Chapter Summaries

After leaving Xiao Yan, Yun Yun returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and agreed to help Nalan Yanran annul her engagement to Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Soul Hall protectors gathered in a hidden cave on Misty Cloud Mountain to discuss their plans in the Jia Ma Empire and Chu Yun Empire.

• Yun Yun left Xiao Yan after spending the night with him and noticed sinister black qi near the Misty Cloud Sect on her way back.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she had reached six-star Dou Zhe, then asked for help annulling her engagement.
• Yun Yun agreed to send Ge Ye with Nalan Yanran and offer the Xiao Clan a fourth-tier medicinal pill in exchange for their consent.
• Nalan Yanran left to find Ge Ye while several Soul Hall protectors gathered in a secluded cave on Misty Cloud Mountain.
• Silver Protector questioned Wu Protector about his caution, and Wu Protector explained that he was prioritizing the Soul Hall's grand plan.

Wu Protector revealed that the Xiao Clan of Wutan City might be descended from the ancient Xiao Clan and possess a fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, so the Soul Hall Protectors planned to use Nalan Yanran and the Misty Cloud Sect to provoke them. In the Misty Cloud Sect council hall, Yun Yun refused Nalan Jie’s request to bring Yanran home and said Yanran would decide her marriage after passing through the Life-and-Death Gate.

• Wu Protector told the other Protectors that evidence pointed to the Xiao Clan of Wutan City as survivors of the ancient Xiao Clan and possible holders of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Wu Protector explained that Nalan Yanran was betrothed to a Xiao Clan survivor and proposed letting the Misty Cloud Sect provoke the clan while the Protectors waited for an opening.
• Steward Nalan asked Yun Yun to bring Yanran back because Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison had flared up after she went to break off the engagement.
• Yun Yun rejected Steward Nalan’s plea, defended her decision to send Yanran to the Xiao Clan with gifts, and said the clan should consider that gesture an honor.
• Yun Yun declared that Yanran could decide her marriage after passing through the Life-and-Death Gate and ordered everyone not to disturb her cultivation until then.

Xiao Yan advanced his Heavenly Flame equipment plans after reaching five-star Dou Emperor, while Xun'er broke through to Dou Emperor and welcomed Elder Ling back. Xiao Yan prepared to build a Flame Feather Eagle Emperor craft and planned to travel to the Tagor Great Desert after the coming-of-age ceremony.

• Xiao Yan restored his Heavenly Flames, discovered that they had grown stronger, and reached five-star Dou Emperor after three months of cultivation and forging.
• Xiao Yan designed a fast fighter craft powered by Heavenly Flames and comprehended the secret art Undying Flame.
• Xiao Yan decided that Life Spirit Flame could stimulate the Green Lotus Core Flame's remaining vine roots into stronger material for Flame Spirit Sacred Garments.
• Xiao Yan began constructing the Flame Spirit Eagle Emperor craft and planned to head for the Tagor Great Desert after the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xun'er reached Dou Emperor before turning sixteen, and Elder Ling returned to congratulate her and report that he had investigated the changes in the Magical Beast Mountains.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan after completing the Flame Spirit Eagle Emperor, reuniting with Xun'er after more than two years apart. Xun'er welcomed him warmly, then challenged him to test their cultivation.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er about Xiao Yan's rapid progress and revealed that Yun Zhi was Yun Yun, the Misty Cloud Sect's leader, making Xun'er jealous.
• Xiao Yan completed the Flame Spirit Eagle Emperor by installing the Undying Flame, and the war machine demonstrated speed beyond that of an ordinary Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan rode the Flame Spirit Eagle Emperor home and reached the back mountain in moments.
• Xun'er recognized Xiao Yan, embraced him after their long separation, then reproached him for staying away so long.
• Xun'er challenged Xiao Yan to test their cultivation, and he agreed.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er tested their strength in a midair duel, trading powerful Dou Techniques before Xun'er unveiled the Emperor's Seal Manual. The chapter left Xiao Yan gaining insight from her Mountain Splitting Seal and considering how to improve his Pure Yang Palm.

• Xun'er opened the spar by firing a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame attack, which Xiao Yan deflected with Heaven-and-Earth Breaker.
• Xun'er reflected the returning beam with Swallow Return Strike, and the two recognized the other's skill.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Evil-Repelling Blazing Sun, but Xun'er blocked it with a Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame shield.
• Xun'er announced she would get serious and formed the Emperor's Seal Manual's Mountain Splitting Seal, shocking Ling Ying with its power.
• Xiao Yan studied the seal and realized the Emperor's Seal Manual's layered techniques could rival a Heaven-Class Dou Technique, while his Pure Yang Palm remained incomplete.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er tested their powerful Dou Techniques in the Xiao Clan's back mountain, and Xiao Yan comprehended the Yin-Yang Combined Move, Heaven and Earth as One. After his new move overwhelmed Xun'er's Sea Flipping Seal, he reached her in time, but their collision with the remaining force left them battered amid a shattered mountainside.

