Recaps

Xiao Yan spent a month trying to control the Power of the Great Dao and finally condensed it into ten steel needles powerful enough to pierce the energy barrier on the cliff. With the Four Great Sects’ agreement drawing near, experts across the Western Region began gathering at Wilderness Cliff for the opening of the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, while several presences approached Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Strength to shape the Power of the Great Dao, but it returned to its original form when he released his control.
• Xiao Yan continued practicing for a month as news of his agreement with the Four Great Sects spread across the Western Region and factions headed for Wilderness Cliff.
• Xiao Yan eventually condensed the Power of the Great Dao into ten steel needles after exhausting more than half the Spiritual Strength in his Soul Bead.
• Xiao Yan sent the ten needles into the cliff’s energy barrier, and they pierced it about an inch.
• Several presences rapidly approached Xiao Yan from behind.

Xiao Yan faced nearly fifty Dou Di experts gathered at the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, where two Eight-Star Dou Di stood out among the crowd. A Mid Seven-Star Dou Di attacked him to intimidate the others, but Xiao Yan stopped the man's fist with one hand and no Dou Qi.

• Nearly fifty Dou Di experts arrived at the cliff and found the energy barrier to the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, but none dared try to break it.
• The gathered experts noticed Xiao Yan and considered him an easy target because he appeared young and alone.
• A Mid Seven-Star Dou Di approached Xiao Yan and challenged his right to enter the tomb.
• The burly man swung a Dou Qi-charged fist at Xiao Yan, who calmly caught it with his bare hand and dispelled its force.

Xiao Yan effortlessly repelled a Seven-Star Dou Di and revealed his identity, drawing attention to his role in the agreement over the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb. As he considered the strength of his steel needles, the Four Great Sects’ leaders discussed the leaked tomb news and plotted around their agreement with him.

• Xiao Yan stopped a Seven-Star Dou Di’s attack with one hand, sent him flying, and introduced himself to Liu Hao and Chi Rui as Xiao Yan.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Yan as the man who had made a one-year agreement with the Four Great Sects and realized he carried the key to opening the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.
• Xiao Yan examined his ten steel needles and considered them a powerful, flexible weapon that cost less than using the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• Wu Jitian angrily complained that news of the sects’ plan to enter the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb had spread across the Western Region.
• Chen Zhen, Wu Jitian, and Jian Ming discussed the other factions and suggested they could kill Xiao Yan before entering the tomb; Jian Ming also teased Ye Luotian about disciples leaving his sect.

As Xiao Yan waited at the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, Qin Yun arrived with a dangerous black-robed companion, and the Four Great Sects came to open the tomb. The sect masters confronted Xiao Yan as the gathered forces watched.

• More than a hundred Dou Di experts and numerous Half-Emperors gathered before the tomb as Xiao Yan waited for the Four Great Sects.
• Qin Yun arrived with four companions, including two Nine-Star Dou Di black-robed figures, and one of them reacted to Xiao Yan with eager hostility.
• Xiao Yan sensed something familiar and sinister in the black-robed figure but could not identify him.
• Chen Zhen, Wu Jitian, Jian Ming, and Ye Luotian arrived with their sect forces and descended before the tomb entrance.
• The Four Great Sects' leaders looked up at Xiao Yan, and he met their gazes in turn.

Xiao Yan confronted the Four Great Sects at the entrance to the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, where the first restriction had already been undone. After the sect masters attacked him before they could enter under the Lightning Punishment Oath, Xiao Yan killed Jian Ming with a single punch.

• Xiao Yan greeted the sect masters and revealed that he had undone the first restriction on the ancient tomb entrance.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian realized they could still enter the tomb without Xiao Yan, while Qin Yun recognized that Xiao Yan had gained Fourth-Tier Soul Power from the Nightmare Flower.
• Wu Jitian, Jian Ming, and Chen Zhen released their oppressive presences against Xiao Yan, and Jian Ming announced they intended to kill him before entering the tomb.
• Jian Ming unleashed One Sword Reaching the Heavens, but Xiao Yan activated his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline, Strength Elephant Art, and Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor and killed him with one punch.

