Chapter Summaries

Xiao Fan survived his battle with Huang Luo, who honored his promise to let him leave and broke through beyond the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun. Before escaping, Xiao Fan injured Yin Gu and the other Hall of Souls elders with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, while Mo Shang watched the Hall of Souls group depart.

• Xiao Fan and Huang Luo emerged from the explosion, and Huang Luo declared that Xiao Fan had survived and could leave.
• Huang Luo broke through beyond the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun after his heart and cultivation shackles awakened.
• Huang Luo stopped Xiao Fan from attacking the Hall of Souls elders, and Xiao Fan vowed to rescue Venerable Yao and oppose the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan entered a spatial rift, then hurled a Three-Colored Fire Lotus at Yin Gu and the other two elders, badly injuring them before escaping.
• Yin Gu left Sacred Pill City with Mu Gu and the others, while Mo Shang watched them depart.

After the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan left Sacred Pill City, news of Xiao Fan’s battle spread across the continent, shocking factions and worrying Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun. Xiao Fan secretly followed the injured Hall of Souls party and reached the cave where Mu Gu and two others were recovering, preparing to attack them.

• Pill Tower’s elder forced Huang Luo and Yao Gui to leave Sacred Pill City and barred the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan from its territory.
• Reports of Xiao Fan fighting fifteen Dou Zun and killing seven Hall of Souls experts spread across the continent, prompting Gu Yuan and Xiao Yi Xian’s group to react to the news.
• Xiao Fan followed the Hall of Souls party through Mo Shang’s eyes as Mu Gu ordered the group to rest in a cave for the night.
• Mo Shang sent the Hall of Souls experts to search the surrounding area, while Xiao Fan used their blind spots to approach the cave undetected.
• Xiao Fan bypassed the cave’s barrier and confronted the recovering Mu Gu and two other men, declaring that he had come to collect interest.

Xiao Fan killed Yin Gu, drove Mu Gu and Hundred Ghosts into retreat, and left Sacred Pill City as Zi Yan learned of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s division and decided to go to Ancient Dragon Island with Xiong Zhan. In the Star Domain, Xiao Yan subdued the three thousand burning flame and rose to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong before Xuan Kongzi led everyone back to the Pill Tower.

• Xiao Fan killed Yin Gu, while Mu Gu and Hundred Ghosts escaped in separate directions and Xiao Fan failed to catch them before abandoning the chase.
• Mo Shang led the remaining Hall of Souls experts back to report the operation, and Xiao Fan gained 20 Dou Qi points, bringing his total to 140 and raising his strength to peak Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan read Xiao Fan’s message about Ancient Dragon Island and ordered Xiong Zhan to accompany her there.
• Xiao Yan subdued the three thousand burning flame after two days in the Star Domain, advancing from Four-Star Dou Zong to Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Xuan Kongzi led Xiao Yan and the others out of the Star Domain after the heavenly flame had been subdued.

Xiao Yan joined the Pill Tower as a candidate for one of its Three Giants and set out for Starfall Pavilion to reunite with Yao Chen. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan reached Yellowstone City, where the Heavenly Underworld Sect was threatening the locals, and its leader tried to rob him.

• Xuan Kongzi offered Xiao Yan a Pill Tower position, and Xiao Yan agreed to join as a candidate for Pill Tower Giant.
• Xiao Kongzi gave Xiao Yan an identity ring, while Xuan Yi questioned his way of recruiting Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan met Xin Lan, declined to return with her to Ye City, and said he was heading to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan arrived in Yellowstone City, mistook the locals' situation for a conspiracy, and gave a dying old man a pill to ease his suffering.
• The Heavenly Underworld Sect surrounded the city, and its leader let Xiao Fan leave only if he paid something for the trouble.

Xiao Fan defeated the Heavenly Underworld Sect members hunting a father and son, then learned that the sect was responsible for Yellowstone City's disappearances. Mu Ran died before Xiao Fan could fully uncover his memories, but a vision suggested the sect was using ordinary people's blood essence to create blood ring stone.

• Xiao Fan subdued the Heavenly Underworld Sect group and killed two members who tried to secretly send for help.
• Mu Ran warned Xiao Fan that the sect master had personally ordered the father and son hunted, but Xiao Fan demanded to know the reason.
• The elder explained that residents of Yellowstone City had vanished and said the Heavenly Underworld Sect used captives to mine blood ring stone, whose killing intent corrupted them.
• Xiao Fan doubted the elder's account, forced his way into Mu Ran's mind, and accidentally killed him while searching his memories.
• Xiao Fan glimpsed blood essence gathering in a mountain range and suspected the sect was using ordinary people's blood essence to cultivate blood ring stone.

