Recaps

Xiao Yi Xian formed a Poison Core, brought her Woeful Poison Body under control, and rose to Nine-Star Battle Venerable. She gave the Netherworld Poison Flame to Yao Xuan, who refined it into his Ten-Colored Heavenly Flame as the Flame Mantra neared High Heaven Rank.

• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed and refined the poison crystal, forming a Poison Core that drew in the ruins’ poison gas and boosted her to Nine-Star Battle Venerable.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized to Yao Xuan for needing his help, and he comforted her as she celebrated controlling her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian severed her connection to the Netherworld Poison Flame and gave its origin power to Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan absorbed the Netherworld Poison Flame into his Nine-Colored Fused Heavenly Flame, forming the Ten-Colored Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Xuan sensed that the Flame Mantra had reached the limit of Mid Heaven Rank and needed one final opportunity to advance to High Heaven Rank.

Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan headed to the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony after Xiao Yan gained a Heaven Rank Battle Skill, while Gu Xun'er defied the elders who opposed her feelings for Xiao Yan. At the Ancient Realm entrance, Ling Quan tried to bar Xiao Yan from the ceremony, and Yao Xuan challenged his right to judge Xiao Yan.

• Yao Xuan told Yao Lao that Xiao Yi Xian had formed a Poison Core and controlled her Woeful Poison Body, while Xiao Yan revealed he had found the Great Heaven Creation Palm in the relic's bones and reached Five-Star Battle Venerable.
• Yao Lao sent Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony together.
• Gu Xun'er declared her relationship with Xiao Yan to the Gu Clan elders, and Gu Lie silenced their objections while asking her about Yao Xuan's accomplishments.
• Gu Xun'er unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and told the elders she had come to inform them of her feelings, not seek their approval.
• Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan entered Ancient Emperor City with Starfall Pavilion's invitation, where Ling Quan tried to expel them and insulted Xiao Yan.
• Yao Xuan challenged Ling Quan, asking what made him more worthy of Gu Xun'er than Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan with one palm after revealing his Five-Star Battle Venerable strength, but Ling Quan then tried to use the Black Annihilation Army to arrest him and Yao Xuan. Second Commander Lin Xiu stopped the military formation, heard both sides, and learned that Xiao Yan was the person the clan elders had mentioned.

• Ling Quan challenged Xiao Yan after realizing Yao Xuan was beyond his reach, but Xiao Yan revealed his Five-Star Battle Venerable aura and blasted Ling Quan into the city wall with a single palm.
• Xiao Yan mocked Ling Quan and his feelings for Xun'er, but Ling Quan rose and ordered the Black Annihilation Army to seize Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan.
• The Black Annihilation Army began forming a military formation, prompting Second Commander Lin Xiu and the other commanders to arrive and demand an explanation.
• Ling Quan accused Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan of insulting the Ancient Clan, while Yao Xuan explained that Ling Quan had tried to drive away their invited guests.
• Lin Xiu ordered the soldiers to withdraw and rebuked Ling Quan, who then revealed that Xiao Yan was the person the clan elders had specifically mentioned.
• Lin Xiu turned to Xiao Yan and asked whether he was Xiao Yan.

Yao Xuan stopped Lin Xiu from challenging Xiao Yan, then accepted Lin Xiu’s challenge until Gu Zhen intervened and offered to escort Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan to the Ancient Realm. During the journey, they reunited with Yao Ling and met another observer who had heard of Yao Xuan from Hun Ya.

• Lin Xiu recognized Xiao Yan as a five-star battle venerable and challenged him, but Yao Xuan offered to fight in his place.
• Lin Xiu accepted Yao Xuan’s challenge, but Gu Zhen arrived and ordered him to stand down before apologizing to Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan.
• Gu Zhen offered to escort Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan into the Ancient Realm, and they accepted.
• Aboard the Void Shuttle, Xiao Yan wondered how Xun'er was doing, and Yao Ling greeted Yao Xuan from another shuttle with Yao Tian beside her.
• Xiao Yan called Yao Ling his sister-in-law, making her blush and hug Yao Xuan.
• A refined figure watched Yao Xuan and remarked that he seemed less overbearing than Hun Ya had claimed.

