Chapter Summaries

After forcing the Soul Hall to disband, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance became one of the Central Plains’ two leading factions, and Xiao Yan’s strength and reputation soared. The alliance curbed its members’ conduct as its ranks grew, while the consequences of the battle at Fallen Peak continued to reverberate three months later.

• Hun Miesheng handed over the locations of the Soul Hall’s branches, declared the Soul Hall disbanded, and left Fallen Peak with five surviving Hun Clan Dou Sheng Experts.
• The Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s victory spread across the Central Plains, where the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace congratulated it and began strengthening ties with its factions.
• People praised Xiao Yan for defeating Hun Qianmo and learned of his connection to Uncle Xuan Ting, further elevating his standing within the alliance.
• The alliance leadership banned members from acting arrogantly or tyrannically and threatened to expel anyone who violated the order.
• More experts joined the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as its strength grew, and three months passed while the aftershocks of the battle continued.

Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after greatly improving their strength and returned to Starfall Pavilion. They learned that Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance had destroyed the Soul Hall, and were left astonished by his victory over a Six-Star Dou Sheng.

• Medusa completed her transformation into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and reached Late Four-Star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Late-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian left the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and noticed celebrations as they traveled through the Heavenly Mansion Alliance's territory.
• At Starfall Pavilion, the women learned that Hun Miesheng had announced the Soul Hall's dissolution and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance had cleared out its branch halls.
• The women heard that Xiao Yan had killed a Six-Star Dou Sheng during the battle at Fallen Peak and reacted with shock.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and the others took turns telling Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian about recent events.

Six months after the Soul Hall’s destruction, Nalan Yanran broke through to the Dou Sheng Realm with Xiao Yan’s help, bringing all five of his women to that rank. With Xiao Ding and Xiao Li also having reached One-Star Dou Sheng, the story left the Xiao family and its allies poised for an age of Dou Shengs.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian, then welcomed Gu Xun'er back, and spent time with all five women before everyone resumed cultivation.
• Six months after the Soul Hall’s destruction, Nalan Yanran emerged from seclusion amid powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations and reached the Dou Sheng Realm.
• Xiao Yan had used Bodhi Seeds to refine a Bodhi Great Return Pill, then combined it with Demon Saint Essence Blood and the Bodhi Heart to help Nalan Yanran reach Late-Stage Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Nalan Yanran celebrated her breakthrough by kissing Xiao Yan in front of everyone.
• Xiao Yan’s elder brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, had also used Demon Saint Essence Blood to reach One-Star Dou Sheng.

The Xiao Household prepared to relocate from the Northwest Continent to the Central Plains after the Soul Hall’s destruction, bringing small groups from allied factions to establish outposts. Xiao Yan returned with his family and ended up tricked by Xiao Lin into taking charge of the move.

• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Lin’s plan to move the Xiao Household to the Central Plains went ahead, with Xiao Lin relying on his strength, Xiao Yan’s family, and their allies for protection.
• The Xiao Household invited small groups from the Nalan Family and the Misty Cloud Sect to establish outposts in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan returned with Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, their wives, and Xiao Xiao, and learned that the Xiao Household was moving after arriving three days earlier.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan lounged while the clan prepared to leave, and Xiao Lin guilted Xiao Yan into volunteering to manage the move.
• Xiao Yan realized from Xiao Lin’s satisfied smile that his grandfather had maneuvered him into taking on the work.

Xiao Lin assigned Xiao Yan the exhausting task of moving the Xiao Realm to the Central Plains using Spatial Displacement. After a month of preparations, Xiao Yan transported the realm over seven days, bringing the Xiao Household to its new home.

• Xiao Lin persuaded Xiao Yan to take responsibility for moving the Xiao Realm, despite Xiao Yan's protests about his early Six-Star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• The Xiao Household spent another month preparing to relocate and notified its allies on the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Zhan led the assembled household members into the Xiao Realm, while some elders and guards stayed behind to protect the Ancestral Residence in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan used Spatial Displacement to move the Xiao Realm and entered the Spatial Passage he had opened.
• After seven days, Xiao Yan brought the Xiao Realm to the Central Plains, exhausted, and the Xiao Household arrived.

