Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han learned that Yin Xian, Sound Valley’s Second Elder and Heavenly Sound Old Man’s trusted junior brother, had joined Soul Hall and was using the disciples as leverage. Xiao Han assured Heavenly Sound Old Man that he could handle the threat and secretly revealed a surprise that left the old man stunned.

• Xiao Han questioned Heavenly Sound Old Man about the traitor in Sound Valley, and Heavenly Sound Old Man named Yin Xian.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man explained that Yin Xian had used the uninformed disciples to prevent the elders from exposing or killing him, with Soul Hall’s Grand Heavenly Venerate backing him.
• Xiao Han realized Soul Hall had anticipated that he or Langya Pavilion might intervene, but he remained confident that he could defeat the Grand Heavenly Venerate.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man warned that challenging Soul Hall could endanger both Sound Valley and Langya Pavilion, but Xiao Han promised to keep everyone safe.
• Xiao Han secretly told Heavenly Sound Old Man about a surprise, and Heavenly Sound Old Man stood up in shock and asked if it was true.

Heavenly Sound Old Man accepted Xiao Han’s Saint Ascension Pill and spent a month breaking through to Dou Sheng, strengthening his bond with Langya Pavilion. After learning Xiao Han’s true identity, he reaffirmed his alliance with him and asked when they would set out to protect Sound Valley.

• The Soul Hall Grand Heavenly Venerate learned that Heavenly Sound Old Man had gone to Langya Pavilion and waited for the Langya Pavilion Master to emerge from his trap.
• Yi Huang gave Heavenly Sound Old Man a Saint Ascension Pill, and Xiao Han urged him to break through before leaving to improve their chances against Soul Hall.
• A month later, Heavenly Sound Old Man emerged as a Dou Sheng and pledged to repay Xiao Han’s help.
• Xiao Han revealed that his real name was Xiao Han, prompting Heavenly Sound Old Man to realize he was an Xiao Clan descendant and a trusted Langya Pavilion ally.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man asked Xiao Han when they would set out to deal with Sound Valley’s danger.

Xiao Han and Heavenly Sound Old Man arrived to support Sound Valley, where the Great Heavenly Venerate and Saint Gu You were waiting in ambush. After Xiao Han threatened Saint Gu You for targeting Langya Pavilion, the Great Heavenly Venerate challenged him to fight.

• Xiao Han and Heavenly Sound Old Man set out to aid Sound Valley without gathering additional manpower.
• Xiao Han and Heavenly Sound Old Man emerged from a dark vortex and sensed hostile forces waiting nearby.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate and Saint Gu You appeared and asked Xiao Han to spare the Soul Hall fighters.
• Xiao Han mocked the Soul Hall and launched a sudden attack at Saint Gu You, which the Great Heavenly Venerate blocked.
• Xiao Han threatened Saint Gu You after he boasted about destroying Langya Pavilion.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate challenged Xiao Han to settle their dispute in battle, and Heavenly Sound Old Man prepared to fight.

Xiao Han and Heavenly Sound Old Man fought the Soul Hall experts Great Heavenly Venerate and Saint Gu You. Heavenly Sound Old Man revealed that he had reached Dou Sheng and used the Phoenix Cry Zither to counter Gu You’s soul chains, while Xiao Han overwhelmed Great Heavenly Venerate; the chapter ended with Lightning Venerable sensing danger at Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Xiao Han sent Heavenly Sound Old Man to hold off Saint Gu You while he attacked Great Heavenly Venerate with Frost Mirror Image.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man surprised Saint Gu You by revealing his Dou Sheng cultivation and landing an ambush.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man used the Phoenix Cry Zither and the Pure Land technique to neutralize Gu You’s Ten Thousand Souls Chains.
• Xiao Han’s mirror images battered Great Heavenly Venerate, who recognized their resemblance to Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body and considered obtaining it.
• Lightning Venerable suddenly shuddered at Wind Lightning Pavilion, sensing that a dangerous threat had targeted him.

Xiao Han overwhelmed Great Heavenly Venerate’s soul attacks and repelled his Bone Emperor Blade even after Man-Blade Fusion. The Soul Hall Vice Hall Master arrived and warned Xiao Han that he might not return to Langya Pavilion in time, leaving his plan unclear.

