Chapter Summaries

After gaining enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Yan became an Early One-Star Dou Sheng and crushed the Hun Clan forces. He killed Gu You and Hun Yu, leaving the Bodhi Heart in his possession.

• Xiao Yan revealed that his enlightenment had raised him to Early One-Star Dou Sheng, frightening Hun Yu and the surviving experts.
• Hun Yu offered to stop contesting the Bodhi Heart, but Xiao Yan refused to spare anyone from the Hun Clan.
• Gu You reached out from the void to rescue Hun Yu, and Xiao Yan severed his hand.
• Gu You fled into the void, but Xiao Yan pursued him with the Great Heaven Creation Palm and killed him.
• Xiao Yan killed Hun Yu with a finger, turning his body to ash.

Xiao Yan’s newly attained Dou Sheng strength stunned his family and allies after he killed the Hun Clan experts, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree expelled everyone before vanishing. Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Bodhi, who became its second Grand Elder.

• Xiao Yan returned to his family and friends after killing Hun Yu, Gu You, and the other Hun Clan experts, and they praised his sudden rise to Dou Sheng.
• Gu Qingyang, Feng Qing'er, Jiufeng, and the Flower Sect members acknowledged Xiao Yan and welcomed his strength and ties to their allies.
• Xiao Lin and Bodhi agreed that Xiao Yan had exceptional potential, then withdrew from the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s inner space as it began expelling its visitors.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s space shattered and cast Xiao Yan and the others out at the Ancient Domain Platform before the tree sank into the ground and disappeared.
• Xiao Lin and Bodhi left the Vast Desolate Ancient Region and returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Bodhi became the second Grand Elder.

After becoming a Dou Sheng and claiming the Bodhi Heart, Xiao Yan left for the Starfall Pavilion with his companions while news of his achievement spread across the Central Plains. On the journey, he discovered thirty-six mysterious green lights beside the Bodhi Heart in his Storage Ring, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree vanished, and people across the Central Plains learned that Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Sheng Realm, claimed the Bodhi Heart, and killed members of the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan thanked Zuo He and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace before setting off for the Starfall Pavilion with his brothers and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xun'er celebrated Xiao Yan's breakthrough, and Xiao Ding teased them about marrying while Gu Qingyang and the other Gu Clan members reluctantly accepted their relationship.
• Xiao Yan checked his Storage Ring during the journey and found thirty-six green lights floating beside the Bodhi Heart.
• Xiao Yan took out the green lights, and everyone around him was dumbfounded.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion with thirty-six Bodhi Seeds unexpectedly placed in his Storage Ring, leaving him and his brothers wondering why the Bodhi Ancient Tree favored him. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin brought Bodhi to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, appointed him its second Grand Elder, and announced that the sect would receive 108 Bodhi Seeds.

• Nalan Yanran and Gu Qingyang questioned Xiao Yan about the thirty-six Bodhi Seeds he had taken from his Storage Ring, and Xiao Yan could not explain why the Bodhi Ancient Tree had given them to him.
• Xiao Yan and the others returned to Starfall Pavilion still puzzled by the Bodhi Ancient Tree's apparent favor toward him.
• Zuo He and the others returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and were shocked to find Bodhi there with Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin explained that Bodhi would stay at the sect and appointed him its second Grand Elder.
• Xiao Lin told the First Elder to store 108 Bodhi Seeds contributed by Bodhi so sect members could exchange for them with contribution points, leaving everyone stunned.

Xiao Lin gave the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace 108 Bodhi Seeds and announced he was going to the Star Domain. Before leaving, he met Bodhi in the Realm of Formations to assess his strength, where Bodhi discovered the Cangwu Ancient Tree.

• Ji Li asked Bodhi whether he had a special relationship with the Palace Master's family, and Bodhi explained he was repaying Xiao Lin for helping him.
• Xiao Lin presented the sect's Leadership with 108 Bodhi Seeds, and Zuo He took them to arrange an exchange rate in sect contribution points.
• Xiao Lin announced his journey to the Star Domain, and Ji Li agreed to manage the sect while Xiao Lin was away.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Realm of Formations with Bodhi to find out how much strength Bodhi could display.
• Bodhi recognized the Cangwu Ancient Tree and said the Realm of Formations felt like the most comfortable place for him after his Main Body's home.

Xiao Lin learned what Bodhi’s incarnation could do and entrusted him with helping the Cangwu Ancient Tree develop intelligence while protecting the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. Xiao Lin then left for the Star Domain, arriving amid the starry sky.

