Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions reached Ancient Sacred City to enter the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Yan hoped to visit Xiao Xuan’s tomb. At the city gate, Ling Quan provoked Xiao Yan and was swiftly defeated, prompting Gu Yuan to appear and ask Han Feng to spare the Ancient Clan guards.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and their companions crossed the Ancient Stone Plaza and flew toward Ancient Sacred City.
• Han Feng explained that the city’s barrier contained Battle God Power and that visitors had to approach on foot out of respect for the Ancient Clan’s Dou Di expert.
• At the gate, Ling Quan mocked Falling Star Pavilion and challenged Xiao Yan over his invitation.
• Xiao Yan snatched back the invitation and kicked Ling Quan into the city wall, defeating him in front of the crowd.
• Ling Quan ordered the Black Annihilation Squad to seize Xiao Yan, but Han Feng’s pressure forced the warriors to their knees.
• Gu Yuan appeared, dispelled Han Feng’s pressure, and asked him to spare the guards.

Han Feng and Xiao Yan arrived in Ancient Sacred City for the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Xiao Yan’s presence provoked hostility from Ling Quan and other young clansmen. In the Ancient Realm, Xun'er learned of their arrival and made clear that she remained committed to Xiao Yan despite the trouble her declaration had caused.

• Han Feng suppressed Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army at the city gate until Gu Yuan arrived, then Gu Yuan rebuked Ling Quan for mistreating an invited guest.
• A silver-armored commander challenged Xiao Yan to spar, saying he wanted to know whether Xiao Yan deserved Xun'er, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Tian Xin learned that the spatial gate would open in three days and led the group to the Ancient Clan’s arranged lodging in Ancient Sacred City.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Han Feng and Xiao Yan had arrived and described their strength and the confrontation at the city gate.
• Xun'er said she trusted Xiao Yan and recalled telling the Ancient Clan elders that she liked him and they could not change that.

Xiao Yan learned about the Black Annihilation Army’s hierarchy and the powerful Grand Commanders, then found himself challenged by its Third Commander, Yang Hao. Han Feng urged him to accept, promising to cover for him.

• Xiao Yan asked Tian Xin and Qing Lin about the Black Annihilation Army and learned about its strict selection, eight commanders, Four Grand Commanders, and Black Annihilation Kings.
• Tian Xin warned Xiao Yan that several Ancient Clan geniuses viewed him as a rival for Xun'er and that the Four Grand Commanders could pose a greater threat.
• Han Feng told Xiao Yan that the Battle God Bloodline would not guarantee advancement to Dou Sheng, easing Xiao Yan’s worries about the Ancient Clan’s geniuses.
• Yang Hao, the Black Annihilation Army’s Third Commander, was introduced as Xiao Yan’s next challenger, while Ling Quan and the Fifth Commander watched from upstairs.
• Xiao Yan realized someone had set him up, and Han Feng encouraged him to fight Yang Hao and promised to cover for him.

Xiao Yan accepted Yang Hao’s challenge to spar and defeated the third commander of the Black Annihilation Army with forty-nine precisely controlled strikes. The spectators applauded as Yang Hao lay badly beaten on the platform.

• Yang Hao challenged Xiao Yan to a spar, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Yang Hao unleashed his Dou Qi and attacked with the Dragon-Serpent Movement Technique and Heavenly Fiend Shattering Qi Claw.
• Xiao Yan evaded Yang Hao’s attacks and broke through his claw technique with a single punch.
• Xiao Yan followed with a barrage of forty-nine strikes, leaving Yang Hao unable to fight back.
• Yang Hao crashed onto the platform and spat blood as the pavilion fell silent, then erupted into applause.

Xiao Yan soundly defeated Yang Hao in a spar, then faced a challenge from Lin Xiu, the Black Annihilation Army’s second commander. Elder Gu Xun stopped the confrontation by revealing Xiao Yan’s strength as a Nine-Transformation Battle Venerable, and Lin Xiu left with Yang Hao.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yang Hao, who attacked again in anger and was knocked down by another kick.
• Four flame-marked visitors discussed Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and soul power, while Huo Zhi said she was interested in his flames.
• Lin Xiu arrived, reprimanded Yang Hao, and challenged Xiao Yan to a match; Xiao Yan accepted.
• Elder Gu Xun interrupted Lin Xiu and warned that Xiao Yan was a Nine-Transformation Battle Venerable.
• Lin Xiu apologized for Xiao Yan showing mercy, then left with Yang Hao, while Gu Xun apologized for the Ancient Clan’s treatment of him.
• Xiao Yan returned to his seat, where Han Feng teased him and Tian Xin said no one else should provoke him.

Han Feng, Xiao Yan, and their group entered the Ancient Realm after the Ancient Clan opened its spatial gate. They arrived in a richly energy-filled world, where a fleet of ten flying battle ships appeared and invited the guests aboard.

