Chapter Summaries

Ge Ye tried to negotiate the Yun Lan Sect’s request to dissolve Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan’s engagement with Xiao Long. Nalan Yanran insulted Xiao Yan’s cultivation, turning a potentially private arrangement into a confrontation as Xiao Long’s anger rose.

• Ge Ye worried that asking the powerful Xiao Clan to end the engagement could provoke them, but he followed the sect leader’s order.
• Xiao Long received Ge Ye, Nalan Yanran, and Liu Ling, then asked what business had brought the Yun Lan Sect to the clan.
• Ge Ye cited the Yun Lan Sect’s rules and the sect leader’s wishes as reasons to dissolve the engagement.
• Xiao Long asked Xiao Yan for his view, and Nalan Yanran realized he was her betrothed despite having only Three Stages of Dou Zhi Qi.
• Nalan Yanran disparaged Xiao Yan’s cultivation and declared that ending the engagement was the right decision, while Xiao Yan grew angry and Xiao Long’s aura rose.

Xiao Yan agreed to become Elder Yao’s disciple after learning that the old man possessed a Qi Method that could grow and could help him reach Dou Zhe within a year. After their ceremony, Elder Yao asked Xiao Yan to gather medicinal ingredients, then withdrew into the ring when someone approached.

• Xiao Yan learned that Elder Yao’s Yellow Rank Qi Method could grow, and Xiao Han identified it as the strange method once obtained by Medicine Venerable.
• Elder Yao offered to help Xiao Yan reach Dou Zhe within a year, and Xiao Yan asked what the old man wanted in return.
• Elder Yao warned Xiao Yan not to reveal his existence because it could bring disaster upon the Xiao Clan, then introduced himself as Elder Yao.
• Xiao Yan respectfully completed the master-disciple ceremony and called Elder Yao his teacher.
• Elder Yao requested medicinal ingredients, but Xiao Yan offered to take him to the Medicine Hall; when someone approached, Elder Yao returned to the ring.

Xiao Han reassured Xiao Zhan that Elder Yao would not harm Xiao Yan and gave him a jade talisman as protection. The next day, Xiao Yan went with Xun Er to the Medicine Hall to choose medicinal herbs for Elder Yao, leaving with Xiao WuXin to see the Xiao Clan's collection.

• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Han whether Elder Yao's Soul Body posed a danger to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Han gave him a jade talisman in case Elder Yao tried to seize Xiao Yan's body.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Zhan to let the Three-Year Agreement remain one of Xiao Yan's trials.
• Xiao Yan told Xun Er he was going to the Medicine Hall, and she went with him.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao WuXin if he could select medicinal herbs himself, and Xiao WuXin agreed to show him and Xun Er the clan's collection.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the collection contained herbs above Fifth Order, and Xiao WuXin said those were beyond his authority.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er visited the Xiao Clan’s Medicine Hall, where Elder Yao selected a large supply of herbs to support Xiao Yan’s alchemy training. Back in his room, Elder Yao revealed Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid as a way to speed up Xiao Yan’s Dou Zhi Qi cultivation and help him reach Dou Zhe within a year.

• Xiao WuXin let Xiao Yan choose medicinal herbs from the Xiao Clan’s storehouse, and Elder Yao guided him to gather nearly a year’s supply.
• Xiao Yan apologized for taking so many herbs, but Xiao WuXin confirmed they were his to keep under Xiao Zhan’s order.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room and urged Elder Yao to explain the method he had promised.
• Elder Yao explained that fragile meridians made Dou Zhi Qi cultivation slow, then introduced Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid as a way to accelerate it.

Xiao Yan watched Elder Yao begin refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and learned that his flame was the Bone Chilling Cold Fire. Meanwhile, Huang Yue led a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan delegation to Langya Pavilion, where Yi Huang and Ye Jianxin decided to meet them before choosing how to respond.

• Xiao Yan doubted that First Order Medicinal Herbs could produce Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, so Elder Yao summoned his Bone Chilling Cold Fire and explained that it was a Strange Fire ranked eleventh.
• Xiao Yan recited what he knew about Strange Fire from books, surprising Elder Yao, who then began refining the spirit liquid for him to observe.
• Huang Yue led a group from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to Langya Pavilion and arrogantly demanded that its Pavilion Master come greet him.
• A Langya Pavilion disciple reported Huang Yue's arrival to Yi Huang, while Ye Jianxin asked whether they should send the visitors away.
• Yi Huang chose to meet the delegation first and learn why they had come.

The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan delegation arrived at Langya Pavilion to discuss cooperation, but Huang Yue insulted Yi Huang and provoked the pavilion. After Langya Pavilion’s Grand Array subdued the delegation, Huang Yue agreed to speak civilly, and Yi Huang heard their proposal in the main hall.

