Recaps

Xiao Yan refined pills to strengthen the Xiao Clan and learned from Yun Yun that Yun Shan had imprisoned her and shown signs of contact with Soul Hall. He prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Cai Lin, leaving Xiao Li with a newly assembled battle formation.

• Xiao Yan refined nineteen Life Devouring Pills and more than twenty Azure Nether Longevity Pills, then gave them to Xiao Li for the Xiao Clan’s forces.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Yun Yun had sent him a secret letter after Yun Shan emerged from seclusion and imprisoned her; Xiao Yan read her warning that Yun Shan’s aura resembled Soul Hall’s.
• Xiao Yan decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire, gave Xiao Li three days to distribute pills and prepare a battle formation, and arranged for Qing Lin to summon White Fang.
• Cai Lin agreed to return with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Li distributed pills that helped the Xiao Clan’s forces break through.
• Xiao Li assembled more than three hundred armored fighters under seven Dou Wang commanders, and they answered his call to kill.

Nalan Yanran was imprisoned with Yun Yun after Yun Shan discovered she intended to warn Xiao Yan, while Yun Shan revealed his alliance with Soul Hall and its plans against the Xiao Clan. The chapter ended with Nalan Yanran reuniting with her imprisoned teacher, who feared the Misty Cloud Sect had been infiltrated.

• Yun Shan accused Nalan Yanran of disgracing the Misty Cloud Sect and imprisoned her beside Yun Yun for planning to warn Xiao Yan.
• Protector Wu revealed that Soul Hall had once destroyed the Xiao Clan’s power and that he intended to investigate Xiao Yan’s possible connection to missing colleagues.
• Yun Shan realized he had become a pawn of Soul Hall and regretted his alliance, but knew he could not undo it.
• Yun Yun worried that Yun Shan’s secret arts and Soul Hall alliance had compromised the sect, while trusting that Xiao Ding would pass her warning to Xiao Yan.
• Nalan Yanran entered the Back Mountain cave and broke down in Yun Yun’s arms, and Yun Yun angrily condemned Yun Shan’s actions.

Yun Yun reassured Nalan Yanran that she had warned the Xiao Clan about the Soul Hall, while hiding her embarrassment over what had happened between her and Xiao Yan. Back in the Jia Ma Empire, Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and prepared to force the empire’s factions to commit to a war against the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that she had already sent a warning to the Xiao Clan about Yun Shan’s collusion with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li returned to the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders welcomed them.
• Xiao Yan told the elders that the Xiao Clan and its allies had enough strength to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect, but would require other factions to join the fight rather than claim its rewards afterward.
• Xiao Yan assigned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to meet the Imperial Family, while Xiao Zhan and the elders were to sound out the Nalan, Mu, and Mittel families.
• Yao Ye stood watch over the Imperial Family’s grounds amid ranks of heavily armed soldiers.

Jia Xingtian pledged the Imperial Family’s support to Xiao Yan and gave Yao Ye freedom to choose her marriage, while she confessed her feelings to Xiao Yan. After seeing Yao Ye’s troops defeated by Xiao Li’s less disciplined force, Xiao Yan recognized her talent for battle formations and offered to teach her.

• Jia Xingtian told Yao Ye he would not interfere in her marriage, and she admitted she would accept being Xiao Yan’s lover.
• Xiao Yan arrived, and Jia Xingtian pledged the Imperial Family’s full support for his move against the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Ye asked Xiao Yan whether he might favor her, and he said they could discuss it after the Misty Cloud Sect was destroyed.
• Yao Ye summoned her black-armored troops and demonstrated their discipline and strength to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan brought in Xiao Li’s soldiers, whose battle formation overwhelmed Yao Ye’s troops, and Yao Ye realized that formations could be cultivated.

Xiao Yan recruited Yao Ye and gathered the Jia Ma Empire’s forces to plan the destruction of the Misty Cloud Sect. A secret letter revealed that Yun Shan had colluded with foreign powers, raising the threat of an invasion as the alliance prepared to act.

