Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Fang Ruyan and Yuan Qing at the Fang Clan, where Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing asked him to help face the Wang Clan in three days. Meanwhile, Wang Xiang prepared for the battle and planned to use an incoming Five-Star Dou Di and Jin Ge to secure the Wang Clan’s victory.

• Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing realized that Xiao Yan was the expert who had saved Fang Ruyan, and they thanked him for rescuing her.
• Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing asked Xiao Yan to help hold off Wang Xiang during the Fang Clan’s coming battle with the Wang Clan, and Xiao Yan did not refuse.
• Fang Ruyan suspected Xiao Yan might defeat Wang Xiang and blushed before leaving the hall.
• Wang Zhenyu told Wang Xiang that the lord and a Five-Star Dou Di were expected to arrive on the morning of the third day.
• Wang Xiang ordered Wang Zhenyu to summon Jin Ge, intending to use the Wang Clan’s connections and resources to intimidate him.

As the Fang Clan and Wang Clan prepared for battle in Helan City, the Wang Clan revealed a formidable force that included two Five-Star Dou Di, leaving the Fang Clan fearing destruction. Xiao Yan entered the Fang Clan’s meeting hall and promised to handle the Wang Clan’s Dou Di experts himself, leaving the Half-Emperors to the Fang Clan.

• Wang Xiang gathered the Wang Clan’s experts, Jin Ge, the Su Brothers, and a Five-Star Dou Di to demonstrate the clan’s strength before the battle.
• Two newcomers arrived at the Wang Clan estate, including an Eight-Star Half-Emperor guarded by another Five-Star Dou Di.
• The Fang Clan learned that the Wang Clan now had two Five-Star Dou Di, and its elders urged Fang Cheng to evacuate the younger generation.
• Fang Cheng despaired over whether the Fang Clan had any choice but to flee Helan City.
• Xiao Yan entered the Fang Clan’s meeting hall and said he would handle the Wang Clan’s Dou Di experts while the Fang Clan dealt with the Half-Emperors.

Xiao Yan assured the Fang Clan that he could handle the Wang Clan’s Dou Di experts, and Fang Cheng staked the clan’s survival on him. As the Wang Clan arrived to enforce its ultimatum, Xiao Yan recognized Lord Xu as Xu Songming, the alchemist he had defeated twice, setting the stage for their confrontation.

• Xiao Yan told Fang Cheng he would handle the Wang Clan’s Dou Di experts and said he was completely confident of victory.
• Fang Cheng defended Xiao Yan’s status as the Fang Clan’s retainer and rebuked Fang Shang for questioning him.
• Wang Xiang and his group arrived above the Fang Clan estate as the three-day deadline expired.
• Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing noticed that Wang Xiang’s group included two additional one-star Dou Di and Lord Xu, an eight-star half-emperor.
• Xiao Yan recognized Lord Xu as Xu Songming, the Alchemist Alliance alchemist he had defeated twice.

Xiao Yan arrived to support the Fang Clan as it faced the Wang Clan, then revealed himself to Xu Songming, who recognized him and tried to flee. Xiao Yan blocked Xu Songming and a Five-Star Dou Di, unleashing the pressure of his own Five-Star Dou Di strength.

• The Fang Clan braced for battle against the Wang Clan, while Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing waited anxiously for Xiao Yan to appear.
• Xiao Yan suddenly appeared beside the Fang Clan, and Wang Xiang warned him not to interfere in the Wang and Fang Clans' dispute.
• Xiao Yan revealed his face and greeted Xu Songming, who was shocked to see him alive and urged his companions to flee.
• Wang Xiang dismissed Xu Songming's fear and prepared to send the Su Brothers after Xiao Yan, but Xu Songming renounced the fight and turned to leave.
• Xiao Yan appeared in front of Xu Songming and a Five-Star Dou Di, then released the oppressive force of a Five-Star Dou Di.

Xiao Yan revealed his Five-Star Dou Di strength and overwhelmed the Wang Clan’s experts, leaving Xu Songming terrified and unable to escape his past enemy. The confrontation remained unresolved as Wang Xiang realized Xiao Yan was far stronger than he was.

