Recaps

Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian stories about the Heavenly Poison Woman and the Demon Wrath Venerable, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to arrange a mock wedding for them. After making Xiao Yan take part in the wedding bows, she announced they still had to enter the bridal chamber.

• Xiao Yan shared stories from his past life with Xiao Yi Xian, including the fate of the Heavenly Poison Woman.
• Xiao Yi Xian said the Heavenly Poison Woman was pitiful, while Xiao Yan argued that she deserved respect for fighting against fate.
• Xiao Yi Xian built a joint cenotaph for the Heavenly Poison Woman and the Demon Wrath Venerable, using her own and Xiao Yan's clothes as their burial belongings.
• Xiao Yi Xian acted as the bride and master of ceremonies and dragged Xiao Yan into performing wedding bows before the cenotaph.
• After the final bow, Xiao Yi Xian stopped Xiao Yan from leaving and said they still had to enter the bridal chamber.

Xiao Yi Xian confessed her love to Xiao Yan, and he accepted her feelings after she feared he would reject her. They spent their wedding night together, and the chapter left Xiao Yan promising to protect her from the suffering of her past life.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan not to leave and confessed that she liked him.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that their exchanged wedding bows meant he would not turn her away.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian to the cabin, and they spent their wedding night together.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan held Xiao Yi Xian and promised he would not let her suffer as she had in her previous life.

Xiao Yi Xian dreamed of an alternate life in which she became the Heavenly Poison Woman, fought the Demon Wrath Venerable, and died from the Woeful Poison Body. The dream began again with her as a Little Physician, and this time she encountered a black-haired boy in a valley.

• Xiao Yi Xian dreamed that awakening the Woeful Poison Body turned her into the feared Heavenly Poison Woman, who founded the Poison Sect and ruled the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined the Soul Hall and repeatedly fought the Demon Wrath Venerable, but spared him after defeating him while he was gravely injured.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to a Small Valley to live out her final days, and the Demon Wrath Venerable later visited the poisonous marsh where she had died.
• Xiao Yi Xian's dream began again, and she fled a Magic Beast into a small valley where a black-haired boy looked up at her.

Xiao Yan stayed with Xiao Yi Xian, grew comfortable with their life together, and unexpectedly broke through to the Dou Zun realm. After Xiao Yi Xian described her vivid dream of the Heavenly Poison Woman and the Demon Wrath Venerable, Xiao Yan recognized it as a memory of her past life but kept the truth from her.

• Xiao Yan postponed his return to Wutan City and continued cultivating while Xiao Yi Xian cared for him.
• Xiao Yan gained smoother control over the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and expected to refine it with the Flame Mantra once its resistance faded.
• Xiao Yan broke through to the Dou Zun realm after heart fire released energy that had accumulated within him.
• Nalan Yanran continued cultivating toward becoming a Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan about her dream of the Heavenly Poison Woman and the Demon Wrath Venerable, and Xiao Yan reassured her that it was only a dream.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked whether the Demon Wrath Venerable had loved the Heavenly Poison Woman, and Xiao Yan said that he believed he had.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and found Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin becoming sworn sisters in his courtyard. Zi Yan pulled Xiao Yi Xian into the ceremony, while Xun'er’s pointed questions left Xiao Yan wondering if she was jealous.

• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Yi Xian his Dou Wang flame wings and carried her from the Magical Beast Mountain Range to Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Qing Lin had begun relocating some members of the Xiao Clan to the Black-Corner Region with their consent.
• Xiao Yan found Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin taking an oath to become sworn sisters in his courtyard.
• Zi Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to the group and dragged her into the sworn sisterhood ceremony.
• Xun'er welcomed Xiao Yi Xian as a sister, then asked Xiao Yan whether he had brought any other women home.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and discovered that Xun'er had developed feelings for him, while the girls around him began competing for his attention. To escape their rivalry, he secluded himself in a mountain space to cultivate the Unending Void Demon Body and master his power.