• Xiao Yan showed Yao Ye the heavenly soldier battle formation and invited her to join his alliance, which she accepted.
• Nalan Jie apologized to Xiao Zhan and pledged the Nalan Family’s loyalty, explaining that Yun Shan had threatened him through Yanran.
• The Xiao Clan contacted forces across the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Yan defeated the Pill King in an alchemy contest, leaving Liu Ling’s teacher dispirited.
• Xiao Yan convened Jia Ma’s leading experts, who discussed attacking the Misty Cloud Sect while Cai Lin and Qing Lin attended him.
• Xiao Yan presented an intercepted letter showing Yun Shan had colluded with the Chu Yun Empire, then warned that the Luo Yan Empire and Mulan Valley might also be involved.

Xiao Yan led an assault on the Misty Cloud Sect and confronted Yun Shan, only to face a larger coalition of Dou Zong experts. He revealed Nine Nether, an eighth-rank magical beast at the Dou Zun level, and announced that he was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist as the battle turned decisively in his favor.

• Xiao Yan gathered the Imperial Family and allied forces, then marched on the Misty Cloud Sect while Mu Chen hoped the sect would prevail.
• Yun Shan rallied the Misty Cloud Sect disciples, but Xiao Yan exposed his imprisonment of Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran and let most of the disciples leave.
• Xiao Yan attacked Yun Shan, and Protector Wu intervened before Xie Biyan and other powerful reinforcements emerged from the Back Mountain.
• Nine Nether appeared at Xiao Yan's call, revealed her Dou Zun-level power, and killed the three Mulan experts as the other Dou Zong fighters panicked.
• Xiao Yan captured Iron Protector's soul and revealed his Seventh-Rank Alchemist badge, astonishing Hai Bodong and the assembled experts.

Xiao Yan’s forces defeated the Misty Cloud Sect and subdued the surviving fighters, while Xiao Yan visited Yun Yun and told her that the sect had been disbanded. After leaving her in the Back Mountain, he began planning the Taiqing Gate as a power spanning the Jia Ma Empire, the Snake-People Tribe, and neighboring nations.

• Fa Ma praised Xiao Yan’s seventh-rank alchemy and described the All-Continent Alchemist Tournament, while Nine Nether crushed Protector Wu and Xiao Yan tortured and bottled him.
• Xiao Yan ordered the deaths of Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect’s surviving elders, then arranged for the surrendered elite fighters from other nations to be imprisoned and controlled with poison pills.
• Xiao Yan found Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran asleep in the Back Mountain, told Yun Yun that Yun Shan was dead and the Misty Cloud Sect had disbanded, and removed her cultivation seal.
• Xiao Yan kissed Yun Yun while Nalan Yanran woke and secretly watched; Yun Yun urged Xiao Yan to leave before Yanran discovered their relationship.
• Xiao Li reported the Misty Cloud Sect’s wealth, and Xiao Yan announced plans to establish the Taiqing Gate and expand his influence across the Northwest Region.

Xiao Yan bid farewell to Yun Yun as she left for the Central Plains, then strengthened the Taiqing Sect by assigning Ya Fei control of its finances and auctions. After spending the night with Ya Fei, he planned to deal with Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and Zi Yan’s Transformation Pill.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan she would seek a fresh start in the Central Plains, and he gave her jade bottles containing Heavenly Flames before she kissed him and flew away.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Taiqing Sect, whose leadership and halls had taken shape, while Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian went into seclusion to pursue Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan reassured Ya Fei and entrusted her with the sect’s auctions, financial authority, and distribution of pills and magical treasures.
• Ya Fei accepted Xiao Yan’s invitation to spend the night with him.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan decided to return to the Black-Corner Region to deal with Demon Flame Valley, then address Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and make a Transformation Pill for Zi Yan.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan consumed a Transformation Pill and revealed her Ancient Void Dragon form and mature human appearance. He then organized the Dao Sect and Jia Nan Academy to march against Demon Flame Valley, leaving with a powerful force of disciples.

