Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to the Starfall Pavilion with Qingtan and Lin Jing and reunited with his wives, whose strength had grown during his absence. Mistaking the two newcomers for additions to Xiao Yan’s harem, the women welcomed them by making them swear an oath of sisterhood, leaving Qingtan and Lin Jing bewildered.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Starfall Pavilion with Qingtan and Lin Jing and found it greatly strengthened under Xiao Chen and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and the other women, and learned how much their cultivation had advanced.
• Zi Yan and the others saw Qingtan and Lin Jing and assumed they were Xiao Yan’s new younger sisters.
• Xiao Yan explained that Lin Jing was his disciple and Qingtan was her mother, but the women remained unconvinced.
• Zi Yan and the others led Qingtan and Lin Jing through an oath of sisterhood and then fussed over them.

Xiao Yan reviewed six months of intelligence and learned that Hun Dai'er had trapped the Gu Clan and the other Ancient Clans outside the Soul Realm while preparing to pursue a breakthrough. He also heard of the mysterious Blood Calamity Witch disrupting the Pill Region and wondered where she had come from.

• Xiao Yan met Yao Lao, who showed him the intelligence Feng Xian had gathered during his absence.
• Xiao Yan used his soul force to review the dossiers and learned that the Yan Clan survivors had fled to the Gu Clan and that the Ancient Clans were preparing to attack the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan realized Hun Dai'er could use her Origin Qi to break through Peak Dou Sheng while the Ancient Clans waited outside the sealed Soul Realm, unaware of the threat she posed.
• Xiao Yan noted that his Dou Di strength and abilities would let him break through the Soul Realm's barrier, and he considered returning to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's Cave for its inheritance and treasures.
• Xiao Yan learned that a Dou Wang woman called the Blood Calamity Witch had fought the Pill Tower's great families and wondered why he had never heard of her before.

Hun Dai'er used an ancient surveillance crystal to watch Xiao Yan after it finally showed him with Xiao Yi Xian. She assumed they were only friends, then saw them taking off their clothes.

• Hun Dai'er reached Peak Dou Zun and activated her ancient surveillance crystal, which had failed to show Xiao Yan for six months.
• The crystal projected Xiao Yan with Xiao Yi Xian, whom Hun Dai'er recognized as the Heavenly Poison Woman.
• Hun Dai'er saw Xiao Yan look around but dismissed the possibility that he had detected her spying.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he remembered their first meeting, and she recalled how he had comforted her after learning of her woeful poison body.
• Hun Dai'er relaxed when she concluded they were only friends, then noticed they were taking off their clothes.

Hun Dai'er watched Xiao Yan’s intimate encounters with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin through a crystal, growing jealous and vowing to kill them after she left seclusion. Xiao Yan then met Zi Yan, whose ordinary exchange with him finally eased Hun Dai’er’s suspicions.

• Hun Dai'er watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian together and became consumed by jealousy.
• Xiao Yan realized Hun Dai'er was spying on him and deliberately continued his intimate encounters to provoke her.
• Hun Dai'er watched Xiao Yan and Qing Lin together and silently vowed to eliminate them both.
• Xiao Yan met Zi Yan, who demanded tasty treats and complained about her duties as Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan gave Zi Yan a bag full of medicinal pills, and Hun Dai'er decided their relationship seemed innocent.

Hun Dai'er watched Xiao Yan’s intimate encounters with Zi Yan, Queen Medusa, and another young woman through a crystal, and tried to comfort herself that his deepest feelings still belonged to her. The chapter ended with the revelation that Xiao Yan’s journey through the Path of Reincarnation had replaced Hun Dai'er’s place in his heart with Xiao Xun'er, a truth Hun Dai'er had not yet discovered.

• Hun Dai'er mistook Xiao Yan and Zi Yan’s closeness for innocent sibling affection until she saw them embrace, kiss, and enter a room together.
• Zi Yan fought Xiao Yan for hours but was ultimately defeated by his Dou Di strength and powerful body.
• Hun Dai'er watched Queen Medusa and then a young woman transformed from a ball of flame challenge Xiao Yan and lose as well.
• After watching the crystal’s replay for months, Hun Dai'er insisted that Xiao Yan still belonged to her because his feelings for her ran deepest.
• The narration revealed that Xiao Yan’s experience in the Path of Reincarnation had replaced Hun Dai'er’s place in his heart with Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb to refine its soul and find a way to resurrect Xiao Xuan. After discovering that Xiao Xuan’s energy-being form prevented resurrection, he planned to use Time Force to reverse Xiao Xuan’s state, though the required span of time remained uncertain.

