Recaps

Xiao Yan confronted Mu Han and revealed that he had reached the Five-Star Half-Emperor level, while Mu Han attacked with the advantage of his Nine-Star Half-Emperor strength. Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King, whose Nine-Star Half-Emperor power forced Mu Han back and left Luo Jin convinced he would not need to intervene.

• Mu Han questioned Xiao Yan's rapid growth, and Xiao Yan mocked him for believing such progress was impossible.
• Mu Han charged at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan evaded his claw strike and appeared elsewhere with his robe slightly torn.
• Mu Han formed several formations and fired golden lightning at Xiao Yan, then caught him with another attack and sent him flying.
• Xiao Yan activated his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline to block Mu Han's claw strike, retreated with Heavenly Severing Steps, and sent the Northern King against him.
• The Northern King blasted Mu Han backward, and Mu Han and Luo Jin were shocked that the puppet had reached the Nine-Star Half-Emperor level.
• Luo Jin decided he did not need to intervene, while Elder Xuan warned that Mu Han would still be difficult to defeat.

Xiao Yan had the Northern King battle Mu Han, but Mu Han used his Golden Formation Domain to trap the puppet and attack Xiao Yan directly. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan caught in a formation that Mu Han identified as the God-Trapping Formation.

• Xiao Yan sent the Northern King to fight Mu Han, and their first clash ended in a draw.
• The Northern King and Mu Han exchanged hundreds of blows while Luo Jin and Elder Xuan watched and discussed Xiao Yan's unknown background.
• Mu Han opened his Golden Formation Domain and formed multiple formations across the square.
• Mu Han trapped the Northern King in a cylindrical formation, then charged Xiao Yan and attacked with a Dou Qi greatsword.
• Xiao Yan countered with a Heavenly Flame ruler, but after their weapons shattered, he discovered a formation beneath his feet.
• Mu Han activated the God-Trapping Formation with Xiao Yan at its center.

Mu Han trapped Xiao Yan in the God-Trapping Formation and charged at him, confident that Xiao Yan could not escape. Xiao Yan remained calm and summoned Xiao Jin to meet the attack.

• Mu Han activated the God-Trapping Formation around Xiao Yan, and spectators marveled that it had once trapped a Nine-Star Half-Emperor.
• Mu Han taunted Xiao Yan and vowed to kill him, take the Emperor Tribulation Pill, and seize the Northern King.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Mu Han's threats and called for Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin burst from a tear in the void and shot toward the charging Mu Han.

Xiao Jin struck Mu Han with golden lightning, revealing himself as another Nine-Star Half-Emperor alongside the Northern King. When Mu Han tried to seize Zhong Li as leverage for the Emperor Tribulation Pill, Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to intercept him and prepared to kill him.

• Xiao Jin’s golden lightning shattered Mu Han’s Dou Qi barrier and injured him, forcing Mu Han to recognize Xiao Jin as a Nine-Star Half-Emperor.
• Mu Han identified the lightning from the Void Lightning Pool and realized it had helped Xiao Yan survive there.
• Luo Jin recognized the lightning as Nine Profound Golden Lightning and wondered why it followed Xiao Yan.
• The Northern King broke free of the God-Trapping Formation and appeared outside it at Xiao Yan’s command.
• Mu Han charged toward Zhong Li and threatened to kill him unless Xiao Yan handed over the Emperor Tribulation Pill.
• Xiao Yan opened a Space Wormhole to block Mu Han’s path, formed the Great Dao Gauze Robe, and declared that he would take Mu Han’s life.

Xiao Yan broke Mu Han’s God-Trapping Formation and joined forces with the Northern King and Xiao Jin to overwhelm him. As Mu Han struggled to survive, Xiao Yan fused twenty-one Heavenly Flames and formed a devastating Fire Lotus.

• The God-Trapping Formation shattered, and the Northern King and Xiao Jin arrived beside Xiao Yan.
• The Northern King attacked Mu Han, and Xiao Jin joined the fight, forcing Mu Han onto the defensive.
• Xiao Yan brought out twenty-one Heavenly Flames and began fusing them while Luo Jin and Elder Xuan watched in shock.
• The Northern King sent the wounded Mu Han flying, and Xiao Yan completed the fusion, creating a Fire Lotus whose destructive aura terrified everyone nearby.