Yao Xuan rejected Yao Tian’s invitation to return to the Yao Clan and explained the Heavenly Tomb to Xiao Yan as they approached the Ancient Realm. Gu Xun’er arrived to welcome Xiao Yan and offered to escort him and the others inside.

• Yao Xuan sensed a watcher and drove them back with his soul pressure before asking Yao Ling why she and Yao Tian had come to the ceremony.
• Yao Tian urged Yao Xuan to return to the Yao Clan as its young clan leader, but Yao Xuan refused because he no longer had affection for the clan.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi approached Yao Xuan, and Huo Xuan expressed interest in befriending him and sparring over fire control.
• Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Tomb and revealed that Xiao Xuan’s Remnant Soul was inside, encouraging Xiao Yan to seek entry.
• As the Ancient Realm entrance appeared, Gu Xun’er arrived, greeted Xiao Yan, thanked Yao Xuan for helping him, and offered to take them into the realm.

Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm for the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where Gu Qingyang intervened when elders tried to force them through a side gate. The Ancient Clan opened three Heavenly Tomb places to competition, giving Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan a chance to enter, but Yao Xuan sensed the Soul Clan's Hun Yu nearby.

• Gu Xun'er guided Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan toward the ceremony plaza, but Gu Qian and Gu Xu tried to make them enter through a side gate.
• Gu Xun'er objected, and Gu Qingyang arrived on the Black Annihilation King's orders and made the elders let them pass.
• Xiao Yan asked about the Heavenly Tomb, and Gu Xun'er said the Ancient Clan should return the Xiao Clan's quota but that some elders might interfere.
• Gu Qingyang explained that the Ancient Clan would return the Xiao Clan's place and let attendees compete for three vacant places, including two belonging to the absent Spirit Clan.
• Yao Xuan realized the Heavenly Tomb opportunity had come and suspected the Soul Clan had acted against the Spirit Clan.
• Yao Xuan sensed a sinister aura from Hun Yu, the Soul Clan member who had spied on him, and Gu Qingyang asked whether he knew him.

At the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Yao Xuan recognized the significance of Hun Yu representing the Soul Clan and warned Xiao Yan to stay cautious. Gu Xun’er’s bloodline test revealed a divine-grade bloodline, surpassing the Ancient Clan’s previous record and earning her the Seven-Colored Clan Mark.

• Yao Xuan saw Hun Yu among the Soul Clan’s delegation, learned he possessed a divine-grade bloodline, and warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan might scheme against him.
• Elder Tong Xuan began the Gu Clan ceremony, where Ling Quan tested at sixth rank and received a Golden Clan Mark.
• Gu Zhen tested at seventh rank and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, while Gu Yao tested at eighth rank and received an eight-stroke Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Qingyang told Yao Xuan that his own ninth-rank record might soon be broken, then Xun’er stepped into the formation.
• Xun’er lit all nine stars before a seven-colored radiance revealed her divine-grade bloodline, and Elder Tong Xuan awarded her the Seven-Colored Clan Mark.

At the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Yao Xuan won a Heavenly Tomb slot by defeating Gu Yao after the three grand commanders surrounded him. That night, Gu Yuan summoned Yao Xuan through his overwhelming soul power, and Yao Xuan recognized the Ancient Clan chief.

• Elder Tong Xuan announced that three vacant Heavenly Tomb slots would be awarded through a contest, and Hun Yu questioned whether the Xiao Clan deserved its slot.
• Yao Xuan entered the arena as the young talents competed for the Heavenly Tomb quota.
• After the other contestants fell, Gu Yao, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing joined forces against Yao Xuan, but his Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm eliminated Gu Yao.
• Elder Tong Xuan awarded the slots to Yao Xuan, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing, while Gu Xun'er stopped Gu Qingyang from challenging Yao Xuan on Gu Yuan's orders.
• That night, Gu Yuan's soul power drew Yao Xuan into a vision, where Yao Xuan greeted the Ancient Clan chief.

