Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan intervened when the Amethyst Winged Lion King nearly killed Yun Yun, then carried her to a cave and removed the seal on her Dou Qi. After he tried to leave, Yun Yun confessed her feelings and stayed with him, beginning an intimate encounter.

• Xiao Yan watched Yun Yun battle the Amethyst Winged Lion King over the purple spirit crystal.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King struck Yun Yun with its Amethyst Seal and followed with a claw, but Xiao Yan appeared and sent the beast flying.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yan, then fainted as the seal drained her strength, and Xiao Yan carried her away to a cave.
• Xiao Yan removed Yun Yun's seal and told her he had helped only for Yanran's sake before trying to leave.
• Yun Yun clung to Xiao Yan, confessed she had fallen for him, and began an intimate encounter with him.

After spending the night together, Xiao Yan and Yun Yun went to the Amethyst Winged Lion King to obtain a purple spirit crystal. Xiao Yan defeated the beast with one slap, and two Seven-Colored Reverse Scales began reacting as they entered its cave.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun completed a night of dual cultivation, raising Xiao Yan's cultivation to Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor and Yun Yun's to Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Yan she would tell Gu He that she belonged to Xiao Yan and would not let him leave her again.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun flew to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave to ask for a purple spirit crystal, but the king refused and challenged them.
• Xiao Yan struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King into a crater, leaving him near death, and then took Yun Yun into the cave.
• As Xiao Yan and Yun Yun explored the cave, the two Seven-Colored Reverse Scales in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring floated up and began emitting energy fluctuations.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun explored the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, where Xiao Yan collected its treasures and found his third Seven-Colored Reverse Scale. He spared the injured young lion but ordered it to report to the Jia Ma Empire after it recovered, then left with Yun Yun.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun encountered the young Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Xiao Yan slapped it into a cave wall.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun the cave's mountain of Purple Spirit Crystals.
• Xiao Yan drew a third Seven-Colored Reverse Scale from the lion king's hoard, completing a set of three.
• Xiao Yan took the remaining treasures, including the companion amethyst source, while the young lion watched.
• Xiao Yan told the injured old lion to report to the Jia Ma Empire after recovering or become a training target for his Flame Alliance, then left with Yun Yun.

Xiao Yan spent the night with Yun Yun before asking You Mo to take him to find the Beast Venerable and search for the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's inheritance. Three nights later, Yun Yun rejected Gu He's request for help, saying she feared Xiao Yan would misunderstand.

• The Little Lion King emerged after Xiao Yan and Yun Yun left, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King vowed to seek revenge with his Big Brother's help.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun shared a roasted fish in their cave, then spent the night together.
• Yun Yun left for the Jia Ma Empire the next morning, and Xiao Yan summoned You Mo to lead him to the Beast Venerable.
• Three nights later, Gu He visited Yun Yun to thank her for the purple spirit crystal and ask for help pursuing news of Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Yun told Gu He not to visit unless the matter was urgent because she feared Xiao Yan would misunderstand, leaving Gu He heartbroken.

Gu He and Liu Ling both suffered romantic disappointments involving Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Ten-Thousand-Blade Peak, where the Beast Venerable discovered that more of the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's reverse scales were nearby and went to confront him.

• Gu He asked Liu Ling about reaching the fourth tier, then dismissed him in his gloom.
• Liu Ling went to tell Nalan Yanran about his breakthrough, but she told him not to visit again because she feared Xiao Yan would misunderstand.
• Liu Ling returned to Medicine Peak and sat with Gu He, and the two shared their disappointment.
• Xiao Yan flew into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and approached Ten-Thousand-Blade Peak with Wen and Wu.
• Golden Lion presented the Beast Venerable with a third reverse scale, which revealed that more scales were nearby and flew toward them.
• The Beast Venerable followed the scales and heard Xiao Yan insult him, then recognized Xiao Yan and prepared to face him.

Xiao Yan confronted the Beast Venerable on Ten-Thousand-Blade Peak and demanded the Seven-Colored Demon Saint Reverse Scale, invoking his Xiao Clan identity when the Beast Venerable questioned his background. When the Beast Venerable attacked after Xiao Yan refused to negotiate, two old men appeared from the void and shattered his lightning strike.

