Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan persuaded Lian'er to stop hurting people and promised to find her a master, then brought her to the Liu Clan for protection. Before leaving, he taught the Liu Clan how to manage her Woeful Poison Body and placed a Fire God Seal on her to suppress its poisonous fog.

• Xiao Yan reassured Lian'er that she could stay in Qingyang City and promised that Xiao Yi Xian would become her master.
• Xiao Yan brought Lian'er to the Liu Clan residence and asked Liu Xincheng and the others to care for her while he was away.
• Xiao Yan summoned Liu Xiang and secretly explained Lian'er's condition and the method for sealing her poisonous fog.
• Xiao Yan placed a Fire God Seal on Lian'er and told the Liu Clan elders that it would suppress her poison and protect Liu Xiang when her condition erupted.
• The Liu Clan members agreed to keep Lian'er's situation secret and care for her as Xiao Yan left the hall.

Xiao Yan visited the Liu Clan’s Gold-Inscribed Plaque and left his own soul imprint to help its younger generation cultivate faster. After seeing Lian'er and giving the Liu Clan and her little beast a few instructions, he left the Liu residence.

• Xiao Yan told Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng he would leave them something in return for caring for Lian'er, then went to the Liu Clan library.
• Xiao Yan stopped Liu Huabai from interrupting a disciple who was contemplating the Gold-Inscribed Plaque and waiting for a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan entered the plaque’s world, told Liu Feng he planned to leave to avoid bringing disaster to the Liu Clan, and stabilized the space before leaving his spiritual imprint.
• Xiao Yan emerged and told the Liu Clan that his soul imprint would help its juniors cultivate faster, prompting the clan members to thank him.
• Xiao Yan met Lian'er and her little beast, gave them and Liu Huabai a few instructions, then left the Liu residence.

Xiao Yan traveled toward Ancient Wilderness City while practicing the Heavenly Severing Steps, struggling to control the technique and learning about its realms and the Great Daos. By sensing the wind, he finally produced an afterimage and moved several hundred zhang in an instant.

• Xiao Yan accidentally killed a tier-six Cloud-Rending Leopard while practicing the Heavenly Severing Steps.
• Xiao Yan continued toward Ancient Wilderness City, where Liu Huabai had said he could find a way out of the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yan reviewed the three realms of the Heavenly Severing Steps and learned that its Sky Traversal Realm required comprehension of the Great Dao of the Void.
• Xiao Yan spent the morning crashing into magical beasts as he struggled to control his movement technique.
• Xiao Yan studied the wind and shifted his stance, then used the Heavenly Severing Steps to move several hundred zhang and leave an afterimage behind.

Xiao Yan practiced the Heavenly Severing Steps and learned to make the wind answer him. He tested the technique beneath thunderclouds and considered the stages he would need to master next.

• Xiao Yan practiced the Heavenly Severing Steps for half an hour and gained a better grasp of the Wind Movement Realm.
• Xiao Yan vowed that he would not let Old Ghost Yan Mo escape if they met again.
• Xiao Yan flew beneath dark clouds and punched through a lightning strike.
• Xiao Yan formed the Heavenly Severing Steps' hand seals, moved through the air, and reappeared after a lightning bolt struck him.
• Xiao Yan used the wind to move a hundred zhang and reflected on how wind, clouds, and heavenly thunder related to the technique's later stages.

Xiao Yan continued cultivating amid the thunderclouds, evading heavenly lightning with strange, effortless movements. Meanwhile, three powerful visitors from Qingyun Manor confronted the Liu Clan over the death of one of their Dou Zun experts, while the white cat Xiao Yan had left with the clan quietly woke.

• Xiao Yan moved through the thunderclouds and dodged a cage of lightning by turning in a strange posture, sending the bolts toward the horizon.
• Three experts from Qingyun Manor arrived at the Liu Clan, led by a Six-star Dou Zun and accompanied by two Five-Star Dou Zun.
• The white cat took a seat in the council hall, and the visitors mocked Liu Huabai for its behavior.
• The leading Six-star Dou Zun accused the Liu Clan of killing a Qingyun Manor Dou Zun and demanded that its senior expert appear.
• As the Liu Clan members grew fearful, the white cat opened its eyes with a cold, sinister gaze.

