Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reached the Xilin Mountain Range after flying for five days and visited Mulberry Wood Town to explore its information market. At the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion, he found people buying rumors about him, then an attendant mistook him for a customer and tried to sell him a fabricated story about Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan flew for five days across the Western Lin Region before reaching the vast Xilin Mountain Range, where he sensed numerous Half-Emperor experts near its outskirts.
• Xiao Yan entered Mulberry Wood Town, dealt with pickpockets in the crowded streets, and went into the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the pavilion sold several conflicting accounts about him and that three Half-Emperor experts were quarreling over a rumor about his whereabouts.
• A shifty pavilion attendant approached Xiao Yan and offered to sell him a newly fabricated piece of information about Xiao Yan for fifty thousand Spirit Coins.
• Xiao Yan awkwardly pointed out himself, but the attendant failed to recognize him and continued his sales pitch.

Xiao Yan, disguised in Mulberry Wood Town, listened as a sleazy man tried to sell him false information about his own whereabouts and weakness. Xiao Yan agreed to buy the information, and the sleazy man prepared to hand over a map, unaware of who his customer was.

• The sleazy man offered Xiao Yan’s location in the Xilin Mountain Range for fifty thousand Spirit Coins and claimed he had fought Xiao Yan several times.
• To support his story, the sleazy man produced an old finger bone and claimed he had torn it from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan questioned the man’s claims and pretended to worry that the weakened Xiao Yan could still kill him.
• The sleazy man urged Xiao Yan to seize the chance to kill his target and gain glory and wealth.
• Xiao Yan agreed to buy the information, and the sleazy man took out a sheepskin map before Xiao Yan told him to wait.

Xiao Yan encountered a young man from a force allied with the Heavenly Sword Sect, who offered him a map in exchange for help finding Xiao Yan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan stunned by the request.

• A young man bearing the Heavenly Sword Sect's crest entered the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion with two powerful elders.
• The young man sent the sleazy man flying out of the pavilion and took the map he had been holding.
• The young man offered Xiao Yan the map as a gift, but Xiao Yan recognized that he wanted a favor in return.
• The young man asked Xiao Yan to take him to find Xiao Yan, leaving Xiao Yan momentarily speechless.

Xiao Yan posed as a stranger while a brocade-robed young man tried to force him to lead the way to the real Xiao Yan, believing the map seller's story. When the young man and his Gray and White Elders attacked him, Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to stun the elders and struck them both.

• The brocade-robed young man connected the black-robed stranger to Xiao Yan and decided to keep him there to help find Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the map as fake and refused to lead the young man through the Xilin Mountain Range.
• The young man tried to seize Xiao Yan, then ordered the Gray and White Elders to block his escape from the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan evaded their attacks and refused to cooperate, even as the crowd feared the two eight-star Half-Emperors would overwhelm him.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, stunning the elders, then punched one and kicked the other in the face.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the two gray-robed elders and seized their young master with the Heaven-Spanning Hand, forcing the elders to stop attacking. When they hesitated to obey his order to roll out of the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion, Xiao Yan tightened his grip and made the young man scream again.

• Xiao Yan mocked the two gray-robed elders after knocking them into a pillar and injuring them.
• The gray-robed elders charged at Xiao Yan again while the young man watched in shock.
• Xiao Yan used the Heaven-Spanning Hand to seize the young man and threatened the elders with his life.
• The elders stopped their attack when Xiao Yan tightened his grip, and they argued with him about the young man's identity.
• Xiao Yan ordered the elders to roll out of the pavilion, and when they prepared to attack again, he squeezed the young man until he screamed.

Xiao Yan held the Sun Clan’s young master hostage and forced two gray-robed elders to choose between his life and their dignity. After Xiao Yan destroyed the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion, the elders agreed to roll out in exchange for his promise to release the young man alive.