The Xiao Household established itself in the Central Plains while Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan guarded it, and the Hun Clan left it alone. Nearly three months later, Zi Yan arrived with proof of her serious business: three Heavenly Flames.

• The Xiao Household settled between the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Starfall Pavilion and began building businesses to secure a foothold in the Central Plains.
• The Hun Clan ignored the Xiao Household, and Xiao Lin suspected it was focused on plotting against the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan stayed with the Xiao Household while Xiao Zhan and the Leadership managed its move and development, with Xiao Chen eagerly helping.
• Nearly three months later, Zi Yan used the Communication Stone to find Xiao Lin and arrived at the Xiao Household.
• Zi Yan and Xiao Yan discovered they had both reached the Six-Star Dou Sheng realm, and Zi Yan revealed three Heavenly Flames.

Zi Yan delivered three Heavenly Flames from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to Xiao Yan, who entered seclusion to refine them and strengthen his cultivation. Three months later, a ten-colored Fire Lotus rose from his retreat, radiating danger.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan had brought the three Heavenly Flames for him.
• Zi Yan handed Xiao Yan the Yin Yang Twin Suns, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Yan predicted refining them would raise him to at least Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan thanked Zi Yan and entered seclusion to absorb the Heavenly Flames.
• Zi Yan spent time with Xiao Lin, Medusa, and Xiao Xiao while Xiao Yan cultivated.
• Three months later, Xiao Yan's presence erupted from his retreat and a dangerous ten-colored Fire Lotus rose into the air.

After three months in seclusion, Xiao Yan refined three more Heavenly Flames and emerged with ten flames fused into his Destruction Fire Body. His cultivation rose to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint, leaving him strong enough to threaten an Early Eight-Star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan completed the refinement of the Yin Yang Twin Suns, Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and Nine Nether Wind Flame, bringing his total to ten Heavenly Flames.
• A ten-colored Fire Lotus appeared above the Xiao Household, alarming its residents, while Xiao Yan remained unseen.
• Xiao Lin realized Xiao Yan was inside the Fire Lotus and explained this to Xun'er, Xiao Zhan, and the others.
• The Fire Lotus bloomed to reveal Xiao Yan in his Destruction Fire Body, with pink crystal covering his bare upper body and flame wings unfurling behind him.
• Xiao Lin suppressed the pressure from Xiao Yan's transformation, and Xiao Yan's cultivation advanced from Early Six-Star Dou Sheng to Early Seven-Star Dou Saint.

After Xiao Yan reached Early Seven-Star Dou Saint with ten Heavenly Flames, the Xiao Household and its allies settled into peace. Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to plan his next advance, where Yao Jing arrived with an invitation to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.

• Xiao Yan tested his new strength and realized he could contend with Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saints, though activating his Destruction Fire Body remained costly.
• Xiao Lin sent the Xiao Household members back to their duties, and the family celebrated Xiao Yan’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, while Xiao Yan went back to Starfall Pavilion and Xiao Xiao and Xiao Chen stayed with the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Lin reviewed the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s growing strength and began planning the final step in improving his own power.
• Yao Jing arrived at the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to invite it to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, scheduled for a month later.

Xiao Lin accepted the Yao Clan’s invitation to its Medicine Ceremony and planned to attend under his original identity rather than as Lin Xiao, hoping to use the Hun Clan’s moves to advance his cultivation. He summoned Ye Xinlan to help prepare his disguise, leaving his plans for the ceremony underway.

• Yao Jing invited the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, and Xiao Lin accepted on behalf of the palace.
• Yao Jing left to report Xiao Lin’s acceptance to Yao Dan, while Xiao Lin began preparing for the ceremony in about a month and a half.
• Xiao Lin decided to attend as his original self so the Hun Clan would act and help him reach Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Lin summoned Ye Xinlan, praised her progress as a Dou Venerable, Eighth-Tier Alchemist, and Fourth-Level Spirit Formation Master, and prepared to have her help with his disguise.