Xiao Fan searched the Dead Soul Mountain Range and secretly entered a Hall of Souls branch hall to find Yao Lao, while Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and prepared to help rescue him. Xiao Fan found Yao Lao alive but trapped in a powerful formation, and began manipulating the wisp of Chaos Flame hidden on his robe.

• Xiao Fan questioned the father and son, learned nothing more about the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and received directions to the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Venerable Feng told him that Yao Lao was being held in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and introduced Iron Sword Venerable.
• Xiao Fan searched the vast mountain range for days before locating the Hall of Souls branch hall and silently opening a passage through its spatial barrier.
• Xiao Fan used his knowledge of the Hall of Souls' layout and the Chaos Flame to evade detection as he approached Yao Lao.
• Xiao Fan found Yao Lao imprisoned but no longer having his soul origin extracted, then began manipulating the wisp of Chaos Flame on Yao Lao's robe.

Xiao Fan secretly freed Yao Lao while Xiao Yan arrived at the Hall of Souls with Starfall Pavilion reinforcements to rescue his teacher. Xiao Yan fought his way into the Main Hall but was badly wounded by the hidden Star-Picking Old Ghost, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan challenged him to a deadly fight.

• Xiao Fan used a black flame to erode Yao Lao's restraints and secretly told him to wait, while Yao Lao recognized his disciple's arrival outside.
• Xiao Yan led Venerable Feng, Iron Sword Venerable, Heavenly Fire Venerable, Sun Xiang, Er Huang, and other Starfall Pavilion experts to confront five Hall of Souls Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan entered the Main Hall after his allies engaged the five Dou Zun, but Star-Picking Old Ghost ambushed him and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to face Star-Picking Old Ghost, who overwhelmed and battered him with the Zhai Xing Hand.
• Xiao Yan rose to one knee and asked Star-Picking Old Ghost whether he was ready to die.

Xiao Yan unleashed a Four-Colored Fire Lotus against Star-Picking Old Ghost, while Xiao Fan ambushed the Black and White Heavenly Venerables and rescued Yao Chen. Venerable Feng and the others escaped with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen as Xiao Fan stayed behind to hold off the enraged White Heavenly Venerate and the Hall of Souls.

• Xiao Yan launched a Four-Colored Fire Lotus at Star-Picking Old Ghost, who escaped its worst effects through a Spatial Rift and the arrival of the Black and White Heavenly Venerables.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerables suppressed the Fire Lotus, but Xiao Fan ambushed them; the Black Heavenly Venerate shielded the White Heavenly Venerate and was impaled by Xiao Fan's Thousand-Flame Spear.
• Xiao Fan broke the formation imprisoning Yao Chen and rescued him, while the White Heavenly Venerate attacked in a frenzy after the Black Heavenly Venerate was devoured by heavenly flames.
• Xiao Fan brought Yao Chen and Xiao Yan to Venerable Feng's group, then stayed behind to battle the White Heavenly Venerate and block the Hall of Souls' pursuit.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable and the others fled with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen as Xiao Fan continued fighting the White Heavenly Venerate and held back the Hall of Souls' experts.

Xiao Fan escaped White Heavenly Venerate after rescuing Yao Lao and reunited with him alongside Xiao Yan. As they continued their escape, Xiao Fan revealed his connection to Mo Shang and warned them to trust anyone bearing his black flame, while a familiar figure arrived at Mo Shang’s hall.

• White Heavenly Venerate used a secret technique to strengthen himself, but Xiao Fan fled into the void, leaving him gravely injured after his rage and internal wounds overwhelmed him.
• Star-Picking Old Ghost carried White Heavenly Venerate away for treatment and ordered the remaining Hall of Souls members to erase the evidence at the collapsed Main Hall.
• Xiao Fan caught up with Xiao Yan, Venerable Feng, and their companions, and they fled toward Starfall Pavilion before reaching the border between the Western and Southern Regions.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan knelt before Yao Lao, who rejoiced at seeing his disciples again and told Xiao Yan about Xiao Fan’s plan involving Mo Shang.
• Xiao Fan showed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan a wisp of black flame and told them they could completely trust anyone who possessed it.
• A terrifying presence entered Mo Shang’s hall and asked for its master, while Mo Shang recognized the arriving figure and saw a white figure in his arms.

Mo Shang secretly killed Star-Picking Old Ghost and the unconscious White Heavenly Venerate while they recovered in the Hall of Souls branch, then staged a breakthrough to Dou Zun. The chapter left him pointing the other experts toward a missing guard team and the faint smell of blood.

