Chapter Summaries

Li Xiaoya argued that the weakened Fire Dragon Palace could be destroyed, though Zhang Facai cautioned that the Heavenly Dao Sect would not invade another sect. After preparing healing elixirs for Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Li Xiaoya found his master meeting with the other disciples, but their discussion ended abruptly when Daoling sensed a crisis; alone afterward, he discovered Liu Hang’s small lamp had gone out.

• Li Xiaoya proposed destroying the Fire Dragon Palace, but Zhang Facai warned that the Heavenly Dao Sect would not initiate an invasion.
• Li Xiaoya visited Zhang Hong with Liu Xian'er, and later Liu Xian'er promised to support his resolve to destroy the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Li Xiaoya spent over half a month refining healing elixirs for Heavenly Venerable Daoling and then delivered them to him.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling and the other disciples marveled at Li Xiaoya's advancement to the third layer of the Nascent Soul Realm before Daoling abruptly dismissed everyone.
• After the others left, Heavenly Venerable Daoling took out a small lamp and saw that it had gone out.

Heavenly Venerable Daoling revealed that Liu Hang’s Soul Lamp had gone out, and his disciples mourned the loss and called for vengeance against the Fire Dragon Palace. He summoned the Heavenly Dao Sect’s elders to prepare for war, but Elder Ma challenged his decision to bring Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan to the council.

• After leaving Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s cave abode, Li Xiaoya admitted Liu Hang had been injured because of him, but Murong Qi stopped the disciples from pressing the matter.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling recalled Liu Hang’s years as his disciple and revealed that Liu Hang’s Soul Lamp had gone out.
• Li Xiaoya vowed to destroy the Fire Dragon Palace, and Heavenly Venerable Daoling declared that the Heavenly Dao Sect would convene an Elder Council and prepare for war.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling and his disciples arrived at the summit, where the sect’s emergency signal summoned the elders to a council.
• Elder Ma arrived, questioned why Dongfang Yi and Liu Yulan were attending despite not being Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, and Heavenly Venerable Daoling sent them outside.

Heavenly Venerable Daoling urged the Heavenly Dao Sect elders to attack the weakened Fire Dragon Palace, but Elder Wang and Fairy Qingxia rallied enough opposition to defeat the proposal in a vote. The elders adjourned without resolving the matter until High Person Qianshan returned, then proposed a trading gathering that angered Li Xiaoya.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling proposed war against Fire Dragon Palace, while Elder Ma and Elder Wang argued that the sect should avoid the risks of a major conflict.
• Elder Wang warned that Old Dragon Head and Sun Haotian could threaten the elders and urged them to delay deciding on war.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling called for a vote, and Elder Wang and Elder Ma turned their backs to oppose the proposal.
• Fairy Qingxia also voted against war, warning that it could ignite a continent-wide Righteous-Demonic War and that few could match Old Fire Dragon.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling accepted the result and postponed further discussion until High Person Qianshan returned; Elder Ma proposed a trading gathering, and Li Xiaoya angrily criticized the elders.

Li Xiaoya baited Elder Ma in the Elders' Hall by revealing his grudge over Ma Weiqi's past framing, and Elder Ma challenged him to fight. Li Xiaoya accepted and headed to the Dueling Platform, where Elder Ma waited.

• Elder Ma demanded that Li Xiaoya apologize to the elders, but Li Xiaoya clarified that his apology had been directed at Elder Ma.
• Li Xiaoya reminded the elders that Ma Weiqi had framed him, and Elder Ma reacted with killing intent before Elder Wang intervened.
• Elder Ma tried to discipline Li Xiaoya, but Elder Wang stopped them from fighting in the Elders' Hall.
• Elder Ma challenged Li Xiaoya to meet him in the Dueling Arena, and Li Xiaoya accepted as Heavenly Venerable Daoling and the other elders followed.
• Fairy Qingxia questioned Heavenly Venerable Daoling about Li Xiaoya's behavior, while Elder Ma waited for him on the Dueling Platform.

Li Xiaoya sparred with Elder Ma, who escalated the fight with spirit treasures and a Thunderclap Wood Bead. After Li Xiaoya proved nearly unharmed and knocked Elder Ma away, he asked Heavenly Venerable Daoling what would happen about avenging Senior Brother Liu Hang.

