Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao displayed his newly mastered One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones technique, creating two clones that shared his identity but possessed only half his cultivation. He left the clones to oversee the work while Xiao Yan prepared to refine medicinal ingredients for the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yao departed with a clone as a link to the group.

• Xiao Yao separated two identical clones from himself, astonishing the crowd, Princess Yao Ye, Jia Xing Tian, and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yao sensed that each clone was only at the One-Star Dou Zong level and concluded the technique would reach its true power after further cultivation.
• Zi Yan poked the clones and tried to persuade them to refine pills for her, but Xiao Yao stopped her and Qing Lin calmed her down.
• Xiao Yao asked the clones to remain behind, then gave Xiao Yan the medicinal ingredients from Spirit Medicine Hall to refine into pills for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yao secretly told Xiao Yan to watch for abnormalities in one clone so he could learn of trouble and return quickly.

Xiao Yao took Qing Lin and Yun Yun on the Ice Dragon to the Tagore Desert to retrieve his brothers and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while the Xiao Clan settled into the Imperial City. Xiao Yao's two clones then revealed that they had been pretending to behave like him, alarming Xiao Yan and the others.

• Xiao Yao refused to take Zi Yan to the Tagore Desert, promising to make her a Transformation Pill after the Xiao Clan's affairs were settled.
• Xiao Yao, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun flew toward the Tagore Desert on the Ice Dragon to find Xiao Yao's eldest and second brothers and their mercenary group.
• Jia Xing Tian welcomed Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan, then sent Yao Ye to guide them to their accommodations in the imperial palace.
• Xiao Yan watched Xiao Yao's two clones, wondering whether they were behaving normally as they walked with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yao's two clones stopped pretending to act like the main body, and Xiao Yan and the others backed away warily as Xiao Yan summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler.

Xiao Yao (Good) and Xiao Yao (Evil) explained to Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan that they were protective clones created by Xiao Yao's Dou Technique. They revealed that their cultivation could feed back to the original and that his rapid progress was partly due to a special physique, leaving Xiao Yan wondering about Xiao Yao's many secrets.

• Xiao Yao (Evil) startled the Xiao Clan with ghostly flames, and Xiao Yao (Good) restrained him and explained that the two were clones formed from the original's good and evil.
• Xiao Zhan accepted Xiao Yao's arrangement, while Xiao Yao (Evil) disclosed that the clones were One-Star Dou Zongs with half the original's power and could defeat enemies below the Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan asked why the clones cultivated, and Xiao Yao (Good) explained that their gains would feed back to the original when they returned to him.
• Xiao Yao (Evil) attributed Xiao Yao's rapid cultivation partly to a special physique, while Xiao Yao (Good) warned him not to reveal too much.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about Xiao Yao's physique, and Yao Lao said he did not know and noted that Xiao Yao's Heavenly Flames and Dou Techniques had also contributed to his strength.
• Xiao Yan recalled that Xiao Yao had taught him the Great Void Technique, and Yao Lao encouraged him to ask Xiao Yao about his secrets himself.

The Xiao Clan settled into its residence, where Xiao Zhan revealed that Xiao Yao’s birth had caused a heavenly phenomenon. Xiao Yao (Good) and Xiao Yao (Evil) began their assigned cultivation, while Xiao Yan prepared to refine pills; the chapter ended with Xiao Ding confronting a frightened man in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s hall.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, but Yao Lao said Xiao Yan needed to reach Dou Zong before he could cultivate them.
• Xiao Zhan recalled that Xiao Yao’s birth had triggered a heavenly phenomenon that drew natural energy into his body, and the First Elder confirmed the event.
• Yao Ye showed the Xiao Clan to their residence and invited them to an evening banquet, after which Xiao Zhan warned the elders to keep everyone out of trouble.
• Xiao Yao (Evil) and Xiao Yao (Good) discussed their cultivation tasks, then began practicing the Heaven-Slaying Sword-Drawing Technique and the Secret of the Formation Character.
• Xiao Yan found a secluded room and began refining pills as Xiao Ding asked a worried man what had happened in the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s hall.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that the Xiao Clan residence in Wutan City had been devastated and feared for their family. Xiao Yao arrived with news that the clan was safe in the Imperial Capital and asked his brothers to help rebuild its influence.

