Chapter Summaries

Xun'er prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with the Gu Clan, and she and Xiao Yan promised to reunite before parting. As Ling Quan rode out to bring her back, an unseen presence made the Gu Clan confront an unknown threat.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan she had to leave, and he promised he would come find her as they embraced.
• Gu Shan discovered Xun'er in Xiao Yan's arms and questioned Ling Ying about Xiao Yan's identity.
• Gu Shan ordered Ling Quan to lead Black Annihilation Army riders to retrieve Xun'er.
• An unexplained sigh sounded beside the Gu Clan members, and Gu Shan and the others searched for its unseen source.

Xiao Lin punished the Gu Clan for arrogantly throwing its weight around Jia Nan Academy by using his Dou Sheng strength to crush their airship and send its members crashing to the ground. The academy’s elders and students watched the Gu Clan’s humiliating fall, while Zhu Fang and the others celebrated Xiao Lin’s intervention.

• Gu Shan appealed to an unseen Dou Sheng and invoked the Gu Clan’s name while asking to take their young lady home.
• Xiao Lin angrily used spatial power to immobilize Gu Shan and the other Gu Clan members.
• Xiao Lin crushed the Gu Clan’s airship, forcing it and the members in the sky to fall to the ground.
• Teachers, students, and elders at Jia Nan Academy watched the Gu Clan members crash into the ground.
• Zhu Fang recognized that Xiao Lin had acted, and Su Qian, Qian Mu, and Bai Lie praised him.

After the Gu Clan party crashed into Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lin subdued them and ordered them to wait while Ling Quan’s party went to fetch Xun'er. Xiao Lin left Ling Quan’s group for Xiao Yan to face, who had grown strong enough to confront them.

• Jia Nan Academy’s students celebrated the Gu Clan party’s crash and credited Xiao Lin with stopping their arrogant entrance.
• The Gu Clan members climbed from the wreckage and angrily demanded revenge until Gu Shan ordered them to be quiet.
• Xiao Lin lowered his raised hand after Gu Shan corrected his attitude, then told the Gu Clan party to wait if they wanted to pick someone up.
• Gu Shan and the others respectfully agreed, while Xiao Lin withdrew his attention from them.
• Ling Quan’s party went to fetch Xun'er, and Xiao Lin left them for Xiao Yan, who had reached the Nine-Star Battle King realm.

Ling Quan and his Black Annihilation Army squad abandoned the fallen Gu Clan airship and flew to retrieve Xun'er, while Xiao Yan learned that Lin Supreme Elder might be close to Dou Sheng. Ling Quan arrived to escort Xun'er home, but his jealousy over her closeness to Xiao Yan angered her.

• Ling Quan saw the Gu Clan members and their airship fall, then chose to continue toward Xun'er rather than return to help.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Lin Supreme Elder had likely acted and might be close to Dou Sheng, and Xiao Yan vowed to reach that realm someday.
• Ling Quan arrived with his squad, knelt before Xun'er, and said he had come to escort her home by order of the Clan Elders.
• Xun'er agreed to return with Ling Quan, who noticed her holding Xiao Yan's hand and felt jealous.
• Ling Quan called Xiao Yan an irrelevant outsider, prompting Xun'er to rebuke him and demand whether he needed permission to choose her own company.

Xun'er defended Xiao Yan from Ling Quan's jealousy and apologized for her clansman's behavior, while Xiao Yan showed his affection for her. Ling Quan addressed Xiao Yan as the young master of the Xiao Clan, stirring an inexplicable reaction in Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.

• Xun'er warned Ling Quan not to interfere with her freedom again, and he apologized and was spared punishment.
• Xun'er apologized to Xiao Yan, who reassured her and tucked her hair behind her ear.
• Ling Quan interrupted their affectionate moment and asked who Xiao Yan was, while Xiao Yan tightened his hold on Xun'er's hand.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to the Gu Clan, and Ling Quan greeted him as the young master of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan questioned the name Xiao Clan, and both he and Yao Lao reacted with surprise.

Ling Quan mocked the Xiao Household and hinted at the Xiao Clan’s history, prompting Xiao Yan to seek the truth. Xiao Yan and Ling Quan arranged a spar, each intending to teach the other a lesson, as Xiao Lin chose not to interfere.

