Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan arrived at the Four Pavilions Assembly and used his overwhelming influence to stop Wang Chen from killing Lin Yan after Lin Yan surrendered. He ordered Yellow Springs Venerable to deal with Wang Chen, threatening the Yellow Springs Pavilion if he was dissatisfied.

• Thunder Venerable forced Feng Qing'er to kneel, and Xiao Yan arrived with Mu Qingluan before appearing on the high platform.
• Xiao Yan ordered the kneeling Wind and Thunder Pavilion members to rise and announced that he had come on behalf of Starfall Pavilion.
• The Four Pavilions Assembly began, and Mu Qingluan joined the contestants while Xiao Yan watched from the sidelines.
• Lin Yan surrendered to Wang Chen, but Wang Chen tried to stab him, so Xiao Yan froze him with a gesture.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Yellow Springs Venerable and ordered him to deal with Wang Chen, threatening to destroy the Yellow Springs Pavilion if he was not satisfied.

Xiao Yan forced Yellow Springs Venerable to kill Wang Chen and compensate Lin Yan, then watched Mu Qingluan defeat Feng Qing'er and leave her humiliated. Back at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan announced that he would attack the Soul Hall’s branch halls to gather Soul Origin and advance his soul realm.

• Xiao Yan made Yellow Springs Venerable kill Wang Chen, then had him give Lin Yan a Storage Ring as compensation.
• Mu Qingluan defeated Feng Qing'er in the Four Pavilions Assembly final and slapped her when she refused to accept her loss.
• Xiao Yan left the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range with Mu Qingluan after altering Yellow Springs Venerable’s consciousness to stop him retaliating against Lin Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and told Yao Lao and Feng Xian about his display of strength at the assembly.
• Xiao Yan revealed his plan to attack Soul Hall branch halls and collect their Soul Origin to reach Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

Xiao Yan began his sweep of the Soul Hall’s Twenty-Four Earth Fiend Halls, destroying their branches and uncovering the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation. After clearing the regions he targeted, he reached the final Earth Fiend Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and prepared a Five-Colored Fire Lotus for it.

• Xiao Yan learned from a message jade slip that Cai Lin, Cai Die, and the other two women had returned to the Northwest Continent, then rested before beginning his campaign against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan found the hidden Ten Thousand Souls Cave and destroyed its hall and inhabitants with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Xiao Yan discovered runes of the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation beneath the hall and destroyed them.
• Xiao Yan swept through the Soul Hall branches across the Southern, Eastern, Central, and Northern Regions, collecting Soul Origins and destroying the formations he found.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the last Earth Fiend Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and formed a Five-Colored Fire Lotus circled by a Golden Lightning Dragon.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Hall and attacked its Human Hall with hundreds of lightning-enhanced Fire Lotuses. He captured the Great Heavenly Venerate and restored him, intending to use him for information about the other halls.

• Xiao Yan created a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus enhanced with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and destroyed the Soul Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan traveled to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range and located the Human Hall using the Ninth Heavenly Venerate's memories.
• Xiao Yan made nearly a hundred lightning-enhanced Fire Lotuses and sealed the space around the Human Hall.
• Xiao Yan's Fire Lotuses annihilated the Human Hall and its defenders, while he walked through the explosions unharmed.
• Xiao Yan found the badly wounded Great Heavenly Venerate, took him away from the blast zone, and used the Horse Talisman to restore him.

Xiao Yan enslaved the Soul Hall's Great Heavenly Venerate, seized the Mortal Hall's Soul Origin, and traveled with him to the Earth Hall. He arranged to gather the Earth Hall's leaders and prepared to reveal himself as their Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan, then used the Sheep Talisman's power to rewrite the Great Heavenly Venerate's consciousness and learn the Earth Hall's location.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Great Heavenly Venerate to bring him the Mortal Hall's Soul Origin and release its surviving captives; the Great Heavenly Venerate returned with the Soul Origin, and Xiao Yan found that no other Soul Hall members had survived.
• Xiao Yan erased the Mortal Hall's remains and traveled with the Great Heavenly Venerate to the Xuanming Mountains, where the Earth Hall was hidden beneath the central peak.
• Xiao Yan entered the Earth Hall in concealment and told the Great Heavenly Venerate to gather its leaders under the pretext of a meeting.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate summoned the deputy hall master and the Second, Third, and Fourth Heavenly Venerates, then knelt toward the entrance and addressed Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

