Chapter Summaries

Yao Xuan helped Dan Yuanzi seal his fading remnant soul, promising to take him to the Heavenly Tomb. He agreed to take Zi Yan to the Black Emperor City Auction that night and hoped to find rare treasures there.

• Yao Xuan told Dan Yuanzi about the Heavenly Tomb and offered to take him there.
• Dan Yuanzi trusted Yao Xuan and sealed his remnant soul inside the Storage Ring for a few years.
• Zi Yan asked Yao Xuan to take her to the Black Emperor City Auction, and he agreed.
• Yao Xuan considered the auction’s rare treasures, including the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, and hoped to claim something valuable.

Yao Xuan and Zi Yan attended the Black Emperor City auction, where Yao Xuan recognized and bought a Pure Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map. He then bid on the Three Thousand Lightning Movement as the auction continued.

• Yao Xuan learned that the Black Emperor Sect had annexed Black Mark City and organized a grand auction in Black Emperor City.
• Yao Xuan and Zi Yan concealed their identities with masks and entered the auction hall.
• Yao Xuan recognized the first auction item as the Pure Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map and bought it for two million gold coins.
• The auctioneer presented the Earth Rank low-grade movement technique Three Thousand Lightning Movement, prompting fierce bidding.
• Yao Xuan bid three Dou Spirit Pills for Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Yao Xuan used rare Sixth-Rank pills to win Three Thousand Lightning Movement and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse at auction. After spotting another Earth Rank Battle Skill, he decided to keep bidding and light the Sky Lantern.

• Yao Xuan bid three Dou Spirit Pills to win the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll, drawing every faction’s attention.
• Yao Xuan reassured Zi Yan and watched the auction continue despite the crowd’s scrutiny.
• The auctioneer presented an ancient Magic Beast corpse, which Yao Xuan recognized as a Heavenly Demon Phoenix containing marrow needed to revive Yao Lao.
• Yao Xuan bid three Dou Spirit Pills and a Sect-Breaking Pill to win the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse.
• Yao Xuan heard the next item was the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler and decided to light the Sky Lantern.

Yao Xuan won the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect auction with lavish pill bids. As he left Black Emperor City with Zi Yan, he confronted the factions following them and revealed his Battle Venerable strength.

• Yao Xuan outbid the auction hall for the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler with two Dou Spirit Pills and a Sect-Breaking Pill, intending to give it to Xiao Yan.
• Mo Tianxing presented the auction’s final treasure, Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and Yao Xuan secured it by offering three Seventh-Rank Instant Qi Pills.
• Yao Xuan collected his prizes and left Black Emperor City with Zi Yan.
• Yao Xuan stopped in an uninhabited forest beyond the city and called out the hostile figures who had followed them.
• Yao Xuan sealed the surrounding space and unleashed his Battle Venerable aura, shocking the pursuers.

Yao Xuan revealed his Battle Venerable strength and killed Fan Lao, the Gold and Silver Elders, and the other followers who had plotted against him. He left with Zi Yan after the auction, pleased with the treasures he had obtained.

• Yao Xuan trapped the shadowy figures with his Battle Venerable pressure and confronted Fan Lao and the Gold and Silver Elders over their attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• Yao Xuan removed his mask, and Fan Lao and the Gold and Silver Elders recognized him as the Battle Emperor who had stopped Han Feng; Yao Xuan burned them to death with six-colored flame.
• The First Elder of Flame Valley pleaded for mercy and invoked his Valley Master's Seven-Star Dou Zong strength, but Yao Xuan used Spatial Annihilation to destroy the remaining group.
• Yao Xuan told Zi Yan that they could leave, and Zi Yan complained that the auction had been boring and asked him to refine pills for her.
• Yao Xuan and Zi Yan departed, and Yao Xuan reflected that he had obtained the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, Demon Flame Fragment Map, and Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.

Yao Xuan and Zi Yan left Jia Nan Academy for Central Plains, where Yao Xuan reunited with Yao Lao, Venerable Feng, and Xiao Yan at Starfall Pavilion. After Xiao Yan reached Dou Master and received a Battle Skill, Venerable Feng invited him to the Four Pavilions Assembly, while Yao Xuan asked where Xiao Yi Xian was.

• Yao Xuan and Zi Yan bid farewell to Great Elder Su Qian and traveled from Jia Nan Academy to Starfall Pavilion in Central Plains.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Feng were shocked to learn that Yao Xuan had advanced to Battle Venerable in only a few months.
• Xiao Yan emerged from secluded cultivation as a Dou Master and greeted Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler and urged him to master it before his Three-Year Pact.
• Venerable Feng invited Xiao Yan to compete in the Four Pavilions Assembly, and Yao Xuan asked where Xiao Yi Xian was.