Xiao Yan confronted Mu Han with the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, determined to kill him despite the danger to Ancient Wilderness City. After hesitating over the city’s safety, Xiao Yan renewed his attack and trapped Mu Han with the Northern King and Xiao Jin.

• Xiao Yan faced Mu Han while controlling the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, whose destructive power made Mu Han wary.
• Mu Han urged Xiao Yan to stop, and Xiao Yan declared that he would kill him.
• Mu Han warned that unleashing the Fire Lotus could devastate Ancient Wilderness City, causing Xiao Yan to hesitate.
• Mu Han laughed when he realized Xiao Yan would not risk the city, but Xiao Yan's anger surged as he recalled Mu Han's attacks on Qin Zhong, Gu Li, and his companion.
• Xiao Yan covered himself in Heavenly Flames as the Northern King and Xiao Jin moved to block Mu Han's escape.

Xiao Yan formed a barrier around the battlefield to protect Ancient Wilderness City and prepared to kill Mu Han with Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus. Just as Mu Han closed his eyes to await death, someone called on Brother Yan Xiao to spare him.

• Mu Han warned Xiao Yan that releasing the Fire Lotus would kill everyone in Ancient Wilderness City below Half-Emperor level, prompting many people to flee.
• Xiao Yan gathered the Power of the Great Dao and spread it into a dark dome enclosing the fighters, intending to contain the Fire Lotus's force.
• Mu Han tried to self-destruct, but the Northern King and Xiao Jin suppressed him and left him badly weakened.
• Xiao Yan pressed the Fire Lotus toward Mu Han's head as Mu Han regretted making an enemy of him and prepared to die.
• Someone called out, "Brother Yan Xiao, spare him!"

Xiao Yan learned that Mu Han was needed to operate Ancient Wilderness City's interregional teleportation formation, forcing him to keep the man alive if he wanted to travel to the Western Region. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan ordering the Northern King and Xiao Jin to beat Mu Han until he was crippled.

• Luo Jin called out to stop Xiao Yan from killing Mu Han, and Xiao Yan kicked Mu Han before warning him not to move.
• Luo Jin entered Xiao Yan's barrier and explained that Mu Han controlled the city's interregional teleportation formation.
• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that his star plate could not control the formation and that it required at least a Third-Tier Formation Master.
• Xiao Yan realized he needed Mu Han alive to reach the Western Region, then ordered the Northern King and Xiao Jin to beat him until he was crippled.

Xiao Yan reunited with the Alchemist Guild and introduced Luo Jin to Guild Masters Gu Li and Chi Lin. After the two mistook Luo Jin for Elder Luo, Xiao Yan revealed that Luo Jin was actually the master of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan sat in the seat of honor while Gu Li joked with him and discussed his recovery from his injuries.
• Gu Li and Chi Lin asked Luo Jin his name and whether he came from Ancient Wilderness City, and Luo Jin gave them an ambiguous reply.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu Li and Chi Lin who was the most mysterious person in Ancient Wilderness City, leading them to mistake Luo Jin for Elder Luo.
• Gu Li and Chi Lin bowed to Luo Jin as Elder Luo, and Xiao Yan and Luo Jin laughed at their mistake.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Li and Chi Lin that Luo Jin was the master of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin discussed Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of the Void and agreed to travel together to the Western Region, setting out in three days. Meanwhile, reports of Xiao Yan’s return, his defeat of Mu Han, and his day spent resisting a Dou Di’s pressure sent Ancient Wilderness City into an uproar.

• Luo Jin marveled at Xiao Yan’s cultivation growth, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had comprehended the Great Dao of the Void.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to travel to the Western Region, and Luo Jin offered to accompany him on Cloud-Hidden Pavilion business.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin agreed to set out for the Western Region in three days.
• News spread that Yan Xiao had returned as a Five-Star Half-Emperor after disappearing for two years.
• Residents of Ancient Wilderness City learned that Xiao Yan had defeated Mu Han and endured a Dou Di’s pressure for an entire day, stirring the city into an uproar.