Xiao Yan seized control of the Soul Hall’s Meeting Hall, killing two Heavenly Venerates and forcing the others to kneel before him. Hun Miesheng arrived and found everyone greeting Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

• The Great Heavenly Venerate knelt and addressed Xiao Yan as Hall Master, while the Vice Hall Master realized Xiao Yan’s power and tried to summon reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan killed the Third Heavenly Venerate with a beam of golden light, then destroyed the Fifth Heavenly Venerate with a Golden Thunderbolt.
• Xiao Yan sat in the Soul Hall Master’s seat and used his draconic might to force the Vice Hall Master and the other Soul Hall members to kneel.
• Hun Miesheng returned to the Earth Hall, saw everyone kneeling before Xiao Yan, and was stunned when they greeted Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

Xiao Yan revealed himself as a powerful descendant of the Xiao Clan and confronted Hun Miesheng after taking control of the Soul Hall’s members. He defeated Hun Miesheng’s escape attempt and declared that Hun Miesheng would serve as his Deputy Hall Master.

• The Soul Hall members treated Xiao Yan as their Hall Master, and Hun Miesheng burst into the Meeting Hall in anger.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the members and told Hun Miesheng that he had destroyed the Soul Hall’s branch halls and Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Yan’s identity and threatened him, but Xiao Yan struck so quickly that he severed Hun Miesheng’s left arm.
• Hun Miesheng turned into clouds of black mist and fled, but Xiao Yan tracked him and reached for him with a huge palm.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Miesheng that he would become the Deputy Hall Master of his Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan took control of the Soul Hall, discovered where its Heaven Hall kept the collected soul origin, and refined what he had plundered. After forty days, his soul realm reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

• Xiao Yan subdued Hun Miesheng and used the Sheep and Dragon Talismans to erase the Nihility Devouring Flame's mark and make him a loyal vice hall master.
• Xiao Yan learned from Hun Miesheng's memories that the Soul Hall's Heaven Hall was inside the Soul Realm and held nearly a hundred masses of soul origin.
• Xiao Yan purified the soul origin he had taken from the Earth Fiend Hall and Human Hall, then began absorbing it.
• After forty days, Xiao Yan broke through to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, delighting Hun Miesheng and the other Soul Hall subordinates.

After reaching Heaven Realm Great Perfection, Xiao Yan left the Soul Hall and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where he reunited with Zi Yan and learned how his companions had advanced. Yao Lao then hinted that he had good news about Cai Lin and the others, leaving Xiao Yan eager to hear more.

• Xiao Yan tested the vast reach of his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Perception and prepared to visit the Gu Clan after returning from Sound Valley.
• Xiao Yan left Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall with communication Jade Slips and instructions to guard the hall while he was away.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Zi Yan, who had broken through to early Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan greeted Yao Lao, Zhu Kun, Zhu Ling, Qing Lin, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, then learned Qing Lin had reached One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about Cai Lin and the others, and Yao Lao hinted that he had good news.

Xiao Yan arranged a future spar with Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, then followed Qing Lin into the Beast Region to find the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s skeleton as a potential body for the Demon Saint’s resurrection. He discovered the enormous skeleton in a cavern, leaving the resurrection plan looking promising.

• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to lead him to the place where she had found the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s soul, intending to use its skeleton for the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s resurrection.
• Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed to fight once the Demon Saint regained a body, and Xiao Yan asked to join their spar.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao and Zhu Kun a medicinal herb list for the pills and then traveled with Qing Lin to the Beast Region.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin reached the desolate mountain range, located the hidden cavern, and entered it.
• Xiao Yan found the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s huge skeleton and sensed that its powerful bloodline had preserved it.

Xiao Yan obtained a suitable skeleton to resurrect the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and gathered the ingredients needed for the ritual. He began refining a Ninth-Tier Profound Pill, and Yao Lao sensed the pill’s extraordinary power.

• Xiao Yan praised Qing Lin for helping him find the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake skeleton, then stored it and returned with her.
• Xiao Yan told the Yellow Springs Demon Saint that the skeleton was suitable, while Yao Lao explained that three rare main ingredients were needed.
• Zhu Kun offered the Ancient Snake Bloodheart Fruit and Undying Commonfolk Root from the Dragon Island treasury, and Xiao Yan supplied the Jade Bone Ice Fungus.
• Xiao Yan brought the ingredients to a secluded cultivation space with the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and began refining them with Dahuang and the Five-Colored Heavenly Flames.
• After extracting the ingredients, Xiao Yan gathered the power of heaven and earth into the thunder cauldron, and Yao Lao recognized that he was refining a Ninth-Tier Profound Pill.