• Elder Ma attacked Li Xiaoya with vine spells, but Li Xiaoya dodged them using his Storm Gold-Light Wings.
• Elder Ma brought out the Earth Fiend Hammer, and Li Xiaoya countered its phantoms with Golden Light Fists.
• Elder Ma detonated a Thunderclap Wood Bead against Li Xiaoya, who survived the blast with only a sleeve blown away.
• Li Xiaoya struck Elder Ma from behind, shattered his Ancient Wood Armor, and sent him flying before Elder Wang stopped the fight.
• As Li Xiaoya and the others flew toward Heavenly Capital Peak, he asked Heavenly Venerable Daoling about avenging Senior Brother Liu Hang.

After Li Xiaoya left the Elder Council meeting, Elder Wang and Elder Ma uncovered that Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s push for war was likely tied to Liu Hang’s death and suspected Li Xiaoya had obtained the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma. Li Xiaoya then told Dong Santong that Liu Hang had died, and Dong Santong proposed they seek revenge by killing the murderer themselves.

• Li Xiaoya left Heavenly Venerable Daoling and his fellow disciples, determined to avenge Liu Hang despite the sect’s refusal to declare war on the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Elder Wang urged Elder Ma to reconsider Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s sudden call for war, and the two suspected Liu Hang had died while searching for the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma in the Great Wilderness Valley.
• Elder Ma and Elder Wang suspected Li Xiaoya had obtained the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, but Elder Wang warned him not to interfere because Uncle-Master Qianshan had forbidden it.
• Elder Wang and Elder Ma agreed to investigate the Fire Dragon Palace’s strength and Liu Hang’s whereabouts before deciding whether to support a war.
• Li Xiaoya met Dong Santong and told him Liu Hang had died; Dong Santong suggested they could avenge Liu Hang by killing his murderer even without attacking the Fire Dragon Palace.

Li Xiaoya mourned Liu Hang at his old cave abode, reunited with Liu Xian'er and Little White, and secretly set out to avenge Liu Hang by targeting Black Skeleton and the two Sun Xings. Liu Xian'er, Li Mother, and Dong Santong intercepted him, and he claimed he was headed to the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven.

• Li Xiaoya decided to kill the two Sun Xings and considered whether Black Skeleton might be hiding at the Fire Dragon Palace, but he chose not to involve Dong Santong.
• Li Xiaoya visited Liu Hang's cave abode, where Liu Xian'er comforted him and he reunited with Little White, feeding the bird golden elixirs that might help it advance to the seventh rank.
• Li Xiaoya spent several days with Liu Xian'er and his family, then told them he was entering seclusion before secretly leaving High Person Qianshan's cave abode at night.
• Li Xiaoya flew toward the outskirts of Heavenly Dao Mountain to avenge Liu Hang alone, but Liu Xian'er, Li Mother, and Dong Santong intercepted him.
• Li Xiaoya denied his plan at first, then admitted he wanted revenge and claimed he was going to the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven.

Li Xiaoya brought his companions to Four-Tower Cave Heaven to destroy the Fire Dragon Palace’s secret branch and confront Grotto-Heaven True Person. After the four disguised cultivators failed to scare the city’s residents into leaving, Li Xiaoya blasted a nearby mountain to show he meant business.

• Li Xiaoya persuaded his companions to accompany him to Four-Tower Cave Heaven instead of heading straight to the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Grotto-Heaven True Person met Black Baleful and White Jade Fairy, who told him to investigate reports that the Heavenly Dao Sect was preparing for war and asked whether his secret plan was ready.
• Li Xiaoya and his three companions disguised themselves and ordered everyone in Four-Tower Cave Heaven to leave within fifteen minutes.
• When few cultivators fled, Li Xiaoya warned them again and blasted a nearby mountain into rubble with a red orb.

Li Xiaoya and his companions confronted White Jade Fairy, Black Baleful, and Grotto-Heaven True Person at Four-Tower Cave Heaven, turning the market into a battlefield. As the fighting demolished buildings and Grotto-Heaven True Person moved to activate a formation, several blue beams shot toward him.

