Chapter Summaries

Several fleeing Dou Huang cultivators drew the attention of powerful figures gathered on the plain, who suspected they had offended the Starfall Pavilion. Vice Gate Master Hei captured one, only for the man to soil himself; the other fugitives were sent through a spatial rift, and Hei returned to the Kun Gate in fury.

• Several Dou Huang cultivators flew over the gathered powerhouses, and a rumor that they had offended the Starfall Pavilion prompted the crowd to attack them.
• Vice Gate Master Hei appeared, restrained the fugitives, and captured one Dou Huang expert.
• The captured man tried to blow himself up, but Vice Gate Master Hei stopped him; the man then lost control of his bowels, leaving a foul mess on Hei’s hand.
• The other powerhouses recoiled as the fugitives also soiled themselves, and one powerhouse cast them into a spatial rift instead of killing them.
• Vice Gate Master Hei blasted his hand clean with Dou Qi and returned to the Kun Gate, where its powerhouses moved away from him.

Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Starfall Pavilion to visit Xiao Fan, but learned he was away and met his teacher, Yao Lao, instead. Yao Lao welcomed them and offered to guide Xiao Yi Xian in alchemy.

• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Starfall Pavilion without invitations, then revealed their strength and asked the guards to announce them as Xiao Fan's acquaintances.
• Xiao Yan came out to greet Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian and led them into the pavilion to meet Yao Lao.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian greeted Yao Lao, who invited them to stay at the pavilion while Xiao Fan was away.
• Yao Lao recognized Xiao Yi Xian's woeful poison body and learned that Xiao Fan had cured it.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yi Xian's prospects and offered to answer her questions about alchemy.

Xiao Yi Xian began studying alchemy under Yao Lao, while Xiao Fan asked Ru Shuang to help him reach the Spirit World. Ru Shuang opened a safe passage, and Xiao Fan entered, leaving the outcome of his journey unknown.

• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Yao Lao for agreeing to teach her alchemy and looked forward to learning from him.
• Xiao Yan arranged rooms for Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, then returned to the banquet to host the powerful guests.
• Xiao Fan asked Ru Shuang how to reach the Spirit World, and she agreed to guide him with a Wayfinding Token.
• Ru Shuang took Xiao Fan to a hidden valley and activated its formation to open a Spatial Passage.
• Ru Shuang charged the passage with the White Jade Token to make it safe, and Xiao Fan stepped inside.

Xiao Fan entered the Spirit World by using chaos flame to bypass its guarded portal and conceal his presence, then surveyed the world beneath its towering tree. Meanwhile, Mo Shang faced the Hall of Souls elders’ displeasure over the Starfall Pavilion banquet, leaving him under pressure as their leader.

• Ru Shuang watched Xiao Fan enter the Spatial Passage, considered the risks to his claim as Moon God Envoy, and returned to Sound Valley.
• Xiao Fan sent a chaos-flame serpent through the portal to locate the Spirit World, then used its coordinates to burn through the barrier and enter unseen.
• Xiao Fan concealed his aura with chaos flame, planted more wisps to preserve the Spirit World's location, and saw the enormous tree that dominated the world.
• Mo Shang demanded to know whether the Hall of Souls would let Starfall Pavilion act arrogantly, while the elders privately welcomed the trouble landing on his shoulders.

Mo Shang used a staged outburst to secure the elders’ cooperation, then secretly left the Hall of Souls with a plan to target Elder Yan. He reached Elder Yan’s cultivation chamber undetected but stopped outside, knowing that entering would expose him.

• Mo Shang pretended to threaten resignation until the elders agreed not to obstruct his orders, then left the Main Hall as they laughed among themselves.
• Mo Shang revealed that the soul he had captured was Si Wenbo, the former valley master of Three Stars Valley, whose faction Elder Yan had destroyed, and promised to help him seek revenge.
• Mo Shang returned to the Main Hall, announced that he was entering seclusion, and used the activated formation to slip away while the elders’ spies believed he remained inside.
• Mo Shang traveled southwest under the concealment of the chaos flame and infiltrated Elder Yan’s palace without alerting its guards.
• Mo Shang reached the doors to Elder Yan’s cultivation chamber but stopped outside, realizing that entering would reveal his presence.

Mo Shang acknowledged that he could not defeat Elder Yan alone and sought help, while Xiao Fan infiltrated the Spirit World and learned that Yue Yao was its eighty-eighth Saintess, destined to merge with the Moon God's power. Xiao Fan resolved to save her and reached the guarded city gate beneath the Mother Tree of All Things in disguise.

