Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xiao Yan met Zhang Yi at the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion branch in Lengcui City, where he learned that the Four Great Sects’ masters had secretly gathered there two years earlier. He feared they had targeted the Liu Clan, but Luo Jin reassured him that they had not gone to Ancient Wilderness City, and Xiao Yan resolved to protect the clan that had given him Heavenly Severing Steps.

• Zhang Yi welcomed Xiao Yan and praised his strength, while Luo Jin revealed that Xiao Yan had forced a nine-star half-emperor to retreat and defeated another.
• Zhang Yi told Luo Jin that he had detected four powerful visitors in Lengcui City two years earlier and suspected they were the sect masters of the Four Great Sects.
• Xiao Yan feared the four masters had gone to Ancient Wilderness City to find the Liu Clan and asked Zhang Yi whether they had left Lengcui City.
• Luo Jin reminded Xiao Yan that the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion headquarters was in Ancient Wilderness City, making it unlikely the four masters had dared to go there unnoticed.
• Xiao Yan felt reassured and resolved to protect the Liu Clan because Heavenly Severing Steps had repeatedly saved his life.

Xiao Yan reached Lengcui City’s gates and found Zou Shan and another Eight-Star Half-Emperor preventing anyone from leaving. When they attacked the yellow-robed elder, Xiao Yan and the Northern King intervened, and a powerful arrival addressed Xiao Yan before Zou Shan could respond.

• Xiao Yan noticed an inconspicuous follower trailing him as he headed for Lengcui City’s closed gates.
• Zou Shan used his pressure to force the crowd to kneel and declared that no one could leave, while the Sword Emperor challenged his authority.
• Xiao Yan sensed the follower guiding the burly middle-aged man from the previous day toward him, but the follower escaped his perception.
• Zou Shan and the other Eight-Star Half-Emperor attacked the yellow-robed elder, and Xiao Yan and the Northern King blocked their strikes.
• Xiao Yan told Zou Shan he was testing whether he had the strength to leave, and a voice from the horizon invited him to stay for an apology.

Xiao Yan confronted a middle-aged Nine-Star Half-Emperor who had been following him and tried to stop him from leaving Lengcui City. When the man revealed that others had sent him and launched an attack, Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King and faced Zou Shan and Ruo Shui.

• Xiao Yan rejected the middle-aged man's offer of friendship and accused him of having someone follow him.
• The middle-aged man blocked Xiao Yan from leaving, and Xiao Yan's storm-like power stirred Lengcui City's residents as they recognized him as Yan Xiao.
• Xiao Yan demanded to know who had sent the man and learned that he was a Nine-Star Half-Emperor wielding a black axe.
• The middle-aged man engaged the Northern King and ordered Zou Shan and Ruo Shui to capture Xiao Yan in exchange for help advancing to Nine-Star Half-Emperor.
• Zou Shan and Ruo Shui attacked Xiao Yan, who called out to Xiao Jin.

Xiao Yan fought Zou Shan and Ruo Shui while the Northern King and Xiao Jin battled a Nine-Star Half-Emperor. Xiao Yan struck both Eight-Star Half-Emperors with Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, but their furious shouts from the dust cloud showed they were still standing.

• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to evade Zou Shan and Ruo Shui, while the Northern King and Xiao Jin battered their Nine-Star Half-Emperor opponent.
• The middle-aged man charged back into battle and berated Zou Shan and Ruo Shui for failing to defeat Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan sent two fire dragons at Zou Shan and Ruo Shui, then attacked with his incarnation using two Buddha's Fury Reincarnations.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to send the flaming attacks directly into Zou Shan and Ruo Shui, blasting them into Lengcui City.
• The crowd gathered and reacted in shock to Xiao Yan's strength as two furious shouts rose from the dust below.

Xiao Yan used Fire Lotus Bottles and his Heavy Xuan Ruler to fight Zou Shan, while his avatar struggled against Ruo Shui. He trapped Zou Shan with six Spatial Curtains and launched the first two strikes of the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and his avatar hurled hundreds of Fire Lotus Bottles at Zou Shan and Ruo Shui, but the blasts failed to seriously harm the Eight-Star Half-Emperors.
• Zou Shan attacked Xiao Yan with his Lightning Flash Thrust and Hundred-Turn Heaven-Breaking Spear, but Xiao Yan blocked and shattered the attacks with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used the Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler to deflect Zou Shan's spears, then used six Spatial Curtains to evade his pincer attack.
• Zou Shan was struck by his own lightning bolt as Xiao Yan reappeared behind him and began the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the first strike, and Zou Shan countered with Startling Thunder Waterfall before Xiao Yan's second strike came from another Spatial Curtain.