Xiao Yan killed Jian Ming with a single punch, shocking the crowd and forcing the remaining sect masters to reconsider their threats. Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian opened the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, leaving its entrance revealed to the eager crowd.

• Xiao Yan blasted Jian Ming to death and took his Storage Ring.
• Wu Jitian slapped a Heavenly Sword Sect elder who demanded that he avenge Jian Ming, then rejected the sect's alliance without its master.
• Wu Jitian warned Xiao Yan that their conflict was not over, and Xiao Yan said he would not let the three sect masters go.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian joined forces to break the energy barrier and open the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.

After the ancient tomb opened, its lightning-filled entrance killed many Half-Emperors and forced the survivors to find ways through. Xiao Yan crossed the passage with the Northern King devouring the lightning and advanced to Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Di, while the Northern King reached Late-stage Eight-Star Dou Di.

• The tomb entrance unleashed a wall of lightning, killing most of the Half-Emperors who rushed into it and driving some of the crowd to retreat.
• Qin Yun led his people into the passage, and the major factions followed as they found ways to withstand the lightning.
• Wu Jitian led the Battle Martial Sect through the passage, letting the lightning temper their bodies and increase their strength.
• Chen Zhen used his formation skills to protect his sect members as they advanced through the lightning.
• Xiao Yan sent the Northern King to devour the lightning, rapidly raising the Northern King's strength.
• The Bone Spirit Cold Flame refined lightning that entered Xiao Yan's body, helping him reach Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Di while the Northern King rose to Late-stage Eight-Star Dou Di.

Xiao Yan reached the great hall at the heart of the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, where two powerful lightning dragons guarded a sealed stone door. After Chen Zhen explained that defeating the dragons was the key to opening it, Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian fought them but were beaten when the dragons fused into one.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza ahead of the great hall and noticed two awakened lightning dragons guarding its stone door.
• Chen Zhen identified a fifth-tier formation on the door and said the lightning dragons were likely the key to breaking it.
• A gray-robed Quasi-Nine-Star Dou Di attacked the dragons, but their lightning struck him down.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian joined the battle and gradually gained the upper hand over the two dragons.
• The dragons fused into one enormous cyan dragon, which defeated Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian.

Xiao Yan stepped forward and used the Northern King to devour the merged thunder dragon while fighting off Qin Yun’s allies. The Northern King defeated the black-robed man and sent him crashing into the hall’s stone doors, opening them and silencing both battles.

• Xiao Yan volunteered to face the merged azure thunder dragon after it overwhelmed Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian.
• Xiao Yan sent the Northern King to seize the dragon’s tail, and the puppet began absorbing its lightning and devouring its body.
• Qin Yun ordered Yan He and the others to stop the Northern King, while Xiao Yan blocked their attacks and fought all four Nine-Star Dou Di.
• The black-robed man slipped past Xiao Yan to attack the nearly consumed dragon, but the Northern King devoured its remaining head and struck him with lightning-charged fists.
• The Northern King sent the gravely injured black-robed man into the hall’s stone doors, forcing them open as the fighters and crowd fell silent.

Xiao Yan entered the vast underground city in the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, intent on finding the Soul Origin power and the remaining part of the Origin Return Mantra to resurrect Xiao Xuan. Meanwhile, the black-robed figure secretly took the injured Nine-Star Dou Di, and a white-clad young man pursued Xiao Yan toward the main hall.

• The Northern King’s attack left Qin Yun’s Nine-Star Dou Di subordinate gravely injured, and Xiao Yan put the Northern King into his Storage Ring before entering the tomb’s city.
• Xiao Yan and the other factions entered the immense, well-preserved underground city, and the crowds scattered to search its buildings for treasures.
• Xiao Yan flew down the central street, prioritizing the Soul Origin power and the Origin Return Mantra over Venerable Heavenly Severing’s cultivation inheritance, while Chen Zhen, Wu Jitian, and others pursued him.
• The black-robed figure secretly absorbed the unconscious, injured Nine-Star Dou Di and told Qin Yun that the loss would bring him greater power; Qin Yun then hurried after the others.
• Two black-cloaked figures followed the black-robed figure, while a white-robed young man and his companions headed for the main hall to find Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan used the reaction of Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul to identify the roads leading to the three halls in the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb and chose the left path. He reached the hall containing Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Dou Qi inheritance and opened its doors, while a young man pursued him.