• Mo Shang recognized the three-realm gap between himself and Elder Yan and sent a mysterious signal to find help.
• Xiao Fan traveled toward the Mother Tree of All Things, gathering supplies and learning about the Spirit Clan's innate and acquired factions.
• Xiao Fan learned that Yue Yao was the Spirit Clan's designated Saintess and that she was absorbing the Moon God's power, which could eventually consume her identity.
• Xiao Fan recalled Yue Yao's devotion to him and vowed to bring her back, even if he had to confront the Moon God.
• Xiao Fan used Qing Jue's secret markings and a disguise to approach the city inside the giant tree, where a guard stopped him at the gate.

Xiao Fan infiltrated the Spirit Clan’s Holy City by pretending to possess a high-level spirit rune, then cautiously made his way toward the place where the moonlight fell. He narrowly avoided detection by the powerful Tianchi and, after hiding until the search passed, received a new quest.

• Xiao Fan forged a high-level spirit rune, convincing the guards to let him enter the Holy City.
• After overhearing that high-level spirit rune holders had a separate passage, Xiao Fan checked that he was not being watched and continued into the city.
• Xiao Fan noticed that the moonlight and the white jade palace he had seen outside were missing inside the Giant Tree, and headed toward the moonlight’s source.
• Tianchi sensed Xiao Fan nearby and searched the area, but Xiao Fan hid inside a residence and evaded her and the guards.
• After everyone left, Xiao Fan emerged from a wooden barrel and realized Tianchi was a powerful Dou Sheng.
• A mechanical voice announced that the "Moon's Sorrow" quest had activated.

Xiao Fan pursued the Moon's Sorrow mission toward the moonlit mountains in the Spirit Clan's Holy City, using the Chaos Flame and an Invisibility Cloak to cross a guarded plain. He escaped the experts' search and reached the mountains, while Tong Ye confirmed that someone had infiltrated the Holy City.

• Xiao Fan saw the Moon's Sorrow mission trigger again and resolved to prevent Yue Yao's story from ending in tragedy.
• Xiao Fan bought an Invisibility Cloak and crossed the exposed plain, but a formation activated and summoned Spirit Clan experts, including Tianchi.
• Tianchi told Granny and the experts that she had sensed someone watching her, and Granny ordered Tong Ye to gather the latest reports while they guarded the Saintess.
• Xiao Fan escaped the sealed area, reached the mountains, and removed the cloak after spending 18,000 Source Coins.
• Tong Ye returned and told the experts that someone had indeed infiltrated the Holy City.

Tong Ye reported that a black-robed figure had entered the Holy City using a high-level spirit rune, but Tianchi argued that the rune might be genuine because only someone who had undergone the Holy Pool's baptism could imbue it with the Moon God's power. Granny ordered the city’s security tightened and authorized patrols to arrest anyone concealing their identity, using force if necessary.

• Tong Ye told the Spirit Clan experts that a black-robed figure had entered the Holy City with a high-level spirit rune and then disappeared.
• Several experts urged Granny to search the city and investigate the clan for a possible leak.
• Tianchi explained that spirit runes contained the Moon God's power and could not be convincingly counterfeited without undergoing the Holy Pool's baptism.
• The experts agreed to prioritize protecting the Saintess while her trial continued.
• Granny ordered a fifty-percent increase in security and allowed Law Enforcement Teams to arrest concealed individuals or kill them if necessary.

Xiao Fan secretly crossed the Spirit Clan’s defenses and infiltrated the island where Yue Yao was cultivating. He found her beneath the descending Moon God Trials Palace, but the chapter ended before they reunited.

• Xiao Fan concealed himself with chaos flame and flew through the Mountain Range toward the island beneath the moonlight.
• Xiao Fan found a formation surrounding the island and entered through an underwater opening without alerting the guards.
• Granny took up watch outside the island, confident its defenses would prevent anyone from disturbing Yue Yao.
• Xiao Fan reached the island’s center and saw Yue Yao standing in the moonlight beneath the descending Palace.

Xiao Fan found Yue Yao cultivating in the Spirit World and discovered she had reached peak Five-Turn Dou Zun. When he approached, she identified herself as Yan Ling, the Spirit Clan's sixty-seventh Saintess, and Xiao Fan attacked, demanding she return Yue Yao's body.

