Recaps

Luo Ao revealed his overwhelming strength and captured the black-robed man, whom he identified as the second hall master of the Human Hall, demanding to know why the group had reached the continent’s borders. Xiao Yan recognized the man’s bizarre mask as belonging to the Ghost Hall, but an immense Soul Storm erupted from deep within the ancient tomb before they could learn more.

• Luo Ao appeared beside Xiao Yan and mocked the Nine-Star Dou Di experts, who realized they could not oppose him.
• A black-robed man asked whether Luo Ao and Xiao Yan’s companions had taken the Dou Qi inheritance, and Luo Ao challenged him to reclaim it.
• Luo Ao immobilized the black-robed man and identified him as the second hall master of the Human Hall, then demanded to know the group’s purpose.
• Xiao Yan connected the Human Hall to the Hall of Souls and recognized the captive’s mask as belonging to the Ghost Hall.
• An immense Soul Storm burst from deep within the ancient tomb, shaking the entire tomb.

Xiao Yan recognized the awakening Xiao Xuan and rushed into the ancient tomb, where Xiao Xuan emerged to reunite with him. As Venerable Heavenly Severing’s statue and the tomb began to collapse, Luo Ao tried to reach Xiao Yan but was attacked by a beast claw from the void.

• A powerful Soul Storm erupted, and Xiao Yan sensed Xiao Xuan’s vitality within the tomb and charged toward it.
• Luo Ao tried to pull Xiao Yan back, but Xiao Xuan’s Soul Condensing Finger repelled his Spiritual Strength.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Xuan, bowed to his ancestor, and learned that Xiao Xuan was pleased with his breakthrough to Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan thanked Venerable Heavenly Severing, whose statue cracked and released golden light as the tomb began to collapse.
• Luo Ao prepared to enter the tomb for Xiao Yan, but spatial currents erupted and a huge beast claw tore apart his attack.

The Void Lightning Beast appeared in the collapsing ancient tomb and destroyed it as the golden formation activated beneath Xiao Yan and his companion. Elsewhere, Xiao Mingyuan arrived in Lengcui City searching for Xiao Yan, while Murong Qianqian set out for the Southern Region and Zhang Yi secretly watched Xiao Mingyuan.

• The Void Lightning Beast emerged from a spatial vortex, tore apart Luo Ao's Dou Qi, and caused the ancient tomb to collapse as the golden formation activated beneath Xiao Yan and his companion.
• A pair of scarlet beast eyes opened beneath the magma in the Xilin Mountain Range, while a woman on a snowy peak and Jin Yao both felt unease and looked west.
• Xiao Mingyuan arrived in Lengcui City while searching for his clansmen and seeking information about Xiao Yan.
• Murong Qianqian passed Xiao Mingyuan and then used the teleportation formation to travel toward the Southern Region.
• Zhang Yi concealed his presence as he watched Xiao Mingyuan walk through Lengcui City, then formed a bird with his palm.

Pang Liu demanded the village pay its taxes early and threatened Zhu Qiang when he refused, revealing himself as a One-Star Dou Di. Just as Pang Liu attacked Zhu Qiang, Xiao Yan appeared with a woman and shattered the attack with one finger, despite supposedly being buried in the collapsed Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.

• Pang Liu demanded one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones before the end of the month and threatened to send the villagers to the Bear Iron Mercenary Group if they could not pay.
• Pang Liu offered to help if Zhu Qiang gave him his little sister, prompting Zhu Qiang to attack him.
• A middle-aged man repelled Zhu Qiang, and Pang Liu revealed his One-Star Dou Di strength before preparing to kill him.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the air with a woman and shattered Pang Liu's giant hand of energy with one finger.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan were transported to an ancestral hall connected to Venerable Heavenly Severing, where they found his hidden Storage Ring and the Origin Return Art. A message from Venerable Heavenly Severing asked them to help the village if it still existed, and the two men noticed a young woman watching from the corridor.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan appeared inside an ancestral hall and recognized the statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing.
• Xiao Xuan used his soul power to retrieve a Storage Ring hidden behind the plaque above the statue.
• Xiao Xuan opened the Storage Ring and produced a scroll containing the Origin Return Art.
• An image of Venerable Heavenly Severing asked them to do one thing for the village if it still existed, offering the scroll and Storage Ring as payment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan turned toward the corridor and saw a young woman in a red dress staring into the hall.

