Recaps

Xiao Yi agreed to help cripple one of the Soul Clan’s Godblood heirs at the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony after Gu Yuan revealed that the plan came from Xiao Xuan. The ceremony began without trouble, and Lingquan received a golden clan mark before Gu Yao stepped up to be tested.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yi that Xiao Xuan wanted him to target one of the Soul Clan’s Godblood heirs, and Xiao Yi agreed.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan toured the Ancient Realm with Xun’er, then attended the ceremony the next day without anyone obstructing them.
• Xiao Yi noticed Hun Feng and Hun Yu watching him with wicked grins, but reassured himself that Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan were present.
• Elder Gu Shan began the ceremony and announced Lingquan as the first tester.
• Lingquan’s bloodline tested at the sixth grade, earning him a golden clan mark.
• Xun’er explained to Xiao Yan that Godblood was the tenth grade and had not appeared in the Ancient Clan for a thousand years, as Gu Yao stepped forward to be tested.

Gu Yao received an eighth-grade bloodline mark and challenged Hun Yu, but Xun'er postponed the challenge to undergo her own test. She revealed a divine-grade bloodline and received the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, while Hun Yu stepped forward with an unfriendly smile.

• Gu Yao received the Purple-Gold Clan Mark for his eighth-grade bloodline and challenged Hun Yu to a fight.
• Hun Yu dismissed Gu Yao, and Xun'er asked to undergo her bloodline test first.
• Elder Tong Xuan tested Xun'er, whose bloodline awakened ten stars and proved divine-grade.
• Elder Tong Xuan bestowed the Seven-Colored Clan Mark on Xun'er with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush.
• Hun Yu congratulated the Ancient Clan and stepped into the plaza, studying Xun'er with an unfriendly smile.

Hun Yu challenged Gu Xun'er to test the Ancient Clan's Divine Bloodline, and Xun'er accepted despite Xiao Yi's concern. She revealed that she had reached the peak of the five-revolution Dou Zun realm and began fighting Hun Yu, while Xiao Yi watched Hun Feng closely.

• Hun Yu asked to spar with Xun'er, provoking the Ancient Clan's elders and commanders to surround him.
• Xun'er accepted Hun Yu's challenge, reassured Xiao Yi and the others, and stepped forward to face him.
• Xun'er revealed her peak five-revolution Dou Zun cultivation, astonishing the Ancient Clan members.
• Hun Yu formed a dark violet soul blade and taunted Xun'er, who attacked him with a golden Dou Qi palm.
• Hun Yu met Xun'er's strike with his soul blade, and their clash sent a shockwave across the square as Xiao Yi watched Hun Feng.

Xun'er fought Hun Yu at the Ancient Clan gathering, and the battle ended in a massive clash that drew Xiao Yi and Hun Feng into confrontation. Hun Feng and Hun Yu withdrew after Elder Tong Xuan intervened, leaving Xiao Yi to help the weakened Xun'er.

• Xun'er used the Emperor's Seal Technique and Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame to drive Hun Yu back, despite his higher cultivation.
• Hun Yu revealed his Soul Clan mark and raised his strength to the peak of nine-revolution Dou Zun, while Xun'er activated her Ancient Clan mark and unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Sky Slash.
• Hun Yu's Soul-Extinguishing Palm collided with Xun'er's golden blade, and Xiao Yi and Hun Feng entered the sky as the resulting energy erupted.
• Hun Feng pressured Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi shattered the attack with profound ice; Elder Tong Xuan and Gu Qingyang then arrived to stop the Soul Clan pair from acting arrogantly in the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu vanished after Hun Feng warned Xiao Yi that he would be waiting for him, and Xiao Yi gave medicinal pills to the weakened Xun'er.

Xiao Yi secured the Xiao Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots and promised to protect Xun'er from the Soul Clan’s threat. When the tomb opened, Xiao Yi, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan entered and discovered that its mist held pure natural energy, just as an energy body attacked them.

