Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan rescued Lin Yan from Wang Chen and confronted the Yellow Springs Pavilion over Wang Chen's attack after Lin Yan had conceded. With the Yellow Springs Venerable forcing a fight and Xiao Fan assuring Xiao Yan that no one would interfere, the crowd waited to see whether Xiao Yan would accept.

• Xiao Yan rescued Lin Yan from Wang Chen and told the Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples that Wang Chen had broken the assembly rules by attacking after Lin Yan conceded.
• Xiao Yan challenged Wang Chen and the Yellow Springs Pavilion, while the Yellow Springs Venerable questioned him and the other Venerables struggled to settle the dispute fairly.
• The Yellow Springs Venerable proposed that Xiao Yan fight Wang Chen, and Wang Chen demanded that Xiao Yan kneel if he refused.
• Xiao Fan spoke from the stands, identified Xiao Yan as his Junior Brother, and got the Yellow Springs Venerable to promise not to interfere in the match.
• Xiao Fan and the Venerables concealed their strength from one another, while Feng Qing’er and Zi Yan exchanged furious killing intent.

Xiao Yan fought Wang Chen in the tournament and revealed that he had reached the Dou Zong Realm, gaining the upper hand with the Six Harmonies Fire technique. Wang Chen, desperate to avoid defeat, unleashed the Yellow Springs Blood Art, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Xiao Fan gave the injured Lin Yan a pill and reassured him as Xiao Yan faced Wang Chen on the Plaza.
• Xiao Yan calmly blocked Wang Chen's attacks with the Xuan Heavy Ruler while Xiao Fan watched from a chair at the edge of the Plaza.
• Xiao Yan used the Six Harmonies Fire technique and revealed a Dou Zong-level aura, prompting the spectators to predict Wang Chen's defeat.
• Wang Chen feared the consequences of losing, then used the Yellow Springs Blood Art and transformed amid violent, dark Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan defeated Wang Chen, and the Four Pavilions Assembly concluded with Feng Qing'er taking first place. As the crowd prepared to leave, Xiao Yan showed Venerable Feng something in a Storage Ring, leaving him stunned.

• Xiao Yan used the Six Harmonies Fire and Glazed Heart Fire to defeat Wang Chen, then walked away while Yellow Springs Venerable restrained himself from attacking.
• Zi Yan and Feng Qing'er faced off with mutual killing intent, but Thunder Venerable ordered the assembly to continue and restored the damaged plaza.
• Feng Qing'er won first place, Mu Qingluan took second, and Tang Ying claimed third, leaving Yellow Springs Pavilion without a place among the top four.
• Yellow Springs Venerable left after the assembly, while Wang Chen stayed behind and glared at Xiao Yan and his companions.
• Xiao Yan called Venerable Feng back and tossed him a Storage Ring; Venerable Feng caught it and froze in astonishment.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan proved to Feng Xian that they were Yao Chen’s disciples, and Feng Xian welcomed them as his own while revealing Yao Chen’s connection to the Starfall Pavilion. The group learned that Yao Chen had been captured by the Hall of Souls, and Feng Xian suspected Han Feng had helped betray him.

• Feng Xian recognized Yao Chen’s Storage Ring and asked Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to prove they were Yao Chen’s disciples.
• Xiao Yan showed Feng Xian the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, confirming his identity, and Feng Xian accepted both disciples as his own and offered them the title of elder.
• Feng Xian departed Thunder Mountain with Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Mu Qingluan after the Four Pavilions Assembly ended.
• Xiao Yan told Feng Xian that the Hall of Souls had captured Yao Chen, prompting Feng Xian to reveal that Yao Chen had refused the Hall’s invitation and had founded the Starfall Pavilion with him.
• Feng Xian recalled that Han Feng had evaded his questions about Yao Chen’s supposed death and suspected Han Feng had played a significant role in the affair.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan learned that Yao Chen was imprisoned in the Hall of Souls Branch Hall in Nether City, and Venerable Feng began preparing to help rescue him. After Xiao Yan explained their past and revealed five heavenly flames, Xiao Fan disclosed his strength and stunned everyone.

• Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Chen, then opened the bottle holding Han Feng's soul for questioning.
• Venerable Feng tortured Han Feng until he revealed that Yao Chen was imprisoned in the Hall of Souls Branch Hall in Nether City, guarded by at least two Venerable Elders.
• Xiao Fan sealed Han Feng away again, and Venerable Feng promised to contact Yao Chen's old friends and gather information about Nether City.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan told Venerable Feng they planned to attend the Pill Gathering and pursue the three thousand burning flame, while Xiao Yan explained how they had both become Yao Chen's disciples.
• Xiao Yan displayed five heavenly flames, astonishing Venerable Feng, Mu Qingluan, and Lin Yan, before Zi Yan announced that Xiao Fan had reached the Dou Zun Realm.

Xiao Fan revealed that he had reached the Dou Zun Realm and discussed Zi Yan’s identity and the risks posed by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan with Venerable Feng. After parting ways, Xiao Fan and his companions set out for the Pill Region, where Xiao Yan prepared to face Feng Qing’er as a test of his resolve.

• Xiao Fan showed Venerable Feng and the others that he had reached the Dou Zun Realm, and Venerable Feng warned him about the danger surrounding Zi Yan’s identity.
• Venerable Feng gave Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan a jade token before leaving to investigate Yao Chen’s capture and organize a rescue.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan decided to travel to the Pill Region to prepare for the Pill Gathering and gather materials for refining bodies for Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan asked Lin Yan to lead them to the nearest city with a space wormhole, but Xiao Fan sensed someone approaching and stopped the group.
• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan could pursue them over the heavenly demon phoenix blood essence, and Xiao Yan resolved to use Feng Qing’er as his first whetstone.

Feng Qing'er confronted Zi Yan as a suspected member of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan transformed and fought back despite being weaker. As Feng Qing'er’s Demon Phoenix Bell began suppressing the void to prevent Zi Yan from escaping through space, Xiao Fan realized Zi Yan might help him break Zhu Kun’s soul imprint on the Crimson Storage Ring.

• Feng Qing'er arrived on her Seven-Colored Celestial Crane and threatened the group while targeting Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Xiao Yan stood between Feng Qing'er and the others, provoking her into releasing her Dou Zong pressure and preparing to attack.
• Zi Yan transformed into a young woman and her aura rose to the level of a Peak Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Fan noticed that Zi Yan’s transformation had weakened the soul imprint on Zhu Kun’s Crimson Storage Ring and suspected she could help remove it.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Zi Yan with the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, while Zi Yan repeatedly escaped through the void using her innate spatial ability.
• Feng Qing'er summoned the Demon Phoenix Bell to suppress the void and stop Zi Yan from dodging.

Zi Yan fought Feng Qing'er while Xiao Fan watched for signs of her awakening powers, but Feng Qing'er lured her into range of the Demon Phoenix Sacred Line. Zi Yan was trapped by the Demon Phoenix Bell as the attack shot toward her heart.

• Zi Yan failed to escape into the void because Feng Qing'er's Demon Phoenix Bell suppressed space, then injured Feng Qing'er with her overwhelming strength.
• Feng Qing'er and Zi Yan exchanged blows, leaving Zi Yan wounded and close to her limit.
• Xiao Fan assured Xiao Yan and Lin Yan that Zi Yan would be safe and watched to see whether the fight awakened more of her power.
• Zi Yan struck Feng Qing'er and took advantage of the Demon Phoenix Bell's apparent weakening to attack from above.
• Feng Qing'er revealed that the bell had sealed space again and fired the Demon Phoenix Sacred Line at Zi Yan's heart, trapping her in its path.

