Recaps

Xiao Yan gathered his companions to plan the founding of Xiao Gate in the Western Region, explaining the threat posed by Ghost Hall and the faction’s need for resources and experts. The group accepted him as their Gate Master, and Xiao Yan considered approaching a Bai Clan member for help recruiting experts while Xiao Yi Xian watched him with Lian’er’s jade pendant.

• Xiao Yan outlined his plan to establish Xiao Gate in the Western Region and eventually unite it with the Northern Region branch, with Burning Flame Valley as an ally.
• Xiao Yan told the group about Ghost Hall and his dangerous encounter in the Far Southern Land, prompting Leng Bingshuang and the others to worry and condemn Ghost Hall.
• Yan Shi vowed that Xiao Gate would make Ghost Hall pay, and the assembled companions bowed to Xiao Yan and greeted him as their Gate Master.
• Xiao Yan discussed raising resources through Lü Zhongtian’s auction house and recruiting more experts for Xiao Gate.
• Xiao Yan recalled sensing someone wearing Bai Clan clothes and noticed that Xiao Yi Xian wore Lian’er’s jade pendant, unaware that Lian’er had given it to her that morning.

Xiao Yan returned to the Bai Clan’s base on Qingtuo Mountain and confronted Bai Haoxuan, Bai Ying, and Bai Zhan about their surveillance of the Xilin Mountain Range. He invited them to join his new Xiao Gate, gave them half a month to answer, and warned them to stop watching the range.

• Bai Ying and Bai Zhan discussed reports that Xiao Yan had appeared near the Xilin Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the Bai Clan’s hall, where Bai Haoxuan, Bai Ying, and Bai Zhan greeted him with respect.
• Xiao Yan invited the Bai Clan to join his Xiao Gate and told them to come to Yan City within half a month if they accepted.
• Xiao Yan warned the Bai Clan to stop surveilling the Xilin Mountain Range before he left.
• Bai Haoxuan realized that Xiao Yan intended to establish the Xiao Gate as a powerful faction in the Western Region.

Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and found Jin Yao in danger inside the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, which the Sheng Clan had occupied. He rescued her and killed the Sheng Clan heir, leaving the consequences of his actions to unfold.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Thousand Medicine Pavilion and noticed Sheng Clan guards blocking its entrance.
• Xiao Yan sensed Jin Yao being assaulted by a young man from the Sheng Clan inside a sealed room.
• Xiao Yan blasted the guards into the room and gave Jin Yao a robe to cover herself.
• The Sheng Clan young man attacked Xiao Yan, but the force rebounded and sent him flying.
• Xiao Yan ignored the young man's threats and swallowed him into the void.

After rescuing Jin Yao and killing the Sheng Clan members who had attacked her, Xiao Yan faced Sheng Dong, the dead young man’s grandfather, when he arrived seeking revenge. Sheng Dong recognized Xiao Yan and, after being struck down, knelt to beg for forgiveness.

• Xiao Yan comforted Jin Yao after killing her assailant, and she sobbed in his arms.
• Sheng Dong discovered that his grandson Kai'er had died and set out for Yan City, vowing revenge on Jin Yao.
• At the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, Jin Yao asked Xiao Yan about his travels and learned that Leng Bingshuang was now his wife.
• Sheng Dong arrived at the pavilion and demanded to know whether Xiao Yan had killed his grandson; Xiao Yan calmly confirmed it.
• Sheng Dong lunged at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan struck him down, and Sheng Dong recognized him and begged for forgiveness.

Xiao Yan forced Sheng Dong to accept his grandson’s death, then traveled to Shahepu to ask Lü Zhongtian to auction medicinal pills. He left the auction house guards stunned by claiming that his pills were tier five.

• Xiao Yan reminded Sheng Dong that his grandson had nearly harmed Xiao Yan’s friend and threatened the Sheng Clan, so Sheng Dong admitted his grandson deserved his fate.
• Sheng Dong left Yan City badly injured, grieving and resentful, while Jin Yao watched Xiao Yan depart.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Shahepu, where he planned to have Lü Zhongtian auction tier-five and higher medicinal pills taken from his opponents’ Storage Rings.
• Two guards stopped Xiao Yan from entering the auction house unless he met their cultivation or auction-item requirement.
• Xiao Yan said he had no tier-four pills but had tier-five medicinal pills, leaving the guards frozen in surprise.