• Xiao Fan watched Yue Yao absorb moonlight and used Golden Eyes to see that she was a peak Five-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan revealed himself after Yue Yao finished cultivating, and the full-moon mark on his forehead eased her hostility.
• Yue Yao said she was Yan Ling, the Spirit Clan's sixty-seventh Saintess, not Yue Yao.
• Yan Ling attacked Xiao Fan with ice crystals, and he blocked them with his chaos flame.
• Yan Ling charged with an ice-blue sword, while Xiao Fan summoned his Heavenly Flames and demanded that she leave Yue Yao's body.

Yan Ling tested Xiao Fan’s strength ahead of the Moon God Trials, and their clash with Heaven Tier Dou Techniques damaged the formation protecting the island. Spirit Clan Dou Sheng experts discovered the fight, but Granny stopped them from intervening and ordered them to watch.

• Yan Ling recognized Xiao Fan’s Moon God Envoy mark and challenged him to prove himself before the Moon God Trials.
• Yan Ling unleashed a peak Five-Turn Dou Zun aura and attacked Xiao Fan with her sword technique, Frost.
• Xiao Fan fused four Heavenly Flames into a fire spirit turtle to defend himself, then countered Yan Ling’s Heaven Tier technique with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Their clash cracked the island’s protective formation, alerting Spirit Clan experts who gathered outside the island.
• A Dou Sheng struck at Xiao Fan, but Granny stopped the attack and told the experts to watch the battle.

Xiao Fan and Yan Ling clashed with Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, leaving the island destroyed and Xiao Fan badly battered. Yan Ling accepted him as a Moon God Envoy, and Granny granted him a place in the Moon God Trials despite the Dou Shengs’ objections.

• Xiao Fan and Yan Ling unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm and Ice Pole Judgment, whose collision obliterated the island.
• Xiao Fan survived the blast by using the Five-Wheel Flame Disk and Heavenly Flames, while confirming that blue energy protected Yue Yao.
• Yan Ling praised Xiao Fan’s strength and agreed to let him join the Moon God Trials as a Moon God Envoy.
• The Dou Sheng Experts surrounded Xiao Fan and objected that an outsider who had entered by theft could not take part in the trials.
• Granny overruled the objections and ordered the experts to give Xiao Fan a place in the trials.

After the Dou Sheng Experts left, Granny tried to inspect Xiao Fan, but the powers protecting him erupted and revealed a black flame that frightened even a late-stage Dou Sheng. An icy-blue Emperor Weapon then appeared to confront the flame, leaving Granny stunned.

• Granny dismissed the gathered Dou Sheng Experts and put Xiao Fan to sleep after Yan Ling secured him a place in the moon god trials.
• Yan Ling told Granny that Xiao Fan had endured her Ice Pole Judgment, then left to resume secluded cultivation before the trials began in about half a month.
• Tianchi warned Granny that Xiao Fan possessed traces of seven heavenly flames and asked her to send him to Tianchi.
• Granny tried to envelop Xiao Fan with Dou Qi, but his heavenly flames activated to protect him; she suppressed them with her Dou Sheng aura.
• When Granny reached for Xiao Fan again, a terrifying black flame erupted from him, and Granny realized its power surpassed Dou Sheng and pointed toward Dou Di.
• An icy-blue Spear appeared through Granny's Spatial Sealing and faced the black flame, which Granny recognized as an Emperor Weapon.

The imperial weapon acknowledged Xiao Fan as the Moon God Envoy after the Chaos Flame protected him, and Granny sent the sleeping Xiao Fan to Tianchi. Meanwhile, Yan Ling struggled with memories of Xiao Fan, Mo Shang prepared to act in the Central Plains, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao learned of Xiao Fan’s plan inside the Hall of Souls.

• The Chaos Flame clashed with the imperial weapon, which acknowledged Xiao Fan’s identity as the Moon God Envoy before Granny sent him through a Spatial Rift to Tianchi.
• Tianchi noticed that Xiao Fan’s Moon God Mark had grown stronger and used a whirlpool to sink him to the bottom of the lake.
• Yan Ling could not focus on cultivating because she kept thinking of Xiao Fan, so she used the Frost Sword to calm herself and became encased in ice.
• Mo Shang resolved to quickly settle matters in the Central Plains while Hall of Souls experts gathered outside under their leaders’ command.
• A Soul Form told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao about Xiao Fan’s activities in the Hall of Souls, and Yao Lao verified the account by examining his memories.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao realized Xiao Fan had been directing the Hall of Souls’ recent movements from within its ranks.