• Xiao Yan blocked Hun Dai’er from spying on him and entered the Heavenly Tomb before its scheduled opening.
• Xiao Yan refined the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, then used the Soul Refining Tower and Time Force to make it repeatedly regenerate and yield soul origin.
• Xiao Yan moved the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Slaughterhouse into the Heavenly Tomb and forced its energy beings to process phoenixes and their bodies.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Xiao Xuan’s incomplete soul and energy-being form prevented him from resurrecting him directly.
• Xiao Yan decided to reverse time around Xiao Xuan until he returned to a state that Xiao Yan could restore, despite not knowing how far back he would need to go.

Xiao Yan learned that he could revive Xiao Xuan by condensing a Time Ancestral Symbol, then sent his soul clone into the Tomb of the Heavenly Tomb to begin the lengthy process. While he waited, he turned his attention toward settling his old grudge with the Hun Clan.

• The plane spirit warned Xiao Yan that his time force was insufficient to restore Xiao Xuan and proposed condensing a Time Ancestral Symbol.
• The plane spirit explained that the Ancestral Symbols were life-bound symbol seals and that Xiao Yan could create a new one as the Plane Master using time force gathered from the unusual space.
• Xiao Yan summoned his soul clone and sent it into the Tomb of the Heavenly Tomb to condense the Time Ancestral Symbol.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb and looked toward the Hun Clan, deciding to settle his old grudge while he waited.

Xiao Yan entered the sealed Soul Realm and used Nightmare Sky Mist mixed with deadly poison to devastate the Hun Clan, sparing only Hun Dai'er. He confronted her in her secluded space and, after revealing his victory, said he would keep her alive as a dog and take her to meet someone.

• Xiao Yan teleported into the Soul Realm and engulfed it in Nightmare Sky Mist laced with the netherworld poison flame's neurotoxin.
• Xiao Yan spared Hun Dai'er from the mist and traveled to her secluded cultivation space.
• Hun Dai'er realized Xiao Yan had broken through to Dou Di and asked how he had obtained the energy to do so.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Dai'er she had lost, and she accepted the defeat despite her shock.
• Xiao Yan refused to kill Hun Dai'er, mocked her belief that he still cared for her, and said he would take her to meet someone.

Xiao Yan brought Hun Dai'er to see Xun'er and told Xun'er he had come to take her away from the Gu Clan. Hun Dai'er grew jealous of their closeness, while Xun'er challenged her claim that she was merely a substitute.

• Xun'er sensed Xiao Yan's arrival and emerged from cultivation to greet him.
• Xiao Yan called Hun Dai'er his dog, then drew Xun'er into his arms and said he would take her away after speaking to her father.
• Hun Dai'er angrily confronted the embracing pair, and Xun'er approached her to ask why she hated her.
• Hun Dai'er claimed Xun'er was unworthy and only a substitute for the woman Xiao Yan truly loved.
• Xun'er said she was happy simply to stay beside Xiao Yan and questioned how she could be Hun Dai'er's substitute when they had nothing in common.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er broke down Hun Dai'er's belief that he still loved her, and Xiao Yan offered his defeated former lover another choice. Hun Dai'er accepted the collar, leaving her past and hatred behind as she became Xiao Yan's pet.

• Xun'er challenged Hun Dai'er over why she considered herself Xun'er's replacement and pointed out that Xiao Yan had never mentioned her.
• Xun'er told Hun Dai'er that Xiao Yan hated her, and his calm response convinced Hun Dai'er that he had moved on.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er to leave, and she revealed that she knew about his other women and had sworn sisterhood with them.
• Hun Dai'er questioned Xiao Yan about Xun'er and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Yan said he loved Xun'er more than he had loved Hun Dai'er.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Dai'er they could not return to the past and offered her a collar; Hun Dai'er willingly put it on.

