Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao faced the second wave of seven-colored Tribulation Lightning as the Heavenly Venerables formed Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons. Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables joined forces to attack the pythons, and Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Heavenly Venerables launched their own powerful techniques as the battle continued.

• Xiao Yao saw that Qing Hai and four ordinary Heavenly Venerables had died after the first lightning wave.
• Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables agreed to combine their strength against the second wave of lightning.
• Ninth Heavenly Venerable gathered rain into a huge sphere, and Eighth Heavenly Venerable froze it into an enormous ice sphere.
• Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerables launched their joint technique, Rain Erodes the Firmament, at the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons.
• The pythons coiled around the ice sphere, locking the lightning and ice into a fierce struggle.
• Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Heavenly Venerables unleashed powerful energy attacks toward the pythons.

Xiao Yao overcame the Seven-Colored Tribulation Lightning by weakening its python form and striking its vulnerable abdomen. He absorbed the remaining lightning into his body and refined it, ending with crimson lightning woven into his violet-brown flames.

• Xiao Yao summoned the Great Wilderness Heaven-Prisoning Hand to hold back the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yao spotted the python's weak point and blasted its head apart with the giant hand.
• Xiao Yao struck the python's abdomen with Dragon Claw Hand, leaving it badly weakened.
• The python counterattacked and drove its remaining heavenly lightning into Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao refined and absorbed the lightning with the Three Thousand Meteorite Crystal Flame and Myriad Devouring Art, then revealed crimson lightning within his flames.

After enduring most of the Seven-Colored Tribulation Lightning, Xiao Yao faced the Ninth Heavenly Venerable, who attacked him despite his severe injuries. As the final bolt approached, Xiao Yao revealed his hidden Six-Star Dou Zun cultivation when the Ninth and Eighth Heavenly Venerables charged him.

• Xiao Yao absorbed thirty percent of the Seven-Colored Tribulation Lightning’s energy and reached the peak of One-Star Dou Zun.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerable attacked Xiao Yao, then threatened to kill him before the final lightning bolt fell.
• Xiao Yao taunted the Ninth Heavenly Venerable while the Seventh and Eighth Heavenly Venerables urged him not to act rashly.
• The Ninth Heavenly Venerable decided to attack, and the Eighth Heavenly Venerable joined him while the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Heavenly Venerables stayed behind.
• As thunder heralded the final Tribulation Lightning, the Ninth and Eighth Heavenly Venerables lunged at Xiao Yao, who unleashed the All-Character Secret and revealed his Six-Star Dou Zun cultivation.

Xiao Yao overwhelmed the Ninth Heavenly Venerable despite his lower cultivation, killed him, and captured his soul. As the Eighth Heavenly Venerable charged at him, the Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning gathered overhead.

• Xiao Yao countered the Eighth Heavenly Venerable’s sneak attack and sent the Ninth Heavenly Venerable flying with a palm strike.
• Xiao Yao fought through the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s black energy and appeared behind him.
• Xiao Yao pierced the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s chest, killing him in front of the other Heavenly Venerables.
• Xiao Yao took the Ninth Heavenly Venerable’s soul and sealed it in a jade bottle despite the Eighth Heavenly Venerable’s threats.
• The Eighth Heavenly Venerable attacked Xiao Yao, who evaded him as Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning began gathering in the clouds.

As the final Tribulation Lightning gathered, Xiao Yao fought Eighth Heavenly Venerable and promised to kill him within ten breaths. He restrained Eighth Heavenly Venerable’s attempted self-destruction and crushed him with the Azure Soul Hand, while the other Heavenly Venerables prepared to face the approaching lightning.

• Fifth Heavenly Venerable warned Sixth Heavenly Venerable and Seventh Heavenly Venerable about the Tribulation Lightning and revealed his life-saving jade slip.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable charged Xiao Yao, who struck him twice and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerable tried to self-destruct, but Xiao Yao used the Azure Soul Hand to suppress his destructive energy and pin him in place.
• Xiao Yao declared the ten breaths were up and squeezed the soul palm around Eighth Heavenly Venerable, breaking his bones as he struggled to escape.

Xiao Yao killed Eighth Heavenly Venerable, recovered from his injuries, and faced the final Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning. While Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Heavenly Venerable tried to weaken their lightning with a jade slip, Xiao Yao's Azure Soul Hand failed to stop his own strike, which continued toward him.

