Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan refined a new body for Heavenly Fire Venerable, who returned as a Three-Star Dou Zun and honored his agreement to serve Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan then began refining a stronger body for Yao Lao, leaving his resurrection underway.

• Xiao Yan used Earth Demon Old Ghost's corpse, seventh-rank Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast blood essence, and a peak seventh-tier pill to refine Heavenly Fire Venerable's body over five days.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable returned as a Three-Star Dou Zun and promised to honor his agreement with Xiao Yan, then went outside to stand guard.
• Xiao Yan prepared a Dou Zun-level Flame Lizardman’s blood essence, an eighth-tier pill, and Heavenly Fire Venerable's former skeleton for Yao Lao, keeping safeguards in each material.
• Xiao Yan began refining Yao Lao's body, and the process took more than twice as long as Heavenly Fire Venerable's.
• After Yao Lao's soul merged with the skeleton, Xiao Yan replenished his Dou Qi and waited for Yao Lao to resurrect.

Yao Lao was resurrected at Nine Revolutions Peak Dou Zun and reunited with Xiao Yan, who gave him Han Feng's soul. Yao Lao prepared to return to the Central Plains, gave Xiao Yan the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and promised him a direct passage there.

• Yao Lao awakened with Nine Revolutions Peak Dou Zun strength and thanked Xiao Yan for bringing him back to life.
• Xiao Yan handed Yao Lao Han Feng's soul, and Yao Lao quietly confronted the pain of Han Feng's betrayal.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to gain experience in the Central Plains and explained that he would return there to settle old grudges and restore the Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Lao erased his soul imprint from the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and gave it to Xiao Yan as a graduation gift.
• Xiao Yan planted his soul imprint in the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Yao Lao promised to prepare a space wormhole scroll for his future journey to the Central Plains.

After Xiao Yan crushed the Black Emperor Sect, he found the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse, which the Nine Nether Flame devoured to evolve his wings. With the materials he needed gathered, he prepared to return to Xiao Yi Xian, while worrying about how she would react to his long absence.

• Xiao Yan's Xiao Gate grew powerful and wealthy, and Qing Lin advanced to Dou Wang.
• The Black Emperor Sect destroyed one of Xiao Gate's auction houses, so Xiao Yan retaliated by killing the sect's master, his son, and the rest of the faction.
• Xiao Yan found the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpse among the sect's treasures.
• The Nine Nether Flame devoured the corpse and strengthened Xiao Yan's wings, making him faster than an eighth-rank Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan remembered a map of the Great Beast Den and decided to seek more avian Magic Beast blood essence there.
• With the required materials ready, Xiao Yan planned to return to Xiao Yi Xian and help resolve her Woeful Poison Body, though he feared her reaction to his years-long delay.

Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, only to find Xiao Yi Xian’s Medical Hall closed and worry that something had happened to her. At the Xiao Clan gates, he discovered Misty Cloud Sect carriages and learned that Nalan Yanran might be there to break off her engagement to him.

• Xiao Yan left Hai Bodong to guard Xiao Gate and flew to Wutan City with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan warned Zi Yan to behave herself in town and teased her about refining more dragon saliva fire spirit grass.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian’s Medical Hall closed and learned it had been shut for more than half a year.
• Xiao Yan hurried to the Xiao Clan and saw carriages bearing the Misty Cloud Sect emblem outside its gates.
• Qing Lin explained that Nalan Yanran, the Misty Cloud Sect Master’s disciple, was engaged to the Xiao Clan’s missing young master and might have come to break off the engagement.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was the missing young master, leaving Qing Lin and Zi Yan speechless.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan as Nalan Yanran arrived to demand that their engagement be dissolved. After rejecting her proposed compensation, he agreed to end the engagement on his own terms and ordered a brush and inkstone, leaving Nalan Yanran shocked when she realized he intended to write her a letter of repudiation.