Xiao Yan used the Dragon Talisman’s endless energy to supply the Ninth-Tier Profound Pill when the Star Realm could not provide enough worldly energy. After six days, the pill began to take shape, and tribulation clouds gathered as Pill Rain descended.

• Yao Lao realized the Star Realm lacked enough worldly energy for Xiao Yan’s Ninth-Tier Profound Pill, worrying the others.
• Zhu Kun offered to draw in energy from outside, but Xiao Yan told everyone to wait because he had already prepared a solution.
• Xiao Yan used the Dragon Talisman to channel an endless stream of energy into the lightning cauldron, stopping the pill from draining the Star Realm.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint watched in astonishment as Xiao Yan supplied the pill with energy purer than the energy between heaven and earth.
• After six days, the liquid energy dissolved into a speck of light, and tribulation clouds gathered over the Star Realm as Pill Rain fell.

Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-Tier Profound Pill and used it to resurrect the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, who began adapting to his new body. Xiao Yan then left Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and Qing Lin for the Xiao Realm, where the Snake-People were gathering treasures for their pregnant queens and their unborn children.

• Xiao Yan's Ninth-Tier Profound Pill endured its lightning tribulation, but he subdued it when it tried to flee and revealed its true form.
• Xiao Yan gave the pill to the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and completed his resurrection with the help of Nine Profound Golden Lightning, Heavenly Flames, and Talismans.
• Xiao Yan used the Tiger Talisman to help the Yellow Springs Demon Saint adapt to his new body, then emerged from seclusion to tell Yao Lao and the others the process had gone smoothly.
• Zhu Kun celebrated the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's impending return, while Yao Lao, Feng Xian, and the others welcomed another powerful ally for Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan left Starfall Pavilion with Zi Yan and Qing Lin through a Space Passage and returned to the Xiao Realm.
• The Snake-People searched for body-nourishing heavenly treasures for their two pregnant queens and the little ones in their bellies.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Realm with Zi Yan and Qing Lin and learned that Cai Lin and Cai Die were pregnant. He reunited with the sisters at the Snake-People Tribe and reassured them that he had prepared pills to protect their pregnancies.

• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin arrived in the Xiao Realm and visited Xiao Zhan at the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Cai Lin and Cai Die were pregnant and that Su Wan had gone to the Snake-People Tribe with Qing Mian.
• Xiao Yan left for the Snake-People Tribe with Zi Yan and Qing Lin and reunited with Cai Lin and Cai Die in the Queen's Bedchamber.
• Xiao Yan sensed the two unborn lives and felt bewildered and excited at becoming a father.
• Xiao Yan reassured Cai Lin and Cai Die about the pregnancy risks and said he had prepared two Motherly Soul-Nurturing Pills to protect them.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Xiao Realm after helping Cai Lin and Cai Die refine their Pills and spending time with his other wives. He reunited with Mu Qingluan at Starfall Pavilion, where she introduced him to Mu Qingyi before their exchange with Sound Valley.

• Xiao Yan gave Cai Lin and Cai Die tailor-made Motherly Spirit-Nurturing Pills and spent five days helping them refine the medicinal power.
• Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei confronted Xiao Yan, hoping to have a child with him, and kept him occupied for another five days.
• Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger quickly so he could defeat the Hun Clan and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and return to his family.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Su Wan, his family, and his companions, then concealed the Xiao Realm with the Sheep Talisman and left alone.
• Xiao Yan met Mu Qingluan at Starfall Pavilion, and she introduced Mu Qingyi as her clan's companion for their exchange with Sound Valley.

Xiao Yan traveled with Mu Qingluan and Mu Qingyi to Sound Valley in the Heavenly Sound Mountain Range, where they entered through the Thousand-Tone Resonance Steps and a spatial barrier. Inside the Listening Flowers Sea, Xiao Yan grew wary of the valley’s seemingly peaceful surroundings.

• Xiao Yan opened a Space Wormhole and brought Mu Qingluan and Mu Qingyi from Starfall Pavilion to the Heavenly Sound Mountain Range.
• Mu Qingyi was astonished by Xiao Yan’s mastery of space and his speed, and she recognized that Mu Qingluan had not exaggerated his abilities.
• As the three entered the mountain range, Xiao Yan sensed something unusual in its extreme stillness but kept his concerns to himself.
• Mu Qingluan led Xiao Yan and Mu Qingyi up the Thousand-Tone Resonance Steps, which rang with melodies and served as Sound Valley’s test for outsiders’ intentions.
• Mu Qingluan used a white jade token to open the spatial barrier, and the three entered the Listening Flowers Sea.
• Mu Qingluan explained the sea of flowers’ calming effects, while Xiao Yan grew wary of Sound Valley’s peaceful appearance.

