Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan's allies launched an all-out assault on the Misty Cloud Sect while he searched for the captured Xiao Clan Elders. He found them freed by Nalan Yanran, who left after saying she had helped to atone for the past.

• Jia Xingtian's forces attacked the Misty Cloud Sect's Dou Wangs as Yue Mei and her companions engaged its Dou Emperors.
• The Spotted Emperor fought Gold Elder, You Ruo faced Vulture Protector, and Jia Xingtian, the Stormtide Dragon Beast, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King confronted Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan entered the Misty Cloud Sect's main hall, killed an uncooperative manager, and learned where the Xiao Clan Elders were imprisoned.
• Xiao Yan flew to the prison, used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and encountered Nalan Yanran at Peak Dou Wang strength.
• Nalan Yanran revealed that she had rescued the Xiao Clan Elders and told Xiao Yan she had done so to atone for the past before leaving.

Xiao Yan found the imprisoned Xiao Clan elders, sent them to hide, and joined the battle against the Misty Cloud Sect. As two powerful Yun Shan clones charged at him, he borrowed Yao Lao’s power and began raising his strength.

• Xiao Yan learned Yun Leng had whipped the imprisoned elders and saw that the Third Elder had lost an arm, then told the wounded men to hide among the rubble.
• Xiao Yan attacked a Misty Cloud Sect Dou Wang and smashed him into the ruins, while Yun Shan retaliated with a palm strike that Xiao Yan evaded using Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• You Ruo broke Vulture Protector’s chains with her Seven-Colored Giant Python, while Jia Xingtian and the others struggled to hold Yun Shan back.
• Yun Shan created two Dou Emperor-level Afterimage Clones and trapped Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and their companion inside a Wind Wall.
• Yao Lao encouraged Xiao Yan after he compared himself with Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan began drawing power from the Storage Ring to increase his strength.

Xiao Yan revealed Dou Zong-level power and fought Yun Shan after saving the badly wounded Amethyst Winged Lion King. The battle moved high into the sky, leaving Xiao Yan and Yun Shan to face each other away from the other fighters.

• Xiao Yan unleashed Dou Zong-level power, allowing Vulture Protector to detect Yao Lao inside him, while You Ruo intensified her attacks to keep Vulture Protector away.
• Xiao Yan destroyed one of Yun Shan's clones, and Yun Shan grievously wounded the Amethyst Winged Lion King with Wind Brake Obliteration.
• Xiao Yan destroyed Yun Shan's remaining clone, broke through the Wind Wall, and treated the Amethyst Winged Lion King's wounds before asking Jia Xingtian to protect him.
• Xiao Yan charged Yun Shan, and the two exchanged blows as they moved high above the battlefield.

Xiao Yan and Yun Shan unleashed their strongest attacks, and the explosion obscured the battlefield from everyone watching. When the flames cleared, the figure holding Xiao Yan’s Xuan Heavy Ruler was not Xiao Yan, and Jia Xingtian warned that Xiao Yan was in danger.

• Yun Shan gathered his Dou Qi and summoned Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance, while Xiao Yan prepared Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Yun Shan sent his golden longsword at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan swung the Xuan Heavy Ruler to meet it in a violent explosion.
• The blast stopped the other battles and cloaked the battlefield in heavenly flames, leaving both sides unable to sense Xiao Yan or Yun Shan.
• Hai Bodong and the others gathered beside Jia Xingtian, who urged them to trust Xiao Yan and Venerable Yao.
• When the flames faded, everyone mistook a dark figure holding the Xuan Heavy Ruler for Xiao Yan, but Jia Xingtian recognized the danger as You Ruo rushed toward the real Xiao Yan and Vulture Protector blocked her.

Xiao Yan was trapped by Protector Wu’s soul-suppressing cage, but Yao Lao told him that heavenly flames could break it from within. Xiao Yan successfully fused the green lotus core flame and sea heart flame into a Fire Lotus, preparing to strike Protector Wu.

• Protector Wu interrupted Xiao Yan’s attack on Yun Shan and revealed that he had been searching for Yao Chen.
• Protector Wu trapped Xiao Yan inside an Eight-Wall Prison Cage designed to suppress souls, while You Ruo failed to break through it from outside.
• Yao Lao explained that the cage’s cold, yin black mist could be countered by heavenly flames and urged Xiao Yan to fuse his flames.
• Xiao Yan brought the green lotus core flame and sea heart flame together and successfully formed a Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan looked toward Protector Wu with a cold gleam in his eyes.