• Xiao Yan refined a peak Seventh-Grade pill, then traveled to Jia Nan Academy with Qing Lin and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan more pills and a Transformation Pill, while Cai Lin departed to avoid meeting Xiao Xun'er, saying queens never meet.
• Xiao Xun'er confronted Xiao Yan about Cai Lin's scent on his clothes, and they discussed the Soul Clan and the Dao Sect's growing strength.
• Zi Yan emerged from her purple cocoon as a huge Ancient Void Dragon, then transformed into a mature young woman and argued with Xiao Yan over his reaction.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Su Qian to send Jia Nan Academy experts alongside the Dao Sect to wipe out Demon Flame Valley, agreeing to give the academy ten percent of the spoils.
• Xiao Yan led the Dao Sect's Dou Ling disciples out to attack Demon Flame Valley as the academy elders marveled at the sect's strength and abundance of pills.

Xiao Yan led the Dao Sect in attacking Demon Flame Valley, where Earth Demon Old Ghost fled before Nine Nether captured him. After learning that the valley’s leaders had gone to Black Emperor City for an auction featuring Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, Xiao Yan set out for the city and found the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining art among the valley’s treasures.

• Xiao Yan and the Dao Sect broke Demon Flame Valley’s barrier and attacked, while Earth Demon Old Ghost fled from Xiao Yan’s four heavenly flames.
• Nine Nether caught Earth Demon Old Ghost and brought him back to Xiao Yan, who ordered Su Qian to handle Demon Flame Valley’s survivors and claim most of its spoils.
• An elder reported that Fang Yan and the other leaders had gone to Black Emperor City to attend an auction where Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva had appeared.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit Black Emperor City to pursue the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, which could help with Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan and Su Qian looted Demon Flame Valley’s cave, where Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Demon Puppet refining art and asked Old Lord whether it could be improved.

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to Black Emperor City to obtain the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, which could help resolve Xiao Yi Xian’s woeful poison body. At the auction, he offered two valuable pills for the saliva while Demon Flame Valley’s survivors also arrived, leaving the exchange unresolved.

• Xiao Yan traveled to Black Emperor City with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and White Fang, explaining the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva’s value and its purpose for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mo Tianxing welcomed Xiao Yan and gave him an auction token, while Zi Yan fought with Xiao Yan and struck an auction attendee who insulted her.
• Mo Tianxing told Mo Ya and a black-robed elder not to provoke Xiao Yan, and decided to let him obtain the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva rather than risk a conflict.
• Xiao Yan won the remains of a peak seventh-rank Heavenly Demon Phoenix for Zi Yan during the auction.
• Mo Tianxing announced that the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva would be exchanged for the highest offer, and members of Demon Flame Valley entered the secret chamber before Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan offered Mo Tianxing a high-grade Seventh-Grade Life Devouring Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill for the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.

Xiao Yan won the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva at the Black Emperor Sect auction and revealed his overwhelming strength by killing Demon Flame Valley’s elders. Back at Jia Nan Academy, he followed the Old Lord’s revised method to create a living Supreme Dao Soldier, who awakened and called him Father.

• Xiao Yan persuaded Mo Tianxing to accept his Life Devouring Pill and Sect Breaking Pill by explaining that the Life Devouring Pill could raise someone to Peak Dou Wang and help create a Dou Huang expert.
• Mo Tianxing announced that Xiao Yan had won the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva, and Xiao Yan left the auction with his companions.
• Fang Yan approached Xiao Yan to request a pill, but Xiao Yan revealed that he had already destroyed Demon Flame Valley and killed Earth Demon Old Ghost, then slew Fang Yan’s group with fire dragons.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan studied the Old Lord’s revised Heavenly Demon Puppet method and spent months refining a lotus-root body, lotus-leaf garment, and Spirit Pill in the Eight Trigrams Furnace.
• Xiao Yan infused the completed acolyte with his Dao resonance, awakening her spirit; she called him Father and proved to be a powerful, fire-resistant Supreme Dao Soldier with room to grow.

Xiao Yan refined Qing He, a living Dao attendant who devoured pill lightning, and processed a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse while helping Zi Yan advance and continuing to gather materials for Xiao Yi Xian’s poison pill. Xin Lan learned that the Dao Sect master was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, then saw Xiao Yan arrive to teach and hoped he could help the Ye Family.