Xiao Yan used Spatial Curtains to strike Zou Shan with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, but Ruo Shui intervened before his sixth strike could land. As Zou Shan and Ruo Shui joined forces against Xiao Yan, he summoned his Heavenly Flames and prepared to use Shatter Heart Palm.

• Xiao Yan reappeared behind Zou Shan and struck him with the fifth strike, sending him flying and coughing blood.
• Xiao Yan launched the sixth strike, but Ruo Shui arrived and countered it with the Ruo Water Sword, forcing the battles in the sky to pause.
• The Northern King and Xiao Jin continued to pressure the burly middle-aged Nine-Star Half-Emperor, whose strength was waning as the Northern King grew stronger by devouring lightning.
• Zou Shan recovered and joined Ruo Shui in confronting Xiao Yan, who had spent much of his Dou Qi using Spatial Curtains and the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler.
• Xiao Yan asked Elder Gu for help inwardly, unleashed his Heavenly Flames, and prepared to use the Intent Class Dou Technique Shatter Heart Palm as Zou Shan and Ruo Shui charged him.

Xiao Yan killed Zou Shan and Ruo Shui with the Heart-Shattering Palm, then joined Northern King and Xiao Jin in defeating the middle-aged man who had intercepted him. As Xiao Yan tried to learn who had sent the man, a genuine Dou Di arrived in Lengcui City and declared that Xiao Yan had to die.

• Xiao Yan used the Heart-Shattering Palm to kill Zou Shan and Ruo Shui, exhausting his Dou Qi and suffering backlash.
• Xiao Jin and Northern King exploited the middle-aged man's hesitation and defeated him while Xiao Yan recovered atop the city gate.
• Luo Jin and Zhang Yi watched from the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion and recognized Xiao Yan's attack as an Intent Class Dou Technique.
• Northern King brought the gravely injured middle-aged man to Xiao Yan, who demanded to know who had sent him and ordered Northern King to kill him when he would not answer.
• An aged voice announced that Xiao Yan had to die, and an overwhelming pressure descended over Lengcui City as a genuine Dou Di arrived.

Xiao Yan faced several hidden Dou Di experts in Lengcui City and discovered that they knew his real identity. As the Four Great Sects’ masters appeared, Zhang Yi identified them and Xiao Yan prepared for a confrontation.

• An unseen Dou Di expert pressured Xiao Yan, who offered to spare his opponent if the newcomer wanted to protect him.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Northern King and Xiao Jin to resist the pressure, while another hidden voice recognized him as Yan Xiao from Ancient Wilderness City.
• The second voice revealed that Yan Xiao was Xiao Yan in reverse, and Xiao Yan realized the Ghost Fiend Gate might have exposed his identity.
• Xiao Yan armed himself with Heavenly Flame armor and the Heavy Xuan Ruler, with the Northern King and Xiao Jin taking position beside him.
• Zhang Yi arrived and identified the hidden figures as the sect masters of the Four Great Sects, who emerged from the void as four Dou Di experts.

The Four Great Sects’ masters confronted Xiao Yan in Lengcui City, demanding the Heavenly Severing Steps, while Zhang Yi stood between them and Xiao Yan. After Jian Ming defeated Zhang Yi, the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s pavilion master arrived and challenged him.

• Wu Jitian, Chen Zhen, Jian Ming, and the fourth sect master confronted Zhang Yi and Xiao Yan at Lengcui City’s gate.
• Zhang Yi refused Chen Zhen’s request to stand aside and protected Xiao Yan after learning that Xiao Yan possessed the Heavenly Severing Steps.
• Jian Ming unleashed his pressure, forcing the injured Xiao Yan to kneel and cough blood, then declared that the four sects would not let him go.
• Jian Ming attacked Zhang Yi with eight swords, broke his Heaven-Expanding Palm, and sent him crashing into the city wall.
• Jian Ming dismissed Zhang Yi and challenged the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s authority, but the pavilion master’s voice rang out and alarmed the sect masters.

Luo Jin confronted the Four Great Sects’ masters over their attempt to seize Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Severing Steps, while Xiao Yan recovered under an Emperor Grade Pill. Chen Zhen pressed his attack despite the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s warning, and Xiao Yan finally denied possessing the technique.

• Luo Jin appeared beside Xiao Yan and gave him an Emperor Grade Pill to heal his injuries and restore his Dou Qi.
• Luo Jin told Jian Ming that the mysterious power behind the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion was absent, then demanded that the sect masters leave.
• Chen Zhen argued that Xiao Yan should hand over the Heavenly Severing Steps and threatened to let others learn that Xiao Yan possessed them.
• Chen Zhen released his Eight-Star Dou Di pressure toward Xiao Yan, but Zhang Yi stepped in to shield him and was forced backward.
• Chen Zhen demanded the technique while Xiao Yan continued refining the pill, and Xiao Yan eventually said he did not have the Heavenly Severing Steps.