Arc 7The Soul Hall and Flame Valley

Yao Xuan destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect, rescued Qing Lin, and helped Xiao Yan prepare for a future rescue of his father while confronting Soul Hall and the Yao Clan. After reviving Yao Chen as a Dou Saint, Yao Xuan traveled with Xiao Yan to Flame Valley, where Tang Zhen faced his request for the sect’s secret technique.

  • Yao Xuan killed Yun Shan and wiped out the Misty Cloud Sect’s powerful cultivators after Xiao Yan condemned the sect’s past actions.
  • Yao Xuan killed Soul Hall Protector Wu Ying, learned that Soul Hall had abducted Xiao Zhan, and helped Xiao Yan move the Xiao Household to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
  • Yao Xuan rescued Qing Lin from Soul Hall and protected her from Qing Xuan, then helped Xiao Yan cultivate in the Life-and-Death Gate.
  • Yao Xuan refined the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill and used it to restore Yao Chen’s body, while repelling Yao Li and Yao Ye with help from Zhu Li.
  • Yao Chen awakened as a Dou Saint, defeated Yao Ye, and gave Yao Xuan the surviving soul, which Yao Xuan purified with his Myriad Souls Banner.
  • Yao Xuan reached the Initial Heavenly Soul Realm, refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame into the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame, and gave Xiao Yan a Child Flame.
  • Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan went to Flame Valley, where Yao Xuan made Fire Bodhi Pills for Tang Hu'er and asked Tang Zhen to teach him the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
Chapters 156–180 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 156The Venerable Has No Desire to Waste Words on You

Yao Xuan confronted Yun Shan over Yun Ling’s death and revealed that he was a Six-Star Battle Venerable, far stronger than the Misty Cloud Sect master. As the onlookers fled and Yun Shan tried to escape, Yao Xuan shattered the space around him and seized him with a massive Dou Qi palm.

  • Yun Shan demanded an explanation for Yun Ling’s death and threatened to kill Yao Xuan and his brother, while Yao Xuan defended the killing as justice for his brother.
  • Yun Yun arrived, comforted Nalan Yanran after her defeat, and then condemned Yao Xuan for killing a Misty Cloud Sect elder.
  • Yao Xuan criticized Yun Shan and the sect for abusing their power, then unleashed his Six-Star Battle Venerable aura before the shocked witnesses.
  • Yao Xuan told the onlookers to leave, and Jia Xingtian, Fama, and Hai Bodong immediately fled.
  • Yun Shan attempted to escape, but Yao Xuan shattered the space around him and reached for him with a massive Dou Qi palm.

Ch. 157Bearing Is Decent, but Your Strength Is Too Weak! The Misty Cloud Sect Is Destroyed!

Yao Xuan killed Yun Shan and, after Xiao Yan condemned the Misty Cloud Sect for its past actions, destroyed the sect and its cultivators. As the surviving Jia Ma Empire leaders realized how thoroughly the empire would change, Yao Xuan called out someone hiding in the mountain’s forbidden grounds.

  • Yao Xuan crushed Yun Shan to death, and Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran watched in shock.
  • Yun Yun charged Yao Xuan but was pinned down by his Battle Venerable pressure, and he asked Xiao Yan how to deal with the Misty Cloud Sect.
  • Xiao Yan blamed the sect for supporting Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement and for later slandering him and Yao Xuan.
  • Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan that enemies with the power to strike back should be eliminated, then wiped out the Misty Cloud Sect’s cultivators at the Dou Spirit level and above, including Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
  • Jia Xingtian, Fama, and Hai Bodong sensed the massacre from afar and recognized that the Jia Ma Empire would be transformed.
  • Yao Xuan sensed someone in the forbidden grounds behind the mountain and ordered them to come out.

Ch. 158Offending the Soul Hall Means Your Clan Will Face Retribution!

Yao Xuan confronted Wu Ying, a Soul Hall Protector who offered him a high-ranking position in exchange for Xiao Yan. When Wu Ying threatened Yao Xuan’s clan and reached for a spatial jade slip, Yao Xuan killed him and captured his soul.

