Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan killed the three Cloud Rain Sect elders while Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian destroyed their sect, then took them to the Wilds Ancient Domain to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After Qinglin reported that the first expedition had died, the group entered the dangerous domain and encountered several familiar auras in its depths, leaving Xiao Yan troubled.

• Xiao Yan explained that he had waited to kill the Cloud Rain Sect elders because of their crimes against underage girls, so Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian went to destroy the sect.
• The three elders arrived, revealed their plans to attack the Tianxia Guild and capture Medusa, and Xiao Yan tortured them before reducing them to ashes.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian returned shaken by what they had seen at the Cloud Rain Sect, and Xiao Yan comforted them and promised to destroy any similar sect.
• Xiao Yan took Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian to Wilds Town, where Qinglin reported that the first group entering the Wilds Ancient Domain had died, including several Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the poisonous forest under a Three Points Return to Origin Qi barrier and reached the domain's depths, where Xiao Yan sensed familiar auras and looked at Medusa with concern.

Xiao Yan traded five eighth-tier pills for the map fragment after the owner refused his ninth-tier treasure pill, then learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Wilds Ancient Domain in one month. After leaving the fair with Medusa and Xiao Yixian, he stopped on a mountain to intercept people carrying the King Kong Glazed Body.

• Xiao Yan offered a ninth-tier treasure pill for the fragment, but Treasure Mountain Elder said its owner would only accept eighth-tier pills.
• Xiao Yan traded five eighth-tier pills with six-colored Pill Lightning for the fragment, and the other bidders withdrew.
• Treasure Mountain Elder announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in the Wilds Ancient Domain in one month.
• Xiao Yan left the fair with Medusa and Xiao Yixian, then led them to a mountain peak to wait for people carrying the King Kong Glazed Body.
• Medusa questioned how Xiao Yan knew their target would pass that way, and Xiao Yan teased her about their previous bet.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, but her jealousy toward Medusa sparked a tense confrontation among the women around him. Huo Zhi’s arrival briefly escalated the quarrel into a fight, which Xiao Yan stopped before the group continued toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree through the beasts guarding it.

• Xun'er arrived and sarcastically remarked that Xiao Yan already had many women around him before greeting Qinglin.
• Xun'er and Medusa silently challenged each other while Xiao Yan tried unsuccessfully to get Xiao Yixian to intervene.
• Huo Zhi appeared, invited Xiao Yan to the Yan Clan, and traded insults with Xun'er and Medusa.
• Medusa attacked Huo Zhi, Huo Zhi countered with a fire dragon, and Xiao Yan blocked both attacks and ordered them to stop.
• More people gathered as the group faced the task of crossing the seemingly endless army of ferocious beasts guarding the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan and the others joined Hun Yu’s alliance to cross the beast tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Xun'er warned him that the great families considered him a threat. The group reached a plain packed with powerful Magical Beasts, and Hun Yu urged them to charge while the beasts were fatigued.

• Hun Yu proposed that the gathered young fighters work together to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that Hun Yu was deceptive.
• Jiu Feng and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan agreed to Hun Yu’s alliance, and the other fighters followed.
• Xun'er explained that Xiao Yan’s strength had led the great families to bring Dou Sheng bodyguards and that they now wanted him dead.
• Hun Yu offered to lead the vanguard, and Xiao Yan followed the group without exposing his suspicions about Hun Yu’s scheme.
• The group reached a plain filled with Magical Beasts ranging from Dou Zong to Semi-Saint, and Hun Yu called for an immediate charge at noon.

Xiao Yan and the major clans fought through the savage beast tide to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where they discovered signs of its danger. When the Bodhi Heart appeared, five controlled Semi-Saint experts emerged, but the clans’ Dou Shengs destroyed them and everyone rushed for the prize.

• Hun Yu led several thousand people into the beast tide, while Xiao Yan followed with Xun'er and the others.
• As the beasts grew stronger and the formation collapsed, Xiao Yan cleared a path with Force Qi, and the clans’ Dou Shengs helped their groups break through.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Yu sensed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was dangerous, while Qinglin warned Xiao Yan about the gray energy within it.
• The Bodhi Heart appeared, and five figures emerged from the tree, including a long-missing Soul Clan elder.
• The clans’ Dou Shengs destroyed the five controlled Semi-Saints, and the assembled experts rushed toward the Bodhi Heart.

Xiao Yan entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion realm, discovered its negative emotions, and used his Yang Fire to heal it. The tree vanished after reaching a critical point, leaving Xiao Yan and the others to wonder what had happened.

