Recaps

Xiao Qing evacuated the surviving Xiao Clan members from the Xiao Realm to Heaven Beyond while Xiao Tian Ce kept the Hun Clan trapped in his Spiritual Array. As the array’s attacks grew stronger, it killed one of the six Hun Clan Dou Sheng, leaving Hun Yuanpo and four others alive.

• Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Yun and the other Xiao Clan survivors that the teleportation array would send them to Heaven Beyond in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• The Xiao Clan members evacuated, and Xiao Tian Ce learned that they had all left as the Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul Array collapsed.
• Hun Yuanpo, who had reached peak eight-star Dou Sheng, ordered five other Hun Clan experts to search for and destroy the Spiritual Array’s core.
• Xiao Tian Ce taunted Hun Yuanpo and maintained the Spiritual Array as the Hun Clan experts battered its walls without success.
• An energy sword pierced a Hun Clan expert’s head, and yellow sand swallowed the soul, leaving five Hun Clan experts alive.

Xiao Tian Ce trapped Hun Yuanpo and the Hun Clan Dou Shengs in layers of Spiritual Arrays, while Hun Yuanpo sacrificed three clansmen to gain enough power to break one formation. When the Ink-Colored Jade Pendant warned that Xiao Xuan was in dire straits, Xiao Tian Ce activated five eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays at once, leaving Hun Yuanpo facing imminent death.

• Xiao Tian Ce continued attacking the Hun Clan Dou Shengs with the Spiritual Array, and another late-stage Eight-Star Dou Sheng was swallowed by yellow sand.
• Hun Yuanpo ordered the remaining three Dou Shengs to transfer their Dou Qi to him, and energy swords killed them after they finished.
• Hun Yuanpo reached the strength of an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng and shattered the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array, but Xiao Tian Ce’s next formation stopped his attack.
• The Ink-Colored Jade Pendant indicated that Xiao Xuan was in dire straits, prompting Xiao Tian Ce to activate five eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays against Hun Yuanpo.
• Hun Yuanpo panicked as the formations drained his Dou Qi, while Xiao Tian Ce told him his death was near.

Xiao Tian Ce wiped out the Hun Clan force at the Xiao Realm while Xiao Xuan fought Hun Tiandi to the brink of death. Gu Yuan arrived with the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan, joining Xiao Xuan as Hun Tiandi realized his scheme against the Gu Clan had failed.

• Xiao Tian Ce used five eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays to kill Hun Yuanpo and the other Hun Clan Dou Sheng, then collected their corpses.
• Xiao Xuan killed Hun Yuantian after breaking the Realm of Death formation, leaving Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame badly battered.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Xuan with Living Soul Annihilates Heaven, and the two exchanged blows as Xiao Xuan's strength waned.
• Hun Tiandi realized Xiao Xuan was stalling for time when Gu Yuan emerged from the void with the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan told Hun Tiandi that trouble involving the Tou She Ancient God Jade had delayed him, and Hun Tiandi recognized that the operation against the Gu Clan had failed.

Gu Yuan stood with Xiao Xuan against Hun Tiandi, who fled after learning that the Hun Clan’s forces sent to the Xiao Realm had been wiped out. Xiao Xuan, mortally injured, thanked Gu Yuan and said he would visit the Gu Clan the next day to settle his final affairs.

• Hun Tiandi admitted to his schemes in the Ancient Realm and tried to persuade Gu Yuan not to interfere in the Hun Clan’s conflict with the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yuan rejected Hun Tiandi’s warnings and prepared to fight alongside the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan.
• Hun Tiandi received news that the soul tablets of every Dou Sheng sent to the Xiao Realm had shattered, and Xiao Xuan inferred that Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Qing had intercepted them.
• Xiao Xuan challenged Hun Tiandi to a fight, but Hun Tiandi seized the Nihility Devouring Flame and fled into the void.
• Xiao Xuan refused Gu Yuan’s healing pill, said he had about two days left, and arranged to visit the Gu Clan the next day.
• Gu Dao questioned whether Gu Yuan had been right to offend the Hun Clan for Xiao Xuan’s sake.