  • Wu Ying appeared after the Misty Cloud Sect’s destruction and recognized Yao Xuan from his reputation in the Central Plains.
  • Wu Ying introduced himself as a ground-rank Soul Hall Protector and offered Yao Xuan a Venerable Elder position, cultivation resources, and a path to becoming a Heaven Venerable.
  • Wu Ying revealed that Yao Xuan had to hand over Xiao Yan to complete the deal, and Xiao Yan sensed the danger.
  • Wu Ying threatened Yao Xuan, the Starfall Pavilion, his clan, and his relatives, then prepared to use a spatial jade slip to summon Soul Hall experts.
  • Yao Xuan appeared behind Wu Ying, crushed his body before he could use the jade slip, and seized his surviving soul.

Ch. 159The Xiao Clan's Past, the Xiao Household's Crisis

Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Household descended from the once-powerful Xiao Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans, and warned that Wu Ying had likely targeted them. They discovered Clan Chief Xiao Zhan had been abducted, and Yao Xuan searched Wu Ying’s soul for information, leaving Xiao Yan waiting to learn where his father was.

  • Yao Xuan revealed that Xiao Yan’s family belonged to the Ancient Eight Clans and suspected Wu Ying had targeted the Xiao Household because of its past.
  • Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan rushed to Wu Tan City, where they found the Xiao Household unharmed but Xiao Zhan missing.
  • The First Elder told Xiao Yan that Xiao Zhan had vanished half a month earlier and gave him the Xiao Household’s ancestral Tou She Ancient God Jade.
  • Yao Xuan confirmed Wu Ying had abducted Xiao Zhan and summoned Wu Ying’s bound soul to question him.
  • Wu Ying threatened Yao Xuan, who tortured and searched his soul before destroying it; Xiao Yan then asked where his father was.

Ch. 160Hai Bodong: A Fortune Delivered to His Door! Jia Xingtian: Poor Hai Bodong

After learning that Soul Hall had taken Xiao Yan’s father to its core territory, Yao Xuan stopped Xiao Yan from rushing to rescue him and helped him plan the Xiao Household’s relocation. Yao Xuan approached Hai Bodong to recruit him as the clan’s protector, while Jia Xingtian feared the Miter Lineage would share the Misty Cloud Sect’s fate.

  • Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan that Soul Hall had taken Clan Head Xiao to its core territory and that the Ancient Jade kept him safe for now.
  • Yao Xuan restrained Xiao Yan from charging into Soul Hall and urged him to grow stronger before attempting a rescue.
  • Xiao Yan decided to move the Xiao Household from Wu Tan City to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, and Yao Xuan proposed finding an expert to protect them.
  • Yao Xuan traveled to the Miter Lineage residence and asked Hai Bodong to guard the Xiao Household, offering to help him reach the Dou Zong realm or higher.
  • Jia Xingtian sensed Yao Xuan at the Miter Lineage and worried that Hai Bodong and the Miter Lineage would suffer the same fate as the Misty Cloud Sect.

Ch. 161The Alchemist's Allure! Guaranteed Admission to Dou Zong

Yao Xuan restored Hai Bodong’s strength and raised him to the Nine-Star Battle Emperor Realm, securing his promise to protect the Xiao Household after its relocation to the Imperial Capital. With the Xiao Household safely settled, Yao Xuan told Xiao Yan they needed to grow stronger before attempting to rescue the Xiao Clan Head, and suggested the Misty Cloud Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate.

  • Yao Xuan refined a Purple Recovery Pill that healed Hai Bodong’s hidden injuries and restored him to his Peak Five-Star Battle Emperor strength.
  • Yao Xuan refined an Emperor’s Pill that raised Hai Bodong to the Nine-Star Battle Emperor Realm, then gave him pills to support his future cultivation and Dou Zong breakthrough.
  • Hai Bodong promised to house and protect the Xiao Household in the Miter Lineage’s western courtyard complex.
  • Xiao Yan and the Xiao Household’s leaders brought the clan from Wu Tan City to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, where Yao Xuan introduced Hai Bodong as their protector.
  • Yao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to focus on gaining strength before confronting the Soul Hall and proposed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate instead of returning to Starfall Pavilion.

