty sects before withdrawing its main forces.
• Xiao Yan sent letters to the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley to seek an alliance against the Soul Hall.

Yun Yun sought Flower Sect’s support for Starfall Pavilion’s alliance against Soul Hall, and the Supreme Elders agreed. Blazing Flame Valley’s Old Ancestor Huoyun also accepted the alliance after learning Xiao Yan would help remove the hidden trouble in his body regardless.

• Yun Yun urged the Flower Sect elders and Supreme Elders to ally with Starfall Pavilion, and the cold-faced Supreme Elder agreed to confront Soul Hall.
• The red-haired Old Ancestor Huoyun initially rejected the alliance, then teased Tang Huo'er by suggesting Xiao Yan marry her.
• Tang Zhen told Old Ancestor Huoyun that Xiao Yan would treat his hidden trouble even if Blazing Flame Valley refused to ally.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to the alliance and wondered whether anyone still remembered his name.

Xiao Yan and Old Yao traveled to Pill Tower to persuade it to join their alliance against Soul Hall. The three giants revealed that Pill Tower’s missing Ancestor must decide the matter, and that he was actually a medicinal pill.

• The elders reported that Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley had agreed to join the alliance, but Old Yao said Pill Tower was still essential to opposing Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao decided to leave immediately for Pill Tower, while Cai Lin and the others stayed behind to guard Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao reached Sacred Pill City and reunited with Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Xuan Yi at Pill Tower.
• Old Yao explained the alliance plan, and Xuan Kongzi said Pill Tower’s vanished Ancestor had the authority to decide whether it would join.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Ancestor lived different lives by entering miscarried fetuses, then revealed that the Ancestor’s true body was a medicinal pill.

Xiao Yan joined the Lesser Pill Tower elder selection and impressed the crowd by forming a Medicine Cauldron from his Heavenly Flame. He chose to refine a Bodhi Pill, leaving Old Yao and the others unsure how he planned to defeat Old Monster Hou.

• The Grand Elder introduced the elder selection and allowed qualified participants, including Xiao Yan, to compete.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward as Yao Chen’s disciple and the Pill Gathering’s Alchemist Competition Champion.
• Xiao Yan formed a Medicine Cauldron from his Heavenly Flame, astonishing the gathered alchemists.
• Xiao Yan revealed a Bodhi Seed and prepared to refine a Bodhi Pill, while Old Yao and the others worried it might not be enough to win.
• Xiao Yan trusted the alchemical experience he had gained beneath the Bodhi Tree and began preparing to refine the pill.

Xiao Yan refined a mysterious pill from a huge quantity of ingredients while competing against Old Monster Hou for a place among the Lesser Pill Tower elders. Old Monster Hou produced Nine-Colored Pill Thunder and claimed victory, but Xiao Yan opened his eyes and challenged that conclusion.

• Xiao Yan poured more than a thousand varieties of medicinal ingredients into his Medicine Cauldron, leaving the observers uncertain about what he was refining.
• Old Monster Hou displayed his alchemy skill, and the elders judged him a strong candidate to win the selection.
• Over ten days, Xiao Yan failed three times and destroyed three cauldrons' worth of ingredients before his refinement became smoother.
• Old Monster Hou completed his Blazing Demon Pure Profound Pill and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Thunder.
• Old Monster Hou taunted Old Yao and claimed he had won, but Xiao Yan opened his eyes and said, "Not necessarily."

Xiao Yan descended to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, fighting off strange black snakes and searching unsuccessfully for Yellow Springs Blood Crystals. There he uncovered a powerful skeletal figure chained beneath the sand, who begged Xiao Yan to free him and promised the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan would acknowledge Xiao Yan as its master.

• Xiao Yan endured the Yellow Springs' frigid force as he descended and fought off a swarm of strange black snakes with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan escaped the snakes and reached a glowing sandy expanse at the bottom, but found no Yellow Springs Blood Crystals.
• Xiao Yan heard a faint plea for help and uncovered four massive chains buried in the sand.
• Xiao Yan revealed a withered prisoner with an aura at least as powerful as a three-star Dou Saint.
• The prisoner opened his eyes and begged Xiao Yan to save him, promising the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan would acknowledge Xiao Yan as its master.

Xiao Yan traveled with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan’s headquarters to reach the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After finding the sacred pool, he entered its depths to retrieve the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal while the others concealed themselves and waited.