Xiao Yan attended Sound Valley’s music gathering with Mu Qingluan and Mu Qingyi, where he noticed that the valley’s disciples behaved strangely and sensed that something was missing from them. When Sound Valley Master Yin Wanxi played her zither, the disciples briefly seemed normal, and Xiao Yan began investigating the cause.

• Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to shield Mu Qingluan and Mu Qingyi as they entered Sound Valley and followed Mu Qingluan to the Listening Waves Sacred Pool.
• Xiao Yan observed that Sound Valley’s disciples were powerful but acted strangely, while Mu Qingluan explained their hostility toward outsiders.
• Mu Qingluan greeted Elder Yinjing, and Xiao Yan noticed that she and the other Sound Valley members seemed unable to express their emotions normally.
• Xiao Yan and the two women took their places at the Listening Waves Sacred Pool, where he sensed something amiss in nearly everyone from Sound Valley.
• Yin Wanxi appeared and played an ancient zither, briefly restoring normality to the disciples as Xiao Yan used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection perception to investigate.

Xiao Yan discovered that two corpses lay hidden in Sound Valley and met the remnant soul of a white-robed man, who revealed that he had sealed his friend after the friend fell to a heart demon. The man asked Xiao Yan to help destroy the friend, but Xiao Yan instead turned his killing intent on him.

• Xiao Yan used the Pig Talisman's power to see through illusions and found a white-robed corpse beneath the Holy Pool and a black-robed skeleton surrounded by demonic Qi.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the plaza beneath the Holy Pool, where the white-robed man's remnant soul emerged and said he had sensed Xiao Yan's arrival.
• The white-robed man explained that he and his friend had founded Sound Valley, but his friend fell to a heart demon and became a threat to the world.
• The white-robed man said he had sacrificed himself to seal his friend with a musical formation, and that Sound Valley's concerts were meant to purify the heart demon.
• The white-robed man asked Xiao Yan to use the formation to destroy his friend and offered a High Heaven Tier Dou Technique and all of Sound Valley as payment.
• Xiao Yan rejected the request and asked why he should not simply kill the white-robed man instead.

Xiao Yan exposed the handsome man as a demon trying to trick him into breaking the Sealing, then defeated his attacks with the Pig, Horse, and Sheep Talismans and the Demon Saint Shendu. He summoned Dahuang to strike the soul body with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and approached to claim the man's Dou Technique, corpse, and Soul Origin.

• Xiao Yan saw through the handsome man's disguise and refused to help him break the Sealing.
• The handsome man revealed his demonic form and trapped Xiao Yan in a great array, then attacked his soul with eight demonic sounds.
• The Horse Talisman and Sheep Talisman protected Xiao Yan from the demonic sounds.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Demon Saint Shendu, whose fire and dragon might annihilated the eight demons and injured the man's soul.
• Xiao Yan summoned Dahuang, who struck the man with Nine Profound Golden Lightning until he was incapacitated.
• Xiao Yan approached the man and declared that he would take his Dou Technique, corpse, and Soul Origin.

Xiao Yan learned the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Demon, extracted an Emperor Realm Soul Origin, and claimed a Nine-Star Dou Sheng corpse for Xiao Xuan’s resurrection. He then entered Ten Thousand Sounds Desolate Valley and found the real white-robed figure imprisoned at the Altar.

• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman to learn the Eight Sounds of the Heavenly Demon from the deranged man and found its dangerous side effects harmless to him.
• Xiao Yan erased the man’s memories, restored his Soul Power, and used Nine Profound Golden Lightning to refine his soul into an Emperor Realm Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan found a Nine-Star Dou Sheng corpse in the plaza, removed Sound Valley’s Restriction with the Horse Talisman, and stored the body for Ancestor Xiao Xuan’s resurrection.
• Xiao Yan entered Ten Thousand Sounds Desolate Valley, passed through its dense demonic Qi, and discovered an Altar where golden light struggled against a bloody red glow.
• Xiao Yan saw the real white-robed figure seated atop the Altar and realized the figure he had encountered in the plaza had been an illusion.