Gu Yuan prepared the Gu Clan for conflict with the Hun Clan, while Hun Tiandi investigated the destruction of his forces in the Xiao Realm. Xiao Tian Ce reunited with the dying Xiao Xuan in Sacred Pill City and explained how he had annihilated the Hun Clan’s invading Dou Sheng and relocated the Xiao Clan.

• Gu Yuan warned the Three Immortals of the Gu Clan that the Hun Clan would target them if the Xiao Clan declined, and they pledged to defend their clan.
• Hun Tiandi learned that more than a hundred Hun Clan Dou Sheng had died in the Xiao Realm and ordered the resurrection of four supreme elders using preserved soul power.
• Hun Tiandi found no survivors in the Xiao Realm, sensed a mysterious trace, and ordered the Soul Hall to investigate suspicious newcomers across the Central Plains.
• Xiao Tian Ce waited in Sacred Pill City, where Xiao Xuan found him using the Ink-Colored Jade Pendant and arrived gravely weakened.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained how he had sealed the Xiao Realm, trapped and killed the invading Hun Clan Dou Sheng, and relocated the Xiao Clan; Xiao Xuan praised him.

Xiao Xuan entrusted Xiao Tian Ce with the Xiao Clan’s resources and future plans before departing to die, while Xiao Tian Ce returned to Heaven Beyond and reassured Xiao Qing about her decision to save the clansmen. The Xiao survivors were settled in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, but their morale remained shattered.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan that over two thousand Xiao clansmen had died in the Hun Clan attack and the survivors had been taken to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Xiao Xuan handed Xiao Tian Ce the clan’s resources and gave him instructions about the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, the clansmen in the northwest, the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan left after asking Xiao Tian Ce to turn his body into a Heavenly Demon Puppet once the jade pendant’s light went out.
• Xiao Qing apologized to Xiao Tian Ce for acting without permission, and he praised her for saving many clansmen and gaining Dou Sheng Experts for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce confirmed that he had killed the Hun Clan Dou Sheng attackers, and Xiao Qing reported that the surviving clansmen had been housed in Heaven Beyond but were still devastated.

Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Xiao Clan to remain hidden while he entered seclusion, and Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame speculated about who had destroyed the Hun Clan’s forces. The two set aside their suspicions to prepare for the resurrection ritual.

• Xiao Tian Ce refused to attend the memorial for the fallen Xiao clansmen and assigned the clan’s affairs to Xiao Qing and Uncle Chun while he entered seclusion.
• Xiao Tian Ce placed Old Phoenix and the Heavenly Demon Puppet under Xiao Qing’s command and ordered her to keep the Xiao Clan’s known members inside Heaven Beyond.
• Hun Tiandi regretted the Hun Clan’s losses, and Nihility Devouring Flame suggested that Xiao Tian Ce might still be alive.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reasoned that the simultaneous deaths of over a hundred Dou Sheng Experts pointed to a Dou Di-level attacker, while Hun Tiandi recalled finding unusual energy at the Xiao Realm.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame agreed the Xiao Clan had likely gone into hiding, then left to prepare for the resurrection ritual.

Xiao Xuan entered the Heavenly Tomb after asking Gu Yuan to look after any surviving Xiao Clan members, while Gu Yuan began searching for the clan and the Tou She Ancient God Jade. A year later, Xiao Tian Ce became a Ninth-Tier Spiritual Array Master and tested the power of his Nine-Dragon Demon-Subduing Array.

• Xiao Xuan separated his soul from his body, sent his body into the void's turbulent currents, and entered the Heavenly Tomb, where he quickly subdued its spirit.
• Gu Yuan promised to watch over the Xiao Clan's survivors and ordered Gu Dao to build Xiao Xuan a cenotaph and search for the clan and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Tian Ce found Xiao Xuan's body in a secret chamber beneath Heavenly Strategy Manor and stored it in his Storage Ring while focusing on spiritual array cultivation.
• After a year of practice, Xiao Tian Ce formed the ninth-tier Nine-Dragon Demon-Subduing Array and tested its formidable attacks.

Xiao Tian Ce named two newly emerged Heavenly Phoenixes Huang Min and Huang Lingyun, accepted them as his first disciples, and gave them gifts. After they left, Xiao Qing reported that two Peak Nine-Star Dou Saints had died, leaving the causes unknown.