• Xiao Yan's Waterfall Palm clashed with Xun'er's Mountain Splitting Seal, and the attacks ended in a draw.
• Xiao Yan gained enlightenment from the opposing palms and comprehended the Yin-Yang Combined Move, Heaven and Earth as One.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the new technique, and Xun'er answered with the Sea Flipping Seal, but his attack broke through it and rushed toward her.
• Xiao Yan used Eagle's Wings and Twin-Wing Stacking to reach Xun'er, then used Reincarnation Tribulation to redirect the attack's force.
• Xiao Yan's Reincarnation Tribulation could not fully contain the force, so he used Void Extinction for a third redirection, and the impact cracked the earth and filled the mountain with dust.

After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Yan teased and embraced Xun'er before Xiao Zhan and Qin Yueyao arrived. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan happily greeting his parents.

• Xiao Yan used the Three Thousand Burning Flame to rapidly heal his injured meridians, while Xun'er apologized and wiped the blood from his mouth.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er she could not escape punishment, then pulled her into an embrace and kissed her after Ling Ying left them alone.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er separated after sharing a private moment, and Xun'er tidied her clothes.
• Xiao Zhan and Qin Yueyao emerged from the woods and teased Xiao Yan, who went forward to greet them.

After Xiao Yan returned, Qin Yueyao welcomed him and Xun'er, then privately gave Xun'er an ancestral jade bracelet as a sign that she favored her as Xiao Yan's future partner. The story left Xun'er overjoyed by the gift, while Nalan Yanran's expected arrival and Xiao Yan's existing engagement remained unresolved.

• Qin Yueyao noticed Xun'er's flushed face and teased her about Xiao Yan, while Xiao Zhan privately considered how suitable Xun'er would be for his son.
• Xiao Zhan took Xiao Yan aside to hear about his experiences and discuss the items Xiao Yan had prepared.
• Qin Yueyao told Xun'er that Nalan Yanran was coming and said the older generation's engagement agreement could not be changed easily.
• Qin Yueyao showed Xun'er an ancestral jade bracelet she had received from her mother-in-law and placed it on Xun'er's wrist.
• Qin Yueyao told Xun'er that she favored her and would leave Xiao Yan in her care, making Xun'er feel deeply joyful.

Xiao Yan returned home and met Qing Lin, the girl Xiao Li and Xiao Ding had brought back for him. As he used his nurturing method to improve her constitution, Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils appeared, and Xiao Yan began examining their power.

• Xiao Yan returned to his residence and reunited with Chun Ying and the other three maids, who had all reached the Da Dou Shi level.
• Chun Ying introduced Qing Lin, whom Xiao Li and Xiao Ding had brought home, and Xiao Yan asked the four maids to leave them alone.
• Xiao Yan reassured Qing Lin about her snake scales and began examining her while using a nurturing method to strengthen her meridians and purify her body.
• Three jade-green dots emerged in Qing Lin’s pupils, briefly dazing Xiao Yan as he focused on her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Xiao Yan met his betrothed, Nalan Yanran, when she arrived at the Xiao Clan with the Misty Cloud Sect. He focused instead on Xun'er, promised her a better Dou Skill, and left the gathering amid her jealousy over his flirtatious ways.

• Butler Mo summoned Xiao Yan to the main hall, where the Xiao Clan received Nalan Yanran and two Misty Cloud Sect visitors.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Nalan Yanran had reached six-star Dou Zhe, then sat beside Xun'er and drew jealous looks from the Xiao Clan youths.
• Xiao Yan examined Xun'er's Emperor's Seal Manual, judged it a poor fit for her, and promised to find her a better Dou Skill.
• Xun'er blushed as Xiao Yan teased her about talking with Qin Yueyao, while Qin Yueyao privately signaled that she favored Xun'er over Nalan Yanran.
• Xun'er kicked Xiao Yan after thinking about his flirtatious nature, and he sucked in a breath from the sudden blow.

The Misty Cloud Sect sent Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran to the Xiao Clan to request that Xiao Yan’s engagement be dissolved, provoking Xiao Zhan and Qin Yueyao with their offer of a Qi Gathering Powder. Nalan Yanran then offered Xiao Yan additional compensation and a place in the sect, leaving him to answer what it would take for him to agree.

