Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned safely to Starfall Pavilion with Xun'er, delighting his family and friends. After learning that Zi Yan had returned to her clan, he became fixated on the unexpected way Xiao Xiao had just addressed him.

• Yao Lao and the others welcomed Xiao Yan and Xun'er back to Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li reunited with their younger brother.
• Xiao Yan asked about his grandfather, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li assured him that he had returned to his sect because the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace needed him against the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan had gone back, and Xiao Yan decided Zi Yan was safe with Zhukun and did not need his concern.
• Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Xiao had called him something unexpected and asked her to repeat it, shaken by the change in his daughter.

Xiao Yan discovered that Zi Yan had persuaded Xiao Xiao to call him “old man” instead of “Daddy,” and he reluctantly accepted his daughter’s new way of addressing him. Then Xiao Ding gave Xiao Yan an Engagement Contract between him and Xun'er, delighting her and surprising Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan had taught her to call him “old man” because she was growing up.
• Xiao Yan tried to persuade Xiao Xiao to keep calling him “Daddy,” but she thought he considered her childish and a burden.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Xiao, and she promised to grow up quickly so she could help him, Mommy, and everyone else.
• Xiao Ding gave Xiao Yan an envelope that Xiao Yan's grandfather had left as a blessing and gift for Xiao Yan and Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan opened the envelope and found an Engagement Contract between him and Xun'er, who was overjoyed.

Xiao Yan learned that Gu Yuan had formally acknowledged his relationship with Xun'er through an Engagement Contract arranged by Xiao Lin. After Xun'er and Nalan Yanran competed over their closeness to Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran invited him to her room that night and promised to bring Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Lin and Gu Yuan had arranged an Engagement Contract for him and Xun'er as part of their deal.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er welcomed Gu Yuan's formal acknowledgment, while Yun Yun remained calm and Nalan Yanran teased them.
• Xun'er provoked Nalan Yanran by boasting about her time with Xiao Yan, rekindling their rivalry.
• Nalan Yanran pulled Xiao Yan close and whispered that he should visit her room that night and that she would bring Teacher along.

After returning from the Demonic Flame Space, Xiao Yan reunited with his companions, strengthened the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s standing, and helped Xiao Chen recover. The Soul Hall hesitated to retaliate, while Xiao Chen regained his senses at Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan spent several days with his five women after returning, while Xun'er went back to the Gu Clan to retrieve her Engagement Contract.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Hall branch on the Demon Fire Plains and spread news that he had subdued the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, raising the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s morale.
• The Soul Hall weakened its offensive and held back from retaliation, wary of Xiao Yan’s increased strength.
• Xiao Yan had Xiao Yi draw the remaining flame from Xiao Chen and swallow it, then praised her.
• Xiao Chen recovered his senses and slowly opened his eyes at Starfall Pavilion.

After curing Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan heard him praise his efforts in restoring the Xiao Household, while Xiao Chen resolved to devote himself to supporting the clan and Xiao Yan. Their conversation compared the Xiao Clan’s past and present before Xiao Yan asked why Xiao Chen’s condition had worsened after being stabilized in the Demonic Flame Space.

• Xiao Chen thanked Xiao Yan for curing him and credited him with leading the Xiao Household forward after the loss of its Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Xiao Chen reflected on missing the battle that destroyed the Xiao Clan and decided to devote the rest of his life to helping the Xiao Household rise again.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen discussed the Xiao Clan’s history and the Xiao Household’s current circumstances.
• Xiao Yan asked why Xiao Chen’s condition had later worsened despite Xiao Yan using the method taught by Senior Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint to stabilize him.