• Two Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes emerged with strength comparable to Early One-Star Dou Saints.
• Xiao Tian Ce named the children Huang Min and Huang Lingyun and accepted them as his first and second disciples.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave his new disciples Storage Rings, longswords, and Eighth-Tier Pills, then told them to study under Huang Jiuji while he entered seclusion.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Ce that the Pill Tower Ancestor and Burning Flame Valley's Burning Flame Ancestor had both perished, and that the Heavenly Secret Tower could not determine why.

After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce heard Xiao Qing’s report on the changing powers of the continent and the Hun Clan’s movements, then decided how to protect the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade. He revealed that he had become a Ninth-Tier Spiritual Array Master, giving the clan hope of eventually ending its need to hide.

• Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Ce that two Peak Nine-Star Dou Saints had died, four new powers had risen, and the Hun Clan’s Soul Hall was searching for the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Heavenly Secret Tower to keep monitoring events and told Xiao Qing to maintain Heaven Beyond’s restrictions for another three months while he refined a Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Qing reported that Xiao Tian Ming had found the Tou She Ancient God Jade in the Northwest Continent and explained why the Hun Clan posed a threat to its guardians.
• Xiao Tian Ce decided not to retrieve the jade and ordered a Peak Dou Zun to protect its guardians in secret, while directing the Heavenly Secret Tower to destroy any Hun Clan or Soul Hall forces moving toward the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Qing realized Xiao Tian Ce had become a Ninth-Tier Spiritual Array Master, and he confirmed it as she celebrated the clan’s prospects.

Xiao Tian Ce urged Xiao Qing to unite the clan’s members and prepare to lead its revival, then used Xiao Xuan’s legacy and corpse to begin refining a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet. The puppet’s body was completed, and Xiao Tian Ce split off half his soul for the final step.

• Xiao Qing understood that the Xiao Clan’s revival required every member’s effort, and Xiao Tian Ce told her to find allies and prepare for the Dou Sheng assembly in three months.
• Xiao Tian Ce opened Xiao Xuan’s Storage Ring and discovered vast reserves of treasures, cultivation methods, materials, and other resources.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought out Xiao Xuan’s corpse, apologized, and decided to refine it into a Heavenly Demon Puppet for the clan’s future.
• Xiao Tian Ce selected a peak ninth-tier Ancient Void Dragon magic core, special metals, and the golden emperor burning heaven flame to refine Xiao Xuan’s body.
• After a month, Xiao Tian Ce completed the puppet’s body and split off half his soul with the Soul-Severing Technique to begin the final step.

Xiao Tian Ce created a soul puppet named Heavenly Net and assigned him to oversee the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network while guarding against interference with Xiao Yan’s storyline. Two months later, Xiao Tian Ce addressed the Xiao Clan’s surviving Saints and announced that the clan had to leave its past behind and become something new.

• Xiao Tian Ce split off part of his soul to awaken the Heavenly Demon Puppet, named him Heavenly Net, and tasked him with overseeing the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network.
• Xiao Tian Ce warned Heavenly Net not to recklessly interfere with Xiao Yan’s original storyline, then recovered his soul power while Heavenly Net guarded him.
• Two months later, Xiao Qing and Xiao Bieli organized the Xiao Clan’s first plenary meeting of Saints at Yu Qing Hall.
• Xiao Qing led the assembled clan members in ten breaths of silence for Xiao Xuan and the 2,823 clansmen killed in the Hun Clan’s attack.
• Xiao Tian Ce told the clan that the meeting marked a farewell to the old Xiao Clan and the beginning of a new one.

Xiao Tian Ce urged the Xiao Clan to abandon its former arrogance and rebuild its strength after the Hun Clan’s massacre, promising to lead them against their enemy. Xiao Qing then announced the abolition of the clan’s six branches and introduced a unified system of governance and ranks.

• Xiao Tian Ce told the clan that Xiao Xuan’s original plan had expected most clansmen to die during the Hun Clan’s attack, provoking angry protests that Xiao Qing silenced with her aura.
• Xiao Tian Ce challenged the clansmen to remember their losses in the Xiao Realm and stop relying on the Dou Di bloodline, urging them to earn the clan’s pride through hard work.
• The clansmen accepted Xiao Tian Ce’s words and vowed to cultivate diligently and destroy the Hun Clan; Xiao Tian Ce promised to lead them to avenge their losses in a thousand years.
• Xiao Qing announced that the Xiao Clan would abolish its six branches and operate as one unified clan, prompting Xiao Wu to ask how they would manage more than six hundred thousand people.
• Xiao Qing outlined the new hierarchy under Xiao Tian Ce, naming Huang Jiuji supreme elder, Huang Min and Huang Lingyun guardian divine beasts, and assigning ranks to Dou Sheng, Half-Saint, and Dou Zun members.

