Chapter Summaries

Nether Sky Glacial Crystal confronted Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice over the Extreme Cold Crystal, then learned it had been refined alongside the Ice Spirit Great Emperor’s inheritance for Xiao Han. After hearing about Langya Pavilion’s plans and resources, she considered joining, and Yi Huang welcomed her.

• Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin left Nether Sky Glacial Crystal and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice alone, and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice teased her about Ye Jianxin’s visit.
• Nether Sky Glacial Crystal attacked Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice, then discovered that he had reached Five-Star Dou Sheng while she had regained Four Star Dou Sheng.
• Nether Sky Glacial Crystal demanded an explanation after Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice said the Extreme Cold Crystal had been refined, but he revealed it had been placed with the Ice Spirit Great Emperor’s inheritance for his inheritor.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice explained Langya Pavilion’s findings about the beasts that destroyed the Spirit Clan, and Nether Sky Glacial Crystal praised the faction’s intelligence and security.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice invited Nether Sky Glacial Crystal to join Langya Pavilion, and Yi Huang appeared to welcome her.

Xiao Han began breaking through to Nine Star Dou Sheng in Langya Pavilion, while Yi Huang and the others worked to contain the dangerous storm and keep his breakthrough secret. After the Langya Guard helped hold the seals for nearly two hours, Yi Huang and the others took over as the eighth layer neared collapse.

• The Nether Sky Glacial Crystal and Ling Yi joined Langya Pavilion in secret, and a year passed.
• Xiao Han began breaking through in a sealed cultivation chamber surrounded by ice-attribute treasures.
• Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin prepared eight Soul Locking formations and summoned Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice and the Nether Sky Glacial Crystal to help conceal the breakthrough.
• The storm shattered four layers of the Soul Locking Grand Array, so Ye Jianxin summoned the seven Half-Saint Vice Commanders of the Langya Guard.
• The Vice Commanders formed the Seal of Realm Boundary and held the storm for nearly two hours before Ye Jianxin moved them away.
• Yi Huang and the others gathered outside the eighth layer as it neared collapse.

After breaking through to Nine Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Han learned that the Spirit Clan had been destroyed and discussed how to counter the Soul Clan’s growing power. He agreed to spread news of the Spirit Clan’s fate and began mobilizing Langya Pavilion, hoping to alert the Ancient Races and prepare for the Soul Clan’s next move.

• Xiao Han ended the pressure from his breakthrough, recognized Nether Sky Glacial Crystal as another survivor, and asked whether news of the Spirit Clan had spread.
• Yi Huang told Xiao Han that Ling Yi had survived as a Soul Body and remained hidden from the Soul Clan.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice warned Xiao Han that a Blood Demon Tribe member serving the Soul Clan might grow strong enough to become a Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice discussed using the Spirit Clan’s destruction to unite the Ancient Races, but Xiao Han planned to wait for the Soul Clan to target the Stone Clan.
• Elder Lin Jing urged Xiao Han to spread news of the Spirit Clan’s fate, and Xiao Han agreed as Langya Pavilion began operating again.

Langya Pavilion’s indirect restrictions on Spirit Clan goods prompted Central Plains factions to investigate the Spirit Realm’s disappearance, which they mistakenly attributed to a quiet relocation. Yi Huang then confronted Ling Yu with the news, leaving him shocked as the chapter ended.

• Qing Hong learned that the Langya Merchant Guild had limited purchases of Unicorn Pegasus and other goods while promising partner guilds compensation and discounts.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi discussed the limits and unusual Langya Guard movements, then agreed to investigate possible trouble involving the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Han learned from Yi Huang that Central Plains factions had reacted as planned to the indirect signs about the Spirit Clan.
• Central Plains experts found the Spirit Realm empty, and news spread that the Spirit Clan had disappeared; Ye Jianxin investigated for Langya Pavilion but returned empty-handed.
• Yi Huang summoned Ling Yu and asked about the Spirit Realm’s disappearance, then said something that shocked him.

