Recaps

Yuan Qing explained that he wanted Xiao Yan to join the Cloud Immortal Sect to repay him for saving his life, revealing that Xiao Yan knew a method of refining a physical body. Yun Mei instructed Yuan Qing to recruit Xiao Yan if possible while maintaining a good relationship with him, then wondered whether Xiao Yan was connected to the mysterious beings the sect was investigating.

• Yuan Qing told Yun Mei that promoting Xiao Yan had been his own idea and that he wanted to repay Xiao Yan for saving his life.
• Yuan Qing explained that Old Ghost Yan Mo had damaged his physical body, and Xiao Yan's method of refining one had saved him.
• The hall's occupants recognized the value of Xiao Yan's secret method, and Yun Mei silenced the crowd before praising Yuan Qing's gratitude.
• Yuan Qing vowed to persuade Xiao Yan to join the Cloud Immortal Sect, and Yun Mei urged him to befriend Xiao Yan even if the recruitment failed.
• Yun Mei gave Yuan Qing a pill for his impending breakthrough and dismissed the hall.
• Alone, Yun Mei wondered whether Xiao Yan was the person the sect was looking for and what the mysterious, neither-human-nor-ghost beings were planning.

Xiao Yan practiced the Wind Movement First Realm of Heavenly Severing Steps under Gu You’s guidance, then showed him a mysterious ball of light in a jade bottle. Gu You recognized that the person connected to it was still alive, but the chapter ended before he explained further.

• An old man carrying the Xiao Clan’s jade token left Xiao City after cursing the elders who had delayed his departure.
• Xiao Yan practiced Heavenly Severing Steps, using wind and footwork to form and disperse a dragon of leaves.
• Gu You praised Xiao Yan for reaching the Wind Movement First Realm and explained that he was effectively cultivating the Cloud-Soaring Grand Realm.
• Xiao Yan paused to cultivate the Flame Mantra, then summoned Gu You and handed him a jade bottle.
• Gu You opened the bottle, examined the floating ball of light, and asked who its owner was, astonished that the person was still alive.

Xiao Yan asked Gu You to find a way to resurrect Xiao Xuan, whose remnant soul was dangerously fragile. After a day of searching for a solution, Gu You proposed using pure Soul Origin power to nourish and restore Xiao Xuan, though he warned that failure would leave no hope.

• Gu You examined Xiao Xuan's remnant soul and realized Xiao Yan wanted him to repair it.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor and had burned his Soul Power to help Xiao Yan reach the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu You detected a trace of life in Xiao Xuan but warned that his fragile soul was difficult to nourish and resurrection was uncertain.
• After thinking in silence for a day, Gu You found a possible method: nourish and restore Xiao Xuan's soul with pure Soul Origin power.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Hei Yan break through to Emperor by drawing in heaven and earth energy while Hei Yan absorbed Origin Qi. As Hei Yan’s breakthrough neared completion, a force from the Barrier of Heaven struck at him, but a flash of black light intervened and Hei Yan vanished.

• Gu You told Xiao Yan that resurrecting Xiao Xuan required pure Soul Origin, which Xiao Yan could obtain from enemies and purify with his Heavenly Flames.
• Gu You suspected Xiao Xuan’s cultivation method was one that had vanished from the continent.
• Hei Yan demanded that Xiao Yan honor his promise to help him become an Emperor, and Xiao Yan gave him the jade bottle before they began cultivating.
• For ten days, Xiao Yan drew in heaven and earth energy while Hei Yan absorbed Origin Qi amid violent changes in the sky.
• As Hei Yan faced black lightning and a gigantic palm formed from the Barrier of Heaven, a streak of black light flashed and Hei Yan disappeared.
• A robed middle-aged man and a pair of blood-filled eyes separately wondered who had dared to touch the Barrier of Heaven.

Xiao Yan and Gu You lost track of Hei Yan after a spatial storm swept him away, though Gu You believed he would survive and benefit from the encounter. Xiao Yan then received a fragment of the Flame Mantra and began refining it with his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan asked Gu You whether he had seen Hei Yan after a flash of white light appeared.
• Gu You explained that Hei Yan had likely been swept away by a spatial storm while fighting Void Divine Lightning, but said he believed Hei Yan would be fine and might gain unexpected benefits.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu You for the fragment of the Flame Mantra, and Gu You transmitted it to him.
• Xiao Yan struggled to contain the scorching Fire Lotus in his mind and nearly suffered damage to his consciousness.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan to use his Heavenly Flames to refine the fragment, and Xiao Yan gradually calmed the Fire Lotus by enveloping it in the flames.