Xiao Yan brought more than thirty fifth-tier pills to Lü Zhongtian’s auction house in Shahepu to raise funds for establishing Xiao Gate in the Western Region. When Lü Zhongtian arrived, he agreed that joining Xiao Yan directly would be better than forming an alliance, leaving Xiao Yan surprised.

• Xiao Yan showed the auction house steward more than thirty jade bottles containing fifth-tier pills and asked him to auction them all within half a month.
• Wang Xuan confirmed the pills’ quality and summoned the auction house president, Lü Zhongtian.
• Xiao Yan and Lü Zhongtian reunited after three years, and Lü Zhongtian revealed that he had reached the Origin King realm.
• Xiao Yan explained that he planned to establish a faction in the Western Region and needed the auction proceeds to fund it.
• Xiao Yan asked Lü Zhongtian to help auction the pills and ally with his faction, but Lü Zhongtian offered to join him directly instead.

Xiao Yan’s plan to establish Xiao Gate drew support and alarmed powers across the Western Region, while a half-month auction of fifth-tier pills attracted its strongest experts. The chapter ended as Lü Zhongtian opened bidding on a Mirror-Breaking Pill, with even Origin King experts feeling the strain of its price.

• Tian Ying and the others bought up Yan City’s shops as Leng Bingshuang went to seek an alliance with the Murong Clan for Xiao Gate.
• Sheng Dong rejected his son’s demand for revenge and ordered the Sheng Clan to submit to Xiao Gate.
• The Sheng Clan’s submission prompted other powers to join Xiao Gate, and Xiao Gate rapidly built its headquarters throughout Yan City.
• Lü Zhongtian auctioned fifth-tier pills in Shahepu, drawing powerful experts from across the Western Region.
• Lü Zhongtian presented the Mirror-Breaking Pill, and its high starting price strained even the Origin King experts at the auction.

Lü Zhongtian faced pressure from an elder trying to suppress the Mirror-Breaking Pill’s price, but Murong Hao’s arrival and Seven-Star Origin King presence forced the elder to pay fifty thousand Spirit Stones. After the auction ended, Murong Hao and the two women headed toward Xiao Gate, with Murong Hao explaining why he had spared the elder.

• An elder threatened Lü Zhongtian and discouraged the other bidders from raising the Mirror-Breaking Pill’s price.
• Murong Hao, Leng Bingshuang, and Murong Qianqian stood up, and Murong Hao revealed he was from Xiao Gate and released his Seven-Star Origin King presence.
• Lü Zhongtian revealed that the pill belonged to Xiao Gate’s master, and the elder hastily bid fifty thousand Spirit Stones and left with it.
• The auction ended, and the other Origin King experts left after Murong Hao and the women departed.
• Murong Qianqian asked why Murong Hao had not killed the elder, and he explained that Xiao Gate needed to establish its prestige without letting a minor insult disrupt its plans.

Xiao Gate had become the Western Region’s foremost power, and Xiao Yan gathered its allied factions to formalize their support. After Murong Hao pledged the Murong Clan’s full backing, the hesitant leaders followed, leaving Xiao Gate’s establishment with broad support.

• Xiao Gate recruited experts and gained factions across the Western Region, growing into its foremost power.
• The Bai Clan’s grandfather and two grandsons arrived at the assembly and found the seat of honor empty.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind the Bai Clan members, and the gathered leaders recognized his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Yan invited anyone still hesitant to leave, but Murong Hao pledged the Murong Clan’s full support for Xiao Gate.
• Lü Zhongtian, Bai Ying, and other leaders declared that their factions would join Xiao Gate.

Xiao Yan quietly returned to the Southern Region with Xiao Yi Xian, Bai Hua, and Lian'er, where they learned that the Void Lightning Pool had been emptied by the Northern King. After Lian'er defended herself from three predatory men in Ancient Wilderness City, the group headed back to Burning Flame Valley.

• Xiao Gate rapidly expanded across the Western Region while Xiao Yan and his companions secretly returned to the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had left without telling Leng Bingshuang so she could remain safely in the Western Region.
• Experts in Ancient Wilderness City complained that the Void Lightning Pool had been drained, and Xiao Yan blamed the Northern King for absorbing its lightning.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Bai Hua noticed that Lian'er had disappeared and found her surrounded by three men.
• Lian'er struck away one man's hand and blasted him away with her purple energy, revealing her Origin Transformation Realm strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Lian'er by the hand, and the group left for Burning Flame Valley as the other two men collapsed.