After learning that the Spirit Clan Leader’s Soul Jade Pendant had shattered, Ling Yu opened Elder Ling Yi’s Storage Ring and discovered the clan’s treasures and a letter explaining their efforts to preserve the clan’s last survivors. He resolved to rebuild the Spirit Clan, unaware that a masked Black-Robed Figure was watching him.

• Yi Huang told Ling Yu that the Spirit Clan Leader’s Soul Jade Pendant had shattered more than a year earlier and warned him to remain inside Langya Pavilion for his safety.
• Ling Yu accepted that the Spirit Clan had likely suffered a disaster and concluded that Langya Pavilion was their best protection.
• Ling Yu broke the seal on Elder Ling Yi’s Storage Ring after two hours of pouring in Dou Qi.
• Ling Yu found the Spirit Clan’s techniques, combat skills, treasures, and a letter revealing that the clan had sent its young survivors away to preserve its legacy.
• After reading the letter, Ling Yu resolved to revive the Spirit Clan and use the stored resources to strengthen the other survivors.
• A masked Black-Robed Figure watched Ling Yu from a distance as he left to find the rest of the Spirit Clan.

Ling Yi questioned Yi Huang about Langya Pavilion’s hostility toward the Soul Clan, but Yi Huang left the reason unexplained. Six months later, Ancient Races representatives came to Langya Pavilion seeking the ten Spirit Clan geniuses, and Xiao Han confronted them over their threat and the rules they had broken.

• Ling Yi thanked Yi Huang for Langya Pavilion’s help and asked whether it had a grudge against the Soul Clan, but Yi Huang said she would understand in the future.
• Half a year passed as the turmoil over the Spirit Clan’s disappearance subsided, until representatives of the Ancient Races arrived at Langya Pavilion.
• Hun Tu demanded that Xiao Han hand over the Spirit Clan members, while Gu Dao and the other representatives concealed their own desire to claim the surviving bloodline.
• Xiao Han accused the visitors of violating their agreement that those above Five-Star Dou Sheng would not act, and Hun Tu warned him not to let the Spirit Clan members hinder Langya Pavilion.
• After Langya Pavilion’s people began to leave, Xiao Han agreed that strength decided everything and unleashed terrifying coldness through the hall.

Xiao Han revealed overwhelming strength to protect the Spirit Clan disciples of Langya Pavilion, beating the Ancient Race visitors before sending them away. After learning he may have reached Nine Star, the Ancient Races chose to avoid provoking him, while Soul Emperor prioritized the Soul Clan’s grand plan.

• Xiao Han told Hun Tu and the other Ancient Race visitors that he was protecting the Spirit Clan disciples, then attacked when they tried to leave without consequence.
• Xiao Han defeated Hun Tu with a single punch and injured the visiting experts, leaving Shi Yuan least harmed and Gu Dao and Hun Tu badly weakened.
• Yi Huang questioned Xiao Han about the visitors, while Giant Force Saint considered becoming more closely involved with Langya Pavilion.
• Gu Dao told Gu Yuan that Xiao Han was at least peak Eight Star and might have reached Nine Star, prompting Gu Yuan to advise befriending him and avoiding conflict.
• The other Ancient Races adopted similar policies, and Soul Emperor chose to focus on the Soul Clan’s great plan instead of targeting Langya Pavilion.

Xiao Han and Yi Huang discussed Xiao Yan’s remarkable growth and the upcoming Central Plains Pill Assembly before Xiao Wu interrupted their private moment. Xiao Han agreed to let Xiao Wu train outside for two years, assigning him to travel with Xian’er through the Ancient Desolate Domain and Wildlands Region.

• Yi Huang showed Xiao Han a record of the Xiao Clan’s younger generation, and Xiao Han praised Xiao Yan for surviving the Beast Region and winning the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly.
• Yi Huang told Xiao Han that the Central Plains Pill Assembly was approaching, and the two reflected on her missed chance to compete and the hardships she endured while he was gone.
• Xiao Wu arrived and interrupted Xiao Han and Yi Huang, then asked his teacher for permission to go out and gain experience.
• Xiao Han beat Xiao Wu for ruining the moment, then agreed to send him on a two-year training trip with Xian’er.
• Xiao Han ordered Xiao Wu to visit the Ancient Desolate Domain and Wildlands Region and said the Heavenly Barbarian Sect would guide them.

