Recaps

Tian Huangzi brought Feng Qing'er back to the Wind Lightning Pavilion, where she agreed to represent it at the Four Pavilions Assembly. Her return restored the pavilion’s hopes of winning, and its leaders considered making Tian Huangzi an honorary elder to strengthen their ties to him and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• After Feng Qing'er disappeared, the Wind Lightning Pavilion struggled to suppress rumors and began training a replacement chief disciple for the approaching Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Tian Huangzi returned to the Wind Lightning Pavilion with Feng Qing'er, whose Six-Star Dou Zong cultivation far surpassed the other pavilions’ chief disciples.
• At Tian Huangzi’s direction, Feng Qing'er agreed to represent the Wind Lightning Pavilion again and continued to acknowledge Thunder Venerable as her teacher.
• The Wind Lightning Pavilion’s leadership welcomed Feng Qing'er’s return and set aside most of their resentment because she gave them a strong chance to win the assembly.
• Tian Huangzi’s bloodline inheritances and essence-blood baptism had greatly strengthened Feng Qing'er, leading the pavilion’s leadership to consider making him an honorary elder.

Tian Huangzi accepted the position of Honorary Pavilion Master of the Wind Lightning Pavilion and assigned the pavilion a task. He then told Feng Qing'er she would join them, revealing that their mission was to kill Xiao Yan.

• Thunder Venerable offered Tian Huangzi the Wind Lightning Pavilion's honorary leadership without requiring him to fulfill any obligations.
• Tian Huangzi accepted the position, and the Wind Lightning Pavilion's leadership bowed to him.
• Tian Huangzi asked the Wind Lightning Pavilion to carry out a task, and Thunder Venerable agreed to assign elders and disciples to it.
• After Thunder Venerable and the others left, Tian Huangzi told Feng Qing'er she would take part in the mission.
• Tian Huangzi revealed that the task was to kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached Wind Lightning Pavilion and decided to enter the Four Pavilions Assembly. Yao Lao hoped the competition would help establish Xiao Yan’s standing in Starfall Pavilion, while Tian Huangzi’s plans for Xiao Yan remained unknown to him.

• After a month of travel, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at Thunder Mountain in Wind Lightning Pavilion’s territory.
• Yao Lao recalled his old friend Thunder Venerable and reflected on how Wind Lightning Pavilion had surpassed Starfall Pavilion since his disappearance.
• At a checkpoint, Xiao Yan consulted Yao Lao and chose to compete in the Four Pavilions Assembly, and Nalan Yanran agreed to join him.
• The Wind Lightning Pavilion deacon directed Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to the assessment point, where other potential competitors were waiting.
• Yao Lao hoped Xiao Yan’s performance would secure his position in Starfall Pavilion when they returned.

Candidates faced a cultivation and combat assessment for the Four Pavilions Assembly, and Nalan Yanran shocked the crowd by matching the examiner in their fifth exchange. Xiao Yan still awaited his assessment as the chapter ended.

• A Five-Star Battle Emperor passed the purple-robed old man's assessment after enduring five strikes, including a powerful Dou Technique.
• After several more candidates failed, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the front of the line.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that she was an Eight-Star Dou Emperor with unusually solid Dou Qi, startling the examiner and onlookers.
• Nalan Yanran blocked the first four strikes, then took the initiative in the fifth exchange and clashed evenly with the examiner using her sword.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran passed the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s entrance assessment and settled in as contestants for the Four Pavilions Assembly. The assembly began after they had waited at the pavilion for about half a month, while the Thunder Venerable remained puzzled by an order to target Xiao Yan.

