Recaps

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.

Venerable Lei challenged Yao Xuan to a one-on-one duel over his use of Three Thousand Lightning Movement, with the winner deciding whether the Wind and Lightning Pavilion would drop the matter. Yao Xuan accepted, leaving the two Venerables poised to fight.

• Venerable Lei accused Yao Xuan of using the Wind and Lightning Pavilion’s secret art and demanded an explanation.
• Venerable Feng and Heavenly Flame Venerable appeared beside Yao Xuan and warned Venerable Lei against bullying a junior.
• Venerable Lei argued that the Wind and Lightning Pavilion could not ignore an outsider displaying its technique, while Venerable Feng said they could go to war if necessary.
• Venerable Lei proposed a solo spar: if he lost, the pavilion would drop the matter, but if Yao Xuan lost, he would never use Three Thousand Lightning Movement again.
• Yao Xuan accepted Venerable Lei’s challenge.

Yao Xuan defeated Venerable Lei in one strike at the Four Pavilions Assembly and announced that Starfall Pavilion would recruit cultivators across the Central Plains. Half a month later, Yao Ye learned that Yao Chen had founded the pavilion and resolved to kill both him and Yao Xuan.

• Venerable Lei unleashed his lightning techniques, but Yao Xuan evaded his attacks and crushed him with the Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm.
• Yao Xuan announced that Starfall Pavilion would welcome aspiring cultivators and provide them with cultivation resources.
• In the Medicine Realm, Yao Xingji reached the One-Star Battle Venerable level as Yao Ye spoke of his branch's hopes resting on him.
• Yao Li reported that Yao Xuan had joined Starfall Pavilion and defeated a Three-Star Battle Venerable in one strike.
• Yao Li revealed that Yao Chen had founded Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Ye vowed to kill both Yao Chen and Yao Xuan.

Yao Xuan created an Eighth-Rank Dragon-Blood Tempering Spirit Pill to refine Zhu Kun’s inverse-scale dragon blood, then used it to break through to Six-Star Battle Venerable. He remained in secluded cultivation after stabilizing his new realm.

• Yao Xuan studied the medicinal herbs in Dan Yuanzi’s Storage Ring and devised a unique formula for the Dragon-Blood Tempering Spirit Pill.
• Yao Xuan used the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron and Six-Colored Heavenly Flame to concoct the pill, which drew Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Yao Xuan swallowed the pill and found that its medicinal power loosened and refined the dormant Zhu Kun dragon blood.
• Yao Xuan circulated the Heaven Rank Flame Mantra and advanced from Four-Star Battle Venerable to Six-Star Battle Venerable.
• Yao Lao reassured Venerable Feng that Yao Xuan’s energy surge signaled another breakthrough.

After ending his seclusion, Yao Xuan witnessed Starfall Pavilion’s growing prominence as Tang Zhen visited to forge an alliance and ask after Yao Chen. Cao Ying then arrived on behalf of the Pill Tower and invited Yao Xuan to join, leaving him to answer the offer.

• Yao Xuan ended his seclusion, reflecting that he would need a Ninth-Rank Pill to fully absorb Zhu Kun’s Inverse-Scale Blood Essence.
• Tang Zhen visited Starfall Pavilion, asked Venerable Feng whether Yao Chen had returned, and explained that Flame Valley needed a master alchemist to refine a difficult pill.
• Tang Zhen and Venerable Feng established friendly ties and an alliance between Flame Valley and Starfall Pavilion before Tang Zhen departed with his delegation.
• Cao Ying arrived with Pill Tower representatives and met Yao Xuan, whose aura had grown stronger since their previous meeting.
• Cao Ying congratulated Starfall Pavilion on its Four Pavilions Assembly victory and formally invited Yao Xuan to join the Pill Tower, offering to grant any request within its power.

Yao Xuan accepted Pill Tower’s offer to become a guest elder and asked Cao Ying to help find ingredients for the pill needed to revive Yao Lao. As the Three-Year Pact approached, Xiao Yan refused to bring Starfall Pavilion’s forces to Misty Cloud Sect, and Yao Xuan set out with him for the duel.

• Yao Xuan accepted Pill Tower’s guest elder position, and Cao Ying agreed to search for the medicinal ingredients he needed.
• Venerable Feng suggested that Xiao Yan take twenty Dou Zongs to Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yan refused so the duel with Nalan Yanran would remain fair.
• Yao Xuan supported Xiao Yan’s decision and offered to accompany him to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yao Lao agreed that Yao Xuan could travel with Xiao Yan as long as he did not interfere in the duel.
• Yao Xuan enveloped Xiao Yan in his aura, and the two departed from the main hall.