• Xiao Han mocked Great Heavenly Venerate’s ineffective soul attacks while forcing him onto the defensive.
• Great Heavenly Venerate began using his ultimate technique, and Heavenly Sound Old Man intensified his zither attack against Saint Gu You.
• Great Heavenly Venerate merged with the Bone Emperor Blade, but Xiao Han struck it with his Ice Spear and sent it flying hundreds of zhang.
• Great Heavenly Venerate called for the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master instead of unleashing another attack.
• The Vice Hall Master arrived through a spatial vortex, and Xiao Han questioned his warning about returning to Langya Pavilion in time.

Xiao Han forced Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master to abandon his attack on Sound Valley, then went with Heavenly Sound Old Man to confront the valley’s traitor. The chapter left Yin Xian unaware that the Soul Hall force had withdrawn as the elders prepared to deal with him.

• The Vice Hall Master judged that Soul Hall could not safely kill Xiao Han and withdrew his forces from Sound Valley.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man thanked Xiao Han and asked him to keep Sound Valley’s internal affairs secret before taking him to confront Yin Xian.
• Yin Xian strolled through Sound Valley, confident that he would soon take control and that its elders could not stop him.
• The Supreme Elders discussed their fear that Xiao Han might not defeat Soul Hall and resolved to protect Xin'er, Sound Valley’s hope for revival.
• An angry voice called Yin Xian a traitor and ordered him to come out.

Heavenly Sound Old Man explained that Soul Hall had been targeting Sound Valley for its Sound Saint's Inheritance and revealed why he was willing to share it with Xiao Han. The inheritance had three parts, with the Sound Saint's understanding of music being its most precious portion to Sound Valley.

• Heavenly Sound Old Man celebrated Sound Valley's victory over Soul Hall and thanked Xiao Han for helping him break through to Dou Sheng.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man told Xiao Han that Soul Hall had plotted to obtain the Sound Saint's Inheritance.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man recounted how the Sound Saint founded Sound Valley and left behind an inheritance that no disciple had ever obtained.
• Xiao Han questioned why Heavenly Sound Old Man would offer the inheritance to an outsider, and Heavenly Sound Old Man explained its three parts: cultivation inheritance, Musical Dou Techniques, and the Sound Saint's musical comprehension.

Xiao Han negotiated ten Sound Saint's Inheritance slots for Langya Pavilion disciples, with Langya Valley providing access in exchange for resources. Before Xiao Han left, Heavenly Sound Old Man asked him to escort his talented disciple Xin'er to Langya Pavilion for experience and protection.

• Heavenly Sound Old Man offered Langya Pavilion disciples the chance to test their musical talent against the Sound Saint's Inheritance, and Xiao Han agreed to send ten disciples after offering to cover the extra resources.
• Heavenly Sound Old Man privately counted on the inheritance's benefits for Sound Valley and planned to teach the visiting disciples a few things as a gesture of goodwill.
• As Xiao Han prepared to leave Sound Valley, Heavenly Sound Old Man introduced Xin'er and asked Xiao Han to take her to Langya Pavilion.
• Xiao Han assessed Xin'er as a talented Three Star Dou Zun under thirty, and Heavenly Sound Old Man explained that he wanted her to gain experience in the Central Plains while Sound Valley was busy.

Xiao Han brought Yin Xin to Langya Pavilion and set her up with Ye Shenghan as her guide, while Xiao Wu searched the Yaori Mountain Range for Heavenly Ice. A mysterious Ruins Portal opened and revealed a powerful source of Cold Qi, so Xiao Wu and the Langya Guards entered it cautiously.

• Xiao Han agreed to arrange a guide and Langya Guard protection for Heavenly Sound Old Man's disciple, Yin Xin.
• Xiao Han introduced Yin Xin to Ye Shenghan and assigned him to help her around Langya Pavilion.
• Xiao Wu spent weeks searching the snow-covered Yaori Mountain Range for Heavenly Ice but found nothing.
• Xiao Wu used the Ice Emperor Scripture to sense Cold Qi, but the mountain range began shaking and a Portal opened in the sky.
• Jia Qing warned Xiao Wu that the Ruins seemed suspicious, and Xiao Wu flew toward the Portal with the crowd.

Xiao Han sensed that Xiao Wu had crushed the Space Jade Slip and rushed into a different dimension. There, Xiao Wu and the others faced a mysterious Dou Sheng who awakened in the Ruins and grew hostile after Xiao Wu mistook him for a magical beast.

