Recaps

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian fused six Heavenly Flames into a Destruction Fire Lotus and launched it at the Lion Nether Sect’s encampment. The blast wiped out Shi Tian and every Lion Nether Sect expert, while Medusa and Xiao Xiao watched the firework from Xuanhuang Fortress.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian flew out at night and stopped about ten kilometers from the Lion Nether Sect’s encampment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian combined their six Heavenly Flames into a glazed Fire Lotus, which Xiao Yan named the Destruction Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the Destruction Fire Lotus toward the Lion Nether Sect’s encampment as Shi Tian prepared to attack Xuanhuang Fortress the next day.
• A Lion Nether Sect expert sensed the incoming attack and shouted a warning, but the Destruction Fire Lotus exploded before anyone could resist.
• Medusa and Xiao Xiao watched the lotus-shaped firework from Xuanhuang Fortress as the blast killed Shi Tian and all the Lion Nether Sect experts.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian inspected the crystallized remains of the Lion Nether Sect’s camp after Xiao Yan’s Six-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus wiped out its forces. They discovered a badly burned survivor, and Xiao Yan moved to confront the bloodstained figure as it opened hateful eyes.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the Lion Nether Sect’s encampment and killed its gathered Dou Venerables with a Six-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus, which Xiao Yi Xian had helped strengthen.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian watched the flames burn until daybreak, leaving the camp and everything within a hundred kilometers crystallized.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the ruins to check for survivors and exchanged playful banter as they searched.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a human-shaped blood scab near a large crystal, and Xiao Yan recognized that someone had survived the attack.
• Xiao Yan moved Xiao Yi Xian behind him and prepared to attack, but the blood scab opened its venomous, bloodshot eyes.

Xiao Yan confronted Xue He, the Soul Hall's Fourth Heavenly Venerable, after Xue He survived the Destruction Fire Lotus by sacrificing his allies' blood. Xiao Yan overwhelmed the injured Xue He, who died unleashing a blood-colored giant that would attack all living beings until his Essence Blood ran out.

• Xue He identified himself as the Soul Hall's Fourth Heavenly Venerable and revealed that he had devoured his allies' Essence Blood and used a defensive Dou Technique to survive Xiao Yan's Destruction Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to guard the battlefield and activated the third transformation of Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his strength to the Two-Turn Dou Venerable realm.
• Xiao Yan defeated Xue He's Blood Fiend Heavenly Demon Palm with the Great Sky Palm, worsening Xue He's injuries.
• Xiao Yan attacked with Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler—Six Harmonies Fire, and Xue He used the Blood Transformation Great Method on himself.
• Xue He sacrificed his Essence Blood and summoned the Blood Demon True Body, dying as the blood-colored figure began attacking every living being in sight.

Xiao Yan faced the hundred-zhang blood shadow Xue He had summoned with his life and Essence Blood, determined to keep it from reaching Xuanhuang Fortress. He used five Heavenly Flames and the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Art to destroy it, bringing the fortress incident to an end.

• Xue He’s hundred-zhang blood shadow regenerated after Xiao Yan’s Wandering Body Flame burned away some of its blood Qi.
• Xiao Yan decided to stop the slow-moving blood shadow rather than risk it reaching Xuanhuang Fortress.
• The blood shadow’s attack shattered nearby crystals and corroded the ground, but Xiao Yan evaded it and recognized that Heavenly Flames could counter its Blood Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan summoned five Heavenly Flames and used the Five Wheel Leaving Fire Art to form five flame beasts that surrounded the blood shadow.
• The five flame beasts burned away the blood mist and weakened the blood shadow until it dissipated after ten minutes, ending the Xuanhuang Fortress incident.

After Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian destroyed the Lion Nether Sect, the Jia Ma Empire annexed the Cloud, Falling Goose, and Mulan Empires and integrated the Snake-People Tribe. The Jia Ma Empire became the Northwest Continent’s new hegemon, and its name reached the Central Plains.