• A burly man told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that a fierce battle had destroyed much of Wutan City and damaged the Xiao Clan residence.
• The man said black-robed fighters had emerged from black mist and mentioned the Soul Hall, alarming the brothers.
• Xue Lan announced that Xiao Yao had arrived, and Xiao Ding and Xiao Li hurried to meet him.
• Xiao Yao confirmed that the Xiao Clan residence lay in ruins but that their father, elders, and clansmen were safe and temporarily settled in the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yao asked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to help him rebuild the Xiao Clan's influence in the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yao prepared to strengthen the Xiao Clan by bringing Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group back with him. Meanwhile, the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Sovereigns discovered that the Fifth Heavenly Sovereign and his companions had been killed and suspected the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yao told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that he would stay with the Xiao Clan to build its connections, resources, and strength.
• Xiao Ding asked to bring the elite members of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Xiao Yao agreed without hesitation.
• Xue Lan gathered the mercenaries, and Xiao Yao led them toward the Xiao Clan on Ice Dragon.
• A Soul Hall subordinate reported that the Life Tablets of the Fifth Heavenly Sovereign and the others had shattered.
• The Great Heavenly Sovereign concluded that the group had been wiped out by someone powerful and suspected the Ancient Clan, while Gu You and Blood River doubted the Xiao Clan was responsible.

After learning that Xiao Yao had defeated Soul Hall forces attacking the Xiao Clan, Xun Er erupted in fury and vowed to protect him and his clan. She resolved to rely on her clan’s power, while worrying that the Soul Clan would strike again and that her family might soon summon her back.

• The Great Heavenly Sovereign left the Soul Hall’s Human Hall to report the attack on its forces to the Hall Master.
• Elder Ling told Xun Er about Xiao Yao’s recent battle against Soul Hall experts at the Xiao Clan.
• Xun Er’s anger flared as she learned the Soul Hall had targeted the Xiao Clan, and she threatened to destroy it if Xiao Yao were harmed.
• Ling Ying warned that the clan elders might soon send for Xun Er, but she said she needed the clan’s strength to protect Xiao Yao and the Xiao Clan.
• Xun Er asked whether Ling Ying had secretly protected Xiao Yao; he denied breaking his promise and explained that his subordinates had gathered the information.
• Xun Er worried that the Soul Clan would return after failing to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade and might disregard the pact among the Ancient Eight Clans.

Xun Er asked Elder Ling to summon the Ancient Clan in one month and vowed to wait for Xiao Yao. Meanwhile, Hun Mie Sheng learned that Xiao Yao had killed the Soul Hall’s forces and ordered his agents to watch for him before entering seclusion; Wu Protector then visited Yun Shan with news about the elders’ cultivation.

• Xun Er told Elder Ling to contact the Ancient Clan and arrange to pick her up in one month, then said she would wait for Xiao Yao.
• Hun Mie Sheng learned that Xiao Yao had killed the Soul Hall’s Heavenly Sovereigns and other agents during their failed mission.
• Hun Mie Sheng ordered the Soul Hall’s Protectors to report intelligence about Xiao Yao and capture or kill him if he entered the Central Plains.
• Hun Mie Sheng told the Great Heavenly Sovereign to manage the Soul Hall while he cultivated in seclusion, and vowed to pursue Xiao Yao afterward.
• Wu Protector informed Yun Shan that the elders he had arranged to cultivate in the rear mountain were expected to advance within half a month.