Yao Xuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left Starfall Pavilion to seek a breakthrough, then settled Zi Yan in and began cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Movement while planning to refine a Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian entered Godfall Ravine to absorb its poisonous miasma, where three Ice River Valley elders prepared to capture her for her Calamity Poison Body.

• Venerable Feng told Yao Xuan that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Dou Zong and gone out seeking another breakthrough, accompanied by two Six-Star Dou Zong elders.
• Yao Xuan introduced Zi Yan to Yao Lao and the others, then settled her in at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Xuan decided to refine a Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill and began cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered Godfall Ravine alone to absorb its poisonous miasma and strengthen her Calamity Poison Body.
• Sky Serpent, Ice Origin, and Ice Talisman discovered Xiao Yi Xian and planned to capture her for Ice River Valley.
• Sky Serpent ordered the three elders to charge into Godfall Ravine and seize Xiao Yi Xian alive.

Sky Serpent and two Ice River Valley elders attacked Godfall Ravine to seize Little Fairy Doctor, overwhelming the Starfall Pavilion guards and suppressing her poison power. Liu Zhou escaped to Starfall Pavilion to seek help, and Venerable Feng’s response was cut short as a white figure rushed away.

• Sky Serpent demanded that Qin Song and Liu Zhou hand over Little Fairy Doctor, but Qin Song refused on Starfall Pavilion’s behalf.
• Sky Serpent struck Qin Song and Liu Zhou with an ice claw, severely injuring both Six-Star Dou Zong elders.
• Little Fairy Doctor left her cultivation to protect the injured elders and resisted Sky Serpent, but he froze her poison attacks and suppressed her power.
• Liu Zhou fled toward Starfall Pavilion to call for reinforcements while Qin Song and Little Fairy Doctor remained to hold off the attackers.
• Liu Zhou collapsed before Venerable Feng and reported that something had happened to Little Fairy Doctor, then a white figure rushed away before Venerable Feng could respond.

Ice River Valley’s Sky Serpent captured Xiao Yi Xian after killing Qin Song, who refused to abandon her. Yao Xuan and Venerable Feng arrived at the ravine, found Qin Song dead and Xiao Yi Xian gone, and vowed to wipe out Ice River Valley.

• Liu Zhou told Yao Xuan that Ice River Valley had attacked and taken Xiao Yi Xian toward Godfall Ravine, so Yao Xuan rushed there while Venerable Feng followed.
• Sky Serpent and two Ice River Valley elders trapped Xiao Yi Xian in an ice array and suppressed her poison power.
• Qin Song refused Sky Serpent’s offer to join Ice River Valley and stood between the attackers and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Sky Serpent killed Qin Song with a strike of black ice, and the Ice River Valley elders bound and carried off Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Xuan and Venerable Feng arrived at the ravine, found Qin Song’s corpse, and Yao Xuan declared that they would wipe out Ice River Valley.

Yao Xuan and Venerable Feng confronted Ice River Valley over Elder Qin Song’s murder and Xiao Yi Xian’s abduction. After Ice River offered compensation and an alliance, Yao Xuan revealed his Three-Star Peak Battle Venerable strength and killed Sky Serpent, leaving Ice Venerable poised to respond.

• Ice Venerable discovered that Sky Serpent had brought Xiao Yi Xian, whose Innate Calamity Poison Body he coveted, to Ice River Valley.
• Venerable Feng and Yao Xuan arrived and accused Ice River Valley of murdering Elder Qin Song and abducting Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ice River offered compensation and a permanent alliance, but Yao Xuan rejected the proposal and condemned the crimes.
• Sky Serpent attacked Yao Xuan with his Dou Zong pressure, but Yao Xuan overwhelmed him with his Three-Star Peak Battle Venerable aura.
• Yao Xuan confirmed Sky Serpent had killed Elder Qin Song and destroyed his body and soul with Spatial Annihilation as Ice Venerable tried to intervene.

Yao Xuan killed Sky Serpent for murdering Elder Qin Song, but refused Ice Venerable’s offer to consider the blood debt settled because Ice River Valley had also abducted Little Fairy Doctor. The confrontation escalated as Venerable Feng opposed Ice Venerable, and Tianshuangzi arrived to join the fight.