• You Mo mocked the Beast Venerable and demanded that he hand over the Seven-Colored Demon Saint Reverse Scale to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan confirmed he had come for the reverse scale and identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan, prompting the Beast Venerable to ask whether he was descended from the Mysterious Emperor.
• The Beast Venerable offered to help Xiao Yan in exchange for another condition, but Xiao Yan refused and insisted on claiming the reverse scale.
• The Beast Venerable threatened to kill Xiao Yan and launched a massive bolt of purple lightning at him.
• Two old men emerged from the void behind Xiao Yan and shattered the lightning, leaving the Beast Venerable stunned.

Xiao Wu and the Xiao Clan elders confronted the Beast Venerable and demanded the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's reverse scale. After his attacks failed and he tried to flee, they trapped him and revealed they were Half-Saints.

• Xiao Wu demanded that the Beast Venerable apologize and hand over the Seven-Colored Demon Saint's reverse scale, while You Mo taunted him for refusing.
• The Beast Venerable unleashed Illusory Light Violet Thunder, but Xiao Wu blocked the lightning with flames.
• The Beast Venerable took his giant violet roc form and attacked with a storm of sharp feathers, which Xiao Wu burned away.
• The Beast Venerable used the attack as a diversion and fled, but an elder caught up and bound him inside a cage formed from eighteen energy dragons.
• The Beast Venerable realized Xiao Wu's companions were Half-Saints.

Xiao Yan forced the Beast Venerable to surrender the Seven-Colored Demon Saint’s reverse scales, then gathered the magical beasts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He spared the Beast Venerable and offered to bring him and the other beasts into a new force, leaving their answer unresolved.

• Xiao Wu and Xiao Wen revealed their Half-Saint strength, subdued the Beast Venerable, and brought him before Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Seven-Colored Demon Saint’s reverse scales, and the Beast Venerable handed over three scales that merged with Xiao Yan’s three to form a set of six.
• Xiao Yan imprinted his soul on the six scales and sensed the direction of the missing seventh reverse scale.
• Xiao Yan summoned the fleeing magical beasts, and the Spirit-Sinking Silver Frog, Chen Yin, asked him to spare the Beast Venerable.
• Xiao Yan rewarded Chen Yin with a Transformation Pill, released the Beast Venerable, and proposed bringing the beasts into his new force.

Xiao Yan recruited the Spirit-Sinking Silver Frog and warned the Beast Venerable not to harm him before heading off to find the Demon Saint Inheritance. Later, Golden Lion recognized Xiao Yan as the human who had humiliated the Amethyst Winged Lion King and slapped him for asking for revenge.

• Xiao Yan offered the magical beasts a chance to join his force in the future, and the Beast Venerable asked for time to consider.
• The Spirit-Sinking Silver Frog pledged allegiance, and Xiao Yan promised to help him reach the eighth rank and directed him to report to Xiao Li in the Jia Ma Empire's Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan claimed the Beast Venerable as his subordinate, warned the other beasts not to touch him, and flew toward the Demon Saint Inheritance.
• The Beast Venerable told his subordinates to endure and explained that the Xiao Clan behind Xiao Yan was too powerful to provoke.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King asked Golden Lion to avenge him against Xiao Yan, but Golden Lion recognized the youth and slapped him, warning him not to drag them both into danger.

Xiao Yan gathered the final Demon Saint Reverse Scale in an auction hall, completing all seven and sensing the direction of the Seven-Colored Demon Saint’s inheritance. He asked the father and daughter who had bought the scale how much they had paid for it.

• Golden Lion told the Amethyst Winged Lion King that Xiao Yan had two Half-Saint experts backing him and warned him not to provoke Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan followed the six reverse scales to an ancient city in the northern end of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• At an auction, Patriarch Ji bought a seven-colored scale for his daughter, who noticed it glowing and trembling.
• The scale flew from the girl’s hand to Xiao Yan, and all seven scales fused, revealing a gigantic Seven-Colored Giant Python above the city.
• Xiao Yan sensed the inheritance’s direction through the seven scales and asked Patriarch Ji and his daughter how much they had paid.

Xiao Yan followed the Seven-Colored Little Snake formed from the seven scales while powerful experts pursued him, hoping to seize the beast’s inheritance. He defeated every challenger along the way, but a Four-Star Dou Zong finally appeared and made him take the threat seriously.