After resolving matters with Hun Dai'er and securing Gu Yuan’s agreement to Xiao Yan’s marriage with Xun'er, Xiao Yan set out for the Black-Corner Region to fulfill his Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran. He revealed that his hatred for Nalan Yanran had grown so intense that he intended to destroy the Nalan Family and the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan and Hun Dai'er reconciled through an intimate encounter, and he left a Heavenly Flames Imprint in her mind as a precaution.
• Xiao Yan forced Gu Yuan to agree to his marriage with Xun'er after defeating the Gu Clan’s senior leadership.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that he planned to visit Starfall Pavilion, then return to the Black-Corner Region and Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan insisted he would keep the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran because he took his promises seriously and still held a grudge.
• Hun Dai'er sensed Xiao Yan’s murderous intent toward Nalan Yanran but decided it no longer concerned her.

Xiao Yan returned to the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan and the others, then visited the Xiao Gate and Jia Nan Academy. At the academy, he found students worshipping a statue of him and realized it resembled the wooden statue Zi Yan used for her ceremonies.

• Xiao Yan set out for the Black-Corner Region with Zi Yan, Qingtan, Lin Jing, and the others, while Xun'er stayed behind with the two younger women.
• Grand Elder Zhu Huo traveled to Starfall Pavilion to beg Xiao Yan to leave Zi Yan on Ancient Dragon Island, so Xiao Yan sent him back and planned to free Zhu Kun from the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yan planned to obtain Tou She Ancient God's treasures and use the Heavenly Flame Plaza to strengthen his weapons and emperor flame.
• Hai Bodong welcomed Xiao Yan's group at the Xiao Gate, where Xiao Yan gave him a Heaven Tier Cultivation Technique and Hun Dai'er reunited with Hun Moli.
• Xiao Yan visited Jia Nan Academy and found a statue of himself before the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, with students burning incense and kowtowing to it.

Xiao Yan reunited Zi Yan with her father, Zhu Kun, after freeing him from the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. He planned to reserve the Ancient Emperor Inheritance for Xiao Xuan and the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill for Zhu Kun, while delaying his departure for the Great Thousand World until the Xiao Clan had someone powerful to protect it.

• Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yan and his companions to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan spent several days relaxing and guiding students.
• Xiao Yan took Zi Yan to the Magma World and broke the spatial seal imprisoning Zhu Kun.
• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun recognized each other and reunited, while Xiao Yan collected the treasures in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.
• Zhu Kun learned about Ancient Dragon Island's division and the Three Great Dragon Kings' attack on Zi Yan, then abandoned his plan to test Xiao Yan after sensing his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Yan suggested that Zhu Kun return to Ancient Dragon Island while he and Zi Yan went on their honeymoon, and Zhu Kun left.
• Xiao Yan reserved the Ancient Emperor Inheritance for Xiao Xuan and planned for Xiao Xuan to give the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to Zhu Kun after his resurrection and breakthrough.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital while reconciling the memories of his three lives, and the journey formed the ninth Ancestral Symbol, the Time Ancestral Symbol. With the Three-Year Agreement approaching, he wondered how strong Nalan Yanran had become.

• Xiao Yan revisited places from his past training journeys as he traveled with the women toward the Imperial Capital, and his memories of three lives merged without burdening him.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Imperial Capital with less than a month remaining before the Three-Year Agreement, and the Time Ancestral Symbol formed in his soul sea.
• The Ancestral Stone Spirit explained that the Time Ancestral Symbol repaid the Soul Force it had drawn from Xiao Yan, strengthening his soul.
• Xiao Yan activated the symbol and stopped time across the Dou Qi Continent for several minutes, though only Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun sensed something unusual.
• Xiao Yan looked toward Misty Cloud Mountain and wondered about Nalan Yanran, who had broken through to the Da Dou Shi realm and was preparing for the agreement.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, after spending the intervening years advancing far beyond what anyone expected and preparing to shatter her confidence. As the duel began, he challenged Nalan Yanran over the humiliation she had inflicted on the Xiao Clan, leaving her facing the consequences of her arrogance.

• Xiao Yan left his companions behind and traveled alone to the Misty Cloud Sect on the day the three-year deadline expired.
• Xiao Yan resurrected Xiao Xuan with the Time Ancestral Symbol, gave him the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, and later cured Nalan Jie and won the Alchemist Competition under the alias Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the sect's square and announced that he had come to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement.
• Yun Yun recognized Xiao Yan as Mo Han, the young man she had met in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and believed dead.
• Nalan Yanran declared that she had trained for three years to defeat Xiao Yan, while the gathered disciples speculated about their chances.
• Xiao Yan reminded Nalan Yanran that she had humiliated the Xiao Clan and called her childish and conceited.