• Xiao Yan refined Qing He from a pill and used pill lightning to raise her cultivation to Peak One-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan introduced Qing He to the others, processed the Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, and gave Zi Yan Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva that sent her into a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan confirmed that a seventh-rank Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast magic core was the remaining ingredient needed for Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Pill Method.
• Xin Lan learned that the Dao Sect master was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist and decided she needed to meet him to seek help for the Ye Family.
• Xin Lan arrived at Xiao Yan’s pill-refinement lesson, watched him appear before the crowd, and recognized him as the person who might save the Ye Family.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy by controlling four Heavenly Flames at once, then refined a seventh-grade pill for Su Qian in exchange for his help protecting the Dao Sect. Xin Lan pleaded for Xiao Yan to save the Ye Family, but he rejected her offers, including her knowledge of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, as insufficient.

• Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames to refine pills of several grades before the assembled alchemists, astonishing Xin Lan and the others.
• Xiao Yan gave the pills to Dao Sect disciples according to their contributions, then completed a seventh-grade White Bone Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xiao Yan gave the pill to Su Qian and asked him to look after the Dao Sect and its forces in the Black-Corner Region while Xiao Yan went to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan exposed Xin Lan listening outside the courtyard and recognized her as a member of the Ye Family.
• Xin Lan begged Xiao Yan to save the Ye Family, but Xiao Yan said her Dao Sect membership and knowledge of the Three Thousand Burning Flame were not enough to earn his help.

Xiao Yan secured Xin Lan’s cooperation by revealing his Little Pill Tower access token, then learned that Xiao Xun’er would leave for the Gu Clan the next day. While Xiao Yan and Xun’er strolled through Jia Nan City, several Dou Zun experts appeared in the sky, and Xiao Yan recognized them as uninvited arrivals.

• Xiao Yan challenged Xin Lan over the Ye Family’s declining younger generation, and she offered their Yang Fire Ancient Altar as the price for his help.
• Su Qian warned that Xin Lan might not have authority over the altar, but Xiao Yan said he only needed an invitation and threatened to expel anyone who opposed him from the family register.
• Xiao Yan showed Xin Lan a Little Pill Tower access token, leading her to believe he had a powerful connection to the Little Pill Tower and making her eager to follow his lead.
• Xiao Xun’er told Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan had summoned her to awaken her bloodline and that she would leave the next day; she then asked him to stroll through Jia Nan City with her.
• Xiao Yan bought Xun’er a hairpin and put it in her hair, but several Dou Zun experts appeared in the sky, including Ling Quan, and Xiao Yan’s expression turned cold.

Gu Yao and other Gu Clan commanders confronted Xiao Yan over Xiao Xun'er, but Qing He intervened when Gu Yao attacked. Gu Yao withdrew, Ling Quan was beaten unconscious again, and Gu Hua made peace with Xiao Yan before the Gu Clan group departed.

• Gu Yao arrived with Gu Xing, Gu Hua, and Ling Quan, then challenged Xiao Yan and demanded that he give up on Xiao Xun'er.
• Gu Yao used his Dou Zun power to pull Xiao Yan toward him, but Qing He emerged through a spatial rift and blocked his attack.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Qing He was a Dao Soldier he had refined, and Gu Yao abandoned his attempt to humiliate him and left.
• Qing He struck Ling Quan unconscious again after he complained about Xiao Yan calling for help.
• Gu Hua apologized to Xiao Yan on Ling Quan's behalf, then left with Gu Xing and Ling Quan.
• In the void, Gu Xing warned Ling Quan that Xiao Yan could have killed him, while Ling Quan feared he had been crippled and cast out of the Gu Clan's inner circle.

After Xun'er left, Xiao Yan broke through to six-star Dou Emperor and eighth-tier alchemist, then pursued the Soul Hall's presence in the Black-Corner Region. He found Protector Xuan and Protector Bai at the Black Emperor Sect, where Qing He overwhelmed the powerful Heavenly Protector and Xiao Yan prepared to deal with the survivors.

