Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan ambushed and killed Hun Yusheng, then fought Hun Mo, a high-rank Half-Saint, with powerful soul attacks, heavenly flames, and combat enhancements. He unleashed a Nine-Colored World-Extinguishing Fire Lotus against Hun Mo’s Demon God Descent, leaving Hun Mo engulfed in a devastating firestorm.

• Xiao Yan appeared after killing Hun Yusheng and revealed his identity to Hun Mo, who challenged him to battle.
• Xiao Yan countered Hun Mo’s soul and ghost techniques with the Great Heavenly Thunderclap and Burning Flame: Annihilation.
• Hun Mo pierced Xiao Yan’s Divine Flame Clone with the Nine Netherworld Hades Claw, but Xiao Yan struck back with a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus and severely wounded him.
• Xiao Yan activated his Clan Mark, the Azure Dragon Transformation, the Immovable Wisdom King Art, and the Burning Heaven Counter-Fate Art before clashing directly with Hun Mo.
• Hun Mo used the lifespan-consuming Demon God Descent, while Xiao Yan formed and launched a Nine-Colored World-Extinguishing Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan retreated as the Fire Lotus swallowed Hun Mo in a destructive firestorm.

Xiao Yan killed Hun Mo and helped the survivors defeat the remaining Soul Hall members, then claimed the Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Lotus. After Venerable Miaoyin arranged to buy a pill refined from its seeds, Xiao Yan reunited with Zi Yan and Han Yue and gave Zi Yan a seed to eat.

• Hun Mo emerged barely alive from Xiao Yan's firestorm, but Xiao Yan tore out his soul and sealed it in a bottle.
• The survivors, led by the Burning Flame Valley's seventh-turn Dou Venerable, attacked and killed the remaining Soul Hall members, then broke through the Heaven-Extinguishing Spirit-Swallowing Grand Formation.
• Venerable Miaoyin and representatives of the other factions thanked Xiao Yan and agreed that the Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Lotus belonged to him.
• Venerable Miaoyin asked to buy a lotus seed, and Xiao Yan offered to sell her a Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Pill after he refined one.
• Venerable Miaoyin arranged a future transaction and left to inform the Sound Valley's elders.
• Xiao Yan summoned Zi Yan and Han Yue, then gave Zi Yan one of the lotus seeds to eat.

Xiao Yan explored the Yaoguang Pavilion’s secret realm with Zi Yan and Han Yue, collecting its treasures before discovering the soul of the Yaoguang Saint. He persuaded the former peak three-star Dou Saint to join the Fallen Star Pavilion in exchange for helping him resurrect, then stored him in the Bone Flame Ring.

• The Soul Hall Master learned that the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables had died while pursuing the Nine-Aperture Dao Rhyme Lotus and ordered an investigation.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Han Yue gathered treasures from the buildings and main hall, while Xiao Yan’s Divine Flame Clones helped search the passageways.
• Xiao Yan collected magic cores, weapons, medicinal ingredients, and gold coins from several chambers before meeting Zi Yan and Han Yue beside a stone coffin.
• Xiao Yan called out the soul inside the coffin, and the old man introduced himself as the Yaoguang Saint, a former peak three-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan offered the Yaoguang Saint a resurrection method and invited him to join the Fallen Star Pavilion; the Yaoguang Saint accepted and entered Xiao Yan’s Bone Flame Ring.

Xiao Yan returned to the Fallen Star Pavilion with Zi Yan after securing major treasures and Yaoguang Saint, while Han Yue remained behind longing for him. As news of Xiao Yan’s victory spread, Gu Xun'er learned of his achievements and prepared to leave the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yan gave Han Yue cultivation resources, invited her to join the Fallen Star Pavilion after she reached Dou Zong, and left with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan returned to the Fallen Star Pavilion, where Yao Lao welcomed them and discussed the Soul Clan’s response to the secret-realm conflict with Wind Venerable.
• Xiao Yan introduced Yaoguang Saint to Yao Lao, who welcomed him to the Fallen Star Pavilion and promised to prepare what he needed for resurrection.
• Gu Xun'er heard that Xiao Yan had slain two Half-Saints while at One-Revolution Dou Venerable and learned that some Ancient Clan elders wanted to target the Fallen Star Pavilion.
• Gu Xun'er ordered preparations to leave the Ancient Realm and privately deduced that Yao Chen was the spiritual entity accompanying Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan refined treasures and pills for the Fallen Star Pavilion, then entered secluded cultivation to advance his strength. Three months later, Gu Xun'er arrived with the Ancient Clan’s Black Subjugation Army and was welcomed into the pavilion, where Xiao Yan remained in seclusion.