Xiao Yan broke Protector Wu’s black-curtain cage and fought him, but Protector Wu killed Yun Shan and trapped Xiao Yan in soul-obscuring black mist. Vulture Protector devoured the souls of Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders before joining Protector Wu in the mist around Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan used a Fire Lotus to destroy Protector Wu’s black-curtain cage, then fought him with Heavenly Flames and the Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Protector Wu summoned Yun Shan, then pierced his skull with a chain and pulled out his soul.
• Protector Wu dragged Yun Shan’s soul into the black mist and devoured it while Vulture Protector reproached him for taking Yun Shan alone.
• Protector Wu engulfed Xiao Yan in black mist that weakened his soul perception, and Yao Lao identified it as a Hall of Souls technique meant to bewilder souls.
• Vulture Protector killed Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect elders, devoured their souls, and then flew into the black mist around Xiao Yan.

Vulture Protector and Protector Wu sacrificed dozens of captured souls to empower two soul forms, intending to use them to capture Yao Chen. Protector Wu then betrayed and devoured Vulture Protector, rising to the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong, though how much power he could assimilate remained uncertain.

• You Ruo charged into the black mist as Vulture Protector and Protector Wu prepared a secret technique beyond her and Xiao Yan's perception.
• Vulture Protector and Protector Wu sacrificed dozens of soul forms to strengthen two souls, hoping the power would help them capture Yao Chen.
• As Vulture Protector reached for an empowered soul, Protector Wu attacked him from behind and revealed he wanted all the credit for capturing Yao Chen.
• Protector Wu refined Vulture Protector's soul into a mindless puppet and devoured it.
• Protector Wu's strength surged from the peak of One-Star Dou Zong to the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong, but how much he could assimilate was unclear.

Protector Wu absorbed Vulture Protector’s Soul Form and rose to peak Three-Star Dou Zong, leaving Xiao Yan and Yao Lao badly outmatched. Yao Lao confronted Protector Wu and warned him to retreat, while Protector Wu suspected Yao Lao had only a few attacks left.

• After Protector Wu’s black mist barrier vanished, Xiao Yan and You Ruo saw that he had reached peak Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Yan with a black palm, and Xiao Yan was blasted dozens of meters backward despite blocking with the Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, and Protector Wu mocked him as a powerless Soul Form.
• You Ruo blocked Protector Wu’s attack on Yao Lao, who then flew up to face Protector Wu.
• Yao Lao released his soul pressure and warned Protector Wu to retreat, while Protector Wu reasoned that Yao Lao likely had only a few attacks remaining.

Yao Lao tried to hold off Protector Wu while Xiao Yan and You Ruo defended him, but Protector Wu overwhelmed them. As Protector Wu prepared to kill Xiao Yan, Yao Lao touched his forehead and poured a powerful stream of energy into his body.

• Protector Wu tested Yao Lao with a black-mist dragon, then recognized that Yao Lao was too weak to sustain a fight and attacked him with chains.
• Xiao Yan blocked the chains with the Xuan Heavy Ruler while You Ruo confronted Protector Wu, but neither could gain the upper hand.
• Yao Lao ordered Xiao Yan and You Ruo to retreat, and Protector Wu redirected his attacks toward Xiao Yan.
• You Ruo used Seven-Colored Energy Beams to deflect the chains, and Yao Lao pulled Xiao Yan back before he could strike Protector Wu.
• Yao Lao touched Xiao Yan's forehead, sending energy through his meridians along the Flame Mantra and greatly replenishing his Dou Qi.

Yao Lao transferred the bone spirit cold flame to Xiao Yan and gave him final warnings about rescuing him, the Hall of Souls, and the people around him. As Protector Wu attacked, You Ruo protected Yao Lao and Xiao Yan but was pierced by a Black Chain.

• Yao Lao forced Xiao Yan to accept the bone spirit cold flame and gave him a pill to repair his meridians.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to wait until he reached Dou Zun before trying to rescue him, seek Venerable Feng's help, guard the Tou She Ancient God Jade's secret, and trust his Senior Brother.
• Protector Wu attacked Yao Lao and Xiao Yan after noticing Yao Lao's weakened aura.
• You Ruo blocked Protector Wu's first attack, but his force shattered her Seven-Colored Energy Beam and injured her.
• You Ruo stopped one Black Chain with her hand, then placed herself before Yao Lao and was pierced by another.