Yao Lao and Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Fan had risen to power in the Hall of Souls and faced a plan that could bring the continent’s factions into conflict. After Yao Lao imprisoned Xiao Fan’s messenger, Xiao Yan chose to stop hiding behind his Senior Brother, while rumors later claimed Yao Lao’s attempt to create a Small World had gravely injured him.

• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan read Xiao Fan’s plan, and Yao Lao imprisoned the Soul Form messenger rather than risk letting it leave.
• Yao Lao left the decision to Xiao Yan, who resolved to face the danger himself after recalling how Xiao Fan had protected and helped him.
• Yao Lao appeared at Starfall Pavilion’s banquet, then vanished amid spatial fluctuations that also took Mu Qingluan and several other experts.
• Rumors spread that Yao Lao had suffered a backlash while creating a Small World and that Mu Qingluan and the other missing experts had died in the upheaval.
• Yao Lao reappeared unharmed three days later, but observers took his appearance as evidence that he was badly injured, prompting new rumors that he might lose his Dou Sheng cultivation.

The Hall of Souls announced a campaign to slay the Medicine Saint, causing factions gathered outside Starfall Pavilion to reconsider their support. Xiao Yan and his allies prepared for the attack while Mo Shang invoked Heaven Hall’s authorization to silence objections within the Hall of Souls.

• The Hall of Souls sent airships toward Starfall Pavilion and declared its intention to slay the Medicine Saint, prompting factions to suspect rumors of his instability were true.
• Iron Sword Venerable condemned the wavering factions, while Venerable Feng revealed that Starfall Pavilion had staged the rumors and that Mu Qingluan and the others were safe.
• Xiao Yan instructed Yao Lao to take charge of Starfall Pavilion’s defensive Grand Array, and Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to prepare for battle.
• Xiao Yan and his allies refused visitors, including Tang Zhen, which deepened outsiders’ suspicions that the Medicine Saint was near death.
• Venerable Heigu and other elders challenged Mo Shang’s Saint-Slaying plan, but Mo Shang revealed that Heaven Hall had approved the operation, ending their objections.

Xiao Fan recovered in the Spirit World's heavenly pool and absorbed the complete Moon God's Power. After discovering Tianchi was a peak Two-Star Dou Saint, he accepted her offer to call her big sister.

• The Hall of Souls elders accepted Heaven Hall's orders as the coming battle and the possibility of slaying a saint loomed.
• Tianchi helped Xiao Fan absorb energy from the heavenly pool while the full-moon mark reappeared on his forehead.
• Xiao Fan awoke, checked himself for restraints, and absorbed the complete Moon God's Power into the mark on his forehead.
• Xiao Fan used his Golden Eyes to identify Tianchi as a peak Two-Star Dou Saint and greeted her as Senior.
• Tianchi asked Xiao Fan to call her big sister, and he happily accepted.

Xiao Fan showed Tianchi his Chaos Flame, and she tested it despite his warning. The flame proved corrosive but could not overcome her Dou Sheng defenses, leaving Tianchi intrigued by its potential against seals.

• Tianchi examined Xiao Fan after his Chaos Flame blocked her gaze and wondered whether it was a new Heavenly Flame.
• Tianchi touched the Chaos Flame on Xiao Fan's chest, and it silently spread over the Dou Qi protecting her finger.
• Xiao Fan realized the flame could barely threaten a Dou Sheng Expert and that he would struggle to land it against one.
• Tianchi extinguished the Chaos Flame and considered whether it could be useful for burning through seals.

Tianchi confirmed that Yue Yao was still alive and had willingly accepted the Spirit Clan’s inheritance, though Xiao Fan believed someone else was controlling her body. As he resolved to awaken Yue Yao’s consciousness, Tianchi warned that meddling could kill her and challenged his understanding of the Spirit Clan and its history.

• Tianchi asked Xiao Fan when he had obtained the Moon God Mark, and he recalled receiving the Moon God's Power after Yue Yao gave him a pill at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Fan asked whether Yue Yao was alive, and Tianchi confirmed that she was and had willingly accepted the inheritance after returning from the Black-Corner Region.
• Tianchi recalled Yue Yao’s past and explained that the inheritance had chosen her as the Spirit Clan’s Saintess.
• Xiao Fan resolved to awaken Yue Yao’s consciousness, but Tianchi warned that acting recklessly could kill her.
• Xiao Fan accused the Spirit Clan of taking over Yue Yao’s body, and Tianchi disputed his account and explained that the Spirit Clan’s people willingly served the Moon God.