Xiao Yan refined the Fire Lotus fragments while the Third Hall Master and his group searched Qingyang City for him. After the pursuers left, Bai Hua revealed himself to Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng and told them to call him by name.

• Xiao Yan fused the Fire Lotus with his Heavenly Flames, split it into three portions, and began refining them under the suppression of his Soul Power.
• Eight figures shrouded in black mist arrived above Qingyang City, and Liu Xincheng warned Liu Huabai not to approach them in case they were looking for Xiao Yan.
• Bai Hua appeared behind Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng and explained that the newcomers were troublesome and that he and Xiao Yan did not yet understand their motives.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo reported to the Third Hall Master that Xiao Yan had left Qingyang City, and the group flew away with Old Ghost Yan Mo leading them onward.
• Bai Hua met Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng at the Liu residence, declined their formalities, and asked them to call him Bai Hua or Brother Bai.

Xiao Yan refined part of the Burning Flame Mantra, improving its circulation and cultivation speed, then continued toward Wilderness City. There, Old Ghost Yan Mo’s group caught up with him, and their attack began after Xiao Yan refused to go with them.

• Xiao Yan fused a new cultivation route into the Burning Flame Mantra and found that his Dou Qi circulated and condensed faster.
• Xiao Yan left for Ancient Wilderness City after cultivating through the night.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo’s group tracked Xiao Yan’s trail and set out to catch him before he left the Southern Region.
• Gu You warned Xiao Yan that eight Half-Emperors were approaching, including a Seven-Star Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan waited in the sky above Wilderness City and rejected the third hall master’s demand to come with them.
• The third hall master ordered his seven followers to attack Xiao Yan without killing him.

Xiao Yan fought Old Ghost Yan Mo and then faced the much stronger Third Hall Master, a Seven-Star Half-Emperor. After taking a heavy blow, Xiao Yan struggled to keep fighting, and someone reminded him that he still had a Human Class Dou Technique.

• Old Ghost Yan Mo attacked Xiao Yan, who covered himself in Heavenly Flames and struck back, but the Third Hall Master intervened and knocked Yan Mo aside.
• The Third Hall Master broke through Xiao Yan's flames and punched at him, forcing Xiao Yan to activate his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and meet the blow with Yellow Springs Palm.
• The clash sent Xiao Yan crashing into a mountain, while the Third Hall Master was surprised that Xiao Yan's body had withstood part of his strength.
• Xiao Yan vanished from the Third Hall Master's sight, reappeared to mock him, and dodged most of the Third Hall Master's next punch, though it still wounded his chest.
• Xiao Yan recognized that he could not match the Third Hall Master, and an unidentified speaker urged him to use his Human Class Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan learned from Gu You that his self-created Human Class Dou Technique could severely injure the Third Hall Master, but he could not find time to use it. He relied on Heavenly Severing Steps to evade the Third Hall Master and seven other attackers, while improving his control of the technique.

• Gu You explained that Human Class Dou Techniques could be developed into Spirit Class techniques and that Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Reincarnation could severely injure the Third Hall Master.
• Xiao Yan realized he could not safely find the time needed to use Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, so he resolved to fight his way toward survival.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to evade the Third Hall Master's repeated punches, taking bruises but improving his control of the footwork.
• The Third Hall Master ordered Old Ghost Yan Mo and six others to attack Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan vanished as their attacks struck, and the Third Hall Master punched a deep dent into the black ruler that intercepted him.

Xiao Yan tried to escape the Third Hall Master and his seven pursuers, but they surrounded him and began preparing to attack. He interrupted Old Ghost Yan Mo as he unleashed the Mysterious Nether Soul-Devouring Palm, and a black energy storm swept everyone away while Xiao Yan disappeared.

• The Third Hall Master damaged Xiao Yan's Heavy Xuan Ruler, but Xiao Yan retrieved it and fled while the Third Hall Master and seven figures pursued him.
• The Third Hall Master overtook Xiao Yan, and the seven pursuers surrounded him in midair.
• The Third Hall Master ordered the seven to attack Xiao Yan and exhaust his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and several Dou Techniques to reach Old Ghost Yan Mo as he completed the Mysterious Nether Soul-Devouring Palm.
• Xiao Yan's palm met Old Ghost Yan Mo's, unleashing a black energy storm that hurled the pursuers away, while Xiao Yan vanished.

After surviving Yan Mo’s devastating attack, Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached lesser mastery of the Heavenly Severing Steps’ Wind Movement Realm. When the Third Hall Master recognized the technique, Xiao Yan prepared to kill him, then began forming hand seals as the confrontation continued.