Xiao Fan sensed that something had happened in the Jia Ma Empire and heard You Ruo calling him through their Symbiotic Contract, but he decided to focus on finding the Poison Sect and Xiao Yi Xian before returning. At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran watched Medusa fall to Protector Wu and resolved that only power could protect those in the right.

• Xiao Fan woke from a sudden pang of unease, and Yun Yun calmed him as he suspected trouble in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Fan sensed You Ruo calling to him through their Symbiotic Contract but decided he could not reach her in time and set aside his concern.
• Xiao Fan reminded himself of the forces protecting the Xiao Clan and planned to find the Poison Sect and Xiao Yi Xian before returning to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Nalan Yanran watched the dead elders and wounded Medusa at the Misty Cloud Sect, recalled how Yun Shan had branded her teacher a traitor, and resolved to become stronger.

Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus and detonated it while holding Protector Wu, sacrificing himself to protect Yao Lao. Yao Lao rescued the unconscious Xiao Yan and refined medicinal ingredients and energy into him, but a black chain pierced Yao Lao and dragged him away.

• Protector Wu pierced You Ruo with a chain, but she sealed its movement and pulled it from her shoulder as Yao Lao gave her a healing pill.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Yan, who grabbed him and fused the Green Lotus Core Flame, Sea Heart Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame into a Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan detonated the Fire Lotus, and Yao Lao charged into the blast to reach him.
• Yao Lao covered the unconscious Xiao Yan with a Medicine Cauldron and refined medicinal ingredients and Heavenly Flame energy into him, restoring him and raising his strength.
• A pitch-black chain pierced Yao Lao's chest and dragged him backward.

Protector Wu captured Yao Lao and escaped, leaving Xiao Yan to recover and avenge his teacher. Xiao Yan ended the Misty Cloud Sect and vowed to rescue Yao Lao, while Xiao Fan received a plot-change reward in Dinggu City.

• Protector Wu pierced Yao Lao's soul with his remaining chain and fled with him before Medusa arrived.
• Xiao Yan broke free of the Medicine Cauldron, learned that Yao Lao had been captured, and resolved to rescue him from the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Yan burned Gold Elder to ash after Gold Elder bragged about helping cause Yao Lao's capture.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to disband within three days, and its remaining disciples left the mountain.
• In Dinggu City, Xiao Fan heard a system message announcing a reward for a major plot change while he and Yun Yun asked Luo Ning about the Poison Sect.

After a system alert announced a major plot change, Xiao Fan claimed rewards that included maps to the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and the Fire Lizard Tribe, then used the Dou Qi Points to break through to Dou Zong. The system updated its features, and Xiao Fan discovered that it had removed summoning and affinity sections and changed how its shop and Source Coins worked.

• Xiao Fan received a Turtle Spirit Earth Flame map, a Fire Lizard Tribe gathering-grounds map, and 200 Dou Qi Points.
• Xiao Fan left the Heavenly Fragrance House with Yun Yun and used the points to rise from Eight-Star Dou Emperor to Peak Dou Emperor, then broke through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Fan received another inheritance of Yao Lao's alchemy knowledge and absorbed pill formulas and alchemy experience.
• A chained figure inside System Space complained that Xiao Fan had not spent Source Coins and decided to rearrange things for him.
• Xiao Fan inspected the updated system and found that the summoning and affinity sections were gone, the shop refreshed monthly, and affinity checks and treasure exchanges involved Source Coins.

Xiao Fan and Yun Yun followed reports of the Poison Sect to a battlefield outside Dinggu City, where black-robed figures had surrounded a group of wounded survivors. When the survivors revealed they were from the Poison Sect, the black-robed figures attacked, and Xiao Fan intervened.

• Xiao Fan suspected Yao Lao had been captured by the Hall of Souls and resolved to grow stronger so he could rescue his teacher.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun returned to the Heavenly Fragrance House, where Luo Ning reported signs of Poison Sect members east of Dinggu City.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun found the Heavenly Fragrance House scouts dead and followed signs of a pursuit.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun arrived as four black-robed Dou Wangs surrounded a group of wounded people.
• A wounded middle-aged man revealed that the group belonged to the Poison Sect, and the black-robed figures attacked them.
• Xiao Fan released his full aura and stopped the black-robed figures from attacking.