• Mo Shang welcomed Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate into the branch hall and led them to its Ice Crystal Cold Pool to heal.
• After Star-Picking Old Ghost praised Mo Shang's guard arrangements, Mo Shang decided to break through to Dou Zun before the hall's experts arrived.
• Mo Shang used the Chaos Flame to kill three guards, conceal the evidence, and slip into the hall unnoticed.
• Mo Shang stabbed Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate in the cold pool, killing both and storing their bodies in his Storage Ring.
• Mo Shang staged a breakthrough on the Main Hall roof, then led the guards to the missing team's post, where one expert detected the smell of blood.

Mo Shang discovered that Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate had vanished, while Venerable Feng brought Yao Lao and Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion. Yao Lao returned as its Pavilion Master, and the disciples welcomed Xiao Yan as the Young Pavilion Master.

• Hai Miao identified a blood trace as A Bo's and inferred that a sharp weapon had killed him, prompting Mo Shang to investigate the nearby hall.
• Mo Shang found Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate missing from the Cold Pool and ordered the area sealed while promising to report the deaths to headquarters.
• Venerable Feng revealed the hidden entrance to Starfall Pavilion and led Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and their companions inside.
• Venerable Feng welcomed Yao Lao back as Starfall Pavilion's Pavilion Master and suggested that Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan take on responsibility.
• Xiao Fan introduced Xiao Yan's accomplishments to the assembled disciples, who welcomed him as the Young Pavilion Master.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan joined Yao Lao at the Starfall Pavilion, where the group assessed the Hall of Souls’ looming retaliation. Xiao Fan urged them to strike the Yellow Springs Pavilion first, and Iron Sword Venerable backed his plan.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Starfall Pavilion disciples’ welcome as their Young Pavilion Master.
• Venerable Feng brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan into the hall, where Yao Lao thanked Heavenly Fire Venerable for helping his disciples.
• Xiao Fan revealed that he had killed Yin Gu, Star-Picking Old Ghost, and White Heavenly Venerate in addition to other Hall of Souls Dou Zun, alarming the group about the coming retaliation.
• Xiao Fan proposed striking the Yellow Springs Pavilion before it could join the Hall of Souls and other enemies against them.
• Iron Sword Venerable supported Xiao Fan’s plan and urged Venerable Feng and Yao Lao not to hesitate.

Mo Shang learned why Eagle Protector had supported his rise in the Hall of Souls and was appointed Hall Master of the Eternal Luo Hall. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan and the Venerables set out to confront the Yellow Springs Pavilion, arriving at its desert headquarters.

• Mei Lin told Mo Shang that Eagle Protector had once rejected a plan to possess Mo Shang's body for Eagle Protector's benefit.
• Mo Shang explained the events surrounding Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate's disappearance to Mei Lin, Feng Hua, and Miao Qi.
• Mei Lin appointed Mo Shang Hall Master of the Eternal Luo Hall and gave him its Token and scrolls.
• Xiao Fan and the Iron Sword Venerable arrived by wormhole at the Yellow Springs Pavilion's desert headquarters.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Iron Sword Venerable reached the Yellow Springs Pavilion and launched an attack on Yellow Springs Venerable. Iron Sword Venerable’s Heaven and Earth Sword broke through Yellow Springs Venerable’s defenses and sent him crashing beneath the desert, while the pavilion’s formations began to crack under the battle’s shock waves.

• Iron Sword Venerable led Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s headquarters, leaving Venerable Feng, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Yao Lao at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to locate Yellow Springs Venerable, who emerged after sensing the probe.
• Iron Sword Venerable attacked Yellow Springs Venerable with sword energy and ignored his angry questions.
• Iron Sword Venerable unleashed Heaven and Earth Sword, while Yellow Springs Venerable formed an enormous energy cauldron to defend himself.
• The giant sword shattered the cauldron and struck Yellow Springs Venerable, sending him into the ground as the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s formations cracked from the shock waves.
• Yellow Springs Venerable burst out from beneath the desert with his appearance drastically changed.

Xiao Fan and Iron Sword Venerable killed Yellow Springs Venerable and took control of Yellow Springs Pavilion. Xiao Fan spared those below Dou Zong and gathered all Dou Zong powerhouses, leaving Yellow Springs Pavilion's fate unresolved as two fire dragons descended on them.

• Yellow Springs Venerable tried to raise his cultivation with a secret technique, but Xiao Fan stabbed him with the Thousand-Flame Spear and killed him while Iron Sword Venerable and Xiao Yan watched.
• Xiao Fan ordered that people below Dou Zong be allowed to leave, and Iron Sword Venerable sealed Yellow Springs Pavilion inside a sword-energy boundary.
• Four Dou Zong powerhouses attacked Iron Sword Venerable; he killed three, while Xiao Fan caught and killed the one who fled.
• Xiao Fan ordered every Dou Zong powerhouse, including visitors, to assemble in a marked area, and Yellow Springs Pavilion's members separated from the outsiders.
• After the allotted time passed, Xiao Fan sent two fire dragons roaring toward the assembled crowd.

