Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame were both badly injured after clashing in the Void and fell into the Stone Realm. As the Hun and Stone Clans watched, the two remained locked in a standoff despite their grievous wounds.

• Nihility Devouring Flame detonated his second blood-colored ghostly eye, destroying the formation and sending Xiao Lin flying.
• Xiao Lin transformed the Moon-Chasing Scimitar into the Zhuri Bow and struck Nihility Devouring Flame with his Golden Crow Setting Sun arrow.
• Both Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame fell from the Void into the Stone Realm, and the tear in its sky began to mend.
• The Hun and Stone Clan members argued over which fighter had won while Hun Yuantian watched with concern.
• The dust cleared to reveal Nihility Devouring Flame's extinguished black flames and unstable presence, while Xiao Lin leaned on his scimitar with the left half of his body burned nearly to charcoal.

Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame ended their evenly matched battle, while the Hun Clan resumed its attack on the weakened Stone Clan. A Hun Clan Dou Sheng infiltrated the Stone Clan ancestral shrine to find its Tou She Ancient God Jade, only to discover Ling Miao had already taken it and was waiting for him.

• Xiao Lin and Nihility Devouring Flame recognized that neither could defeat the other and called a truce, with Nihility Devouring Flame claiming the Hun Clan had won strategically.
• The Hun Clan and Stone Clan resumed fighting as the Hun Clan's forces pressed their advantage against the weakened Stone Clan.
• A Hun Clan Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint slipped away from the battle and infiltrated the Stone Clan ancestral shrine to search for its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The Hun Clan Dou Sheng found the jade's shrine empty, then was trapped by an illusory Light Curtain.
• Ling Miao appeared and revealed the emerald-green Tou She Ancient God Jade in her hand, preparing to kill the intruder.

Ling Miao ambushed and killed a Hun Clan Two-Star Dou Saint in the Stone Clan's ancestral shrine, securing the Stone Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade for the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. She left the evidence to make the Stone Clan blame the Hun Clan, while the jade ended up with Xiao Lin.

• Ling Miao revealed the Stone Clan's Tou She Ancient God Jade to a Hun Clan Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint and explained that she had stolen it from the ancestral shrine.
• The Hun Clan expert demanded the jade and threatened to stop hunting the Ling Clan, but Ling Miao declared that she would hunt the Hun Clan instead.
• Ling Miao defeated and restrained the Hun Clan expert, then explained that the Palace Master wanted the jade and that the Stone and Hun Clans would blame each other for its disappearance.
• Ling Miao killed the Hun Clan expert with Space Strangulation and erased traces of her presence in the ancestral shrine.
• Ling Miao slipped away, leaving evidence to implicate the Hun Clan, while the Tou She Ancient God Jade remained with Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin secretly secured the Stone Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade while the Stone Clan struggled against the Hun Clan, and he could only watch as Nihility Devouring Flame kept him from intervening. Just as the Stone Clan neared defeat, Hun Tiandi and then the patriarchs of the other Emperor Clans arrived, leaving all five clans gathered in the Stone Realm.

• Xiao Lin reflected that the Stone Clan and Hun Clan each believed the Stone Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade was elsewhere, while he had secretly taken it and considered it payment for saving the clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and Xiao Lin refrained from fighting as the Hun Clan pressed its assault and the Stone Clan’s forces fought to hold their ground.
• Xiao Lin watched from the sidelines, unable to help the Stone Clan while Nihility Devouring Flame kept him in check; Ling Miao also stayed away after obtaining the jade.
• As the Stone Clan neared collapse, Hun Tiandi emerged from the void and frightened Xiao Lin.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan arrived after Hun Tiandi, bringing the patriarchs of all five Emperor Clans to the Stone Realm.

Hun Tiandi arrived after the Hun Clan devastated the Stone Clan, and Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders confronted him. The two sides backed down from war, leaving the Stone Clan’s destruction as the Emperor Clans faced an uneasy standoff.

• Xiao Lin felt relieved when Gu Yuan arrived, while the Stone Clan’s leaders mourned their losses and glared at the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tiandi noticed Nihility Devouring Flame’s grave injuries and Xiao Lin’s survival, then exchanged a knowing look with Xiao Lin.
• Gu Yuan accused Hun Tiandi of attacking the Stone Clan and warned that he was risking war between the Emperor Clans.
• Hun Tiandi dismissed Gu Yuan’s threat, while the leaders of the Gu, Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans united and declared they would fight the Hun Clan.
• The opposing presences collided as Xiao Lin prepared to use Zhukun’s Dragon Seal, but Hun Tiandi withdrew first and the other leaders followed.

