Chapter Summaries

Mo Shang staged Xiao Fan’s death and emerged as the Hall of Souls’ victorious leader, while Xiao Fan’s soul sacrificed itself to badly injure the Third Heavenly Venerate. As the Hall of Souls prepared to retreat, Xiao Yan confronted the wounded Huang Xuan with another flaming lotus.

• Mo Shang used Black Flame and his Soul Clone to make it appear that he had killed Xiao Fan, leaving behind three apparent heavenly flame seedlings.
• Xiao Yan tried to reach Xiao Fan, but Huang Xuan blocked him while the Third Heavenly Venerate moved to capture Xiao Fan’s exposed soul.
• Xiao Fan’s soul form detonated in a Soul Storm, tearing apart the Third Heavenly Venerate’s chains and worsening his injuries.
• Black Flame erupted in multicolored flames, and Mo Shang was thrown back as his mask burned away and his cultivation began to fall.
• Mo Shang ordered the Hall of Souls to retreat, and its forces obeyed as Huang Xuan collapsed with severe injuries.
• Xiao Yan challenged the retreating forces and formed a massive flaming lotus while confronting Huang Xuan.

After Xiao Fan's apparent death, Xiao Yan fought Venerable Heigu, who tried to capture him and Xun'er, while Xuan Yi was held back. The Third Heavenly Venerate returned as a damaged soul and attacked Xiao Yan's group, but a terrifying pressure descended before he could strike.

• Xiao Fan ordered Venerable Heigu to deal with Xiao Yan while the Hall of Souls prepared to leave.
• Xiao Yan attacked Heigu with a Four-Colored Fire Lotus, but Heigu contained it with his Black Demon Tornado and decided to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er joined Xiao Yan, and Gu Chen helped them resist Heigu's attempt to seize them.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate reappeared as a badly damaged soul and blasted Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and their allies backward.
• The Third Heavenly Venerate moved to attack Xiao Yan, but a terrifying pressure descended and made him recoil in horror.

After Xiao Fan fell in the battle at Starfall Pavilion, a Gu Clan Dou Sheng and Hall of Souls Dou Sheng Hun Qing arrived and ended the confrontation. Xun'er was taken away, Yao Chen’s hidden Dou Sheng-level strength was revealed, and news of Xiao Fan’s death spread across the continent.

• A Gu Clan Dou Sheng appeared to protect Xun'er, and Hun Qing arrived to defend the Hall of Souls, forcing both sides to halt their fight.
• Xun'er refused to leave before avenging Xiao Fan, but Hun Qing withdrew with the Third Heavenly Venerate and the Hall of Souls forces.
• The Ancient Saint said a powerful aura was brewing within Starfall Pavilion and that Yao Chen still had one-star Dou Sheng strength, then took Xun'er away.
• Xiao Yan watched the Gu Clan depart, while the battlefield remained marked by a crater and three faintly burning heavenly flames.
• Reports of Xiao Fan's death, his fight against the Half-Saint, and Yao Chen's recovered strength spread across the continent.

After Starfall Pavilion’s battle ended, Xiao Yan thanked the allied experts and returned with the three ownerless Heavenly Flames. Inside the pavilion, the flames released Xiao Fan’s soul, revealing that his apparent death had been part of a plan.

• Xiao Yan thanked the fighters and explained that Starfall Pavilion would pay their promised rewards after rebuilding.
• Xiao Yan collected the three Heavenly Flames that had become ownerless after Xiao Fan fell, then left the battlefield.
• Venerable Feng and the others organized the cleanup while leaving the enormous central pit untouched.
• Xiao Yan met Yao Lao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun inside the pavilion, where Yao Lao asked him to explain Xiao Fan’s plan.
• Three streams of soul power emerged from the Heavenly Flames and joined together into Xiao Fan’s familiar figure.

Xiao Fan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun through a soul projection, revealed the Soul Clan’s connection to the Hall of Souls, and explained his plan to infiltrate it as Mo Shang. After Saint Hun Qing returned the Hall of Souls army to a stronghold, he praised Mo Shang and ordered him to reveal his black flame.

• Xiao Fan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, then advised Yun Yun to visit the Flower Sect, where she could find a suitable inheritance and fortune.
• Xiao Fan told Yao Lao and Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan controlled the Hall of Souls and likely held Xiao Zhan prisoner, and he planned to infiltrate the clan using Mo Shang’s identity.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan three Heavenly Flames and warned him to stay alert for moves by the Hall of Souls before his soul projection vanished.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian left, and Yao Lao explained the strength of the Ancient Nine Clans to Xiao Yan.
• Saint Hun Qing transported the Hall of Souls army to a Central Plains stronghold, criticized the Third Heavenly Venerate’s performance, and said the battle had revealed Yao Chen’s unstable power.
• Saint Hun Qing praised Mo Shang and ordered him to release his black flame.