Ch. 162A Flame Divided into Yin and Yang, a Realm Concealing Life and Death! Yin-Yang Twin Flame

Yao Xuan brought Xiao Yan to the Misty Cloud Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate so he could cultivate in its powerful secret realm. After discovering a hidden Yin-Yang Twin Flame Origin, Yao Xuan left Xiao Yan there and set out to seize the Soul Origins stored at a nearby Soul Hall branch.

  • Yao Xuan explained that the Life-and-Death Gate could help Xiao Yan consolidate his foundations and advance, so they flew to the ruined Misty Cloud Mountain.
  • Yao Xuan broke the seal on the Life-and-Death Gate and entered the secret realm with Xiao Yan, where dense spiritual energy filled the air.
  • Yao Xuan examined the realm and discovered its miniature origin space structure and a concealed wisp of Yin-Yang Twin Flame Origin.
  • Yao Xuan let Xiao Yan remain in the realm to cultivate while he left to handle an important matter.
  • Yao Xuan recalled Wu Ying’s memories of the Northwest Soul Hall Branch and headed there to obtain its stored Soul Origins.

Ch. 163Ten-Thousand Souls Lair, Seven-Star Dou Zongs Made as Easily as Rotten Fish

Yao Xuan attacked Soul Hall’s Ten-Thousand Souls Lair in Cloud Empire, destroyed its guards, and seized its stored Soul Origin. After extracting the location and strength of the Heavenly Heart Branch Hall from Mu Protector, he set off toward his next target.

  • Yao Xuan used Wu Ying’s memories to locate the Ten-Thousand Souls Lair, an outer Soul Hall stronghold in Cloud Empire.
  • Mu Protector and the lair’s Soul Hall guards confronted Yao Xuan, but he killed the guards and captured Mu Protector’s soul.
  • Yao Xuan searched Mu Protector’s memories and learned the Heavenly Heart Branch Hall’s location, personnel, and strength.
  • Yao Xuan collected the lair’s small stockpile of Soul Origin, destroyed the stronghold, and headed toward the Heavenly Heart Empire.

Ch. 164Heavenly Heart Branch Hall, Reuniting with Qing Lin

Yao Xuan infiltrated Soul Hall’s Heavenly Heart Branch Hall and discovered Qing Lin imprisoned there. He unleashed his full power against the hall’s two Three-Star Battle Venerable elders, and the chapter ended as he attacked them with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method.

  • Yao Xuan reached the Heavenly Heart Branch Hall in the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils and secretly investigated its defenses.
  • Yao Xuan sensed Qing Lin imprisoned under soul-locking restrictions and found her aura weak.
  • Yao Xuan revealed his Battle Venerable pressure, drawing out the two elders guarding the branch hall.
  • Yao Xuan displayed the power of a Six-Star Battle Venerable and struck at the elders with the Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm.
  • Yao Xuan appeared behind the elders and unleashed the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method, filling the sky with Heavenly Flames.

Ch. 165Destroying the Hall! Qing Lin's Concealment

Yao Xuan destroyed the Heavenly Heart Branch Hall, rescued Qing Lin, and seized the branch’s Soul Origin and soul-gathering formation. He brought Qing Lin out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils, and she chose to accompany him to Starfall Pavilion rather than return to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture.

  • Yao Xuan killed the two Soul Hall venerables guarding the branch hall and burned its remaining members to ash.
  • Yao Xuan found Qing Lin unconscious in the underground prison, freed her from the soul-locking chains, and restored her health.
  • Qing Lin refused to explain why Soul Hall had captured her, and Yao Xuan did not press her.
  • Yao Xuan collected the Soul Origin light clusters and stored the soul-gathering formation foundation in his Storage Ring.
  • Yao Xuan offered to take Qing Lin to Starfall Pavilion or the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and Qing Lin chose Starfall Pavilion.
  • Yao Xuan and Qing Lin left the Valley of Ten Thousand Evils, where Qing Lin remarked that he had grown even stronger.