• Nalan Yanran passed her assessment by demonstrating her swordsmanship, then Xiao Yan revealed eight-star Dou Emperor cultivation and passed after breaking the elder’s powerful lightning sword with a casual punch.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran registered their information at the third checkpoint and received separate contestant lodgings at the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• The pavilion leadership received a report describing Xiao Yan as an eight-star Dou Emperor who might be concealing his strength, and the Thunder Venerable questioned why Tian Huangzi had ordered him targeted.
• After Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran had stayed at the pavilion for roughly half a month, a pavilion member informed them that the Four Pavilions Assembly had begun.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran arrived at the Four Pavilions Assembly and watched as the pavilion masters gathered. With Venner’s arrival, all four Venerables were present and the Assembly was set to begin.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran reached the Azure Square and waited with the other contestants for the Assembly to begin.
• Thunder Venerable arrived at the northern pavilion, followed by Sword Venerable, who noticed Nalan Yanran’s fighting spirit and looked forward to her matches.
• Yellow Springs Venerable arrived and traded insults with Sword Venerable, nearly provoking a fight before Thunder Venerable could intervene.
• Venner arrived at the southern pavilion, ending the brewing conflict and completing the gathering of the Four Pavilions’ masters.

Yao Lao recognized Venner and decided to wait until Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran finished competing before approaching him. Thunder Venerable opened the Four Pavilions Assembly’s melee, and Feng Qing’er entered with an unexpected target in mind.

• Yao Lao recognized his old friend Venner, but told Xiao Yan they would meet him after the competition.
• Venner greeted Thunder Venerable and Sword Venerable, while Yellow Springs Venerable ignored him.
• Thunder Venerable welcomed the crowd, announced that fifty-five contestants would fight until eight remained, and called them into the arena.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and the other contestants entered the arena as the crowd cheered.
• Feng Qing’er, Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen joined the contestants, and Feng Qing’er searched for her chosen target.

Tian Huangzi watched the Four Pavilions Assembly, curious about Xiao Yan and carrying out Xiao Lin’s request to make things difficult for him. When the contest began, a dozen contestants rushed to attack Xiao Yan, while Nalan Yanran left to face a target of her own.

• Lu Zimo faced ridicule from Wu Qing and Jiang Qin after his claim that Feng Qing'er would not represent the Wind Lightning Pavilion proved false.
• Tian Huangzi arrived beside Thunder Venerable and revealed that he had told the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Feng Qing'er not to hold back against Xiao Yan.
• Thunder Venerable announced the start of the selection round, and contestants scanned the arena for opponents.
• A dozen contestants charged toward Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran as Feng Qing'er, Mu Qingluan, Tang Ying, and Wang Chen attacked nearby opponents.
• Xiao Yan agreed to face the group himself, and Nalan Yanran left the encirclement to fight someone else.

Xiao Yan faced twelve Dou Emperors who had joined forces against him, while Nalan Yanran sought out Tang Ying to test her sword against the Myriad Sword Pavilion’s Chief Disciple. The chapter left Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying locked in a fierce sword duel as Xiao Yan fought his twelve opponents.

• Xiao Yan questioned the twelve Dou Emperors surrounding him, then charged at them when they refused to explain why they were targeting him.
• Nalan Yanran left Xiao Yan and challenged Tang Ying, the Peak Dou Emperor and Chief Disciple of the Myriad Sword Pavilion.
• Nalan Yanran drew her sword and declared that she had come to test it against Tang Ying, whose attitude turned serious when he recognized her as a Sword Cultivator.
• Tang Ying drew his own sword, and the two clashed before unleashing Wind's Extremity-Annihilation and Blade Dance against each other.

Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying fought fiercely in the Azure Square, with Tang Ying ultimately overpowering her sword qi. The battle pushed Nalan Yanran into a breakthrough to the Nine-Star Dou Emperor realm, and as she stabilized her cultivation, an unknown shadow crept toward them.

• Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying exchanged sword attacks in the air, sustaining only superficial injuries as nearby spectators fled their crossfire.
• Tang Ying admired Nalan Yanran’s skill and asked her name, while Nalan Yanran remained focused and uninterested in his growing attraction to her.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Heaven-Raising Nine Swords-Slay the Netherworld, but Tang Ying’s Sword Shadow World Annihilation shattered her sword qi and sent her flying with a bleeding mouth.
• Nalan Yanran steadied herself in midair and broke through to the Nine-Star Dou Emperor realm, while Tang Ying waited without interrupting her cultivation.
• A shadow stealthily approached Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying as neither noticed it.