• Yun Shan, Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding arrived at the crystallized ruins and learned Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian had destroyed the Lion Nether Sect.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had killed Xue He, the Soul Hall’s Fourth Heavenly Venerable, after Xue He survived the Six-Colored Fire Lotus.
• The Jia Ma Empire announced the Lion Nether Sect’s destruction, easing the fears of powers across the Northwest Continent.
• The Jia Ma Empire sent troops into the weakened Cloud, Falling Goose, and Mulan Empires and annexed their territories.
• Medusa led the Snake-People Tribe to integrate into the Jia Ma Empire, with Snake-People taking charge of cities across the former empires.
• The Jia Ma Empire surpassed the Heavenly Serpent Empire in influence and emerged as the Northwest Continent’s new hegemon.

After the Lion Nether Sect’s destruction, Xiao Yan hurried Medusa and his family home to the Xiao Household in Wutan City. He was surprised to find Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian getting along like close friends, and the chapter ended with the family arriving home peacefully.

• After finishing her Flame Alliance duties, Medusa agreed to leave Xuanhuang Fortress with Xiao Yan the next day.
• Xiao Yan, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xiao set off for home and returned to the Xiao Household in Wutan City.
• Yun Shan and the others wondered how Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian could coexist peacefully, while Xiao Yan admitted he did not know.
• Xiao Yi Xian helped Medusa care for Xiao Xiao, and the two women chatted and shared advice about raising a child.
• Medusa accepted Xiao Yan’s other relationships because she believed her own union with him had begun by accident and she had no right to interfere.

Xiao Lin revealed the Xiao Household’s origins and his plan to attend the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony to reclaim its Heavenly Tomb slots. When Xiao Yan and his brothers returned, Xiao Lin told them they would all enter the Heavenly Tomb, though he did not explain how he would secure three places.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue about the Xiao Clan, the Hun Clan’s threat, and his plan to restore the Xiao Clan’s standing by attending the Gu Clan gathering.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Xiao Household would attend the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony and reclaim its two Heavenly Tomb slots.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue accepted Xiao Lin’s plan and listened to his instructions for their visit to the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan returned with Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding, and Xiao Lin told the three brothers about the ceremony and the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan offered to give up their places to one another, but Xiao Lin said all three would enter and kept his arrangements secret.

Xiao Lin arranged for the Xiao Household and its family members to travel to the Central Plains, but a message from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace made him leave ahead of schedule. Xiao Yan grew suspicious of his grandfather’s abilities and went to question his brothers about their Central Plains training.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Tomb and the Xiao Household’s planned visit to the Gu Clan, and said Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue would travel with them.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue set a departure date while arranging matters for the Xiao Household, and Medusa prepared to leave with Xiao Xiao and the others.
• Xiao Li planned to bring Yao Ye to the Central Plains, while Xiao Ding would return there with Xue Lan and Xiao Yan would travel with Xiao Yi Xian.
• A message from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace prompted Xiao Lin to leave the Xiao Household early, frustrating Xiao Yan, who had planned to test him.
• Xiao Yan reconsidered Xiao Lin’s claims about the Heavenly Tomb and his brothers’ Dou Venerable training, then went to ask Xiao Ding and Xiao Li what was going on.

Xiao Yan questioned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the Central Plains sect that had trained them, hoping to uncover their grandfather’s secrets. His brothers refused to reveal the truth but hinted that Xiao Yan could discover it by thinking carefully and traveling around, leaving him to wonder where to go.

• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and teased them about their wives, Xue Lan and Yao Ye.
• Xiao Yan asked which Central Plains sect had trained his brothers, who were now powerful Dou Venerables.
• Xiao Ding explained that their grandfather had made different arrangements for Xiao Yan and urged him to consider why he had not been taken to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan reconsidered his grandfather’s role in sending Yao Lao to him and wondered how his grandfather had discovered the soul hidden in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Li refused to disclose their grandfather’s secrets and hinted that Xiao Yan could uncover them by thinking carefully and traveling around more.

Xiao Yan pieced together his brothers’ hints and suspected that Supreme Elder Lin and Lin Xiao, the First Palace Master of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, were connected, and that his brothers had joined the sect. He was left wondering what role his grandfather played in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, still unaware that he had mistaken a fabricated friend for a real one.

• Xiao Ding teased Xiao Yan and refused to reveal Grandpa’s secret, telling him to work it out himself.
• Xiao Yan recalled that Supreme Elder Lin had become friends with Grandpa through studying Formations and had mentioned establishing a Central Plains sect with friends.
• Xiao Yan connected Supreme Elder Lin’s surname, his connection to Formations, and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s recent founding to Lin Xiao, its First Palace Master.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that Jia Nan Academy’s Spatial Wormhole might lead to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that its graduates could join the sect.
• Xiao Yan became fairly certain his brothers had joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and wondered what position Grandpa held there, but he did not connect Grandpa to Supreme Elder Lin or Lin Xiao.