Gu Yuan met Yao Xuan in a private space and asked him to protect Gu Xun'er during the upcoming Heavenly Tomb journey. Yao Xuan agreed, learning that the Ancient Clan had changed the quota allocation to ensure he could enter and counter Hun Yu.

• Gu Yuan assessed Yao Xuan's strength and soul power, then reassured him that he meant no harm.
• Gu Yuan asked Yao Xuan to protect Gu Xun'er from Hun Yu and the Soul Clan inside the Heavenly Tomb.
• Yao Xuan agreed, citing Gu Xun'er's past help and promising to keep her safe.
• Yao Xuan asked whether the Ancient Clan had deliberately changed the Heavenly Tomb quota allocation, and Gu Yuan confirmed it was to give Xun'er protection against Hun Yu.
• Gu Yuan promised the Ancient Clan would reward Yao Xuan for protecting Xun'er, then returned him to his bed.
• Gu Yuan praised Yao Xuan's talent and compared him favorably to Xiao Xuan in his prime.

Yao Xuan entered the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Yan, reunited with Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er, and led their group toward the third layer. When Hun Yu and Hun Li tried to attack Gu Xun'er after the group split up, Yao Xuan confronted them, and Lei Dong arrived to challenge Hun Yu.

• Lei Dong greeted Yao Xuan outside the Heavenly Tomb and proposed they spar again after recalling his earlier defeat.
• Elder Tong Xuan opened the Heavenly Tomb, and Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan entered its first layer.
• Yao Xuan used his soul power to find Yao Ling and Gu Xun'er, then joined them in heading for the third layer while Hun Yu and Hun Li followed secretly.
• The group reached the second layer and split up to hunt energy beings and gather crystal cores.
• Hun Yu and Hun Li moved to kill Gu Xun'er, but Yao Xuan blocked their way and confronted them.
• Lei Dong arrived and asked Yao Xuan to let him test Hun Yu's divine-grade bloodline.

Lei Dong fought Hun Yu in the Heavenly Tomb, while Yao Xuan watched and killed Hun Li after he attempted a sneak attack on Yao Ling. As an energy storm approached, Yao Xuan led his group toward the third layer, where Hun Yu planned to trap them all.

• Lei Dong stopped Yao Xuan from attacking Hun Yu and challenged the Soul Clan prodigy to a fight.
• Lei Dong used Black Demon Lightning Prison to counter Hun Yu's yin soul Dou Qi, and the two fought to a standstill.
• Hun Li slipped behind Yao Xuan's group and attacked Yao Ling, but Yao Xuan immobilized and destroyed him with ten-colored heavenly flame.
• As the energy storm approached, Yao Xuan led everyone toward the third layer, and Lei Dong broke off his fight with Hun Yu to follow.
• Hun Yu watched them leave and resolved to catch them all on the third layer.

Yao Xuan and his companions entered the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer, where Hun Yu led Hun Shang to attack them. As Hun Shang overwhelmed their Dou Saint puppets, Xiao Xuan appeared to confront the Soul Clan elder.

• Yao Xuan burned through the Ancient Devouring Worm barrier with his Ten-Colored Heavenly Flame, seized the emperor’s cocoon, and entered the Third Layer with his companions.
• Hun Yu followed through a passage he opened with a black flame, intending to find Soul Clan ancestors and have them kill Yao Xuan’s group.
• The Blood Saber Saint attacked Yao Xuan and his companions, but Hun Shang emerged from the void and drove the Half-Saint away.
• Hun Yu asked Hun Shang to eliminate the ancient clans’ young members, and Hun Shang’s Seven-Star Dou Saint attack forced Yao Xuan to summon four Dou Saint puppets.
• Hun Shang immobilized the puppets, but Xiao Xuan appeared behind Yao Xuan’s group, terrifying Hun Shang.