• Xun'er grew jealous after hearing Zi Yan and Qing Lin's stories about Xiao Yan and bit his wrist, revealing feelings beyond sibling affection.
• Zi Yan urged Xiao Yan to take the girls out and give her pills, then learned he was only fourteen and was shocked that she had been lusting after a child.
• Xiao Yan treated the girls to shopping in Wutan City, and the Jia Lie Family and Ao Ba Family disappeared after some rich young wastrels provoked him.
• Xiao Yan captured Misty Cloud Sect spies, searched their souls, and began putting his plans against the sect into motion.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Xun'er caught Zi Yan sneaking into Xiao Yan's room, and the girls began competing while demanding that he judge them.
• Xiao Yan escaped to a secluded space in the mountain to cultivate the Unending Void Demon Body and practice his Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.

Xiao Yan recalled the origins and dangers of the Unending Void Demon Body and decided to seek materials to begin cultivating it. He visited Xiao Gate’s branch in Wutan City to contact Hai Bodong, where Ya Fei recognized him.

• Xiao Yan remembered that he had created the Unending Void Demon Body from ancient beast remains and artifact patterns, and that its demon marks could provoke a dangerous thirst for slaughter.
• Xiao Yan estimated that his new One-Star Dou Zun strength might let him reach only the introductory stage, but his Lesser Glazed Golden Body gave him a foundation.
• Xiao Yan decided to gather more materials and remembered that Hai Bodong could handle the task, but Hai Bodong was in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan used a spatial passage to reach the Mittel Auction House in Wutan City, now bearing Xiao Gate’s emblem, and presented his highest-grade jade token.
• Ya Fei, the chief auctioneer and local intelligence handler, arrived and recognized Xiao Yan as the young master of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan met with Ya Fei, gave her a list of ingredients to collect, and learned that Yun Yun had gone to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to gather materials for Nalan Yanran. He left Wutan City early and told the girls to meet him at Jia Nan Academy, where they interpreted his letter as a request to apply for admission.

• Xiao Yan showed Ya Fei his jade token, identified himself as Gate Master, and asked her to pass Hai Bodong a list of medicinal ingredients.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Yun Yun had left the Misty Cloud Sect to collect ingredients for Gu He's Pill Formula, and Xiao Yan decided the trip would make things entertaining.
• Xiao Yan asked Ya Fei to send the collected items to the Imperial Capital and gave her a token to secure a promotion there.
• Xiao Yan left Wutan City early after the girls' attempt to give him trouble, leaving them a letter that told them to wait for him at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xun'er read the letter and concluded that Xiao Yan wanted the girls to apply to Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan blamed her plan for driving him away.

Xiao Yan found Yun Yun after the Amethyst Winged Lion King defeated her and sealed her Dou Qi. He took her to a nearby valley, removed her armor, and offered healing medicine for a million gold coins, leaving Yun Yun to decide whether to accept his extortionate terms.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and followed Ye Xiaolian's old map while searching for the Great Beast Den.
• Xiao Yan spotted Yun Yun fighting the Tier 6 Amethyst Winged Lion King, which broke its horn but wounded her and sealed her Dou Qi.
• Yun Yun fell near Xiao Yan, who carried her to a small valley and removed her inner armor while she was unconscious.
• Yun Yun woke and asked Xiao Yan for healing medicine, but he refused to help unless she paid him.
• Xiao Yan demanded a million gold coins for the medicine, and Yun Yun protested that he was robbing her.

Xiao Yan treated the injured Yun Yun while extorting her and taking her Storage Ring. Their conversation turned into a string of insults, leaving Yun Yun furious and helpless as she recovered.

• Xiao Yan forced Yun Yun to fingerprint an agreement and applied healing medicine to her chest wound.
• Yun Yun discovered that Xiao Yan had taken her Storage Ring, and he pretended he had found it after she lost it.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Yan the false name Yun Zhi and asked whether he belonged to the Mo Family; he claimed his name was Mo Han and denied knowing the Salt City Mo Family.
• Yun Yun offered to introduce Xiao Yan to Pill King Gu He, but Xiao Yan mocked Gu He's skills and rejected the offer.
• Xiao Yan called Yun Yun Auntie Yun, then teased her with older names until she shut her eyes in anger.

Xiao Yan left the Small Valley to investigate a hidden Great Beast Den beneath a lake, after sealing the valley to protect Yun Yun from nearby Magic Beasts. Drawn by the Nine Nether Flame’s reaction, he entered the Spatial Vortex despite sensing something was wrong.