• Bodhi told Xiao Lin he could help the Cangwu Ancient Tree develop intelligence, though it might take at least a hundred years, and described his strength as normally that of a Four-Star Dou Sheng and at most a Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Lin concluded that Bodhi’s arrival strengthened the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and eased his concerns about leaving it exposed to the Soul Hall.
• Ji Li and Ling Miao returned, and Xiao Lin asked them and Bodhi to protect the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace while he went to the Star Domain.
• Xiao Lin instructed Bodhi to seek help from Ji Li, Ling Miao, or Zhukun if necessary, then departed without informing anyone beyond the sect’s leadership.
• Xiao Lin had given the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan ten Bodhi Seeds in thanks for helping Zuo He, leaving the clan hopeful about its future under the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin arrived amid the starry sky.

Xiao Lin entered the Star Domain to improve his Cultivation Method and break through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, while considering whether to part with the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He transformed into a colossal violet-black fire dragon and ventured deeper into the stars, leaving a treasure-seeker stunned in his wake.

• Xiao Lin arrived in the Star Domain and let the Three Thousand Burning Flame emerge, calling it Little Six and reflecting that he might eventually give it to Xiao Yan.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame coiled around Xiao Lin like a child seeking affection, and he decided not to separate from it yet.
• Xiao Lin set out to upgrade his Cultivation Method and break through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Lin transformed into a thousand-zhang violet-black fire dragon and roared through the Star Domain without borrowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame's power.
• Nie Yu, a High-Level Dou Venerable who had found a Star Flower, came face-to-face with Xiao Lin's enormous dragon form and froze in terror.
• Xiao Lin called the encounter interesting and flew away, leaving Nie Yu gasping and shaken.

Xiao Lin cruised through the Star Domain in his purple-black fire dragon form, studying the stars and frightening treasure hunters for amusement. At a gathering spot, the hunters discussed him until Qu Feng, a High-Level Half-Saint, declared that he wanted to meet the dragon.

• Xiao Lin used his dragon form to observe the stars and advance his Nine Heavens Star Record cultivation.
• Xiao Lin discovered treasure hunters in the Star Domain and learned about the treasures and dangers there.
• Xiao Lin frightened treasure hunters as he cruised through the Star Domain, leaving many shaken.
• Nearly a hundred treasure hunters gathered on a small star and debated the purple-black fire dragon, while Chang Xiu initially dismissed their fears.
• Qu Feng stood up and said he wanted to meet the thousand-zhang purple-black fire dragon.

Xiao Lin continued roaming the Star Domain, collecting treasures and unknowingly entering a state of unity with the heavens as he traveled. When a starry sky storm and asteroid explosion threatened five Saint Realm experts, he effortlessly compressed their combined force into a sphere and swallowed it before continuing on.

• Xiao Lin collected rare crafting materials and medicinal herbs while roaming the Star Domain in his purple-black fire dragon form.
• Xiao Lin roared across the Star Domain, drawing some curious treasure hunters—including Qu Feng—toward his location while others fled.
• Xiao Lin simulated the stars’ movements and entered a state of unity with heaven and earth, gaining a starlit appearance and moving through space without noticing obstacles.
• Qu Feng, Fen Yu, and three other Saint Realm experts became trapped ahead of a starry sky storm combined with an asteroid explosion, and Fen Yu admitted even he could not withstand it.
• Xiao Lin swept past the five, seized the disasters’ combined energy and surrounding space into a sphere, swallowed it, and continued onward without slowing down.

After Xiao Lin effortlessly devoured the combined energy of a starry sky storm and an asteroid explosion, witnesses debated whether he was the Three Thousand Burning Flame and spread warnings about the purple-black fire dragon. Xiao Lin remained unaware as he continued merging with heaven and earth, eventually becoming a thousand-zhang asteroid wreathed in purple-black flames.

• Fen Yu, Qu Feng, and the other three recovered from their fear and wondered whether Xiao Lin resembled the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• An Intermediate Half-Saint argued that the fire dragon's strength far exceeded the Heavenly Flame Ranking, and Fen Yu agreed.
• Xiao Lin continued roaming the Star Domain as though he were a star, treating nearby beings and objects as obstacles along his path.
• Fen Yu, Qu Feng, and the others spread warnings that people should stay out of the fire dragon's way, and a legend about Xiao Lin began circulating through the Star Domain.
• Rock gradually covered Xiao Lin until he became a thousand-zhang asteroid with purple-black flames flickering across its surface.

