Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan cultivated at the bottom of the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool, then emerged with greatly increased strength as Hei Qing and the Ancient Void Dragon Guards arrived to support them. Xiao Yan rewarded the expedition with a promise of pills and led the group toward the Four Pavilions Assembly, where the Ancient Void Dragons’ return threatened to turn the coming conflict into a one-sided slaughter.

• Xiao Yan gave Mu Qingluan a jade bottle for Venerable Yao and revealed that Feng Qing'er had become his willing servant, leaving Mu Qingluan astonished.
• Xiao Yan sent Han Yue, Nalan Yanran, and Feng Qing'er to cultivate in the Blood Pool while he and Zi Yan entered its dangerous depths.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan cultivated at the pool’s bottom, and Xiao Yan broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong while Zi Yan reached Peak Dou Emperor.
• Hei Qing and nearly a thousand Ancient Void Dragon Guards gathered outside the valley, and Hei Qing knelt to welcome Zi Yan as their young lady.
• Xiao Yan promised pills to the Ancient Void Dragon Guards and set off with them for the Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu watched the Ancient Void Dragons depart and decided that the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan would withdraw from the world.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Four Pavilions Assembly with Feng Qing'er and Zi Yan, drawing the attention of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and the Pill Tower. As the tournament began, Feng Qing'er eliminated Wind Lightning Pavilion competitors, while Qing He stopped the Yellow Springs Venerable from interfering when Feng Qing'er killed Wang Chen.

• Yao Chen and Gu Ling accepted Han Feng from Mu Qingluan, and Yao Chen agreed to repay Xiao Yan by attending the gathering with Gu Ling.
• Huang Xuan pressed the Wind Lightning Pavilion to find Xiao Yan, while Star-Picking Old Ghost offered him Soul Hall rewards to help capture Xiao Yan.
• Thunder Venerable opened the Four Pavilions Assembly as Yao Chen, Gu Ling, Huang Xuan, and Qiu Ling arrived; Qiu Ling said the Pill Tower had sent him to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived on Feng Qing'er with Zi Yan and declared Feng Qing'er his competitor, provoking Huang Xuan and shocking Thunder Venerable.
• Feng Qing'er defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion competitors, while Xiao Yan secretly pulled Lin Yan away from Wang Chen's fatal attack.
• Xiao Yan ordered Feng Qing'er to kill Wang Chen, and Qing He restrained the Yellow Springs Venerable until Feng Qing'er struck Wang Chen down.

Xiao Yan’s prepared forces faced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after Feng Qing’er won the Four Pavilions Assembly. Qing He destroyed the clan’s first assault, and Hei Qing arrived with a host of Ancient Void Dragons to confront Chen Huang.

• Feng Qing’er won the tournament, with Mu Qingluan placing second and Tang Ying third.
• Huang Xuan surrounded Xiao Yan with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Enforcement Team and demanded that he return to the clan; Feng Qing’er refused to go back.
• Xiao Yan ordered Qing He to leave none alive, and she defeated Huang Xuan and annihilated the Enforcement Team.
• Chen Huang arrived and demanded that Xiao Yan submit, refusing Yao Chen’s offer of a Ninth-grade Pill in exchange for his release.
• Xiao Yan called on Zi Yan, and Hei Qing emerged from a void rift with numerous Ancient Void Dragons to face Chen Huang.

Hei Qing revealed that Zhu Kun had returned and the Ancient Void Dragons had crushed the rebellion, leaving Chen Huang and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan at their mercy. After Zi Yan departed with the dragons, news of the upheaval reached the Gu Clan, where Gu Yuan warned the elders that Xiao Yan’s backing surpassed the Ancient Eight Clans, while Xun’er advanced to Dou Zun.

