Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan questioned an old man about information related to his search for a treasure to improve his Spiritual Strength. The old man revealed that a Soul-Congealing Fruit had reportedly been found in ancient ruins near the Xilin Mountain Range, giving Xiao Yan hope of reaching the third tier as an alchemist.

• Xiao Yan pressed the old man about his information and warned him against prying into his Spiritual Strength.
• The old man explained that he knew of a heavenly treasure with its own Spiritual Strength, though the Four Pavilions had no Soul Infant Fruit.
• The old man told Xiao Yan that ancient ruins had reportedly been discovered near the border of the Xilin Mountain Range and human territory.
• The old man identified the treasure in the ruins as a Soul-Congealing Fruit, and Xiao Yan excitedly realized it could help him become a third-tier alchemist.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ancient Ruins contained a Soul-Congealing Fruit, while Bai Ye returned to the Sun Residence to report that Xiao Yan had appeared at the Four Pavilions. Clan Head Sun reacted with surprise when Bai Ye identified him.

• The elder assured Xiao Yan that the Ancient Ruins held a genuine Soul-Congealing Fruit, and Xiao Yan reacted with excitement and suspicion.
• Bai Ye arrived at the Sun Residence and demanded an audience with Clan Head Sun.
• Clan Head Sun revealed that he could sense people whose Qi he recognized within Hanxi City.
• Bai Ye told Clan Head Sun that he had seen Xiao Yan at the Four Pavilions, and Clan Head Sun exclaimed in surprise.

Bai Ye told the Sun Clan patriarch that Xiao Yan was in Hanxi City and had supposedly become a Third-Tier Alchemist, tempting him with the prospect of capturing or recruiting Xiao Yan. When the Bai Clan patriarch arrived, the Sun Clan patriarch realized Bai Ye had been stalling for time.

• Bai Ye revealed that Xiao Yan was at the Sun Clan’s Four Pavilions, and the Sun Clan patriarch considered the rewards of capturing him for the Heavenly Sword Sect.
• Bai Ye secretly relied on the nearby Bai Clan to send its patriarch while he delayed the Sun Clan patriarch.
• Bai Ye claimed Xiao Yan was a Third-Tier Alchemist, and the Sun Clan patriarch reacted with shock before considering the clan’s possible gains.
• Bai Ye warned that Xiao Yan was wanted by the Four Great Sects, but the Sun Clan patriarch rebuked him for interfering.
• The Bai Clan patriarch arrived with a powerful presence, and the Sun Clan patriarch accused Bai Ye of deliberately stalling.

Bai Ying arrived at the Sun residence and stopped Sun Shuo from killing Bai Ye, then proposed that their clans compete to capture Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan overheard their agreement in the Four Pavilions and grew angry at being treated like an object.

• Sun Shuo attacked Bai Ye with his presence after accusing him of deliberately stalling, but Bai Ying arrived and blocked the attack.
• Bai Ying and Sun Shuo recognized that they had both reached the Middle Three-Star Dou Di Stage and exchanged barbed remarks about Xiao Yan.
• Sun Shuo insisted that capturing Xiao Yan was the Sun Clan's business, while Bai Ying proposed that their clans compete using people below the Dou Di level.
• Sun Shuo accepted the contest, agreeing that whichever clan subdued Xiao Yan first would get him.
• Xiao Yan heard the agreement from the Four Pavilions and became angry at the clans' attempt to claim him.

Bai Ying assigned Bai Ye to capture Xiao Yan while covertly planning around the Sun Clan’s advantage, but Sun Shuo announced a bounty that sent Hanxi City’s experts rushing toward the Four Pavilions. Sun Huo realized that the alchemist he had hoped would help him rise was Xiao Yan, leaving the story with Xiao Yan confirming his identity.

• Bai Ying ordered Bai Ye to capture Xiao Yan, invoking the Bai Clan’s honor despite Bai Ye’s concerns about the Sun Clan’s numbers.
• Bai Ying objected to Sun Shuo sending additional Sun Clan members, but Sun Shuo claimed he could send as many people as he pleased.
• Sun Shuo offered two third-tier pills to any Nine-Star Half-Emperor who captured Xiao Yan at the Four Pavilions.
• Experts across Hanxi City hurried toward the Four Pavilions after hearing Sun Shuo’s announcement.
• Sun Huo recognized Xiao Yan as the wanted man and despaired of his hopes for the alchemist’s help, while Xiao Yan confirmed his identity.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Sun Huo, exposing that Sun Huo had used medicinal pills to force his way into the Nine-Star Half-Emperor stage. After sensing a crowd of powerful experts gathered outside the Four Pavilions, Xiao Yan decided to end the fight quickly and activated Vajra Glazed Body.