Nearly a year after Xiao Lin entered the Star Domain, Starfall Pavilion rose to prominence under Yao Lao and Xiao Yan while its conflict with the Soul Hall intensified. Xiao Yan formed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, secured the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s covert support, and persuaded Danta to join after Yao Lao met privately with Xuan Yi.

• Xiao Yan’s rise to Dou Sheng and Yao Lao’s return made Starfall Pavilion a powerful force, drawing visitors and new members as its clashes with the Soul Hall grew fiercer.
• Xiao Yan advanced to the Late-Stage One-Star Dou Saint realm, while Yao Lao broke through to the Early-Stage Two-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to oppose the Soul Hall.
• The Myriad Formation Spirit Palace declined to join openly but agreed to restrain Hun Clan experts and sent Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and other juniors to Starfall Pavilion for exchange and study.
• Xiao Yan became a Danta Elder and worked to persuade Danta to join the alliance, but conservative members initially resisted.
• Yao Lao met privately with Xuan Yi, and Danta joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance three days later amid rumors that Yao Lao had sacrificed his looks to secure its support.

Xiao Yan’s scheme helped Xuan Yi and Yao Lao finally acknowledge their feelings, while also securing Danta’s entry into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left Danta to continue their preparations, and Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi congratulated Xuan Yi.

• Xuan Yi saw Xiao Yan and Yao Lao off, and the narration revealed that she and Xiao Yan had arranged obstacles to Danta joining the alliance so Yao Lao would come to Danta.
• After Yao Lao arrived, he and Xuan Yi grew closer, and Danta’s entry into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance passed without a hitch.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao and Xuan Yi by calling her Mistress Xuan Yi, and Yao Lao allowed the affectionate title.
• Yao Lao invited Xuan Yi to visit Starfall Pavilion before the alliance’s establishment, and she happily accepted his feelings.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao departed, and Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi congratulated Xuan Yi.

Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about helping Xuan Yi delay Danta’s decision to join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, then warned him that he would have to explain Xuan Yi to his fiancée, Hu Jiujiu. When they returned to Starfall Pavilion, Yao Lao learned that Fairy Qing was already talking with Hu Jiujiu, and he rushed to the main hall.

• Yao Lao realized that Xiao Yan, Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Tian Leizi had worked together to delay Danta’s decision until he arrived.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Lao about enjoying the scheme and fled when Yao Lao threatened to discipline him.
• Xiao Yan reminded Yao Lao that he would have to explain Xuan Yi to Hu Jiujiu, his official fiancée.
• Yao Lao returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan and asked Feng Xian why the sect’s atmosphere seemed strange.
• Feng Xian told Yao Lao that Yun Yun and Fairy Qing had arrived, and Fairy Qing was speaking with Hu Jiujiu in the main hall.
• Yao Lao hurried to the main hall while Feng Xian laughed at his predicament.

Yao Lao hurried back to Starfall Pavilion fearing Fairy Qing and Hu Jiujiu would clash, but found them happily chatting and accepting each other. They teased him, and Fairy Qing pledged the Flower Sect to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, leaving Yao Lao feeling like the odd one out.

• Yao Lao rushed back to Starfall Pavilion after Feng Xian told him Fairy Qing had arrived, worried Hu Jiujiu and Fairy Qing might fight.
• Yao Lao found Hu Jiujiu and Fairy Qing drinking tea and chatting amicably in the main hall.
• Hu Jiujiu revealed she had come to accept Yao Lao's former confidantes, and Fairy Qing joined her in teasing him.
• Fairy Qing said the Flower Sect would join the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and told Yao Lao to leave them alone.
• Yao Lao left the hall wondering why he had become the odd one out.

Xiao Yan reassured Yun Yun that he would openly acknowledge their relationship and brought her to meet his parents. Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue realized that Yun Yun, their senior sister, had become their daughter-in-law.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan that Fairy Qing had brought her to Starfall Pavilion to discuss their relationship with his family.
• Xiao Yan took Yun Yun's hand and reassured her that he would face the conversation with her.
• Yun Yun agreed to go with Xiao Yan, who led her to meet Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue.
• Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue saw them arrive holding hands and asked what was going on.
• Xiao Yan confirmed their relationship, leaving his parents stunned that their senior sister had become their daughter-in-law.