• Xiao Yan unleashed his Five-Star Dou Di pressure, overpowering Master Yuan and driving Wang Xiang and the Wang Clan members back.
• The Fang Clan elders accepted Xiao Yan’s strength and prepared to focus on the Wang Clan’s Half-Emperors.
• Xu Songming begged Xiao Yan to spare him, but Xiao Yan appeared before him and rejected his plea.
• When Xu Songming called for help, Master Yuan attacked Xiao Yan and tried to pull Xu Songming away.
• Xiao Yan broke through Master Yuan’s attack and sent him reeling, while Master Yuan’s hand struck Xu Songming and sent him flying.
• Wang Xiang realized Xiao Yan surpassed him and that the confrontation had turned against the Wang Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted the Wang Clan’s forces to protect the Fang Clan, while Xu Songming looked for a chance to flee. He challenged all six of the Wang Clan’s Dou Di experts to attack him together, then abruptly struck at Wang Xiang.

• Master Yuan stepped between Xiao Yan and Xu Songming, then agreed with Wang Xiang to join forces against Xiao Yan.
• Terrified by his past encounters with Xiao Yan, Xu Songming decided to escape while the others fought.
• Xiao Yan resolved to protect the Fang Clan because of Yuan Qing and the help Yuan Qing’s Nine Revolutions Avatar Art had given him.
• Xiao Yan told Wang Xiang, Master Yuan, and the other four Wang Clan Dou Di to attack him together.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to appear before Wang Xiang and punched toward his chest as Xu Songming quietly retreated.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Wang Clan’s fighters and killed Xu Songming after he tried to flee and invoked the Alchemist Alliance. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan killing Wang Xiang, while four opponents remained.

• Xiao Yan struck Master Yuan with the Strength Elephant Art, leaving him unable to fight.
• Xiao Yan evaded Wang Xiang’s Bone-Eroding Claw and killed one of the Su Brothers before anyone saw him move.
• Xiao Yan appeared before the fleeing Xu Songming, crushed his body, and erased his spiritual consciousness with Bone White Flame.
• Xiao Yan returned to the remaining fighters and killed Wang Xiang with a hand engulfed in Bone White Flame.

Xiao Yan killed Wang Xiang, Master Yuan, and the other Dou Di experts who tried to escape, leaving all six dead in less than a quarter of an hour. He handed the aftermath to Yuan Qing and descended into the Fang Clan residence to examine his spoils, hoping the Soul Origins might awaken Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yan burned Wang Xiang's body and collected his Origin, then turned his attention to the remaining experts.
• Xiao Yan caught Master Yuan as he fled and crushed him before he could self-destruct, collecting his Soul Origin.
• Jin Ge and Wang Zhenyu fled in different directions, but Xiao Yan used his incarnations to kill them and another One-Star Dou Di, then took their Soul Origins and Storage Rings.
• Xiao Yan killed all six Dou Di experts in less than a quarter of an hour, leaving the clans stunned.
• Xiao Yan told Yuan Qing to handle what remained and descended into the Fang Clan residence to inspect his spoils.

Xiao Yan refined the Soul Origins of seven Dou Di experts, hoping to help Xiao Xuan awaken, while the Fang Clan destroyed the Wang Clan and claimed its residence. After half a month of seclusion, Xiao Yan finished refining the seven Soul Origins, but Xiao Xuan's awakening remained uncertain.

• Xiao Yan began refining the seven Soul Origins with his Heavenly Flame so Xiao Xuan could absorb them and perhaps awaken.
• The Fang Clan slaughtered or captured most of the Wang Clan's people and took over its residence, ending the Wang Family's rule in Helan City.
• Fang Cheng found the Wang Clan's enormous hidden hoard and told the Fang Clan elders to leave it untouched until Xiao Yan had inspected it.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month carefully purifying the seven Soul Origins while the Fang Clan waited outside his room.
• Xiao Yan finally fused the seven completely refined Soul Origins together.

Xiao Yan finished refining seven masses of Soul Origin and fused the purified essence with Xiao Xuan's remnant soul, beginning the long wait for his ancestor to awaken. He then inspected the Wang Clan treasury, took a few rare ingredients and cultivation scrolls, and returned to examine the Storage Rings taken from Wang Xiang and the others.