Xiao Fan rescued Fan Cheng and the other Poison Sect members, then demanded to know where their sect master was. Fan Cheng revealed that the sect master was trapped in an ambush and that his group might be the only Poison Sect members still left outside.

• Xiao Fan used his aura to injure four black-robed men who were attacking Fan Cheng's group.
• Fan Cheng identified himself as a Poison Sect Manager, and Xiao Fan asked him where the sect master was.
• One black-robed man warned Xiao Fan not to oppose the force backing their lord, but Xiao Fan killed all four men with heavenly flames.
• Xiao Fan pressured Fan Cheng to answer, and Fan Cheng admitted that the sect master was trapped in an ambush and that his group might be the Poison Sect's only survivors outside.

Fan Cheng told Xiao Fan how the Poison Sect had been ambushed and how Xiao Yi Xian stayed behind to protect her people. After learning she was trapped in a mountain valley, Xiao Fan rushed there with Yun Yun and discovered a concealed presence.

• Fan Cheng told Xiao Fan that a traitor had lured the Poison Sect into an ambush, where their enemies trapped them in a formation and poisoned them.
• Fan Cheng explained that Xiao Yi Xian had come to rescue the sect members, absorbed their poison, and remained trapped while the enemy attacked.
• Fan Cheng said Xiao Yi Xian and several elders had planned to break through the formation and send the survivors away the previous day.
• Xiao Fan gave Fan Cheng fourth-rank pills and hurried east with Yun Yun toward the mountain valley where Xiao Yi Xian was trapped.
• Xiao Fan found the devastated valley, sensed a concealed presence, and declared that he had found it.

Xiao Fan destroyed the artificial hill to reach the underground space and confronted its protector, Bing Cang, while searching for Xiao Yi Xian. Bing Cang fled after Xiao Fan pressed his attack, and Xiao Fan and Yun Yun entered the toxin-filled cavern, where they discovered traces of a formation sealing it off.

• Xiao Fan shattered the artificial hill's runes, prompting Bing Cang to emerge and block his attack.
• Xiao Fan demanded that Bing Cang hand over the Poison Sect's Sect Master, and Bing Cang introduced himself before attacking with water arrows.
• Xiao Fan countered with a chaos-flame dragon, which eroded Bing Cang's Azure Blue Shield.
• Bing Cang's internal injuries worsened, so he fled toward the horizon while Xiao Fan let him go and focused on finding Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun entered the underground space and sensed dense toxins and a formation that concealed and trapped them.

Xiao Fan discovered Bing Cang had cultivated poisonous leafless fruits underground and took them before searching for Xiao Yi Xian. Following a trail of deadly poison east, he and Yun Yun found a ruined settlement and then sensed a terrifying eruption of black Dou Qi.

• Xiao Fan shielded Yun Yun from the toxins and found leafless fruits cultivated with poisonous medicinal ingredients in Bing Cang's underground chamber.
• Xiao Fan collected all the leafless fruits and left the poisoned land intact before returning to the surface with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Fan searched the battlefield for Xiao Yi Xian and traced the poisonous fumes to a lifeless lake covered in bones.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun followed the poison east, finding dead magical beasts and a ruined settlement where human corpses showed the outbreak had become deadly.
• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun sensed a powerful aura and saw a column of pitch-black Dou Qi rise into the sky.

Xiao Fan rushed into the Woeful Poison Body’s eruption and found what appeared to be Xiao Yi Xian, only for the figure in his arms to blur after a sudden chill struck his chest. The chapter left Xiao Fan facing an apparent attack or illusion, with Xiao Yi Xian’s true whereabouts unclear.

• Xiao Fan and Yun Yun hurried toward the eruption, and Xiao Fan forced the Miniature City’s residents indoors while Yun Yun stayed behind to watch them.
• Xiao Fan entered the toxin-filled zone and spotted a seated figure that shattered when he approached it.
• Xiao Fan heard footsteps and saw Xiao Yi Xian carrying a basket of medicinal ingredients; she ran into his arms, and he found no sign that her Woeful Poison Body had erupted.
• As Xiao Fan leaned in to kiss her, a chill struck his chest and Xiao Yi Xian’s form in his arms began to blur.