• Li Xiaoya drove most of the cultivators out of Four-Tower Cave Heaven while his group located Grotto-Heaven True Person and the Fire Dragon Palace cultivators.
• Li Xiaoya stopped a disciple from fleeing and killed him with a flaming punch, then announced that he showed no dignity toward people from the Fire Dragon Palace.
• White Jade Fairy attacked Li Xiaoya with White Jade Giant Hands, but he countered with Flame Giant Hands, and their clash damaged the surrounding buildings.
• Dong Santong blasted the Main Hall, forcing Black Baleful to evade and sending Grotto-Heaven True Person flying.
• Li Xiaoya and White Jade Fairy continued their destructive battle while Black Baleful pursued Dong Santong; Grotto-Heaven True Person began to activate a formation, but several blue beams flew toward him.

Liu Xian'er and Li Mother pursued the Grotto-Heaven True Person through a hidden underground labyrinth, where they faced traps and an illusion formation. Outside, Li Xiaoya battered the White Jade Fairy, who transformed into a giant black form, leaving him stunned by her new appearance.

• Liu Xian'er blasted open the Main Hall floor, and she and Li Mother descended into the underground passage after the fleeing Grotto-Heaven True Person.
• Liu Xian'er and Li Mother were sealed inside a chamber as arrow traps fired, but Liu Xian'er froze and shattered a metal gate so they could continue.
• The Grotto-Heaven True Person activated an Enchanted Illusory Reversal Formation in a Main Hall and fled, while Li Mother detected the trap and prepared to counter it.
• Li Xiaoya attacked the White Jade Fairy with fire spells, and she stripped off her clothes before transforming into a giant black figure.
• The White Jade Fairy's transformed body crashed into the ground, then her scream rang out as Li Xiaoya reacted in shock to her appearance.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong continued to overwhelm White Jade Fairy and Black Baleful despite their opponents’ transformations and powers. The battle shifted as Black Baleful unleashed a hidden ability, and Grotto-Heaven True Person ordered the disciples to attack the intruders with the Four Symbols Spirit Cannon.

• White Jade Fairy transformed into a monstrous form and attacked Li Xiaoya with enormous jade blades, but he cut through them with his flaming saber.
• Li Xiaoya met White Jade Fairy in close combat and steadily drove her backward as her blades failed to overcome his strength and flames.
• Dong Santong battered Black Baleful, destroying several of his treasures and forcing him to retreat toward the Four-Tower Cave Heaven.
• Black Baleful swallowed a black elixir and underwent a painful transformation that nearly doubled his aura, then fought Dong Santong as they flashed through the sky.
• Grotto-Heaven True Person ordered all disciples to activate the Four Symbols Spirit Cannon and attack the intruders.

Li Xiaoya defeated the White Jade Fairy while the Grotto-Heaven True Person activated the Four-Tower Cave Heaven’s hidden weapons. The Four Symbols Spirit Cannons took shape, and an azure dragon cannon began charging as Li Xiaoya realized the danger.

• Li Xiaoya overwhelmed the White Jade Fairy, who severed her own arm and hurled it at him in an explosive trap.
• The Grotto-Heaven True Person watched the blast devastate the Four-Tower Cave Heaven, then poured spirit stones into a massive metal sphere to activate its mechanisms.
• Dong Santong noticed the towers changing and was caught off guard when Black Baleful’s four lightning spheres collided and erupted into a pillar of black lightning.
• Li Xiaoya evaded the White Jade Fairy’s trap with the Storm Gold-Light Wings, used the Fire Dragon Sword to cut her in two, and concealed the sword.
• Li Xiaoya saw the towers transform into four metal beasts—the Four Symbols Spirit Cannons—as the azure dragon opened its mouth and gathered blue runes.

Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong fought the Four-Tower Cave Heaven’s defenders and nearly fell to the Four Symbols Spirit Cannons. Liu Xian'er and Li Mother destroyed the cannons’ power source and killed Grotto-Heaven True Person, leaving Li Xiaoya wondering why the secret branch possessed such weapons.