• The Third Hall Master searched the battlefield for Xiao Yan and blamed Old Ghost Yan Mo for his disappearance.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind the Third Hall Master, battered but in much better condition than the injured attackers.
• The Third Hall Master punched Xiao Yan, only to discover he had struck an afterimage.
• The Third Hall Master recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Severing Steps, and Xiao Yan resolved to kill him to protect the technique’s secret.
• Xiao Yan recalled breaking through to lesser mastery of the Wind Movement Realm as he dodged Yan Mo’s fatal attack.
• The Third Hall Master guarded against Xiao Yan while Xiao Yan gathered energy, then began forming hand seals.

Xiao Yan used the threat of Buddha's Fury Reincarnation to distract the Third Hall Master while he prepared the Human Class Dou Technique. The Third Hall Master consumed six injured figures to heal and strengthen himself, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed his attack.

• Xiao Yan began forming the seals for Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, terrifying the Third Hall Master with the revelation that it was a Human Class Dou Technique.
• The Third Hall Master realized Xiao Yan had used his words to distract him while preparing the attack.
• The Third Hall Master summoned black fog to devour six injured figures, leaving Old Ghost Yan Mo untouched.
• The Third Hall Master's injuries healed and his strength increased as black armor formed over his body.
• Xiao Yan completed the technique, raised his hand toward the Third Hall Master, and declared, "Human Class Dou Technique, Buddha's Fury Reincarnation!!"

Xiao Yan and the Third Hall Master unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, leaving both gravely wounded. The Third Hall Master took a medicinal pill and collapsed before reaching Xiao Yan, while both began recovering where they had fallen.

• Xiao Yan drove Buddha's Fury Reincarnation through the Third Hall Master's energy shields, which were absorbed into the attack as it advanced.
• The Third Hall Master recalled his remaining shields and met Xiao Yan's attack with Yin Soul Palm.
• The clash erupted into a massive explosion that blasted Xiao Yan and the Third Hall Master away.
• Xiao Yan struck the ground, suffering broken bones and tendons, while the Third Hall Master was also badly injured but remained in better condition.
• The Third Hall Master took a medicinal pill, staggered toward Xiao Yan, then collapsed and sat cross-legged to refine the pill's power.

Gravely wounded after fighting the Third Hall Master, Xiao Yan escaped to a mountain forest and began treating his injuries with Tier Nine Recovery Pills. Meanwhile, Yuan Qing arrived at the battlefield, mistakenly believed Xiao Yan had died, and vowed to avenge him before leaving.

• Xiao Yan used a Tier Nine Recovery Pill to treat his shattered meridians, then kicked the approaching Third Hall Master down and fled the ruins.
• Xiao Yan collapsed in a mountain forest, woke to Gu You's voice, and resumed refining the pill despite his worsening injuries.
• Xiao Yan took another Tier Nine Recovery Pill and focused on healing while Yuan Qing arrived at the devastated battlefield and found the Third Hall Master and Old Ghost Yan Mo gone.
• Yuan Qing mistakenly believed Xiao Yan was dead and swore to avenge him, but the heavenly thunder that was supposed to seal his oath dispersed.
• Xiao Yan sneezed while refining the pill, cursed whoever he thought was wishing him dead, and Yuan Qing flew away in another direction.

After recovering for half a month, Xiao Yan nearly healed from his injuries and used a Supreme Unity Blood Recovery Pill to repair the remaining damage. Once he finished refining it, he collapsed into an unconscious sleep.

• Xiao Yan completed his recovery cultivation, and Gu You remarked on his resilience and Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline.
• Xiao Yan blamed the man in black for his injuries, then used his Soul Power to catch and cook a wild rabbit.
• The next day, Xiao Yan swallowed a Supreme Unity Blood Recovery Pill and began refining its potent medicinal energy.
• After six hours, Xiao Yan finished refining the pill, which repaired his internal injuries, and he fell unconscious on the grass.

Half a month after his battle with the Third Hall Master, Xiao Yan had recovered from his injuries but found the Heavy Xuan Ruler badly damaged. He tried to repair it with refined energy from magical beasts, but the ruler remained unchanged, and he called out to the hidden observer watching him.

• Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and examined the cracked Heavy Xuan Ruler, recalling his time with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan searched the mountain forest with his Soul Power and killed the magical beasts he found there.
• Xiao Yan refined the beasts' Magic Cores into pure energy and used it with Heavenly Flames in an attempt to repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• A young man in a long green robe watched Xiao Yan from a nearby ancient tree and decided to let him do the work for him.
• After dozens of hours, Xiao Yan saw that the Heavy Xuan Ruler had not been repaired and called on the hidden observer to reveal himself.