• Xiao Yan sealed Commander Qin and his men, threw them into an abyss passage, and led Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin toward the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the Nether Snake Earth Vein and used his spatial power to evade the clan’s experts and enter its depths unnoticed.
• Xiao Yan found the Nine Nether Yellow Springs at the bottom of a ravine and tested its freezing water, melting the ice on his arm with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he would retrieve the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal and protect her when she entered the pool, then warned Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to hide.
• Xiao Yan plunged into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs as Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin concealed their auras nearby.

Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Ming, the former clan leader of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, had been imprisoned for centuries by his brother Yao Xiaotian. He agreed to free and help Yao Ming reclaim the clan leadership after binding him with a soul seal, and Yao Ming gave him a Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.

• Yao Ming told Xiao Yan that Yao Xiaotian had poisoned him, seized the clan leadership, and sealed him in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for hundreds of years.
• Yao Ming explained that he had reached two-star Dou Sheng strength, while Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder were his main obstacles to reclaiming the clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he wanted to disrupt the three Dragon Islands' plans against Zi Yan and offered to help Yao Ming on the condition that he accept a soul seal.
• Yao Ming agreed, and Xiao Yan placed a Heavenly Flame soul mark on him that could be detonated if he betrayed Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked about Yellow Springs Blood Crystals, and Yao Ming gave him a fist-sized crystal he had kept.

Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and helped him escape, but Yao Xiaotian arrived and injured Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan facing the black-clothed Yao Xiaotian above the lake.

• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flame to pierce the mechanism inside the Yellow Springs Yin Stone and shattered the chains imprisoning Yao Ming.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Ming medicinal pills, and the two escaped through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs while Yao Ming drove away the strange snakes.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ming emerged from the lake, where Xiao Yan caught Cai Lin after she was struck and sent flying.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Yan that Yao Xiaotian had attacked her, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian, leaving the other two injured.
• Yao Xiaotian threatened to kill Xiao Yan and take Cai Lin, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Old Yao and the Starfall Pavilion defenders were overwhelmed by the Nether River Alliance and Soul Hall, until a powerful aura erupted from deep within the Star Realm. The chapter ended with Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You realizing that a Dou Saint had appeared.

• Old Yao struggled against Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You while Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin fought Third Heavenly Venerate.
• Third Heavenly Venerate wounded Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, then defeated Qing Lin.
• Old Yao was struck from behind and crashed into the plaza, leaving the Starfall Pavilion experts in despair.
• Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You prepared to kill Old Yao as the Star Realm began to shake.
• A mountain exploded and a vast sea of fire surged into the sky as a familiar voice threatened all outsiders; Old Demon Tian Ming and Gu You recognized the aura of a Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a One-star Dou Sheng and found Starfall Pavilion devastated by the Nether River Alliance's attack. After rescuing the wounded, he sealed the space and faced Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate, ending the chapter as he unleashed his new technique, Buddha's Wrath Samsara.

• Xiao Yan appeared above the battlefield, revealing that he had broken through to One-star Dou Sheng and shocking both sides.
• Xiao Yan rescued Old Yao, brought Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to safety, and ordered Starfall Pavilion's experts to tend to them.
• Xiao Yan confronted Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate, then sealed the surrounding space to prevent their escape.
• Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate joined forces and launched their strongest attacks at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a four-colored flame ring and named the technique Buddha's Wrath Samsara as it met their attacks.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flame-derived black disc to overwhelm the Nether River Alliance forces in the Star Realm and kill their leaders. Just as he moved to finish off Gu You, a powerful arm emerged from space, revealing the arrival of a Soul Clan Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Yan's black disc dissolved Gu You, Old Demon Tian Ming, and the Third Heavenly Venerate's attacks, forcing them and the Nether River Alliance to flee.
• Xiao Yan trapped the fleeing forces in a black light pillar and solidified the surrounding space, causing the weaker alliance members to disintegrate.
• Old Demon Tian Ming offered to make the Tian Ming Sect a subordinate of the Starfall Pavilion, but Xiao Yan refused and declared that the sect had no reason to exist.
• Old Demon Tian Ming exploded in an attempt to break free, but Xiao Yan's black disc swallowed the energy storm and destroyed his escaping soul.
• Gu You used the Third Heavenly Venerate as a shield against Xiao Yan's attack, but Xiao Yan burned the Third Heavenly Venerate to ashes and pursued Gu You.
• As Xiao Yan reached for Gu You, a withered black arm emerged from space, and Xiao Yan recognized its owner as a Soul Clan Dou Sheng.