Xiao Yan and his companions set out for the Central Region, stopping in Nanlin City when he recognized Futu Hao as the man who had killed Zhou Tong and broken the Luo Heavenly Cauldron. Xiao Yan decided to wait until after Futu Hao’s birthday before acting, but his spiritual probing drew the ancestor’s attention.

• Ancestor Fen Tian pledged that Burning Flame Valley would support Xiao Gate when it expanded into the Southern Region.
• Li Bingrui caught up with Xiao Yan’s group and insisted she would kill him herself, then joined them on their journey east.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled toward the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s teleportation array, which led to the Central Region.
• In Nanlin City, Xiao Yan learned that Futu Hao had killed Zhou Tong and broken the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, and resolved to keep his promise to kill him.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Futu Hao was an Eight-Star Origin Emperor, and Futu Hao called out to the person probing his residence.

Xiao Yan arrived in Nanlin City and accepted Futu Hao’s invitation to the Futu Clan residence, concealing his intent to kill the ancestor. Futu Hao recognized Lian’er’s Woeful Poison Body and suspected she was the missing holy maiden of the Tribulation Crossing Sect, seeing her as a path to breaking through to Yuan Zong.

• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Futu Hao, who recognized him from the battle of the three sects and invited him to the Futu Clan residence.
• Futu Sang welcomed Xiao Yan and his companions at the clan gates on Futu Hao’s instructions, surprising the onlookers who had mocked Xiao Yan’s claim.
• Xiao Yan’s group met Futu Hao, who praised Xiao Yan and took note of the young cultivators accompanying him.
• Futu Hao focused on Lian’er and privately identified her as possessing the Woeful Poison Body, suspecting she was the Tribulation Crossing Sect’s missing holy maiden and could help him reach Yuan Zong.

In the Futu Clan estate, Xiao Yan and his companions discussed whether to kill Futu Hao while Xiao Yi Xian helped Lian'er control her power. Meanwhile, Futu Hao identified Lian'er as the missing saintess of the Tribulation Crossing Sect and arranged to inform them, hoping to profit from her return.

• Xiao Yi Xian helped Lian'er regain control of her Woeful Poison Body as Xiao Yan and Bai Hua debated whether to kill Futu Hao.
• Xiao Yan said they would postpone their decision until after Futu Hao's birthday banquet, and Li Bingrui returned with news about Nanlin City's two major clans.
• Futu Hao told Futu Sang that Lian'er was likely the missing saintess of the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Futu Sang warned that Xiao Yan's strength and connections made confronting him dangerous, so Futu Hao decided to notify the Tribulation Crossing Sect instead.
• Futu Hao ordered Futu Sang to send a messenger to the Central Region and keep Xiao Yan's group in the estate until then.

Xiao Yan attended Futu Hao’s birthday banquet while growing suspicious of the old man’s interest in Lian'er and his companions. After the celebrations ended, Xiao Yan confronted Futu Hao at night and revealed that he had come to collect the Luo Heavenly Cauldron on Zhou Tong’s behalf.

• Xiao Yan remained wary as Futu Hao hosted him and repeatedly tried to sound him out, especially about Lian'er.
• At Futu Hao’s birthday banquet, Futu Hao introduced Xiao Yan to the assembled factions, and the guests took his presence as support for the Futu Clan.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and the others to wait, then went alone to Futu Hao’s courtyard.
• Futu Hao sensed Xiao Yan’s killing intent and asked why he had come so late.
• Xiao Yan told Futu Hao he had come for the Luo Heavenly Cauldron on Zhou Tong’s behalf.

Xiao Yan confronted Futu Hao over Zhou Tong’s death and the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, then fought the powerful Eight-Star Origin Emperor. Futu Hao shattered Xiao Yan’s Golden Elephant Art with his Golden Mountain Saber, leaving the battle at a dangerous turn.

• Xiao Yan told Futu Hao that Zhou Tong was dead and had asked him to kill Futu Hao, revealing his interest in the Luo Heavenly Cauldron.
• Xiao Yan attacked first, but Futu Hao’s domineering metal-attribute Origin Qi wounded him and tore his sleeves.
• Futu Hao explained that he kept his clan in Nanlin City to avoid attracting the attention of powerful forces, then challenged Xiao Yan’s chances against him.
• Xiao Yan activated the Golden Elephant Art and destroyed Futu Hao’s golden energy attack, but Futu Hao struck his chest and cracked the technique.
• Futu Hao transformed his staff into the Golden Mountain Saber and shattered Xiao Yan’s Golden Elephant Art with a blow.