Xiao Yan killed Pang Liu, drove off the Nine-Star Half-Emperors, and accepted Zhu Qiang’s invitation to visit Zhu Family Village. After hearing that the village’s Spirit Stone vein had become impossible to mine, he offered to inspect it, and the villagers persuaded Zhu Qiang to agree.

• Xiao Yan crushed Pang Liu to death and warned the Nine-Star Half-Emperors to tell their master not to threaten anyone in the village.
• Zhu Qiang, Cai'er, and the villagers thanked Xiao Yan, who lifted them to their feet and followed Zhu Qiang toward the village.
• The villagers worried that they could not pay the Northern Wasteland Hall’s taxes because the Spirit Stone vein had become difficult to mine.
• Xiao Yan asked about the vein and said he might be able to solve the problem if he could inspect it.
• Cai'er and the villagers urged Zhu Qiang to let Xiao Yan examine the vein, and Zhu Qiang agreed.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan met Cai'er, whose Illusory Spirit Eyes astonished them, and Xiao Yan agreed to help when she heard her brother in trouble. At the spirit vein, Xiao Yan discovered that Cai'er instinctively absorbed its mixed energy and sensed the immense power within her.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan recognized the red-dressed girl's multicolored eyes as Illusory Spirit Eyes, and she introduced herself as Cai'er.
• A distant crash and pained roar made Cai'er cry out that her brother was in trouble, so Xiao Yan took her to help him.
• Xiao Yan explored the barren mountain with Zhu Qiang, Cai'er, and two elders but found no sign of the spirit vein from outside.
• Zhu Qiang opened a hidden entrance in a boulder and led the group into the spirit vein.
• Xiao Yan noticed the cavern's mixed energy flowing into Cai'er and sensed the vast energy hidden within her body.

Xiao Yan learned that Cai'er’s Illusory Spirit Eyes could absorb uncontrolled energy but made her vulnerable to being exploited, then led Zhu Qiang and Cai'er to the spirit vein’s deepest chamber. There he discovered a High-Grade Spirit Stone and confirmed it was the reason the villagers could not mine the stones.

• Xiao Yan recognized Cai'er's Illusory Spirit Eyes and explained their energy-absorbing powers, cultivation benefits, and dangerous methods of transferring their abilities and cultivation.
• Zhu Qiang led Xiao Yan, Cai'er, and the others deeper into the cave, where villagers struggled to mine exposed Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan noticed Cai'er was nearing collapse from the cave's rising heat and used an invisible force to shield her and Zhu Qiang.
• Xiao Yan found a mass of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones surrounding the energy of a High-Grade Spirit Stone.
• Zhu Qiang asked Xiao Yan whether he could deal with the obstacle, and Xiao Yan confirmed that the High-Grade Spirit Stone explained why they could not mine the depths.

Xiao Yan discovered High-Grade Spirit Stones in the cave beneath Zhu Family Village and began separating them with his Heavenly Flame. As the first High-Grade Spirit Stone emerged, Zhu Qiang and Cai'er watched from a safe distance.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the cave contained High-Grade Spirit Stones, astonishing Zhu Qiang and Cai'er.
• Cai'er suggested handing the stones over to the Northern Wasteland Hall, but Zhu Qiang refused, and Xiao Yan reassured her that her brother wanted to keep her close.
• Zhu Qiang asked Xiao Yan to handle the Spirit Stones, and Xiao Yan summoned his Bone White Flame.
• Zhu Qiang and Cai'er retreated while Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame to separate the interconnected Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Mid-Grade Spirit Stones grew more tightly joined near the High-Grade stones, then exposed the first High-Grade Spirit Stone.

Xiao Yan discovered five High-Grade Spirit Stones in the cave and agreed to keep their existence from the Northern Wasteland Hall. After giving Zhu Qiang one stone and taking four, Xiao Yan asked Cai'er to become his disciple.

• Xiao Yan separated five High-Grade Spirit Stones from the cave’s spirit vein, causing the surrounding Spirit Stones to collapse onto the floor.
• Zhu Qiang feared the Northern Wasteland Hall would seize control of Zhu Family Village if it discovered the High-Grade Spirit Stones, and offered all five to Xiao Yan in exchange for protecting him and Cai'er.
• Xiao Yan kept four High-Grade Spirit Stones and gave one to Zhu Qiang, advising him to use it for cultivation or to placate the Northern Wasteland Hall.
• Xiao Yan noticed Cai'er’s cultivation talent and asked whether she would be willing to take him as her master.