• Elder Gu Shan argued that the Ancient Clan should keep one of the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb slots, but Xiao Yi and Xun'er persuaded the elders to return both.
• Elder Tong Xuan asked Xiao Yi to protect Xun'er inside the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yi promised he would keep her safe.
• Gu Yuan forbade the elders from attacking the Soul Clan’s juniors and warned them not to disrupt his plan with Xiao Xuan.
• Two days later, Xiao Yi, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb after Elder Tong Xuan announced its rules and opened the gates.
• Xiao Yi discovered that the mist contained pure natural energy and that his Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring was absorbing it, just as an energy body charged at the group.

Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er hunted energy bodies in the Heavenly Tomb while Xiao Yan advanced to three-star Dou Zun. On the second level, Hun Feng and Hun Yu confronted them, and Xiao Yi prepared to fight Hun Feng.

• Xiao Yi destroyed an energy body and gave its crystal core to Xiao Yan, who absorbed its energy.
• Xiao Yi and Xun'er helped Xiao Yan capture energy bodies while Xiao Yi watched for Hun Feng and Hun Yu.
• After absorbing many energy cores, Xiao Yan broke through from two-star to three-star Dou Zun as Xiao Yi and Xun'er guarded him.
• The three entered the second level, where Hun Feng and Hun Yu appeared from black smoke and mocked them.
• Xun'er warned Hun Feng about attacking inside the Ancient Clan, but Hun Feng claimed the clan's elders could not protect them.
• Xiao Yi challenged Hun Feng to fight, and Hun Feng prepared to test his strength.

Hun Feng overwhelmed Xiao Yi with his Dou Saint power and unleashed the Soul Clan’s Heaven-tier Soul Seal: Suppressive Slaughter. Xiao Yi’s survival in the black mist shocked Hun Feng and Hun Yu, who wondered whether Xiao Xuan had intervened.

• Hun Feng revealed his Dou Saint aura, and Xiao Yi told Xun'er to leave Hun Feng to him while she and Xiao Yan held back Hun Yu.
• Xiao Yi attacked Hun Feng with the Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear and Heavenly Cold Finger, but Hun Feng easily repelled both attacks.
• Hun Feng unleashed his full-strength Soul Seal: Suppressive Slaughter, swallowing Xiao Yi in black mist.
• Xiao Yi spoke from within the mist, apparently unharmed, and Hun Feng and Hun Yu questioned how he had survived.
• Hun Yu suggested that Xiao Xuan might have intervened in the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yi survived Hun Feng’s attack and used the Xiao Clan clan mark to reach one-star Dou Saint, then fought Hun Feng to a standstill. Hun Feng unleashed his divine-grade bloodline and surged to three-star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yi declared that his Godblood would make Hun Feng pay dearly to kill him.

• Hun Feng dismissed the possibility that Xiao Xuan had intervened and ordered Hun Yu to attack Xun'er while he targeted Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi emerged from the black smoke with the Xiao Clan clan mark activated, raising his strength to one-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yi and Hun Feng exchanged attacks, but neither gained a clear advantage in their one-star Dou Saint forms.
• Hun Feng activated his divine-grade bloodline and clan mark, increasing his strength to three-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yi said he had endured years of danger and declared that his Godblood was nobler than Hun Feng’s bloodline and would make Hun Feng pay in blood.

Xiao Yi burned his essence blood to complete the Emperor Mark and raise his strength to three-star Dou Saint, then fought Hun Feng with the Emperor Might Judgment Seal. Xiao Yi shattered Hun Feng’s strongest technique and badly wounded him, but Hun Feng refused to accept defeat.

• Xiao Yi used his essence blood as a substitute for a third Heavenly Flame, completing the Emperor Mark and raising his strength to three-star Dou Saint.
• Hun Feng transformed with the Blood Soul Dragon Transformation Body and attacked Xiao Yi with his full strength.
• Xiao Yi unleashed the Emperor Might Judgment Seal and Dragon Abyss Formation-Breaking Spear against Hun Feng.
• The clash drew Gu Qingyang and the other ancient-clan geniuses, while Xun'er and Xiao Yan watched from the battlefield’s edge.
• Xiao Yi’s Emperor Might shattered Hun Feng’s Dharma body and scattered his bloodline power, severely damaging his meridians.
• Hun Feng was sent flying but remained conscious and angrily rejected the possibility of losing to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi defeated Hun Feng but collapsed from the cost of his battle, so Xiao Yan and Xun'er carried him into the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb. After a long breakthrough, Xiao Yi emerged as a Dou Saint.