Xiao Yan effortlessly nullified Nalan Yanran’s attacks during their Three-Year Agreement, while publicly taunting her. Nalan Yanran swallowed a pill to turn the fight around, unaware that Xiao Yan had given it to her as part of a plan to make her collapse.

• Nalan Yanran defended her decision to break off her engagement, but Xiao Yan insulted her and provoked her into attacking.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Wind Spirit Splitting Sword and other Dou Techniques, but every attack vanished before reaching Xiao Yan.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma could not tell how Xiao Yan neutralized the attacks, while Hai Bodong suspected Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Sheng realm.
• After Xiao Yan mocked Nalan Yanran’s weakness, she secretly swallowed a Dark Red Pill to try to win the fight.
• Xiao Yan recognized the pill he had given Nalan Yanran as Yan Xiao and recalled how he had made her believe he cared for her.

Nalan Yanran used Yan Xiao’s pill to rise from Da Dou Shi to Five-Star Dou Wang, but Xiao Yan effortlessly dispersed her strongest attack. He shattered her Dou Crystal, then caught her as she fell and revived her with a cool current of air.

• Jia Xingtian and the others realized Nalan Yanran had taken a pill that raised her strength to the Dou Wang realm, while Yun Yun feared its backlash would ruin her future or kill her.
• Nalan Yanran unleashed Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance at Xiao Yan, but the attack dispersed before reaching him.
• The spectators realized Xiao Yan had neutralized the attack through overwhelming strength, not a Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan snapped his fingers and shattered Nalan Yanran’s Dou Crystal, causing her Dou Qi to vanish and sending her falling from the sky.
• Xiao Yan caught Nalan Yanran before Yun Yun could and restored her awareness; she mistook his presence for a sign of affection while he planned to make her fall apart.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had been posing as Yan Xiao to exact revenge on Nalan Yanran, whose pill-induced backlash left her aged and unable to cultivate. He restrained Yun Yun and turned his attention to Hai Bodong, asking whether he had completed his task.

• Xiao Yan dropped Nalan Yanran and revealed his true identity, telling her that he had only pretended to care for her as part of his revenge.
• Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma realized Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan and felt relieved that he would not join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran discovered that the pill had turned her hair white, aged her body, and shattered her Dou Crystal and dou qi vortex.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had planned his revenge on Nalan Yanran and had tampered with the purple spirit crystal used in the pill two years earlier.
• Xiao Yan restrained Yun Yun and told her to remain a spectator until her turn came.
• Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong whether he had finished what he had been told to do.

Xiao Yan revealed himself as Xiao Gate’s master and orchestrated a brutal spectacle for the Nalan Family. The chapter left Nalan Jie slaughtering his own clansmen under Xiao Yan’s manipulation, while Xiao Yan mocked him and dragged Nalan Yanran aside.

• Hai Bodong addressed Xiao Yan as the Gate Master and reported that everything was ready.
• Hai Bodong summoned Xiao Gate forces, who brought captured Nalan Family members to the square.
• Xiao Yan released the bound Nalan clansmen and made Nalan Jie’s eyes turn vacant.
• Nalan Jie attacked Xiao Yan but instead began killing members of his own family.
• Xiao Yan mocked Nalan Jie’s swordsmanship and dragged Nalan Yanran aside.

Xiao Yan used the neurotoxin in the Netherworld Poison Flame to make Nalan Jie massacre the Nalan Family, then forced him to relive the victims’ despair until he died. Xiao Yan turned his attention to Yun Yun and asked whether she had prepared her last words.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had secretly poisoned Nalan Jie and restrained Nalan Yanran so she had to watch the massacre.
• Under the neurotoxin’s influence, Nalan Jie killed every member of the Nalan Family in the square, leaving only himself and Nalan Yanran alive.
• Xiao Yan neutralized the toxin and made Nalan Jie experience the deaths and suffering of his family.
• Nalan Jie confronted Xiao Yan, then died after Xiao Yan taunted him about taking another wife and gestured toward Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun whether she had prepared her last words.