Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han returned to the Xiao Clan after more than a century away and discovered that Xiao Lin was gravely injured and the clan was on the verge of retreating from the Garma Imperial Capital. He healed Xiao Lin and then asked about the clan’s situation, preparing to confront whoever had brought it to this state.

• Xiao Zhan and the elders decided that the Xiao Clan would leave the Garma Imperial Capital after Xiao Lin’s death.
• Xiao Han appeared in the Council Hall, revealed that he was Xiao Zhan’s Great-Uncle, and learned that Xiao Lin was gravely wounded.
• Xiao Han treated Xiao Lin with a pill and his Dou Qi, and declared him out of danger.
• Xiao Han left the room and asked Xiao Zhan and the elders to explain the Xiao Clan’s situation.

Xiao Han learned that the Xiao Clan was weak and ordered it to leave the imperial capital to avoid drawing the attention of the Soul Clan. He revealed the clan’s Ancient Eight Tribes origins and explained that its Ancient Emperor Jade made it a target, while even his Dou Sheng strength could not protect it from the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Zhan described the Xiao Clan’s decline, and Xiao Han said its members had to leave the imperial capital to escape a greater calamity.
• Xiao Han revealed that the Xiao Clan had once been an Emperor Clan and that the Soul Clan had hunted its survivors since defeating their ancestor Xiao Xuan a thousand years earlier.
• Xiao Han explained that the Soul Clan wanted the Xiao Clan’s fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, which could help open the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and reveal the secret of becoming emperor.
• Xiao Zhan understood that the clan needed to avoid attention, and Xiao Han warned that his Dou Sheng strength could not defeat the Soul Hall or the Soul Clan behind it.
• The Xiao Clan members asked Xiao Han what they should do next.

Xiao Han secured the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cooperation and returned to Langya Pavilion, where Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin eagerly prepared for his arrival. The chapter ended with them waiting for Xiao Han and wondering whether he and Yi Huang would finally become a couple.

• Xiao Han told Xiao Zhan to move the Xiao Clan to Wutan City and keep Xiao Lin’s survival secret.
• Xiao Han found the Amethyst Winged Lion King and offered him a Transformation Pill in exchange for signing a cooperative contract.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King signed a contract to provide medicinal herbs and arrange protection for certain humans in return for a cultivation method and pills.
• Xiao Han prepared to return to Langya Pavilion, whose members were organizing a welcome ceremony for their returning Pavilion Master.
• Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin waited for Xiao Han, and Ye Jianxin teased Yi Huang about her feelings for him.

Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion after a century away and reunited with Yi Huang, whose feelings he finally acknowledged. Yi Huang agreed to go back to his clan with him, and Xiao Han revealed to Ye Jianxin that he had become a Dou Sheng before preparing to share his surprise.

• Ye Jianxin teased Yi Huang about holding a ceremony, and Langya Pavilion’s elders congratulated her when they realized she and Xiao Han were together.
• Xiao Han appeared at Langya Pavilion, greeted the gathered disciples and elders, and reunited with Yi Huang.
• After the others left them alone, Xiao Han apologized for being gone a hundred years, and Yi Huang teased him before accepting his feelings.
• Xiao Han invited Yi Huang to return to his clan with him, and she agreed to go after arranging the pavilion’s affairs.
• Xiao Han called out Ye Jianxin, who asked whether he had broken through; Xiao Han said he had reached Dou Sheng and invited him inside to hear about the surprise.

After returning to Langya Pavilion, Xiao Han learned that Yao Chen had disappeared decades earlier under suspicious circumstances and that the Soul Hall had failed to find him. News of Ice Saint’s return spread across Central Plains, prompting other forces to react and leaving Venerable Feng to reflect on Langya Pavilion’s growing strength.

• Yi Huang told Xiao Han that Han Feng claimed Yao Chen had suffered cultivation deviation while refining a Ninth Grade Pill, but Han Feng’s flight to the Black-Corner Region made others suspect the Soul Hall was involved.
• Xiao Han asked whether Langya Pavilion had found Yao Chen, and Yi Huang said neither it nor the Soul Hall had discovered his whereabouts.
• Xiao Han offered to distribute goods he had brought back to Langya Pavilion’s elders and disciples, while Yi Huang handed him documents covering the pavilion’s affairs over the past hundred years.
• News that Ice Saint had returned spread across Central Plains, causing one force to prepare a visit, the Heaven Underworld Sect Master to rage, and a dark-hall figure to order a more intense investigation.
• Venerable Feng worried that Starfall Pavilion could no longer contend with Langya Pavilion, whose strength had grown despite its low-profile approach and whose territory it had voluntarily reduced.