• Hun Yu rescued the injured Hun Feng and fled with him after Hun Feng could no longer gather Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi lost consciousness from burning his blood essence and exhausting his energy, and Xiao Yan gave him pills before telling Xun'er to take him to the third layer.
• Xun'er and the others entered the third layer through its shattered barrier, where the Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring replenished Xiao Yi's energy and he began breaking through.
• Xiao Yi spent half a year cultivating, refining the Nine Nether Ice Marrow and the remaining energy of Xiao Che's ninth-grade precious pill as Xun'er and the others guarded him.
• Xiao Yi broke through the barrier to the Dou Saint realm after a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and rose into the air surrounded by seven-colored Saint power.

Xiao Yi and his companions headed toward Xiao Xuan’s Manor, but Hun Feng and Hun Yu ambushed them by awakening Hun Sang, a seven-star Dou Saint remnant. Xiao Xuan then appeared before the Soul Clan fighters, leaving Hun Sang to face the man he feared most.

• Xiao Yi reunited with Xun'er and led the group toward Xiao Xuan’s Manor to seek the remaining portion of Xiao Xuan’s soul origin.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu confronted Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi sensed that Hun Feng had recovered and reached the one-star Dou Saint realm.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu used their divine-grade bloodline to awaken Hun Sang, a seven-star Dou Saint remnant from the Soul Clan.
• Hun Feng urged Hun Sang to hold Xiao Xuan off while he and Hun Yu attacked Xiao Yi and the others.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from the void, and Hun Sang recognized the man who had killed him a thousand years earlier.

Xiao Xuan instantly killed Hun Sang, then brought Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to his residence in the Heavenly Tomb. As Xiao Yi consolidated his new Dou Saint realm, he successfully combined his mystic ice, Heavenly Flames, and Black Demon Lightning into a new technique.

• Xiao Xuan bound Hun Sang with his origin Dou Qi and destroyed him, purifying his remnant soul and Soul Clan origin power.
• Hun Sang sent Hun Feng and Hun Yu away before he died, and Xiao Xuan let them escape so Xiao Yi could face them later.
• Xiao Xuan led the group to his residence, allowed Gu Qingyang and the others to cultivate nearby, and instructed Xiao Yi to consolidate his realm while Xiao Yan accompanied him.
• Xiao Yi used the Primordial Origin Myriad Transformations Method to stabilize his one-star Dou Saint cultivation and began guiding his mystic ice, Heavenly Flames, and Black Demon Lightning together.
• Xiao Yi formed a balanced vortex of ice, fire, and lightning and shaped the combined powers into a three-colored blade, which Xiao Xuan praised as his own Dou Technique.

Xiao Yi stabilized his Dou Saint realm and created the Dou Technique Three Spirits Shatter Annihilation before setting out to kill Hun Feng and Hun Yu. He confronted the two in the Heavenly Tomb, and Hun Feng attacked him as their fight began.

• Xiao Xuan explained that Dou Saints could create Dou Techniques, and Xiao Yi named his fusion of Heavenly Flames, Profound Ice, and Black Demon Lightning Three Spirits Shatter Annihilation.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi to deal with the escaped Hun Feng and Hun Yu, while explaining that Xiao Yan was undergoing blood replacement and Xun'er had gone to cultivate.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu discussed Xiao Xuan's presence in the Heavenly Tomb and planned to eliminate Xiao Yi after leaving it.
• Xiao Yi appeared alone before Hun Feng and Hun Yu, saying he no longer needed his ancestor's help to face them.
• Hun Feng unleashed his Dou Qi, formed a blood-colored blade, and charged at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi and Hun Feng fought with Heavenly Flames, Mystic Ice, and Black Demon Lightning, but Hun Feng revealed his Heaven-Devouring Mirror and bound Xiao Yi with it. The chapter left Xiao Yi trapped as Hun Feng prepared to devour him.