Xiao Yan waited in disguise at a tavern while the city spread stories about his fight with Mu Han. A spoiled young woman tried to drive out the tavern’s customers, but when she moved to strike the owner, a young man in black robes stopped her.

• Xiao Yan sat by the window in a tavern, listening to rumors about his battle with Mu Han and waiting to make preparations before leaving.
• A young woman arrived and demanded that the owner clear the tavern for her.
• The young woman offered the owner thirty thousand Spirit Coins, but he refused to drive out his regular customers.
• The young woman revealed Half-Saint strength and forced everyone, including the owner, to their knees.
• The young woman tried to slap the owner, but a young man in black robes seized her wrist and rebuked her.

Xiao Yan met Qin Zhong again in Ancient Wilderness City after Qin Rou caused trouble at a restaurant. Qin Zhong punished his granddaughter, apologized to the people she had disturbed, and followed Xiao Yan out of the city, while an unknown figure secretly pursued them.

• Qin Zhong arrived and recognized Xiao Yan, who stopped him from saying his name in public.
• Qin Yan explained how Qin Rou had tried to bully others and seize things by force, and Qin Zhong apologized to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan insisted that Qin Zhong apologize to the people in the restaurant, and Qin Zhong rebuked Qin Rou and did so.
• Qin Zhong ordered a middle-aged man to take Qin Rou back to her father and keep her confined to the clan.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Zhong left Ancient Wilderness City together, unaware that a figure was secretly following them.

Xiao Yan reunited with Qin Zhong, advised him to correct Qin Rou’s sheltered and arrogant behavior, and told him he planned to leave the Wilderness for the Western Region. Before departing, Xiao Yan asked Qin Zhong to protect the Liu Clan of Qingyang City, while an unidentified observer secretly followed after their meeting.

• Xiao Yan removed his mask after landing on a deserted peak with Qin Zhong, and the two greeted each other warmly.
• Xiao Yan told Qin Zhong that Qin Rou’s sheltered upbringing had left her unprepared for a real fight, and Qin Zhong accepted the criticism.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to leave the Wilderness for the Western Region the day after tomorrow, and Qin Zhong wished him a safe journey.
• Xiao Yan asked Qin Zhong to watch over the Liu Clan of Qingyang City, led by Liu Huabai, and Qin Zhong promised to protect and help the clan prosper.
• After Xiao Yan and Qin Zhong left the peak, an unidentified figure emerged from the surrounding thicket and flew away in the direction they had gone.

Xiao Yan visited Luo Ao and Qing Mu in the Ginseng Spirit Realm before setting out for the Western Region, where the Four Great Ancient Sects sought his Heavenly Severing Steps. He asked Luo Ao for help, then revealed a huge object that took the three men by surprise.

• Xiao Yan entered the Ginseng Spirit Realm and met Luo Jin, who escorted him to Luo Ao and Qing Mu.
• Luo Ao praised Xiao Yan's Five-Star Half-Emperor cultivation and warned him that the Four Great Ancient Sects were hunting for the Heavenly Severing Steps.
• Luo Jin said he would accompany Xiao Yan to the Western Region, but Luo Ao criticized him for relying on his faction's strength.
• Xiao Yan told Luo Ao that he had come to ask for help, and then cast a vast shadow over the group by revealing a massive object.

Xiao Yan revealed that he possessed the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, prompting Elder Luo and Qing Mu to warn him about the danger of its discovery. When Elder Luo examined the cauldron, he found it covered in cracks and asked Xiao Yan to explain how it had been damaged, then called the repair a difficult problem.

• Xiao Yan brought out the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, and Elder Luo and Qing Mu recognized it as the treasure ranked second on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Elder Luo warned Xiao Yan that possessing the cauldron could attract trouble and advised him to keep it hidden.
• Elder Luo inspected the cauldron and discovered that it was covered in cracks.
• Xiao Yan explained how the Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron had been damaged, and Elder Luo concluded that its previous master, Zhou Tong, had used it to block an Origin King-level attack.
• Elder Luo examined the blade mark and told Xiao Yan that repairing the cauldron would be a difficult problem.