Xiao Yan fought Futu Hao after the old man revealed his Heavenly Dipper Body, while Futu Sang tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian and her companions. The allies repelled the clan’s forces, and Xiao Yan’s flames changed to Red Lotus Karmic Fire as their battle continued.

• Futu Hao transformed with his Heavenly Dipper Body and attacked Xiao Yan, who dodged and countered with the Giant Elephant Art and a flaming ruler.
• Xiao Yan and Futu Hao clashed with their weapons, destroying the courtyard as clan experts and guests watched.
• Futu Sang surrounded Xiao Yi Xian and her companions, but Xiao Yi Xian summoned a silver puppet while Bai Hua and Li Bingrui prepared to fight.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Woeful Poison Body, spreading poisonous mist that felled weaker cultivators and forced Futu Sang to order a retreat.
• Xiao Yan continued battling Futu Hao, then his flames turned crimson Red Lotus Karmic Fire and his golden body grew more solid.

Xiao Yan used the Red Lotus Karmic Fire to break through Futu Hao’s Heavenly Dipper Body, despite Futu Hao’s superior cultivation and skill with the Golden Mountain Saber. Enraged, Futu Hao gathered dozens of golden sabers to unleash a Great Dao Technique.

• Xiao Yan and Futu Hao exchanged powerful attacks, but Futu Hao’s Golden Mountain Saber split Xiao Yan’s wave of fire.
• Futu Hao dodged Xiao Yan’s flaming ruler and struck it apart, forcing Xiao Yan to retreat.
• Futu Hao dismissed Xiao Yan’s flames and boasted about his Eight-Star Origin Emperor cultivation and search for the Luo Heavenly Cauldron.
• Futu Hao’s body suddenly weakened as the Red Lotus Karmic Fire devoured his flesh and exposed his bones.
• Futu Hao accused Xiao Yan of being despicable, then summoned dozens of enormous golden sabers with a Great Dao Technique.

Futu Hao unleashed his Mountain-Severing Saber against Xiao Yan, who answered with the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler. Their attacks collided above the shattered Futu estate, and a crack began spreading through Xiao Yan’s purple ruler radiance.

• Futu Hao gathered the Power of the Great Dao into his Golden Mountain Saber and prepared to end the fight with a single strike.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler and gathered flames and Origin Qi for his counterattack.
• Futu Hao launched the Mountain-Severing Saber, tearing through the sky and destroying much of the Futu Clan’s estate.
• Xiao Yan swung the Heavy Xuan Ruler and unleashed the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler toward Futu Hao’s attack.
• The two techniques collided in a violent explosion, and a crack spread through Xiao Yan’s purple ruler radiance.

Xiao Yan appeared to lose the clash with Futu Hao, but he used the Great Dao Tent and Heavenly Severing Steps to strike Futu Hao down with Heart-Shattering Palm. He then sent the Northern King to protect Xiao Yi Xian’s group, while Futu Sang turned to find Xiao Yan standing behind him.

• Xiao Yan’s ruler light shattered, and Futu Sang ordered his clan to kill everyone except Xiao Yi Xian and Lian’er.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao Tent and Heavenly Severing Steps to appear beside Futu Hao, then killed him with Heart-Shattering Palm.
• Xiao Yan took Futu Hao’s Storage Ring, weakened by the Origin Qi and Spiritual Strength he had spent.
• Xiao Yan sent the Northern King to help Xiao Yi Xian, Bai Hua, and Li Bingrui as they fought Futu Sang’s forces.
• Futu Sang fell back from Bai Hua’s attack and turned to see Xiao Yan standing behind him.

Xiao Yan and the Northern King wiped out the Futu Clan’s leaders after the elders tried to sacrifice themselves, and Xiao Yan confirmed that his friends were safe. Elsewhere, a black-robed young man advanced to Six-Star Origin Emperor and discussed a hidden plan with his teacher before someone asked whether this was the Woeful Mountain Range.