Xiao Yan learned from Xiao Ding and Xiao Li’s hints that they were connected to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that Xiao Yi Xian had known them for a long time. Later, he went to Medusa’s room, and their night together finally settled their relationship.

• Xiao Yan questioned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li about the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ding’s reaction confirmed his suspicions.
• The three brothers set aside the subject and spent the rest of the day catching up before parting in the evening.
• Xiao Yan realized he was outside Medusa’s room and went in to see her and their sleeping daughter, Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan hinted that he wanted to stay the night, and Medusa entered the inner room without refusing him.
• Xiao Yan placed a Dou Qi barrier around Xiao Xiao and followed Medusa, and their relationship was finally settled that night.

Xiao Yan and his family traveled from the Northwest Continent to the Central Plains after making arrangements for their households. Xiao Ding and Xiao Li left with their wives to return to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, while Xiao Yan brought his parents and the others to Starfall Pavilion to await the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony.

• Xiao Zhan chose not to bring other Xiao Household clansmen to the Central Plains, and ten members of the family set out for the Gu Clan ceremony.
• After reaching the Central Plains, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li said they needed to return to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xue Lan and Yao Ye prepared to go with them.
• Xiao Yi Xian declined to return to the sect for now, and Xiao Yan and his family bid farewell to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Zhan, Yang Xiyue, Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Xiao to Starfall Pavilion, where they stayed while waiting for the ceremony.

Xiao Lin received the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s request to visit the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, recognizing that Huang Tian wanted to seize Tian Huangzi and evolve into an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix. The chapter also explained that Zhukun’s return had reunited the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and left it at least as strong as the Gu Clan.

• Xiao Lin read the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s calling card and discussed its attempt to arrange an exchange with Ji Li.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan sought Tian Huangzi, whose Ancient Heavenly Phoenix identity had become known after the ancient ruins incident.
• Huang Tian had previously tried to weaken the Ancient Void Dragon Clan by aiding the North Dragon King, but Zhukun’s return had thwarted his plan.
• Zhukun recalled powerful Ancient Void Dragon clansmen, ending the clan’s division and restoring its strength to at least match the Gu Clan.
• Huang Tian pursued Tian Huangzi because obtaining him could help Huang Tian evolve from a Heavenly Demon Phoenix into an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.

Xiao Yan learned that Gu Clan descendants could challenge anyone attending the coming-of-age ceremony and resolved to face whoever challenged him for Xun'er. The ceremony began with a bell and a Dou Sheng Expert’s announcement, while hidden Gu Clan Dou Sheng Experts watched from the surrounding Void.

• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that each Gu Clan descendant taking the bloodline test could challenge someone, including visiting guests.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Lei Guang, Lei Ya, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Lei Mo, and Lei Zhen reacted to Xiao Yan’s likely challenges.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would accept the challenges and fight anyone who dared to compete with him for Xun'er.
• A bell rang, and an unseen Dou Sheng Expert announced the beginning of the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Three Gu Clan Elders entered the square to begin the ceremony as Gu Clan Dou Sheng Experts remained concealed in the surrounding Void.

The Gu Clan began its bloodline testing ceremony, and Ling Quan became the first to be tested, earning a Sixth Grade Bloodline and a Golden Clan Mark. Xun'er explained how bloodline grades and Clan Marks worked, leaving Xiao Yan aware that the Gu Clan's younger generation could soon catch up with him.

• The lengthy prayers ended, and the Gu Clan Elders announced that the bloodline testing ceremony was beginning.
• Ling Quan stepped forward as the first candidate and placed his palm on the star disk.
• The disk showed six stars, and an Elder declared Ling Quan had a Sixth Grade Bloodline and awarded him a Golden Clan Mark.
• A Gu Clan Elder inscribed the Golden Clan Mark on Ling Quan's forehead.
• Xun'er explained the ten bloodline grades and the four kinds of Clan Marks to the Xiao Household members.
• Xiao Yan learned Clan Marks could temporarily boost Bloodline Power and felt renewed urgency about the Gu Clan's younger generation catching up to him.

