Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan reunited with Luo Ao and Luo Jin in the ancient tomb after the battle, then helped them approach Venerable Heavenly Severing’s statue to claim its Soul Origin power. The statue’s protective formation activated, and Luo Ao identified it as a sixth-tier formation.

• Xiao Yan recognized the two black-robed survivors as Luo Ao and Luo Jin and greeted Luo Ao respectfully.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin compared their cultivation, and Luo Jin declined Xiao Yan’s offer to spar after seeing his overwhelming fighting strength.
• Luo Ao realized Xiao Yan had stayed for Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Soul Origin power rather than the Dou Qi inheritance.
• Xiao Yan sent soul power from the Soul Bead through the statue’s eyes, causing a golden protective formation to appear.
• Luo Ao identified the formation as sixth-tier and warned that forcing the statue open would trigger an explosion.

Xiao Yan endured the crushing soul pressure inside the statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing while Luo Jin and Luo Ao watched outside. A milky-white energy released from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring eased the pressure, and he followed a corridor through the mist to find the statue’s original owner.

• Xiao Yan’s consciousness entered the statue and was nearly crushed by Venerable Heavenly Severing’s Soul Origin.
• Luo Jin tried to save Xiao Yan, but Luo Ao stopped him and said he would intervene if Xiao Yan was in danger.
• Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength neared its limit, and Luo Ao prepared to pull him out of the statue.
• A jade bottle flew from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and burst, sending milky-white energy into the statue and dispelling the soul pressure.
• Xiao Yan followed a corridor through the mist and found an elderly man whose face matched the statue.
• Xiao Yan recognized the man as Venerable Heavenly Severing.

Xiao Yan met Venerable Heavenly Severing, who agreed to give his Soul Origin to Xiao Xuan to aid his revival. As the fusion proceeded inside the stone statue, a powerful attack suddenly smashed through the hall wall, leaving Xiao Yan and the others facing an unknown threat.

• Venerable Heavenly Severing returned Xiao Xuan's remnant soul to Xiao Yan and explained his regret over never finding the first volume of the Origin Return Art.
• Xiao Yan asked Venerable Heavenly Severing to help revive Xiao Xuan, and the old man agreed to give him his Soul Origin.
• Venerable Heavenly Severing fused his Soul Origin into Xiao Xuan's remnant soul while Xiao Yan withdrew to avoid disturbing the process.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes outside the stone statue, and Luo Ao asked whether he had finished absorbing the power.
• A powerful energy storm struck the hall, cracked its outer wall, and then destroyed it completely.

Xiao Yan, Luo Ao, and Luo Jin saw Murong Xuan’s group fleeing Ye Luotian’s forces, and Murong Quan sacrificed himself to protect his young master. When Murong Xuan charged into the pursuers and seemed to be killed, Xiao Yan intervened and appeared before Ye Luotian with him.

• Xiao Yan, Luo Ao, and Luo Jin discovered Murong Xuan and three others fleeing a pursuing force led by Ye Luotian.
• Murong Quan hurled Murong Xuan and the other two elders away, then sacrificed himself in an explosion that exposed the formation beneath the city.
• Murong Xuan grieved for Murong Quan and charged back at Ye Luotian’s forces despite the two elders’ attempts to stop him.
• Ye Luotian’s forces struck Murong Xuan with a barrage of attacks, but Xiao Yan appeared before them with Murong Xuan.

Xiao Yan intervened to save Murong Xuan from Ye Luotian and his twenty Nine-Star Dou Di experts. As the group launched their attack, Xiao Yan stopped them all with a single word, and two black-robed figures appeared beside him.

• Ye Luotian confronted Xiao Yan, who said he had ruined Ye Luotian's plans and saved Murong Xuan because he was Murong Qianqian's brother.
• Murong Xuan vowed to repay Ye Luotian, while Xiao Yan mocked Ye Luotian for controlling the experts with Withered Leaf Gu.
• Ye Luotian ordered twenty Nine-Star Dou Di experts to attack Xiao Yan, Murong Xuan, and Murong Xuan's two guardians.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward and said, "Freeze!" stopping the attackers and their Dou Techniques in midair.
• Two black-robed figures appeared beside Xiao Yan as the onlookers stared in terror.