Hun Tiandi withdrew from the Stone Realm after Xiao Lin’s fight with Nihility Devouring Flame disrupted the Hun Clan’s plans, while the Gu, Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans refused to risk war against him. The Hun Clan departed, leaving the Stone Clan survivors to mourn and embrace one another.

• Hun Tiandi dismissed Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Yao Dan’s objections to the Ling Clan’s destruction and said the Stone Clan had been spared because of a mishap.
• Hun Tiandi and the four patriarchs noticed Xiao Lin’s injuries and recognized that he had fought Nihility Devouring Flame, a Nine-Star Dou Saint, until its cultivation became unstable.
• Lei Ying took pride in Xiao Lin’s strength and the Lei Clan’s ties to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, while Yan Jin identified Nihility Devouring Flame and Yao Dan marveled at Xiao Lin’s power.
• Hun Tiandi announced that the Hun Clan would leave and calmly told Xiao Lin that he would remember him; Xiao Lin replied that it was an honor.
• Hun Tiandi led Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan out of the Stone Realm, and the surviving Stone Clan members embraced and wept.

After learning that Lin Xiao had thwarted the Stone Clan mission and could threaten the Hun Clan, Hun Tiandi decided to eliminate him while he was injured. The Hun Clan returned to the Soul Realm with only Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Yuantian left, as a plot against Lin Xiao and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace began.

• Hun Tiandi ordered Nihility Devouring Flame to recount the Stone Clan mission, then recognized Lin Xiao as a threat to the Hun Clan.
• Hun Yuantian asked how the Hun Clan would deal with Lin Xiao, and Hun Tiandi declared that he would personally target him while he was injured.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Hall to keep attacking the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and told Nihility Devouring Flame to recover first.
• Nihility Devouring Flame devoured the Hun clansmen who had accompanied them on the failed mission, restoring more than half his injuries while sparing Hun Yuantian.
• Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Hun Yuantian returned to the Soul Realm; Nihility entered seclusion, and Hun Tiandi issued orders to the Soul Hall.

Shi Xiao told the Gu, Lei, Yan, and Yao Clan leaders how the Hun Clan had devastated the Stone Clan, and they realized the Hun Clan’s strength was greater than they had feared. Lei Ying proposed a defensive alliance as Xiao Lin prepared to return to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, leaving Ling Miao to represent it.

• Shi Xiao reported that the Hun Clan had destroyed most of the Stone Clan and battered the Stone Realm, while the other clan leaders offered condolences and promised help if the Hun Clan attacked again.
• Shi Xiao confirmed that the Nihility Devouring Flame had revived Hun Yuantian, prompting the leaders to fear that other dead Hun Clan experts had also been brought back.
• Yao Dan pointed out that unfamiliar Hun Clan Dou Sheng Experts, some bearing death Qi, had fought at the Stone Realm, and Lei Ying proposed an alliance for mutual defense and regular information sharing.
• Xiao Lin said he needed to return to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to recover and named Ling Miao as its representative, after secretly retrieving the Tou She Ancient God Jade from her.

After helping the Stone Clan survive the Hun Clan’s assault, Xiao Lin left the Stone Realm to recover at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. Ji Li was stunned when Xiao Lin healed his severe injuries in minutes, and Xiao Lin explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame could restore him as long as he had enough Dou Qi.

• Shi Xiao thanked Xiao Lin for saving the Stone Clan and promised that the clan would stand with him and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Gu Yuan urged Xiao Lin to return and recuperate, while Lei Ying offered to send healing pills to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin left the Stone Realm, and Ling Miao stayed behind to represent him as the five imperial clan leaders discussed the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Lin returned safely to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and entered the Realm of Formations to recover, where Ji Li saw his charred body.
• Xiao Lin used pills and the Three Thousand Burning Flame to heal himself, then told Ji Li that the flame could restore him if he remained alive and had enough Dou Qi.

Xiao Lin explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame let him recover rapidly, then entered seclusion to heal and attempt a breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Sheng. After Ling Miao returned with news of the Stone Clan’s proposed alliance, Xiao Lin agreed, and the clan sent Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace for safety.