Xiao Lin sent Ye Xinlan to represent the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, encouraging her despite her doubts about her alchemy skills. A month and a half later, they set out together under Xiao Lin’s Elder Xiao identity, while Ye Xinlan remained unaware that he and Lin Xiao were the same person.

• Ye Xinlan thanked Xiao Lin for guiding her since Jia Nan Academy, which had helped her become a Dou Venerable and develop her alchemy and formation skills.
• Xiao Lin told Ye Xinlan to accompany Elder Xiao to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, and she accepted after he reassured her that participating mattered more than winning.
• Xiao Lin gave Ye Xinlan a month and a half to prepare for the ceremony.
• Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan set out for the Yao Clan with Xiao Lin using his Elder Xiao identity, while Ye Xinlan wondered about the mysterious elder’s strength.

Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan traveled to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony in the Shennong Mountain Range, where crowds of Alchemists were gathering. As they approached the Medicine Realm, two figures arrived, and Ye Xinlan was surprised to see her grandfather among them.

• Xiao Lin teased Ye Xinlan about her curiosity, and their conversation helped her relax around him.
• Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan reached the Shennong Mountain Range on the third day of their journey.
• They saw many Alchemists traveling to attend the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.
• As Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan headed toward the Medicine Realm entrance, Xiao Lin sensed someone approaching and stopped to wait.
• Two figures appeared before them, and Ye Xinlan exclaimed in surprise, asking her grandfather why he had come too.

Xiao Lin, Ye Xinlan, Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao met in the Shennong Mountain Range and traveled together to the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm. Their invitations and affiliations drew attention at the entrance, where the guards admitted them with special courtesy.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao hurried over after spotting Xiao Lin and Ye Xinlan in the Shennong Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan teased Xiao Lin about being lazy, then greeted Ye Xinlan and Yao Lao.
• The four decided to enter the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm together for the Medicine Ceremony.
• Xiao Lin and Xiao Yan presented their invitations at the entrance and identified the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• The Yao Clan guards verified their tokens and invited the four inside, promising to assign someone to escort them.

Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Ye Xinlan traveled into the Yao Clan’s Medicine Realm, where Yao Lao revisited the home that had once expelled him. As Yao Lao stood lost in memories, Yao Wangui arrived and provoked him, apparently failing to recognize Xiao Yan and the danger he posed.

• Xiao Lin and his companions entered the Medicine Realm and rode a giant bird to the Yao Clan’s mountain settlement.
• Yao Lao recognized the place where he had once lived and remembered how the clan’s bloodline-focused leaders had suppressed and expelled him despite his talent.
• Xiao Lin, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan waited beside Yao Lao as he stood lost in thought, drawing curious looks from the people around them.
• Yao Wangui approached with other Yao Clan members and mocked Yao Lao for returning after being expelled.
• Xiao Lin silently judged Yao Wangui reckless for provoking them, especially since Xiao Yan had already defeated a stronger Dou Sheng and had grown even more powerful.

Yao Wangui and his followers insulted Yao Lao and denied him the right to return to the Yao Clan, while Xiao Yan promised to handle the matter. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan abruptly smashing one of the men into the ground.

• Yao Wangui arrived with Yao Clan followers, who mocked Yao Lao and disparaged the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
• Ye Xinlan and Xiao Lin reacted with disbelief as outsiders in the square kept their distance from Yao Wangui's group.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao to leave the matter to him and said his teacher would be able to inscribe his parents' names on the Clan Monument.
• Yao Wangui rejected Yao Lao's claim to the Clan Monument, and his followers continued insulting Yao Lao and Xiao Yan.
• When one follower began taunting Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan crushed him headfirst into the floor.