Xiao Han rewarded the Pavilion members and revealed that they could cultivate in a secret realm with Spiritual Energy dense enough to triple their cultivation speed. He then told Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin that the realm held an alchemist’s inheritance and that he had spent a hundred years meeting its Heaven Realm Perfection Soul Strength trial, leaving Yi Huang wondering how powerful he had become.

• Xiao Han distributed cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, pills, herbs, weapons, and other rewards to the Pavilion members.
• Xiao Han announced that members could spend personal contributions to gain cultivation time in his secret realm, where Spiritual Energy increased cultivation speed by more than threefold.
• After the assembly, Xiao Han asked Yi Huang to handle the secret realm’s regulations, then revealed to her and Ye Jianxin that it was an alchemist’s inheritance realm.
• Xiao Han explained that its Soul Strength trial required Heaven Realm Perfection and had trapped him for a hundred years.
• Yi Huang learned that Xiao Han raised his Soul Strength by cultivating and asked about his current cultivation realm.

Xiao Han revealed his Heaven Realm Perfection soul and Six Star Early Stage Dou Sheng cultivation, then gave Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin inheritances and resources to help them advance. Yi Huang discovered that the secret realm’s inheritance included an improved Bodhi Pill formula and another new pill, and began explaining the alchemist’s legacy.

• Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin were stunned when Xiao Han disclosed his soul realm and current Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Xiao Han gave Yi Huang an inheritance containing alchemy knowledge and cultivation experiences, and urged her to leave sect affairs and cultivate in seclusion.
• Xiao Han gave Ye Jianxin breakthrough experiences, a Heaven Rank cultivation method, sword techniques, and pills.
• Yi Huang asked Xiao Han for his three Bodhi Seeds and scolded him for not studying the inheritance.
• Yi Huang explained that the inherited alchemist had improved the Bodhi Pill formula and created another pill after dying from injuries sustained during a Nine Profound Golden Lightning tribulation.

Yi Huang explained how a senior’s Spirit Gathering Pill and Improved Bodhi Pill could accelerate the path from Peak Dou Zun to Half-Saint, and revealed the senior’s other cultivation pills, including the Saint Ascension Pill for Peak Half-Saints. She said these discoveries gave her confidence that she could reach Dou Sheng within fifteen years, then began to explain the Saint Ascension Pill’s restrictions for Old Ye.

• Yi Huang scolded Xiao Han for interrupting her before explaining the Spirit Gathering Pill’s effects and its need to be used with the Improved Bodhi Pill.
• Yi Huang explained that the pills could help someone reach Half-Saint in as little as a year, but warned that the method relied on scarce Bodhi Seeds.
• Ye Jianxin asked about the Spirit Gathering Pill’s grade and cost, and Yi Huang said it was an ordinary Eighth Grade Pill with relatively affordable ingredients.
• Yi Huang described the senior’s cultivation-boosting formulas and revealed that he had created the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill called the Saint Ascension Pill.
• Yi Huang said the Saint Ascension Pill gave Peak Half-Saints a thirty percent chance of reaching Dou Sheng and explained that the method supported her fifteen-year goal.
• Yi Huang warned that the Saint Ascension Pill had significant restrictions for Old Ye.

Xiao Han and Yi Huang discussed the Saint Ascension Pills’ limits and the danger of revealing them, then traveled to the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan reflected on the Xiao Clan’s isolation after faking Xiao Lin’s death and on the clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Yi Huang explained that Saint Ascension Pills could raise someone to Dou Sheng but weakened their combat power if used repeatedly.
• Xiao Han realized the pills could help friends and relatives gain realms, but warned that Langya Pavilion could not protect them if the secret became known.
• Yi Huang revealed that the secret realm still held two Bodhi Pills, over a dozen bottles of Spirit Gathering Pills, and one bottle of Saint Ascension Pills, but she did not know the alchemist senior’s identity.
• Xiao Han asked Yi Huang to accompany him home, and three days later they arrived in the Tagor Desert in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Zhan considered how the Xiao Clan’s allies had abandoned it after the clan leaked news of Xiao Lin’s death and reassured himself that the Tou She Ancient God Jade was safe.

Xiao Han returned to the Xiao Clan and arranged to strengthen its members before they traveled to Wutan City. He left Xiao Zhan waiting for Xiao Lin to return and report to him.

• Xiao Zhan greeted Xiao Han and Yi Huang, then learned that Yi Huang was Xiao Han's wife and called her his great-aunt.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Han that Xiao Lin had gone ahead to Wutan City to gather information, and Xiao Han ordered him to secretly assemble a hundred talented, trustworthy clan members.
• Xiao Han explained that the clan needed greater strength to reach Wutan City safely, and Xiao Zhan eagerly agreed to his plan.
• Yi Huang helped the assembled Xiao Clan members advance in cultivation with pills and her assistance, raising them to Dou Ling or higher within seven days.
• Xiao Han asked whether Xiao Lin had been notified to return, and Xiao Zhan explained that his father would arrive in about a day because he could not use Dou Qi Transformation Wings.