• Xiao Yan warned the women about the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s mind-affecting illusions and led them to the Bodhi Heart, which drew them into its realm.
• Xiao Yan saw Xun'er and Medusa fighting each other in their illusions and found Xiao Yixian caring for an illusionary child.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Xiao Yan a vision of a black-clad man who had attacked it and left negative emotions within it.
• Xiao Yan refined the tree’s Bodhi Seeds to remove its gray aura, and the tree gave him the remaining seeds.
• Xiao Yan channeled Yang Fire into the Bodhi Ancient Tree, causing it to grow until a blinding light made it disappear and ended the illusions.
• Hun Yu accused Xiao Yan of taking the tree, but Xiao Yan denied it, and the others dismissed Hun Yu’s suspicion.

Hun Yu summoned five Soul Clan experts to capture Xiao Yan and obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while a spatial seal prevented Xun'er from calling for help. Xiao Yan faced the Soul Clan's attack with defiance and stopped Hun Qing's first two techniques, leaving the battle underway.

• Hun Yu crushed a Space Jade Slip, opening a channel through which five Soul Clan experts emerged.
• Hun Luo pressured Xiao Yan and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Yan remained unaffected and refused to surrender.
• Xun'er tried to summon Ancient Clan reinforcements, but Hun Luo's spatial seal blocked the call.
• Hun Luo ordered Hun Qing to capture Xiao Yan alive, and Hun Qing attacked with a black python that Xiao Yan crushed using spatial force.
• Hun Qing sent black iron chains at Xiao Yan, who answered with golden dragons, and their attacks collided in a blast of Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan’s fight against five Soul Hall experts drew Xun’er, Medusa, and their allies into the battle, leaving them badly injured and outmatched. Huo Zhi staged an attack on herself to force the Yan Clan elder to intervene, and he saved Xun’er from a fatal blow.

• Xiao Yan injured Hun Qing with a sudden attack, prompting Hun Luo and the other Soul Hall experts to surround him.
• Medusa, Xiao Yixian, Qinglin, Xun’er, the Ancient Clan elder, and Gu Qingyang’s group joined the fight to help Xiao Yan, but they were overwhelmed by the Soul Hall Dou Sheng.
• Huo Zhi persuaded the Yan Clan elder to act, then injured herself and claimed the Soul Clan had attacked her.
• The Soul Hall expert struck at Xun’er, but the Yan Clan elder intercepted the blow and claimed he was avenging Huo Zhi.

The Yan Clan Dou Sheng intervened to protect Xun'er and her companions while Xiao Yan continued fighting five Soul Hall Dou Shengs. The Soul Hall elders formed a powerful barrier and fused into a giant, and Xiao Yan answered by activating his Law of Heaven and Earth to face it.

• The Yan Clan Dou Sheng joined the battle on Xun'er’s side, balancing the fight against the Soul Hall experts.
• Hun Luo and Hun Qing recognized Xiao Yan’s resemblance to Xiao Xuan and decided to use a Soul Clan formation against him.
• The five Soul Hall Dou Shengs trapped Xiao Yan inside a black barrier, which Xun'er said could only be broken by a Five-Star Dou Sheng or stronger.
• Xiao Yan failed to break the barrier and instead challenged the five Soul Hall Dou Shengs directly.
• The five fused into a massive black giant, and Xiao Yan used Law of Heaven and Earth to become a golden giant and confront it.

Xiao Yan fought the black giant until both were badly injured, but the giant consumed nearby beast corpses and souls to grow stronger and wound Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan swallowed a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, recovered, and began growing beyond the giant with Law of Heaven and Earth.

• Xiao Yan and the black giant battled in close combat until their clash shattered the black light sphere and left them both gravely injured.
• The black giant unleashed a roar that killed many nearby fighters and beasts, then absorbed the beast corpses and souls to increase his size and power.
• The black giant struck Xiao Yan while he dodged crimson rays, sending him through a mountain and badly injuring him.
• Xun'er, Medusa, and Xiao Yixian watched as the others stopped them from rushing to Xiao Yan's aid.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, which healed his injuries and surrounded him with an azure dragon.
• Xiao Yan used Law of Heaven and Earth and grew rapidly until he surpassed the black giant.

Xiao Yan defeated the Soul Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan attackers and reunited with Xun'er and the others. Huo Zhi demanded payment for saving them, and Xiao Yan admitted he had obtained thirty Bodhi Seeds.