Ch. 166Half-Step Heavenly Realm, Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture

Yao Xuan used the Soul Origin he had gathered to break through to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection while Qing Lin guarded him. The Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture arrived to seize Qing Lin and force her into an arranged marriage, but Yao Xuan intervened and challenged him over a past promise.

  • Yao Xuan asked Qing Lin what had happened at the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and she denied suffering any hardship.
  • Yao Xuan promised Qing Lin she would be safe at Starfall Pavilion, then asked her to guard him while he cultivated in the valley.
  • Yao Xuan absorbed Soul Origin through the Divine Soul Canon and advanced from Mid-Stage Spirit Realm to Spirit Realm Grand Perfection.
  • The Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture arrived and accused Qing Lin of fleeing, then tried to bind her and take her back to marry.
  • Qing Lin refused to marry, and Yao Xuan appeared before her, revealing his Six-Star Battle Venerable aura.
  • Yao Xuan confronted Qing Xuan, the Master of the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, about a promise he had made and whether Green Man had conveyed his words.

Ch. 167What Can Be Solved with Pills Is No Problem

Yao Xuan confronted Qing Xuan over the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture’s attempt to force Qing Lin into marriage, then spared him after Qing Lin pleaded for mercy. After returning to the Life-and-Death Gate, Yao Xuan prepared to leave for the Central Plains with Xiao Yan, who offered him the Yin-Yang Twin Flame.

  • Qing Xuan recognized Yao Xuan and admitted that the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture had wanted Qing Lin to marry Qing Hai, prompting her to flee.
  • Yao Xuan nearly killed Qing Xuan, but Qing Lin asked him to spare the prefecture; Yao Xuan severed Qing Xuan’s right arm and ordered him to leave Qing Lin alone.
  • Qing Lin chose not to return to the Heavenly Serpent Prefecture, and she left with Yao Xuan for Starfall Pavilion.
  • Yao Xuan returned to the Life-and-Death Gate and found that Xiao Yan had reached One-Star Dou King, though his Dou Qi and foundation were unstable.
  • Yao Xuan pulled out the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and offered to help Xiao Yan refine it, but Xiao Yan urged Yao Xuan to absorb it for the Flame Mantra instead.
  • Yao Xuan said they would set off for the Central Plains immediately, while Xiao Yan said his existing wisp of the flame was enough for him.

Ch. 168Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill, Nine-Colored Pill Lightning!

Yao Xuan gathered the ingredients for the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill and refined it with the Life Spirit Flame to revive Yao Lao. The pill drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, and Yao Lao warned that its power could kill Yao Xuan and destroy the pill.

  • Yao Lao promised Xiao Yan that Starfall Pavilion would help rescue his father.
  • Venerable Feng told Yao Xuan that the Pill Tower had found the medicinal ingredients he needed.
  • Yao Xuan extracted Heavenly Phoenix Marrow from a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, completing the pill’s ingredients.
  • Yao Xuan rejected Yao Lao’s offer to help and explained that only the Life Spirit Flame could refine the pill safely.
  • Yao Xuan refined the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill in the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron, and it drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
  • Yao Lao warned that the lightning was as powerful as a peak Nine-Star Battle Venerable and could kill Yao Xuan while destroying the pill.

Ch. 169Clearwind Saint: This Old Man Will Help You One Last Time!

Yao Xuan faced the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning threatening to destroy his pill and kill him, then used his Heavenly Flame formation and Azure Wind Sage’s remains to withstand the tribulation. The Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill was successfully formed, and the thunderclouds over Starfall Pavilion dispersed.