Xiao Chen confessed that he had let the fake purifying lotus demon flame control him because it promised to reunite him with Xiao Xuan. Xiao Yan revealed that Xiao Xuan still existed in the Heavenly Tomb and promised to take Xiao Chen to see him, though they would need Gu Yuan’s help to open it.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Yan that he had deliberately stopped resisting the fake purifying lotus demon flame after it promised he could see Xiao Xuan in exchange for holding off Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan realized he had forgotten that Xiao Xuan remained in the Heavenly Tomb and apologized to Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Yan explained Xiao Xuan’s circumstances in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Chen reflected on his cousin’s pride and sense of responsibility.
• Xiao Chen rejoiced at the chance to see Xiao Xuan again, while Xiao Yan vowed that the Xiao Clan would one day make the Hun Clan pay.
• Xiao Yan said they would need Gu Yuan’s help to open the Heavenly Tomb before he could take Xiao Chen to Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan discussed Xiao Chen’s lingering feelings toward the Gu Clan and agreed to seek Gu Yuan’s help in reopening the Heavenly Tomb after the Soul Hall was destroyed. Xiao Yan then invited Xiao Chen to visit the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where he explained how his grandfather had influenced the family’s different paths.

• Xiao Chen admitted that he still held some resentment toward the Gu Clan, but joked that Xiao Yan winning Xun’er made up for what the clan owed the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen agreed to ask Gu Yuan to reopen the Heavenly Tomb after the expected decisive battle with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Chen to visit the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Xiao Chen asked why Xiao Yan and his brothers belonged to different factions.
• Xiao Yan explained that his grandfather had shaped the brothers’ paths and recounted how his grandfather and teacher had tricked him.
• Xiao Chen called Xiao Lin “something else,” and Xiao Yan agreed that his grandfather was mysterious and still kept secrets from him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen traveled to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Xiao Yan was welcomed by a former Pan Gate member and rewarded him with a Sect Breaking Pill. Their visit ended in a tense encounter with Hun Tu, a Soul Clan Demon Saint who had been lingering outside the palace for nearly two years.

• Xiao Chen agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace because he wanted to meet Xiao Yan's grandfather.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen set out for the palace while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li stayed behind to fight Soul Hall members.
• A guard who had graduated from Jia Nan Academy and belonged to Pan Gate recognized Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan gave him a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Xiao Chen admired the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace as an Elder guided them inside.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen sensed a loathsome presence and recognized Hun Tu, who identified them as Xiao Clan remnants.

After two years of keeping the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s Saint Realm experts inside the sect, Hun Tu tried to attack Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen when they arrived. Lin Xiao struck Hun Tu down and ordered him to tell Hun Tiandi to come.

• Hun Tu spent two years stationed at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, believing the Hun Clan’s threat had kept its Saint Realm experts from leaving.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Hun Tu prepared to attack them.
• Hun Tu ignored a deacon elder’s warning and unleashed his presence, while Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Chen from confronting him.
• Lin Xiao sent a giant starlit hand from deep within the palace and slapped Hun Tu away, breaking through his defense.
• Lin Xiao demanded that Hun Tu return and tell Hun Tiandi to come.

Xiao Lin emerged from seclusion and swiftly defeated Hun Tu after he threatened Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. After Hun Tu fled, Xiao Lin transported Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen to the Realm of Formations to meet him.

• Xiao Lin struck Hun Tu, severely injuring his body and soul after Hun Tu moved to attack Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Lin sent Hun Tu flying out of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Hun Tu fled while vowing to report Lin Xiao to Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen expressed their shock at Xiao Lin's strength after witnessing him defeat Hun Tu.
• Xiao Lin used Spatial Power to bring Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen to the Realm of Formations, where they found him beneath the Cangwu Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan brought his ancestor Xiao Chen to meet Xiao Lin at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Xiao Lin praised Xiao Yan’s rapid cultivation and asked why they had come. Xiao Yan explained that they wanted to check on the palace after the Hun Clan’s provocation, and Xiao Lin remained confident Hun Tiandi would not attack while he lived.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen greeted Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin welcomed Xiao Chen while privately acknowledging their ancestral connection.
• Xiao Lin recalled that he had asked Ji Li to tell Xiao Chen he could visit Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Yan had brought Xiao Chen to the palace first.
• Xiao Lin assessed Xiao Yan’s cultivation and praised him for reaching Early Six-Star Dou Sheng; Xiao Yan credited luck while showing pride.
• Xiao Lin asked why Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen had come before the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s decisive battle against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan said they had come to check on the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after Hun Tu’s visit and worried Hun Tiandi might retaliate; Xiao Lin said Hun Tiandi would not act recklessly against him.

Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin whether the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace could spare strength to support the Heavenly Mansion Alliance against the Soul Hall. Xiao Lin realized Hun Tiandi’s threat to the Palace had been a diversion that concealed his plans for the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Lin reassured Xiao Yan that he was confident he could handle Hun Tiandi after humiliating Hun Tu.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had forces available to help the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Xiao Yan revealed his suspicion that powerful Hun Clan experts were backing Hun Miesheng and might have taken control of the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Chen was startled that Xiao Yan had kept his suspicions from the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to avoid damaging morale.
• Xiao Lin recognized that Hun Tiandi had used Hun Tu’s visit to divert his attention while carrying out a scheme involving the Soul Hall.

Xiao Lin explained that Hun Tiandi had used Hun Tu’s two-year stay at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to distract it from changes in the Soul Hall’s leadership. Although Xiao Lin said he could not intervene in the decisive battle, he assured Xiao Yan that someone would stop an expert on the level of the Four Demon Saints, without revealing who.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen that Hun Tiandi had sent Hun Tu to distract the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace while the Soul Hall’s upper ranks changed.
• Xiao Yan realized that a Four Demon Saints-level expert could help the Soul Hall devastate the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and Xiao Chen reflected on Hun Tiandi’s danger.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin to intervene in the decisive battle, but Xiao Lin said his involvement could draw the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Hun Clan into a wider conflict.
• Xiao Yan decided he might need to seek help from the Gu Clan, but Xiao Lin said he could offer help without entering the battle himself.
• Xiao Lin assured Xiao Yan that someone would stop a Four Demon Saints-level expert, then refused to reveal the person’s identity.

Xiao Yan secured Xiao Lin’s promise that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace would intercept the Soul Hall’s strongest experts during the coming battle, then sought cultivation advice from him. Xiao Yan used a question about the Three Thousand Burning Flame to test his suspicion that Xiao Lin had orchestrated the upheaval in the Star Domain.

• Xiao Yan agreed that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance would handle Soul Hall experts below seven-star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Lin’s Myriad Formation Spirit Palace would stop enemies of the Four Demon Saints’ level.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin for cultivation advice, and Xiao Chen listened as Xiao Lin answered his questions.
• Xiao Yan brought up Xiao Lin’s rumored history with the Three Thousand Burning Flame and displayed his own violet-black flame.
• Xiao Yan suspected Xiao Lin had caused the Star Domain upheaval, reasoning that the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace had been absent despite the appearance of the ninth-ranked Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan saw Xiao Lin produce a Three Thousand Burning Flame as powerful as his own and again failed to guess the truth behind it. After Xiao Lin explained the flame’s strength, Xiao Yan sought his advice, then went with Xiao Chen to meet Xiao Lin again in his disguised identity as Xiao Yan’s grandfather.

• Xiao Lin produced a Three Thousand Burning Flame that seemed just as powerful as Xiao Yan’s, leaving Xiao Yan baffled about how he still possessed it.
• Xiao Yan explained that his flame might have mutated, while Xiao Lin attributed his flame’s strength to its compatibility with his Astral Power.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin for advice on using the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Lin taught him without revealing his amusement.
• Xiao Yan left to meet his grandfather, and Xiao Lin disguised himself as an angler before receiving Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen on a mountain peak.
• Xiao Yan excitedly greeted his grandfather, while Xiao Chen studied the seemingly ordinary old man with curiosity and suspicion.