Xiao Yan rescued Zi Yan from Feng Qing'er and fought her after she accused him of stealing Three Thousand Lightning Movement. When Xiao Yan briefly exposed the bloody aura of a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse, Feng Qing'er vowed that her clan would hunt him down.

• Xiao Yan blocked Feng Qing'er's attack on Zi Yan and admitted he had bought Three Thousand Lightning Movement at auction.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Xiao Yan with the Demon Phoenix Bell, which repelled his Heavenly Flame-wrapped strike.
• Xiao Yan activated Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his strength from One-Star Dou Zong to Two-Star Dou Zong, and charged at Feng Qing'er.
• A jade bottle in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring released a savage, bloody aura before he quickly sealed it again with Heavenly Flames.
• Feng Qing'er recognized the aura as coming from a Heaven Demon Phoenix corpse and declared that her clan would hunt Xiao Yan down.

Xiao Yan defeated Feng Qing'er with a destructive Fire Lotus after she discovered his heavenly demon phoenix blood essence and Three Thousand Lightning Movement. When Feng Qing'er threatened to have her clan and the Wind Lightning Pavilion hunt him, Xiao Yan killed her, leaving Lin Yan and Xiao Fan stunned.

• Xiao Yan decided to stop Feng Qing'er from exposing his possession of heavenly demon phoenix blood essence and Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan fused three heavenly flames into a Fire Lotus and used it to destroy Feng Qing'er's Demon Phoenix Bell and severely injure her.
• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan that she had alerted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Enforcement Team and would report him to her master.
• Xiao Yan struck Feng Qing'er with the flame-covered Xuan Heavy Ruler and killed her.
• Lin Yan celebrated Feng Qing'er's death while Xiao Fan remarked that she had given Xiao Yan a trial of her own making.

Zi Yan absorbed the vitality from Feng Qing’er's corpse, revealing how Ancient Void Dragons could strengthen their bloodlines by devouring Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. With the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan likely to seek revenge, Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan prepared to part ways with Lin Yan for safety.

• Xiao Fan stopped Zi Yan from losing herself to hunger, and Zi Yan said the energy in Feng Qing’er’s remains might help her grow.
• Zi Yan enveloped Feng Qing’er’s corpse in a purple cocoon and absorbed its vitality, while Xiao Fan inferred that this could strengthen an Ancient Void Dragon’s bloodline.
• Xiao Yan warned that Feng Qing’er’s death could bring the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after them, and Xiao Fan noted Thunder Venerable might soon discover something was wrong.
• Xiao Yan apologized to Lin Yan and suggested they separate, but Lin Yan insisted he would face the danger with them.
• Xiao Fan explained that powerful enemies might target them and that Lin Yan could be caught in the conflict, so Lin Yan agreed to meet them again in the Pill Region.

Lin Yan left Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan, who waited for Zi Yan to finish absorbing Feng Qing’er’s energy before carrying her away. The Thunder Venerable and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan enforcers arrived at the scene, discovered Feng Qing’er’s death, and began pursuing the people responsible.

• Lin Yan bade farewell to Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan and left for the Pill Region to avoid being caught in their conflict.
• Xiao Fan confirmed that Zi Yan was protected inside her cocoon while she absorbed the heavenly demon phoenix blood essence.
• After an hour, Xiao Fan opened the cocoon, found Zi Yan asleep in a larger form, and carried her away with Xiao Yan.
• The Thunder Venerable arrived and found Feng Qing’er’s desiccated corpse, then notified the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• A Peak Dou Zong leader and two High-Rank Dou Zong enforcers arrived, identified a fire-attributed Dou Zong as one attacker, and asked the Thunder Venerable to help capture the culprit.
• The Thunder Venerable agreed to help, while the clan leader dismissed Venerable Feng as a threat.

Xiao Fan told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon and warned that powerful factions might pursue them as they traveled toward the Pill Region. When Xiao Fan used Zi Yan’s blood on the Crimson Storage Ring, its aura shattered the Spatial Passage, leaving them in danger.