Xiao Yan and the others learned more about Xun'er's exceptional bloodline as the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony continued. Gu Yao stepped forward for his test while openly pursuing Xun'er, and she made her affection for Xiao Yan clear.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that she had been born with an Eighth-Tier Bloodline and that it had advanced to Ninth-Tier, prompting the others to realize she might eventually possess a Divine-Grade Bloodline.
• Lin Xiu tested as a Five-Star Dou Venerable with a Sixth Grade Bloodline and received a Golden Clan Mark.
• Gu Zhen tested as a Seven-Star Dou Venerable with a Seventh Grade Bloodline and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Yao walked onto the square before being called and kept his gaze fixed on Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan took Xun'er's hand and acted intimately with her, and Xun'er leaned toward him to show Gu Yao that she liked Xiao Yan.

Gu Yao completed his bloodline test at the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark. He then challenged Xiao Yan, leaving the challenge pending Xiao Yan’s consent.

• Gu Yao suppressed his anger toward Xiao Yan and began his bloodline test while Xiao Yan and Xun'er exchanged playful remarks.
• Gu Yao’s test revealed an Eighth-Tier bloodline, drawing praise from the crowd and comparisons with Xun'er’s bloodline.
• The Gu Clan Elders awarded Gu Yao a Purple-Gold Clan Mark for his Eighth-Tier bloodline and Eight-Star Dou Venerable strength.
• Gu Yao announced that he wanted to issue a challenge, and an Elder reminded him that challenging someone outside the Gu Clan required their consent.
• Gu Yao named Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan as the person he wished to challenge.

Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge at the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony, determined to prove himself to the clan’s leadership for Xun’er’s sake. After reaching the square, he shocked everyone by inviting all the Gu Clan geniuses to challenge him together because he was in a hurry.

• Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge, despite having the option to refuse, because he wanted to earn the Gu Clan’s approval and prove Xun’er had chosen well.
• Yao Ji and Hun Ya separately voiced their hopes that Xiao Yan would suffer, while Hun Li questioned Hun Ya about whether he wanted Xiao Yan to win.
• Xiao Yan flashed onto the square and faced Gu Yao, whose confidence went unshaken by Xiao Yan’s Nine-Star Dou Venerable cultivation.
• Xiao Yan turned to the Gu Clan geniuses and challenged them all to come at him together, leaving the gathering in stunned silence.

Xiao Yan challenged the Gu Clan’s prodigies and revealed that he was a Nine-Star Dou Venerable while easily overpowering Gu Yao. Gu Qingyang sent seven more prodigies to help Gu Yao, though he doubted that even all eight could defeat Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan’s boast angered Gu Yao, who attacked him before the challenge officially began.
• Xiao Yan caught Gu Yao’s punch with one hand and revealed his Nine-Star Dou Venerable cultivation.
• Gu Yao attacked again, but Xiao Yan effortlessly threw him aside and exposed the gap between them.
• Gu Qingyang ordered Gu Hua, Gu Xing, Lin Xiu, Yang Hao, Gu Bi, Gu Feng, and Ling Quan to join Gu Yao.
• Gu Hua led the six others into the arena, while Gu Qingyang privately estimated that their combined chance of victory was below fifty percent.

Xiao Yan faced Gu Yao and seven Gu Clan prodigies after Gu Hua and Gu Xing joined the fight on Gu Qingyang’s orders. He overwhelmed the group with his strength, then swiftly knocked Ling Quan and Gu Feng out of the battle.

• Gu Hua told Gu Yao that Gu Qingyang had sent him, Gu Xing, and five other commanders to help, and Gu Yao accepted their support despite his frustration.
• Xiao Yan assessed the newcomers and welcomed the chance to fight all eight Gu Clan prodigies.
• The eight prodigies unleashed their Dou Qi and met Xiao Yan’s pressure as he revealed his Peak Nine-Star Dou Venerable strength.
• Xiao Yan punched through space with a flame-wreathed fist, forcing the Gu Clan prodigies to defend or dodge.
• When Ling Quan and Gu Feng retreated, Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to reach them and punch them into the spectator area.

Xiao Yan continued fighting the Gu Clan prodigies and knocked Ling Quan, Gu Feng, Yang Hao, and Gu Bi out of the arena with one punch each. Ling Quan reconsidered his past resentment and accepted that losing to Xiao Yan was nothing to be ashamed of, while four Gu Clan prodigies remained in the fight.