Xiao Tian Ce laid out reforms to unify the Xiao Clan, strengthen its members, and prepare for a century of cultivation while Heaven Beyond remained sealed. After Huang Jiuji pointed out that White Jade Capital’s array was unsafe for weaker cultivators, Xiao Tian Ce planned three lower-tier arrays and asked him to oversee them.

• Xiao Tian Ce reviewed the Xiao Clan’s forces and worried that the Hun Clan’s secret techniques and Realm of Death grand array could still overwhelm them.
• Xiao Tian Ce announced clan reforms, including an alchemist tower, a trained army, rules for White Jade Capital, a hundred-year cultivation period, and the end of bloodline awakenings.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Huang Jiuji discussed the harsh need for reform, and Huang Jiuji praised Xiao Tian Ce’s leadership while recalling the decline of the Heavenly Huang Clan.
• Huang Jiuji warned that weaker cultivators could be harmed by White Jade Capital’s Eighth-Tier Spirit-Gathering Array.
• Xiao Tian Ce proposed first-, third-, and sixth-tier Spirit Gathering Arrays for weaker cultivators and asked Huang Jiuji to oversee White Jade Capital and the new arrays.

Xiao Tian Ce entrusted Huang Jiuji with overseeing the Spirit Gathering Array and explained to Heavenly Net why he planned to keep Heaven Beyond sealed despite his overwhelming strength. After giving Heavenly Net authority over the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network and sending him to the Central Plains, Xiao Tian Ce greeted Xiao Qing and Xiao Chun.

• Xiao Tian Ce appointed Huang Jiuji to oversee the Spirit Gathering Array and asked the Xiao Clan's elders and guardians to unite in restoring the clan.
• Heavenly Net questioned why Xiao Tian Ce intended to keep Heaven Beyond sealed for another century despite being strong enough to defeat the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained that he wanted the Xiao Clan to become capable of defending itself and feared that absolute power could make him indifferent to life.
• Heavenly Net said Xiao Tian Ce's concern for others made him contradictory, and Xiao Tian Ce admitted he restrained his desire to rule and control others.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave Heavenly Net a token granting authority over the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network, then sent him to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Qing and Xiao Chun arrived and bowed to Xiao Tian Ce, who reminded his second uncle that he did not need to bow.

Xiao Tian Ce organized the Xiao Clan, strengthened Heaven Beyond, and oversaw the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network’s rise before the story jumped forward more than eight hundred years. By then, new powers and famous figures had emerged across the Dou Qi Continent, while Yao Chen had disappeared and was presumed missing or dead.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Chun and Xiao Qing that Heavenly Net was his controllable clone and sent him to lead the Heavenly Secret Tower and the Luo Network.
• Xiao Tian Ce appointed Xiao Wu commander-in-chief of the clan army, assigned other clan positions, and planned to enter seclusion after completing three spirit gathering arrays.
• Over the next ten years, Xiao Tian Ce mastered ninth-tier spiritual arrays, reached early-stage nine-star Dou Sheng, and advanced his soul to the emperor realm.
• When Heaven Beyond reopened after a hundred years, the Xiao Clan had regained much of its strength, and Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Qing had reached late-stage and early-stage nine-star Dou Sheng respectively.
• The Heavenly Secret Tower and the Luo Network expanded across the Central Plains, then halted their growth as Xiao Tian Ce traveled the continent for six hundred years.
• Over the following centuries, the Calamity Poison Girl was slain, Yao Clan and Lei Clan talents founded prominent institutions, the Four Pavilions rose, and Yao Chen disappeared.

After nearly three centuries in seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce emerged, having failed to complete a breakthrough to Spiritual Array Grandmaster, and heard reports about the clan and the continent. He learned that the Xiao Clan branch had fallen to Wutan City and ordered his intelligence networks to begin monitoring the area as the plot approached.