• Yun Yun asked Xiao Yan for food, and he gave her grilled fish in exchange for another IOU.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Yun that Magic Beasts might search for her, then left the Small Valley.
• Xiao Yan kept Yun Yun safe by sealing the space around the Small Valley with a Spatial Barrier.
• Xiao Yan located a lake concealing the Great Beast Den and drained it with his Soul Force, revealing a Spatial Vortex beneath the lakebed.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Nine Nether Flame was drawn to something inside the vortex and entered it, leaving the Spatial Barrier in place as the lake refilled.

Xiao Yan discovered a blood-soaked burial ground where four enormous beast skeletons appeared to bow toward a human skeleton pierced by a sinister black sword. The sword flew into his body, filling him with murderous intent, and he began using the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art to resist it.

• Xiao Yan entered the misty space and found countless magic beast skeletons surrounding a crimson Blood Pool.
• He spotted four colossal skeletons around the pool and wondered whether they were connected to the legendary four symbols spirits.
• Xiao Yan followed the skeletons' gazes to a human skeleton seated on a pillar with a black greatsword thrust into its chest.
• The sword suddenly shattered the skeleton and shot at Xiao Yan, who caught it but was cut, allowing his blood to draw the weapon into his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the human skeleton had likely sealed the sword within its body and used his soul force to suppress the sword's baleful aura with the Nine Revolutions Soul Refining Art.

Xiao Yan survived the demonic sword’s baleful energy by channeling it into the Xuan Heavy Ruler while using it to cultivate the Unending Void Demon Body. The Blood Pool and four skeletal remains then strengthened him, leaving him with a new Demon Mark, enhanced Nine Nether Wings, and powerful beastlike energy.

• Xiao Yan redirected the demonic sword’s baleful energy through the Unending Void Demon Body, but it overwhelmed him and began tearing his body apart.
• Xiao Yan used the Blood Demon Flame to absorb some of the baleful energy, then transferred the excess into the durable Xuan Heavy Ruler.
• Xiao Yan absorbed energy from the Blood Pool and condensed a dark red Demon Mark, his eyes turning dark red as a baleful aura filled the space.
• Xiao Yan’s aura shattered the four skeletal remains, and their Magic Core-like crystals became four currents of energy that surged into him.
• Xiao Yan gained a powerful cry carrying hints of several beasts and dark red Nine Nether Wings, which could move at tremendous speed but rapidly consumed his Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan completed the introductory cultivation of the Unending Void Demon Body, while the Demon Sword remained sealed inside him by a simplified Heaven Refining Ancient Formation. After the Blood Fiendish Aura transformed his Xuan Heavy Ruler and Blood Demon Flame, he discovered the flame now resembled the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan tested his newly strengthened body and confirmed that he had successfully cultivated the Unending Void Demon Body, though the Demon Sword remained sealed inside him.
• Xiao Yan recognized the four souls within him as the mutated Four Symbols Spirits: Calamity Black Dragon, Dark Abyss Evil Tiger, Netherworld Vermilion Bird, and Ghost Fiendish Black Tortoise.
• Xiao Yan found that the Blood Fiendish Aura had made the Xuan Heavy Ruler vastly heavier and more powerful, and its energy burst apart a low-grade Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan strapped the altered Xuan Heavy Ruler to his back because he could no longer wield or store it normally.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Blood Demon Flame and saw shifting Magic Beast phantoms within it, prompting him to wonder if it had become the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame together, fusing six Heavenly Flames into a powerful new flame and advancing the Flame Mantra to the Heaven Tier. He reached Four-Star Dou Zun, while Nalan Yanran continued cultivating toward Six-Star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Blood Demon Flame had evolved into the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame after absorbing the Blood Pool's energy and baleful aura.
• Xiao Yan tried to refine the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, but the Bone Spirit Cold Flame joined the process and put him at risk as the two flames traveled through his meridians.
• Xiao Yan guided both flames into the Naling, where they fused with the Nine Nether Illusion Heart Flame to form a grayish-white flame made from six Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan reached Four-Star Dou Zun, and the Flame Mantra evolved from a high-grade Earth-tier method into a Heaven-tier method.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to Five-Star Dou Zhe and continued cultivating toward Six-Star Dou Zhe.