• Hei Qing confronted Chen Huang, announced Zhu Kun’s return and the defeat of the three rebellious Dragon Kings, and offered Chen Huang to Xiao Yan for judgment.
• Xiao Yan spared Chen Huang for Zhu Kun to decide his fate, claimed Feng Qing'er as his pet, and watched Zi Yan leave with more than a thousand Ancient Void Dragons.
• Thunder Venerable begged Xiao Yan for mercy, while the onlookers recognized that the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Yellow Springs Pavilion faced ruin and the Taiqing Gate would rise.
• Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan elders that Xiao Yan’s backing exceeded the Ancient Eight Clans and urged them to treat him carefully as the clans prepared to discuss the Soul Hall.
• Gu Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had gained several romantic entanglements, then revealed her Dou Di bloodline and advanced to the Dou Zun realm.

Xiao Yan learned that Cai Lin was pregnant and took her and Yao Chen to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to seek a pregnancy-protecting pill formula and access to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After the clan leader Yao Xiaotian refused him, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen secretly entered the springs to release the imprisoned Yao Ming.

• Yao Chen learned that Xiao Yan’s companions included Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin, and Xiao Yan said they were all his wings.
• Yun Yun believed Xiao Yan had died, but the old woman revealed that he had survived and helped the Ancient Void Dragon Clan subdue the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The Snake-People elders confirmed that Cai Lin was pregnant, and Cai Lin planned to return to the Taiqing Gate Headquarters while Xiao Yan arranged to send her a Pregnancy-Calming Pill.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen visited the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, but its representative refused access to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and offered only a seventh-grade pill formula.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen evaded the clan’s spiritual surveillance and entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to reach the imprisoned Yao Ming.
• Yao Xiaotian dismissed the risk of offending Xiao Yan and insisted that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan would not yield to him.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found the imprisoned Yao Ming at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and learned how Cai Lin’s clan branch had been driven away. Xiao Yan agreed to rescue Yao Ming in exchange for making Cai Lin the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s holy maiden or junior clan leader, leaving Cai Lin with renewed confidence to face Gu Xun’er.

• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen descended through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, battling the black snakes that swarmed around them.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan discovered Yao Ming bound beneath the Yellow Springs, and Xiao Yan uncovered him from the mud-like mass holding him.
• Cai Lin explained that her branch had left the clan after Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder killed their supported candidate during a brutal succession conflict.
• Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had betrayed and imprisoned him, and he offered to make the rescuers honored guests of the clan.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Yan the remaining yellow springs blood crystal, and Xiao Yan agreed to rescue him if Cai Lin became the clan’s holy maiden or junior clan leader.
• Cai Lin understood that Xiao Yan wanted to give her a powerful force of her own, accepted his reassurance, and imagined facing Gu Xun’er with greater confidence.

Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen found the imprisoned Yao Ming at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and agreed to rescue him in exchange for making Cai Lin the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's holy maiden or young clan leader. The chapter left Cai Lin leaning against Xiao Yan, resolved to stand on equal footing with Gu Xun'er, while Yao Ming remained chained.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen fought through the black snakes and descended to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where they found Yao Ming bound by chains.
• Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the mud, and Yao Ming recognized Cai Lin as a member of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan despite her awakened Nuwa Bloodline.
• Cai Lin explained that her branch had left the clan during a bloody succession struggle after Yao Ming disappeared and Yao Xiaotian took power.
• Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had trapped and tortured him for the clan leadership, then gave Xiao Yan the remaining Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Yan agreed to rescue Yao Ming on the condition that Cai Lin become the clan's holy maiden or young clan leader, and Yao Ming accepted.
• Cai Lin understood Xiao Yan was securing her a powerful backing and embraced him, while Yao Ming and Yao Chen privately reacted to the couple's affection.

Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and helped him reclaim the Nine Netherworld Python Clan from Yao Xiaotian. After Zhu Kun killed Yao Xiaotian, Yao Ming became clan leader again, and Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan missed him and wanted him to visit.

• Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames to purge some of the cold poison from Yao Ming and destroy the Yellow Springs Yin Stones, breaking his chains.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed the seal had been undone and rushed to kill Yao Ming before he could recover, bringing the Grand Elder with him.
• Xiao Yan faced Yao Xiaotian's attack until he called on Zhu Kun, whose overwhelming presence froze the battle.
• Zhu Kun killed Yao Xiaotian after Xiao Yan ordered it, while Yao Ming refused to save the brother who had betrayed him.
• Yao Ming's cultivation recovered to One-Star Dou Saint, and his former subordinates welcomed him back as clan leader.
• Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan missed him and had asked him to visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan soon.

Zhu Kun prepared to search the void for lost Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts while Xiao Yan and Cai Lin sought a pregnancy-protecting pill from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. The Old Lord appeared, empowered Yao Chen, and refined a pill for Cai Lin before she went to use it and advance her cultivation.

• Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan he planned to search the void for missing clan experts, then warned him that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix girl was worth nurturing.
• Zhu Kun intimidated Yao Ming into submission and left the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's territory.
• Yao Ming led Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to the clan secret realm, where Yao Chen examined the available pill formulas and explained that he could not devise a higher-grade pregnancy-protecting pill.
• The Old Lord emerged from Xiao Yan's storage ring, refined a pill for Cai Lin, and raised Yao Chen's soul cultivation toward the heavenly state peak with a gift of golden light.
• Cai Lin accepted the pill and went to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to use it and break through the peak Dou Zong level, while Yao Ming announced her status as the clan's holy maiden.

Xiao Yan learned to form Samadhi True Fire from Taishang Laojun while Qing He developed it too. Cai Lin awakened the Nuwa Bloodline, leading the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to rename itself the Divine Nuwa Clan, and Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan for work at the Central Plains branch of Taiqing Gate.

• Taishang Laojun taught Xiao Yan how to combine his heart, kidney, and bladder fires into Samadhi True Fire, and Qing He unexpectedly formed an embryonic version as well.
• Three months later, Cai Lin’s Nuwa Bloodline manifested as a divine phantom that awed the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and drew the attention of Zhu Kun and Qing Shan.
• Cai Lin appeared at the peak of Five-Star Dou Zun and told Xiao Yan that her Nuwa Bloodline surpassed a Dou Di Bloodline; she then declined Yao Ming’s request to stay as the clan’s Holy Maiden and left with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Ming and a black-robed elder decided to rename the Nine Netherworld Python Clan the Divine Nuwa Clan.
• Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan to arrange a position for him at the Taiqing Gate branch in the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan agreed to Han Chi’s request while Xiao Li reported on the Heavenly Soldier Battle Formation and Xiao Yu arrived to see him. At Soul Hall, its leaders recognized Xiao Yan as a possible survivor of the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to temper Qing He in Tianbei City.

• Xiao Yan agreed with Han Chi and heard Xiao Li report that Yao Ye had reached the Dou Zong realm and that four Dou Zong served in the Heavenly Soldier Battle Formation.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yu had come, and Xiao Yu hurried into the courtyard to see him.
• Old Man Mu Gu learned that the Soul Hall had summoned its Heavenly Venerates, and the Great Heavenly Venerate ordered him to enter the Pill Tower’s Alchemist Tournament and seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate and Gu You realized Xiao Yan might be a surviving member of the Xiao Clan and warned Soul Hall not to underestimate him or provoke the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan tempered Qing He with Samadhi True Fire, while Qing Lin and White Fang joked about wanting his attention.

Xiao Yan entered a secret realm that connected the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World and learned that its opening was tied to him and the coming Child of Destiny. He arrived in the Northern Spiritual Realm, where he suspected Qing Yanjing was the key to the realm’s events.

• Xiao Yan teased Qing Lin as they left, while Feng Qing'er taunted White Fang over their positions in his favor.
• Xiao Yan learned that the secret realm admitted only people with multiple Heavenly Flames and that the passage was a personal invitation from the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan brought reliable Dou Zong experts into the realm and used the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to adapt his cultivation to its spiritual energy.
• Xiao Yan identified the realm as the Hundred Spirits Continent and realized he had arrived in the Northern Spiritual Realm before Mu Feng appeared.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Qing Yanjing was likely the key to the Child of Destiny’s birth.