Xiao Yan accepted Cai'er as a disciple but told her she could stay with Zhu Qiang while she trained. He gave her powerful cultivation resources and left her with the challenge of meeting the requirements to become his formal disciple.

• Xiao Yan offered to take Cai'er as his disciple, and Cai'er asked whether she could stay with Zhu Qiang.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had intended for Cai'er to remain in the village and accepted her as a disciple in name only until she proved her strength.
• Cai'er asked what cultivation level she needed to reach, and Xiao Yan told her he would return when she met the requirements.
• Xiao Yan gave Cai'er the Wood Evolution Method, a Storage Ring containing Dou Techniques and Spirit Stones, and one of his High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan led Cai'er and Zhu Qiang out of the cave, and told Cai'er his name when she asked.

Xiao Yan left Zhu Family Village to find answers and entered a city in the Northern Region, where he learned that Hai Mochen was his next goal. As he considered seeking Hai Mochen, several figures suddenly surrounded him in the street.

• Xiao Yan left Cai'er in Zhu Family Village with Zhu Qiang and warned her to grow stronger before their next meeting.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Ghost Hall had captured Xun'er and seemed to know his abilities, and they compared Ghost Hall to the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Yan entered a city after paying one Low-Grade Spirit Stone and learned that he was in the Northern Region.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek Hai Mochen, the Sea Heart Flame's original form and founder of North Sea Academy.
• Several figures stopped above Xiao Yan and surrounded him in the street.

Xiao Yan confronted Northern Wasteland Hall elders who sought revenge for Pang Liu and defeated their four Dou Di attackers. When a peak late Seven Star Dou Di arrived and asked him to stop, Xiao Yan released the elder he had seized, then kicked him in the chest.

• A middle-aged Nine-Star Half-Emperor confronted Xiao Yan alongside four Dou Di elders, and Xiao Yan sent him flying when he interrupted.
• The Four-Star Dou Di elder accused Xiao Yan of killing Pang Liu and injuring a Northern Wasteland Hall expert, then attacked with the other three elders.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavy Xuan Ruler to repel the four elders and swiftly struck down three of them.
• Xiao Yan seized the surviving elder by the throat and explained that he was drawing attention away from Zhu Family Village to protect Cai'er.
• A peak late Seven Star Dou Di rushed from the ancient castle and asked Xiao Yan to let the elder go and discuss the matter.
• Xiao Yan released the elder as requested, then kicked him in the chest.

Xiao Yan confronted the Seven-Star Dou Di of the Northern Wasteland Hall after beating one of its members. He revealed himself as an Eight-Star Dou Di, forcing the old man to apologize, while the old man resolved to report Xiao Yan to his superiors.

• The Seven-Star Dou Di caught the badly injured old man and accused Xiao Yan of attacking members of the Northern Wasteland Hall, but Xiao Yan mocked his false claim of having tried to reason.
• Xiao Yan said he had no backing and challenged the Seven-Star Dou Di to fight, prompting the old man to launch a fierce kick at him.
• Xiao Yan stopped the attack with a casual wave of his sleeve, while the Seven-Star Dou Di was knocked backward and recognized Xiao Yan as an Eight-Star Dou Di.
• The Seven-Star Dou Di apologized and blamed the incident on the injured member's bad character, though he privately planned to report Xiao Yan to his superiors.

Xiao Yan set out for the North Sea, learning that the Northern Wasteland Hall stood in his way and that its master had ordered a search for the person who killed Elder Li. After a week of training, Xiao Yan discussed Xiao Xuan’s recovered soul and the powerful body needed to restore him, then continued to prioritize finding Hai Mochen.

• Xiao Yan followed his map north toward North Sea Academy and realized he would have to pass through the Northern Wasteland Hall’s territory.
• The Northern Wasteland Hall learned that Elder Li had died, and its master ordered the eastern, southern, and western halls to find his killer and avenge the hall’s dignity.
• Xiao Yan trained with his nine avatars for a week, raising each one to the late stage of Five-Star Dou Di with High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that his Soul Power was comparable to Fifth-Tier Soul Power on the Origin Martial Continent.
• Xiao Xuan explained that restoring his physical body would require one strong enough to withstand Fifth-Tier Soul Power, and Xiao Yan resolved to help him while continuing toward the North Sea to find Hai Mochen.