• Dong Santong killed Black Baleful and his Nascent Soul after Black Baleful tried to flee.
• A metal-pipe Qinglong fired a devastating beam at Li Xiaoya, who escaped with the Storm Gold-Light Wings’ Teleportation Divine Ability.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong attacked the four metal-pipe divine beasts, but their Five-Colored Light Barrier protected them as they prepared to fire.
• Liu Xian'er and Li Mother destroyed the underground metal sphere, causing the four divine beasts to explode and ending the cannon threat.
• Liu Xian'er had killed Grotto-Heaven True Person before he could escape, while Li Mother helped her break through the formations and traps.
• Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong surveyed the ruined cave heaven, and Li Xiaoya wondered whether Second Better could identify the cannons.

Li Xiaoya realized the Four-Tower Cave Heaven housed Four Symbols Spirit Cannons intended to attack the Heavenly Dao Sect, and he and his companions prepared to report the threat. After Liu Xian'er and Li Mother emerged safely, Li Xiaoya found several Jade Slips that might contain the cannon’s blueprints.

• Second Better recognized the ruined weapon as a lost Four Symbols Spirit Cannon once used by the Four Symbols Sect and described its enormous range and power.
• Li Xiaoya inferred that the Four-Tower Cave Heaven was a Fire Dragon Palace cannon base aimed at Divine Path Mountain, and Dong Santong understood the danger to the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Liu Xian'er and Li Mother emerged from underground safely, and Li Xiaoya introduced them to Second Better, who urged the group to investigate the cannon equipment below.
• Li Xiaoya sensed approaching cultivators, returned Second Better to his treasure, and decided to wait for his Master so he could report the threat.
• Li Xiaoya asked about the Grotto-Heaven True Person's belongings, and Li Mother handed him several Storage Pouches from which he found Jade Slips.

Sun Haotian learned that Grotto-Heaven True Person had died and blamed the Heavenly Dao Sect, while Li Xiaoya and Heavenly Venerable Daoling discussed the Four Symbols Spirit Cannon and planned to conceal their destruction of Four-Tower Cave Heaven. The group prepared to make the Fire Dragon Palace swallow its loss, and Li Xiaoya asked why his master had come there.

• A lamp-room cultivator reported Grotto-Heaven True Person’s extinguished Lifebound Primordial Spirit Lamp to Sun Haotian, who erupted in fury and cursed the Heavenly Dao Sect.
• Li Xiaoya told Heavenly Venerable Daoling, Murong Qi, and Zhang Bingmei that the Four Symbols Spirit Cannon’s Qinglong shot had blasted a vast chasm and could threaten Divine Path Mountain.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling explained that the group lacked evidence tying the cannon to the Fire Dragon Palace, so the Heavenly Dao Sect could not openly use the incident to declare war.
• Li Xiaoya proposed sealing Four-Tower Cave Heaven and claiming unknown cultivators had destroyed it, while spreading rumors that the Fire Dragon Palace was responsible.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling approved Li Xiaoya’s plan, and Li Xiaoya asked where his master had been headed before arriving.

After Four-Tower Cave Heaven’s destruction was blamed on the Fire Dragon Palace, Li Xiaoya and Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s group waited near the Red Dragon Kingdom to ambush its cultivators. Their attacks killed four Golden Core cultivators and then an investigating Nascent Soul cultivator, prompting Sun Haotian to mobilize the Fire Dragon Palace.

• Rumors blamed the Fire Dragon Palace for destroying Four-Tower Cave Heaven, while the Heavenly Dao Sect sealed the ruins and began an investigation.
• Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er waited with Heavenly Venerable Daoling and five others near the Red Dragon Kingdom, planning to kill Fire Dragon Palace cultivators and draw out its leaders.
• Li Xiaoya ambushed and killed four middle Golden Core Stage Fire Dragon Palace cultivators who passed the mountain.
• The group killed Elder Lü and the Golden Core cultivators sent to investigate the first attack.
• Sun Haotian suspected the Heavenly Dao Sect was behind the killings, declared he would show no mercy, and left the hall; bells then summoned cultivators across the Fire Dragon Palace.

Sun Haotian rallied the Fire Dragon Palace elders to fight the Heavenly Dao Sect, but Dragon Martial Uncle warned that they had missed their chance. Meanwhile, Li Xiaoya grew uneasy as the group waited for the Fire Dragon Palace to attack.