• Han Feng’s group left their manor and went to the lake at the center of Ancient Sacred City as the Ancient Realm’s opening drew near.
• Elder Gu Xun warned visitors not to wander through the realm or disturb the Ancient Clan Descendants, and Han Feng explained the descendants’ role to Xiao Yan.
• A surge of spatial energy opened a towering gate above the lake, and visitors began entering the Ancient Realm.
• Han Feng led Tian Xin, Xiao Yan, and the others through the gate, where they marveled at the realm’s dense heaven and earth energy.
• A fleet of ten flying battle ships arrived through rolling dark clouds, and a voice from the lead ship invited the guests aboard.

Xiao Yan and Han Feng traveled toward the Ancient Realm aboard a Void Shuttle Boat, where Han Feng explained the Heavenly Tomb and the Ancient Clan’s strict bloodline rules. Xiao Yan learned why the clan opposed his relationship with Xun'er and joked that Han Feng would deal with anyone who stood in their way.

• Han Feng explained that the Heavenly Tomb held ancient experts’ energy imprints, opened once every twenty years, and allowed entrants to spend up to three years inside while only half a year passed outside.
• Han Feng told Xiao Yan that he could enter as a member of the Xiao Clan and warned him to watch for the Soul Clan and Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan and the others crossed the heavily guarded warship as they traveled toward the Ancient Sacred Mountains.
• Han Feng explained that the Ancient Clan guarded its descendants to preserve the Battle God Bloodline and forbade core members from marrying outsiders.
• Xiao Yan said the clan’s opposition made no difference to him and joked that he would unleash Han Feng if they objected, prompting Han Feng to smack his head.

Xun'er welcomed Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan, where powerful clan members tried to intimidate him. Han Feng intervened and punished the offenders, while Gu Yao and a silver-robed man discussed Xiao Yan’s arrival and Gu Yao’s reluctance to challenge him.

• Xun'er flew to the warship and joyfully reunited with Xiao Yan, Tian Xin, and Qing Lin.
• Xun'er led Xiao Yan and his group toward the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yan resolved to face the clan without fear.
• Ancient Clan experts locked their gazes onto Xiao Yan, but Han Feng shattered the pressure with his golden flames and sword qi.
• Han Feng severed the arms of the men who had tried to intimidate Xiao Yan, and Elder Gu Nanhai apologized and left.
• Gu Yao and a silver-robed man discussed Xun'er's bond with Xiao Yan, and Gu Yao said he was not foolish enough to challenge Xiao Yan.

Xun'er attended the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony with Xiao Yan and their companions, where her bloodline test revealed a Divine-Grade Bloodline. The revelation stunned the clan, and Han Feng's remark about Xun'er's father sending her to Xiao Yan's family left the elders looking ready to erupt.

• Xun'er led Xiao Yan, Han Feng, and the others from the bamboo house to the Ancient Clan's ceremony.
• The ceremony began, and Gu Yao tested as an eighth-grade bloodline before receiving a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Elder Tong Xuan took over the ceremony and called Xun'er to test her bloodline.
• Xun'er's test produced a tenth golden star, shattered the star chart, and revealed her Divine-Grade Bloodline.
• Han Feng joked that Xun'er's father might regret sending her to Xiao Yan's family, and Tian Xin warned him to stop as the Ancient Clan elders grew furious.

Xun'er received the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, then brought Han Feng to the Ancient Clan's main hall to challenge the elders' refusal to return the Xiao Clan's Heavenly Tomb quota. Gu Yuan ruled that the quota would go to the Xiao Clan and Xiao Yan, while warning the elders not to pursue Xiao Xuan's tomb residence.

• Elder Tong Xuan used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to give Xun'er a Divine-Grade Bloodline clan mark, whose pressure made powerful Ancient Clan members kneel.
• Han Feng, Xiao Yan, and their companions left the plaza, and Xun'er later asked Han Feng to accompany her to the Ancient Clan's main hall.
• The elders discussed sending six Ancient Clan members into the Heavenly Tomb and using the Xiao Clan's quota, despite Xiao Yan's arrival.
• Xun'er entered the hall with Han Feng, who struck Gu Shan into a wall and demanded that the Ancient Clan return the Xiao Clan's quota.
• Gu Yuan ruled that the quota would go to the Xiao Clan and let Xiao Yan decide who used it, then announced that the Heavenly Tomb would open in two days.
• Gu Yuan warned the elders not to pursue Xiao Xuan's tomb residence and told them to guard the Ancient Realm's descendants from visiting experts.

Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Tian Xin entered the Heavenly Tomb after it opened, while Han Feng took Qing Lin to Dragon Island. The group split up as Xiao Yan set out toward the tomb’s dangerous third level and Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence.