Xiao Yan punished the Yao Clan members who insulted him and effortlessly repelled the Yao Clan Iron Guards. Yao Wangui, refusing to believe Xiao Yan’s strength, unleashed his Four-Star Dou Sheng presence, which vanished before it could reach Xiao Lin.

• Xiao Yan swiftly slapped the Yao Clan members who had insulted him, sending them bleeding and sprawling across the square.
• Yao Wangui angrily insulted Xiao Yan and ordered the Yao Clan Iron Guards to seize him.
• Xiao Yan released a wave of fiery Qi that shattered the Iron Guards’ spears and sent dozens of them flying.
• Yao Wangui dismissed Xiao Yan’s strength as a rumor and unleashed his full Four-Star Dou Sheng presence.
• Yao Wangui’s presence disappeared within three meters of Xiao Lin, who remained unmoved beside Ye Xinlan.

Xiao Yan revealed strength comparable to a Six-Star Dou Sheng, forcing Yao Wangui to abandon his attempt to attack him. When Yao Clan Elders arrived, Yao Wangui accused Xiao Yan of starting the violence, but the other Elders recognized Xiao Yan and hesitated to provoke him.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Yao Wangui with his presence and mocked him for challenging his teacher despite being only a Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Yao Wangui realized the reports of Xiao Yan’s power were true and regretted provoking him, while Xiao Yan concealed his greater strength.
• Yao Wangui refrained from attacking as Xiao Yan’s presence pressed down on him.
• Xiao Lin released a Six-Star Dou Sheng presence, drawing Yao Clan experts to the square.
• Yao Wangui urged the arriving Elders to capture Xiao Yan and blamed him for attacking the Yao Clan members.
• The Elders learned Xiao Yan’s identity and held back, recognizing that the Yao Clan could not casually oppose him.

Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wangui apologize to Yao Chen and attacked him when he refused, while Xiao Yi held back the Yao Clan elders. As Yao Wanhuo rushed to intervene, he suddenly disappeared, leaving Xiao Yan and the onlookers stunned.

• The Yao Clan elders confronted Xiao Yan over his treatment of their clansmen, but he held Yao Wangui responsible for starting the conflict.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Yao Wangui apologize to Yao Chen, and Yao Wangui refused.
• Xiao Yan charged at Yao Wangui while Xiao Yi used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to keep the other elders back.
• Yao Wanhuo arrived to stop Xiao Yan but vanished before reaching him.

Xiao Yan captured Yao Wangui instead of killing him after receiving a voice transmission from Xiao Lin. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin revealed himself to Yao Wanhuo as an elder of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, leaving Yao Wanhuo stunned by his strength.

• Xiao Yan began to kill Yao Wangui but changed his attack and captured him after Xiao Lin sent him a voice transmission.
• The Yao Clan elders felt relieved that Xiao Yan had captured Yao Wangui rather than killed him, while they wondered where Yao Wanhuo had gone.
• Xiao Lin had transported Yao Wanhuo beside him before he could reach the square, and Yao Wanhuo cautiously asked who he was.
• Xiao Lin identified himself as an elder of the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, and Yao Wanhuo realized his strength surpassed Yao Dan's.
• Yao Wanhuo apologized for the Yao Clan's poor hospitality and bowed to Xiao Lin, who responded politely.

Xiao Yan subdued Yao Wangui and refused the Yao Clan elders’ attempt to end the dispute, insisting that the truth behind Yao Lao’s expulsion be revealed. With Xiao Lin’s advice guiding him, Xiao Yan kept Yao Wangui alive to make him confess, while Xiao Yi threatened him with a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus.

• Xiao Yan choked Yao Wangui into submission and warned him that resisting would mean death.
• A Yao Clan elder asked Xiao Yan to release Yao Wangui and let the matter end, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan said someone who knew the past should clear up the accusations against Yao Lao, moving Yao Wangui and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Lin’s sound transmission had prompted Xiao Yan to spare Yao Wangui so he could reveal how Yao Lao had been framed and expelled.
• Xiao Yi returned beside Xiao Yan and waved a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus in front of Yao Wangui.