• The Fire Dragon Palace elders argued over whether to fight the Heavenly Dao Sect until Sun Haotian silenced them and urged them to defend the sect’s standing.
• Sun Haotian led the elders in declaring war, but Dragon Martial Uncle arrived through a red portal and revealed himself as the palace’s spirit communion stage cultivator.
• Sun Haotian asked Dragon Martial Uncle to advise them about the war, and Dragon Martial Uncle said they had missed their opportunity.
• At the cliff, Dong Santong asked why the Fire Dragon Palace had not attacked, and Heavenly Venerable Daoling said they should arrive soon.
• Li Xiaoya told Heavenly Venerable Daoling that something felt wrong and asked whether they should move elsewhere.

Li Xiaoya’s warning led his group to escape Old Dragon Head, then turn back toward the Fire Dragon Palace to exploit its weakened defenses and seek revenge. They reached the Ten Thousand Volcanoes as the Fire Dragon Palace’s Three Grand Elders headed away on a mission against the Heavenly Dao Sect.

• Li Xiaoya sensed danger, so Heavenly Venerable Daoling ordered everyone to leave their mountain hideout before Old Dragon Head arrived and burned the peak.
• After Old Dragon Head found the group gone, Li Xiaoya and his companions circled through the Heavenly Spirit Kingdom and returned toward the Fire Dragon Palace, planning to attack and retreat west to the sea.
• Li Mother, Liu Xian'er, Dong Santong, Zhang Bingmei, and Murong Qi joined Li Xiaoya’s dangerous expedition, forming what the group regarded as a suicide squad.
• The Fire Dragon Palace’s Three Grand Elders and several Nascent Soul Realm cultivators traveled toward Qingyang Kingdom to attack a Heavenly Dao Sect secret branch.
• Three days later, Li Xiaoya’s group reached the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, and Heavenly Venerable Daoling led them down toward the Fire Dragon Palace.

Li Xiaoya’s group infiltrated the Fire Dragon Palace with Heavenly Venerable Daoling’s guidance, while the palace’s elders attacked a Heavenly Dao Sect branch and killed Elder Hai. The group crossed the palace’s defensive barrier undetected, but Sun Haotian sensed a disturbance just as a furious voice demanded he come out.

• Heavenly Venerable Daoling led Li Xiaoya’s party through the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, avoiding the Fire Dragon Palace’s checkpoints.
• The Fire Dragon Palace’s Second Elder, Grand Elder, and Third Elder destroyed a secret branch in Primeval Gorge, killed Elder Hai, and collected energy from the corpses.
• Fairy Qingxia and the elders of the Heavenly Dao Sect learned that Elder Hai’s Life-Bound Lamp had gone out and agreed to respond, while Heavenly Venerable Daoling was away.
• Li Xiaoya’s group used Dong Santong’s ability to cross the purple barrier without Identity Tokens, then concealed themselves and continued toward the Fire Dragon Palace.
• Sun Haotian questioned his disciple about the missing Martial Uncle Long and the elders’ mission, then felt a surge of magic power as an angry voice called him outside.

Sun Haotian mobilized Fire Dragon Palace’s defenses after Heavenly Venerable Daoling and his allies blasted through the restrictions and attacked. Daoling’s group held off the palace cultivators’ first assault while Li Mother prepared a formation, and the chapter left Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong’s whereabouts unknown.

• Sun Haotian ordered low-ranking disciples to retreat, the guard elders to activate the defensive restrictions, and the palace to deploy its Fire Dragon Cannons.
• Heavenly Venerable Daoling led Zhang Bingmei, Murong Qi, Li Mother, and Liu Xian'er toward the ground, while Sun Haotian and the Nascent Soul Realm elders pursued them with treasures and attacks.
• Li Mother released hundreds of Formation Flags as Sun Haotian summoned the True Dragon Violet Flame Saber and Daoling drew the Taiyi Fire God Sword to face him.
• Liu Xian'er used the Ren-Kui Twin Swords to form an enormous ice wall that absorbed most of the incoming attacks.
• Zhang Bingmei diverted attacks on one flank with white mist, while Murong Qi knocked back attacks on the other with giant boulders; Li Xiaoya and Dong Santong remained missing.