Xiao Han helped Xiao Lin prepare the Xiao Clan’s retreat to Wutan City, then left to establish a Space Wormhole from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range to Langya Pavilion. He left the Amethyst Winged Lion King in charge of guarding it and considered getting the Xiao Clan a Space Ship.

• Yi Huang gave Xiao Zhan two One Origin Pills for Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and Xiao Lin returned to the Imperial Capital Xiao Clan to meet Xiao Han.
• Xiao Zhan announced the Xiao Clan’s withdrawal to Wutan City, while Xiao Han and Xiao Lin watched unseen above the Martial Arts Arena.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Lin two bottles of Sect Breaking Pills and a Teleportation Jade Slip before leaving.
• Xiao Han asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to protect Xiao Clan members training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and gave him pills and a Dou Technique for his beasts.
• Xiao Han constructed a Space Wormhole in the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s cave leading to Langya Pavilion, then entered it and considered obtaining a Space Ship for the Xiao Clan.

As the Xiao Clan migrated, Xiao Zhan’s forces secretly eliminated spies and ambushed the factions pursuing them, leaving the attackers nearly wiped out. The survivors carried back a false story that the Xiao Clan had hired a powerful assassin organization, while the clan continued its journey.

• Xiao Zhan ordered Da Dou Shi to deal with the spies following the Xiao Clan without revealing the hidden Dou Ling.
• An unfamiliar Da Dou Shi killed a spy, who sent a final warning that the Xiao Clan’s strength had been underestimated.
• The pursuing factions dismissed the warning, while Xiao Han had already told Xiao Zhan to abandon the clan’s businesses.
• Masked fighters led by Xiao Zhan ambushed the attackers at night, killed most of them, and forced the survivors to flee.
• Xiao Zhan refused to pursue the survivors so they could spread the rumor that the Xiao Clan had hired an assassin organization.

Xiao Han returned from the Cultivation Secret Realm after casually opening a Space Wormhole, leading Langya Pavilion disciples to conclude he had reached Half-Saint cultivation. Back at the pavilion, Ye Jianxin and the elders confronted him about marrying Yi Huang, then took charge of arranging the wedding when Xiao Han admitted he did not know what to do.

• Xiao Han left the Cultivation Secret Realm through a Space Wormhole, and the guarding disciples inferred that he had become a Half-Saint.
• One disciple proposed spreading news of Xiao Han’s breakthrough to raise Langya Pavilion’s prestige, but the other warned him not to disrupt the Pavilion Master’s plans.
• Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion, where Ye Jianxin and the elders confronted him about Yi Huang and demanded to know when he would hold their wedding banquet.
• Xiao Han asked Ye Jianxin what he should do, and the elders offered to arrange a grand wedding for him and Yi Huang.

Yi Huang warned Xiao Zhan that the Xiao Clan could not rely on Xiao Han alone and arranged training for the clan members after their rapid rise in strength. Xiao Zhan took her words to heart and went to confront the clansmen who had grown complacent.

• Yi Huang ordered the Xiao Clan members to avoid strength-enhancing pills for five years and prepare for hard combat training.
• Yi Huang gave Xiao Zhan a Heavenly Flame Seed to purify his Dou Qi and help him cultivate to Dou Zong.
• Yi Huang told Xiao Zhan to send clan members out to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and keep the clan’s strength secret from the younger members.
• Yi Huang urged Xiao Zhan to make the clan strong enough to support Xiao Han, exaggerating how much hardship Xiao Han had endured.
• Xiao Zhan recognized that some clansmen had become lazy and were struggling to control their new strength, so he set out to correct them.

Xiao Han sought Hai Bo Dong in Desert City to enlist the Mittel Family in concealing information about the Xiao Clan in the Jia Ma Empire. After Xiao Han revealed his name, Hai Bo Dong was left stunned.

• Xiao Han decided to use local powers to help Langya Pavilion seal off information about the Jia Ma Empire and the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han found Hai Bo Dong in Desert City and startled him by appearing silently in his Ancient Map shop.
• Hai Bo Dong mistook Xiao Han's interest for a request to see the Incomplete Map, and Xiao Han examined the map after Hai Bo Dong handed it over.
• Xiao Han asked Hai Bo Dong to use the Mittel Family's influence to keep news about the Xiao Clan from spreading beyond the empire.
• Hai Bo Dong questioned Xiao Han's connection to the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Han identified himself as Xiao Han, shocking Hai Bo Dong.