• Xiao Yan opened his eyes after half a month of refining Soul Origin and fused the condensed essence with Xiao Xuan's remnant soul.
• Xiao Yan left his room and found Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing waiting to show him the Wang Clan treasury.
• Xiao Yan collected the treasury's medicinal ingredients and selected a few valuable scrolls, leaving most of the wealth for the Fang Clan.
• Fang Cheng assumed Xiao Yan had left the remaining treasures for the Fang Clan, unaware that Xiao Yan considered them unremarkable.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room and brought out eight Storage Rings taken from Wang Xiang and the others.

Xiao Yan searched the eight Storage Rings and found valuable pills, formulas, cultivation methods, and a vast quantity of Spirit Stones. He turned to the unusual eighth ring, whose talisman markings and golden protective layer suggested it was no ordinary Storage Ring.

• Xiao Yan examined the Su brothers' and Jin Ge's rings, finding few treasures in the former and several Spirit Class cultivation methods in the latter.
• Xiao Yan searched Wang Xiang's ring and discovered fourth-tier pills and formulas, abundant Spirit Stones, and two Intermediate Spirit Class cultivation methods.
• Xiao Yan opened Wang Zhenyu's ring and found an extraordinary mountain of Spirit Stones that could fund the cultivation of his nine avatars.
• Xiao Yan searched Xu Songming's ring and gained third-tier and fourth-tier pill formulas, cultivation methods, pills, and rare ingredients.
• Xiao Yan examined the final white ring and noticed its formation talismans and faint golden protective layer.

Xiao Yan broke the formation protecting Xu Songming’s unusual ring and discovered a phantom image of a rare flower inside. He identified it as a Fusang Flower, though its six petals left him uncertain.

• Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength was repelled by the ring’s protective formation, and he decided to break it by force.
• Xiao Yan struck the formation three times with spiritual drills until the golden runes went dark.
• Xiao Yan entered the ring’s storage space and found it smaller than he expected.
• The space changed to reveal a solid-looking phantom image of a six-petaled, snow-white flower with purple markings.
• Xiao Yan recognized the flower as a Fusang Flower but remained unsure because of its unusual six petals.

Xiao Yan discovered that the ring contained an image of a six-petaled Fusang Flower, a rare treasure rich in soul power. The ring revealed that the flower would be auctioned in Golden Radiance City in three months.

• Xiao Yan recognized the flower in the ring as a possible Fusang Flower, though its six petals differed from descriptions he had read.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the ring held the flower’s location and considered the immense value its soul power would have for alchemists and formation masters.
• The image twisted into a formation-master identification plaque engraved with “Golden Radiance.”
• Xiao Yan checked his map and identified Golden Radiance City as a gathering place for formation masters in the Western Region.
• The ring revealed that the Fusang Flower was in Golden Radiance City and could be obtained by bidding at an auction scheduled for three months later.

Xiao Yan learned that the Fang Clan had arranged a family banquet in his honor and accepted Fang Cheng’s invitation. At the banquet, Fang Cheng repeatedly linked Xiao Yan and Fang Ruyan in conversation, leaving Xiao Yan suspicious and Ruyan blushing.

• Xiao Yan left his room, determined to visit Golden Radiance City after finding the Fusang Flower but being unable to claim it.
• Fang Ruyan invited Xiao Yan to the Fang Clan’s family banquet on her father’s behalf, explaining that the clan would not begin without him.
• Xiao Yan accepted the invitation and asked Fang Ruyan to call him by his name instead of “my lord.”
• The Fang Clan greeted Xiao Yan with a formal salute, and he took his seat beside Fang Cheng and Yuan Qing.
• Fang Cheng repeatedly brought up Xiao Yan and Ruyan during the banquet, while Xiao Yan grew suspicious and Ruyan blushed.

At the Fang Clan banquet, Fang Cheng tried to connect his clan to Xiao Yan by suggesting Fang Ruyan accompany him, but Xiao Yan rejected the proposal and left. He later told Yuan Qing he was going to Golden Radiance City for an auction and hoped the Fang Clan would learn to rely on its own strength.