Xiao Yan found his grandfather Xiao Lin safe at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, but Xiao Lin rebuked him for interrupting his fishing. After hours without a catch, Xiao Lin lost his temper and destroyed the pond, while Xiao Yan enjoyed watching him.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and was relieved to see Xiao Lin safe and fishing.
• Xiao Lin scolded Xiao Yan for making noise and scaring away the fish.
• Xiao Yan noticed the empty fish basket and assumed Xiao Lin had been skunked, provoking Xiao Lin to keep fishing out of pride.
• Xiao Chen reminisced while Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin waited by the pond for several hours.
• A fish spat water at Xiao Lin, who snapped and blew up the pond with his fishing rod.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that Xiao Lin had lost his temper because he had been skunked, then secretly enjoyed the spectacle.

Xiao Lin hosted Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan for a fish feast, then encouraged Xiao Chen to build a life beyond avenging and restoring the Xiao Clan. Xiao Chen decided to visit the Xiao Household in the Northwest Continent after the Soul Hall was destroyed, while Xiao Yan was left baffled that he still could not see through his grandfather’s cultivation.

• Xiao Lin served Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan an all-fish feast made from the fish in his pond.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan assured Xiao Chen that the Xiao Household would regain its former glory, and the three discussed their clan and the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Lin urged Xiao Chen to stop blaming himself for the Xiao Clan’s destruction and to travel and meet the rest of the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Chen decided to visit the Xiao Household in the Northwest Continent and help move it to the Central Plains after the Soul Hall was destroyed.
• Xiao Yan tested his soul power against Xiao Lin and was shocked when he still could not see through his grandfather’s cultivation.

Xiao Yan discovered that his grandfather Xiao Lin possessed an Emperor Realm Soul, far surpassing what he had expected. The revelation left Xiao Yan delighted by his grandfather’s hidden strength and newly confident against the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan tried to probe Xiao Lin’s cultivation, but Xiao Lin’s Emperor Realm Soul rebounded the attempt and briefly dazed him.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin what realm he had reached, and Xiao Lin teased him to guess.
• Xiao Chen inferred that Xiao Lin possessed an Emperor Realm Soul after observing Xiao Yan’s reaction.
• Xiao Chen explained that an Emperor Realm Soul could display the strength of an Eight-Star Dou Sheng, citing Xiao Xuan as an example.
• Xiao Yan realized how powerful his grandfather was and thought the Soul Hall was no longer a threat.

Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that he would stay hidden during the coming decisive battle and revealed that Xiao Yan’s uncle would handle Soul Hall Dou Sheng Experts above Seven-Star. Xiao Yan was stunned by the news, then earned a beating after guessing that Xiao Lin had secretly found a new partner and fathered another son.

• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Lin would confront the strongest enemies in the battle between the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the Soul Hall, but Xiao Lin denied it.
• Xiao Lin explained that he wanted to conceal his existence and keep his strength secret while he pursued a breakthrough and planned against the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked who else in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace could fight powerful Dou Sheng Experts, and Xiao Lin said Xiao Yan’s uncle would make a move.
• Xiao Chen wondered whether the Xiao Household had other experts, while Xiao Yan struggled to understand how he could have an uncle he had never heard of.
• Xiao Yan guessed that Xiao Lin had found a sweetheart and secretly fathered another son, so Xiao Lin angrily chased him down and beat him.
• Xiao Chen watched their exchange with amusement, then felt his hatred for the Hun Clan deepen as he remembered the protection he and Xiao Xuan had received in their youth.

After securing support from Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and spent a quiet stretch with his family and friends as both sides prepared for war. The Soul Hall ended the uneasy pause by sending Xiao Yan a blood-red challenge to fight to the death at Fallen Peak in three days.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen left the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after Xiao Lin promised support, while Xiao Yan remained curious about the mysterious uncle.
• Xuan Ting praised Xiao Yan’s strength, and Xiao Lin predicted that his grandson might become a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen returned to the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as it and the Soul Hall entered a tense five-day standoff.
• Xiao Yan stayed close to his family and friends while Xiao Chen entered seclusion but failed to break through.
• The Soul Hall sent the Heavenly Mansion Alliance a blood-red challenge naming Xiao Yan and demanding a fight to the death at Fallen Peak in three days.