• Huang Yue insulted Yi Huang and Langya Pavilion when Elder Wang came to escort the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan delegation inside.
• Elder Wang activated Langya Pavilion’s Grand Array, trapping Huang Yue and the others after Huang Yue attacked it.
• The Grand Array released the battered delegation an hour later, and the middle-aged clan member insisted they had come with goodwill.
• Elder Wang pressed Huang Yue to state his purpose, and Huang Yue said he had come to cooperate with Langya Pavilion.
• Yi Huang asked Huang Yue how the two sides would cooperate and said she was willing to consider setting their past conflict aside.

Yi Huang rejected Huang Yue's offer to mediate peace between Langya Pavilion and the Hall of Souls because it would entangle the Pavilion in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's ambitions. Huang Yue left angrily after Yi Huang mocked the clan's vulnerability to the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe.

• Huang Yue asked Yi Huang about the growing conflict between Langya Pavilion and the Hall of Souls, and Yi Huang recalled the recent attacks, including the ambush on Xian'er.
• Huang Yue offered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's help in resolving the conflict, asking Langya Pavilion for future support and a place for one of the clan's juniors.
• Yi Huang recognized that Huang Yue wanted to use Langya Pavilion's influence to advance the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's position in the Central Plains.
• Huang Yue offered to enter Yi Huang and her parents into the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's genealogy, but Yi Huang coldly refused the proposal.
• Yi Huang warned Huang Yue that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan should beware of becoming food for certain magical beasts, and Huang Yue left with his group in anger.

Yi Huang rejected Huang Yue’s offer to join the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s genealogy and chose not to pursue old grievances. Meanwhile, Xiao Han began restoring his cultivation in seclusion, and the Xiao Clan prepared to contain the energy as it surged beyond their expectations.

• Yi Huang told Ye Jianxin that Huang Yue’s offer held no appeal for her, and she refused to take revenge because she wanted to avoid making more enemies while opposing the Soul Hall.
• Ye Jianxin and Yi Huang noted that Xiao Han was expected to return in less than a year, and Ye Jianxin said his return would ease Langya Pavilion’s worries.
• Half a year later, Xiao Han began restoring his cultivation in the Xiao Clan’s Back Mountain space, unleashing a powerful energy vortex that drove the Magical Beasts away.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan experts prepared to suppress the disturbance, but when the world’s energy erupted, they hurriedly activated the Soul Locking Grand Array and concealed its fluctuations.
• Elder Yao sensed a terrifying aura from the direction of the Xiao Clan Back Mountain, found nothing when he checked, and continued training Xiao Yan.

After breaking through to early Eight Star, Xiao Han prepared to return to the Central Plains and pursue Demon Marshal Ge Xiusi. Before leaving, he visited Xiao Yan, acknowledged that the boy had a mysterious expert assisting him, and encouraged him to keep growing.

• Xiao Zhan and the others left the Xiao Clan Back Mountain after space stabilized, and several dozen days later Xiao Han emerged at early Eight Star.
• Xiao Han decided to return to Langya Pavilion and vowed to catch Demon Marshal Ge Xiusi.
• Xiao Han reassured Xiao Zhan that the younger generation was not to blame for the Xiao Clan's decline, then went to bid farewell to Xiao Yan.
• Elder Yao ended Xiao Yan's training after seeing his progress in Dou Zhi Qi and Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Xiao Han told Xiao Yan he knew about the mysterious expert and asked him to pass along his regards, then urged him to surprise him by their next meeting.

Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion and found it facing a dangerous alliance between the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall. As the elders worried that their forces could not hold out, Xiao Han announced that he would act personally.

• Xiao Yan questioned Elder Yao after Xiao Han's warning revealed that the Xiao Clan had noticed him hiding in the ring.
• Xiao Han sensed trouble at Langya Pavilion and vanished from his resting place.
• Yi Huang refused Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice's offer to fight, explaining that Langya Pavilion needed to save him for the enemy's strongest forces.
• The elders discussed how Ye Jianxin and the Heavenly Sound Old Man had barely held back five Dou Shengs from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall.
• Xiao Han appeared in the hall and said he would take action personally.

Xiao Han emerged from seclusion and took charge of Langya Pavilion’s response to the Soul Hall and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. As he headed for the battlefield with Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice, Langtian City faced another Soul Hall attack while Ye Jianxin remained injured.

• Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion, heard Yi Huang’s account of the conflict, and agreed to capture the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s five Dou Sheng experts alive.
• Xiao Han persuaded Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice to accompany him, and the two left for the battlefield through a spatial rift.
• Ye Jianxin and Heavenly Sound Old Man discussed Ye Jianxin’s lingering injury from the Soul Hall’s hidden weapon and the need for reinforcements.
• Great Heavenly Venerate challenged Ye Jianxin and Heavenly Sound Old Man outside Langtian City, and the two went out to face him.

Ye Jianxin and Heavenly Sound Old Man faced five Soul Hall and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts after refusing the Great Heavenly Venerate’s demands. Their opening clash left Kun Phoenix wounded and unable to fight, while Ye Jianxin and Heavenly Sound Old Man gained a slight advantage.

• Saint Gu You mocked Langya Pavilion, and Ye Jianxin answered by appearing with Heavenly Sound Old Man to confront the five opponents.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate offered to leave if Langya Pavilion surrendered half its cities and yielded to their forces; Ye Jianxin refused and entered Void Space to fight.
• Ye Jianxin used Wind Dance Leaf as the five opponents unleashed their defenses and attacks, while Heavenly Sound Old Man’s zither restored Ye Jianxin and weakened the Soul Hall experts.
• Phoenix shattered Heavenly Sound Old Man’s music, but Ye Jianxin struck Kun Phoenix with Wind Sword: Extreme Shadow and wounded him badly.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate attacked Ye Jianxin, who countered with Wind Sword: Instant Prison before Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix joined the assault.
• Ye Jianxin and Heavenly Sound Old Man blocked the Great Heavenly Venerate’s follow-up attack, ending the opening exchange with a slight advantage.

Ye Jianxin’s injuries worsened as Great Heavenly Venerate and Phoenix dragged out their fight while Saint Gu You and Eagle Phoenix kept Heavenly Sound Old Man from helping. As Phoenix urged Ye Jianxin to surrender, he appeared behind her and declared that the net would break, but the fish would survive.

• Great Heavenly Venerate recognized that Ye Jianxin’s injuries were still affecting him and told Phoenix to drag out the battle.
• Great Heavenly Venerate and Phoenix held Ye Jianxin back while Saint Gu You and Eagle Phoenix fought Heavenly Sound Old Man two against one.
• Ye Jianxin spat blood when his suppressed injuries flared, and Heavenly Sound Old Man could not reach him because Saint Gu You blocked his support.
• After nearly two hours, Ye Jianxin’s aura weakened, but he prepared to risk his life as Phoenix urged him to surrender.
• Ye Jianxin appeared behind Phoenix and said the net would break, but the fish would not die.

Xiao Han confronted Soul Hall Master Hun Miesheng and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan elder Thunder Phoenix after capturing their allies. He refused to back down, preparing to use the encounter to establish Langya Pavilion’s strength.

• Heavenly Sound Old Man asked whether they should kill the captured Dou Shengs, and Xiao Han held off on deciding.
• Xiao Han called out Hun Miesheng and Thunder Phoenix from the Void Space while keeping the captured fighters gathered.
• Hun Miesheng and Xiao Han exchanged polite words that concealed their mutual intent to kill each other.
• Xiao Han assessed Thunder Phoenix as a Four Star Dou Sheng Late Stage and grew cautious of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s strength.
• Thunder Phoenix demanded that Xiao Han release Phoenix and the others, threatening him if he refused.

Xiao Han negotiated a ransom for the Three Heavenly Phoenixes, forcing Thunder Phoenix to hand over a vast collection of techniques, magic cores, and rare herbs. After accepting the payment and releasing the captives, Xiao Han turned his attention to Hun Miesheng.

• Thunder Phoenix protested Xiao Han’s demand for fifteen Ninth Grade Pills, but Xiao Han pressed his spear to Phoenix’s neck and argued that the captives were worth more than the pills.
• Thunder Phoenix admitted he lacked enough Ninth Grade Pills and offered techniques, cultivation methods, and medicinal herbs instead.
• Thunder Phoenix offered two Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, additional Earth Rank techniques and methods, one hundred Eighth Order Magic Cores, and several rare herbs, and Xiao Han accepted.
• Thunder Phoenix handed Xiao Han a Storage Ring containing the ransom, and Xiao Han checked the contents before flinging the Three Heavenly Phoenixes away.
• Xiao Han turned toward Hun Miesheng and announced that he was next.

Xiao Han ransomed the Great Heavenly Venerate and another captive, then faced Hun Miesheng and Thunder Phoenix when they tried to reclaim the payment. As Langya Pavilion’s strength became clear, Soul Demon Old Man arrived as reinforcements, and Hun Miesheng warned him not to underestimate Xiao Han.