Xiao Fan destroyed the remaining loyalists of the Yellow Springs Venerable and returned to the Starfall Pavilion, fearing the Hall of Souls would soon target them. He then learned the system could refresh specified Shop items, giving him a possible way to find something that would restore Yao Lao’s Soul Origin.

• Xiao Fan killed two fleeing Dou Zong powerhouses and forced the gathered experts to identify the Yellow Springs Venerable’s loyal followers.
• Two Dou Zong powerhouses exposed themselves by defending each other, and Xiao Fan killed them before leaving with Xiao Yan and the Iron Sword Venerable.
• The Yellow Springs Pavilion’s remaining occupants fled, leaving the faction to be carved up by other groups.
• Yao Lao, Venerable Feng, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed the danger posed by the Hall of Souls and the need to find allies.
• Xiao Fan returned to the safe Starfall Pavilion and worried that he could not restore Yao Lao’s Soul Origin before the distant ancient ruins appeared.
• The system revealed that Xiao Fan could spend Source Coins to refresh specified Shop items, offering him a possible way to find a remedy for Yao Lao.

Xiao Fan spent his source coins to obtain a Soul Infant Fruit for Yao Lao and supplies to prepare for the coming battle with the Hall of Souls. After Yao Lao began recovering in seclusion, Xiao Fan started refining another Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill before the watching Starfall Pavilion disciples.

• Xiao Fan refreshed the system shop for a Soul Infant Fruit, exchanged the treasures in Yellow Springs Venerable's and his other enemies' Storage Rings, and bought the fruit, the Soul-Absorbing Art, and the Fire Tortoise Grand Array Disk.
• Xiao Fan gave the Soul Infant Fruit to Yao Lao, who entered the Starfall Pavilion Tower to recover while Venerable Feng and Heavenly Fire Venerable stood guard.
• Xiao Yan arrived, learned that Yao Lao could recover, and told Xiao Fan that he had given Yao Lao the Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill; Xiao Fan assured him he had ingredients to refine another.
• Xiao Fan began refining the pill outside the tower as Mu Qingluan cordoned off the area and Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered to watch.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to refine dozens of medicinal ingredients at once, astonishing Xiao Yan with his control and speed.

Xiao Fan continued refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill while Starfall Pavilion disciples learned that he and Xiao Yan had helped destroy the Yellow Springs Pavilion. The Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to join Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Lao recovered as he tried to persuade the Iron Sword Venerable to join as well.

• Xiao Fan spent seven days refining most of the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill’s ingredients as Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered to watch.
• A returning disciple revealed that Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan, and the Iron Sword Venerable had destroyed the Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Xiao Yan confirmed the news.
• The Starfall Pavilion disciples celebrated Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan’s achievement, while Mu Qingluan resolved to work harder.
• Venerable Feng invited the Heavenly Fire Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable accepted.
• Yao Lao appeared fully recovered and urged the Iron Sword Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion, enticing him with access to high-tier pills and the prospect of future advancement.

Xiao Fan refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and used star-shattering dust and five heavenly flames to raise its spirituality and quality. As the pill neared completion, tribulation clouds gathered above Starfall Pavilion and revealed five colors.

• Yao Lao accepted Iron Sword Venerable and Venerable Feng's decision to join Starfall Pavilion, then watched Xiao Fan refine the pill.
• Xiao Fan finished extracting the medicinal ingredients and spent three days condensing their essence into a nearly completed Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xiao Fan brought five heavenly flames together inside the Myriad Beast Cauldron and refined star-shattering dust to extract its spirit.
• Xiao Fan infused the dust's spirit into the pill, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao shielded the disciples from his soul storm and Venerable Feng and the others sealed off its aura.
• Tribulation clouds formed over Starfall Pavilion, and red, silver, yellow, blue-green, and green colors appeared in succession.

Xiao Fan completed an eighth-tier Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill, using the pill tribulation to advance Earth Demon Old Ghost into a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet. He gave the pill to Yao Lao after confirming that Yao Lao’s soul origin had been fully restored, and promised to find him a powerful body.

• Xiao Fan watched the pill tribulation form six-colored clouds and sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning.
• Xiao Fan apologized to the Starfall Pavilion disciples while the puppet blocked the thunder, impressing the onlookers.
• Xiao Yan explained how Earth Demon Old Ghost became a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Yao Lao warned him to keep the method secret to prevent magical-beast hunts.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the remaining lightning, turned gold, and advanced beyond Peak Dou Zong before Xiao Fan stored it away.
• Xiao Fan captured the spiritual Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill as it tried to flee and handed it to Yao Lao, promising to find him a better body.