• Yao Xuan crushed Sky Serpent, and Ice Venerable restrained his anger because he still wanted Little Fairy Doctor’s Innate Calamity Poison Body.
• Yao Xuan said Sky Serpent’s death repaid the murder of Elder Qin Song, and Ice Venerable agreed that the two sides were even.
• Yao Xuan insisted Ice River Valley still owed a debt for abducting Little Fairy Doctor, but Ice Venerable denied responsibility and threatened him.
• Yao Xuan threatened to destroy Ice River Valley if Little Fairy Doctor was harmed, and Ice Venerable charged at him.
• Venerable Feng intervened and clashed with Ice Venerable, who declared war on Starfall Pavilion.
• Tianshuangzi arrived, and Ice Venerable ordered him to hold Yao Xuan back while he fought Venerable Feng.

Yao Xuan and Venerable Feng fought Ice River Valley’s leaders, overcoming the sect’s formation with Yao Xuan’s Heavenly Flames and soul technique. Tianshuangzi and Ice Venerable fell, leaving Ice River Valley devastated.

• Yao Xuan shielded Venerable Feng and challenged Ice Venerable while Feng confronted Tianshuangzi.
• Yao Xuan used his Six-Colored Heavenly Flame to break Ice Venerable’s attack and suppress his ice battle qi.
• Ice Venerable activated the Qianlong Profound Ice Formation, bolstering himself and Tianshuangzi with its power.
• Yao Xuan unleashed the Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal, stunning Tianshuangzi and disrupting Ice Venerable’s control of the formation.
• Venerable Feng struck down the helpless Tianshuangzi while Yao Xuan formed and launched a six-colored Fire Lotus at Ice Venerable.
• The Fire Lotus killed Ice Venerable and shattered the formation.

Yao Xuan defeated Ice Venerable, rescued Little Fairy Doctor, and sent her back to Starfall Pavilion with Venerable Feng. Left alone in Ice River Valley, he discovered a hidden ancient ice barrier and approached it to uncover the valley’s secrets.

• Yao Xuan captured Ice Venerable’s corpse after defeating him with the Six-Colored Fire Lotus, while Venerable Feng checked that Yao Xuan was unharmed.
• Yao Xuan gave the unconscious Little Fairy Doctor a medicinal pill, and she awoke and apologized for burdening him.
• Yao Xuan asked Venerable Feng to take Little Fairy Doctor to Starfall Pavilion to recover, and Feng departed with her.
• Yao Xuan used his soul power to search Ice River Valley and detected a concealed spatial barrier behind the mountains.
• Yao Xuan approached the barrier, where ancient ice patterns began to circulate as he entered.

Yao Xuan broke through Ice River Valley’s ancient ice barrier and discovered a hidden chamber containing a sealed Dou Saint in an ice coffin. When he destroyed the formation powering the coffin’s seals, the coffin shattered and the supposed corpse released a terrifying aura, leaving Yao Xuan questioning whether the Dou Saint was still alive.

• Yao Xuan used the source power of the Six-Colored Heavenly Flame to break through the ancient barrier and enter the ice chamber.
• Yao Xuan searched the chamber, collected several Ice River Valley scrolls, and sensed a hidden independent space behind an ice wall.
• Yao Xuan entered the hidden space and found an ice coffin whose pressure revealed that Ice River Valley had once produced a Dou Saint.
• Yao Xuan saw that a Frost Spirit-Gathering Formation sustained the seals on the coffin and attacked it with a Six-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The formation dimmed, the coffin shattered, and a preserved corpse released a powerful blue light and terrifying aura.
• Yao Xuan wondered whether the Dou Saint inside the coffin was actually dead.

Yao Xuan found the perfectly preserved corpse of Ice River Valley’s One-Star Dou Saint and brought it to Starfall Pavilion as a body for Yao Lao’s revival. There, Yao Lao and Venerable Feng discussed Starfall Pavilion’s plans after Ice River Valley’s destruction and agreed to hurry their search for the needed medicinal ingredients.

• A burst of icy saintly might erupted from the coffin, but Yao Xuan realized it was the Ice Saint’s final remnant dispersing, not an awakening.
• Yao Xuan examined the intact One-Star Dou Saint corpse, found no inheritance within it, and stored it for Yao Lao’s revival.
• Yao Xuan returned to Starfall Pavilion and learned that Little Fairy Doctor was recovering in seclusion after Yao Chen gave her healing pills.
• Yao Lao approved of Yao Xuan killing Ice Venerable and urged Starfall Pavilion to establish its authority and expand.
• Venerable Feng cautioned that Starfall Pavilion should build its strength before acting, especially with the Four Pavilions Assembly approaching.
• Yao Xuan presented the Ice Saint’s corpse as Yao Lao’s new body, and Venerable Feng urged them to speed up their search for medicinal ingredients.