• Xiao Yan crushed the fleeing black giant with a single step, then killed or wounded the remaining Soul Clan and Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan members.
• Xiao Yan returned to Xun'er, Medusa, Xiao Yixian, and the others, and reassured them that they were safe.
• Xiao Yan warned the women not to act impulsively, while Xun'er comforted Medusa for blaming herself.
• Huo Zhi demanded thanks for saving the women, and Xiao Yan offered Bodhi Seeds in repayment.
• Huo Zhi demanded thirty Bodhi Seeds and said Xiao Yan would still owe her a favor if he could not provide them.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had obtained thirty Bodhi Seeds after initially claiming he had only a little over a dozen.

After the Bodhi Tree vanished, Xiao Yan gave Huo Zhi thirty Bodhi Seeds to settle his debt, then distributed more seeds and arranged for the Tianxia Guild and his allies to grow stronger. He returned to the Starfall Pavilion and began cultivating in seclusion as the Soul Clan’s future retaliation loomed.

• Xiao Yan gave Huo Zhi thirty Bodhi Seeds, and Huo Zhi insisted that he still owed her for helping him earlier before leaving with her clansmen.
• Xiao Yan warned Xun'er and the others that the Soul Hall would strike harder next time and said they urgently needed to reach Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a jade bottle containing at least a hundred Bodhi Seeds, and she returned to the Ancient Clan with her clansmen.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Starfall Pavilion and told Medicine Elder to refine Bodhi Pills to strengthen the Tianxia Guild and recruit people.
• Xiao Yan laid out paths for Yun'er, Xiao Yixian, Medusa, and Qinglin to advance toward Dou Sheng, then entered secluded cultivation himself.

Xiao Yan used the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusory world to undergo countless reincarnation trials in hopes of reaching Dou Sheng, but the trials nearly cost him his life. After learning to hold fast to his original heart, he returned to Yun Yun and Xiao Yixian and embraced them.

• Xiao Yan entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree in his Qi Sea and used its illusory world to undergo reincarnation trials to comprehend the Dao.
• Xiao Yan continued the trials for three years without breaking through, while Medicine Elder, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yixian reached Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan lost himself in the trials and nearly killed himself, but the Bodhi Ancient Tree returned him to reality.
• Xiao Yan spoke with the Bodhi Ancient Tree, learned that comprehending the Dao meant holding fast to his original heart, and resumed the trials with a firmer mind.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Yun Yun and Xiao Yixian, then held them both in his arms.

Xiao Yan learned that the Three Dragon Kings had attacked East Dragon Island and rushed to help Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin. After saving Hei Qing from the attackers, he learned that the Dragon Emperor and her allies were badly wounded and hurried toward the island.

• Xiao Yan spent time with Xiao Yixian and Yun Yun before meeting Medicine Elder, who told him the Three Dragon Kings were attacking East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan tore through space toward East Dragon Island, worried that Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin could not withstand the Three Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan rescued Hei Qing from a group of the Three Dragon Kings' subordinates and destroyed them with a single attack.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Yan that Ziyan was severely injured and that Medusa and Qinglin were struggling against the Three Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Yan gave Hei Qing a healing pill and sped toward East Dragon Island, where Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin were being driven back.

Xiao Yan arrived on East Dragon Island and overwhelmed the Three Dragon Kings with a single attack, turning the battle in Ziyan and her allies’ favor. Just as East Dragon Island celebrated, the North Dragon King released blood mist that covered the other Dragon Kings and the Dragon Island forces.

• The Three Dragon Kings pressured the injured Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin, but Medusa said Xiao Yan was on his way.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind the Three Dragon Kings and identified himself, then attacked with three golden dragons.
• Xiao Yan’s attack badly wounded the Three Dragon Kings and shocked the elders fighting on East Dragon Island.
• Qingshan declared that East Dragon Island and the Ancient Void Dragon clan were saved as Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin marveled at Xiao Yan’s strength.
• The North Dragon King roared and released blood mist that enveloped the other two Dragon Kings and the Dragon Island experts.

The North Dragon King used the Dragon-Transformation Demon Array to absorb the South and West Dragon Kings, transforming into a powerful three-headed fusion and attacking Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan wounded him with Heavenly Flame and Three Points Return to Origin Qi, then launched the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms while the North Dragon King was immobilized.