Xiao Yan arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain with Yao Xuan to fulfill his three-year pact with Nalan Yanran. He revealed that he had reached Five-Star Dou Spirit, shocking the assembled experts, while Nalan Yanran entered the arena determined to fight.

• Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan arrived above the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Xuan not to reveal his strength unless necessary.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Xuan reached Misty Cloud Mountain, where the spectators expected Nalan Yanran to defeat the supposedly weak Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan announced that he had come to challenge the Misty Cloud Sect and fulfill the pact, and Nalan Yanran belittled him before displaying her Great Dou Master cultivation.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Five-Star Dou Spirit strength, stunning the spectators and unsettling Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Ling urged Nalan Yanran not to panic and claimed Xiao Yan's power came from a temporary secret technique, then Nalan Yanran took up her wind sword and declared she would not lose.

Xiao Yan decisively defeated Nalan Yanran in their arena duel, proving his Five-Star Dou Spirit strength was stable and bolstered by the Five-Colored Heavenly Flame. Nalan Yanran collapsed in defeat, while Yun Ling struggled to accept the result and protect the Misty Cloud Sect’s dignity.

• Nalan Yanran circled and probed Xiao Yan, believing his cultivation came from a temporary secret technique.
• Xiao Yan struck the arena with his Black Heavy Ruler, unleashing stable Dou Qi and a blast that sent Nalan Yanran flying and made her spit blood.
• Nalan Yanran rose, gathered her strength, and launched Wind Technique: Sunset Radiance at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan answered with Flame-Splitting Tsunami Ruler, and his Five-Colored Heavenly Flame clashed with Nalan Yanran’s golden wind attack.
• After the dust cleared, Nalan Yanran’s Dou Qi Armor had shattered and she collapsed to her knees, while Xiao Yan remained standing without retreating.
• Yun Ling struggled to accept Nalan Yanran’s crushing defeat as Xiao Yan told her she had lost.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Pact and burned the letter of repudiation, ending their past ties. Yun Ling then declared the match invalid and ordered Xiao Yan to remain for an examination, while Yao Xuan watched without intervening.

• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and burned the letter of repudiation, settling their marriage contract and past grudges.
• The crowd on Misty Cloud Mountain erupted in astonishment, while Yao Xuan remained calm in the stands.
• Yun Ling accused Xiao Yan of using a secret technique to fake his strength and declared the match invalid.
• Yun Ling ordered Xiao Yan to stay for a thorough examination and hovered above the arena to block his departure.
• Nalan Yanran admitted that Xiao Yan had truly beaten her, but Yun Ling dismissed her statement and told her to leave.

After Xiao Yan rejected Yun Ling’s demand to remain for an investigation, Yun Ling attacked him and was struck down by an unseen force from Yao Xuan. Yun Ling then activated the Misty Cloud Sect’s guardian formation to trap Xiao Yan, prompting Yao Xuan to enter the arena and condemn the sect.

• Xiao Yan refused Yun Ling’s demand for an inspection and started to leave the arena.
• Yun Ling attacked Xiao Yan, but Yao Xuan secretly struck him with an invisible force and sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• Yun Ling accused the gathered Battle Emperors of intervening, then insisted Xiao Yan had used forbidden techniques when they denied it.
• Yun Ling ordered the Misty Cloud Sect disciples to activate the Cloud-Smoke Sun-Covering Formation and seal Xiao Yan inside it.
• Yao Xuan stepped through the formation, landed beside Xiao Yan, and rebuked Yun Ling and the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yao Xuan killed Yun Ling after Yun Ling threatened him, and the Misty Cloud Sect’s former leader Yun Shan emerged from seclusion as a Dou Zong. The chapter left Yun Shan asking where Yun Ling was and learning that he had fallen.

• Yao Xuan’s presence stunned Jia Xingtian, Fama, and Hai Bodong with his apparent Half-Step Dou Zong strength.
• Yun Ling tried to intimidate Yao Xuan by invoking the Misty Cloud Sect’s power, but Yao Xuan treated his words as a threat.
• Yao Xuan unleashed invisible pressure that shattered Yun Ling’s meridians and annihilated him.
• Yun Shan emerged from seclusion with a Dou Zong aura, astonishing Jia Xingtian, Fama, and the others.
• Yun Shan appeared above the arena and asked where Yun Ling was, and another Misty Cloud Sect elder told him Yun Ling had fallen.