  • Yao Lao rejected Venerable Feng’s offer to help and decided to destroy Yao Xuan’s pill to save his life, but Yao Xuan told him to trust him.
  • Yao Xuan unleashed six Heavenly Flames to form the Six-Unity Separation Flame Heaven-Locking Formation and blocked the first three bolts of pill lightning with his body.
  • Yao Xuan controlled the formation to withstand five more lightning bolts, but the fire formation cracked and neared collapse after the eighth.
  • Yao Xuan summoned Azure Wind Sage’s remains, which blocked the ninth Chaos Lightning Punishment without taking damage.
  • The thunderclouds dispersed, and the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill floated out of the Huan Yuan Heavenly Cauldron.

Ch. 170Medicine Xuan's Resurrection Was Cut Short by the Yao Clan's Pressure!

Medicine Xuan began resurrecting Medicine Lao by transferring his soul into a preserved One-Star Dou Sheng body with the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill. As Medicine Lao showed signs of revival, two white-robed figures arrived and disrupted the process.

  • Medicine Xuan prepared the Dou Sheng corpse and the Nine-Revolution Soul-Sculpting Life Pill, then asked Venerable Feng and the others to guard the resurrection site.
  • Medicine Lao swallowed the pill and entered the corpse as Medicine Xuan used his soul power and the pill’s essence to guide the fusion.
  • Medicine Lao endured the Saint body’s rejection while the corpse gradually regained color and began radiating Saintly pressure.
  • A terrifying force shook Starfall Pavilion and destabilized the resurrection, so Medicine Xuan rushed above the pavilion.
  • Two white-robed figures emerged from a split in space, and one said he had been searching for the castoff.

Ch. 171Yao Clan Clan Pattern, Nine-Star Battle Venerable!

Yao Ye and Yao Li confronted Yao Xuan and the others while Yao Chen reconstructed his body, and Yao Xuan battled Yao Li with his six fused Heavenly Flames. Yao Xuan initially suppressed Yao Li, but Yao Li activated the Yao Clan Clan Pattern and advanced to the Nine-Star Battle Venerable tier.

  • Yao Ye and Yao Li arrived to avenge Yao Xing Tong, and Yao Li attacked Yao Xuan while Yao Ye recognized that Yao Chen was rebuilding his body.
  • Yao Li's attack sent Venerable Feng and Heavenly Flame Venerable flying, but Yao Xuan shielded them and sent them to protect Yao Chen.
  • Yao Xuan summoned and fused six Heavenly Flames, then trapped Yao Li with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method and struck him with the Profound Flame Suppressing Wilderness Palm.
  • Yao Xuan's attacks forced Yao Li to retreat, prompting Yao Li to activate the Yao Clan Clan Pattern and rise to the Nine-Star Battle Venerable tier.

Ch. 172Fire Lotus Half-Formed, the Fury of a Half-Saint!

Yao Xuan used his superior soul power to stun Yao Li and struck him with a half-formed Four-Colored Fire Lotus, severely wounding him despite Yao Ye’s intervention. Yao Ye turned his killing intent on Yao Xuan while Yao Lao’s resurrection faltered, and Zi Yan demanded that a hidden observer stop standing by.

  • Yao Xuan used the Golden Firmament Soul-Suppressing Seal to briefly stun Yao Li and slow Yao Ye.
  • Yao Xuan formed and hurled a half-formed Four-Colored Fire Lotus at Yao Li before Yao Ye could stop him.
  • Yao Li tried to shatter the Fire Lotus head-on, but its explosion severely wounded him and extinguished his Yao Clan marking.
  • Yao Ye rescued the unconscious Yao Li, then threatened Yao Xuan as his Half-Saint pressure and soul power surged toward him.
  • Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor worried over Yao Lao’s faltering resurrection and Yao Xuan’s danger, while Zi Yan demanded that the hidden observer intervene.

Ch. 173Let It End Here—Step Back While You Still Can, and Do Not Lose the Bearing of a Great Clan

Zhu Li intervened when Yao Ye attacked Yao Xuan, using his overwhelming strength to force the Yao Clan elder to withdraw. Yao Ye escaped after vowing to kill Yao Xuan, and Yao Xuan thanked Zhu Li for saving him.