Xiao Xuan appeared as a projection and effortlessly annihilated Hun Shang, a Seven-Star Dou Saint. Yao Xuan killed Hun Yu, captured his soul and the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame, then returned to Xiao Yan and the others, where Xiao Xuan finally met a descendant of the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xuan appeared as a projection, and Hun Shang dismissed him as no threat despite his companions' shock.
• Xiao Xuan killed Hun Shang with a single finger, erasing the Seven-Star Dou Saint's soul.
• Yao Xuan caught the fleeing Hun Yu and attacked him with Little Dragon Man's dragon flame, but Hun Yu used the Nihility Devouring Flame's Sub-Flame to devour much of it.
• Yao Xuan struck Hun Yu with the Thunderflame Rakshasa Palm, killed him, captured his soul in the Human Emperor Banner, and sealed the Sub-Flame before storing it.
• Yao Xuan returned to Xiao Yan and the others, and Xiao Yan bowed to Xiao Xuan as an unworthy descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan said he had finally waited long enough to meet a descendant of his clan.

Xiao Xuan reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb, learned what had become of the Xiao Clan and the Flame Ancestor, and began passing the Xiao Clan’s last Dou Emperor Bloodline to Xiao Yan. After hearing how Yao Xuan had been cast out of the Yao Clan, Xiao Xuan resolved to repay his debt to Yao Fang.

• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan, then brought them and Gu Xun'er to his tomb mansion and asked after Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had fallen, and Xiao Xuan explained his failed attempt to become Dou Di and his death in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan recognized that Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan had learned the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, and Yao Xuan told him that the Flame Ancestor had also died fighting Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the Three Mysterious Transformations could help Xiao Yan cultivate the Xiao Clan Mark, then began transferring the clan’s remaining Dou Emperor Bloodline to him in a blood pool.
• Yao Xuan recounted how the Yao Clan had sealed his bloodline and driven him out, prompting Xiao Xuan to condemn the clan and vow to repay his debt to Yao Fang.

Xiao Xuan told Yao Xuan how the Yao Clan betrayed their ancestor Yao Fang, sealed his bloodline, and took the Nine Nether Wind Flame. Yao Xuan rejected any thought of returning to the clan, and Xiao Xuan began helping him reclaim his Dou Emperor bloodline.

• Xiao Xuan revealed that Yao Fang had been his friend, a peak ninth-grade bloodline talent, and a Seven-Star Dou Saint who had once promised to ally the Yao and Xiao Clans.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Yao Fang had risked himself to help him, but the Yao Clan later stripped Yao Fang of his claim to clan leadership and sealed his bloodline.
• Yao Xuan resolved that the Yao Clan deserved its destruction and said Yao Dan's offer of the young clan chief position could not make him return.
• Xiao Xuan recalled that Yao Fang had subdued the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Yao Xuan realized the Yao Clan had forcibly taken it from his ancestor.
• Xiao Xuan touched Yao Xuan's brow and offered to help him reclaim his Dou Emperor bloodline as repayment of his debt to Yao Fang.

Xiao Xuan removed the seal hiding Yao Xuan’s divine-grade Yao Clan bloodline, but its clash with Zi Yan’s dragon-phoenix blood essence threatened to destroy him. After Xiao Xuan added the Xiao Clan’s Dou Emperor bloodline to balance the three powers, Yao Xuan completed his awakening and became a Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Xuan unraveled the Yao Clan’s seal within Yao Xuan and awakened his divine-grade bloodline.
• The dragon-phoenix blood essence inside Yao Xuan awakened and violently repelled his Yao Clan bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan sent a wisp of the Xiao Clan’s Dou Emperor bloodline into Yao Xuan, allowing all three powers to stabilize and merge.
• Xiao Yan completed his blood replacement, awakened the Xiao Clan clan pattern, and rose from Five-Star Battle Venerable to seven-star battle venerable.
• Yao Xuan refined the blood crystals around him, awakened a unique clan pattern, and reached the Dou Sheng realm.

Yao Xuan broke through to the Dou Sheng realm, and Xiao Xuan asked him to help Xiao Yan and the declining Xiao Clan. Xiao Xuan then passed Xiao Yan two high Heaven rank inheritances before sending him out of the Heavenly Tomb, leaving Xiao Xuan alone in his tomb mansion.