• Xun'er worried about Xiao Yan after he pushed her to return to reading, while Qin Yueyao decided Xun'er should become his principal wife.
• Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan and Qin Yueyao that Yun Yun wanted the Xiao Clan to dissolve Nalan Yanran's engagement so she could focus on becoming the Misty Cloud Sect's next leader.
• The Xiao Clan dismissed the Qi Gathering Powder Ge Ye offered as compensation, and Ge Ye explained that Lord Gu He had refined it and that it was worth at least two hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Zhan erupted in anger, and Qin Yueyao's pressure left Ge Ye in pain and unable to move; Xiao Zhan then rebuked Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan what it would take for him to agree to break the engagement, offering five more Qi Gathering Powders and a chance to cultivate in the Misty Cloud Sect.

When Nalan Yanran offered the Xiao Clan a settlement to annul her engagement to Xiao Yan, Qin Yueyao’s intervention revealed Xiao Yan’s overwhelming cultivation and challenged the Misty Cloud Sect to answer for its insult. Qin Yueyao and Xiao Yan vanished, while Xiao Zhan detained Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Mo Li until Yun Yun explained herself.

• Nalan Yanran’s generous terms for annulling the engagement failed to impress Xiao Yan or the Xiao Clan, and Qin Yueyao rebuked her for thinking the Misty Cloud Sect could teach her son.
• Xiao Yan released his Dou Qi and manifested wings, leading Nalan Yanran to identify him as a five-star Dou Emperor and shocking everyone in the hall.
• Qin Yueyao condemned Yun Yun’s responsibility for the Misty Cloud Sect’s actions, then used space-rending power to take Xiao Yan away.
• Ge Ye tried to flee with Nalan Yanran and Mo Li, but Xiao Zhan blocked them and ordered them to remain until Yun Yun gave an explanation.
• The Xiao Clan members realized their clan had powerful backing and looked at the Misty Cloud Sect delegation with hostility.

Qin Yueyao and Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Qin Yueyao confronted Yun Yun over Nalan Yanran breaking off her engagement to Xiao Yan. The sect learned that Xiao Yan’s mother was a powerful Dou Zong expert as snow and freezing cold spread across the mountain.

• Zhang Li spotted a red meteor streak across the sky above Misty Cloud Mountain, but it vanished before he could make sense of it.
• Qin Yueyao and Xiao Yan reached the Misty Cloud Sect aboard the Flame Spirit Eagle Emperor, which Xiao Yan concealed nearby.
• Qin Yueyao called Yun Yun out and unleashed freezing energy that sent snow drifting across the sect.
• Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect elders were shocked to discover Qin Yueyao was a Dou Zong expert and asked why she had come.
• Qin Yueyao revealed she was Xiao Yan’s mother and accused Yun Yun of helping break off Nalan Yanran’s engagement to pursue the sect’s ambitions.
• The Misty Cloud Sect disciples learned of the Xiao Clan connection and feared the cold, even though Qin Yueyao had not attacked.

Qin Yueyao confronted Yun Yun over the Misty Cloud Sect’s role in Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement, and Yun Yun discovered that Xiao Yan was the man she had known as Yao Yan. After Yun Yun offered compensation, Qin Yueyao sealed her Dou Qi and presented her to Xiao Yan as a replacement daughter-in-law.

• Qin Yueyao rebuked Yun Yun for interfering in the Xiao Clan’s marriage agreement and blasted Yun Leng with an icy attack.
• Yun Yun shielded Yun Leng with Wind-Pushing Force, but Qin Yueyao’s blizzard shattered her wind shield.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yan recognized each other by their former false names, and Xiao Yan explained that they had cultivated together in the Magical Beast Mountains.
• Yun Yun apologized and offered compensation to the Xiao Clan, while the Misty Cloud Sect elders and disciples learned that Xiao Yan was a Dou Emperor.
• Qin Yueyao declared that Yun Yun should make up for the lost daughter-in-law, sealed her Dou Qi, and tossed her into Xiao Yan’s arms.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yueyao faced the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Yun was captured, and Qin Yueyao defeated Yun Leng’s formation with a single icy arrow. As the sect’s hidden power awakened, Yun Yun realized her teacher Yun Shan had broken through, leaving Xiao Yan wary of how far the conflict would escalate.

• Qin Yueyao judged that Yun Yun lacked ambition, while Xiao Yan held Yun Yun in his arms and warned her she would fall if he let go.
• Yun Leng ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to form the Cloud-Smoke Covering Sun Formation and launched its combined attack at Qin Yueyao and her companions.
• Qin Yueyao froze and shattered the formation’s energy sphere, then pierced Yun Leng with an ice arrow that blasted him into a distant mountain and left him nearly dead.
• Qin Yueyao demanded that those hiding in the Misty Cloud Sect reveal themselves, and Yun Leng cried out for the Old Sect Master to save him.
• A sinister voice ordered Yun Shan to go, and his powerful aura erupted from deep within the sect as the disciples and elders knelt.
• Yun Yun realized her teacher had broken through, while Xiao Yan wondered how far the battle would escalate.