Xiao Yan investigated the Hundred-Spirit Fruit gathering in Hundred Beasts City while searching for Qing Yanjing, then sensed the Beast Tide and found her gravely injured. As he left the gathering to reach her, he confronted the young man in golden armor, whom he identified as the War Emperor.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Hundred-Spirit Tree’s fruits drew prodigies to Hundred Beasts City, and he flew to the tree to await the gathering.
• Nine Nether returned to the Great Thousand World with Xiao Yan, regained her Supreme Realm cultivation, and teased him while he rested.
• Xiao Yan searched for Qing Yanjing with his soul power, detected the approaching Beast Tide, and warned the gathered prodigies.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Yanjing gravely injured with her cultivation sealed in the mountains and left the tree to reach her.
• The young man in golden armor mocked Xiao Yan for leaving, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the War Emperor and threatened him.

Xiao Yan rescued Qing Yanjing from a beast tide after her cultivation was sealed and she was badly injured. He took her to a cave and gave her a pill he had refined, beginning her recovery while her seal remained.

• The War Emperor warned Xiao Yan not to fight during the beast tide, then turned to defend against the beasts himself.
• Qing Yanjing’s formation collapsed after her sealed cultivation and injuries left her unable to resist the beast tide.
• Xiao Yan arrived, used Samadhi True Fire to drive off the beasts, and carried the unconscious Qing Yanjing to safety.
• In a mountain cave, Qing Yanjing pretended to sleep before thanking Xiao Yan for saving her.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Yanjing a pill he had refined, and it rapidly healed her injuries.

Xiao Yan protected the injured Qing Yanjing through the beast tide and reached the Hundred-Spirit Tree, where the Hundred-Spirit Fruits ripened. When the War Emperor provoked them and attacked Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan shattered his golden spear with the Mystic Staff, which continued toward him.

• Qing Yanjing used Xiao Yan's pill to heal much of her injury, and Xiao Yan agreed to protect her while they crossed the beast tide.
• Xiao Yan carried Qing Yanjing through the beasts, using his flames to clear a path to the mountain beside the Hundred-Spirit Tree.
• Xiao Yan met Huo Zhong, and the Hundred-Spirit Tree soon ripened, drawing the surviving prodigies toward its fruits.
• The War Emperor insulted Xiao Yan and tried to lure Qing Yanjing away, so Xiao Yan took up his Mystic Staff and charged for a fruit.
• The War Emperor hurled his golden spear at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Mystic Staff shattered it and kept flying toward him.

Xiao Yan crippled the Western Heaven War Emperor after he threatened him, then spent three months living with Qing Yanjing as she recovered. After Qing Yanjing regained her Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection cultivation, she told Xiao Yan she had taken a fancy to him and grabbed him by the collar.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Western Heaven War Emperor's arm and warned him to stay away, then gave Qing Yanjing a Hundred-Spirit Fruit.
• Huo Zhong thanked Xiao Yan for leaving him a chance to obtain a Hundred-Spirit Fruit and warned him about the mysterious aura within Qing Yanjing before departing.
• During the next three months, Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing lived together in a valley, where she tended dinner and teased him while he tried to cultivate spirit seedlings.
• Qing Yanjing said her injuries were nearly healed and joked that she might stay with Xiao Yan, while Taishang Laojun appeared and revealed himself to her.
• The next day, Qing Yanjing's aura spread for hundreds of miles as she reached Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection, then pulled Xiao Yan close and declared that she had taken a fancy to him.

The Old Lord wrote “I was here” on the Firmament Ledger, alarming the Great Thousand World’s experts before assuring the Ledger that Xiao Yan would soon emerge to face the Outer Realm Demons. Later, Xiao Yan emerged exhausted from time with Qing Yanjing, who suppressed Nine Nether after she teased her, then questioned Xiao Yan about their soul link.