• Xiao Zhan erupted in anger at Ge Ye’s suggestion that Xiao Yan might be dead, but Xiao Yan appeared and calmed him.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Nalan Yanran and mocked her for assuming his return made her demand proper.
• Xiao Yan argued that the engagement had been arranged by their elders and that dissolving it should respect their friendship.
• Nalan Yanran offered ten portions of Qi Gathering Powder and access to Misty Cloud Sect cultivation methods, but Xiao Yan criticized her choice of compensation.
• Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement and ordered someone to bring a brush and inkstone, prompting Nalan Yanran to cry out that he was repudiating her.

Xiao Yan rejected Nalan Yanran’s engagement-breaking gifts and revealed that he had reached the Dou Shi realm before age fifteen. Nalan Yanran challenged him to a duel at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years, and Xiao Yan accepted no terms but looked forward to the encounter.

• Xiao Yan returned Nalan Yanran’s letter of repudiation and refused the Qi Gathering Powder and gifts.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Dou Shi battle robe, shocking Nalan Yanran, Ge Ye, and the others; Ge Ye secretly considered killing him rather than letting him become a threat to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran proposed a Three-Year Agreement, offering to become Xiao Yan’s slave and maid if she lost, but Xiao Yan refused that condition.
• Nalan Yanran declared the wager settled and left with Ge Ye after promising to challenge Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Xiao Yan wondered at Nalan Yanran’s confidence and privately anticipated tormenting her when they met again.

Xiao Yan showed Xiao Zhan his apparent Dou Wang strength and planned to move the Xiao Clan to his faction in secret while concealing his true power from the Soul Hall. He learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left Wutan City after her Woeful Poison Body awakened and resolved to find her.

• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Zhan about the Three-Year Agreement by displaying Dou Qi Wings, and Xiao Zhan revealed he had reached Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan he had founded a faction and planned to send Xiao Clan members there in batches without attracting attention.
• Xiao Yan introduced Zi Yan and Qing Lin to Xiao Zhan as friends who would stay with the clan.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had accidentally poisoned neighbors about six months earlier and then left Wutan City alone.
• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body had awakened and worried that he had no way to find her.

Xiao Yan spoke with Xun'er on the mountain behind the clan grounds, reflecting on Xiao Yi Xian's disappearance and his changed feelings about the past. He asked Xun'er to watch over Zi Yan and Qing Lin before preparing to leave to find Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan went alone to the mountain and regretted leaving Xiao Yi Xian in Wutan City.
• Xun'er joined Xiao Yan and remarked that his years away had made him less distant.
• Xun'er reassured Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian, and he vowed to find her wherever she went.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er to inform his father and look after Zi Yan and Qing Lin while he was away.
• Xun'er asked whether Xiao Yan knew someone like her, and he said Hun Dai'er was only a scar from the past while Xun'er was his little sister.

Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian in the Small Valley after she succumbed to her poison cravings and carried her back to bed. He revealed that he had spent years gathering materials to control her Woeful Poison Body and promised to help her.

• Xiao Yi Xian consumed poisonous powder in the Small Valley and lost consciousness as her Woeful Poison Body took effect.
• Xiao Yan carried the unconscious Xiao Yi Xian to her bed, and she worried that her poisonous body had harmed him.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yi Xian to return with him and told her he knew about her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian feared she would lose her reason and endanger others, but Xiao Yan said he had found a way to control her condition and gathered the necessary materials.

Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he could control her Woeful Poison Body, and she broke down in relief as she confessed her fears. He agreed to stay with her in the Small Valley, where she secretly cherished having his attention to herself.

• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Yi Xian his Heavenly Flame and promised it could prevent her Woeful Poison Body from backfiring.
• Xiao Yi Xian wept in Xiao Yan's arms and admitted she feared becoming a killer and losing the people she cared about.
• Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Yi Xian and asked her to return to Wutan City, but she asked to stay in the Small Valley longer.
• Xiao Yan agreed to stay with Xiao Yi Xian, placed a Soul Imprint on her, and gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to cook for Xiao Yan and secretly relished having his kindness to herself in the Small Valley.

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.