Xiao Yan revealed his relationship with Yun Yun to Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue and received their blessing, while Yang Xiyue urged him to treat all the women in his life well. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Yun Yun engaged, the Flower Sect joining the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and several joyful developments at Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan recounted his history with Yun Yun to Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue, explaining how deeply they were bound to each other.
• Yang Xiyue accepted their relationship, and Xiao Zhan agreed after she warned Xiao Yan not to wrong any of the women by his side.
• Yun Yun told them that Yun Shan and Xiao Lin already knew about her relationship with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan brought Yun Shan from the Misty Cloud Sect, and with relatives and elders as witnesses, he and Yun Yun became engaged.
• Fairy Qing and Yao Lao rekindled their romance, the Flower Sect joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Nalan Yanran felt mixed emotions while feeling happy for her teacher.

Xiao Yan established the Heavenly Mansion Alliance with five factions and prepared to strike the Soul Hall’s Human Hall while the Soul Hall’s master was absent. Just as the alliance leaders finalized their plan, a strange daylight appeared in the starry night.

• Xiao Yan brought Burning Flame Valley into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance after agreeing to heal Old Ancestor Huoyun, and Demon Saint Valley also joined under Hu Jiujiu.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance formed with Starfall Pavilion, Danta, the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and Demon Saint Valley, while the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace remained an outside ally.
• The Soul Hall sought aid from the Hun Clan and recruited the Heavenly Nether Sect and Yellow Springs Pavilion as allies, while Hun Miesheng was secretly stripped of his power and faced a possible replacement.
• The alliance leaders decided against attacking the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall headquarters and chose the Human Hall as their first target.
• After the leaders finalized their plans, Xiao Yan sensed a disturbance, and the group rushed outside to see daylight shining in the starry night.

A strange light brightened the midnight sky across much of the Central Plains, and the people of Starfall Pavilion realized it heralded the Three Thousand Burning Flame taking form. The chapter left them watching the stars disappear as silver fire rained from the heavens, while the scale of the phenomenon seemed far greater than expected.

• Fairy Qing, Old Ancestor Huoyun, and people across the Central Plains wondered why the night sky had become as bright as day.
• Old Monster Lin sensed that the light contained Astral Power, and Feng Xian, Yao Lao, and Xiao Yan confirmed it matched the power at Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Yan whether the Flame Mantra had reacted, and Xiao Yan said it had begun circulating faster when the phenomenon appeared.
• Xuan Yi identified the phenomenon as the sign of the Three Thousand Burning Flame taking form.
• Silver sparks rained from the heavens, the air grew scorching, and the stars gradually vanished across a vast region of the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan postponed the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s planned attack on the Soul Hall to pursue the newly appeared Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Star Domain. He reached the flame and found a crowd of powerful contenders already gathering, with more arriving.

• Yao Lao asked the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to delay its attack on the Soul Hall so Xiao Yan could seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and the alliance agreed.
• Xiao Yan thanked the alliance, then opened a Spatial Passage and traveled to the Star Domain.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Star Domain’s Astral Power and followed the connection between Heavenly Flames toward the source of the disturbance.
• Xiao Yan reached an asteroid surrounded by purple-black flames and found about a hundred contenders, including seven or eight Saint Realm experts.
• Xiao Yan met Fen Yu, a One-Star Dou Saint who had followed Xiao Lin, and they discussed the unusual Three Thousand Burning Flame and the expected arrival of more contenders.
• A Half-Saint and several Dou Venerables arrived from the Central Plains as the Star Domain grew crowded.

Xiao Yan learned from Fen Yu that the strange appearance of the Three Thousand Burning Flame might be connected to a terrifying thousand-zhang purple-black fire dragon, and the gathered experts waited beside the blazing asteroid. After nearly a year of roaming the starry sky, Xiao Lin awoke to find meteorites stuck to his body and more than two hundred Dou Venerables surrounding him.

• Fen Yu warned Xiao Yan to flee if the Three Thousand Burning Flame's appearance seemed wrong and explained that he feared the purple-black fire dragon was involved.
• Fen Yu recounted how the fire dragon had survived and swallowed a combined starry-sky storm and exploding asteroid, convincing Xiao Yan that its power far exceeded his own.
• Xiao Yan remained undecided about whether to stay, while nearly two hundred experts gathered around the asteroid and waited after anyone approaching it was burned to death.
• After nearly a year in a state of unity between heaven and man, Xiao Lin awoke with meteorites stuck to his body and more than two hundred Dou Venerables around him.