As the Central Plains Pill Assembly approached, Ye Xinlan prepared to return home for her family’s elder-seat assessment, while Xiao Yan and Cao Ying readied themselves to compete for the championship. Soul Hall also set a plan in motion to seize the Three Thousand Burning Flames, turning the coming event into a gathering of rival ambitions.

• Ye Xinlan told Yi Huang she was returning home for her family’s assessment, and Yi Huang gave her a Soul Skill scroll and secretly sent two Langya Guards to protect her.
• Elder Yao learned that Xiao Yan had reached Eighth-Rank Alchemist and told him to keep Soul Hall from winning the Pill Assembly while he handled other matters.
• Soul Hall’s Hall Master ordered Old Man Mu Gu to retrieve the Three Thousand Burning Flames, and Mu Gu vowed to succeed or unleash the flame’s unsealed power to disrupt the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Cao Ying to win the championship and at least defeat Xiao Yan, and Cao Ying eagerly accepted the challenge.

Xiao Han arranged for Qing He and Yuan Hai to assist Elder Yao in making trouble for the Soul Hall, while asking Elder Yao to honor his agreement with Langya Pavilion. In Ye City, Langya Guards protected the Ye Family from an attack staged to look like a Soul Hall assault and prepared to escort Ye Xinlan to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Han summoned Xiao Tie and Xiao Ya and told them about Elder Yao’s plan against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Han called Elder Yao and introduced Qing He and Yuan Hai as One-Star Dou Shengs who could fight together against a Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Elder Yao thanked Xiao Han for the assistance, and Xiao Han reminded him of their agreement before departing.
• In Ye City, a Langya Guard killed the attackers who had assaulted the Ye Family, and Ye Zhong thanked him for intervening.
• Ye Xinlan asked whether the attackers belonged to the Hall of Souls, but the Langya Guard said another faction had tried to frame it.
• The Langya Guard said the Deputy Pavilion Master had sent them to protect Ye Xinlan on her journey to the Pill Tower.

Xiao Han met the Pill Tower Old Ancestor and considered Langya Pavilion’s limits as Elder Yao prepared his alliance to strike the Soul Hall. With a Golden Dragon Token and two powerful reinforcements, Elder Yao established the Heavenly Mansion, whose first move would be to destroy the Soul Hall’s Human Hall.

• Xiao Han respectfully greeted the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who asked him to look after the Pill Tower before riding away.
• Xiao Han decided Langya Pavilion would maintain the status quo and avoid provoking the Soul Clan while the new alliance faced the Soul Hall.
• Elder Yao gathered the alliance members for final consultations, and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor demanded to know what trump card could protect them from retaliation.
• Elder Yao revealed a Golden Dragon Token that could secure Langya Pavilion’s help against the Soul Hall Master and Vice Hall Master, along with two peak One-Star Dou Sheng reinforcements, Xiao Tie and Xiao Ya.
• The assembled factions agreed they had the strength to challenge the Soul Hall, and Elder Yao announced the alliance’s name as Heavenly Mansion.
• Heavenly Mansion chose to make its first move by attacking the Soul Hall’s Human Hall.

Ye Xinlan and Ye Zhong arrived in Saint Pill City after enduring repeated assassinations, while Yi Huang and Xiao Han prepared to retaliate against the factions behind the attacks. Ye Xinlan survived another carefully planned ambush near the Pill Tower and met Xuan Kongzi, who wished the Ye Family success in the assessment.

• Ye Zhong worried that Langya Pavilion had put Ye Xinlan in danger after nearly ten waves of assassins targeted their journey to Saint Pill City.
• A Langya Guard reported the attacks to Yi Huang, who decided to punish selected factions, while Xiao Han acknowledged how difficult it would be to identify every culprit.
• Ye Xinlan used a Soul Skill taught by Yi Huang to block a chain attack during another ambush, and a Langya Guard arrived to help defeat the assassins.
• Pill Tower elders questioned the Langya Guard, but Xuan Kongzi accepted responsibility for the security failure and recognized Ye Xinlan as Yi Huang's requested disciple.
• Xuan Kongzi wished Ye Xinlan and Ye Zhong success in the assessment and restoration of the Ye Family's reputation, then remarked that Langya Pavilion's presence made matters more interesting.