Yao Xuan refined a perfect peak seventh-tier Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill to revive the Heavenly Flame Venerable. He brought out Ice Venerable’s corpse and the pill, leaving the revival ready to begin.

• Yao Xuan told Yao Lao he had promised to revive the Heavenly Flame Venerable and began refining the pill.
• Yao Xuan used the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron, rare medicinal ingredients, and his Six-Colored Heavenly Flame to refine the pill.
• Yao Xuan caught the pill lightning and completed a peak seventh-tier Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Yao Lao praised Yao Xuan’s alchemy and urged him to revive the Heavenly Flame Venerable while the pill’s medicinal properties were strongest.
• Yao Xuan summoned the Heavenly Flame Venerable’s soul and laid out Ice Venerable’s corpse and the pill for his revival.

Heavenly Flame Venerable revived in Ice Venerable’s body and regained his Five-Star Peak Battle Venerable Realm cultivation before agreeing to join Starfall Pavilion. Half a month later, Yao Xuan reached Four-Star Battle Venerable Realm as he prepared for the Four Pavilions Assembly.

• Yao Xuan guided Heavenly Flame Venerable’s soul into Ice Venerable’s body and used a Bone-Fusing Blood-Melting Pill and Six-Colored Heavenly Flame to assist the fusion.
• Heavenly Flame Venerable revived with his peak Five-Star Battle Venerable Realm strength and thanked Yao Xuan for helping him.
• Yao Xuan invited Heavenly Flame Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion, and Heavenly Flame Venerable accepted.
• During the following half month, Yao Xuan failed to refine more Dragon Emperor Reverse Scale Blood but advanced to Four-Star Battle Venerable Realm.
• With the Four Pavilions Assembly fewer than three days away, Yao Xuan considered developing a pill to aid his refinement and prepared for the event.

Yao Xuan led Starfall Pavilion to the Four Pavilions Assembly, where its newly revealed Battle Venerable strength shocked the other pavilions. In the Yao Clan, Yao Wangu refused to retaliate against Yao Xuan for crippling Yao Xingtong, so Yao Ye vowed to take revenge himself.

• Yao Xuan joined Venerable Feng and the others as they departed for the Four Pavilions Assembly at Yellow Springs Mountain Range.
• Starfall Pavilion arrived at the assembly, and its Four-Star Battle Venerable Yao Xuan and Five-Star Peak Battle Venerable Heavenly Flame Venerable stunned the three rival pavilions.
• Yao Wangu learned from Yao Ye that Yao Xingtong's meridians had been destroyed and refused to act against Yao Xuan because the Ancient Clan had protected him.
• Yao Ye rejected Yao Wangu's decision to wait and vowed to kill Yao Xuan to avenge his son.

Xiao Yan entered the Four Pavilions Assembly's melee and withdrew after Feng Qing'er defeated the remaining competitors to win. The pavilion masters' contest began with Venerable Feng unexpectedly naming Yao Xuan to represent Starfall Pavilion against the other three Venerables.

• Xiao Yan joined the younger generation's free-for-all after Yao Xuan gave him permission, and Mu Qingluan entered to help protect him.
• Feng Qing'er unleashed her strength, defeated Wang Chen, Tang Ying, and Mu Qingluan, then became champion after Xiao Yan withdrew.
• Venerable Lei, Sword Venerable, and Venerable Yellow Springs took their places in the arena for the pavilion masters' contest.
• Venerable Feng stayed seated and announced that Yao Xuan would fight the three pavilion masters on Starfall Pavilion's behalf.

Yao Xuan fought Venerable Lei, Sword Venerable, and Venerable Yellow Springs at once, blocking their combined attacks and evading them with Three Thousand Lightning Movement. When Venerable Lei accused him of stealing the Wind and Lightning Pavilion's secret art, Yao Xuan claimed he had bought it at auction and challenged Venerable Lei to explain where the technique came from.

• Venerable Lei, Sword Venerable, and Venerable Yellow Springs silently agreed to join forces against Yao Xuan.
• The three Venerables attacked Yao Xuan together, but he blocked their strikes with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method.
• Yao Xuan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade the attacks, alarming Venerable Lei and impressing Sword Venerable and Venerable Yellow Springs.
• Yao Xuan said he had purchased Three Thousand Lightning Movement at an auction, but Venerable Lei rejected his explanation and demanded the truth.
• Yao Xuan challenged Venerable Lei to explain where the Wind and Lightning Pavilion's Three Thousand Lightning Movement came from.