• Xiao Yan found five streets and discovered that his soul power could not reveal which ones led to the halls.
• Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul reacted to the tomb’s power, allowing Xiao Yan to identify the three correct streets.
• Xiao Yan chose the left street, while most other arrivals took the center road.
• A young man used a Cold-Delaying Jade to locate Xiao Yan’s route and led his group after him.
• Xiao Yan reached an ancient hall and used the Heavenly Severing Steps to open its stone doors.

Xiao Yan entered Venerable Heavenly Severing’s hall expecting to find the Soul Origin and Origin Return Mantra, but discovered only a Dou Qi inheritance. A hostile group of thirteen Dou Di blocked his exit and attacked, forcing him and the Northern King to fight their way through.

• Xiao Yan entered the vast hall and found a powerful Dou Qi inheritance, but no trace of Venerable Heavenly Severing’s remains, Soul Origin, or Origin Return Mantra.
• Xiao Yan decided to leave and search the other halls, but a group in white robes rushed inside and shut the stone doors behind him.
• Xiao Yan offered the group the Dou Qi inheritance in exchange for passage, but their leader confirmed his identity and ordered them to attack.
• Xiao Yan and the Northern King charged the thirteen High-Level Dou Di, who underestimated Xiao Yan’s combat strength.

Xiao Yan fought off the Dou Di experts blocking his path and discovered that their white-robed leader wielded the Great Dao of Wind. He used the Great Dao of the Void to get behind the young man and place a hand on his neck, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xiao Yan dodged the white-robed elder’s attack and sent the ten High-Level Dou Di flying with his combined physical strength and Dou Qi.
• The Northern King held his own against a Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Di and struck him hard when the elder was distracted.
• Xiao Yan told the white-robed youth he would spare the others and demanded that he move aside, but the youth attacked instead.
• Xiao Yan recognized the youth’s Great Dao of Wind after his body vanished from Xiao Yan’s soul-force detection.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to appear behind the youth and place an icy palm on his neck.

Xiao Yan subdued a young man with the Great Dao of the Void and demanded to know why he and his companions had attacked him. The elder revealed that the captive, Murong Xuan, was Murong Qianqian’s elder brother.

• Xiao Yan used the Six Paths Curtain and the Great Dao of the Void to recapture and restrain the young man after he escaped his grasp.
• The young man was shocked to learn Xiao Yan wielded the Great Dao of the Void, while the Northern King returned to Xiao Yan’s side as its stored lightning continued to be refined.
• A white-robed elder warned Xiao Yan that killing the young man would bring regret, but Xiao Yan demanded their identities and reason for attacking him.
• The elder asked whether Xiao Yan remembered Murong Qianqian, and Xiao Yan wondered how she had fared before asking what she had to do with the matter.
• The elder identified the captive as Murong Xuan, Murong Qianqian’s elder brother.

Xiao Yan learned that Murong Qianqian had disappeared after years of seclusion and decided to search for her after finding Venerable Heavenly Severing's Soul Origin and the other Return Origin Mantra scroll. In another hall, Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian claimed the Dou Qi inheritance after a bloody battle, but Ye Luotian suddenly appeared and killed their disciples.

• Xiao Yan learned from Murong Xuan that Murong Qianqian had vanished, and he resolved to look for her after the ancient tomb trip.
• Xiao Yan returned to the five-road junction and entered the central street to search for the Soul Origin and the other Return Origin Mantra scroll.
• Chen Zhen revealed that Venerable Heavenly Severing had reached the Origin Return Realm, stirring greed among those gathered around the Dou Qi inheritance.
• An old man in yellow robes rushed for the inheritance and was killed, triggering a battle that left most factions dead or retreating.
• Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian joined forces and drove off the remaining factions, then discussed Xiao Yan and their plans after leaving the tomb.
• Ye Luotian appeared behind Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian and killed the nearly twenty members of their sect groups.

Ye Luotian revealed that he had secretly reached Nine-Star Dou Di and seized control of the experts in the hall to claim the Dou Qi inheritance. After massacring the other forces and absorbing power from the dead, he left the hall with his strength consolidated, while Xiao Yan reached another great hall.