• Xiao Yan threatened to kill the young master despite the gray-robed elders warning him about the Sun Clan.
• The elders offered to let Xiao Yan leave if he released their young master, then threatened to torture him when he refused.
• Xiao Yan slammed the captive into the ground, destroying the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion while keeping him alive.
• The gray-robed elders confirmed the young master was unharmed and reluctantly agreed to roll out after Xiao Yan promised to return him alive.
• Xiao Yan invited the two elders to proceed and told them to roll.

Xiao Yan forced the two gray-robed Eight-Star Half-Emperors to roll across the ruins of the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion before releasing their wounded master and escaping their attack. He reached the Xilin Mountain Range, where he prepared to begin honing himself.

• The crowd discovered that Xiao Yan, a Four-Star Half-Emperor, had destroyed the Heaven-Penetrating Pavilion and held its master captive.
• The two gray-robed elders reluctantly rolled across the ruins to meet Xiao Yan's demand.
• Xiao Yan released the blood-soaked young man, and one elder caught him while the other attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan escaped at high speed toward the Xilin Mountain Range, leaving the elder unable to pursue him.
• The elder threatened Xiao Yan, drove away the crowd, and killed several onlookers before returning to the young man.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the mountain and flew toward its peak, intending to hone himself there.

Xiao Yan practiced the Soul Suppressing Seal while traveling through the Xilin Mountain Range, then rested and worked on refining his Nine Revolutions Avatar Art. The chapter ended with his three weak avatars still needing six more before they could reach their true potential.

• Xiao Yan used the Soul Suppressing Seal to shatter a mountain, demonstrating the power of the Human Class soul technique and exhausting his soul power.
• After half a month of practice, Xiao Yan rested at his camp, and Gu You shielded him while he slept before looking toward the northern horizon.
• An old man with ice-blue hair stood atop a statue on an island in the Northern Region and silently exchanged a distant gaze with Gu You.
• That night, Xiao Yan summoned his three Two-Star Half-Emperor avatars and concluded that he needed six more fire-attribute Flame Crystals to make them truly powerful.
• Xiao Yan began refining the three avatars with his soul power, hoping to eventually fuse all nine and strengthen them enough to challenge powerful opponents.

Xiao Yan found the fire-attribute energy crystal presence he had been searching for and rushed toward it. He rescued Shui'er from a Half-Emperor magical beast and confronted it.

• After searching the Xilin Mountain Range for nearly a month, Xiao Yan sensed a fire-attribute energy crystal and hurried toward it.
• A giant magical beast badly wounded Uncle Ge and threatened to kill his group.
• The beast attacked Shui'er, but Xiao Yan swept her a hundred zhang away and saved her.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the void and told the Half-Emperor magical beast he had intervened because it was bullying weaker people.

Xiao Yan confronted Thunder Leopard after the magical beast attacked a group of travelers for trespassing, then fought him despite Thunder Leopard's greater cultivation. Xiao Yan overwhelmed Thunder Leopard with his Vajra Glazed Body, leaving the beast buried in the mountains.

• Thunder Leopard transformed into a black-robed man and threatened to kill Uncle Ge's group for entering his territory.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Thunder Leopard's failed advancement had left him injured and warned him not to worsen those injuries.
• Thunder Leopard attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan dodged with Heavenly Severing Steps and countered with his heavy ruler.
• Thunder Leopard returned to his beast form and clashed with Xiao Yan, who matched his strength with Flame Splitting Tsunami.
• Xiao Yan activated Vajra Glazed Body, seized Thunder Leopard's claw, and punched him into the mountains.

Xiao Yan defeated Thunder Leopard and asked to trade two Emperor Grade Pills for the Flame Crystal in his cave. When Thunder Leopard tried to demand more, Xiao Yan threatened him, and Thunder Leopard hurled the crystal at him as he retreated.