• Ling Quan mocked the Xiao Household, and Xun'er objected, but she could not find grounds to punish him.
• Xiao Yan became eager to learn about the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Lin decided to let him uncover its secrets himself.
• Xiao Yan stepped between Xun'er and Ling Quan and asked Ling Quan to explain the Xiao Clan’s history.
• Ling Quan pretended not to remember the details and hinted that a battle might refresh his memory.
• Xiao Yan requested a spar, and Xun'er agreed after Xiao Yan signaled his approval.
• Ling Quan grew jealous of Xiao Yan and Xun'er’s closeness and planned how he would teach Xiao Yan a lesson.

Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength to a four-star Battle Emperor before sparring with Ling Quan. He seized the initiative with a powerful punch, and Ling Quan retaliated with the Mountain Splitting Seal.

• Xiao Yan reminded Ling Quan to tell him what he knew about the Xiao Clan, and Ling Quan agreed before their spar began.
• Xiao Yan activated the first transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his cultivation from nine-star Battle King to four-star Battle Emperor.
• Ling Quan was shocked by Xiao Yan's secret art and revealed that the Xiao Clan had lost its Dou Emperor Bloodline, prompting Xiao Yan to wonder about his ancestors.
• Xiao Yan rushed Ling Quan and struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse, sending him flying and leaving his arms numb.
• Ling Quan regained his composure in midair and attacked Xiao Yan with the Mountain Splitting Seal.

Xiao Yan fought Ling Quan with Earth Rank Dou Techniques while Xiao Lin’s Spiritual Formation contained their clash and protected Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan’s Nine-Dragon Flame Pillar then forced Ling Quan into a dangerous position.

• Xiao Yan countered Ling Quan’s Mountain Splitting Seal with the Flowing Flame Grappling Hand, and the magma arm overcame the giant green palm before Ling Quan shattered it.
• Xiao Lin’s Spiritual Formation blocked the shock waves, prompting Su Qian and the other academy elders to let the battle continue.
• Xiao Yan continued attacking because the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations would soon wear off and leave him weakened.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Nine-Dragon Flame Pillar, surrounding Ling Quan with nine fire dragons and forcing him to face the attack head-on.

Xiao Yan used the Nine-Dragon Flame Pillar and a Mystic Light Barrier to exhaust Ling Quan, then defeated him with the first form of the Six Harmonies Wandering Body Ruler. The battle ended with Nine-Star Battle King Xiao Yan toppling Five-Star Battle Emperor Ling Quan.

• Ling Quan transformed into a lightning dragon and tore apart Xiao Yan's nine fire dragons, but the effort left him weakened.
• Xiao Yan let Ling Quan's lightning dragon bite down on his Mystic Light Barrier, then made the barrier explode and destroyed the dragon.
• Ling Quan survived the explosion but stood panting as Xiao Yan summoned his ancient ruler.
• Xiao Yan struck Ling Quan with Flame Split, sending him falling from the sky and securing the victory.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan despite nearly exhausting his Dou Qi, then questioned him about the Xiao Clan's past. Ling Quan confirmed that the present Xiao Household was the former Xiao Clan, and Xun'er offered to investigate further for Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan after Ling Quan underestimated him, and held back enough to leave him conscious.
• Xiao Yan deactivated the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations and reunited with a proud, relieved Xun'er.
• Ling Quan admitted defeat and agreed to answer Xiao Yan's questions before returning to the Gu Clan.
• Ling Quan told Xiao Yan what he knew about the ancient Xiao Clan, confirming that the present Xiao Household was its continuation.
• Xun'er offered to search the Gu Clan's records for more information about the Xiao Clan.

Xun'er left Jia Nan Academy with Ling Quan and the Gu Clan after saying goodbye to Xiao Yan, who vowed to find her and learn more about the Xiao Clan’s secrets. The Gu Clan departed without further conflict, and the academy returned to peace as Xiao Yan trained harder.

• Xun'er promised to search the Gu Clan’s texts for information about the Xiao Clan and urged Xiao Yan to come find her.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er tearfully said goodbye, and Xun'er left with Ling Quan and the Gu Clan on a flying magical beast.
• Gu Shan apologized to the hidden Xiao Lin, then led the Gu Clan out through the breach in the Inner Academy’s formation.
• Xiao Lin reflected that his intervention had protected Jia Nan Academy’s dignity, while Su Qian rewarded Xiao Yan for defeating Ling Quan.
• The Gu Clan disturbance faded, Jia Nan Academy returned to tranquility, and Xiao Yan cultivated harder.