• Xiao Yao crushed Eighth Heavenly Venerable's body and annihilated his soul, while Seventh, Sixth, and Fifth Heavenly Venerable vowed to deal with him after the tribulation.
• Xiao Yao dispelled the All-Character Secret, took a medicinal pill to heal, and prepared for the final Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning.
• Fifth Heavenly Venerable sent a jade slip against the three lightning dragons, and Sixth and Seventh Heavenly Venerable joined him in channeling Dou Qi to stabilize it.
• Xiao Yao unleashed Azure Soul Hand against his Nine-Colored Flood Dragon, but the giant hand collapsed and the enraged dragon charged at him again.

Xiao Yao fought the Nine-Colored Flood Dragon formed from the Tribulation Lightning, but it struck him into a deep pit. The dragons merged and shattered the jade slip, whose released force weakened the final dragon without destroying it.

• Xiao Yao charged the Nine-Colored Flood Dragon and fought through its lightning blades and sphere, landing a punch on its head.
• The Nine-Colored Flood Dragon turned into a bolt of lightning and blasted Xiao Yao into a pit hundreds of meters deep.
• The three remaining Nine-Colored Flood Dragons merged into a stronger dragon and attacked the dimming jade slip.
• The jade slip cracked and exploded, releasing a force that engulfed the dragon and clashed with its lightning.
• The dragon survived the jade slip's force, though its energy and aura weakened, and Seventh Venerable cried out in disbelief.

Xiao Yao struggled against the Nine-Colored Tribulation Lightning and, drawing strength from memories of Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, began refining the lightning within himself using the Three Thousand Meteorite Crystal Flame and Myriad Devouring Art. The Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables survived their clash but were badly injured, while the Seventh Heavenly Venerable lay near death.

• The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Heavenly Venerables fought the three Nine-Colored Flood Dragons, but all three were badly hurt and the Seventh Heavenly Venerable fell into a crater near death.
• Trapped beneath the nine-colored lightning, Xiao Yao’s body and battle qi were ravaged as Zi Yan and Qing Lin watched anxiously.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian’s remembered voices revived Xiao Yao’s determination, and he rose to use the Three Thousand Meteorite Crystal Flame and Myriad Devouring Art to refine and devour the lightning.
• The Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables got back to their feet, assessed their injuries, and took pills from their Storage Rings to recover.

After surviving the Tribulation Lightning, Xiao Yao devoured the energy around him and the attacks of the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables, then broke through to Dou Zun. The system awarded him several rewards and set a new mission to reach the Spirit Physique Realm within five years.

• The Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables recovered from the lightning and prepared to kill the injured Xiao Yao, but a strange force began drawing energy toward him.
• Xiao Yao absorbed nine-colored energy from heaven and earth and used the Myriad Devouring Art to devour the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables' attacks.
• The Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables' attacks became nourishment for Xiao Yao as his aura continued to rise.
• Xiao Yao's Taotie apparition vanished when the energy faded, and the system announced that he had broken through to Dou Zun and granted him several rewards.
• The system triggered a hidden mission requiring Xiao Yao to reach the Spirit Physique Realm within five years.

Xiao Yao advanced to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun with a secret technique and defeated the Sixth Heavenly Venerable. He pulled the Sixth Heavenly Venerable’s fleeing Soul Body out of the shattered space, while the Fifth Heavenly Venerable remained.

• Xiao Yao broke through from One-Star to Five-Star Dou Zun as the Fifth Heavenly Venerable and Sixth Heavenly Venerable watched in alarm.
• Xiao Yao used a secret technique to raise his strength to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zun and threatened the two Heavenly Venerables.
• The Sixth Heavenly Venerable attacked Xiao Yao with a black dagger, but Xiao Yao caught and snapped it between his fingers.
• Xiao Yao struck the Sixth Heavenly Venerable into the ground, then sensed that his Soul Body had escaped his corpse.
• Xiao Yao shattered the space where the Sixth Heavenly Venerable’s Soul Body was hiding and dragged it out.

Xiao Yao captured Seventh Heavenly Venerable's Soul Body and stored it with the bodies of Seventh and Sixth Heavenly Venerable. He then countered Fifth Heavenly Venerable's Eerie Mist Soul-Eroding Curse with the Azure Soul Hand, leaving Fifth Heavenly Venerable desperately defending himself as the Soul Palm Seal closed in.