• Xiao Yan overpowered Thunder Leopard, who withdrew from the fight and warned Xiao Yan not to trespass again.
• Xiao Yan asked Thunder Leopard for the fire-attribute Flame Crystal and offered two Emperor Grade Pills in exchange.
• Thunder Leopard tried to demand more, but Xiao Yan produced his ruler and threatened to fight him again.
• Xiao Yan warned Thunder Leopard that destroying the crystal would not save him, and Thunder Leopard hurled the Flame Crystal at Xiao Yan as he shot backward.

Xiao Yan accepted thanks from Uncle Ge’s group, revealed his identity, and continued into the Xilin Mountain Range. After cultivating, he used Thunder Leopard’s Flame Crystal to create a stronger avatar, but a sudden surge of suction from within his body interrupted him.

• Uncle Ge and his group thanked Xiao Yan for saving them, and Shui'er shyly asked him for his name.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was Xiao Yan, then vanished with Heavenly Severing Steps as Uncle Ge urged everyone to keep his identity secret.
• Uncle Ge led the group away from the Xilin Mountain Range while Xiao Yan continued deeper into the mountains.
• That night, Xiao Yan cultivated on a mountain peak and used Thunder Leopard’s Flame Crystal to condense a stronger Nine-Star Dou Sheng avatar.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to cultivate again, a powerful suction rose from within him and drew visible strands of natural energy toward his body.

Huo Yi reclaimed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame from Xiao Yan and began his breakthrough, leaving Gu You to look after Xiao Yan. After surviving three days of heavenly lightning, Huo Yi challenged the Barrier of Heaven, drawing the attention of powerful figures in the Central Region.

• Huo Yi awakened inside Xiao Yan, forcibly reclaimed the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, and knocked Xiao Yan unconscious.
• Gu You caught Xiao Yan as Huo Yi said the time had come for him to leave and entrusted Xiao Yan to Gu You.
• Huo Yi endured three days of heavenly lightning, grew stronger, and shattered the final bolt with a punch.
• Huo Yi sensed the Barrier of Heaven and charged toward the top of the firmament to confront it.
• A middle-aged man in the Central Region noticed the disturbance in the west and worried that the continent's sky was about to change.

Xiao Yan woke to learn that Huo Yi had left after breaking through, while Gu You urged him to follow his own path. Gu You then revealed that Xiao Yan had to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, which would make Gu You disappear, and sent a ray of light into Xiao Yan's mind.

• Xiao Yan woke and asked Gu You where Huo Yi was, learning that Huo Yi had already left.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan not to search for Huo Yi and urged him to rely on his own strength and follow his cultivation path.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan that it was time for the Flame Mantra to evolve and that Xiao Yan had to refine the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Gu You explained that refining the flame would end his existence and rejected Xiao Yan's hope that he could survive as a Fire Spirit.
• Gu You sent a ray of light into Xiao Yan's mind.

Xiao Yan received the Ice Spirit Pill formula from Gu You and learned that its rare ingredients were needed to suppress the Bone Spirit Cold Flame before he could devour it. Short on funds and unable to obtain several key ingredients, Xiao Yan resumed cultivating and resolved to practice pill refinement on his journey to the Western Wilderness Region.

• Xiao Yan received the Ice Spirit Pill formula from Gu You and learned the pill could help him devour the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Gu You explained that Ice Spirit Cold Liquid was the pill’s crucial ingredient and a powerful counter to flames.
• Xiao Yan discovered that four other ingredients were extremely rare and realized he lacked the wealth to gather them all.
• Xiao Yan decided to refine more Emperor Grade Pills and practice pill refinement during his journey to the Western Wilderness Region.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating again, and Gu You returned to Xiao Yan's body as night fell over the mountain peak.

Xiao Yan spent half a year on the outskirts of the Xilin Mountain Range improving his alchemy and consolidating his strength. After becoming nearly seventy percent confident in refining Emperor Grade Pills, he set off west again toward the mountain range’s depths.