Xiao Yan followed Luo Jin, a young Four-Star Half-Emperor who had been watching him repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Luo Jin hinted that he could help repair it, and the two introduced themselves, leaving Xiao Yan with a possible solution for his weapon.

• Xiao Yan sensed a young man in green robes watching him and bluntly told him to leave.
• Luo Jin departed into the forest, and Xiao Yan pursued him after suspecting he knew something about the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin crossed the forest, alarming a powerful ninth-tier Magical Beast with their passing presence.
• Luo Jin remarked on Xiao Yan's speed, and Xiao Yan said he had followed because Luo Jin could repair his ruler.
• Luo Jin introduced himself, and Xiao Yan gave the name Yan Xiao.

Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that the Heavy Xuan Ruler was close to breaking and offered a way to repair it using Flame-Fallen Black Iron. The material was guarded by a powerful Cloud-Splitting Wolf, so Xiao Yan agreed to consider joining Luo Jin in confronting it.

• Luo Jin warned Xiao Yan that the Heavy Xuan Ruler’s deep cracks could cause it to break, and that forcing the damage together would make it worse.
• Luo Jin asked whether the Heavy Xuan Ruler was made from Flame-Fallen Black Iron, then revealed that he knew where a large piece could be found.
• Luo Jin explained that an eight-star Half-Emperor-level magical beast guarded the Flame-Fallen Black Iron, and Xiao Yan decided the ruler was worth the risk.
• Luo Jin identified the guardian as a Cloud-Splitting Wolf living alone on Qinggang Mountain in the Lianyun Mountain Range, and described its formidable strength.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the Cloud-Splitting Wolf’s power and blamed Ghost Fiend Gate for forcing him to act.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin prepared to hunt the Cloud-Splitting Wolf, waiting until daylight because it was stronger at night and feared sunlight. Luo Jin explained their plan and asked Xiao Yan to retrieve the Heavenly Palace Jade Essence from the wolf's cave, leaving their hunt about to begin.

• Xiao Yan asked Luo Jin when they would set out, and Luo Jin said they should avoid fighting the Cloud-Splitting Wolf at night because moonlight strengthened it.
• Xiao Yan cultivated while Luo Jin hunted rabbits, then they shared a meal after Luo Jin's poorly cooked meat proved inedible.
• At dawn, Xiao Yan and Luo Jin flew deeper into the forest and discussed how to defeat the Cloud-Splitting Wolf.
• Luo Jin proposed luring the wolf from its cave, having Xiao Yan block the entrance while sunlight weakened it, and then attacking it with a Dou Technique.
• Luo Jin asked Xiao Yan to retrieve the Heavenly Palace Jade Essence and offered him the Heavenly Palace Flowers and an enormous favor in return.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin entered the Lianyun Mountain Range to seek the Heavenly Palace Jade Essence, while Gu You revealed how valuable it was. Inside the Cloud-Splitting Wolf’s cave, Xiao Yan countered Yun Lang’s roar, and Yun Lang appeared ready to confront them.

• Gu You told Xiao Yan that Heavenly Palace Jade Essence could greatly increase his strength, and Xiao Yan decided to help Luo Jin obtain it.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin entered the Lianyun Mountain Range and approached the Cloud-Splitting Wolf’s cave.
• Yun Lang sensed the two approaching and dismissed them as weak intruders on his territory.
• Inside the cave, Yun Lang used his Cavern Mountain Roar against Xiao Yan and Luo Jin, but Xiao Yan countered it with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Luo Jin praised Xiao Yan for suppressing the roar, and Yun Lang roared that the intruders had provoked him at Qinggang Mountain.

Xiao Yan and Luo Jin were caught by Yun Lang as they tried to leave the Cloud-Splitting Wolf's cave, and Xiao Yan battled the Eight-Star Half-Emperor with his powerful techniques. After Yun Lang nearly defeated him, Xiao Yan secretly entered the cave to search for the Heavenly Palace Jade Essence while Luo Jin stayed behind to hold Yun Lang off.

• Yun Lang struck Xiao Yan into Qinggang Mountain, and Luo Jin rushed to help him before a dangerous flame inside Xiao Yan burned Luo Jin's soul.
• Xiao Yan transformed into his golden giant form and clashed with Yun Lang, trading Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and Cavern Mountain Roar before using Earth Core Flame to counter Yun Lang's attack.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Lang fought with their physical strength, but Yun Lang gained the advantage and shattered Xiao Yan's Vajra Glazed Body with a punch.
• Xiao Yan evaded Yun Lang using his movement technique and told Luo Jin he had entered the cave to find the Heavenly Palace Jade Essence.
• Luo Jin charged at Yun Lang and resolved to hold him off until Xiao Yan returned.