In the Ginseng Spirit Realm, Elder Luo revealed that the damaged Luo Heavenly Cauldron could be repaired, though restoring it fully required rare heavenly yang azure metal as well as Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan resolved to seek both materials and return to Elder Luo for the repair.

• Elder Luo teased Xiao Yan after initially making him believe the Luo Heavenly Cauldron was beyond repair, then explained that its damage could be fixed.
• Elder Luo said heavenly yang azure metal was needed to repair the cauldron and that Heavenly Flames could fuse most of its cracks and damage.
• Elder Luo explained that a severed piece of heavenly yang azure metal could only be replaced with the same material, or the cauldron could not be restored to its peak.
• Xiao Yan promised to search for heavenly yang azure metal and Heavenly Flames, and Elder Luo agreed to repair the Luo Heavenly Cauldron when he found them.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave Ancient Wilderness City and met Gu Li and Chi Lin before joining Luo Jin, Elder Xuan, Qin Zhong, and Qing Feng at Mu Manor. As the group flew toward the square, the city mistook their gathering of powerful Half-Emperors for an attack on Mu Han, and rumors of his imminent downfall spread.

• Xiao Yan met Gu Li and Chi Lin, who saw him off and flew with him toward Mu Manor.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Li, and Chi Lin joined Luo Jin, Elder Xuan, Qin Zhong, and Qing Feng at Mu Manor.
• The seven Half-Emperor experts flew toward the square outside Mu Manor, drawing the attention of Ancient Wilderness City.
• Onlookers recognized Xiao Yan and assumed the group had gathered to eliminate Mu Han.
• The city’s Half-Emperor experts realized Qing Feng was likely a Nine-Star Half-Emperor and resolved to befriend Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and his companions went to Mu Manor to ask Mu Han to operate his teleportation formation. Mu Han refused, and his unexpectedly strengthened soul power made the confrontation tense as the group considered their next move.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived at Mu Manor, where a crowd had gathered to watch them.
• Mu Han emerged from the manor, weakened and missing his left arm after his battle with Xiao Yan three days earlier.
• Xiao Yan told Mu Han they had come to borrow his teleportation formation.
• Mu Han claimed he was too weak to operate the formation and turned to leave.
• Chi Lin accused Mu Han of making excuses and sent Dou Qi toward him, but Mu Han shattered the attack with his powerful soul force.
• Xiao Yan and the others realized Mu Han's soul power had grown close to the Late Realm of Unity.

Mu Han confronted Xiao Yan’s group over the arm he had lost, but Luo Jin revealed that he was the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s master and secured Mu Han’s agreement to activate the teleportation array. Mu Han then spoke again with a cold expression, leaving his next words unresolved.

• Mu Han raged at Xiao Yan and his companions, accusing them of making things difficult after Xiao Yan had cut off his arm three days earlier.
• Luo Jin reminded Mu Han that he had saved his life and introduced himself as the master of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion.
• Luo Jin revealed the Brushing Jade Fan, and Elder Xuan confirmed that Luo Jin truly led the pavilion.
• Mu Han doubted Luo Jin’s identity because he was only an Eight-Star Half-Emperor, but Luo Jin explained that the powerful figure Mu Han had sensed was a pavilion-guarding elder.
• Luo Jin asked to borrow Mu Han’s teleportation array, and Mu Han agreed before speaking again in a cold tone.

Mu Han refused Luo Jin’s request to transport the group and revealed that his soul force had reached the Late Realm of Unity. After Mu Han overwhelmed the Northern King and Xiao Jin, Xiao Yan answered his boast with a mocking remark, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Mu Han refused to transport anyone except Luo Jin, and Luo Jin challenged his explanation.
• The Northern King attacked Mu Han, but Mu Han stopped his punch with a soul barrier and unleashed a Soul Storm that sent him flying.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Jin joined the Northern King in attacking Mu Han, but Mu Han struck them both into the sky and injured Xiao Jin.
• Mu Han taunted Xiao Yan, who laughed and remarked that a man should be seen with new eyes after three days, provoking Mu Han’s anger and unease.