Xiao Yan defeated the five remaining Dou Emperors who had been paid by a concealed employer to target him, but he still did not learn who had hired them. As he turned to address the defeated fighters, he spotted a dark figure sneaking toward Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying during their breakthroughs and rushed to protect them.

• Xiao Yan asked the five remaining Dou Emperors who had hired them, and one explained that a person with a concealed identity had offered each of them payment to target him.
• The five Dou Emperors launched their Dou Techniques together, but Xiao Yan blocked the attack with the Mystic Light Barrier.
• Xiao Yan detonated the barrier to blind and disorient the five Dou Emperors, then knocked them all down with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• The five Dou Emperors surrendered, and Xiao Yan noticed a dark figure approaching Nalan Yanran and Tang Ying as they broke through.
• Xiao Yan charged toward Nalan Yanran to stop the approaching figure.

Wang Chen secretly attacked Tang Ying and Nalan Yanran while Nalan Yanran stabilized her breakthrough, with the Yellow Springs Venerable approving his scheme. Xiao Yan arrived in time to destroy both attacks with green flame, leaving the assembly stunned.

• Wang Chen recognized Nalan Yanran as a threat and received the Yellow Springs Venerable’s tacit approval to eliminate her and Tang Ying.
• Wang Chen crept toward Tang Ying and Nalan Yanran as Nalan Yanran stabilized her cultivation and Tang Ying stood guard.
• Wang Chen launched his Bone-Eroding Round Dagger Dance at Tang Ying and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan appeared beside Nalan Yanran, told her to keep stabilizing her cultivation, and burned away both incoming shadows with green flame.

Xiao Yan stopped Wang Chen’s sneak attack on Tang Ying and Nalan Yanran, angering the Yellow Springs Pavilion and drawing the Sword Venerable’s gratitude. After Tang Ying realized Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran were together, Xiao Yan claimed Wang Chen as his opponent, leaving Wang Chen facing an imminent fight.

• The Sword Venerable confronted the Yellow Springs Venerable over Wang Chen’s attack, while the Yellow Springs Venerable dismissed the complaint and the Sword Venerable vowed to oppose his pavilion.
• Tang Ying thanked Xiao Yan, then became heartbroken when he noticed Xiao Yan holding Nalan Yanran’s hand.
• Xiao Yan realized Tang Ying had feelings for Nalan Yanran and privately resented him for it.
• Tang Ying condemned Wang Chen’s sneak attack and challenged him, but Xiao Yan interrupted Wang Chen’s threat.
• Xiao Yan told Tang Ying that Wang Chen was his opponent, then prepared to fight as Wang Chen faced him.

Xiao Yan retaliated against Wang Chen for attacking Nalan Yanran, overwhelming him in their duel. After Wang Chen unleashed the costly Yellow Springs Blood Art and Yellow Spring Corpse Arm, Xiao Yan’s Wandering Body Flame struck him down and left him barely conscious.

• Xiao Yan pursued Wang Chen and broke his left arm with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Wang Chen, enraged by his humiliation, used the Yellow Springs Blood Art and transformed his arm with the Yellow Spring Corpse Arm.
• Xiao Yan countered with the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler-Wandering Body Flame and escaped the collision.
• The clash devastated the square and sent Wang Chen crashing across it.
• Wang Chen coughed blood and found Xiao Yan’s green flame burning inside his body as Xiao Yan emerged unharmed.

Xiao Yan defeated Wang Chen after he attacked Nalan Yanran, prompting Yellow Springs Venerable to threaten him until the other pavilion leaders invoked the Assembly’s rules. The grand melee ended with Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Feng Qing’er, Tang Ying, Mu Qingluan, and three other fighters advancing to the final eight.

• Xiao Yan knocked Wang Chen unconscious after Wang Chen’s attack on Nalan Yanran crossed his line.
• Yellow Springs Venerable gathered Dou Qi and threatened Xiao Yan, but Sword Venerable, Feng Xian, and Thunder Venerable warned him not to break the Assembly’s rules.
• Tian Huangzi told Thunder Venerable to make his own choice, and Thunder Venerable upheld the rules rather than join Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Tang Ying went to eliminate the remaining competitors after exchanging names with Xiao Yan, while Nalan Yanran stabilized her cultivation and thanked him.
• Feng Qing’er suspected Xiao Yan had reached Dou Zong cultivation and hurried to clear the field.
• An hour after Xiao Yan defeated Wang Chen, the final eight were determined, including Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Feng Qing’er, Tang Ying, and Mu Qingluan.