• Xun'er secured a place for Xiao Yan in the Heavenly Tomb, and Han Feng said he would take Qing Lin to the Ancient Void Dragon’s territory.
• Xun'er explained the Heavenly Tomb’s three levels and warned that its strongest energy bodies made the third level perilous.
• An enormous ancient gate opened, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Tian Xin flew into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Han Feng took Qing Lin through a spatial passage toward Dragon Island after the others entered.
• Han Feng and Qing Lin arrived near a blood-red island in Void Space.

The Northern Dragon King used the forbidden Dragon Transformation Demon Formation to absorb the experts on North Dragon Island and overpower Zi Yan. Han Feng and Qing Lin arrived in time to save her, and Han Feng’s Solar True Fire destroyed the formation, leaving Zi Yan weakened and back in her child form.

• The Northern Dragon King activated the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation, devouring the experts on North Dragon Island and transforming himself into a monster with the Western and Southern Dragon Kings’ faces.
• Zi Yan fought the Northern Dragon King, but his increased strength forced her into a desperate defense as the East Dragon Island elders could not enter the formation.
• The Northern Dragon King hurled three clansmen at Zi Yan, then struck her shoulder and sent her flying before moving to kill her.
• Han Feng severed the Northern Dragon King’s arm, and he and Qing Lin appeared beside Zi Yan to protect her.
• Han Feng used Solar True Fire to evaporate the formation’s blood energy and dispel the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation.
• Zi Yan recovered some color after the blood energy left her body, then returned to her little-girl form because she was too weak.

Han Feng defeated the Northern Dragon King and gave his refined puppet to Zi Yan, who began unifying the Ancient Void Dragon Race. The four Dragon Islands joined together as one Ancient Dragon Island.

• Han Feng trapped the fleeing Northern Dragon King in a golden fire cage and, after Zi Yan refused to spare him, refined him into a Five-Star Dou Sheng Human Puppet.
• Elder Zhu Li stopped an East Dragon Island elder from pleading for the Northern Dragon King's life, and the clan accepted Han Feng's decision.
• Han Feng comforted Zi Yan and gave her the Northern Dragon King puppet to help offset the Ancient Dragon Race's losses.
• Zi Yan agreed to let Qing Lin cultivate in the Ancient Dragon Tomb to refine the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's soul.
• Zi Yan organized the search for survivors on North Dragon Island and began integrating the four Dragon Islands.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Race united the four islands into a single Ancient Dragon Island under Zi Yan's leadership.

After half a year in seclusion, Han Feng left Dragon Island with Qing Lin and returned to Falling Star Pavilion, where Yao Chen told him the Spirit Clan’s space had been sealed. Xiao Yan and Tian Xin then returned from training, and Xiao Yan revealed that help from Xiao Xuan had enabled him to replace his Battle God Bloodline and break through to the Saint Realm.

• Han Feng emerged from seclusion and saw that the four Dragon Islands had united under Zi Yan, with the Ancient Void Dragon Race gathering nearly ten Dou Sheng experts.
• Han Feng reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, then said he and Qing Lin would return to Falling Star Pavilion; Zi Yan promised to visit once her duties allowed.
• Han Feng and Qing Lin returned to Sacred City and met Yao Chen, who told them that the Spirit Clan had sealed off its space.
• Han Feng discussed the approaching Demon Flame with Yao Chen as Xiao Yan and Tian Xin returned from training.
• Han Feng was surprised to learn Xiao Yan had reached late-stage One-Star Dou Saint and Tian Xin had reached Eight-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Yan told Han Feng and Yao Chen that he had met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb, replaced his Battle God Bloodline, and used the Bodhi Heart to break through to the Saint Realm.

Hun Tiandi learned that a strange black aura from mutated beasts could strengthen Soul Clan members despite making them violent, while Han Feng reached the Half-Dou Di realm during years of seclusion. When the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared, Xiao Yan and the Falling Star Pavilion group rushed toward it and found that it had burned an enormous mountain range into a milky-white desert.

• Soul Clan elders reported that the strange black aura boosted combat strength but could drive those who absorbed it mad, and Hun Tiandi said it could still be used.
• Han Feng spent several years cultivating in seclusion and reached the Half-Dou Di realm.
• Xiao Yan saw the twin moons and nine aligned stars herald the Heavenly Tide and the Demon Flame's arrival.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged sooner than expected, so Han Feng led Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder, and Falling Star Pavilion's core members toward it.
• Xiao Yan's group encountered other factions on the way and reached the descent site, where Qing Lin saw the flame had turned the mountain range into a vast milky-white desert.

Han Feng destroyed the Soul Clan leader Hun Xuzi and welcomed the Ancient, Yan, and Yao Clans as they gathered to enter the space containing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He prepared to take Xiao Yan inside while Medicine Elder stayed behind, and Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan before the groups set out.