• Xiao Tian Ce emerged from seclusion and told Xiao Qing that his attempts to become a Spiritual Array Grandmaster had repeatedly failed.
• Xiao Chun reported that the clan had gained six Dou Sheng and fifteen Half-Saints, while its lower-ranked cultivators had also increased.
• Xiao Qing described the strength of the Dragon Soaring Army, Heavenly Secret Tower, and Luo Network.
• Xiao Tian Ming reported that Yao Chen had founded Starfall Pavilion, obtained the Flame Mantra, and died after Han Feng allied with the Soul Hall; Yao Chen's Storage Ring later reached Xiao Zhan's wife.
• Xiao Tian Ming told Xiao Tian Ce that the Jia Ma Empire branch had relocated to Wutan City after Xiao Lin's death and remained one of its three great clans.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Tian Ming to watch the branch and begin extending the Heavenly Secret Tower and Luo Network into the area.

Xiao Tian Ce decided to visit the Northwest Continent and invited Huang Min and Huang Lingyun to travel with him. Huang Min eagerly agreed, already planning which magical beasts they might turn into meals.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Tian Ming that he would handle the trip to the Northwest Continent himself, while Xiao Tian Ming stayed in the clan to cultivate.
• Xiao Chun and Xiao Qing left to answer the elders’ summons, and Xiao Tian Ming went to revisit White Jade Capital.
• Huang Lingyun and Huang Min met Xiao Tian Ce, who learned that they had advanced to Late Six-Star Dou Saint and peak Six-Star Dou Sheng, respectively.
• Xiao Tian Ce offered to take Huang Lingyun and Huang Min to see the world; Huang Min eagerly agreed and talked about eating delicious food along the way.
• Xiao Tian Ce suggested they find ingredients in the Northwest Continent’s Magical Beast Mountain Range, and Huang Min proposed cooking a sixth-rank Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Tian Ce arrived in the Jia Ma Empire to watch over events ahead of the beginning of Battle Through the Heavens. After settling into the former Xiao Clan residence in the imperial capital, he learned that Xiao Zhan's family had established itself in Wutan City, and asked how many children Xiao Zhan had.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King sensed danger after sneezing, while Huang Min told Xiao Tian Ce she wanted to hunt it.
• Xiao Tian Ce met Heavenly Net, learned about events across the continent, and said he was heading northwest because the story was about to begin.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions arrived in the Jia Ma Empire's capital, where Jia Xingtian sensed their lingering aura and summoned the city's experts.
• Xiao Tian Ce settled into the former Xiao Clan residence and asked Xiao Yin for details about the Xiao Clan in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yin reported that Xiao Zhan's family was one of Wutan City's three great families, then Xiao Tian Ce asked how many children Xiao Zhan had.

Xiao Tian Ce learned that Xiao Yan seemed unusually mature and ordered Xiao Yin to keep watching him. After Gu Yuan left Xiao Xun'er in the Xiao Clan's care, Xiao Tian Ce chose to wait and watch, while Huang Min proposed catching and eating the Jia Ma Empire's guardian beast.

• Xiao Yin told Xiao Tian Ce that three-year-old Xiao Yan behaved like an adult, and Xiao Tian Ce ordered him to continue monitoring the boy.
• Jia Xingtian warned the Jia Ma Empire's leaders about a powerful stranger's aura, and they agreed to keep their younger relatives from causing trouble.
• After two months without further signs of the expert, Xiao Tian Ce sensed a powerful presence heading toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Yin reported that Gu Yuan had left Xiao Xun'er with the Xiao Clan and stationed Ling Ying to protect her; Xiao Tian Ce said he would wait.
• Huang Min suggested catching and eating the Raging Tide Dragon Beast, but Xiao Tian Ce warned her that it guarded the empire.