• Xiao Yan traded three portions of Qi Gathering Powder for the seven scales at the auction and left while the Ji Family’s little princess vowed to become an expert like him.
• The phantom’s appearance drew over a hundred Dou Emperor and Dou Wang experts and nearly ten Dou Zong experts toward Xiao Yan, while the gathered scales transformed into a little snake that led him onward.
• A Two-Star Dou Zong tried to take the scales, but Xiao Yan used a Soul-Breaking Awl and a punch to gravely injure him.
• Xiao Yan continued for three thousand li, defeating or driving off the experts who blocked his path as more than a hundred Dou Wang and Dou Emperor experts followed behind.
• A Four-Star Dou Zong appeared before Xiao Yan, who stored the little snake in his Storage Ring and lost his casual expression.

Xiao Yan challenged the former Yuyuan Sect master, a Four-Star Dou Zong, and used three flame tattoos to amplify his physical strength and fight him head-on. He unleashed the Yin-Yang Sacred Fire Seal against the old man's Origin Convergence Great Palm Seal, and the weakened attack struck the old man's chest.

• The former Yuyuan Sect master demanded that Xiao Yan hand over what he was holding, but Xiao Yan provoked him into a fight.
• The old man struck Xiao Yan with a powerful palm, but Xiao Yan laughed and activated his three flame tattoos, boosting his strength and aura.
• Xiao Yan fought the Four-Star Dou Zong in a prolonged exchange of blows, forcing the old man to retreat and prepare a Dou Technique.
• The old man cast the Earth-tier Low-grade Dou Technique: Origin Convergence Great Palm Seal, while Xiao Yan answered with the High-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique: Yin-Yang Sacred Fire Seal.
• The two palm seals collided in a massive energy storm, and Xiao Yan's dimmed black-and-white seal passed through it and struck the old man's chest.

Xiao Yan defeated the former sect master of the Yuyuan Sect, then fought off the Three Elders of Purple Spirit while his Heavenly Flames restored his Dou Qi. After the Blood Sea Sect Master ambushed him, the master of the Golden Cauldron Pavilion and the Nether Serpent Old Woman appeared to join the fight.

• Xiao Yan struck the former sect master of the Yuyuan Sect into a crater and left him badly wounded.
• The Three Elders of Purple Spirit demanded Xiao Yan hand over the spiritual treasure, but he used his Heavenly Flames to replenish his Dou Qi and evaded their attack.
• Xiao Yan intercepted the weakest Purple Spirit elder and shattered his breastbone with Eight Extremes Collapse before fighting the other two elders.
• The Blood Sea Sect Master sneak-attacked Xiao Yan with a blood-colored spear, but Xiao Yan burned away its sinister force with the Yin-Yang Saint Flame.
• The master of the Golden Cauldron Pavilion and the Nether Serpent Old Woman emerged and joined the Blood Sea Sect Master against Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength and defeat five Dou Zong experts who sought his treasure, killing the Blood Sea Sect Master. When nearly ten more experts appeared, Xiao Yan revealed that he had been waiting for them to gather.

• The Golden Cauldron Pavilion Master and four other Dou Zong experts demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the treasure, but Xiao Yan insulted them and refused.
• Xiao Yan activated all three transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, raising his cultivation to the peak of Three-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan evaded the five experts’ attacks, then killed the Blood Sea Sect Master with a Yin-Yang Sacred Fire Spear and heavenly flames.
• Xiao Yan battered the remaining four experts and severely injured one of the Three Elders of Purple Spirit.
• The Golden Cauldron Pavilion Master warned Xiao Yan that stronger experts across the Northwest Continent would pursue the treasure, but Xiao Yan said he could fight them all.
• Nearly ten additional experts, including a peak Five-Star Dou Zong, appeared, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had been waiting for them to show themselves.

Xiao Yan baited the experts seeking the treasure into fighting him, battling more than a dozen Dou Zong experts despite being a Nine-Star Dou Emperor. After the two Five-Star Dou Zongs joined and pushed him back, he revealed his Yin-Yang Reincarnation Cauldron and trapped the gathered experts inside its formation.

• Xiao Yan provoked the experts and challenged them to attack him together.
• Xiao Yan fought the Dou Zong experts with powerful Dou Techniques, injuring several while exhausting none of his strength.
• The two Five-Star Dou Zongs joined the battle, and Xiao Yan was forced back by their combined assault.
• Xiao Yan refused to share the treasure and announced that he had drawn the experts into his trap.
• Xiao Yan transformed his black-and-white flames into the Quasi-Heaven Tier Dou Technique, Yin-Yang Reincarnation Cauldron.