• Xiao Yao pulled Seventh Heavenly Venerable's Soul Body out of hiding and rejected his offer of treasures in exchange for mercy.
• Xiao Yao stored Seventh Heavenly Venerable's Soul Body and corpse, along with Sixth Heavenly Venerable's remains, in his Storage Ring.
• Fifth Heavenly Venerable unleashed the Mid Earth Tier Dou Technique Eerie Mist Soul-Eroding Curse, forming a black skeleton that charged at Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao amplified his Soul Force with the All-Character Secret and formed the Azure Soul Hand with Mid Heaven Realm Soul Force.
• Xiao Yao's Soul Palm Seal destroyed the black skeleton and continued toward Fifth Heavenly Venerable, who raised a black Dou Qi barrier to defend himself.

Xiao Yao defeated Fifth Venerable, killed him, and captured his soul, vowing to settle the Xiao Clan’s debt with the Soul Hall and Soul Clan. After releasing everyone from the Small World, he reunited with Xiao Qing and teased Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Lin.

• Xiao Yao shattered Fifth Venerable’s Dou Qi barrier with his Soul Palm Seal and left him gravely wounded.
• Xiao Yao crushed Fifth Venerable’s heart, extracted his soul, sealed it in a jade bottle, and stored it with the body.
• Xiao Yao vowed to take revenge on the Soul Hall and Soul Clan, then dispelled the All-Character Secret and returned to Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yao released everyone from the Small World, and Xiao Qing tearfully embraced him before returning to the Second Elder.
• Xiao Yao comforted Xiao Qing and teased Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Lin, while Zi Yan admitted she had worried about losing access to his medicinal pills.

Xiao Yao reassured Qing Lin about her growth and promised they would one day fight side by side. After deciding to move the Xiao Clan to the Imperial Capital, he reunited Zi Lin with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Zi Lin vowed to remain by his side.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Yao she had feared losing him and regretted being too weak to help, and he encouraged her to keep growing at her own pace.
• Xiao Zhan and the Second Elder warned Xiao Yao that Wutan City was ruined and the Xiao Clan could not withstand another attack.
• Xiao Yao announced that the Xiao Clan would move to the Imperial Capital, promised to secure land from the Imperial Family, and provided healing pills for the injured.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King thanked Xiao Yao for helping the Xiao Clan and said she was now willing to serve him wholeheartedly.
• Xiao Yao brought Zi Lin to her mother, and they reunited after two years apart.
• Zi Lin told her mother that Xiao Yao had helped her evolve and take human form, and she vowed to stay with him and cultivate so she could protect him.

Yun Yun apologized to Xiao Yao for Yun Leng’s crimes, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhan discussed the possibility of Yun Yun becoming part of their family. Nalan Yanran reaffirmed her decision to stay by Xiao Yan’s side and asked him to persuade Xiao Yao not to blame Yun Yun, but Xiao Yan refused.

• Yun Yun apologized to Xiao Yao on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect and accepted responsibility for neglecting Yun Leng’s discipline.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that Yun Yun might become Xiao Yao’s wife, and Xiao Zhan reluctantly left their relationship to the younger generation.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Zhan she intended to fulfill her promise to become Xiao Yan’s maid, but Xiao Yan said he did not want her to do so.
• Nalan Yanran explained that serving Xiao Yan was her way of atoning for breaking their engagement and humiliating him, while Xiao Yan urged her to let the past go.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to persuade Xiao Yao not to blame Yun Yun for Yun Leng’s crimes, but Xiao Yan refused and said he could not influence his brother.

Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to help Yun Yun, but he refused to overrule his brother, Xiao Yao, who held the Misty Cloud Sect responsible for the Xiao Clan’s suffering. Xiao Yao offered Yun Yun a choice between Yun Shan’s life and the innocent sect disciples, leaving her unable to answer.

• Nalan Yanran pleaded with Xiao Yan to help Yun Yun, but Xiao Yan said he could not interfere with Xiao Yao’s judgment.
• Xiao Yao rejected Yun Yun’s apology and said the Misty Cloud Sect must answer for Yun Leng’s attack on the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yao to spare the innocent disciples, but he said they could not escape responsibility through their innocence.
• Xiao Yao reminded Yun Yun that she was his maid and had no right to make demands of him.
• Moved by Yun Yun’s tears, Xiao Yao offered to spare either the sect disciples or Yun Shan and demanded that Yun Yun choose.

Yun Yun chose to save the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples after Xiao Yao threatened the sect, then learned that Yun Shan’s deal with the Soul Hall had made his fate inevitable. Xiao Yao led the Xiao Clan toward the Imperial Capital to rebuild its standing, while Yun Yun watched them depart with a quiet blessing.