After the free-for-all left eight contestants, the Thunder Venerable explained the Challenge Tournament rules. Feng Qing'er claimed first place and revealed she was a Dou Zong, prompting Xiao Yan to challenge her and reveal that he was also a Dou Zong; their duel would decide the championship.

• The Thunder Venerable announced that the eight survivors could challenge for ranks and had three chances each.
• Feng Qing'er stepped forward to claim first place and revealed her Dou Zong cultivation, startling the other contestants.
• Feng Qing'er fixed a provocative gaze on Xiao Yan, and Nalan Yanran urged him to teach her a lesson.
• Xiao Yan accepted the challenge, unleashed his own Dou Zong aura, and said he wanted first place.
• Feng Qing'er admitted she had been waiting for Xiao Yan to challenge her, setting their battle to determine the championship.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er began their match for first place after shocking the spectators with their Dou Zong cultivation. The chapter left them locked in a fierce opening clash of wind, lightning, and fire.

• The Sword Venerable, other Venerables, and spectators were stunned by Xiao Yan's five-star Dou Zong cultivation and Feng Qing'er's six-star Dou Zong cultivation, while Yellow Springs Venerable began plotting against Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran, Tang Ying, and Mu Qingluan competed for third through fifth place, and the remaining contestants competed for sixth through eighth.
• Xiao Yan asked Feng Qing'er to reveal who was targeting him, and she confirmed his suspicion before insisting that he defeat her first.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er began their match, unleashing a sea of flames and a storm of wind and lightning across the bluestone square.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er traded their opening attacks, and their elemental forces shook the square and frightened the spectators below Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er clashed in close combat, with Feng Qing'er’s magical beast physique giving her the initial advantage. Xiao Yan countered with a soul-infused sonic Dou Technique, leaving their contest roughly even as Feng Qing'er retaliated in anger.

• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er charged into the clash between their lightning storm and sea of flames and fought hand to hand.
• Feng Qing'er overpowered Xiao Yan physically, and Xiao Yan realized he had wrongly challenged a magical beast’s strength.
• Feng Qing'er used her speed and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to pursue Xiao Yan and strike him.
• Xiao Yan used the Lion-Tiger Shattering Gold Chant infused with Spirit Realm Soul Power to stun Feng Qing'er, then punched her in the abdomen.
• Feng Qing'er recovered, erupted in lightning, and forced Xiao Yan back as spectators watched the two fighters remain roughly evenly matched.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er escalated their duel as she battered his defenses and unleashed the Wind-Slaying Finger. Xiao Yan countered with the third seal of the Emperor Seal Art, and their clash devastated the bluestone plaza, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Feng Qing'er controlled colored silk attacks that pursued Xiao Yan, but he seized and refined one strip with his green flames.
• Feng Qing'er sent a barrage of colored silk at Xiao Yan, driving him and his ruler-shadow defense deep into the plaza.
• Feng Qing'er wove the silk into a giant phoenix, empowered it with her essence blood, and used the Wind-Slaying Finger against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the hole with the Earth-Covering Seal and struck Feng Qing'er's beam head-on.
• The collision wrecked nearly the entire bluestone plaza, while the outcome of Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er's duel remained uncertain.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er resumed their evenly matched battle after each used a technique to raise their Dou Zong cultivation. Feng Qing'er aimed to prove herself to her young master, while Xiao Yan chose to keep his remaining trump cards hidden.

• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan that her young master thought highly of him, then refused to explain and challenged Xiao Yan to defeat her first.
• Feng Qing'er used Bloodline Spirit Devour to absorb her colorful phoenix and raise her cultivation from six-star to eight-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his cultivation to seven-star Dou Zong.
• Feng Qing'er said she would quickly defeat Xiao Yan to show her young master that he was no match for her, and Xiao Yan agreed to settle the battle.