Xiao Xuan revealed that Venerable Heavenly Severing’s inheritance had made him an array master, then continued north with Xiao Yan. In Feng City, Xiao Yan arrived at the Obsidian Tower’s opening and hoped its energy would raise his cultivation before he continued toward the North Sea.

• Xiao Xuan demonstrated his array skills by blasting apart a distant mountain peak with a golden seal.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he had inherited Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Soul Origin and standing as an array master.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan flew north, and half a month after leaving Zhu Family Village, Xiao Yan reached Feng City.
• Xiao Yan found a crowd gathered around the Obsidian Tower, where three Northern Wasteland Hall members watched over the entrance.
• Xiao Yan learned that the tower’s ancient magical-beast souls had become powerful energy that could improve Dou Di cultivation, and he resolved to enter.

The Obsidian Tower opened in Feng City, and Xiao Yan entered with the crowd, quickly overcoming the pressure on its lower floors. He reached the second floor and continued toward the stairs to the third.

• The East Hall Master, South Hall Master, and West Hall Master exchanged barbed remarks about their cultivation and ambitions before charging into the Obsidian Tower.
• Xiao Yan entered the tower and resisted the crushing pressure on its first floor.
• Xiao Yan saw cultivators struggle to climb to the second floor, then sped up the stairs without slowing down.
• Xiao Yan reached the second floor, ignored its pressure and the magical beast energy forms, and flew toward the stairs to the third floor.

Xiao Yan crossed the fifth floor of the stone tower and reached the sixth, where he prepared to fight a powerful beast-shaped energy body. The southern hall master also set off for the seventh floor, hoping to break through to the Origin Transformation Realm.

• Xiao Yan surged past the experts and energy bodies on the fifth floor and climbed directly to the sixth floor.
• He found seven Nine-Star Dou Di experts on the sixth floor, including the three hall masters of the Northern Wasteland Hall.
• Xiao Yan chose a particularly solid lion-shaped energy body as his target and unleashed Heavenly Flames and the Strength Elephant Art.
• The southern hall master noticed Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames, then rose and headed for the stairs to the seventh floor.
• Xiao Yan charged the lion-shaped energy body, pursued it after it dodged, and continued the attack under the floor's oppressive pressure.

Xiao Yan defeated an energy being, refined its core, and cultivated while the Southern Hall master failed to reach the seventh floor. As the Obsidian Tower’s closing approached, Xiao Yan tried to leave, but the Southern Hall master confronted him over the Northern Wasteland Hall deacon’s death.

• Xiao Yan swiftly defeated an energy being and took its diamond-shaped energy core, drawing skeptical comments from two Nine-Star Dou Di elders.
• Xiao Yan sat down to refine the core while the Southern Hall master climbed the stairs toward the seventh floor and was thrown back from the twentieth stair.
• The people in the tower cultivated and gradually left as its closing approached, until only Xiao Yan and the Southern Hall master remained.
• After Xiao Yan finished refining the core, the Southern Hall master’s gaze disturbed his cultivation, and Xiao Xuan warned him that the man was near the Origin Transformation Realm.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave, but the Southern Hall master accused him of showing no hesitation when he killed the Northern Wasteland Hall’s deacon.

Xiao Yan confronted the Southern Hall Master in the Obsidian Tower, and their battle revealed the gap between Xiao Yan’s Late Seven Star Dou Di cultivation and his opponent’s Peak Late Nine-Star strength. After trading techniques and engaging in a contest of physical strength, the Southern Hall Master unleashed a powerful hammer strike at Xiao Yan.