Liu Huabai stood firm against three Qingyun Manor experts who demanded information about Xiao Yan and sought to take a share of the Liu Clan’s future gains. When the Six-star Dou Zun threatened the clan, an unseen presence intervened, terrifying the three men and forcing them to kneel.

• The Six-star Dou Zun pressured Liu Huabai to reveal where the newly advanced expert was, but Liu Huabai said he did not know and warned that they could not handle that senior.
• Liu Huabai reminded the Qingyun Manor experts that the Wu Clan’s ancestor had provoked the senior and been killed, warning them to value their lives.
• The three Qingyun Manor experts considered how to pressure the Liu Clan into surrendering part of its future resources after the Wu Clan’s destruction.
• The Six-star Dou Zun accused Liu Huabai of bluffing and threatened to make the Liu Clan explain itself.
• An unseen speaker challenged the Six-star Dou Zun, who froze in terror as he and the other two experts knelt and kowtowed in apology.

A mysterious senior humiliated three Qingyun Manor experts, then demanded fifty thousand Spirit Coins as compensation for their supposed insult. The Six-star Dou Zun protested that the amount was too much.

• The mysterious senior kept the three Qingyun Manor experts kneeling under falling dust until a gust sent them flying from the hall.
• The Six-star Dou Zun accused the senior of trying to kill them, but the senior claimed he had only meant to blow dust off them.
• The senior pressured the three into praising his righteousness, and the Six-star Dou Zun complied.
• The senior demanded fifty thousand Spirit Coins from the three as compensation, and the Six-star Dou Zun said they could not afford so much.

The Liu Clan drove off the Qingyun Manor experts after the mysterious senior demanded Spirit Coins, then found a message of approval left in white fur. Old Ghost Yan Mo returned to a hidden black hall after escaping Xiao Yan, while Yuan Qing finally made it back to the green mountains.

• The Qingyun Manor experts left 370,000 Spirit Coins and fled after the mysterious voice warned them not to trouble the Liu Clan again.
• Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng found the white cat gone and read a message saying the Liu Clan deserved his help.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo reached a concealed black hall in a blood-mist valley and entered through its terrifying dark passage.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo emerged from another black passage as guards sealed its exit with chains, then headed into the hall.
• Yuan Qing gazed at the green mountains and said that he had finally returned.

Old Ghost Yan Mo returned to the Hall of Souls after losing his subordinates and told the hall master that Xiao Yan had arrived. The hall master’s response was left pending.

• Old Ghost Yan Mo entered the dark passage and told an unseen speaker that Yuan Qing had not acted alone in defeating him.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo demanded passage to the hall master, and the Hall Guardian warned him that the master was in seclusion.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo entered the jade hall, where three clusters of soul origin filled the chamber with mist.
• The hall master angrily confronted Old Ghost Yan Mo for interrupting his seclusion, and Yan Mo reported that Xiao Yan had arrived.

Old Ghost Yan Mo reported that Xiao Yan had appeared, prompting the Ghost Fiend Gate hall master to summon everyone for a major announcement. At the Cloud Immortal Sect, Yuan Qing proposed recruiting Xiao Yan, but Deacon Yun Mei questioned whether Xiao Yan himself wanted to join.

• Old Ghost Yan Mo confirmed to the hall master that the Xiao Yan he had encountered was likely the one from the Dou Qi Continent.
• The hall master summoned everyone to the main hall to hear a major announcement.
• Yuan Qing urged Deacon Yun Mei and the Cloud Immortal Sect to recruit Xiao Yan and join forces against the Ghost Fiend Gate.
• Yun Mei questioned Yuan Qing's speculation that the Ghost Fiend Gate had come to the border to wait for Xiao Yan.
• Yun Mei asked whether joining the Cloud Immortal Sect was what Xiao Yan wanted.

Yuan Qing explained that he wanted Xiao Yan to join the Cloud Immortal Sect to repay him for saving his life, revealing that Xiao Yan knew a method of refining a physical body. Yun Mei instructed Yuan Qing to recruit Xiao Yan if possible while maintaining a good relationship with him, then wondered whether Xiao Yan was connected to the mysterious beings the sect was investigating.