• Xiao Han paid twenty Earth Rank Advanced Qi Methods and Dou Techniques, half of Thunder Phoenix’s high-grade Medicinal Herb resources, and a Dou Sheng corpse to ransom the Great Heavenly Venerate and another man.
• Hun Miesheng and Thunder Phoenix demanded their payment back, but Xiao Han revealed Five-Star Dou Sheng strength and refused to hand it over.
• Hun Miesheng and Thunder Phoenix prepared to join forces against Xiao Han, who revealed that Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice had reached late Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Thunder Phoenix realized Langya Pavilion’s strength rivaled that of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and hesitated to fight.
• Soul Demon Old Man appeared and identified himself, while Hun Miesheng warned him to be cautious of Xiao Han.
• Soul Demon Old Man dismissed Hun Miesheng’s warning and prepared to confront Xiao Han.

Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice battled Soul Demon Old Man’s group inside the Snow Domain, using its terrain and their techniques to harass and divide their opponents. Xiao Han then faced Soul Demon Old Man and Hun Miesheng as Thunder Phoenix pursued the remaining foe.

• Xiao Han activated Boundless Northern Kingdom and sent his Frost Legion against Soul Demon Old Man, Hun Miesheng, and their allies.
• Hun Miesheng destroyed most of the Frost Legion, while Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice followed with ice and lightning attacks that battered the Snow Domain.
• Xiao Han used Extreme Cold Eternal Freeze to slow his opponents, then trapped Soul Demon Old Man and the others in Northern Kingdom Killing Realm.
• Soul Demon Old Man swallowed a Soul Gu Toad to boost his strength, while Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice used Thunder Current Guiding to exploit the threads around them.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice and Thunder Phoenix sped away to fight each other, leaving Xiao Han to confront Soul Demon Old Man and Hun Miesheng.
• Hun Miesheng revealed his Five-Star strength, and Xiao Han charged at him and Soul Demon Old Man.

Xiao Han agreed to a ceasefire with Soul Hall after forcing Hun Miesheng and Soul Demon Old Man to negotiate. He then took Thunder Phoenix and set out for the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with four captured Dou Sheng, while Huang Tian waited at the Demon Phoenix Space entrance, unaware of what was coming.

• Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice defeated Soul Hall and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s fighters, leaving Thunder Phoenix unconscious.
• Hun Miesheng proposed a contract to end the grudges between Soul Hall and Langya Pavilion, and Xiao Han accepted after considering the benefits.
• Hun Miesheng and Soul Demon Old Man left with the unconscious Great Heavenly Venerate and the others.
• Xiao Han took Thunder Phoenix and went with Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice to the Beast Region, carrying four Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Sheng to demand an explanation.
• Huang Tian waited outside the Demon Phoenix Space and dismissed his unease until Xiao Han’s voice called for the clan to collect its four captured Supreme Elders.

Xiao Han brought the captured Thunder Phoenix and three other Heaven Demon Phoenix elders to the clan and negotiated with Huang Tian for their release. After two hours, Huang Tian provided the agreed-upon items, and Xiao Han departed with Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice.

• Huang Tian appeared outside the Demon Phoenix Domain and found Xiao Han and Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice waiting with Thunder Phoenix and three other elders captured.
• Thunder Phoenix identified Xiao Han as the Ice Saint, and Huang Tian recognized that he had come to negotiate rather than fight.
• Xiao Han demanded twenty Ninth Grade Pills, and Huang Tian refused before raising his offer when Xiao Han threatened the captives with an Ice Spear.
• Huang Tian reviewed Xiao Han’s Scroll and negotiated a final offer that included Demon Phoenix Blood Jade and other items.
• Huang Tian’s clan spent two hours gathering the agreed payment, and Xiao Han thanked him before leaving with Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice.

After leaving the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Xiao Han celebrated the ransom and treasures he had gained before asking Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice about Ye Jianxin’s injury. Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice revealed that he had sensed Evil Qi in it, prompting Xiao Han to investigate a possible connection between the Soul Clan and the Evil Clan.

• Huang Tian admitted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could not pursue Xiao Han and ordered his people to approach the Four Directions Pavilion instead.
• Xiao Han laughed over the ransom from five Dou Sheng experts and the riches he had taken from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Han asked Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice what he had noticed about Ye Jianxin’s injuries, which had led Xiao Han to agree to peace talks with Hun Miesheng.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice said he had sensed Evil Qi in Ye Jianxin’s wound and questioned whether the Soul Clan’s origins were suspect.
• Xiao Han resolved to investigate the Soul Clan’s possible connection to the Evil Clan, while Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice vowed to uncover its flaws.