• Xun'er departed with Ling Ying after saying farewell to Xiao Yan, who later left to cultivate in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan broke through to six-star Dou Emperor, advanced the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to its fifth revolution, and crossed into the Soul Realm as an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Xiao Yan questioned Han Feng, Iron Protector, and Protector Wu, learned that Protector Xuan might be operating near the Black-Corner Region, and erased Iron Protector and Protector Wu.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to search the Black-Corner Region and located Protector Xuan in the Black Emperor Sect with Mo Tianxing and Protector Bai.
• Protector Bai appeared to capture Xiao Yan, but Qing He struck him into a crater, revealing herself as a Dou Zun and leaving Protector Bai terrified.

Xiao Yan captured Protector Bai and forced him to lead the way to the Northwest Region Branch Hall, where he and Qing He confronted its defenders. With Nine Nether’s power, they defeated Moon-Plucking Old Ghost and prepared to wipe out the branch hall.

• Protector Xuan tried to escape, but Qing He dragged him back and killed him on Xiao Yan’s order.
• Xiao Yan captured Protector Bai and learned that he knew the location of the Northwest Region Branch Hall.
• Moon-Plucking Old Ghost discovered Protector Xuan’s death and ordered the Soul Hall to withdraw from the Black-Corner Region while warning his members to keep collecting souls.
• Xiao Yan and Qing He appeared inside the branch hall, where Moon-Plucking Old Ghost ordered his enforcers to surround them.
• Xiao Yan revealed Nine Nether, who overwhelmed Moon-Plucking Old Ghost with her flames and captured his battered soul body.

Xiao Yan used Moon-Plucking Old Ghost to pressure the Heavenly Snake Mansion into allying with the Taiqing Gate, then revealed his eighth-tier alchemy realm and agreed to refine the mansion master's Spirit Venerable Pill. After two days of work, he was on his second attempt, with the pill's outcome still unknown.

• Xiao Yan tortured Moon-Plucking Old Ghost, kept his soul in a jade bottle, and left the other Dou Zong souls to be slaughtered.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Heavenly Snake Mansion with White Fang and showed the mansion master Moon-Plucking Old Ghost as proof that he had attacked a Soul Hall branch.
• Xiao Yan pressured the mansion master into recognizing that the Heavenly Snake Mansion had been drawn into conflict with the Soul Hall, then offered to refine an eighth-tier pill for her.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Spirit Realm soul power, and the mansion master pledged the Heavenly Snake Mansion's allegiance and gave him the Spirit Venerable Pill formula and ingredients.
• Xiao Yan began refining the pill in a cavern while Qing He guarded him, and his first attempt ended with the cauldron exploding.
• On the third day, the mansion master waited anxiously as Xiao Yan began his second attempt at refining the Spirit Venerable Pill.

Xiao Yan successfully refined his first Grade 8 Pill for the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master, and Qing He devoured its lightning tribulation to advance to three-star Dou Zun. After leaving for Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan’s status as an eighth-tier alchemist shocked the elders, while Han Yue sought leave to visit her family.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master ordered Qing Ye and White Fang to guard the area while Xiao Yan refined a pill, and White Fang revealed that Xiao Yan was already an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Xiao Yan stabilized the Grade 8 Pill, and Qing He swallowed the pill lightning before breaking through to three-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan captured the spiritual pill, gave it to the delighted Mansion Master, and declined the mansion’s attempt to entertain him with its beauties.
• White Fang carried Xiao Yan out of the realm toward Jia Nan Academy, secretly refusing to help Qing Ye get closer to him.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Su Qian and the elders discussed Xiao Yan’s new rank, and Han Yue apologized for overhearing them while requesting leave to visit home.
• Su Qian revealed that Xiao Yan’s pill had cured his old ailment and helped him advance two stars.

Han Yue sought Xiao Yan’s help to save the Han Family from the Hong Family and its Wind Lightning Pavilion backing, but Xiao Yan demanded a price they might not afford. The chapter ended with Han Yue forced to choose whether to negotiate a partnership or appeal to their old friendship.