• Xiao Lin told Ji Li that he had strengthened the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s undying nature, allowing him to recover from grievous injuries with energy from heaven and earth.
• Xiao Lin entered seclusion in the Realm of Formations to heal his internal injuries, restore his strength, and attempt a breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Lin revealed that his appearance of near death after the battle with the Nihility Devouring Flame had been an illusion meant to lure someone into taking the bait.
• Ling Miao returned from the Stone Clan and told Ji Li what had happened in the Stone Realm, along with news that the Lei, Yan, and Yao clans had formed a mutual-defense alliance.
• The Stone Clan proposed an alliance with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xiao Lin agreed after Ling Miao informed him.
• Shi Xiao sent Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where the Stone Clan believed the young talents would be safer.

The Emperor Clans settled into separate alliances, while the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace continued to grow under Xiao Lin’s leadership. After Fourth Elder Wu Yunfeng took sect talents to the Space Trading Assembly, he reported that they had been ambushed, and Zuo He suspected the Soul Hall.

• The Lei, Yan, and Yao Clans formed an alliance, while the Stone Clan allied with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and sent Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and cultivation manuals and techniques to the palace.
• Gu Yuan kept the Gu Clan out of both alliances, confident that his strength could protect it.
• Xiao Lin entered seclusion and left sect affairs to Ji Li and the Leadership and Elders.
• Wu Yunfeng led favored disciples, including Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, to the Space Trading Assembly, while the palace’s senior leaders stayed behind.
• Zuo He received Wu Yunfeng’s message that the group had been ambushed after the assembly and suspected the Soul Hall.

The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace suspected that the Soul Hall had ambushed Wu Yunfeng, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, possibly under orders from the Hun Clan. Ji Li recognized that the distress signal was bait and waited, but the Soul Hall escalated its attacks on the palace’s subordinate factions until the palace could no longer ignore them.

• Zuo He and the palace Elders identified Gu You, the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate, as a possible leader of the ambush against Wu Yunfeng and the others.
• Zuo He reported their suspicions to Ji Li, who reasoned that the Soul Hall had deliberately allowed a distress signal to lure the palace into a trap.
• Ji Li told Zuo He to keep the Elders calm and wait, believing Wu Yunfeng and the others were safe while they served as bait.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace stayed inactive as Ji Li predicted, and the Soul Hall began attacking factions under its command.
• The Soul Hall released survivors from those factions to seek help, forcing the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to respond.

The Soul Hall attacked the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s vassals, forcing Ji Li to send most of the palace’s fighters out to help. Ji Li and Ling Miao suspected the attacks were a diversion for a Hun Clan expert to strike Xiao Lin while he was injured and in seclusion, and they were left debating whether to warn him.

• Ji Li ordered Dou Venerables and Dou Zongs to lead fighters to aid the palace’s besieged vassal factions.
• The Soul Hall mobilized its branch halls and the Three Great Heavenly Dipper Halls, and the conflict drew attention across the Central Plains.
• Most of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s fighters, including Zuo He, left to provide aid, leaving Ji Li and Ling Miao behind.
• Ling Miao suspected the Soul Hall’s real goal was to draw the palace’s fighters away and leave Xiao Lin exposed.
• Ji Li and Ling Miao concluded that a Hun Clan expert might be planning to kill the injured Xiao Lin, and Ji Li hesitated over whether to interrupt his seclusion.

Medusa recalled how her relationship with Xiao Yan had begun, while Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian discussed wanting children and learned that ordinary fertility remedies would not work for powerful cultivators. Xiao Yan then reunited with his grandfather Xiao Lin at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Medusa told Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian that she had treated her first encounter with Xiao Yan like a dog bite and had not expected to become pregnant with Xiao Xiao.
• Nalan Yanran suggested trying folk fertility remedies, and Xiao Yi Xian showed interest in the idea.
• Medusa explained that ordinary medicines would be refined by high-level cultivators and suggested asking Xiao Yan to create fertility pills instead.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yi Xian turned eager gazes toward Xiao Yan, who was unaware of their plans as he played with Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan approached Xiao Lin and remarked that he had thought he would not see his grandfather at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin teased Xiao Yan and explained that he had waited outside while Xiao Yan slept off his drunkenness, spending time with his family.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Lin at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and tried to uncover why his grandfather seemed so mysterious. Xiao Lin agreed to accept pills from him while continuing to dodge his questions, leaving Xiao Yan to plan another approach.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin whether he had finished the matter that had brought him to Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Lin avoided explaining.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Lin had reached the Three-Star Dou Emperor Realm and offered to refine pills to strengthen him.
• Xiao Yan recalled the unusual status of his family and questioned how Xiao Lin, once a Dou Wang Formation Master, had gained a special place in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin recognized Xiao Yan was probing him, but agreed to accept the pills rather than refuse and arouse suspicion.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin traded questions and evasions until Xiao Yan decided to try another approach, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li watched in exasperation.