Xiao Yan used the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Cauldron to capture numerous Dou Zong experts, drawing the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master into the confrontation. After releasing the captives, Xiao Yan refused to share the treasure and seriously asked the Dou Zun expert to become his lackey, leaving the man’s expression dark.

• Xiao Yan trapped the Dou Zong experts beneath the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Cauldron, and several were sucked inside as their attacks failed to break it.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master arrived after the Nether Serpent Old Woman called for help, and he offered to share the treasure with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan dissolved the cauldron and freed the Dou Zong experts, who thanked the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master.
• Xiao Yan told the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master that he wanted him as a subordinate and asked whether he would be his lackey.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Master’s smile faded when Xiao Yan insisted he was serious.

Xiao Yan confronted three powerful Dou Zuns over a treasure, then revealed that two Half-Saints protected him. After Wen and Wu subdued the three, Xiao Yan ordered Wu to kill Shi Tian.

• The Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord threatened Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan called out Shi Tian and Venerable Fuding, who had been hiding nearby.
• Shi Tian demanded the treasure, while Venerable Fuding and the Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord tried to recruit Xiao Yan with offers of protection and training.
• When Shi Tian attacked, Xiao Yan summoned Elder Wen and Elder Wu, and Xiao Wen crushed Shi Tian before the two elders subdued all three Dou Zuns.
• Xiao Yan learned that the kneeling Shi Tian was the master of the Lion Nether Sect and ordered Elder Wu to kill him.

Xiao Yan killed Shi Tian, captured his soul, and recruited Venerable Fuding and the Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord into his service. He left in pursuit of the Seven-Colored Little Snake as witnesses began spreading stories of his power across the Northwest Continent.

• Xiao Wu killed Shi Tian, captured his fleeing soul, and sealed it away while Xiao Yan ordered that the body and blood be collected.
• Xiao Yan spared Venerable Fuding and persuaded him to serve by claiming that Venerable Yao had begged Xiao Yan to become his disciple.
• Xiao Yan secured Venerable Fuding's agreement to follow him as his junior brother and recruited the Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord as well.
• Xiao Yan gave the two men Sound Transmission Jade Talismans, then flew away after the Seven-Colored Little Snake.
• Venerable Fuding and the Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord departed, while the witnesses discussed Xiao Yan's strength and began spreading tales of him across the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Yan followed the Seven-Colored Little Snake to the Tagor Desert, where she revealed an ancient city and a seven-colored pillar that stirred the bloodlines of snake-kind. Queen Medusa sensed the summons and set out with her elders to claim the inheritance.

• Stories spread across the surrounding empires about Xiao Yan defeating powerful Dou Zongs and Dou Zuns, while Xiao Yan flew back toward the Jia Ma Empire with the Seven-Colored Little Snake.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake led Xiao Yan into the Tagor Desert, where she stopped in a barren stretch of sand.
• The Seven-Colored Little Snake's radiance warped space and revealed an immense ancient city, from which a seven-colored pillar shot into the sky.
• Snake-type magical beasts and the Snake-People Tribe felt a powerful summons from the pillar and turned toward its source.
• Queen Medusa sensed the bloodline summons in the Snake-People Holy City and discussed its likely origin with her elders.
• Queen Medusa declared that the Snake-People Tribe would claim the opportunity and set out immediately.

Queen Medusa led a small party toward the powerful summons while Xiao Yan entered the Ancient City and discovered the remains of the Seven-Colored Demon Saint and hundreds of powerful magical beasts. As Xiao Yan approached the Demon Saint’s seven-colored light, the skeletal beasts began to stir.

• Queen Medusa chose Yue Mei, Hua Rou'er, and Elder Neili to accompany her to the summons, leaving the other Snake-People to guard the Holy City.
• Experts from across the surrounding regions rushed toward the pillar of light, unaware that Xiao Yan had caused it.
• Xiao Yan flew to the center of the Ancient City and found a vast field of bones, including the remains of the Seven-Colored Demon Saint and hundreds of powerful magical beasts.
• Xiao Yan summoned You Mo and questioned him about the battle that had killed the Demon Saint, but You Mo knew nothing about it.
• Xiao Yan spotted a seven-colored light above the Demon Saint’s skull and approached it, triggering the surrounding skeletons to stir.