Xiao Yan defeated the Nether River Alliance’s attack on the Starfall Pavilion, but a mysterious Hun Clan Dou Sheng rescued Gu You and warned Xiao Yan to come to the Soul Realm. After hearing what happened during his two years of seclusion, Xiao Yan considered forming a grand alliance to prepare for the Hun Clan.

• A Hun Clan Dou Sheng reached through a spatial rift, seized Gu You, and clashed with Xiao Yan before escaping with him.
• The Hun Clan expert warned Xiao Yan that the clan did not fear him and challenged him to come to the Soul Realm to save Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Starfall Pavilion’s elders and disciples to treat the wounded and resume their duties, then checked on Old Yao and Cai Lin.
• Old Yao and the others recounted the events of the past two years, including the formation of the Nether River Alliance.
• Old Yao vowed to destroy the Nether River Alliance and punish the sects that joined it.
• Xiao Yan said the Hun Clan was a greater threat and proposed that the Starfall Pavilion form a grand alliance.

Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley considered Starfall Pavilion’s request for an alliance against Soul Hall. Both sects agreed, with Old Ancestor Huoyun deciding to join after learning Xiao Yan would help cure his hidden danger even if the alliance was refused.

• Flower Sect’s Supreme Elders approved an alliance with Starfall Pavilion to deal with Soul Hall after Yun Yun argued in its favor.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun rejected the alliance at first, then joked that Xiao Yan should marry Tang Huo'er in exchange for his support.
• Tang Zhen told Old Ancestor Huoyun that Xiao Yan would cure his hidden danger even if Blazing Flame Valley refused to ally.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to the alliance and revealed his formidable aura as he wondered whether the continent still remembered his name.

Xiao Yan and his companions discussed building an alliance to oppose Soul Hall, with Pill Tower, the Flower Sect, and Blazing Flame Valley as potential partners. Old Yao agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to Pill Tower after Starfall Pavilion’s affairs were settled, while Xiao Yan resolved to complete the alliance before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared.

• Xiao Yan explained that Starfall Pavilion needed allies because it could not contend with Soul Hall alone.
• Old Yao revealed that Pill Tower’s Lesser Pill Tower held powerful alchemists and had deep-rooted hatred for Soul Hall, making an alliance possible.
• Old Yao agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to Pill Tower once Starfall Pavilion’s affairs were settled.
• Cai Lin suggested approaching the Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley, and Old Yao described their hidden Half-Saint experts and his connections to them.
• Xiao Yan decided the alliance had to be formed before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged.

After defeating the Nether River Alliance, Xiao Yan led Starfall Pavilion in a brutal counterattack that destroyed its headquarters and punished its allied sects. With Soul Hall still looming as a threat, Starfall Pavilion sent alliance proposals to Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley, and Xiao Yan waited to hear whether they would join.

• Starfall Pavilion began its retaliation three days after the battle, seized Tian Ming Sect, and Xiao Yan killed its sect master.
• Xiao Yan led Starfall Pavilion forces against Wind Thunder Pavilion and crushed Thunder Venerable after he threatened him with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Starfall Pavilion destroyed more than twenty sects during ten days of attacks before recalling its forces.
• Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion remained wary of Soul Hall and sent letters inviting Flower Sect and Blazing Flame Valley to form an alliance.
• Xiao Yan watched the messengers depart and waited for the two factions' replies.

Xiao Yan agreed to represent Old Yao in the Lesser Pill Tower elder selection and challenge Old Monster Hou in alchemy. At the selection gathering, Old Monster Hou dismissed Xiao Yan’s qualifications and vowed to stop Old Yao from returning, leaving Xiao Yan ready to face him.

• Xuan Kongzi and the others decided Xiao Yan would compete against Old Monster Hou, and Xiao Yan agreed to try refining a Ninth-grade pill.
• During their three days on Pill Tower Mountain, Old Yao introduced Xiao Yan to senior alchemists, who warmed to him after learning he was the Alchemist Competition Champion.
• Old Yao and Xiao Yan arrived at the selection plaza, where Old Monster Hou challenged Old Yao to prove his alchemy skill.
• Old Yao told Old Monster Hou that Xiao Yan would compete in his place, and Xuan Kongzi confirmed Xiao Yan’s credentials as champion.
• Old Monster Hou disparaged Xiao Yan and vowed to claim the elder position and send Old Yao away empty-handed.
• Old Yao and Xiao Yan agreed to thwart Old Monster Hou’s plans.