• The Southern Hall Master recognized Xiao Yan as the killer of Li Su and declared that he would kill him in the Obsidian Tower.
• Xiao Yan blocked the Southern Hall Master’s opening Dou Qi palm with Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler: Six Directions Fire, revealing his Late Seven Star Dou Di cultivation.
• The Southern Hall Master summoned the Bingnan Hammer, while Xiao Yan identified his weapon as the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Wave Ruler was shattered by the Southern Hall Master’s hammer technique, and the resulting force sent Xiao Yan flying and left him bleeding.
• Xiao Yan charged back into battle, and he and the Southern Hall Master clashed with their weapons and bodies in a fierce contest of strength.
• The Southern Hall Master leapt into the air and brought down his hammer with Holding Up the Heavens, aiming a concentrated blow at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought the South Hall Master on the sixth floor of the Obsidian Tower, reclaimed the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and forced his opponent to flee toward the exit. Rather than follow him, Xiao Yan began climbing toward the seventh floor despite its crushing pressure.

• The South Hall Master knocked Xiao Yan back with the Bingnan Hammer and tried to take the Heavy Xuan Ruler, but its weight and effect on his Dou Qi stopped him from lifting it.
• Xiao Yan reclaimed the Heavy Xuan Ruler and struck the South Hall Master with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, forcing him to dodge.
• The South Hall Master retaliated with a Sky-Supporting Strike that blasted Xiao Yan back, then raced toward the first-floor stairs to guard the exit.
• After recovering for nearly an hour, Xiao Yan chose the stairs to the seventh floor instead of following the South Hall Master.
• Xiao Yan endured pressure nearly twice as strong as that on the sixth floor and managed to take his second step upward.

Xiao Yan pushed through the Obsidian Tower’s pressure and nearly reached the seventh floor, but its force blasted him back and badly injured him. After swallowing pills and retreating to the first floor, he met the gaze of the waiting Southern Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan climbed to the eighth step, where the pressure shattered his Heavenly Flame armor and injured his organs, so he used the Golden Elephant Art to keep going.
• Xiao Yan reached the tenth step, then called on his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor to surge toward the twenty-first step.
• As Xiao Yan’s foot neared the seventh floor, its pressure struck him and hurled him back, leaving him severely injured.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan he had wanted to test his limit, then swallowed several fourth-tier pills to heal.
• Xiao Yan retreated to the first floor and saw the Southern Hall Master waiting outside the Obsidian Tower.

Xiao Yan recovered inside the Obsidian Tower while the Southern Hall Master waited outside to kill him. As Xiao Yan emerged, the Northern King blocked the Southern Hall Master’s attack, and Xiao Yan prepared to face him alone after confirming the Eastern and Western Hall Masters had left.

• The Southern Hall Master waited at the Obsidian Tower’s exit, intending to use its pressure and his hammer to keep Xiao Yan from escaping.
• Xiao Yan refined his medicine for half a day and recovered much of his strength as the tower’s pressure continued to rise.
• The Southern Hall Master attacked Xiao Yan as he reached the exit, but the Northern King appeared and stopped the Bingnan Hammer with a punch.
• Xiao Yan struck at the Southern Hall Master, who blocked his palm with the hammer and retreated to the edge of the square.
• Xiao Yan checked the crowd and realized the Eastern and Western Hall Masters had left, then faced the Southern Hall Master, who grew wary of the Northern King and coveted the puppet.

Xiao Yan and the Northern King fought the Southern Hall Master, whose superior cultivation was offset by their combined strength. The Southern Hall Master maneuvered the battle toward the Obsidian Tower as its closing time approached.

• Xiao Yan and the Southern Hall Master exchanged blows, each recognizing the other's strength.
• The Southern Hall Master considered the Obsidian Tower's rising pressure and devised a plan.
• The Northern King struck the Southern Hall Master's hammer with his fist and lightning, helping drive him back.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Northern King to attack and rejoined the fight, balancing the battle against the Southern Hall Master.
• The Southern Hall Master deliberately guided the three fighters closer to the Obsidian Tower.

Xiao Yan fought the Southern Hall Master while the Northern King helped him, but the Southern Hall Master trapped the puppet inside the Obsidian Tower. Xiao Yan struck back with hidden steel needles, one of which pierced the Southern Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan and the Northern King continued battling the Southern Hall Master as onlookers marveled at Xiao Yan's strength.
• The Southern Hall Master used his battered Bingnan Hammer to blast the Northern King into the Obsidian Tower, whose doors shut for five years.
• Xiao Yan attacked with the seventh strike of the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, and the Southern Hall Master met it with a cyan Dou Qi python.
• Five steel needles shot from the fading energy storm, and the fifth pierced the Southern Hall Master's energy shield and struck him.