Yun Shan learned that Soul Hall claimed to have captured Xiao Yao, but an emergency summons forced Wu Protector to prepare to leave. Before Wu Protector could depart, an icy True Dragon appeared over the Misty Cloud Sect with Yun Shan and Xiao Yao among the figures on its head.

• Yun Shan questioned Wu Protector about the missing Yun Leng and the other elders, and Wu Protector said Xiao Yao had likely killed them before Soul Hall captured him.
• Wu Protector explained that Soul Hall had planned extensively to seize Xiao Yao, partly out of concern that the Ancient Clan might interfere.
• Wu Protector received an emergency message ordering all Soul Hall members on outside missions to return immediately.
• As Wu Protector prepared to leave, a terrifying voice declared it was too late, and an Ice Dragon emerged above the Misty Cloud Sect plaza.
• The Ice Dragon accused the sect of offending its master, while Misty Cloud Sect members recognized Yun Shan and Xiao Yao among those standing on its head.

Xiao Yao returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, captured Yun Shan and Wu Protector, and revealed that Yun Leng and Ninth Heavenly Venerable were dead. He released the two captives despite Xiao Ding and Xiao Li's warnings, leaving Wu Protector poised to attempt an escape.

• Xiao Yao arrived above the Misty Cloud Sect with a woman on an Ice Dragon and used his power to seize Yun Shan and Wu Protector.
• Xiao Yao accused Yun Shan of colluding with the Soul Hall and displayed Yun Leng's severed head as a warning to the sect.
• Wu Protector taunted Xiao Yao about the attack on the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Yao showed him Ninth Heavenly Venerable's body and revealed the Soul Hall's forces had been defeated.
• Wu Protector struggled to escape his restraint and secretly prepared a final method, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li urged Xiao Yao to kill him.
• Xiao Yao dismissed the black hands holding Yun Shan and Wu Protector, assuring his brothers that he knew what he was doing.

Wu Protector betrayed Yun Shan, devoured his soul, and seized the Misty Cloud Sect’s stored soul energy to strengthen himself. As he began draining the fleeing elders, Yun Yun watched helplessly, leaving the sect on the brink of destruction.

• Wu Protector ripped Yun Shan’s Soul Body from his body and devoured it with Nine Forests Hundred Soul Devouring.
• Wu Protector drew on the soul energy stored in cocoons in the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain, devouring the souls of the elders trapped inside.
• Wu Protector absorbed the central orb of soul energy and decided he needed more power to survive.
• The remaining Misty Cloud Sect elders tried to flee, but Wu Protector immobilized them with a powerful suction that began draining their souls.
• Yun Yun stood atop the Ice Dragon in anguish as Wu Protector threatened to destroy the remaining elders and the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yao watched Wu Protector devour captured souls to strengthen himself, while keeping Yun Yun from interfering. After trapping Wu Protector and crushing his resistance, Xiao Yao prepared to kill him despite the Soul Hall’s connection to the Soul Clan.

• Wu Protector ignored Yun Yun’s pleas and extracted the souls of the Misty Cloud Sect elders, killing them as Xiao Yao kept Yun Yun from intervening.
• Wu Protector opened his Soul Bag and devoured its souls, raising his strength to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong but failing to reach Dou Zun.
• Wu Protector tried to escape through a Soul Barrier, but his punch only sent ripples across it.
• Xiao Yao appeared before Wu Protector and pinned him to the ground with overwhelming pressure, leaving him unable to mobilize his Dou Qi.
• Wu Protector invoked the Soul Hall and the Soul Clan in a plea for mercy, but Xiao Yao rejected his warning and prepared to make his move.