Xiao Yan revealed that Qing Feng was the strength he had been relying on against Mu Han. Qing Feng unleashed his Dou Di pressure, leaving Mu Han and nearly everyone in the square unable to move.

• Xiao Yan recalled the Northern King and Xiao Jin, telling Mu Han he did not need them to fight.
• Xiao Yan clapped three times, and Qing Feng stepped out from among the people behind him.
• Mu Han sensed that Qing Feng’s strength was beyond his understanding and feared he might be a Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan identified Qing Feng as his reliance, and Qing Feng released some of his Dou Di pressure.
• The pressure forced Mu Han and the people across the square and northern city to the ground, while the chapter explained the Emperor Tribulation separating Half-Emperors from Dou Di experts.

Xiao Yan compelled Mu Han to activate the teleportation formation and prepared to leave the Southern Region with Luo Jin. After they vanished, Xiao Yan’s attack caused Mu Han unbearable soul pain, leaving him vowing revenge.

• Mu Han feared Qing Feng and agreed to activate the formation after Xiao Yan pressured him.
• Xiao Yan sensed the underground formation and learned from Qing Feng that it used Spirit Stones.
• Mu Han completed the teleportation formation, and Xiao Yan thanked Gu Li and the others before entering it with Luo Jin.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin vanished from the Southern Region as the formation activated.
• Mu Han suffered sudden, unbearable pain in his soul and swore that he and Yan Xiao could not coexist.

Xiao Yan arrived in the Western Region with Mu Han’s Storage Ring, while Xiao Mingyuan crossed into the Southern Region in search of him. On the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yi Xian continued refining poisonous gas as she pursued a breakthrough to Half-Emperor.

• Xiao Yan used Gu You’s strength to erase Mu Han’s soul imprint on the Storage Ring, claimed it, and arrived with Luo Jin in the Western Region.
• Xiao Mingyuan broke through the barrier between the Central and Southern Regions while searching for Xiao Yan, unaware that Xiao Yan had gone to the Western Region.
• After Xiao Yan left the Dou Qi Continent, its people became more devoted to cultivation and the continent’s average strength rose.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed and refined poisonous gas from a coffin in a remote valley as she tried to break through to Half-Emperor.

Xiao Yan learned that the Western Region included the prosperous Western Lin Region as well as the desolate Western Wilderness Region, where the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb was located. In Lengcui City, a domineering city lord tried to force Xiao Yan and Luo Jin into becoming his personal guards, and Xiao Yan brought out the Northern King to face him.

• Luo Jin explained that the Western Region was divided into the prosperous Western Lin Region and the desolate Western Wilderness Region, home of the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Yan recalled that the Heavenly Severing Steps he carried were one of the tomb's three keys and resolved to conceal them from the Four Great Sects.
• A burly middle-aged city lord stopped Xiao Yan and Luo Jin in the street and demanded that they become his personal guards.
• The city lord sensed that Xiao Yan was a Five-Star Half-Emperor and Luo Jin an Eight-Star Half-Emperor, but insisted they had to obey him.
• When Xiao Yan challenged the city lord's threat to settle matters with fists, he summoned the Northern King, who punched at the city lord.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin escaped a confrontation in Lengcui City under the protection of the Northern King, a Nine-Star Half-Emperor puppet. They headed to the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion branch, where Luo Jin described the Four Great Sects and their powerful Dou Di leaders.

• The Northern King drove back the middle-aged man, who recognized the puppet’s strength and let Xiao Yan and Luo Jin pass.
• A lean armored man asked whether they should pursue, but the middle-aged man refused, saying their task was only to delay Xiao Yan until someone else dealt with him.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin walked toward the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion branch instead of leaving the city, with the Northern King guarding them.
• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that each of the Four Great Ancient Sects had a Dou Di expert, then described the leaders of the Spirit Refining Sect, Battle Martial Sect, and Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Luo Jin explained that the Withered Leaf Sect was the weakest of the four and had a Seven-Star Dou Di master; Xiao Yan and Luo Jin arrived at the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion branch.