• Han Yue decided to leave the academy and return home, while her sister Han Xue urged her to resist marrying Hong Chen and flee with the Han Family.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy, noticed Han Yue’s weak cultivation, and realized she was preparing to leave.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, then explained that he had arranged for Elders Qian and Bai to help protect the Taiqing Gate.
• Han Yue came to Xiao Yan’s residence and asked him to save the Han Family from the Hong Family and Hong Chen.
• Xiao Yan told Han Yue that his help required a price and asked whether she was offering a partnership or appealing to their friendship.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Han Yue’s family, strengthened the Taiqing Gate, and tested Yao Ye’s battle formation before preparing to travel to the Central Plains. In a side story, Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Court for the mortal realm and found Yang Er, the future Yang Jian.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Han Yue because of their acquaintance, and she kissed him before leaving; Han Xue later learned he was an eighth-tier alchemist.
• Cai Lin and Qing Lin returned to Xiao Yan, who learned from Han Feng that Yao Lao was at Starfall Pavilion and continued refining pills for the Taiqing Gate.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Taiqing Gate, where Yao Ye assembled the disciples into a battle formation and attacked him with a Golden-Armored Giant; Xiao Yan met the strike with his Mystic Staff.
• In the side story, Xiao Yan spent 427 days in the Heavenly Court learning alchemy and cultivating under the Old Lord before being sent to the mortal realm.
• Xiao Yan asked the local Earth God about the Yang Family, found Yang Er splitting firewood, and introduced himself as a traveler who wanted water and wished to see the boy’s strength.

Xiao Yan returned to the Taiqing Gate, rewarded Ya Fei, and tightened the Pill Hall’s rules before setting out for the Black-Corner Region on his way to the Central Plains. He left the Taiqing Gate’s leaders to carry out his reforms as he departed with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Han Yue, Han Xue, and Ye Xinlan.

• Xiao Yan visited the Taiqing Gate auction, where Ya Fei sold his pills for high prices and Hai Bodong explained the Gate’s internal rivalries.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong he was preparing to leave for the Central Plains, then reviewed the auction accounts with Ya Fei and spent time with her.
• Xiao Yan convened the Taiqing Gate’s leaders and challenged the Pill Hall’s excessive rewards, corruption, and independence from the Enforcement Hall.
• Xiao Yan ordered Liu Ling and others responsible for pocketing funds to return what they had taken and leave, and placed the Pill Tower under the Enforcement Hall’s jurisdiction.
• Xiao Yan encouraged the other halls, then departed for the Black-Corner Region with his companions as the Grand Elder, Xiao Li, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and others saw him off.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached Tianya City, where its space wormhole was temporarily out of service. After Zi Yan struck a Luo Family member, Xiao Yan revealed his alchemist badge, and the Luo Family agreed to repair the wormhole; its ancestor later warned his granddaughter that Xiao Yan was actually an eighth-grade alchemist.

• Ye Xinlan described the Central Plains' major factions and explained that the weakened Ye Family had fallen far below its former standing.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Tianya City on the Golden-Winged Snake Emperor, and Luo Chen told him the space wormhole needed repairs that could take days or months.
• Xiao Yan bought a level-seven Space Ship at an auction house.
• Zi Yan punched a red-robed woman who was threatening people with her whip, and Xiao Yan demanded that the Luo Family bring out its ancestor.
• Xiao Yan displayed his seventh-rank alchemist badge, and Luo Cheng agreed to have the space wormhole repaired the next day.
• Luo Cheng scolded his granddaughter and revealed that Xiao Yan was an eighth-grade alchemist feared throughout the Northwest Region.

Xiao Yan and his companions traveled through a repaired Space Wormhole toward the Han Family in the Central Plains’ Northern Region. Han Yue explained that Hong Chen was using his Wind Lightning Pavilion status to threaten her family and force her and her sister to marry him.

• Qing He and Nine Nether repaired the Space Wormhole while Luo Cheng watched nervously and Zi Yan gathered rare medicinal materials.
• Xiao Yan agreed to refine Zi Yan’s medicines aboard the ship after she tearfully reminded him that she had been with him since long ago.
• During the journey, Ye Xinlan described Space Wormholes and the Ancient Void Dragons, and Zi Yan revealed that she belonged to the clan.
• Xiao Yan refined pills during the voyage while Qing Lin and Zi Yan spent time together, and Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin continued cultivating.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Star-Moon City, where Han Yue explained the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s influence and Hong Chen’s threats against the Han Family.
• Xiao Yan asked who led the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s North Pavilion, and Han Yue named Fei Tian.