• Xiao Han sensed Xiao Wu's Space Jade Slip break, located him in a different dimension, and opened a spatial passage after messaging Yi Huang.
• Xiao Wu and the Langya Guard confronted a white-clad, blue-haired expert whose pressure killed many people in the Ruins.
• The expert asked why they had disturbed his slumber, and Xiao Wu explained that they had entered by mistake while searching for treasure.
• Xiao Wu asked which magical beast family the expert belonged to, and the expert took offense, threatened him, and accused him of provoking him.

Xiao Wu summoned his teacher Xiao Han to confront a powerful white-clad expert in the Ruins. Xiao Han recognized the expert as the Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice, who attacked him after Xiao Han named the Ice Spirit Great Emperor.

• The white-clad expert pressured Xiao Wu and the Langya Guard, but allowed Xiao Wu to summon his Dou Sheng teacher.
• Xiao Wu crushed a Space Jade Slip, and Xiao Han arrived, trading barbed remarks with the expert.
• After Xiao Wu explained what had happened, Xiao Han sent everyone else out of the Ruins and faced the expert alone.
• The expert revealed that he was the Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice, and Xiao Han identified his connection to the Ice Spirit Great Emperor.
• The Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice attacked Xiao Han, who welcomed the chance to test his strength.

Xiao Han fought Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice and discovered it had grown powerful while guarding a Seal. After Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice refused to leave its post, Xiao Han departed but gave it a token so it could contact him if the Seal was in danger.

• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice attacked Xiao Han with a Thunderstorm, but Xiao Han walked through it unharmed.
• Xiao Han overwhelmed Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice in a fight, and it called for a halt and asked how strong he was.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice explained that it could not leave because it had a mission to guard the Seal, and Xiao Han revealed he knew about it through the Ice Emperor Scripture.
• Xiao Han said he was not collecting Heavenly Ice to become Dou Di, but Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice remained wary and urged him to leave before the Ruins closed.
• Xiao Han gave Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice a token to contact him if the Seal went wrong, then vanished from the Ruins.

After returning from the Ruins, Xiao Han warned Xiao Wu and the Langya Guard never to target the transformed Heavenly Ice, then reunited with Yi Huang at Langya Pavilion. Xiao Wu later mistook Ye Shenghan and Yin Xin’s closeness for romance, learned she was his junior sister under his care, and invited them to eat together.

• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice put away Xiao Han’s token and resolutely entered the Ruins, insisting he would never need human help.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Wu that the Heavenly Ice was likely unattainable and ordered him never to target the powerful being again; he also made the Langya Guard promise to forget what they had witnessed.
• Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion, embraced the worried Yi Huang, and drove away the onlookers and Wind Hound so they could be alone.
• Xiao Wu spotted Ye Shenghan beside Yin Xin and was heartbroken, but Ye Shenghan explained that she was Heavenly Sound Old Man’s personal disciple and had been sent to train at Langya Pavilion.
• Xiao Wu, reassured that Ye Shenghan was still single, invited him and Yin Xin to eat with him.

After four peaceful years at Langya Pavilion, Xiao Zhan’s Xiao Clan faced the arrival of a Gu Clan delegation escorting a young girl. The Gu advance team was humbled by the Xiao Clan’s strength, and Gu Qing arrived to meet Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Wu watched Ye Shenghan and Yin Xin’s close friendship and concluded that the two were too dense to recognize their feelings for each other.
• Xiao Han and Yi Huang discussed Ye Shenghan and Yin Xin, while Xiao Han settled into a quiet routine as Langya Pavilion prospered without further trouble from Soul Hall.
• Four years passed, and Wutan City prospered under the Xiao Clan, with new branches of Yun Lan Sect, Mittel Auction House, and the Alchemist Guild.
• Gu Feng led an advance team of Dou Huang experts and a Dou Zong to the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Zhan’s three High-level Dou Zong elders subdued them in minutes.
• Gu Qing arrived with a jade-like little girl, greeted Xiao Zhan, and noticed that Gu Feng’s team had been defeated.

Xun Er arrived at the Xiao clan, where Xiao Long welcomed her and decided to raise her as her own daughter. Xiao Zhan allowed Ling Ying to remain nearby in secret and then went to check on Xiao Yan as he began practicing cultivation.

• Gu Qing entrusted Xun Er to Xiao Zhan, who promised she would be cared for in the Xiao clan.
• Xiao Long embraced the exhausted Xun Er and declared that she and Xiao Zhan would raise her as their own daughter.
• Xiao Zhan warned Ling Ying that Xun Er would be safe and allowed him to secretly follow her, provided he did nothing against the Xiao clan.
• Xiao Yan sensed Dou Zhi Qi for the first time, struck a sandalwood table, and hurt his fist before Xiao Zhan arrived.