• Fang Cheng praised Xiao Yan for saving Fang Ruyan and the Fang Clan, then asked what he thought of Fang Ruyan's cultivation.
• Fang Cheng suggested Fang Ruyan could follow Xiao Yan and look after him, but Xiao Yan stopped him and left the banquet.
• Fang Cheng sobered up and regretted that his attempt to secure a connection for the Fang Clan might have pushed Xiao Yan away.
• Yuan Qing found Xiao Yan beside a pond, where Xiao Yan said he was leaving for Golden Radiance City to attend an auction in three months.
• Xiao Yan told Yuan Qing that the Fang Clan needed to stand on its own and that the Wang Clan's treasury would give it enough resources to grow.

Xiao Yan left Helan City and traveled west toward Golden Radiance City while cultivating his nine incarnations. After consuming forty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, all nine incarnations reached Late-stage Four-Star Dou Di, and Xiao Yan arrived within sight of Golden Radiance City.

• Xiao Yan departed Helan City, and Yuan Qing returned to the Fang Clan to tell Fang Cheng that Xiao Yan had left for other matters and had tried to teach the clan to rely on its own strength.
• Fang Cheng realized Xiao Yan’s show of power had frightened the Fang Clan into uniting, while Fang Ruyan overheard their conversation and quietly left.
• Xiao Yan traveled west toward Golden Radiance City and spent forty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones strengthening his nine incarnations.
• After nearly half a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan’s nine incarnations consumed their remaining Spirit Stones and broke through to Late-stage Four-Star Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan recalled the incarnations and saw Golden Radiance City on the western horizon.

Xiao Yan arrived at Golden Radiance City, a realm protected and ruled by formation masters, and approached its gate. After a golden-robed man cut the line and attacked him, Xiao Yan met the strike with his bare hand, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan reached Golden Radiance City and felt the pressure of its powerful protective formation.
• Xiao Yan overcame the formation's pressure and joined the queue at the city gate, where entrants paid ten Spirit Stones.
• A golden-robed middle-aged man forced his way through the queue, and the other people made room for him.
• The golden-robed man insulted Xiao Yan and slashed at his head with a ribbon of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan stopped himself from dodging and raised his bare hand to meet the attack.

Xiao Yan subdued a Two-Star Dou Di formation master who attacked him outside Golden Radiance City and rejected the Formation Master Association’s attempt to intervene. As he entered the city, the formation masters attacked him with a combined spiritual blade, which his Soul Storm tore apart.

• Xiao Yan caught the golden-robed man's Dou Qi attack in his palm, pulled him close, and grabbed him by the throat.
• Xiao Yan noticed the man's formation master badge and stopped short of killing him when the man invoked the Formation Master Association.
• A middle-aged formation master asked Xiao Yan to release the man, but Xiao Yan argued that he was still outside the city and threatened the group.
• Xiao Yan released the golden-robed man with a palm strike and continued toward Golden Radiance City's gate despite being told he was not welcome.
• The formation masters formed a spiritual blade to attack Xiao Yan, and his Soul Storm swept them back and shattered it.

Xiao Yan defeated five Formation Masters and overpowered Chief Steward Shan at Golden Radiance City's gate. As two strangers approached, one asked him to spare the old man.

• Xiao Yan shattered the five Formation Masters' combined soul blade and sent them crashing into the wall.
• A middle-aged Formation Master blamed Xiao Yan when Chief Steward Shan arrived and questioned what had happened.
• Xiao Yan rejected Shan's demand to come with him, then knocked the old man back and seized him by the neck.
• Two figures emerged from the crowd, and one asked Xiao Yan to spare Chief Steward Shan.

Xiao Yan encountered Qin Yun, a powerful young man who offered to settle the conflict with Golden Radiance City's formation masters, and accepted the chance to enter the city without further trouble. After Xiao Yan left, Qin Yun warned Chief Steward Shan not to report or retaliate over the incident.

• Qin Yun and a black-robed elder approached Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan sensed that Qin Yun was a Mid-Stage Six-Star Dou Di and the elder was a Nine-Star Dou Di.
• Qin Yun offered to take responsibility for Xiao Yan's clash with the formation masters, and Xiao Yan knocked the gold-robed elder away before releasing him.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself to Qin Yun and entered Golden Radiance City without paying the passage fee.
• Chief Steward Shan thanked Qin Yun, then cursed Xiao Yan and threatened to report him to his superiors.
• Qin Yun confronted Chief Steward Shan and ordered him to pretend nothing had happened and not pursue the matter.