Xiao Han struck a deal with Hai Bo Dong, offering to break the Seal in his body and provide a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for Hai Bo Dong’s help and the Incomplete Map. After Xiao Han restored Hai Bo Dong’s cultivation, Hai Bo Dong agreed to support the Xiao Clan through the Mittel Family.

• Hai Bo Dong recognized Xiao Han and mistakenly concluded that Xiao Han was protecting the Xiao Clan from powerful enemies.
• Xiao Han offered to break Hai Bo Dong’s Seal and give him a Sect Breaking Pill if he helped with the Xiao Clan’s needs.
• Hai Bo Dong agreed to the deal and traded the Incomplete Map to Xiao Han for a Royal Extreme Pill and a Dou Ling Pill.
• Xiao Han broke Hai Bo Dong’s Seal in a secret chamber, restoring his cultivation and increasing his strength slightly.
• Hai Bo Dong vowed to seek revenge on Medusa, and Xiao Han told him to leave her alive.
• Hai Bo Dong offered to have the Mittel Family provide the Xiao Clan with resources and convenience, and Xiao Han accepted.

Xiao Han entered Yun Shan’s cultivation chamber and offered him a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for sealing off information about the Xiao Clan. Yun Shan agreed to consider the bargain, hoping it would let him reach the Dou Zong Realm.

• Xiao Han bypassed the Yun Lan Sect’s protective array and appeared in Yun Shan’s secret chamber.
• Yun Shan attacked with his aura, but Xiao Han restrained him effortlessly and revealed his identity.
• Xiao Han asked whether Yun Shan wanted to break through to the Dou Zong Realm, and Yun Shan admitted that he did.
• Xiao Han offered Yun Shan a Sect Breaking Pill if the Yun Lan Sect sealed off information about the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Shan asked how far Xiao Han needed him to go, and he decided the risky bargain could benefit the Yun Lan Sect.

Xiao Han sought to keep the Xiao family’s situation secret while he built strength and prepared the clan for the future war against the Soul Clan. After securing Yun Shan’s promise, he visited Jia Xing Tian to ask for help, leaving the request unstated.

• Xiao Han resolved to keep a low profile for ten years while developing Langya Pavilion and the Xiao family into a force capable of joining the coming war.
• Xiao Han gave Yun Shan a Jade Bottle in exchange for keeping news of the Xiao family in the Gama Empire secret for ten years, and asked him to report any contact from a black-robed person.
• Xiao Han left the Yun Lan Sect and went to the Gama Imperial Palace to meet Jia Xing Tian.
• Jia Xing Tian mistook Xiao Han’s sudden appearance for a rumor-driven hallucination, then recognized him and apologized for blurting out that he thought Xiao Han was dead.
• Xiao Han clarified that he had not come over the Xiao family’s departure from the imperial capital and said he wanted Jia Xing Tian’s help.

Xiao Han secured Jia Xing Tian’s support for protecting the Xiao Clan, and Jia Xing Tian inferred that Hai Bodong and the Yun Lan Sect would help keep the clan’s location secret. Hai Bodong then tasked Mittel Tengshan with establishing the Mittel Family’s presence near the Xiao Clan in Wutan City, leaving Tengshan eager to pursue the opportunity.

• Jia Xing Tian received pills from Xiao Han and decided the royal family would support him, while guessing that the Mittel Family and Yun Lan Sect would also help protect the Xiao Clan.
• Hai Bodong returned to the Mittel Family and asked Mittel Tengshan where the Xiao Clan had moved.
• Mittel Tengshan said the Xiao Clan was in Wutan City and offered to arrange a Mittel Auction House presence there.
• Hai Bodong secretly explained the mission, and Mittel Tengshan suggested asking the Alchemist Association to establish a branch in Wutan City.
• Hai Bodong approved Tengshan’s plan, gave him a Dou Ling Pill, and ordered him to keep the matter confidential.

Yun Shan purged corruption from the Yun Lan Sect and helped erase the Xiao Clan’s traces, while news spread across the Central Plains that Xiao Han and Yi Huang would marry in a year. Caught off guard by the announcement, the two accepted it and promised to build a life together.

• Yun Shan removed Yun Ling from office, disciplined the Yun Lan Sect, and personally handled the condition he had promised Xiao Han.
• The Jia Ma Empire’s three major forces erased nearly every trace of the Xiao Clan outside Wutan City.
• Langya Pavilion announced that Xiao Han and Yi Huang would marry in a year and began preparing for the wedding.
• Yi Huang and Xiao Han learned of the wedding plans, which Ye Jianxin had arranged without asking them first.
• Xiao Han apologized to Yi Huang, promised to treat her well and never marry another, and Yi Huang agreed.