Xiao Yan searched the Cloud-Splitting Wolf’s cave while Luo Jin fought Yun Lang outside and used a replica Taiyi Star Disk to restrain him. After taking severe injuries, Luo Jin performed a blood-seal technique that raised his strength to that of a Five-Star Half-Emperor, and began forming another powerful technique as Yun Lang remained trapped.

• Xiao Yan illuminated the Cloud-Splitting Wolf’s cave with Heavenly Flames, sent fireballs carrying his Soul Power through its passages, and continued searching while speaking with the recovered Huo Yi.
• Luo Jin struggled against Yun Lang, then summoned a replica Taiyi Star Disk and struck him with it, sending their clash into the void.
• The collision badly injured Luo Jin, while Yun Lang let out a pained howl; inside the cave, Xiao Yan asked Gu You to check on Luo Jin and then hurried deeper.
• Yun Lang roared that he would kill Luo Jin once he broke the Taiyi Star Disk formation, which could suppress but not fully subdue him.
• Luo Jin spat out blood, formed a blood seal with more than three hundred hand seals, and raised his strength to that of a Five-Star Half-Emperor.
• Luo Jin changed his hand seals again before Yun Lang, preparing another powerful move.

While Xiao Yan searched the Cloud-Splitting Wolf's cave for Flame-Fallen Black Iron, Luo Jin unleashed the Annihilation Palm against Yun Lang and was blasted away. Xiao Yan broke through a hidden barrier and found the Flame-Fallen Black Iron, prompting the resting Cloud-Splitting Wolf to awaken in fury.

• Xiao Yan explored the caves with his Soul Power but could not find the Flame-Fallen Black Iron behind the rock walls.
• Luo Jin completed the Annihilation Palm, and Yun Lang took the blow while trapped in the Taiyi Seven Star Formation.
• The Annihilation Palm exhausted Luo Jin and left Yun Lang wounded but still trapped and slowly recovering.
• Gu You prompted Xiao Yan to examine a seemingly solid wall, and Xiao Yan smashed through it to reveal a curtain of light.
• Xiao Yan shattered the curtain with Eight Extremes Collapse and discovered a thirty-foot piece of Flame-Fallen Black Iron.
• The Cloud-Splitting Wolf opened his eyes and erupted with rage when the barrier broke.

Xiao Yan broke through the barrier in Yun Lang’s cave and found the Heavenly Que Demon Flower growing from heavenly palace jade essence, while Luo Jin struggled to hold off Yun Lang outside. After harvesting the flower and jade essence, Xiao Yan learned that the treasure would not raise Luo Jin’s strength as much as he had expected.

• Xiao Yan used his soul power to send the flame-fallen black iron into a hidden space, then repeatedly struck the Dou Qi screen with Eight Extremes Collapse until it shattered.
• Yun Lang broke free of the star disc and immortal threads with a roar, then attacked Luo Jin as Luo Jin used a precious pill to recover his injuries.
• Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Que Demon Flower beyond the screen, and Gu You warned him to pull it up with the heavenly palace jade essence rather than cut it.
• Xiao Yan used the Vajra Glazed Body to pull the flower and its roots from the ground, then removed the jade essence without taking it for himself.
• Yun Lang sent Luo Jin crashing into a mountain, but Luo Jin rose and gathered his remaining Dou Qi to fight on.
• Gu You explained that much of the jade essence’s power had already dissipated, so refining it would raise Luo Jin only to quasi-eight-star half-emperor at most.

Xiao Yan rescued Luo Jin and fought Yun Lang, an Eight-Star Half-Emperor, after breaking through to Three-Star Half-Emperor with the Heavenly Que Demon Flower. After a prolonged stalemate, Xiao Yan launched a mysterious black pillar of light that devoured space and threatened to turn the battle around.

• Yun Lang shattered Luo Jin's defense and nearly killed him, but Xiao Yan arrived, rescued him, and gave him a medicinal pill.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yun Lang over the Heavenly Que Demon Flower and countered his Billows of the Four Seas with the power of his Heavenly Flames.
• Yun Lang stunned Xiao Yan with Cavern Mountain Roar, but Huo Yi controlled Xiao Yan's body and struck Yun Lang with the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Yun Lang transformed into his true wolf form and fought Xiao Yan through seven hundred exchanges, while Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames and Heavy Xuan Ruler to hold him at bay.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Lang clashed with Flame Splitting Tsunami and a cross-shaped blast of Dou Qi, then a pitch-black pillar of light shot through the flames and began devouring space.