  • Zhu Li emerged from a spatial crack and dispelled Yao Ye's pressure and attack, while Zi Yan rushed to check that Yao Xuan was safe.
  • Zi Yan demanded that Zhu Li teach Yao Ye a lesson and promised to return to Dragon Island if he did.
  • Zhu Li warned Yao Ye to end the dispute and unleashed his Advanced Half-Saint pressure, forcing Yao Ye to recognize their difference in strength.
  • Yao Ye restrained himself from fighting Zhu Li, threatened Yao Xuan with future revenge, and fled through a spatial crack with Yao Li.
  • Zi Yan protested that Zhu Li had let Yao Ye escape, while Zhu Li explained that he had to consider the Yao Clan's standing and Yao Xuan thanked him for intervening.

Ch. 174Yao Chen's Resurrection! One-Star Dou Saint

Yao Xuan used his six Heavenly Flames to help Yao Chen complete his rebirth in a One-Star Dou Saint body. After Zhu Li took Zi Yan to Dragon Island, Yao Ye turned back toward Starfall Pavilion, determined to kill Yao Xuan and steal his Heavenly Flames.

  • Zhu Li gave Yao Xuan a golden dragon scale for summoning his help, then took Zi Yan to Dragon Island after Yao Xuan urged her to go.
  • Venerable Feng told Yao Xuan that the Half-Saint pressure had disrupted Yao Chen’s soul-body reconstruction and left it in danger of failing.
  • Yao Xuan used his six Heavenly Flames to dissolve the ancient imprints in the Dou Saint body and weaken its rejection of Yao Chen’s soul.
  • Yao Chen’s soul merged completely with the body, restoring his youthful appearance and awakening him as a One-Star Dou Saint.
  • Yao Ye ordered Yao Li to return to the Medicine Realm and headed back toward Starfall Pavilion to kill Yao Xuan and seize his Heavenly Flames for Xing Ji.

Ch. 175A Frog at the Bottom of a Well, Blind to Heaven and Earth! The First Battle of a Dou Saint

Yao Lao revived as a One-Star Dou Saint, transforming Starfall Pavilion’s standing and confronting Yao Ye when he returned to kill Yao Xuan. Yao Lao destroyed Yao Ye’s body, but Yao Xuan intervened before he could finish off Yao Ye’s soul.

  • Yao Lao awakened after his revival and breakthrough to the Dou Saint Realm, and he thanked Yao Xuan for his efforts.
  • Yao Ye returned to Starfall Pavilion, saw that Yao Lao had revived, and challenged him despite Yao Lao’s warning.
  • Yao Ye attacked, but Yao Lao’s Dou Saint pressure stopped him and revealed the difference between their realms.
  • Yao Lao crushed Yao Ye’s body, leaving only his soul, and prepared to destroy it.
  • Yao Xuan stepped forward and asked Yao Lao to spare Yao Ye.

Ch. 176Self-Made Myriad Souls Banner! Did I Become an Evil Cultivator?

Yao Xuan spared Yao Ye’s soul and forged a portable Myriad Souls Banner to purify it into pure Heavenly Realm soul origin. In the Medicine Realm, Yao Xingji discovered that Yao Ye’s name had gone dark on the Soul Stele, and he and Yao Li realized Yao Ye might have perished.

  • Yao Lao sealed Yao Ye’s surviving soul and gave it to Yao Xuan after learning he could purify it with a Soul Hall array.
  • Yao Xuan reproduced the Soul Purification Array inside an iron spirit banner, forging a Myriad Souls Banner and binding it to himself.
  • Yao Xuan sacrificed Yao Ye’s soul to the banner, which stripped away Yao Ye’s memories and consciousness and purified his soul origin.
  • Yao Xingji saw Yao Ye’s name go dark on the Soul Stele and rushed to Yao Li to ask where his father had gone.
  • Yao Li rejected the possibility that Yao Xuan had killed Yao Ye, insisting Yao Xuan was only a Battle Venerable.

Ch. 177Remember, They Bear the Yao Name!