• Sun Huo erupted in rage and charged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan stopped his attack with a light palm strike.
• Xiao Yan mocked Sun Huo's unstable strength and revealed that he had relied on medicinal pills to reach the Nine-Star Half-Emperor stage.
• Sun Huo attacked again with an armored fist and Vine Thorns, but Xiao Yan knocked him back and struck him when he tried to approach from the side.
• Xiao Yan sensed more than a dozen Nine-Star Half-Emperors and many other Half-Emperor experts outside the Four Pavilions, then decided not to prolong the fight.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to appear beside the flying Sun Huo and activated Vajra Glazed Body.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Four Pavilions and defeated Sun Huo, a Nine-Star Half-Emperor, before he could self-destruct. Bai Ying recognized Xiao Yan’s terrifying combat strength and secretly smiled as he looked toward Sun Shuo.

• Xiao Yan’s golden Vajra Glazed Body emerged from the ruins of the Four Pavilions, while Sun Huo’s damaged armor revealed how badly Xiao Yan had wounded him.
• Sun Huo swelled with turbulent Dou Qi and threatened to self-destruct, sending the surrounding crowds fleeing.
• Xiao Yan punched Sun Huo and disrupted his self-destruction, leaving him unconscious in a crater outside the Sun residence’s main hall.
• Bai Ye identified Sun Huo as an early-stage Nine-Star Half-Emperor and feared he would have suffered the same defeat.
• Bai Ying was shocked by how quickly Xiao Yan had defeated Sun Huo, then glanced at Sun Shuo with a fleeting smile.

After Xiao Yan defeated Sun Huo with one punch, Sun Shuo killed the badly wounded clansman and ordered his experts to capture Xiao Yan. Bai Ying mocked the Sun Clan and sent Bai Ye to face Xiao Yan, who asked whether Bai Ye had been the person who left the Four Pavilions.

• Bai Ying taunted Sun Shuo over Sun Huo's defeat and accused the Sun Clan of using pills to build up its fighters.
• Sun Shuo's attack struck Sun Huo instead, driving him into the ground and killing him.
• Sun Shuo defended his actions to the Sun Clan guards, then ordered Sun Yan, Sun Liang, and other experts to capture Xiao Yan.
• Bai Ying mocked the Sun Clan's hesitation and urged Bai Ye to fight Xiao Yan, while Sun Shuo responded with anger.
• Bai Ye flew toward Xiao Yan, who asked whether Bai Ye had been the person who left the Four Pavilions; Bai Ye prepared his Dou Qi without answering.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Bai Ye in Hanxi City, breaking his strongest attack with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler. As Xiao Yan tried to leave, Sun Shuo trapped him with a Dou Qi barrier.

• Bai Ye attacked Xiao Yan with the Mystic Flame Hand, but Xiao Yan struck first and sent him flying with a punch.
• Bai Ying urged Bai Ye to keep Xiao Yan occupied and offered him two third-tier pills, so Bai Ye resumed attacking with his broadsword and Dou Techniques.
• Bai Ye unleashed the Crimson Silk Soul-Severing Blade, and Xiao Yan answered with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, whose three strikes shattered Bai Ye's broadsword and forced him to retreat.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave Hanxi City, but Sun Shuo released a powerful pressure and formed a Dou Qi barrier that stopped him.

Sun Shuo overpowered the Half-Emperor experts and attacked Xiao Yan, who struggled to resist his pressure. Bai Ying intervened and blocked Sun Shuo, and the two argued over which clan had the right to claim Xiao Yan.

• Sun Shuo's Dou Di pressure forced the Half-Emperor experts to retreat, but Xiao Yan managed to remain standing.
• Sun Shuo appeared before Xiao Yan and attacked him while Xiao Yan struggled to move his Dou Qi.
• Bai Ying intervened and blocked Sun Shuo's palm, then knocked him back with a burst of power.
• Sun Shuo demanded that Bai Ying step aside, but Bai Ying argued that the Sun Clan had forfeited its claim by not answering the challenge.