After leaving the Great Beast Den, Xiao Yan visited the Amethyst Winged Lion King and arranged for him to give Yun Yun the purple spirit crystal when she returned. He secretly altered the crystal to help Nalan Yanran, while hinting at a reward he had no intention of providing.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the lake and sensed the hidden space within the Great Beast Den fading away, then confirmed that his newly strengthened power was stabilizing.
• Xiao Yan went to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, where the lion sensed his overwhelming strength and greeted him humbly.
• Xiao Yan asked why Yun Yun had come to see the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and the lion honestly explained that she wanted his purple spirit crystal.
• Xiao Yan examined the purple spirit crystal, slipped a wisp of grayish-white flame into it, and returned it to the lion.
• Xiao Yan told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to pretend to lose to Yun Yun and hand her the altered crystal, promising him a reward without intending to follow through.

Xiao Yan stole the Amethyst Winged Lion King's companion amethyst source, then staged a corpse to make Yun Yun believe Mo Han had died while helping her. Yun Yun blamed the lion king and fought him as Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered that Xiao Yan had taken the companion amethyst source and decided to take out his anger on Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan hid the source, planted a mangled corpse dressed in his clothes near the Small Valley, and removed the Spatial Barrier.
• After recovering her strength, Yun Yun found the corpse and believed Mo Han had died because he tried to help her.
• Yun Yun flew to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and attacked him, while Xiao Yan left the mountain range.

Xiao Yan captured the wind fury dragon flame and went to the Medusa Temple to retrieve the green lotus core flame. He overpowered Queen Medusa, took the flame, then offered her another chance to use it for her evolution.

• Xiao Yan found and refined the wind fury dragon flame in the Tagor Desert, but it did not raise his cultivation or evolve the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan reached the Medusa Temple and found the green lotus core flame on a crystal lotus platform in a pool of ice spirit cold spring.
• Queen Medusa emerged from the pool and attacked Xiao Yan, but her strike dissipated before reaching him.
• Queen Medusa challenged Xiao Yan over their five-year agreement, and he sealed her Dou Qi and the surrounding space while warning her not to endanger her Snake-People subjects.
• Xiao Yan took the green lotus core flame, released Queen Medusa, and offered to let her use it to complete her evolution.

Xiao Yan gave Queen Medusa the green lotus core flame so she could begin her evolution, then protected the ritual as she endured the flames and lightning. As Queen Medusa's transformation continued, Xiao Yan noticed that the green mist created by the collision might help him strengthen his attacks against Soul Bodies.

• Xiao Yan convinced Queen Medusa to trust him and handed her the green lotus core flame for her evolution.
• Queen Medusa undressed, transformed into an enormous purple snake, and plunged into the Heavenly Flame while Xiao Yan sealed the area with a Spatial Barrier.
• Xiao Yan collected the ice spirit cold spring as the Heavenly Flame erupted and destroyed the island, while the barrier kept the disturbance from reaching the Snake-People Tribe.
• After half an hour, Queen Medusa's charred shell stopped moving, and a lightning bolt struck it beneath dark clouds as a green mist emerged.
• Xiao Yan realized the mist could block Soul Force probes and considered combining it with his Pill Lightning Pearls and Heavenly Flames to strengthen Annihilation Flame Eyes.

Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, reached Five-Star Dou Zun, and fused his eight unusual flames into the demonic lotus illusion heart flame. The new flame produced a small girl whom Xiao Yan recognized as a Fire Spirit.

• Xiao Yan found the newly born Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python after Queen Medusa's evolution and discovered his soul imprint had merged with her while her original consciousness slept.
• Xiao Yan fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python fire-attribute energy, then entered a temporary space to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame and reached Five-Star Dou Zun, while Nalan Yanran broke through to Six-Star Dou Zhe.
• The Flame Mantra remained at peak Heaven Rank Low Grade, and Xiao Yan resolved to seek higher-ranked heavenly flames in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan formed the demonic lotus illusion heart flame from eight unusual flames, and a little girl emerged from it as a Fire Spirit.

Xiao Yan discovered that his fused Heavenly Flames had produced a Fire Spirit, named her Little Yao, and watched her clash with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python. The python took human form after swallowing a Transformation Pill, and Xiao Yan stopped the two from fighting before dressing and instructing her.