Xiao Tian Ce apologized to Huang Min for suppressing her instincts, while Xiao Yan rose from a child prodigy to a Dou Zhe before mysteriously losing nearly all his Dou Qi on his twelfth birthday. The chapter left Xiao Yan devastated and asking to be alone as his family worried over him.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Huang Min that he needed her and Ling Yun to suppress their hunting instincts while he carried out an important plan over the next twenty or thirty years.
• Xiao Yin watched Xiao Yan visit Xiao Xun'er every night, and over the following year Xiao Xun'er grew attached to him.
• By age eleven, Xiao Yan had become a celebrated Dou Zhe and the Xiao Clan's hope for the future.
• On his twelfth birthday, Xiao Yan woke to find his cultivation had fallen to third-stage Dou Qi, and repeated attempts to cultivate changed nothing.
• Xiao Zhan, the clan elders, Xiao Xun'er, and others gathered outside Xiao Yan's room until he emerged with tearful, bloodshot eyes and told them his Dou Qi was gone.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Xun'er tried to comfort Xiao Yan, who asked everyone to leave him alone for a while.

Xiao Tian Ce learned that Xiao Yan had lost his Dou Qi and suspected the story would begin in three years, while a Soul Hall Protector entered the Jia Ma Empire. The Protector confronted injured Yun Shan at the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan recognized his likely connection to the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yin reported on the Wutan City Xiao Clan to Xiao Tian Ce, who ordered him to keep watching over them and later return to Heaven Beyond to cultivate.
• Xiao Tian Ce concluded that Xiao Yan’s loss of Dou Qi meant the real story would begin in three years, then sensed a repulsive aura in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Huang Min, Huang Lingyun, Xiao Feng, and Xiao Lei arrived after sensing the Soul Hall aura, but Xiao Tian Ce told them to leave its low-rank Dou Zong Protector alone.
• Xiao Lei reasoned that the Protector was likely heading to the Misty Cloud Sect to control Yun Shan, and Xiao Tian Ce decided to watch what happened.
• The Soul Hall Protector confronted the injured Yun Shan, overwhelmed him with his Dou Zong aura, and mocked the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan guessed that the intruder belonged to the Soul Hall in the Central Plains.

Protector Wu pressured Yun Shan into accepting Soul Hall assistance in reaching Dou Zong, promising to call on him for help later. After a month, Yun Shan broke through, while Xiao Tian Ce separately resolved to alter Xiao Yan’s future path to accelerate his growth.

• Protector Wu threatened to destroy the Misty Cloud Sect unless Yun Shan accepted his help, and Yun Shan agreed to cooperate rather than be enslaved.
• Protector Wu gave Yun Shan a soul body to absorb, secretly believing it would place Yun Shan’s life under his control.
• At the Xiao Clan’s old residence, Xiao Tian Ce decided to adjust Xiao Yan’s future path and apply pressure to help him become a Dou Di faster.
• A month later, Yun Shan broke through to Dou Zong and judged that Protector Wu, a Three-Star Dou Zong, was too dangerous to challenge.
• Protector Wu praised Yun Shan’s breakthrough, said he would seek his assistance in the future, and departed; Yun Shan acknowledged the Soul Hall’s overwhelming strength.

After Xiao Yan remained stuck at the third stage of Dou Qi for three years, Nalan Yanran resolved to end their engagement and earned Yun Yun’s support. Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Clan with Elder Ge Ye and Liu Ling just after Xiao Yan’s humiliating annual assessment.

• Xiao Yan’s loss of Dou Qi spread through the Jia Ma Empire, and Nalan Yanran decided she could not accept marrying him as a failure.
• Nalan Jie refused to break the engagement, so Nalan Yanran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect and resolved to cultivate until she could gain Yun Yun’s support.
• At fifteen, Nalan Yanran became the strongest disciple of her generation, and Yun Yun agreed to help her dissolve the engagement.
• Xiao Yan tested at the third stage of Dou Qi again as the Xiao Clan’s younger generation mocked him and Xiao Xun’er watched with concern.
• Nalan Yanran, Elder Ge Ye, and Liu Ling arrived at the Xiao Clan, where Nalan Yanran anticipated finally ending her engagement.

Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Clan to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, provoking Xiao Zhan’s anger before offering Qi Gathering Powder as compensation. Xiao Zhan rejected the gift, leaving the broken engagement unresolved.

• Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Clan with Ge Ye and asked to meet Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan joined the reception and sat beside Xiao Xun'er after the other clan members left him without a seat.
• Nalan Yanran announced that she had come on Yun Yun’s orders to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Zhan crushed his cup and unleashed his aura, but the Three Elders restrained him as Ge Ye guarded Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran offered Qi Gathering Powder as a token of goodwill, but Xiao Zhan flung it back and refused it.