• Xiao Yi caught Hun Feng’s blood-colored blade, and their Dou Qi clashed as they fought at the same cultivation level.
• Hun Feng used a sub-flame of Nihility Devouring Flame to devour Xiao Yi’s Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yi fused four Great Mystic Ices to freeze Hun Feng’s flame Dharma form briefly, then attacked with Black Demon Lightning.
• Hun Feng absorbed Xiao Yi’s Black Demon Lightning with a strange devouring force, and Xiao Yi unleashed several Heaven-tier Dou Skills.
• Hun Feng used the Heaven-Devouring Mirror to devour Xiao Yi’s attacks and bound him with black bands of light.

Xiao Yi killed Hun Feng and Hun Yu in the Heavenly Tomb, then returned to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion, where Xiao Xuan explained how he might sever the link between Hun Feng’s child flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame and its true body. Xiao Yi decided to risk using his own powers of origin to isolate and absorb the flame.

• Xiao Yi used Three Spirits Annihilation to kill Hun Feng, then seized the fleeing Hun Yu and killed him.
• Xiao Yi returned to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion, where Xiao Yan had reached five-star Dou Venerate and Xun’er had reached seven-star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yi showed Hun Feng and Hun Yu’s corpses to Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Xun’er, then asked how to sever Hun Feng’s child flame’s connection to the Nihility Devouring Flame’s true body.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Yi could use the Xiao Clan’s Godblood and the Dragon Emperor aura to isolate the child flame, but warned that failure could cause backlash.
• Xiao Yi resolved to try and drew the Sea Heart Flame’s source flame from his body before beginning the process.

Xiao Yi accepted the Sea Heart Flame child flame for Xiao Yan, then severed the Nihility Devouring Flame child flame’s connection to its main body and refined it. He fused it with Fallen Heart Flame into a new violet-gold Heavenly Flame, which Xiao Yan recognized when he entered the secret chamber.

• Xiao Yi gave Xiao Yan the Sea Heart Flame child flame, and Xiao Yan accepted it.
• With Xiao Xuan’s guidance, Xiao Yi used Xiao Clan Godblood and Ancient Dragon might to sever the Nihility Devouring Flame child flame’s connection to its main body.
• Xiao Yi refined the child flame and gained control of its devouring ability.
• Xiao Yi used the Primordial Origin Myriad Transformations Method to fuse Nihility Devouring Flame with Fallen Heart Flame, creating a violet-gold flame shaped like an ancient dragon.
• Xiao Yan entered the secret chamber, recognized the fused Heavenly Flame, and asked Xiao Yi if he had combined the two flames.

Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er left the Heavenly Tomb after Xiao Yi learned that he needed a secret technique to free Xiao Xuan’s soul. Outside, the Soul Clan’s Hun Feng and Hun Yu emerged dead, and the Ancient Clan confronted Hun Lin over their attacks on Xun’er.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yi that they could not leave the Heavenly Tomb without the secret technique and urged him to return for the opportunities needed to reach the Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er were forcibly teleported out of the Heavenly Tomb as their time inside expired.
• Elder Tong Xuan saw that Xiao Yi’s strength had surpassed his ability to gauge and learned that Xiao Yan had advanced to seven-star Dou Venerate.
• Hun Lin boasted that the Soul Clan’s prodigies had gained the most, but Hun Feng and Hun Yu’s bodies fell from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan elders challenged Hun Lin over the Soul Clan’s attacks on Xun’er and surrounded him.

Hun Qianmo attacked the Ancient Clan after Xiao Yi killed Hun Feng and Hun Yu, but Xiao Yi blocked his strike before the Ancient Clan’s spatial seal broke. A powerful Ancient Clan figure arrived as Hun Qianmo prepared to kill everyone at the Heavenly Tomb.