• Xiao Yan piloted the Space Ship while Zi Yan slept off the energy she had absorbed from Feng Qing'er.
• Xiao Fan revealed that Zi Yan was likely an Ancient Void Dragon, then warned Xiao Yan that this could attract both allies and enemies.
• Xiao Yan renewed his resolve to face the dangers ahead, while Xiao Fan examined the weakening Soul Imprint on the Crimson Storage Ring.
• Xiao Fan cut Zi Yan’s arm with a Chaos Flame dagger, collected a drop of blood, and placed a bottle of “Sugar Beans” beside her.
• Xiao Fan dripped Zi Yan’s blood onto the Crimson Storage Ring, triggering a terrifying aura that froze the Spatial Passage.
• Xiao Yan announced that the passage had blown up, and the Spatial Passage cracked apart and was destroyed.

Xiao Fan rescued Xiao Yan from the spatial storm and opened a temporary passage out of the void. They emerged at a massacre, where a survivor recognized Xiao Yan and warned that a Yellow Springs Pavilion man could reveal his whereabouts.

• The Spatial Passage collapsed after Zhu Kun's aura destabilized it, and Xiao Fan searched the void for Xiao Yan while protecting Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan found Xiao Yan sheltering inside a Six Harmonies Body-Roaming Ruler barrier and pulled him to safety when it broke.
• Xiao Fan explained the dangers of spatial torrents, then opened a temporary passage through a weak spatial node and led Xiao Yan and Zi Yan out.
• The group emerged amid corpses in a mountain range, where a survivor confronted a black-robed Yellow Springs Pavilion man.
• The survivor recognized Xiao Yan from a wanted poster and warned that the black-robed man could reveal his whereabouts; Xiao Fan stopped the man and asked her to explain.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan learned that the Wind Lightning Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had placed Xiao Yan under a widespread Pursuit Order, then confirmed it in Blackwater City. Meanwhile, Mo Shang survived a trial and was brought before the Hall of Souls’ foundations by the Heavenly Venerable.

• Liu Ke told Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan that the Wind Lightning Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had issued Pursuit Orders against Xiao Yan over Feng Qing’er’s death and the desecration of her corpse.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan left Liu Ke, then discussed how the pursuit could complicate their journey and their plans to rescue Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself with a mask, and the two decided not to involve Liu Ke’s family in investigating the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan entered Blackwater City and saw a Pursuit Order bearing the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s seal and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s emblem.
• Mo Shang was immobilized by the Heavenly Venerable, who healed his injuries and brought him and other survivors to an ancient hall to witness the Hall of Souls’ foundations.

Mo Shang and the other Hall of Souls prodigies were sent into a final trial, while upheavals unfolded around the Snake-People Tribe and the Gu Clan. Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan reached a city with a space wormhole to the Pill Region, where Xiao Fan sensed danger and left Xiao Yan exposed on the street.

• The “Heavenly Venerable” brought the Hall of Souls prodigies to a Heavenly Dragon Beast and sent them into darkness through a formation on its back.
• The First Elder ordered the Snake-People Tribe to tighten its patrols while its queen refined a seventh-grade pill.
• Xun'er learned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Wind Lightning Pavilion had issued a joint kill order for Xiao Yan, and Gu Yuan said the hunters would be limited to Dou Zun strength.
• Xiao Fan, disguised Xiao Yan, and Zi Yan traveled with a flying-beast convoy to a city with a space wormhole leading to the Pill Region.
• After sensing concealed soul fluctuations near the city gate, Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan and stepped back beneath an eave, leaving him alone in the street.

Xiao Yan fought Huang Qing and two other Heaven Demon Phoenixes while Xiao Fan disappeared with Zi Yan. As the phoenixes prepared to overwhelm him, Xiao Yan formed five Fire Spirits, but the technique drained most of his Dou Qi before a steady voice advised him to replace one flame with Azure Water Flame.