• Ye Luotian gravely wounded Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian, then revealed he had secretly broken through to Nine-Star Dou Di years earlier.
• Ye Luotian ordered Lin Nan to remove Wu Jitian’s heart; when Lin Nan hesitated, Ye Luotian killed him through a hidden method.
• Ye Luotian stopped Chen Zhen and Wu Jitian from self-destructing, then ordered his Nine-Star Dou Di followers to kill everyone in the sealed hall.
• Ye Luotian claimed the Dou Qi inheritance and gathered the Soul Origins remaining in the corpses.
• Xiao Yan arrived before another great hall.

Xiao Yan opened the sealed stone door and searched the hall for the Soul Origin and the Origin Return Mantra. He discovered that the Soul Origin had been sealed inside a lifelike stone statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing, whose eyes seemed to stare back at him.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the unopened stone door, where the gathered experts expected him to open it with Heavenly Severing Steps.
• Xiao Yan opened the door, and the experts rushed into the hall while he searched it with his Spiritual Strength.
• Xiao Yan found no Soul Origin or Origin Return Mantra at first and prepared to leave, but Xiao Xuan's remnant soul and the half-remnant scroll of the Origin Return Mantra began to stir in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall and saw the experts fighting over the Dou Qi inheritance as he searched for the source of the disturbance.
• Xiao Yan spotted a lifelike stone statue of an old man and sensed that Venerable Heavenly Severing had sealed the Soul Origin inside it.
• Xiao Yan stared at the statue and felt that its eyes were staring back at him.

Xiao Yan fought through the crowd toward the Dou Qi inheritance, though his real attention was on the nearby stone statue. Qin Yun sent Yan He and two other Nine-Star Dou Di to stop him, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan faced Yan He while concealing three black steel needles.

• Xiao Yan battered aside the experts blocking his path and advanced toward the stone statue, causing the surrounding crowd to fear him.
• Qin Yun mistook Xiao Yan's approach for a bid to claim the Dou Qi inheritance and ordered Yan He and two others to stop him.
• Yan He confronted Xiao Yan, recalling that the three brothers had failed to stop him half a year earlier.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King, who held off the other two Nine-Star Dou Di while Xiao Yan prepared to fight Yan He.
• Xiao Yan concealed three black steel needles in his hand as Yan He challenged him.

Xiao Yan killed Yan He with three steel needles empowered by the Great Dao of the Void, then tried to stop Qin Yun from taking the Dou Qi inheritance. The black-robed man deflected Xiao Yan’s needle as Qin Yun reached for the inheritance, and an unexpected event began.

• Yan He attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan dodged his strikes and countered with a heavy blow.
• Xiao Yan decided to compete for the Dou Qi inheritance after seeing Qin Yun approach it.
• Xiao Yan pierced Yan He’s chest with two steel needles, killing him.
• Xiao Yan launched a steel needle at Qin Yun, but the black-robed man deflected it into a nearby Dou Di expert.
• Qin Yun reached for the Dou Qi inheritance just as something unexpected happened.

A black-robed figure stole the Dou Qi inheritance from Qin Yun, and Xiao Yan revealed that he had killed Yan He. As Xiao Yan remained in the hall to investigate Venerable Heavenly Severing's statue, one of the mysterious figures recognized him, leaving their identity unrevealed.

• A black-robed figure snatched the Dou Qi inheritance from Qin Yun while Xiao Yan noticed that two mysterious figures concealed their cultivation.
• Yan Hua and Yan Lie learned that Xiao Yan had killed Yan He and attacked him, but Xiao Yan and the Northern King fought them to a draw before Qin Yun ordered them to stop.
• Qin Yun and his companions withdrew, and the black-robed figure gave Yan Hua, Yan Lie, and Qin Yun Withered Leaf Gu disguised as cultivation-boosting pills.
• Xiao Yan stayed behind with the two black-robed figures, suspecting they had noticed something unusual about Venerable Heavenly Severing's statue.
• As Xiao Yan turned to leave, one black-robed figure addressed him as Mr. Xiao Yan and said it had been many years, stopping him in surprise.