• Yao Xuan reached the Dou Sheng realm, and Xiao Xuan asked him to look after Xiao Yan and help restore the Xiao Clan.
• Yao Xuan left Xiao Xuan's Curtain Mansion so Xiao Xuan could speak with Xiao Yan alone.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the clan's hopes rested on him and passed him the Xiao Emperor Cangyuan Formula and the Cangyuan Emperor-Suppressing Ruler.
• Xiao Yan vowed to restore the Xiao Clan's glory, and Xiao Xuan sent him out of the Heavenly Tomb to meet Yao Xuan and the others.
• Xiao Xuan looked toward the banner bearing the character "Xiao" and murmured that it was quiet.

After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Yao Xuan learned that the Spirit Clan had vanished from contact and departed the Ancient Realm with Xiao Yan. In the Medicine Realm, Yao Dan discovered Yao Xuan had awakened a divine-grade bloodline and vowed to bring him back to the Yao Clan.

• Yao Wanhuo sensed that Yao Xuan had become a Dou Sheng and that his Yao Clan bloodline had awakened, while Yao Xuan promised Yao Ling he would soon ask the Yao Clan for her hand.
• Hun Lin learned that Hun Yu and Hun Li had not emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, accused the Ancient Clan of foul play, and left after Tong Xuan threatened him.
• Tong Xuan told Yao Xuan and the others that contact with the Spirit Clan had been lost, and ordered Gu Xun'er to remain in the Ancient Realm during the investigation.
• Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan left the Ancient Realm for Starfall Pavilion, while Tong Xuan questioned Gu Xun'er about their gains in the tomb.
• Yao Wanhuo reported Yao Xuan's Dou Sheng breakthrough and bloodline awakening to Yao Dan, who concluded that Yao Xuan had a divine-grade bloodline and vowed to bring him back to the Yao Clan.

Hun Tiandi discussed the Soul Clan’s plans with the nihility devouring flame, then ordered Hun Miesheng to recover the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade. He left Hun Miesheng three days to find it and warned that Xiao Zhan must stay alive.

• The nihility devouring flame gave Hun Tiandi the Spirit Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade and proposed attacking the Stone Clan, but Hun Tiandi chose to wait to avoid alarming the other Emperor Clans.
• The nihility devouring flame reported that Hun Yu had died in the Heavenly Tomb, and Hun Tiandi showed little concern, believing Xiao Xuan had killed him.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the nihility devouring flame to watch the Stone Clan and attack when the time was right.
• Hun Miesheng reported that the Soul Hall had nearly finished laying its formations and collecting souls, but had not found the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Miesheng to find the jade within three days and keep Xiao Zhan alive, then blasted him out of the hall.

Hun Miesheng ordered Soul Hall to seize the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, sending its nine Heaven Venerables to the Jia Ma Empire. At Starfall Pavilion, Yao Xuan refined the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, advancing his Flame Mantra to High Heaven Rank, before Yao Lao told him that something had happened to the Xiao Household.

• Hun Miesheng sent Soul Hall's deputy hall master to retrieve the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, and the deputy instead dispatched all nine Heaven Venerables to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao was astonished by their cultivation gains; Xiao Yan then entered seclusion.
• Yao Xuan told Yao Lao he planned to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, which he had taken from Hun Yu.
• Yao Xuan refined the Child Flame, adding its devouring power to his Ten-Colored Heavenly Flame and raising the Flame Mantra to High Heaven Rank.
• Yao Lao waited outside Yao Xuan's stone chamber and told him that something had happened to the Xiao Household.

The Soul Hall captured the Xiao Household, forcing Xiao Yan to confront its Heavenly Venerates in the Jia Ma Empire. After Xiao Yan killed two of them but exhausted his Dou Qi, Gu You attacked him, and Yao Xuan arrived to intervene.

• Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that all nine Soul Hall Heavenly Venerates had gone to the Xiao Household, and Yao Xuan headed for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan learned from Hai Bodong that the Soul Hall had captured his family alive, then confronted the Heavenly Venerates and raised his strength with the Xiao Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Heaven Creation Palm and the Cangyuan Emperor-Suppressing Ruler to overwhelm and kill the Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerates while the Great Heaven Venerable refused to let the others help.
• After Xiao Yan spent most of his Dou Qi and tried to attack again, Gu You blasted him away and ordered him to surrender.
• Yao Xuan emerged through the void and sent a gigantic Dou Qi palm toward Gu You.

Yao Xuan arrived to rescue Xiao Yan and confronted the Soul Hall, revealing a clan pattern that raised his strength to Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng. After defeating the Great Heaven Venerable, he captured his soul and held it for something he still wanted from it.

• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan a pill and told him to leave the rest to him.
• Yao Xuan crushed Gu You, seized his soul, and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Yao Xuan killed the Soul Hall's Heaven Venerables, leaving only the Great Heaven Venerable alive.
• The Great Heaven Venerable attacked Yao Xuan with a Soul Claw, but Yao Xuan revealed his clan pattern and reached Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Xuan killed the Great Heaven Venerable and captured his Late Heavenly Soul Realm soul, intending to obtain something from it.

After Yao Xuan rescued the Xiao Household from the Great Heaven Venerable’s micro-space, Xiao Yan arranged for them to return to Starfall Pavilion under guard. Yao Xuan gave Hai Bodong an eighth-rank pill, which helped him break through to the Battle Venerable realm, while Jia Xingtian realized the Mittel Family’s influence in the Jia Ma Empire would soon eclipse his own.

• Yao Xuan opened the micro-space and reunited Xiao Yan with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the rest of the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Yan asked to bring his family to Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Xuan suggested requesting guards from Uncle Chen; Xiao Yan sent Yao Lao a message using the spatial jade slip.
• Yao Xuan gave the injured Hai Bodong healing pills and an eighth-rank Kongjing Shengzun Pill to help him advance.
• Hai Bodong swallowed the Kongjing Shengzun Pill and broke through from half-step Battle Venerable to one-star Battle Venerable, becoming the new Ice Venerable.
• Jia Xingtian sensed Hai Bodong’s breakthrough and worried that the Mittel Family would dominate the Jia Ma Empire.

Yao Xuan searched the Great Heaven Venerable’s soul for the locations of the Soul Hall’s three halls, then attacked the leaderless Human Hall to seize its soul origin. After freeing the trapped souls and claiming the purified soul power, he prepared to use it to advance his own soul realm.

• Starfall Pavilion’s escort safely brought the Xiao Household’s members to the pavilion while Yao Xuan released and searched the Great Heaven Venerable’s soul.
• Yao Xuan learned the locations and defenses of the Soul Hall’s Heaven, Earth, and Human Halls, then sent the Great Heaven Venerable’s soul into the Human Soul Banner for refinement.
• The deputy hall master watched all nine Heaven Venerables’ soul tablets go dark and decided to act personally.
• Yao Xuan reached the Human Hall, broke through its spatial barrier, and killed every Soul Hall member inside.
• Yao Xuan destroyed the Soul-Locking Array, freeing the souls trapped there and revealing a sphere of purified soul origin.
• Yao Xuan claimed the soul origin, which he expected would help him reach the Late Heavenly Soul Realm.

Yao Xuan returned to the Starfall Pavilion with purified soul origin and entered seclusion to absorb it. The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master attacked the pavilion and overwhelmed Yao Lao, until Old Man Shennong appeared to confront him.

• Yao Xuan returned to the Starfall Pavilion, told Yao Lao he had destroyed the Soul Hall's Human Hall, and entrusted the pavilion's safety to him while he cultivated.
• Yao Xuan entered seclusion in the mountains and absorbed the purified soul origin to strengthen his soul.
• The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master arrived above the Starfall Pavilion and demanded that Yao Lao hand over the Xiao Household members.
• The Vice Hall Master crushed Yao Lao's bone spirit cold flame attack, injured him, and threatened the pavilion.
• Old Man Shennong appeared as Yao Lao's injuries began to heal and warned the Vice Hall Master not to run wild.