• Yun Yun pleaded with Xiao Yao to spare the Misty Cloud Sect, then chose to preserve the disciples’ lives when he refused to change his terms.
• Xiao Yao told Yun Yun that he had never intended to kill the young disciples, but Yun Shan and any elders who dealt with the Soul Hall would face death.
• Xiao Yao explained that the Soul Hall had helped Yun Shan become a Dou Zong and likely tampered with his soul, leaving Yun Yun shocked and grief-stricken.
• Xiao Zhan reported that the Xiao Clan had gathered the battle’s spoils, and Xiao Yao announced they would travel to the Imperial Capital and restore the clan’s glory.
• Qing Lin released White Fang, and Xiao Yao and the Xiao Clan members boarded White Fang, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and the Ice Dragon for the journey.

Xiao Yao led the Xiao Clan from Wutan City toward the Imperial Capital, while he and Xiao Yan vowed to take revenge on Soul Hall. The System confirmed that the crisis was over and granted Xiao Yao several rewards, leaving him to plan how to master them before heading to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yao ordered the Xiao Clan to set off for the Imperial Capital aboard the Ice Dragon, White Fang, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan worried that Soul Hall would return with even greater forces, and Xiao Yao promised to destroy anyone who threatened the clan.
• Xiao Yan vowed to uproot Soul Hall for harming his teacher and the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yao feared the System's hidden task might remain incomplete, but the System confirmed he had protected Xiao Zhan and the clan and granted him rewards, including Origin Emperor Qi, Time Law Fragments, an Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger, Spirit Pearls, and a sword technique.
• Xiao Yao checked his character panel and decided to master his System rewards and Dou Techniques before heading to the Central Plains.

Xiao Yao cultivated on the journey to the Imperial Capital, inspiring the Xiao Clan members to persevere rather than despair over their own talent. The group reached the Imperial City and arrived above the palace, where Xiao Zhan announced their peaceful visit to the Imperial Family.

• Xiao Yao cultivated One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones atop the Ice Dragon while Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan members watched in amazement.
• An elder rebuked a young clansman for comparing himself to Xiao Yao and urged the clan members to persevere in cultivation.
• After more than three hours, the Ice Dragon carried Xiao Yao and the others to the Imperial Capital, where the elders admired the city.
• The Ice Dragon, White Fang, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King flew over the Imperial City, startling the people below and alarming the palace guards.
• Xiao Zhan told the guards that the Xiao Clan had come peacefully and asked them to summon someone from the Imperial Family.

Xiao Yao met Jia Xing Tian and asked him to help the Xiao Clan establish a new residence near the imperial capital. In return for the Imperial Family's assistance, Xiao Yao offered to refine pills, including the Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill, and the group chose a suitable site for the clan.

• Xiao Yao introduced himself to Jia Xing Tian as a Venerable and asked for help finding land where the Xiao Clan could rebuild its residence.
• Yue'er mistook Xiao Yao for Xiao Yan, and her older sister corrected her before Xiao Yao dismissed the mistake.
• Jia Xing Tian offered the Xiao Clan undeveloped land north of the imperial capital and workers to build its residence, while Xiao Yao promised to refine a pill in return.
• Jia Xing Tian explained that the Imperial Family needed a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill to heal its weakened Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and Xiao Yao claimed he could refine Seventh-Grade Pills if the new residence pleased the clan.
• Jia Xing Tian led the group to the land, the Xiao Clan approved the site, and he promised to arrange craftsmen and materials for construction.

Xiao Yao arranged for Jia Xing Tian to build a residence for the Xiao Clan and accepted the Imperial Family’s hospitality while his clan settled in. As Xiao Zhan and the others prepared to follow Yao Ye, Xiao Yao began using the One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones cultivation formula.

• Xiao Yao asked Jia Xing Tian to oversee construction of the Xiao Clan’s new residence and promised to refine a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for the Imperial Family.
• Jia Xing Tian invited Xiao Yao’s group to stay in the imperial city, and Xiao Yao told him to send someone to Wutan City if he wanted to understand their sudden departure.
• Yao Yue and Yao Ye greeted Jia Xing Tian, and Yao Yue recognized Xiao Yan’s resemblance to his twin brother Xiao Yao.
• Jia Xing Tian and Xiao Zhan recalled Xiao Yan’s victory over the Chu Yun Empire’s alchemists at the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Jia Xing Tian instructed Yao Ye to settle the Xiao Clan in a palace courtyard, while Xiao Zhan offered to handle the clan’s resettlement and management.
• Xiao Yao began forming seals for One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, drawing a vortex of air before him as strange energy enveloped his body.