• Hun Lin called for help, but a Soul Clan elder seized and annihilated him with a soul chain.
• Hun Qianmo sealed the space above the Heavenly Tomb and sent a blood-colored claw toward the Ancient Clan’s younger generation.
• Elder Tong Xuan and the other elders failed to stop the claw, so Xiao Yi unleashed his one-star Dou Saint strength and blocked it with Heavenly Cold Palm.
• Hun Qianmo revealed himself as a six-star Dou Saint and dismissed objections that his attack violated the agreement restricting powerful Dou Saints.
• Hun Qianmo prepared to kill everyone on the plaza, but his spatial seal shattered as an Ancient Clan figure confronted him.

Gu Yuan confronted Hun Tiandi after the Soul Clan leader entered the Ancient Realm with his strongest forces and reclaimed the bodies of Hun Feng and Hun Yu. Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, but their clash revealed that Hun Tiandi seemed stronger, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Gu Yuan arrived with Gu Lie and the Ancient Clan Three Immortals, then called out to Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi appeared with the Soul Clan's Four Demon Saints and accused the Ancient Clan of responsibility for Hun Feng and Hun Yu's deaths.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi argued over the deaths, and Hun Tiandi retrieved the two corpses while threatening the Ancient Clan over its divine-grade bloodline.
• Gu Yuan rejected Hun Tiandi's threat and attacked him with a golden Dou Qi palm.
• Hun Tiandi countered with a black hole, and their clash shook the Ancient Realm; Gu Yuan realized Hun Tiandi seemed stronger.

Hun Tiandi demanded that the Ancient Clan hand over Xiao Yi, but Xiao Xuan appeared and refused, then attacked him. Gu Yuan joined the fight as the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints clashed with the Ancient Clan’s experts, turning the Ancient Realm into a battlefield while the other clans fled.

• Hun Tiandi provoked Gu Yuan and demanded that the Ancient Clan surrender Xiao Yi, while Xun'er stepped in to shield him.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from the void, drove away Hun Tiandi’s pressure on Xiao Yi, and rejected Hun Tiandi’s proposal for an alliance to open the Ancient Emperor's Cave.
• Xiao Xuan attacked Hun Tiandi, and the two exchanged powerful blows across the void.
• Gu Yuan joined Xiao Xuan against Hun Tiandi as the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints fought the Ancient Clan Three Immortals and Gu Lie.
• The Yao Clan and other clans opened spatial tunnels and left the Ancient Realm, while the two Stone Clan members stayed behind; Xiao Yi approached them to ask what was wrong.

After the Soul Clan’s assault, Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan realized Hun Tiandi had used the battle to cover the destruction of the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan. Xiao Yi left the Ancient Realm with his engagement to Xun’er intact, while Gu Yuan drew him aside to discuss Xun’er’s divine-grade bloodline.

• A Stone Clan prodigy reported that the passage to the Stone Realm had been sealed, and Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan stopped fighting as the Ancient Realm’s space began to crumble.
• Hun Tiandi taunted Xiao Xuan, then vanished with the Soul Clan through a black energy ripple; an Ancient Clan elder reported that the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan were unreachable.
• Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan realized Hun Tiandi had kept them occupied while Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the two clans, and Gu Yuan warned Xun’er to remain in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan postponed Xiao Yi and Xun’er’s wedding but affirmed their engagement, and Xiao Xuan opened a passage for Xiao Yi and the others to return to the Xiao Realm.
• Xun’er kissed Xiao Yi goodbye, and Gu Yuan pulled Xiao Yi’s soul into a separate space to speak about the importance of Xun’er’s divine-grade bloodline to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Xuan returned Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan safely to the Xiao Realm after Gu Yuan secured Xiao Yi’s promise to wait until Xun’er reached Dou Saint before taking her virginity. Xiao Xuan revealed that his remaining soul in the Heavenly Tomb could help Xiao Yi reach the Emperor realm, while Xiao Yi resolved to find a way to restore Xiao Xuan’s strength; the chapter ended as Xiao Xuan confirmed Xiao Yi’s suspicion about the Tunling Clan woman.

• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Yi not to take Xun’er’s virginity before she reached Dou Saint, and Xiao Yi agreed.
• Gu Yuan allowed the two Stone Clan survivors to stay with the Ancient Clan or leave, then ordered the Black Annihilation Army to guard the ancestral shrine.
• Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan back to the Xiao Realm and explained that he and Gu Yuan could have fought Hun Tiandi together, but Gu Yuan had held back to protect the Ancient Clan and the others.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that his remaining soul origin in the Heavenly Tomb could help Xiao Yi reach the Emperor realm, and Xiao Yi realized Xiao Xuan intended to sacrifice himself for that goal.
• Xiao Yi argued that the clans might unite after the Spirit and Stone Clans were destroyed, but Xiao Xuan said they distrusted one another and underestimated the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yi asked Xiao Xuan about the Tunling Clan woman Hun Tiandi had mentioned, and Xiao Xuan confirmed his suspicion.

Xiao Yi remained uneasy about the Soul Clan’s growing threat and failed to advance in seclusion, so he decided to revive Skyfire Venerable. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi gained the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan’s Ancient Jades and planned to target the Yao Clan for souls.

• Hun Tiandi dismissed the loss of Hun Feng and Hun Yu, took the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan’s Ancient Jades from Nihility Devouring Flame, and said he would gather all Eight Clans’ jades before fearing any alliance.
• Nihility Devouring Flame urged Hun Tiandi to help it reach an Emperor-realm soul, and Hun Tiandi proposed taking souls from the Yao Clan’s alchemists.
• Xiao Yi tried to refine the remaining profound ice power in his body but found himself at a bottleneck.
• Xiao Yi woke Skyfire Venerable and used the Bone-Melting Blood-Replenishing Pill and Ice Venerable’s corpse to begin restoring his body.
• Xiao Yi guided Skyfire Venerable’s soul into the rebuilt body with the Voidfall Heavenburning Flame, and Skyfire Venerable’s white hair began turning black.

After reviving Skyfire Venerable, Xiao Yi learned how the Xiao Clan had grown stronger and heard that the Lion Nether Sect was conquering the Northwestern Continent. Yao Lao explained how Xiao Yan became acting leader of the Nine Harmonies Alliance and why Medusa had helped him, leaving Xiao Yi eager to hear more about their relationship.

• Xiao Yi revived Skyfire Venerable in Ice Venerable's body, restoring him to peak five-star Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Yi visited the Xiao Clan's pill chamber and learned that Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yi's father were away, while Xiao Yi Xian had gone to investigate an ancient tomb.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yi that Xiao Yan had returned to Black-Yellow Fortress after the Lion Nether Sect conquered nearly half the Northwestern Continent.
• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Yan had served as acting leader of the Nine Harmonies Alliance and that Medusa later helped manage it alongside Hai Bodong.
• Yao Lao said Medusa had joined Xiao Yan to obtain a seventh-tier flood dragon's core for a pill, and the creature's aphrodisiac poison had overwhelmed them before it died.

Xiao Yi learned that Soul Hall was backing the Lion Nether Sect in its attack on the Nine Harmonies Alliance and went to Black-Yellow Fortress to help. As Xiao Yan faced an overwhelming enemy force there, a Soul Hall Venerable Elder ordered the attackers to slaughter the alliance.

• Yao Lao explained that the Lion Nether Sect, supported by Soul Hall, had driven the Nine Harmonies Alliance back to Black-Yellow Fortress, where Xiao Yan had gone to rescue his wife.
• Xiao Yi decided to go to the Northwestern Continent, doubting that Xiao Yan and the alliance’s thirty Dou Venerate reinforcements could withstand a Half-Saint from Soul Hall.
• At Black-Yellow Fortress, Xiao Yan warned the alliance council that the Lion Nether Sect and Soul Hall might launch a full assault, while Hai Bodong prepared to fight rather than retreat.
• Dozens of additional Dou Venerate experts appeared outside the fortress, and Medusa urged Xiao Yan to take Xiao Xiao and escape if the alliance fell.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his seven-star Dou Venerate aura and refused Shi Tian’s demand to surrender, while Medusa refused to leave with Xiao Xiao.
• A Soul Hall Venerable Elder emerged in black smoke and ordered Shi Tian to slaughter the Nine Harmonies Alliance, prompting Shi Tian to obey.