Xiao Zhan brought Xiao Yan to meet their distant cousin Xun Er, then gathered Xiao Ding and Xiao Li from training to introduce her. At dinner, Xiao Long doted on Xun Er so much that the four Xiao Clan men were left jealous and scrambling for food.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that their cousin Xun Er had come to stay with the family, and Xiao Yan promised to get along with her.
• Xiao Zhan found Xiao Ding and Xiao Li sparring, then told them to go meet their mother and the new cousin.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan watched in shock as Xiao Long warmly fed Xun Er and offered to nourish her.
• When Xiao Long noticed the others had stopped eating, she questioned whether her cooking tasted bad, and the four men hurriedly began eating.
• Xun Er thanked Xiao Long as she continued doting on her, while the four Xiao Clan men competed for the food.

Xiao Long interrogated Xiao Yan for sneaking into Xun Er’s room, but Xiao Yan’s elaborate excuse won Xun Er’s sympathy and only angered his mother. Xiao Long beat him so badly that he remained bedridden for a month, while the family’s harassment case was temporarily closed.

• Xiao Long questioned Xiao Yan about entering Xun Er’s room at night and stopped Xun Er from defending him.
• Xiao Yan spun the incident into a tale of self-sacrifice, convincing Xun Er and leaving Xiao Zhan and his sons stunned.
• Xiao Long sent everyone else away and beat Xiao Yan while Xiao Zhan and his sons recorded the sounds with a Sound Recording Stone.
• Xiao Long took Xun Er to the market, while Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ding played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would fetch the injured Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan stayed in bed for a month and thereafter feared Xiao Long and avoided making advances toward Xun Er.

After recovering, Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan was holding an unusually grand Clan Gathering, while Xiao Han returned from the Central Region with the Xiao Clan members who had left ten years earlier. Xiao Zhan welcomed them and learned that nineteen clansmen had died, then prepared to honor their sacrifice and show the returning members how the clan had changed.

• Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries, and Xun Er told him that many absent Xiao Clan Elders were returning for a grand Clan Gathering.
• Xiao Han led the Xiao Clan members away from Langya Pavilion, grieving for those who would not return, and told Yi Huang he would go ahead.
• Xiao Zhan anxiously waited with the elders to welcome the clansmen who had left ten years earlier.
• Xiao Han arrived with just over seventy people and presented wooden boxes containing the remains of the fallen clansmen.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Zhan that nineteen Xiao Clan members had died, and Xiao Zhan vowed to remember their sacrifice while temporarily concealing the news.
• Xiao Han declined to attend the Clan Gathering, and Xiao Zhan prepared to show the returning clansmen the clan's progress and promising juniors.

Xiao Zhan presided over the Xiao Clan Gathering, where the clan’s young members showed their strength and Xiao Zhan noticed Xiao Yan’s arrogance. After the gathering, Xiao Han praised the clan’s progress and discussed its cultivation methods with Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan members saw Xiao Yan acting arrogantly among the children, and a clansman tactfully warned Xiao Zhan about his personality.
• Xiao Zhan promised to warn Yan Er after recognizing that Xiao Yan’s behavior needed correcting.
• Xiao Zhan led the Coming-of-Age Ceremony and Clan Gathering, where the younger generation tested their strength and competed on the Battle Stage.
• After Xiao Zhan declared the gathering over, Xiao Han appeared and praised the clan’s development.
• Xiao Zhan explained that he had already removed the misleading Yellow Rank Cultivation Techniques and Combat Skills, and Xiao Han approved of his decision.

Ling Ying was caught spying on the Xiao Clan by Xiao WuYe, and he and Xun Er realized the clan concealed far greater strength than they had expected. Xun Er was left wondering how Xiao Yan could remain unaware of the elders’ power.

• Xiao WuYe caught Ling Ying with a dagger, identified himself, and warned him not to wander recklessly around the Xiao Clan.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao WuYe had discovered and subdued him despite their similar cultivation, prompting her to reconsider the Xiao Clan’s strength.
• Xun Er reminded Ling Ying that his Earth Rank Intermediate cultivation method made Xiao WuYe’s easy victory especially significant.
• Ling Ying reported sensing several returning Xiao Clan members with heavy killing auras and strength near Peak Dou Zong.
• Xun Er recalled that Xiao Yan had guessed Xiao Zhan was a Dou Wang and realized the younger Xiao Clan members knew little about their elders’ strength.