• Xiao Yan sent Ling Quan and Gu Feng flying from the arena, leaving them stunned by their defeat.
• Gu Qingyang told Ling Quan and Gu Feng that losing to Xiao Yan was nothing to be ashamed of, prompting Ling Quan to reflect on how much he had underestimated Xiao Yan.
• Yang Hao and Gu Bi attacked Xiao Yan with Dou Techniques while leaving openings in their defense.
• Gu Hua, Gu Xing, Gu Yao, and Lin Xiu rushed to save Yang Hao and Gu Bi as Xiao Yan used movement techniques to evade the attacks and close in.
• Xiao Yan struck Yang Hao and Gu Bi once each and sent them out of the arena.

Gu Xing used the Windfall Domain to suppress Xiao Yan’s speed, and Gu Yao, Lin Xiu, and Gu Hua coordinated their attacks against him. With Xiao Yan’s legs trapped and the two spears closing in, the fight reached its first apparent crisis, though his response remained unknown.

• Gu Xing unleashed the Windfall Domain, boosting his allies’ speed while restricting Xiao Yan’s.
• Gu Yao and Lin Xiu attacked Xiao Yan with silver spears, but he blocked their strikes with the Heavy Xuan Ruler as Gu Xing disrupted his counterattacks with wind blades.
• Gu Hua completed Withered Wood Burying Shadow and sent vines from a vortex to bind Xiao Yan’s legs and drag him underground.
• Gu Yao and Lin Xiu seized the opening and thrust their spears toward Xiao Yan’s head and chest.

Xiao Yan appeared trapped by Gu Yao and Lin Xiu’s attacks, but he used three Heavenly Flames to burn away the vines and melt their silver spears. He left the spectators stunned as he counterattacked both opponents with flaming fists.

• Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yan’s family, and Yao Lao worried as Xiao Yan fell into danger, while Xiao Lin remained calm.
• Spectators from the Yan, Stone, Yao, Hun, and Gu Clans reacted to Xiao Yan’s apparent defeat, with many expecting him to lose.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Sea Heart Flame, burning away the vines that pulled him down.
• Xiao Yan caught Gu Yao and Lin Xiu’s silver spears and melted their heads with the heat of his flames.
• Gu Yao and Lin Xiu cried out in shock as Xiao Yan sent a flaming fist toward each of them.

Xiao Yan eliminated Lin Xiu, reducing the Gu Clan’s fighters to Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Gu Yao. Facing a crushing defeat, Gu Yao persuaded Gu Hua and Gu Xing to use a secret technique despite its severe side effects.

• Gu Xing attacked Xiao Yan with Great Annihilation Heavenly Wind Hand while Gu Hua healed Gu Yao and Lin Xiu with Rejuvenation of All Things.
• Xiao Yan countered with Flowing Flame Grappling Hand, shattering Gu Xing’s attack and sending fire meteors raining down on the fighters.
• Gu Yao shielded himself with Torrent Ice Waterfall, but the steam-filled square concealed Lin Xiu being struck unconscious by the fire meteors.
• Xiao Yan sent Lin Xiu out of the square and told Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Gu Yao that only the three of them remained.
• Gu Yao urged Gu Hua and Gu Xing to use their secret technique, and Gu Xing agreed despite its severe side effects.

Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Gu Yao used the Blood Transformation Art to boost their strength against Xiao Yan, who countered with the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and the Emperor Seal Art. As their strongest attacks converged on him, Xiao Yan turned insubstantial and ethereal.

• Xun'er explained that Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Gu Yao had used the Blood Transformation Art, risking severe side effects to gain a brief increase in strength.
• Xiao Yan used the first two transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, reaching the Two-Turn Dou Venerable realm, and charged the three opponents.
• Gu Yao recognized Xiao Yan's Earth-Covering Seal as the Gu Clan's Emperor Seal Art and realized Xun'er had taught it to him.
• Xiao Yan's Earth-Covering Seal overwhelmed Gu Yao's three seals, while Gu Xing summoned a wind dragon and Gu Hua launched the Great Annihilation Finger.
• As Gu Yao prepared another attack, Xiao Yan became insubstantial and ethereal before the attacks could hit him.