• Xiao Yan concluded that the milky-white desert was formed by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's residual heat as powerful factions gathered outside the spatial rifts.
• Hun Xuzi and several Soul Hall enforcers emerged from the rifts, and Han Feng trapped them in golden flames that vaporized the enforcers.
• Hun Xuzi transformed and tried to turn the gathered factions against Han Feng, but Han Feng burned him and his soul to ashes.
• Gu Dao, Huo Ling, and Wan Huo arrived with their clans, and Gu Dao declared that the Ancient Clan would support Han Feng rather than let the flame fall to the Soul Clan.
• Xun'er greeted Xiao Yan, and the clan leaders agreed to enter the space and observe the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Han Feng asked Medicine Elder to remain outside while he took Xiao Yan inside, and Medicine Elder urged them to be cautious.

Xiao Yan and the others entered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s sealed space and overcame its illusions and Fire Slaves. They reached an altar, where they found the missing Xiao Chen and encountered a white-robed man who questioned Xiao Yan’s knowledge of Nightmare Sky Mist.

• Han Feng led Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and the others into the sealed space, where Nightmare Sky Mist trapped the younger members in illusions until their hidden abilities freed them.
• The group passed through the mist and faced Fire Slaves, but Han Feng shattered the gate and led everyone onward.
• Han Feng recognized another illusion and used azure sword auras to break it, revealing a staircase and a bloodied man beside a blood-colored axe.
• Xiao Yan recognized the man as Xiao Chen, gave him a medicinal pill, and learned from Gu Dao that he was Xiao Xuan's cousin who had disappeared.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had inherited Purifying Lotus Saint's techniques, and a white-robed man appeared on the altar and asked why Xiao Yan knew Nightmare Sky Mist.

The Purifying Lotus Saint took control of Xiao Yan’s body and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, using the Heaven-Refining Ancient Formation to strip away the flame’s memories and intelligence. After the battle, Xiao Yan awoke beside the surviving Demon Flame Origin.

• Xiao Yan and Han Feng shattered the illusion, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Demon Flame Divine Idol and Heaven-Refining Ancient Formation to fight them.
• The Purifying Lotus Saint appeared through Xiao Yan, revealed his authority over the formation, and asked Han Feng for permission to send the flame on its final journey.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked with the formation, but the Purifying Lotus Saint froze its strikes and opened a passage for Han Feng, Gu Dao, and the others to leave.
• Xun'er stayed with Xiao Yan as the Purifying Lotus Saint used the formation to strip away the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s memories and intelligence, then collapsed the formations to end their existence together.
• Xiao Yan awoke and saw the milky-white, pink-veined Demon Flame Origin floating over the magma sea.

Han Feng and Xiao Yan escaped the Demon Flame Space with the purified Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xiao Yan prepared to refine it. Han Feng found Medusa in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where she had reached Five-Star Dou Sheng, and persuaded her to return with him.

• Han Feng collected the purified Demon Flame Origin, opened a path out of the Demon Flame Space, and led Xiao Yan and Xun'er back to the others.
• Wan Huo Elder and Huo Ling Fairy departed with their clan disciples, while Gu Dao invited Han Feng to visit the Ancient Clan and took Xun'er with him.
• Han Feng promised to take Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan with betrothal gifts after Xiao Yan refined the flame, then set off for the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to find Medusa.
• Han Feng found Medusa asleep as a nine-colored giant snake and touched her scales until she awoke and returned to human form.
• Medusa gathered the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python soul bodies and emerged from the spring with Han Feng, agreeing to return with him to Falling Star Pavilion.

Han Feng entered seclusion to pursue the Dou Di breakthrough while the Spirit and Stone Clans vanished and the remaining three ancient clans formed an alliance. Years later, eleven suns appeared over the Central Plains, revealing a colossal golden divine bird with a white-clad figure at its center, whom Medusa suspected was Han Feng.

• Gu Yuan and the other ancient clan leaders learned that Han Feng had found a path toward becoming a Dou Di, and Yao Dan invited Yao Chen to the Yao Clan's Medicine Canon.
• Han Feng returned to Falling Star Pavilion, appeased Zi Yan with gifts, and told Medicine Elder he was entering seclusion to break through to Dou Di.
• The Spirit Clan and Stone Clan disappeared without a trace, prompting the Yao, Thunder, and Yan Clans to form the Three-Clan Alliance amid suspicion of the Soul and Ancient Clans.
• After more than two years, Xiao Yan heard Medicine Elder recount the disappearances and asked when Han Feng would emerge from seclusion.
• Eleven suns appeared in the sky, and an enormous golden divine bird manifested with a white-clad figure at its center as Medusa wondered if the figure was Han Feng.