• Yuan Qing told Yun Mei that promoting Xiao Yan had been his own idea and that he wanted to repay Xiao Yan for saving his life.
• Yuan Qing explained that Old Ghost Yan Mo had damaged his physical body, and Xiao Yan's method of refining one had saved him.
• The hall's occupants recognized the value of Xiao Yan's secret method, and Yun Mei silenced the crowd before praising Yuan Qing's gratitude.
• Yuan Qing vowed to persuade Xiao Yan to join the Cloud Immortal Sect, and Yun Mei urged him to befriend Xiao Yan even if the recruitment failed.
• Yun Mei gave Yuan Qing a pill for his impending breakthrough and dismissed the hall.
• Alone, Yun Mei wondered whether Xiao Yan was the person the sect was looking for and what the mysterious, neither-human-nor-ghost beings were planning.

Xiao Yan practiced the Wind Movement First Realm of Heavenly Severing Steps under Gu You’s guidance, then showed him a mysterious ball of light in a jade bottle. Gu You recognized that the person connected to it was still alive, but the chapter ended before he explained further.

• An old man carrying the Xiao Clan’s jade token left Xiao City after cursing the elders who had delayed his departure.
• Xiao Yan practiced Heavenly Severing Steps, using wind and footwork to form and disperse a dragon of leaves.
• Gu You praised Xiao Yan for reaching the Wind Movement First Realm and explained that he was effectively cultivating the Cloud-Soaring Grand Realm.
• Xiao Yan paused to cultivate the Flame Mantra, then summoned Gu You and handed him a jade bottle.
• Gu You opened the bottle, examined the floating ball of light, and asked who its owner was, astonished that the person was still alive.

Xiao Yan asked Gu You to find a way to resurrect Xiao Xuan, whose remnant soul was dangerously fragile. After a day of searching for a solution, Gu You proposed using pure Soul Origin power to nourish and restore Xiao Xuan, though he warned that failure would leave no hope.

• Gu You examined Xiao Xuan's remnant soul and realized Xiao Yan wanted him to repair it.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor and had burned his Soul Power to help Xiao Yan reach the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Gu You detected a trace of life in Xiao Xuan but warned that his fragile soul was difficult to nourish and resurrection was uncertain.
• After thinking in silence for a day, Gu You found a possible method: nourish and restore Xiao Xuan's soul with pure Soul Origin power.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Hei Yan break through to Emperor by drawing in heaven and earth energy while Hei Yan absorbed Origin Qi. As Hei Yan’s breakthrough neared completion, a force from the Barrier of Heaven struck at him, but a flash of black light intervened and Hei Yan vanished.

• Gu You told Xiao Yan that resurrecting Xiao Xuan required pure Soul Origin, which Xiao Yan could obtain from enemies and purify with his Heavenly Flames.
• Gu You suspected Xiao Xuan’s cultivation method was one that had vanished from the continent.
• Hei Yan demanded that Xiao Yan honor his promise to help him become an Emperor, and Xiao Yan gave him the jade bottle before they began cultivating.
• For ten days, Xiao Yan drew in heaven and earth energy while Hei Yan absorbed Origin Qi amid violent changes in the sky.
• As Hei Yan faced black lightning and a gigantic palm formed from the Barrier of Heaven, a streak of black light flashed and Hei Yan disappeared.
• A robed middle-aged man and a pair of blood-filled eyes separately wondered who had dared to touch the Barrier of Heaven.

Xiao Yan and Gu You lost track of Hei Yan after a spatial storm swept him away, though Gu You believed he would survive and benefit from the encounter. Xiao Yan then received a fragment of the Flame Mantra and began refining it with his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan asked Gu You whether he had seen Hei Yan after a flash of white light appeared.
• Gu You explained that Hei Yan had likely been swept away by a spatial storm while fighting Void Divine Lightning, but said he believed Hei Yan would be fine and might gain unexpected benefits.
• Xiao Yan asked Gu You for the fragment of the Flame Mantra, and Gu You transmitted it to him.
• Xiao Yan struggled to contain the scorching Fire Lotus in his mind and nearly suffered damage to his consciousness.
• Gu You told Xiao Yan to use his Heavenly Flames to refine the fragment, and Xiao Yan gradually calmed the Fire Lotus by enveloping it in the flames.

Xiao Yan refined the Fire Lotus fragments while the Third Hall Master and his group searched Qingyang City for him. After the pursuers left, Bai Hua revealed himself to Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng and told them to call him by name.