• Xiao Yan distributed Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk and Spirit Jade Earth Marrow Pills, refined three Half-Saint corpses into Heavenly Demon Puppets, and helped Yaoguang Saint revive at the mid-stage Four-Star Dou Saint level.
• Xiao Yan refined nine Zunji Pills, gave one each to Heavenly Flame Venerable and Wind Venerable, and began cultivating with a Spirit Jade Earth Marrow Pill and the Eight Desolations Origin-Returning Formation.
• After three months, Gu Xun'er arrived near the Heavenly Star Mountain Range with the Ancient Clan’s Black Subjugation Army, and a Fallen Star Pavilion scout reported her arrival to Yao Lao and Wind Venerable.
• Yao Lao recognized Gu Xun'er as Xiao Yan’s girlfriend, and Wind Venerable opened the pavilion’s spatial gate to welcome her party.
• Gu Xun'er entered the Fallen Star Pavilion with Wind Venerable and her escort while Xiao Yan continued his secluded cultivation.

After three months of secluded cultivation, Xiao Yan emerged as a Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Venerable and reunited with Gu Xun'er at the Fallen Star Pavilion. He welcomed her stay, introduced her to Wind Venerable, and had the elders leave her protection to the pavilion’s Half-Saint-level puppet, Long Yi.

• Gu Xun'er arrived at the Fallen Star Pavilion but learned that Xiao Yan was still in seclusion, leaving her disappointed.
• Xiao Yan ended his seclusion after reaching Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Venerable and spotted Gu Xun'er waiting on a distant peak.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er flew to each other, reunited, and agreed to spend time together at the Fallen Star Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan introduced Gu Xun'er to Wind Venerable, Elder Lin, and Elder Wen, then led her toward the main hall.
• Gu Xun'er asked Elder Lin and Elder Wen to leave them alone, and Wind Venerable brought out the Half-Saint-level puppet Long Yi to reassure them about her safety.

Yao Lao told Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er that the Pill Tower had agreed to hold the Pill Conference early, with conditions that tied the Fallen Star Pavilion to the tower and required Xiao Yan to win. Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er reunited in private, exchanged cultivation gifts, and discussed the threat posed by Gu Han, leaving their relationship affectionate but constrained by Xun'er's need to preserve her primal yin.

• Yao Lao welcomed Gu Xun'er, learned she could stay for only three months, and explained the Pill Tower's conditions for holding the Pill Conference early.
• The Wind Venerable and Xiao Yan accepted the conditions, and Xiao Yan promised to win the conference while Yao Lao agreed to intervene if the Soul Hall caused trouble.
• Xiao Yan took Gu Xun'er around the Fallen Star Pavilion and promised that within five years he would gain enough power for them to be together without interference.
• Gu Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that Gu Han suspected him of killing Ling Quan and might use underhanded methods against him, but Xiao Yan dismissed the threat.
• Gu Xun'er gave Xiao Yan the final three seals of the Emperor Seal Art, while he gave her a Supreme Zongyuan Pill and Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er kissed and became intimate, but she reminded him that she had to preserve her primal yin until her Ancient Emperor Bloodline fully awakened.

Gu Xun'er broke through to One-Star Dou Venerable and traveled with Xiao Yan to the Dan Region for the Pill Conference. After Yao Lao went ahead to the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan's party flew to Ye City, where the declining Ye Clan awaited them and debated the price of giving Xiao Yan the map to the fire-cloud water flame.

• Gu Xun'er emerged from seclusion as a One-Star Dou Venerable, and Xiao Yan agreed to leave for the Dan Region the next morning.
• Gu Xun'er ordered Elder Lin to accompany her while the rest of the Black Subjugation Army returned to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Yao Lao, and their companions left the Fallen Star Pavilion; at the transport hub, Yao Lao headed to the Pill Tower while Xiao Yan took Gu Xun'er, Ye Xinlan, and Elder Lin toward the Ye Clan.
• The Ye Clan's elders discussed their risk of losing their Pill Tower seat and argued over whether to trade the map to the fire-cloud water flame to secure Xiao Yan's help.
• Ye Zhong stopped the elders from seeking another offer and waited for Ye Xinlan and Xiao Yan to arrive in Ye City.

Xiao Yan traded the Ye Clan’s map to the Fire-Cloud Water Flame for an opportunity to use its Yang Fire Ancient Altar, while offering to arrange for Venerable Xuanyi to teach Ye Xinlan. After Ye Zhong accepted, he brought Xiao Yan to the altar, where Xiao Yan prepared to pursue the Earth Core Pearl despite its lost ability to gather yang fire.

• Ye Xinlan returned to the Ye Clan with Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and Elder Lin, and Ye Zhong welcomed them into the clan estate.
• Xiao Yan received the map to the Fire-Cloud Water Flame after promising to help the Ye Clan at the upcoming Pill Conference.
• Xiao Yan offered to exchange access to the Yang Fire Ancient Altar for alchemical insights or a suitable teacher for Ye Xinlan.
• Ye Zhong chose to have Xiao Yan seek Venerable Xuanyi as Ye Xinlan’s teacher, and promised the Ye Clan would repay Xiao Yan’s help.
• Ye Zhong led Xiao Yan to the Yang Fire Ancient Altar and warned that it could no longer condense a yang fire seed or gather yang fire.