Xiao Yao collected Wu Protector’s body and soul, then dissolved the Misty Cloud Sect while allowing its disciples to leave. After receiving a Spirit Medicinal Field from the System, he returned toward the Xiao Clan, while news of his actions stirred questions in the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yao took Wu Protector’s body and sealed his soul, adding them to the bodies he planned to refine into Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Yao promised Yun Yun he would spare the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, then ordered everyone to leave within half an hour or face death.
• Xiao Yao received the Spirit Medicinal Field reward for witnessing the Misty Cloud Sect’s dissolution and learned it contained medicinal materials up to Eighth Grade.
• Xiao Yao found the Misty Cloud Sect empty and told Xiao Ding and the others it was time to return.
• The seven great clans received news of the events, and a middle-aged man in the Ancient Realm wondered whether Xiao Yao was connected to someone who had vanished a thousand years earlier.

Xiao Xuan confronted Gu Yuan over the Ancient Clan’s thousand-year neglect of its promise to protect the Xiao Clan, then learned that Xiao Yao had become an eighteen-year-old Dou Zun. After Gu Yuan left to tell Xiao Yao about the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan wondered whether he was also Li Xiaoyao; the chapter then shifted to Xiao Zhan and his companions attending a banquet with the Imperial Family and the Mittel Family.

• Xiao Xuan angrily confronted Gu Yuan for failing to bring Xiao Clan descendants to the Heavenly Tomb and threatened the Ancient Clan’s disciples.
• Gu Yuan explained that the agreement had been neglected and promised to renew it, then told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Yao had reached Dou Zun at eighteen.
• Xiao Xuan recognized the name Xiao Yao and recalled meeting him before the Xiao Clan’s battle and his own attempt to become a Dou Emperor.
• Gu Yuan pressed Xiao Xuan about Xiao Yao’s origins, but Xiao Xuan said he did not know whether Xiao Yao and Li Xiaoyao were the same person and demanded that a Xiao Clan descendant enter the Heavenly Tomb next time.
• Gu Yuan departed, promising to tell Xiao Yao about the invitation, while Xiao Xuan waited for the truth to emerge.
• Xiao Zhan and his group shared a banquet in the Imperial Family’s main hall with Jia Xing Tian, the Imperial Family, and the Mittel Family.

Xiao Yao reunited Xiao Zhan with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, bringing all four Xiao brothers together at a banquet. He then negotiated with Jia Xing Tian to have Yao Yue help Xiao Yan refine pills for the Xiao Clan, offering to advance her alchemy skills in return.

• Xiao Zhan joyfully welcomed Xiao Yao, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li home and checked that his two returning sons were safe.
• Jia Xing Tian and Hai Bo Dong praised Xiao Ding and Xiao Li before inviting the group to take their seats.
• Xiao Yan reunited with his elder brothers, and the four Xiao brothers shared a celebratory drink.
• Xiao Yao thanked Jia Xing Tian for his help and explained that the Xiao Clan needed resources, which he planned to obtain by refining medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yao asked to borrow Yao Yue to refine pills with Xiao Yan, promising to help her reach Fourth Grade and observe the refinement of Sixth- and Seventh-Grade pills.
• Jia Xing Tian excitedly asked whether Xiao Yao was already a Seventh-Grade Alchemist and agreed to let Yao Yue help even if he was not.

Xiao Yao arranged for Yao Yue and Xiao Yan to study alchemy, with Ya Fei helping the Xiao Clan obtain ingredients and sell pills. He then revealed to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that the Xiao Clan was one of the ancient Eight Great Dou Emperor Bloodlines and should possess a fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Yao offered to supply ingredients and teach Yao Yue and Xiao Yan through observing his pill refinement, while Ya Fei agreed to assist with transactions.
• Xiao Yao told Xiao Ding that he would organize the resources needed to reverse the Xiao Clan's predicament within a month.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yan privately asked Xiao Yao about the powerful Battle Skill he had used in the Small World.
• Xiao Yao raised a soul barrier, and Yao Lao revealed himself after admitting that he had been listening from Xiao Yan's Bone Flame Ring.
• Yao Lao explained that the Tou She Ancient God Jade had been divided among eight ancient Dou Emperor bloodlines and that the Xiao Clan was the remaining Dou God Clan.
• Yao Lao said the Xiao Clan should still possess its fragment of the Ancient God Jade.