Bai Ying challenged Sun Shuo over Xiao Yan, but Sun Shuo backed down after Bai Ying threatened his clan. Sun Shuo then ordered his Nine-Star Half-Emperors to capture Xiao Yan or die, and Xiao Yan invited them to attack him together.

• Bai Ying and Sun Shuo prepared to fight over who would take Xiao Yan, revealing their lightning and Water-Rock Dou Qi.
• Sun Shuo claimed his Water-Rock Dou Qi could suppress Bai Ying, but Bai Ying threatened to destroy the Sun Clan if they fought.
• Sun Shuo withdrew and ordered his Nine-Star Half-Emperors to capture Xiao Yan for two third-tier pills each or remain in Hanxi City and die.
• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi after Bai Ying blocked the Dou Di's pressure and told the Half-Emperors to attack him together.

Xiao Yan challenged all the Half-Emperors in Hanxi City to attack him at once, despite widespread disbelief. After they surrounded him, he unleashed his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and suppressed their combined pressure, leaving the city and Sun Shuo stunned.

• Xiao Yan declared that all the Half-Emperors should come at him together, shocking the onlookers and drawing different reactions from Bai Ying and Sun Shuo.
• Sun Shuo urged the Half-Emperors to attack Xiao Yan and promised rewards to whoever captured him.
• The Half-Emperors gathered their Dou Qi and surrounded Xiao Yan beneath a pressure that startled even the distant Dou Di experts.
• Xiao Yan used his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline to raise his strength to Middle Six-Star Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his own pressure and forcibly suppressed the combined pressure of hundreds of Half-Emperors, wiping the grin from Sun Shuo's face.

Hundreds of Half-Emperor experts attacked Xiao Yan for the second-tier medicinal pill, but he overwhelmed them with his Heavenly Flames, Heavy Xuan Ruler, and speed. Half the attackers were seriously injured, leaving the crowd and the Dou Di experts astonished while Sun Shuo's resentment grew.

• A Half-Emperor elder urged the crowd to attack Xiao Yan together, and an elder with a massive sword launched the first strike.
• Xiao Yan countered with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler and stopped the attackers’ techniques with successive ruler strikes.
• A Nine-Star Half-Emperor stabbed Xiao Yan in the chest, but his purple-gold dragon scales turned aside the dagger, and Xiao Yan struck the attacker down.
• Xiao Yan charged into the crowd, using overwhelming speed and ruler blows to defeat the Half-Emperor experts one after another.
• Half of the hundreds of Half-Emperor experts were seriously injured, and the Dou Di experts, Bai Ying, and Sun Shuo watched in shock as Sun Shuo’s resentment deepened.

Xiao Yan suppressed hundreds of Half-Emperors for nearly an hour, but his strength began to falter and the survivors rushed to attack him. As their combined assault closed in, he gathered his remaining Dou Qi and Heavenly Flames into a wheel of fire and began to unleash Buddha's Fury... Samsara.

• Xiao Yan struck a Nine-Star Half-Emperor with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, scattering his Dou Qi and sending him flying.
• Xiao Yan's complexion turned pale as his prolonged exertion left him weakened.
• The Half-Emperors mistook Xiao Yan's weakness for an opening and charged at him with weapons and streams of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan gathered his Heavenly Flames and remaining Dou Qi into a palm-sized wheel of fire.
• Xiao Yan opened his hand and began to invoke Buddha's Fury... Samsara.

Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, devastating the Half-Emperor attackers and frightening the watching Dou Di experts. Sun Shuo charged at Xiao Yan to seize the technique, but the black light pierced his defenses and began decomposing his body.

• Xiao Yan released Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, and wary Dou Di experts withdrew or fled rather than risk confronting him.
• The black pillar of light destroyed the incoming Dou Qi and decomposed the Half-Emperor experts it struck, sending them crashing into the city.
• Sun Shuo became greedy for Xiao Yan's technique and charged at him, ignoring Bai Ying's reaction.
• Xiao Yan poured his remaining Dou Qi into Buddha's Fury Reincarnation and aimed it at Sun Shuo.
• The expanded black pillar struck Sun Shuo, penetrated his defenses, and decomposed part of his chest, shocking him.