Xiao Han returned to the Jia Ma Empire and learned that Xiao Zhan and the Xiao clan were struggling to hold off Soul Hall’s attacks. He gathered the clan’s strongest available fighters in the Xiao Clan Space and activated an Array Disc, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Xiao Han arrived above the Jia Ma Empire and headed for Wutan City.
• Xiao Zhan explained that the Xiao clan was outnumbered by Soul Hall’s Dou Zun experts and that he had been repeatedly fighting on the borders.
• Xiao Han praised Xiao Zhan’s efforts and ordered him to gather the clan’s Dou Zun and High-level Dou Zong experts.
• Xiao Han brought nearly fifty gathered fighters into the Xiao Clan Space and told Xiao Zhan to step out while the others sat down.
• Xiao Han activated an Array Disc around the fighters and warned them to withdraw if they could not endure it.

Xiao Han activated a formation that concentrated energy to baptize the Xiao Clan members, while Ye Xinlan earned a high-grade seventh-tier alchemist badge and demonstrated a powerful soul skill at the Pill Tower. The Xiao Clan’s training continued under Xiao Han’s protection, and Ye Xinlan left with the Ye Family’s position strengthened.

• Xiao Han transformed the formation into a snowy plain and compressed the surrounding energy to create an intense cultivation environment for the Xiao Clan members.
• Xiao Han explained that the concentrated energy would speed up cultivation while the harsh environment forced the clan members to control and solidify their Dou Qi.
• Ye Xinlan received certification as a high-grade seventh-tier alchemist from Sheng Yao, giving Ye Zhong hope that the Ye Family would keep its elder seat.
• An old woman from the Bai Family insulted Ye Xinlan for joining Langya Pavilion, and Ye Xinlan trapped her with a Soul Skill and made her believe she was being consumed by flames.
• Sheng Yao stopped the old woman and warned her that Ye Xinlan was Yi Huang’s disciple, while Ye Xinlan and Ye Zhong departed.

A month after helping Ye Xinlan improve her abilities, Xiao Han strengthened the Xiao Clan through a risky energy-transfer method and planned its future. He left Xiao Zhan on the path toward Dou Sheng while the Central Plains’ grand event began.

• Ye Xinlan inherited Yi Huang’s research on ancient soul cultivation and Soul Skills, preparing to surprise the Central Plains alchemists at the Pill Assembly.
• Xiao Han used a formation to raise many Xiao Clan members’ cultivation, leaving nearly half of its Dou Zong at Dou Zun and strengthening its existing Dou Zun.
• After resting for two days, Xiao Han transferred a large amount of energy into Xiao Zhan, whose strength began rising toward the Dou Zun peak.
• While guiding Xiao Zhan, Xiao Han decided the Xiao Clan should remain in the Northwest Continent and considered where its returning ancestors and future Heavenly Tomb candidates should go.
• Xiao Han assessed the Xiao Clan’s younger generation and resolved to secure two Heavenly Tomb spots, envisioning Xiao Zhan and Elder Yao as leverage against the Gu Clan.
• The long-awaited grand event in the Central Plains began.

Yi Huang discussed a possible exchange of Ye Xinlan’s Soul Skill with the Pill Tower’s Three Giants while the Pill Assembly continued. Meanwhile, Elder Yao led the Heavenly Mansion’s forces in an open assault on the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, where an angry voice answered their attack.

• Yi Huang declined to discuss Ye Xinlan’s Soul Skill until the Pill Assembly was over, then said an exchange might be possible if the Pill Tower showed enough sincerity.
• Elder Yao led four Dou Sheng and four Half-Saints into the Burial Mountain Range to attack the Soul Hall’s Human Hall.
• A giant hand seized and destroyed a group of Soul Hall members in the Black Mist.
• Elder Yao and the white-robed young man arrived above the Human Hall with their forces, triggering an alarm and a united attack.
• An aged voice from inside the hall demanded to know who dared attack the Soul Hall.