Yun Shan emerged to confront Qin Yueyao, who refused to leave Yun Yun behind and prepared to fight the Misty Cloud Sect. As Yun Shan attacked Xiao Yan with powerful clones, Qin Yueyao’s bow gathered energy for a devastating technique.

• Yun Shan arrived above the Misty Cloud Sect plaza and learned that Yun Leng had attacked Qin Yueyao and Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yueyao judged Yun Shan’s Dou Zong strength and said she did not want to kill anyone, but Yun Shan insisted that Yun Yun could not leave because of the sect’s dignity.
• Silver Protector and Wu Protector discussed using Yun Shan to test Qin Yueyao’s strength and harvest his soul if he died.
• Qin Yueyao sensed the sinister presence within the Misty Cloud Sect, declared that no one could stop the Xiao Clan from leaving, and aimed the Ice Phoenix Frost Bow at Yun Shan.
• As Qin Yueyao gathered energy into her bow, Yun Shan split off two powerful clones and sent them to attack Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Qin Yueyao fought Yun Shan and his clones on Misty Cloud Mountain, with Xiao Yan protecting Yun Yun and countering Yun Shan’s Great Wind Hand Seal. Qin Yueyao destroyed Yun Shan’s remaining attacks and pierced his chest with the Sun-Destroying Divine Blade, leaving him weakened by frost qi.

• Qin Yueyao shot down one of Yun Shan’s clones with an ice arrow while Xiao Yan held Yun Yun.
• Yun Shan’s remaining clone attacked Qin Yueyao with the Great Wind Hand Seal, but Xiao Yan countered it with the Mountain Splitting Seal.
• Yun Shan used Wind Extreme: Meteoric Kill against Qin Yueyao and Xiao Yan.
• Qin Yueyao transformed the Ice Phoenix Frost Bow into the Sun-Destroying Divine Blade and shattered Yun Shan’s last clone with Flying Scale Armor-Piercer.
• Qin Yueyao pierced Yun Shan’s chest, and he realized frost qi had entered his body and robbed him of seventy percent of his strength.

Qin Yueyao defeated Yun Shan, but the Soul Hall Protectors emerged from the Misty Cloud Sect to challenge her and Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan revealed eight powerful puppets, shifting the advantage against the Protectors as Yun Shan lay badly wounded.

• Qin Yueyao struck Yun Shan more than a hundred zhang away and left him bleeding and weakened.
• Yun Shan called for Wu Protector, and three clouds of black mist appeared, revealing Soul Hall Protectors.
• Wu Protector removed Qin Yueyao's frozen qi from Yun Shan, causing his sealed wounds to bleed heavily.
• Qin Yueyao explained that her blade's frozen qi had been keeping Yun Shan's wounds from bleeding.
• Xiao Yan summoned eight black-armored puppets, including two at the Dou Zong level, shocking the Protectors and Yun Yun.
• The Misty Cloud Sect elders gathered around the severely wounded Yun Shan as Xiao Yan faced the Protectors with his puppets.

Xiao Yan deployed his eight puppets against the Soul Hall Protectors at the Misty Cloud Sect, while Qin Yueyao fought Wu Protector. Xuan Protector was poisoned by Wu Ya, and Qin Yueyao unleashed her Frost Star Descends to Earth technique against Wu Protector.

• Xiao Yan assigned Wu Ya and the other puppets to fight the Soul Hall Protectors and prevent them from using Yun Shan’s soul.
• Wu Ya struck Xuan Protector, whose black mist was poisoned by the Three Paths Gu and weakened his soul.
• Xuan Protector retreated from the pursuing Wu Ya puppet as his strength rapidly declined.
• Qin Yueyao caught Wu Protector off guard and unleashed Frost Star Descends to Earth, covering the Misty Cloud Sect in snow.

Qin Yueyao and the Wu Ya puppet badly injured Wu Protector and Xuan Protector, but Silver Protector revealed himself as an eight-star Dou Zong and attacked Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan drew the Spirit Plow Sword as Qin Yueyao rushed to protect him, while Yun Shan welcomed Silver Protector’s arrival.

• Qin Yueyao shattered Wu Protector’s soul chains and sent him flying with her Sun-Destroying Divine Blade.
• The Wu Ya puppet pierced Xuan Protector with Eight Extremes Sky Break and compressed his soul body into a ball.
• Silver Protector launched a surprise attack on Xiao Yan with chains that pushed through his Pure Yang Qi palm strike.
• Xiao Yan recognized Silver Protector as an eight-star Dou Zong and summoned the Spirit Plow Sword.
• Yun Shan welcomed Silver Protector, while Qin Yueyao rushed toward Xiao Yan to defend him.