Xiao Yan used Buddha's Fury Reincarnation to break down Sun Shuo's Dou Qi and swallow Bai Ying's soul power, but Sun Shuo overpowered the technique and attacked Xiao Yan directly. The chapter ended with Sun Shuo bringing his palm down toward Xiao Yan's forehead.

• Sun Shuo realized that Buddha's Fury Reincarnation was slowly breaking down his Dou Qi barrier.
• Bai Ying probed the black pillar with his soul power, lost several strands to its suction, and began considering the Bai Clan's opportunity amid the Four Great Sects' troubles.
• Xiao Yan named his technique Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, and its power intensified enough to make Sun Shuo feel resistance beneath it.
• Sun Shuo unleashed a powerful Dou Qi strike that blasted apart nearly a hundred zhang of Xiao Yan's pillar and injured him.
• Sun Shuo appeared before Xiao Yan and swung his palm toward Xiao Yan's forehead, declaring that Xiao Yan would die.

Sun Shuo nearly killed the exhausted Xiao Yan, but Bai Ying intervened and blocked his attack. Sun Shuo then offered rewards for Xiao Yan’s capture, and Bai Ying struck at the approaching Half-Emperor experts to protect him.

• Sun Shuo shattered Xiao Yan’s black pillars of light and raised a deadly palm against him.
• Xiao Yan gathered his remaining Dou Qi and called on Gu You for help, but Bai Ying appeared and shielded him from Sun Shuo’s attack.
• Bai Ying and Sun Shuo confronted each other as onlookers discussed the possible conflict between the Bai and Sun Clans.
• Sun Shuo offered two third-tier pills and a Sun Clan elder position to anyone who captured Xiao Yan.
• Dozens of injured Half-Emperor experts charged toward Xiao Yan, and Bai Ying sent a massive wave of water-blue Dou Qi at them.

Bai Ying fought Sun Shuo while Xiao Yan recovered, but Sun Shuo held Bai Ying back as Sun Clan experts closed in on Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan unleashed the Northern King against his attackers, and the chapter ended with him ordering a counterattack.

• Bai Ying blasted the Half-Emperor experts away from Xiao Yan and clashed with Sun Shuo after Sun Shuo ordered his clan to capture Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a medicinal pill and recovered while a dozen Sun Clan experts surrounded him.
• Xiao Yan taunted the attackers, then used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to stun the brocade-robed Nine-Star Half-Emperor and send him flying.
• A second Nine-Star Half-Emperor attacked Xiao Yan from behind, but the Northern King shattered his sword and smashed his head.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Northern King to attack and leave none alive.

Xiao Yan ordered the Northern King to kill the Half-Emperors attacking him, then stepped in to finish the three survivors himself. The battle ended with the attackers dead and the onlookers stunned by Xiao Yan’s power.

• Xiao Yan ordered the Northern King to leave none alive, and the Northern King swiftly killed most of the attacking Half-Emperors.
• The remaining Six-Star, Seven-Star, and Eight-Star Half-Emperors joined forces to repel the Northern King’s attacks.
• Xiao Yan called the Northern King back and said he would deal with the survivors himself.
• Xiao Yan interrupted the Half-Emperors’ techniques, blasted aside two of them, and struck the Eight-Star Half-Emperor with the Vajra Glazed Body.
• Xiao Yan killed all three remaining Half-Emperors, and their bodies fell into Hanxi City as the onlookers stared in shock.

Xiao Yan fought to survive Sun Shuo’s relentless attacks while his strength ran low. Just as Sun Shuo struck at his head, Xiao Yan escaped through a black curtain after smashing the Heavy Xuan Ruler into his face.

• The onlookers descended into Hanxi City, while Bai Ying and Sun Shuo paused their battle in shock at Xiao Yan’s power and the Northern King’s strength.
• Sun Shuo attacked Xiao Yan to seize Heavenly Severing Steps and pursued him as Xiao Yan repeatedly dodged with the technique, sustaining numerous wounds.
• Xiao Yan used the little Dou Qi he had left to repair his black robe and unleash Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, but the exertion left him weakened.
• Sun Shuo hurled his greatsword at Xiao Yan and appeared beside him to deliver a fatal blow, while Bai Ying prepared to intervene.
• Xiao Yan vanished into a pitch-black curtain after striking Sun Shuo’s face with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, leaving Sun Shuo bleeding and badly bruised.