Elder Yao and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor led an assault on the Hall of Souls’ Human Hall, overwhelming its forces while they fought Great Heavenly Venerate. The Hall of Souls revealed two more Dou Sheng experts, Blood Shadow Saint and then Xiao Tie and Xiao Ya arrived to face him, and the battle began anew.

• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and the other attackers broke through the Black Mist, and Great Heavenly Venerate recognized Elder Yao as Yao Chen.
• Elder Yao and Fire Cloud Old Ancestor confronted Great Heavenly Venerate while their allies slaughtered the Human Hall’s forces.
• Great Heavenly Venerate’s Sen Bone Prison overpowered Elder Yao’s flame dragon until Fire Cloud Old Ancestor’s Nine Dragons Devour the Heavens destroyed it.
• The Hall of Souls revealed Blood Shadow Saint, a Two-Star Dou Sheng, who challenged the attackers.
• Xiao Tie and Xiao Ya appeared to fight Blood Shadow Saint, and the assembled fighters launched another round of clashes.

Ye Jianxin and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice blocked Soul Hall reinforcements from reaching Human Hall while the attackers overwhelmed the defenders. The Great Heavenly Venerate and Blood Shadow Saint died before help arrived, leaving Soul Hall’s forces defeated.

• Ye Jianxin intercepted Hun Ying in a spatial passage and prevented the Vice Hall Master from supporting Human Hall.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice confronted Hun Miesheng and blocked the Soul Hall Master from joining the battle.
• Elder Yao and another fighter drove back the Great Heavenly Venerate as Soul Hall’s forces below were nearly wiped out.
• Xiao Tie and Xiao Ya worked together to overpower Blood Shadow Saint.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate and Blood Shadow Saint were killed after the reinforcements failed to arrive.

After the allies destroyed Soul Hall’s Human Hall, they discovered its stockpile of Soul Origins and gave it to Yao Chen to strengthen his Soul Strength. Hun Miesheng arrived too late, vowed revenge on Heavenly Mansion, and began targeting it.

• Elder Yao confirmed that Soul Hall’s Human Hall had been sealed and none of its occupants escaped.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor found Soul Origins gathered by Soul Hall, and Elder Yao recognized the lives sacrificed to collect them.
• Elder Yao speculated that Soul Hall was gathering souls to cultivate Emperor Realm Souls, then agreed to accept the Soul Origins after his allies insisted.
• Elder Yao destroyed the Human Hall, left a message naming Heavenly Mansion and Yao Chen as the killers, and departed with his allies.
• Hun Miesheng arrived with the Vice Hall Master, saw the ruins and Yao Chen’s message, and ordered Soul Hall to target Heavenly Mansion.

After Human Hall fell, Xiao Han and Yi Huang discussed Soul Hall’s retaliation, Xiao Zhan’s rise, and the fallout from the Pill Assembly. Three Thousand Burning Flames remained in the Star Region, apparently reserved for Xiao Yan, while conflict across Central Plains continued to intensify.

• Xiao Han learned from Yi Huang that Human Hall had been wiped out after Elder Yao and the others overcame Soul Hall’s reinforcements.
• Yi Huang reported that Soul Hall had launched concentrated attacks against Heavenly Mansion’s allied forces, but Xiao Han expected Soul Hall’s attention to shift toward the Xiao Clan as Xiao Zhan emerged from seclusion.
• Yi Huang told Xiao Han that Xiao Yan had won the Pill Assembly and refined an Eighth Grade Pill that summoned Five-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Yi Huang explained that the attempt to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flames had been suspended, and that the Three Giants had captured Old Man Mu Gu after exposing him as a Soul Hall Venerable Elder.
• Yi Huang speculated that Xuan Kongzi intended to reserve Three Thousand Burning Flames for Xiao Yan, and Xiao Han expected Elder Yao to help remove its intelligence before Xiao Yan subdued it.