Feng Qing'er unleashed a powerful black-flame Demon Phoenix Sacred Image that relentlessly pursued Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan redirected his Nine-Dragon Flame Pillar to destroy the image, injuring Feng Qing'er and making the black attack disappear.

• Feng Qing'er summoned a black phoenix phantom and fired a massive beam of black flame at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan dodged the beam, but Feng Qing'er controlled it to pursue him through the air.
• Xiao Yan sent nine fire dragons toward the black beam, then redirected them at the Demon Phoenix Illusion.
• The fire dragons destroyed the illusion and injured Feng Qing'er, causing the black beam to vanish before reaching Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan launched the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Art against Feng Qing'er, who answered with the Sacred Elephant Demon Phoenix Bell. Their techniques collided as the spectators watched in alarm, leaving the outcome of the final clash unresolved.

• Xiao Yan taunted Feng Qing'er and announced that he would take the offensive.
• Xiao Yan formed the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Art with his Four-Coloured Heavenly Flames, alarming the powerful Dou Zong spectators.
• Tian Huangzi assured the Wind Lightning Pavilion leaders that Feng Qing'er could withstand Xiao Yan's attack.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the Sacred Elephant Demon Phoenix Bell, whose toll shook the minds of those below the Dou Venerable level.
• Xiao Yan's spinning ring of fire collided with Feng Qing'er's black Demon Phoenix bell.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er unleashed a clash powerful enough to crack the sky above the spectators, but Tian Huangzi stopped the battle and repaired the damage before anyone was hurt. The onlookers recognized his overwhelming strength, while Xiao Yan wondered why the mysterious young man seemed to be targeting him.

• Xiao Yan's Five Wheel Leaving Fire Art collided with Feng Qing'er's Sacred Elephant Demon Phoenix Bell, and their techniques cracked the sky despite both fighters being Dou Zongs.
• The Four Great Dou Zuns prepared to protect the spectators from the spreading destruction.
• Tian Huangzi rose beside Thunder Venerable and told the Four Great Dou Zuns to leave the danger to him.
• Tian Huangzi clenched his hand and restored the cracked sky, astonishing the spectators, the Venerables, Xiao Yan, and Feng Qing'er.
• Venner recognized Tian Huangzi as the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace's Chief Disciple and marveled at how much his strength had grown.
• Tian Huangzi's intervention halted Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er's battle, and Xiao Yan wondered why Tian Huangzi seemed to be targeting him.

After Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er’s battle nearly endangered the spectators, Tian Huangzi proposed ending their match to the Four Great Dou Zuns. The Venerables agreed despite Yellow Springs Venerable’s objections, and Thunder Venerable declared Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er tied for first place.

• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er’s powerful clash nearly shattered the space above the arena, so Tian Huangzi intervened and repaired it.
• Tian Huangzi privately suggested a solution to Thunder Venerable, who suspended the match while the Four Great Dou Zuns discussed it.
• Sword Venerable and Venner supported Thunder Venerable’s proposal, and Yellow Springs Venerable reluctantly conceded under pressure.
• Thunder Venerable announced that Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er shared first place and that their challenge match was over.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er shared first place at the Four Pavilions Assembly after the Four Great Dou Zuns stopped their dangerous fight. The assembly ended with Xiao Yan’s reputation spreading across the Central Plains, and as he and Nalan Yanran prepared to reveal their identities to Venner, Sword Venerable approached them.

• Thunder Venerable declared Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er joint champions, and they agreed to settle their rivalry another day.
• The challenge tournament resumed, with Nalan Yanran narrowly defeating Tang Ying and Mu Qingluan taking third place; Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er shared first, Nalan Yanran placed fourth, and Tang Ying fifth.
• The Four Pavilions Assembly ended, and news of Xiao Yan’s battle with Feng Qing'er spread throughout the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan received the first-place rewards, gave two Dou Techniques to Nalan Yanran, and kept Three Thousand Lightning Movement from the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran set out to reveal their identities to Venner, but Sword Venerable came to meet them first.