The weakened Ling Clan had sealed itself inside the Ling Realm to avoid the other Emperor Clans, but the Hun Clan blockaded every passage and left the clan facing possible annihilation. Ling Yuan and the clan elders discovered they had no way out and began preparing for the worst.

• The Ling Clan withdrew completely into the Ling Realm after Hun Tiandi recovered, hoping to protect itself from the other Emperor Clans.
• The Hun Clan blockaded the passages connecting the Ling Realm to the outside world, trapping the weakened Ling Clan.
• Ling Yuan gathered the clan’s twelve senior members, whose forces included only four Dou Sheng experts and seven Half-Saints.
• Ling Yuan asked the First Elder whether any passage remained open, and the First Elder confirmed that there was none.
• The First Elder urged the clan to prepare for the worst, and despair spread among the elders as they feared the Ling Clan would meet the fate of vanished Emperor Clans.

The Ling Clan’s leaders faced imminent destruction after the Hun Clan and the Nihility Devouring Flame blockaded the Ling Realm. Ling Miao rallied them to fight back, while Patriarch Ling Yuan and the First Elder quietly approved of how she handled the crisis.

• Ling Yuan and the Ling Clan’s First Elder discussed how the Nihility Devouring Flame had breached their defenses once and could attack again, while the Ling Realm blockade prevented them from sending for help.
• The Ling Clan’s senior members despaired and feared their clan would be destroyed, but Ling Miao remained calm among them.
• Ling Miao urged Ling Yuan and the Elders not to surrender and vowed to give everything she had to defend the Ling Clan.
• The senior members regained their resolve and prepared to fight the Hun Clan, even considering sacrificing themselves to harm their enemies.
• Ling Yuan and the First Elder exchanged a glance and nodded, revealing that they had deliberately fostered the despairing atmosphere to test Ling Miao.

Clan Leader Ling Yuan and the First Elder entrusted Ling Miao with preserving the Ling Clan’s bloodline by escaping the Ling Realm with four clansmen using the Divine Movement Talisman. Ling Miao understood why she was the only one who could go, and the clan’s survival now rested on her.

• Clan Leader Ling Yuan and the First Elder kept Ling Miao behind and revealed their plan for her to escape with four clansmen when the nihility devouring flame attacked again.
• They explained that the Ling Clan’s last Divine Movement Talisman could teleport five people more than a hundred thousand kilometers, though Hun Clan pursuers might still track them.
• Ling Miao protested that she should stay and fight alongside her clansmen rather than flee.
• Clan Leader Ling Yuan explained that the Hun Clan did not know Ling Miao existed because the clan had hidden her for a hundred years, making her the best chance to preserve their bloodline.
• Ling Miao realized why she had been kept out of public view, and Clan Leader Ling Yuan told her the Ling Clan’s future depended on her.

Ling Miao accepted the duty of preserving the Ling Clan’s bloodline and prepared to escape with four children as Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan attacked the Ling Realm. The Ling Clan’s leaders charged Nihility Devouring Flame and detonated themselves, leaving the battle at its most desperate moment.

• Ling Miao vowed to carry on the Ling Clan’s bloodline, and Ling Yuan entrusted her with a Divine Movement Talisman and the clan’s remaining reserves.
• The First Elder told Ling Miao to escape the Ling Realm with four chosen children while the elders bought them time.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and hidden Hun Clan forces returned and sealed off the Ling Realm, declaring that the Ling Clan would be annihilated.
• Ling Yuan rallied the Ling Clan’s fighters, and its leaders charged Nihility Devouring Flame’s manifestation in the sky.
• The Ling Clan’s leaders detonated themselves near Nihility Devouring Flame instead of using Dou Techniques.

The Nihility Devouring Flame wiped out the Ling Clan after its leaders sacrificed themselves to create an opening for Ling Miao and four youths to escape. Hun Zhan pursued the five, and although the Divine Movement Talisman carried them far away, their survival remained uncertain.