• The Northern King killed Futu Sang with a single punch, stunning the watching experts.
• The two Futu Clan elders tried to self-destruct, but Xiao Yan stopped them with steel needles and the Northern King killed them.
• Xiao Yan warned that the elders had brought their deaths upon themselves by attacking his friends, then saw the remaining Futu Clan members flee in terror.
• Xiao Yan checked that Xiao Yi Xian and the others were unharmed as dawn broke.
• In the Central Region, a black-robed young man woke from cultivation at Six-Star Origin Emperor and discussed concealing his strength and controlling a girl with his teacher.
• Someone asked whether the place was the Woeful Mountain Range.

Xu Zhen learned that Xiao Yan was coming to the Central Region and killed the Futu Clan messenger who brought the news. After stabilizing his cultivation at the six-star Origin Emperor level, Xu Zhen left the mountain with a girl from the sect, vowing to protect her from anyone who tried to take her away.

• A middle-aged messenger arrived in the Woeful Mountain Range and asked Xu Zhen about the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Xu Zhen learned that Xiao Yan was coming to the Central Region and reacted with murderous intent, declaring that they would settle their score.
• Xu Zhen killed the messenger before he could finish delivering the Futu Clan's request, then absorbed him and stabilized his cultivation at the six-star Origin Emperor level.
• Xu Zhen told his master he might know what to do about Xiao Yan and the legendary saintess.
• Xu Zhen met a girl who had secretly followed him, then returned down the mountain with her and promised to punish anyone who tried to take her away.

Xiao Yan found the final missing fragment of the Origin Return Mantra in Futu Hao’s Storage Ring and continued east with his companions to Donghua City. At the city’s teleportation formation, a cloud-brocade-robed old man stopped them and asked whether Xiao Yan was Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan discovered the final fragment of the Origin Return Mantra in Futu Hao’s Storage Ring and rejoiced that Xiao Xuan’s Cultivation Method could be completed.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left Nanlin City and traveled east, while factions fought over control of the city after they departed.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached Donghua City and were astonished by its immense formation and the powerful experts gathered there.
• An old man in a cloud-brocade robe stepped in front of Xiao Yan and his companions and asked whether he was Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan arrived in Donghua City, where Zhang Li welcomed him on Luo Jin’s orders and explained the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s influence and the Central Region’s major factions. The group learned which powers to beware of and was offered help from the Heavenly Cloud Manor if Xiao Yan encountered trouble.

• Zhang Li introduced himself as steward of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion and assured Xiao Yan that Luo Jin had ordered him to protect and assist him in Donghua City.
• Zhang Li guided Xiao Yan and his companions through the city, warning that powerful factions stood behind its seemingly ordinary shops.
• Zhang Li described the Central Region’s leading factions, including the Xiao Clan, the Ghost Fiend Gate, and the Cloud Immortal Sect.
• Xiao Yan worried that Xiao Xuan might be mistreated by the Xiao Clan because he lacked the complete third volume of the Origin Return Mantra.
• Zhang Li warned Xiao Yan to be especially cautious of the Ghost Fiend Gate and the Cloud Immortal Sect, then offered the Heavenly Cloud Manor’s help if he faced trouble.

Xiao Yan and his companions left Donghua City for the Central Region using the city’s sixth-tier teleportation formation. They arrived safely, looking around in surprise and curiosity.

• Xiao Yan and his companions thanked Zhang Li, who warned them to be cautious in the Central Region.
• Xiao Yan said he would defend his companions if anyone tried to bully them, and he hinted that the Ghost Fiend Gate might attack them.
• Zhang Li explained that Donghua City’s sixth-tier teleportation formation offered greater range and speed than the fifth-tier formations Xiao Yan had seen.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the formation, and a golden-robed elder activated it.
• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in the Central Region and cautiously surveyed their surroundings.

Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Gulan City, where he used his Origin Emperor strength to stop a group of men from extorting them. After they left, an old man and a young man watched Lian'er and plotted to return her to their sect, while the young man secretly harbored malice.

• Xiao Yan and his companions entered Gulan City and attracted mocking looks from the locals.
• A group of burly men demanded passage fees from Xiao Yan's group, but Xiao Yan told them to collect fees from the other newcomers first.
• Xiao Yan released his Origin Emperor pressure, forced the men to kneel, and made their leader apologize.
• An old man and a young man watched Xiao Yan's group leave and recognized Lian'er as the child they had lost.
• The young man agreed to help the Third Elder return the Holy Maiden to the sect in exchange for support in marrying Qianqian, while secretly showing a venomous glint.