• Xiao Yan stayed behind as Xiao Fan vanished with Zi Yan, then faced an encirclement led by Huang Qing and two powerful Heaven Demon Phoenixes.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and the Xuan Heavy Ruler to fight Huang Qing and evade his attacks.
• Xiao Yan struck the two other phoenixes with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Huang Qing recognized his fire aura as the one left at Feng Qing'er's death scene.
• Huang Qing ordered the three phoenixes to surround Xiao Yan and kill him before searching for Zi Yan, whom he identified as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Xiao Yan summoned five Heavenly Flames into beast-shaped Fire Spirits and began forming the Fivefold Fire Spirits formation, but the technique rapidly depleted his Dou Qi.
• A steady voice told Xiao Yan to replace one of the five flames with Azure Water Flame.

Xiao Yan formed the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Formation, but Xiao Fan intervened to reduce its power before Xiao Yan exhausted himself. After Huang Qing and two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes trapped Xiao Yan with their Demon Phoenix Bells, Xiao Fan’s Fire Spirit shattered two bells, and Xiao Fan appeared carrying a young girl as Huang Qing searched for him.

• Xiao Fan warned Xiao Yan that the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Formation would drain his Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan replaced two heavenly-flame spirits to reduce its power.
• Huang Qing and two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes attacked Xiao Yan with their Demon Phoenix Bells and used blood essence to reinforce the suppression.
• Xiao Yan admitted he could no longer hold out and left the fight to Xiao Fan, whose Fire Spirit remained active inside the formation.
• Xiao Fan’s Fire Spirit broke through the two weaker bells, releasing the trapped energy and devastating the plaza, where two Heavenly Demon Phoenixes died.
• Xiao Fan approached carrying a young girl and asked Huang Qing if he had been looking for him.

Xiao Fan defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members and confronted the Wind Lightning Pavilion forces who had come to kill him and Xiao Yan. Wind Lightning Zi sacrificed his life and offered the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to spare the pavilion's disciples, leaving them to depart while some still carried hatred toward Xiao Fan.

• Huang Qing recognized Zi Yan as an Ancient Void Dragon and realized Xiao Fan was a Dou Zun after Xiao Fan killed two of his clansmen.
• As the Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples began retreating, Xiao Fan moved to kill them, but Wind Lightning Zi emerged and asked him to wait.
• Wind Lightning Zi offered the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and his own life in exchange for sparing the disciples, explaining that he could not abandon those he had watched grow up.
• Wind Lightning Zi gave Xiao Fan the technique scroll, then died after urging the surviving disciples to tell the pavilion master that its path had gone astray by seeking ties with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Fan warned the disciples not to oppose him again and let them leave; some departed with hatred, while others quietly went their own way.

Xiao Fan defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces, then secretly preserved Huang Qing’s soul and forced him to reveal why the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was pursuing Zi Yan. Huang Qing disclosed that the clan had detected an Ancient Void Dragon’s presence but inexplicably stopped two Dou Zun elders from investigating, leaving Xiao Fan to suspect another party was restraining them.

• Xiao Fan let the Wind Lightning Pavilion disciples go, then killed Huang Qing with Dragon Extreme Battle Dance while secretly collecting his soul.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan entered the Spatial Passage, carrying three Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpses as news of Xiao Fan’s Dou Zun strength spread.
• Xiao Fan revealed Huang Qing’s soul in a jade bottle and tortured him with heavenly flames until he agreed to talk.
• Huang Qing said the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan sent him after detecting an Ancient Void Dragon’s aura near Feng Qing’er’s corpse, whose blood essence had been drained.
• Huang Qing explained that two Dou Zun elders had been preparing to take over the investigation, but a new message stopped them and left him in charge.
• Xiao Fan wondered whether another party had restrained the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan because it knew Zi Yan was a juvenile Ancient Void Dragon.