• Xiao Yan fused the Fire Lotus with his Heavenly Flames, split it into three portions, and began refining them under the suppression of his Soul Power.
• Eight figures shrouded in black mist arrived above Qingyang City, and Liu Xincheng warned Liu Huabai not to approach them in case they were looking for Xiao Yan.
• Bai Hua appeared behind Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng and explained that the newcomers were troublesome and that he and Xiao Yan did not yet understand their motives.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo reported to the Third Hall Master that Xiao Yan had left Qingyang City, and the group flew away with Old Ghost Yan Mo leading them onward.
• Bai Hua met Liu Huabai and Liu Xincheng at the Liu residence, declined their formalities, and asked them to call him Bai Hua or Brother Bai.

Xiao Yan refined part of the Burning Flame Mantra, improving its circulation and cultivation speed, then continued toward Wilderness City. There, Old Ghost Yan Mo’s group caught up with him, and their attack began after Xiao Yan refused to go with them.

• Xiao Yan fused a new cultivation route into the Burning Flame Mantra and found that his Dou Qi circulated and condensed faster.
• Xiao Yan left for Ancient Wilderness City after cultivating through the night.
• Old Ghost Yan Mo’s group tracked Xiao Yan’s trail and set out to catch him before he left the Southern Region.
• Gu You warned Xiao Yan that eight Half-Emperors were approaching, including a Seven-Star Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan waited in the sky above Wilderness City and rejected the third hall master’s demand to come with them.
• The third hall master ordered his seven followers to attack Xiao Yan without killing him.

Xiao Yan fought Old Ghost Yan Mo and then faced the much stronger Third Hall Master, a Seven-Star Half-Emperor. After taking a heavy blow, Xiao Yan struggled to keep fighting, and someone reminded him that he still had a Human Class Dou Technique.

• Old Ghost Yan Mo attacked Xiao Yan, who covered himself in Heavenly Flames and struck back, but the Third Hall Master intervened and knocked Yan Mo aside.
• The Third Hall Master broke through Xiao Yan's flames and punched at him, forcing Xiao Yan to activate his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline and meet the blow with Yellow Springs Palm.
• The clash sent Xiao Yan crashing into a mountain, while the Third Hall Master was surprised that Xiao Yan's body had withstood part of his strength.
• Xiao Yan vanished from the Third Hall Master's sight, reappeared to mock him, and dodged most of the Third Hall Master's next punch, though it still wounded his chest.
• Xiao Yan recognized that he could not match the Third Hall Master, and an unidentified speaker urged him to use his Human Class Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan learned from Gu You that his self-created Human Class Dou Technique could severely injure the Third Hall Master, but he could not find time to use it. He relied on Heavenly Severing Steps to evade the Third Hall Master and seven other attackers, while improving his control of the technique.

• Gu You explained that Human Class Dou Techniques could be developed into Spirit Class techniques and that Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Reincarnation could severely injure the Third Hall Master.
• Xiao Yan realized he could not safely find the time needed to use Buddha's Fury Reincarnation, so he resolved to fight his way toward survival.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to evade the Third Hall Master's repeated punches, taking bruises but improving his control of the footwork.
• The Third Hall Master ordered Old Ghost Yan Mo and six others to attack Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan vanished as their attacks struck, and the Third Hall Master punched a deep dent into the black ruler that intercepted him.

Xiao Yan tried to escape the Third Hall Master and his seven pursuers, but they surrounded him and began preparing to attack. He interrupted Old Ghost Yan Mo as he unleashed the Mysterious Nether Soul-Devouring Palm, and a black energy storm swept everyone away while Xiao Yan disappeared.

• The Third Hall Master damaged Xiao Yan's Heavy Xuan Ruler, but Xiao Yan retrieved it and fled while the Third Hall Master and seven figures pursued him.
• The Third Hall Master overtook Xiao Yan, and the seven pursuers surrounded him in midair.
• The Third Hall Master ordered the seven to attack Xiao Yan and exhaust his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath and several Dou Techniques to reach Old Ghost Yan Mo as he completed the Mysterious Nether Soul-Devouring Palm.
• Xiao Yan's palm met Old Ghost Yan Mo's, unleashing a black energy storm that hurled the pursuers away, while Xiao Yan vanished.