Xiao Yan used Xiao Xiao’s request to set off a miniature Fire Lotus and test whether the formations around the mountain peak could stop it. The fireworks distracted everyone as a lingering spark fell toward Xiao Lin, and Xiao Yan shouted a warning when it was already close.

• Xiao Xiao asked Xiao Yan to show her fireworks, and he promised to set off a smaller, safe display.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin for permission to make fireworks, and Xiao Lin said the peak’s formations could withstand his full power.
• Xiao Yan formed and tossed a miniature Five-Colored Fire Lotus into the sky, delighting Xiao Xiao with its colorful burst.
• A spark that Xiao Yan had deliberately controlled stayed alight and fell toward Xiao Lin while everyone watched the fireworks.
• Xiao Yan shouted that his hand had slipped and warned Xiao Lin to move as the spark approached within ten meters of his head.

Xiao Yan tested Xiao Lin’s strength with a miniature Fire Lotus, but the blast left his grandfather looking injured and made Xiao Yan believe he was only an ordinary Dou Emperor. Xiao Lin punished Xiao Yan with three punches, then decided to give him a harsher welcome at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.

• Xiao Yan’s miniature Fire Lotus spark exploded beside Xiao Lin, leaving him charred and apparently injured.
• Xiao Xiao blamed herself, and Xiao Yan comforted her while apologizing to Xiao Lin and giving him an Eighth-Tier healing pill.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Xiao Lin was only a low-star Dou Emperor, while Xiao Lin pretended to recover from the blast.
• Xiao Lin confronted Xiao Yan over the supposedly accidental attack as Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and the others stepped aside.
• Xiao Yan admitted he was wrong, and Xiao Lin struck him three times before resolving to make his days at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace difficult.

Xiao Lin reassured Xiao Xiao by taking her flying, while Xiao Yan dismissed his suspicions about his grandfather as coincidence. After his brothers teased him for provoking Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan joined his wives and learned Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran wanted to have another child with him.

• Xiao Lin comforted Xiao Xiao and flew her around with his Dou Qi Wings until she cheered up.
• Xiao Yan decided Xiao Lin was an ordinary Dou Emperor and planned to help him grow stronger with Medicinal Pills.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li confronted Xiao Yan about deliberately sending sparks at Xiao Lin, and Xiao Yan denied it before leaving.
• Xiao Yan joined Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, and Nalan Yanran, then learned the women had been discussing children.
• Medusa revealed that Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran wanted another child with Xiao Yan, leaving him surprised and embarrassed.

Xiao Yan hesitated to have children with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran until the Xiao Household’s feud with the Hun Clan was settled, while Medusa encouraged him to refine fertility pills. At the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, Xiao Lin arranged a steady stream of disciple challenges as revenge for Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus, leaving Xiao Yan bewildered by the sect’s contradictory treatment of him.

• Medusa urged Xiao Yan to make fertility pills for Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, but he asked them to wait until the conflict with the Hun Clan was resolved.
• Xiao Yan promised to have many children with each woman, angering Medusa and Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Yi Xian said she could manage two or three.
• Xiao Lin issued a sect task rewarding disciples who challenged Xiao Yan, with a personal-disciple position for anyone who defeated him.
• Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and other disciples challenged Xiao Yan day after day, leaving him exhausted and unsure why they were targeting him.
• Xiao Yan noticed that the sect’s Leaders and Elders treated him warmly, unaware they knew he was the Palace Master’s youngest grandson.

Xiao Lin, disguised as Lin Xiao, fooled Xiao Yan about the challenges and special treatment he had received at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, then offered to take him on a trip to gain a fortune. Three days later, Xiao Lin set out for Ancient Dragon Island with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin.

• Xiao Yan visited Lin Xiao after Xiao Lin and Lin Xiao had deliberately missed each other, and asked why the palace disciples kept challenging him and the elders treated him warmly.
• Xiao Lin claimed the disciples were jealous because Xiao Yan had won Xiao Yi Xian’s affection and said the elders were friends of Xiao Yan’s grandfather, leaving Xiao Yan confused.
• After catching up, Xiao Lin offered to take Xiao Yan somewhere and give him a fortune, then revealed they were going to Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Lin arranged for Medusa and Nalan Yanran to cultivate in the Realm of Formations, then departed for Ancient Dragon Island with Xiao Yan and Qing Lin.