Luo Ao revealed his overwhelming strength and captured the black-robed man, whom he identified as the second hall master of the Human Hall, demanding to know why the group had reached the continent’s borders. Xiao Yan recognized the man’s bizarre mask as belonging to the Ghost Hall, but an immense Soul Storm erupted from deep within the ancient tomb before they could learn more.

• Luo Ao appeared beside Xiao Yan and mocked the Nine-Star Dou Di experts, who realized they could not oppose him.
• A black-robed man asked whether Luo Ao and Xiao Yan’s companions had taken the Dou Qi inheritance, and Luo Ao challenged him to reclaim it.
• Luo Ao immobilized the black-robed man and identified him as the second hall master of the Human Hall, then demanded to know the group’s purpose.
• Xiao Yan connected the Human Hall to the Hall of Souls and recognized the captive’s mask as belonging to the Ghost Hall.
• An immense Soul Storm burst from deep within the ancient tomb, shaking the entire tomb.

Xiao Yan recognized the awakening Xiao Xuan and rushed into the ancient tomb, where Xiao Xuan emerged to reunite with him. As Venerable Heavenly Severing’s statue and the tomb began to collapse, Luo Ao tried to reach Xiao Yan but was attacked by a beast claw from the void.

• A powerful Soul Storm erupted, and Xiao Yan sensed Xiao Xuan’s vitality within the tomb and charged toward it.
• Luo Ao tried to pull Xiao Yan back, but Xiao Xuan’s Soul Condensing Finger repelled his Spiritual Strength.
• Xiao Yan reached Xiao Xuan, bowed to his ancestor, and learned that Xiao Xuan was pleased with his breakthrough to Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan thanked Venerable Heavenly Severing, whose statue cracked and released golden light as the tomb began to collapse.
• Luo Ao prepared to enter the tomb for Xiao Yan, but spatial currents erupted and a huge beast claw tore apart his attack.

The Void Lightning Beast appeared in the collapsing ancient tomb and destroyed it as the golden formation activated beneath Xiao Yan and his companion. Elsewhere, Xiao Mingyuan arrived in Lengcui City searching for Xiao Yan, while Murong Qianqian set out for the Southern Region and Zhang Yi secretly watched Xiao Mingyuan.

• The Void Lightning Beast emerged from a spatial vortex, tore apart Luo Ao's Dou Qi, and caused the ancient tomb to collapse as the golden formation activated beneath Xiao Yan and his companion.
• A pair of scarlet beast eyes opened beneath the magma in the Xilin Mountain Range, while a woman on a snowy peak and Jin Yao both felt unease and looked west.
• Xiao Mingyuan arrived in Lengcui City while searching for his clansmen and seeking information about Xiao Yan.
• Murong Qianqian passed Xiao Mingyuan and then used the teleportation formation to travel toward the Southern Region.
• Zhang Yi concealed his presence as he watched Xiao Mingyuan walk through Lengcui City, then formed a bird with his palm.

Pang Liu demanded the village pay its taxes early and threatened Zhu Qiang when he refused, revealing himself as a One-Star Dou Di. Just as Pang Liu attacked Zhu Qiang, Xiao Yan appeared with a woman and shattered the attack with one finger, despite supposedly being buried in the collapsed Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb.

• Pang Liu demanded one hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones before the end of the month and threatened to send the villagers to the Bear Iron Mercenary Group if they could not pay.
• Pang Liu offered to help if Zhu Qiang gave him his little sister, prompting Zhu Qiang to attack him.
• A middle-aged man repelled Zhu Qiang, and Pang Liu revealed his One-Star Dou Di strength before preparing to kill him.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the air with a woman and shattered Pang Liu's giant hand of energy with one finger.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan were transported to an ancestral hall connected to Venerable Heavenly Severing, where they found his hidden Storage Ring and the Origin Return Art. A message from Venerable Heavenly Severing asked them to help the village if it still existed, and the two men noticed a young woman watching from the corridor.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan appeared inside an ancestral hall and recognized the statue of Venerable Heavenly Severing.
• Xiao Xuan used his soul power to retrieve a Storage Ring hidden behind the plaque above the statue.
• Xiao Xuan opened the Storage Ring and produced a scroll containing the Origin Return Art.
• An image of Venerable Heavenly Severing asked them to do one thing for the village if it still existed, offering the scroll and Storage Ring as payment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan turned toward the corridor and saw a young woman in a red dress staring into the hall.