• Ling Yuan and the other Ling Clan leaders detonated themselves, briefly holding back the Nihility Devouring Flame and creating an opportunity for escape.
• Ling Miao used a Divine Movement Talisman to carry herself and four youths through the Ling Realm’s seal.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Zhan to pursue the five, and Hun Zhan followed them through a spatial passage.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame engulfed the Ling Realm in black flames and devoured every Ling Clan member left behind.
• The Divine Movement Talisman carried Ling Miao and the four youths tens of thousands of kilometers away, but its power would eventually run out while Hun Zhan continued the chase.

After reaching Dou Huang during his training, Xiao Li encountered a spatial disaster and was caught up in Ling Miao’s escape from the Ling Realm with four clanspeople. Ling Miao was fleeing Hun Zhan, a five-star Dou Sheng of the Hun Clan, and headed straight toward Xiao Li.

• Xiao Li reflected on his breakthrough to Dou Huang and his determination to grow stronger while training away from the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Li killed a Tier 5 Magical Beast, but a spatial passage opened above him and shattered into a dangerous spatial storm.
• Xiao Li tried to flee the spatial storm, but Ling Miao burst out of it with four young clanspeople while escaping an unknown pursuer.
• Ling Miao detonated a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill to drive back a hand reaching through the storm, then flew toward Xiao Li with the four youths.
• Ling Miao’s pursuer was revealed to be Hun Zhan, a five-star Dou Sheng of the Hun Clan.

Ling Miao fled Hun Zhan with Xiao Li and four young Ling Clan members, but Hun Zhan caught up and struck at them. As his palm was about to land, an azure-blue light and a phantom emerged from Xiao Li.

• Ling Miao took Xiao Li along as she fled through Spatial Passages, explaining that Hun Zhan would kill him if he found him.
• Xiao Li realized Ling Miao was stronger than a Dou Venerable and that her pursuer was still following them despite her efforts to erase their spatial coordinates.
• Hun Zhan caught up with them and sent a sky-blotting hand toward Ling Miao and her companions.
• Ling Miao attacked Hun Zhan's hand with her Ling Emperor Seal, but it shattered, and she was left injured as the hand continued toward Xiao Li and the four young Ling Clan members.
• An azure-blue light burst from Xiao Li as Hun Zhan's hand descended, revealing a phantom that Xiao Li recognized as his grandpa.

Xiao Lin’s hidden Soul Power saved Xiao Li from Hun Zhan’s distant attack, and Xiao Lin learned that his grandson was in danger and rushed to him. Hun Zhan cornered Xiao Li and Ling Miao’s group, but a Spatial Passage suddenly opened through his barrier.

• Xiao Lin’s Soul Power blocked Hun Zhan’s attack on Xiao Li, then dissipated.
• Hun Zhan realized Xiao Li was protected by a stronger figure and pursued him and Ling Miao’s group instead of attacking from afar.
• Ling Miao carried Xiao Li and the four Ling Clan youths out of the Spatial Passage as Xiao Li wondered how his grandfather had protected him.
• Xiao Lin received the phantom’s final memories, learned Xiao Li was facing Dou Sheng experts, and opened a Spatial Passage to go after him.
• Hun Zhan caught up with the group, blocked their escape, and reached for Ling Miao with his sky-blotting hand.
• A surge of Spatial Power opened a Spatial Passage through Hun Zhan’s black curtain.

Xiao Lin arrived just in time to save Xiao Li and Ling Miao from Hun Zhan, whose attack he countered with his Cliffside Sword. He faced Hun Zhan, whose strength exceeded his own, as Ling Miao explained how Xiao Li had been caught up in the Hun Clan’s pursuit.

• Hun Zhan’s sky-shrouding curtain was torn open by Xiao Lin, who had rushed from the Northwest Continent using a formation in his spatial passage.
• Hun Zhan redirected his giant palm toward Xiao Lin, but Xiao Lin’s Cliffside Sword cleaved it apart and sent destructive beams toward Hun Zhan.
• Hun Zhan used Soul Black Hole to swallow the beams while Xiao Lin emerged from the spatial passage.
• Xiao Li greeted Xiao Lin with relief, and Xiao Lin rebuked him for getting into trouble before learning Hun Zhan was stronger than him but had not reached five stars.
• Ling Miao told Xiao Lin that Xiao Li had been caught up in the escape after the Hun Clan wiped out her clan and hunted its survivors.