• The Old Lord appeared in a secret realm and wrote “I was here” on the Firmament Ledger instead of his true name.
• Heavenly Sovereigns across the Great Thousand World watched the Ledger inscribe the words and wondered who had written them.
• The Old Lord told the Ledger that Xiao Yan would soon leave the Lower Plane and that the coming battle would temper his disciple.
• Xiao Yan emerged after several days with Qing Yanjing, who teased him about their intimate time together.
• Nine Nether woke inside Xiao Yan and teased Qing Yanjing, who used the Sacred Futu Pagoda to suppress her.
• Xiao Yan explained that Nine Nether was bound to him by a contract, and Qing Yanjing examined their soul link.

Xiao Yan’s master, Old Lord, rescued Qing Yanjing from Futuo Xuan after the Buddha Gu Clan elder discovered she was pregnant with Xiao Yan’s child. Qing Yanjing returned to the clan under Futuo Xuan’s protection, while Xiao Yan was sent back to Tianbei City and planned to help Xiao Yi Xian.

• Futuo Xuan went to capture Qing Yanjing, discovered her pregnancy, and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, but Qing Yanjing warned she would take her own life if he did.
• Old Lord appeared to protect his disciple, shattered Futuo Xuan’s Sacred Futu Pagoda, and forced him to beg for mercy.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to return to the Buddha Gu Clan, named her unborn child Xiao Chen, and asked Xiao Yan to come find her; Xiao Yan promised he would.
• Futuo Xuan ordered the clan not to disturb Qing Yanjing and warned its members against insulting her, while concealing how powerful Xiao Yan’s master was.
• The Plane Spirit expelled Xiao Yan from the Great Thousand World, and he returned to Tianbei City, where he decided to help Xiao Yi Xian with her Woeful Poison Body.

Zhu Kun returned from the void with news of strange Outer Realm Demons, and Xiao Yan explained what he knew about the Higher Plane. As Taiqing Gate and its allies grew stronger, Xiao Yan welcomed a gift from the Stone Clan and had Qing He demonstrate her strength to Shi Hao.

• Zhu Kun escaped the void creatures with the wounded Ancient Void Dragon elders and returned to his clan, where the elders discovered dragon heads hanging in the sky.
• Xiao Yan heard from Han Chi that Taiqing Gate had gained prestige and learned that Xiao Li had organized a force of loyal Dou Zong hidden guards.
• Zhu Kun brought Xiao Yan a captured void creature, and Xiao Yan identified it as belonging to a small Outer Realm Demon clan and described the threat posed by the Higher Plane.
• Yao Chen broke through to the peak of the Mid-Heavenly State, reached the Profound Pill Realm, and left Starfall Pavilion to find Xuan Yi.
• Shi Hao delivered the Stone Clan's returned Xiao Clan techniques, skills, and resources, then asked Xiao Yan to spar with him.
• Xiao Yan called Qing He to fight Shi Hao, and she sent the Four-Star Dou Zun body cultivator flying with a single punch.

Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Yi after reaching the Heavenly State, while Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to refine Shi Hao’s Dou Di Bloodline and strengthen him. After improving his cultivation and refining pills, Xiao Yan learned that Burning Flame Valley was seeking powerful alchemists and prepared to travel with Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin asked to join him.

• Yao Chen appeared before Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi, then angered Xuan Yi by proposing that she and his other romantic partners should be his wings.
• Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to refine Shi Hao, awakening and purifying the Stone Clan leader’s abundant Dou Di Bloodline and adding scorching Dou Qi to his attacks.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose to peak Nine-Star Dou Zong, and he continued refining high-grade pills while Nalan Yanran tried to secure his attention.
• Qing He helped Xiao Yan amplify the Samadhi True Fire with the Yang Fan as he refined a pill, while Qing Lin lounged in the courtyard and ordered two Snake Women around.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Burning Flame Valley was recruiting seventh-rank alchemists and asked to accompany him to the Pill Region with Xiao Yi Xian; Xiao Yan agreed to explain an important matter to her.