• Xiao Yan tested his Fire Spirit and found that she strengthened his Demon Fury Fire Lotus, then named her Little Yao.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python emerged from Xiao Yan's sleeve and fought Little Yao, who subdued her.
• Xiao Yan gave the python a Transformation Pill, and she transformed into a young human girl resembling Queen Medusa.
• The transformed python attacked Little Yao, and Xiao Yan intervened when Little Yao prepared to use her Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan dressed the python and told her to wear clothes, and she obediently accepted his instructions.

Xiao Yan returned to Xiao Gate after naming the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Little Cai, who stubbornly called him Daddy. He prepared to lead his companions through Yao Lao’s Space Wormhole to the Central Plains, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in charge of Xiao Gate, but Little Cai’s appearance as his supposed daughter stunned everyone as they set out.

• Xiao Yan named the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Little Cai, but she called him Daddy instead of Master, so he returned her to snake form and put her in his sleeve.
• Xiao Yan left the Tagor Desert and returned to Xiao Gate, where he opened Yao Lao’s spatial scroll and found a Space Wormhole leading to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan delayed entering the unstable wormhole and planned to collect Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan from Jia Nan Academy, while Xun'er agreed to stay behind after Ling Ying begged her not to leave.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to manage Xiao Gate, left them a Dou Zun-level puppet made from Mo Tianxing’s corpse, and assigned Yuan Li to escort the Xiao Clan members through the passage.
• Little Cai emerged from Xiao Yan’s sleeve, transformed into a girl, and called him Daddy, shocking Xun'er and the others while Hai Bodong fled in fear.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where he reunited with Yao Lao and met Venerable Feng. After asking Yao Lao to help move the Xiao Clan to the Central Plains, Xiao Yan learned about the upcoming Four Pavilions Assembly, where his strength would far exceed that of the other young contestants.

• Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi Xian and the others through the Space Wormhole and reached Starfall Pavilion after about ten days.
• Yao Lao and Venerable Feng welcomed Xiao Yan, and Venerable Feng was astonished by Xiao Yan's strength and talent.
• Xiao Yan introduced his companions to Yao Lao and Venerable Feng, then asked Yao Lao to help relocate the Xiao Clan to Starfall Pavilion.
• Venerable Feng explained the Four Pavilions Assembly, and Yao Lao noted that Xiao Yan's strength would make competing against the younger contestants unfair.

Xiao Yan declined to compete at the Four Pavilions Assembly and gave Yao Lao a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique to help him approach Half-Saint. Yao Lao then told Xiao Yan about the Pill Tower’s upcoming chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, leaving Xiao Yan eager to claim it.

• Xiao Yan refused to pursue the Four Pavilions Assembly rankings, wary that Hun Dai'er might learn he was in the Central Plains.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had recovered his peak strength and was nearing the Half-Saint barrier, and Xiao Yan gave him a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique.
• Xiao Yan said refining the Bone Spirit Cold Flame had improved his strength by about two stars, and Yao Lao explained that he needed a higher-ranked heavenly flame to advance faster.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Pill Tower had invited him to help subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and might let Xiao Yan try if he failed.
• Yao Lao explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame ranked ninth and could grant the Three Thousand Star Body, while Xiao Yan became eager to subdue it.

Xiao Yan settled into Starfall Pavilion, protected his clan, and left to gain experience and strengthen himself before the search for the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After months of seeking Heavenly Flames, he reached six-star Dou Zun and advanced the Flame Mantra, but found that the remaining lower-ranked flames offered little promise.

• Xiao Yan kept his true strength and identity concealed at Starfall Pavilion while Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin settled in as elite disciples.
• Zi Yan repeatedly defeated Mu Qingluan in training, and Xiao Yan later spent time with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian before deciding to resume his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan arranged protection and an escape passage for the Xiao Clan, then left Starfall Pavilion with Cai Lin to gain experience.
• Little Yao emerged and offered to help Xiao Yan find Heavenly Flames, using her ability to sense them.
• Over several months, Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, reached six-star Dou Zun, and advanced the Flame Mantra to the intermediate Heaven Tier.