• The North Dragon King revealed that his great-grandfather had secretly preserved the Dragon-Transformation Demon Array and absorbed the South and West Dragon Kings into his body.
• The North Dragon King transformed into a three-headed monster, reached Six-Star Dou Sheng strength, and attacked Xiao Yan with purple flames.
• Xiao Yan reflected the North Dragon King's flame attack with a Tai Chi diagram, then discovered his punches could not pierce the monster's fused body.
• Xiao Yan wrapped his fists in Heavenly Flame and smashed a large chunk of flesh from the North Dragon King.
• The North Dragon King summoned the Dragon-Slaying Sword, but Xiao Yan split his attack with Three Points Return to Origin Qi and blasted him with the resulting spheres.
• Xiao Yan launched the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, while the North Dragon King was frozen in place by the attack's soul pressure.

After Xiao Yan defeated the North Dragon King and helped unite the Ancient Void Dragon clan, Ziyan brought him to receive the Dragon Emperor Inheritance. More than two years later, he emerged just as Medusa warned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to appear.

• Xiao Yan sealed the North Dragon King in a black hole, ending the battle on East Dragon Island and forcing the remaining rebels to surrender.
• After the clan’s affairs were settled, Ziyan asked Xiao Yan to join the Ancient Void Dragon clan, but he refused; she then teased him with the promise of the Dragon Emperor Inheritance.
• Ziyan led Xiao Yan to the clan’s inheritance ground, where he entered the blood pool while she stood guard.
• More than two years passed as Medusa and Qinglin waited on Dragon Island for Xiao Yan to emerge.
• Medusa received word from Medicine Elder that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was about to appear, and Xiao Yan emerged from the Dragon Tomb as she hurried to find him.

Xiao Yan learned that the Lotus Demonic Flame had emerged and hurried to the Demon Fire Space with Medusa and Qinglin. At its shattered seal, he encountered the Soul Hall Master, who revealed that Soul Hall intended to stop him from devouring the flame.

• Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Lotus Demonic Flame had emerged over a month earlier, and the Nine Stars in One, Heaven and Earth Tide, and Twin Moons Appearing Together appeared in the sky.
• Xiao Yan left Dragon Island with Medusa and Qinglin, declining Ziyan's offer to help and leaving her to oversee the newly unified island.
• Xiao Yan reached a desert where the Demon Fire Space's seal had broken, and he explained that the unbearable milky-white radiance was only the Lotus Demonic Flame's residual heat.
• The Soul Hall Master arrived with the Vice Hall Master, praised and mocked Xiao Yan, and discussed how Xiao Yan had thwarted the Soul Clan and won the support of other forces.
• The Soul Hall Master said Nihility Devouring Flame had ordered them to prevent Xiao Yan from devouring the Lotus Demonic Flame, fearing that his strength would become even more formidable.

Xiao Yan encountered Huo Zhi and her Yan Clan companions while gathered near the Soul Clan, then reunited with Xun'er as the Ancient Clan arrived. With the Yan and Ancient Clans supporting him, the Soul Clan recognized that the struggle over the Lotus Demonic Flame would be more complicated.

• The Soul Hall Master praised the Soul Clan Young Clan Master's strength after the young man expressed a desire to fight Xiao Yan.
• Huo Zhi introduced Elder Huo Yao and Huo Xuan to Xiao Yan and invited him to visit the Yan Clan for a Heavenly Flame.
• Xun'er arrived with the Ancient Clan and reunited with Xiao Yan, telling him she had broken through to Dou Sheng.
• The Soul Hall Master warned the Young Clan Master that the Ancient Clan and other factions were carefully positioning themselves around the Lotus Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun'er and said he had planned to visit her before Ziyan's trouble took him to Ancient Dragon Island.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er as the seal on the Lotus Demonic Flame weakened and the ancient clans gathered. When Yao Wangui insulted Yao Chen, Xiao Yan defeated him and Yao Tian, leaving Yao Wangui threatening retaliation.

• Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan and introduced Gu Nanhai, who had come with her to investigate the Lotus Demonic Flame.
• As the seal weakened and the ancient clans assembled, Xun'er introduced Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Yao Wangui to Xiao Yan.
• Yao Wangui insulted Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan traded insults with him and Yao Tian.
• Yao Tian attacked Xiao Yan, who knocked him away with a roar and sent him vomiting blood.
• Yao Wangui attacked Xiao Yan with a fire dragon, but Xiao Yan destroyed it with Taixu Fist and struck Yao Wangui down.
• Xiao Yan warned Yao Wangui that he would avenge Yao Chen at the Medicine Ceremony, and Yao Wangui threatened the Yao Clan's retaliation.