Xiao Yan reunited with Luo Ao and Luo Jin in the ancient tomb after the battle, then helped them approach Venerable Heavenly Severing’s statue to claim its Soul Origin power. The statue’s protective formation activated, and Luo Ao identified it as a sixth-tier formation.

• Xiao Yan recognized the two black-robed survivors as Luo Ao and Luo Jin and greeted Luo Ao respectfully.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin compared their cultivation, and Luo Jin declined Xiao Yan’s offer to spar after seeing his overwhelming fighting strength.
• Luo Ao realized Xiao Yan had stayed for Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Soul Origin power rather than the Dou Qi inheritance.
• Xiao Yan sent soul power from the Soul Bead through the statue’s eyes, causing a golden protective formation to appear.
• Luo Ao identified the formation as sixth-tier and warned that forcing the statue open would trigger an explosion.

Xiao Yan endured the crushing soul pressure inside the statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing while Luo Jin and Luo Ao watched outside. A milky-white energy released from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring eased the pressure, and he followed a corridor through the mist to find the statue’s original owner.

• Xiao Yan’s consciousness entered the statue and was nearly crushed by Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Soul Origin.
• Luo Jin tried to save Xiao Yan, but Luo Ao stopped him and said he would intervene if Xiao Yan was in danger.
• Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength neared its limit, and Luo Ao prepared to pull him out of the statue.
• A jade bottle flew from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and burst, sending milky-white energy into the statue and dispelling the soul pressure.
• Xiao Yan followed a corridor through the mist and found an elderly man whose face matched the statue.
• Xiao Yan recognized the man as Venerable Heavenly Severing.

Xiao Yan met Venerable Heavenly Severing, who agreed to give his Soul Origin to Xiao Xuan to aid his revival. As the fusion proceeded inside the stone statue, a powerful attack suddenly smashed through the hall wall, leaving Xiao Yan and the others facing an unknown threat.

• Venerable Heavenly Severing returned Xiao Xuan's remnant soul to Xiao Yan and explained his regret over never finding the first volume of the Origin Return Art.
• Xiao Yan asked Venerable Heavenly Severing to help revive Xiao Xuan, and the old man agreed to give him his Soul Origin.
• Venerable Heavenly Severing fused his Soul Origin into Xiao Xuan's remnant soul while Xiao Yan withdrew to avoid disturbing the process.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes outside the stone statue, and Luo Ao asked whether he had finished absorbing the power.
• A powerful energy storm struck the hall, cracked its outer wall, and then destroyed it completely.

Xiao Yan, Luo Ao, and Luo Jin saw Murong Xuan’s group fleeing Ye Luotian’s forces, and Murong Quan sacrificed himself to protect his young master. When Murong Xuan charged into the pursuers and seemed to be killed, Xiao Yan intervened and appeared before Ye Luotian with him.

• Xiao Yan, Luo Ao, and Luo Jin discovered Murong Xuan and three others fleeing a pursuing force led by Ye Luotian.
• Murong Quan hurled Murong Xuan and the other two elders away, then sacrificed himself in an explosion that exposed the formation beneath the city.
• Murong Xuan grieved for Murong Quan and charged back at Ye Luotian’s forces despite the two elders’ attempts to stop him.
• Ye Luotian’s forces struck Murong Xuan with a barrage of attacks, but Xiao Yan appeared before them with Murong Xuan.

Xiao Yan intervened to save Murong Xuan from Ye Luotian and his twenty Nine-Star Dou Di experts. As the group launched their attack, Xiao Yan stopped them all with a single word, and two black-robed figures appeared beside him.

• Ye Luotian confronted Xiao Yan, who said he had ruined Ye Luotian's plans and saved Murong Xuan because he was Murong Qianqian's brother.
• Murong Xuan vowed to repay Ye Luotian, while Xiao Yan mocked Ye Luotian for controlling the experts with Withered Leaf Gu.
• Ye Luotian ordered twenty Nine-Star Dou Di experts to attack Xiao Yan, Murong Xuan, and Murong Xuan's two guardians.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward and said, "Freeze!" stopping the attackers and their Dou Techniques in midair.
• Two black-robed figures appeared beside Xiao Yan as the onlookers stared in terror.