Yao Li told Yao Wangu that Yao Xuan possessed six Heavenly Flames and that Yao Ye had gone back to seize them, while Yao Wangu focused on claiming the flames. Yao Wanhuo revealed that Yao Ye was dead and Yao Chen had become a Dou Saint, then ordered Yao Wangu to invite Yao Chen and Yao Xuan back to the Yao Clan.

  • Yao Li explained that he and Yao Ye had left the Medicine Realm to avenge Xing Tong, but Yao Xuan defeated him with six Heavenly Flames and a Void Ancient Dragon Half-Saint intervened.
  • Yao Li said Yao Ye had turned back to pursue Yao Xuan's Heavenly Flames, and Yao Wangu assigned Yao Li a year of pill refining in the Punishment Hall before asking where Yao Xuan and Yao Chen were hiding.
  • Yao Li identified Starfall Pavilion as their refuge, and Yao Wangu considered going after the six Heavenly Flames.
  • Yao Wanhuo arrived and told Yao Wangu that Yao Ye was dead, Yao Chen had advanced to Dou Saint, and Yao Xuan had reached Six-Star Battle Venerable without the clan's resources.
  • Yao Wanhuo warned Yao Wangu not to bully the two and urged him to lower himself and invite them back to the Yao Clan.

Ch. 178Heavenly Soul Realm, Departing for Flame Valley

Yao Xuan used Yao Ye's purified Heavenly Soul Realm soul origin and a custom pill to break through to the Initial Heavenly Soul Realm. After discussing the Human Emperor Banner with Yao Lao, he agreed to handle Tang Zhen's request to refine a pill in Flame Valley.

  • Yao Xuan absorbed Yao Ye's purified soul origin, bringing his soul to the brink of the Heavenly Soul Realm.
  • Yao Xuan gathered four rare soul-nourishing herbs and Yao Ling's blood essence, then refined a seventh-tier realm-breaking pill.
  • Yao Xuan swallowed the pill and broke through to the Initial Heavenly Soul Realm.
  • Yao Xuan named the Myriad Souls Banner the Human Emperor Banner and showed it to Yao Lao.
  • Yao Lao told Yao Xuan that Tang Zhen had invited him to Flame Valley to refine a pill, and asked Yao Xuan to go in his place.

Ch. 179Seven Heavenly Flames, Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame

Yao Xuan refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, fused it into his seven-flame foundation, and named the resulting power the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame. He and Xiao Yan traveled to Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen’s daughter, where Tang Zhen was astonished by Yao Xuan’s strength.

  • Yao Xuan refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame and fused it with his six other Heavenly Flames to form the Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame.
  • Yao Xuan gave Xiao Yan a Child Flame of his new flame after Xiao Yan reached the Three-Star Dou Wang realm.
  • Yao Lao sent Yao Xuan to Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Hu'er and asked Xiao Yan to accompany him.
  • Yao Xuan and Xiao Yan traveled to Flame Valley and met Tang Zhen at the mountain gate.
  • Tang Zhen sensed that Yao Xuan’s strength surpassed his own and respectfully welcomed the pair into Flame Valley.

Ch. 180Seventh-Rank Pill—I Can Do It Alone! Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame!

Yao Xuan agreed to save Tang Hu'er by refining a Fire Bodhi Pill, then used his Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame to prove he could handle Flame Valley’s Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame. After refining the pill alone, he asked Tang Zhen to let him learn Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.

  • Tang Zhen explained that Tang Hu'er was dying from fire poison after her failed attempt to refine the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, and asked Yao Xuan to make a Fire Bodhi Pill.
  • Yao Xuan’s Mystic Dragon Firmament Ember Flame frightened the Nine-Dragon Thunder Flame, convincing Tang Zhen that he could refine the pill without assistance.
  • Yao Xuan entered Flame Valley’s alchemy chamber alone and completed two-pattern Fire Bodhi Pills in an hour.
  • Tang Zhen gave the pills to Tang Hu'er and thanked Yao Xuan, who asked to learn Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame.
  • Tang Zhen faced an awkward choice because the requested technique was Flame Valley’s closely guarded secret, while Yao Xuan had been promised anything he asked for.
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