Xiao Yao revealed the history of the Xiao Clan and explained his reincarnated past, including his journey to the Great Thousand World. He and Yao Lao then agreed that Yao Lao could appear openly as they prepared for Soul Hall’s likely retaliation.

• Xiao Yao told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan had once been an ancient Dou God Clan before a disaster reduced it to its present state.
• Xiao Yao explained that Dou Emperors had disappeared into the Great Thousand World, then revealed that he retained memories from a previous life.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he had come from Blue Star, while Xiao Yao explained that Blue Star belonged to a life before his own previous life in a powerful clan from another world.
• Xiao Yao showed Yao Lao the array runes on his fingertips and said Battle Qi could be converted into spiritual energy to overcome the differences between worlds.
• Xiao Yao said he had reached the Great Thousand World after becoming the strongest in his previous world, but declined to tell Xiao Yan what he had experienced there.
• Yao Lao agreed that he could stop hiding in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring, and warned that Soul Hall would likely retaliate against the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yao gave Yao Lao rare herbs and Han Feng’s captured soul, leaving Yao Lao to confront and punish his former disciple. Yao Lao began burning Han Feng’s soul with the Bone Chilling Flame.

• Xiao Yao warned that Soul Hall might target the Xiao Clan again and said rebuilding the clan was the priority.
• Xiao Yao gave Yao Lao three herbs for a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill and said he would prepare pills for Little Flame and the little princess to study.
• Xiao Yao revealed that Han Feng’s soul was sealed in a jade bottle and left Yao Lao to decide how to deal with him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yao knelt beside Yao Lao and promised to stand with him as he faced the pain of Han Feng’s betrayal.
• Yao Lao released Han Feng’s soul, rejected his pleas for mercy, and attacked him with the Bone Chilling Flame.

After Han Feng’s death, Xiao Yao gave Yao Lao a Dou Zun body for his planned resurrection, while Xiao Yan insisted on taking responsibility for refining the resurrection pill himself. Xiao Yao later examined the Venerables’ Storage Rings and found them packed with resources.

• Han Feng’s soul was destroyed by the Bone Chilling Flame, and Yao Lao said he had recovered from his distress.
• Xiao Yao offered Yao Lao four Dou Zun bodies, and Yao Lao chose the Fifth Venerable’s body as the best candidate for resurrection.
• Xiao Yao took the Storage Rings from the bodies, and he and Yao Lao agreed to wait until Xiao Yao could confidently refine the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill as an Eighth-Grade Pill.
• Xiao Yan asked to handle refining Yao Lao’s body himself, and Yao Lao and Xiao Yao accepted his resolve.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan not to pry into Xiao Yao’s past-life story, and Xiao Yao returned to his room to inspect the twelve Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yao found the rings full of medicinal ingredients, treasures, pills, and Dou Technique manuals, but decided he would need more time to sort through them.

Xiao Yao organized his resources, settled on Yun Shan’s body as a possible vessel for Skyfire Venerable, and began refining pills at Weiyang Palace. After three days and nights of work, he completed two emerald-green pills.

• Xiao Yao sorted his resources into Storage Rings and reassured Skyfire Venerable that he had not forgotten to prepare a body for him.
• Xiao Yao showed Skyfire Venerable three Heavenly Venerable bodies and Yun Shan’s body; Skyfire Venerable accepted Yun Shan’s body as a temporary choice.
• Xiao Yao gave Xiao Ding a Storage Ring of unwanted resources to sell through Ya Fei, then sought a quiet place to refine pills.
• Xiao Yao refined pills at Weiyang Palace for three days and nights while Xiao Zhan and Jia Xing Tian watched and praised his skill.
• Xiao Yao opened the Myriad Beast Cauldron and produced two emerald-green pills.