Xiao Yan killed Pang Liu, drove off the Nine-Star Half-Emperors, and accepted Zhu Qiang’s invitation to visit Zhu Family Village. After hearing that the village’s Spirit Stone vein had become impossible to mine, he offered to inspect it, and the villagers persuaded Zhu Qiang to agree.

• Xiao Yan crushed Pang Liu to death and warned the Nine-Star Half-Emperors to tell their master not to threaten anyone in the village.
• Zhu Qiang, Cai'er, and the villagers thanked Xiao Yan, who lifted them to their feet and followed Zhu Qiang toward the village.
• The villagers worried that they could not pay the Northern Wasteland Hall’s taxes because the Spirit Stone vein had become difficult to mine.
• Xiao Yan asked about the vein and said he might be able to solve the problem if he could inspect it.
• Cai'er and the villagers urged Zhu Qiang to let Xiao Yan examine the vein, and Zhu Qiang agreed.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan met Cai'er, whose Illusory Spirit Eyes astonished them, and Xiao Yan agreed to help when she heard her brother in trouble. At the spirit vein, Xiao Yan discovered that Cai'er instinctively absorbed its mixed energy and sensed the immense power within her.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan recognized the red-dressed girl's multicolored eyes as Illusory Spirit Eyes, and she introduced herself as Cai'er.
• A distant crash and pained roar made Cai'er cry out that her brother was in trouble, so Xiao Yan took her to help him.
• Xiao Yan explored the barren mountain with Zhu Qiang, Cai'er, and two elders but found no sign of the spirit vein from outside.
• Zhu Qiang opened a hidden entrance in a boulder and led the group into the spirit vein.
• Xiao Yan noticed the cavern's mixed energy flowing into Cai'er and sensed the vast energy hidden within her body.

Xiao Yan learned that Cai'er’s Illusory Spirit Eyes could absorb uncontrolled energy but made her vulnerable to being exploited, then led Zhu Qiang and Cai'er to the spirit vein’s deepest chamber. There he discovered a High-Grade Spirit Stone and confirmed it was the reason the villagers could not mine the stones.

• Xiao Yan recognized Cai'er's Illusory Spirit Eyes and explained their energy-absorbing powers, cultivation benefits, and dangerous methods of transferring their abilities and cultivation.
• Zhu Qiang led Xiao Yan, Cai'er, and the others deeper into the cave, where villagers struggled to mine exposed Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan noticed Cai'er was nearing collapse from the cave's rising heat and used an invisible force to shield her and Zhu Qiang.
• Xiao Yan found a mass of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones surrounding the energy of a High-Grade Spirit Stone.
• Zhu Qiang asked Xiao Yan whether he could deal with the obstacle, and Xiao Yan confirmed that the High-Grade Spirit Stone explained why they could not mine the depths.

Xiao Yan discovered High-Grade Spirit Stones in the cave beneath Zhu Family Village and began separating them with his Heavenly Flame. As the first High-Grade Spirit Stone emerged, Zhu Qiang and Cai'er watched from a safe distance.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the cave contained High-Grade Spirit Stones, astonishing Zhu Qiang and Cai'er.
• Cai'er suggested handing the stones over to the Northern Wasteland Hall, but Zhu Qiang refused, and Xiao Yan reassured her that her brother wanted to keep her close.
• Zhu Qiang asked Xiao Yan to handle the Spirit Stones, and Xiao Yan summoned his Bone White Flame.
• Zhu Qiang and Cai'er retreated while Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame to separate the interconnected Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Mid-Grade Spirit Stones grew more tightly joined near the High-Grade stones, then exposed the first High-Grade Spirit Stone.