• Xiao Yan searched the Xilin Mountain Range for medicinal ingredients and detected powerful Nine-Star Half-Emperor magical beasts near its depths.
• A magical beast warned Xiao Yan to leave or take another route, but Xiao Yan insisted he needed to cross the mountain range to reach the Western Wilderness Region.
• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Cauldron to practice refining pills, suffering repeated failures before twice drawing down Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan spent half a year honing his alchemy, consolidated his Five-Star Half-Emperor strength, and raised the Northern King to Peak Late Nine-Star Half-Emperor through eight Pill Lightning baptisms.
• Xiao Yan left his resting place at dawn and flew west toward the distant mountains.

Xiao Yan tried to cross the territory guarded by three Nine-Star Half-Emperors, using Heavenly Severing Steps and the Six Paths Curtain to evade them. Though Tian Ying was astonished by Xiao Yan’s mastery of the Power of the Great Dao, he transformed into a giant eagle and caught him in his talons.

• Xiao Yan flew into the three Nine-Star Half-Emperors’ territory while concealing his presence.
• The three masters detected Xiao Yan, and Tian Ying pursued him, nearly stopping him with a hand on his shoulder.
• Xiao Yan activated the Six Paths Curtain repeatedly and escaped farther into the territory.
• Tian Ying told the red-haired man and the broad-backed man that Xiao Yan had mastered the Power of the Great Dao and was exceptionally fast.
• Tian Ying transformed into a colossal eagle, caught up with Xiao Yan, and seized him in its talons.

Xiao Yan tried to force his way through the heart of the Xilin Mountain Range, but Tian Ying and Yan Shi moved to stop him. After breaking free of Tian Ying’s grasp and clashing with Yan Shi, Xiao Yan retreated deeper into the forest, still facing the three guardians.

• Xiao Yan refused Tian Ying’s warning and used the Vajra Glazed Body to break out of his claws.
• Xiao Yan struck at Tian Ying with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, then escaped into the mountain forest.
• Tian Ying called on Yan Shi and Xiong Gang to stop Xiao Yan, and Yan Shi charged into the forest to confront him.
• Xiao Yan and Yan Shi exchanged the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler and Lion Gang Fist, leaving Xiao Yan with a slight injury.
• Xiao Yan used the recoil from their clash to turn and vanish deeper into the forest.

Xiao Yan tried to break through the guardians blocking the heart of the Xilin Mountain Range, but Xiong Gang unleashed a powerful attack that forced him to fight back. After revealing his Heavenly Flames and fusing them into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, Xiao Yan launched it toward the falling meteors.

• Xiao Yan evaded Yan Shi's pursuit and struck him with Eight Extremes Collapse before escaping deeper into the forest.
• Xiong Gang transformed into a massive armored bear and pursued Xiao Yan while Tian Ying watched from above.
• Xiong Gang summoned flaming meteors with Three Stars Descent, forcing Xiao Yan to stop fleeing and face the attack.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Heavenly Flames, extinguished the meteors' flames, and began fusing the Child Flames.
• Xiao Yan formed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and launched it toward the falling meteors.

Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus against Xiong Gang, who contained its blast with stone pillars. Xiao Yan refused to abandon his attempt to cross the Xilin Mountain Range and revealed the Nine-Star Half-Emperor puppet Northern King, setting the stage for a fight with Tian Ying, Yan Shi, and Xiong Gang.

• Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus erupted, prompting Tian Ying and Yan Shi to retreat while Xiong Gang stood firm.
• Xiong Gang used Move Mountains and Rivers with a Thought to raise stone pillars and contain the Fire Lotus's ten-minute storm.
• Yan Shi and Tian Ying caught up with Xiao Yan after the blast and warned him to leave the Xilin Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan refused to turn back, summoned the Northern King, and revealed that the puppet possessed Nine-Star Half-Emperor strength.
• Tian Ying said they would strike without mercy if Xiao Yan persisted, while Yan Shi watched the Northern King with a desire to fight.