Xiao Yan discovered five High-Grade Spirit Stones in the cave and agreed to keep their existence from the Northern Wasteland Hall. After giving Zhu Qiang one stone and taking four, Xiao Yan asked Cai'er to become his disciple.

• Xiao Yan separated five High-Grade Spirit Stones from the cave’s spirit vein, causing the surrounding Spirit Stones to collapse onto the floor.
• Zhu Qiang feared the Northern Wasteland Hall would seize control of Zhu Family Village if it discovered the High-Grade Spirit Stones, and offered all five to Xiao Yan in exchange for protecting him and Cai'er.
• Xiao Yan kept four High-Grade Spirit Stones and gave one to Zhu Qiang, advising him to use it for cultivation or to placate the Northern Wasteland Hall.
• Xiao Yan noticed Cai'er’s cultivation talent and asked whether she would be willing to take him as her master.

Xiao Yan accepted Cai'er as a disciple but told her she could stay with Zhu Qiang while she trained. He gave her powerful cultivation resources and left her with the challenge of meeting the requirements to become his formal disciple.

• Xiao Yan offered to take Cai'er as his disciple, and Cai'er asked whether she could stay with Zhu Qiang.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had intended for Cai'er to remain in the village and accepted her as a disciple in name only until she proved her strength.
• Cai'er asked what cultivation level she needed to reach, and Xiao Yan told her he would return when she met the requirements.
• Xiao Yan gave Cai'er the Wood Evolution Method, a Storage Ring containing Dou Techniques and Spirit Stones, and one of his High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Yan led Cai'er and Zhu Qiang out of the cave, and told Cai'er his name when she asked.

Xiao Yan left Zhu Family Village to find answers and entered a city in the Northern Region, where he learned that Hai Mochen was his next goal. As he considered seeking Hai Mochen, several figures suddenly surrounded him in the street.

• Xiao Yan left Cai'er in Zhu Family Village with Zhu Qiang and warned her to grow stronger before their next meeting.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Ghost Hall had captured Xun'er and seemed to know his abilities, and they compared Ghost Hall to the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Yan entered a city after paying one Low-Grade Spirit Stone and learned that he was in the Northern Region.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek Hai Mochen, the Sea Heart Flame's original form and founder of North Sea Academy.
• Several figures stopped above Xiao Yan and surrounded him in the street.

Xiao Yan confronted Northern Wasteland Hall elders who sought revenge for Pang Liu and defeated their four Dou Di attackers. When a peak late Seven Star Dou Di arrived and asked him to stop, Xiao Yan released the elder he had seized, then kicked him in the chest.

• A middle-aged Nine-Star Half-Emperor confronted Xiao Yan alongside four Dou Di elders, and Xiao Yan sent him flying when he interrupted.
• The Four-Star Dou Di elder accused Xiao Yan of killing Pang Liu and injuring a Northern Wasteland Hall expert, then attacked with the other three elders.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavy Xuan Ruler to repel the four elders and swiftly struck down three of them.
• Xiao Yan seized the surviving elder by the throat and explained that he was drawing attention away from Zhu Family Village to protect Cai'er.
• A peak late Seven Star Dou Di rushed from the ancient castle and asked Xiao Yan to let the elder go and discuss the matter.
• Xiao Yan released the elder as requested, then kicked him in the chest.

Xiao Yan confronted the Seven-Star Dou Di of the Northern Wasteland Hall after beating one of its members. He revealed himself as an Eight-Star Dou Di, forcing the old man to apologize, while the old man resolved to report Xiao Yan to his superiors.

• The Seven-Star Dou Di caught the badly injured old man and accused Xiao Yan of attacking members of the Northern Wasteland Hall, but Xiao Yan mocked his false claim of having tried to reason.
• Xiao Yan said he had no backing and challenged the Seven-Star Dou Di to fight, prompting the old man to launch a fierce kick at him.
• Xiao Yan stopped the attack with a casual wave of his sleeve, while the Seven-Star Dou Di was knocked backward and recognized Xiao Yan as an Eight-Star Dou Di.
• The Seven-Star Dou Di apologized and blamed the incident on the injured member's bad character, though he privately planned to report Xiao Yan to his superiors.

Xiao Yan set out for the North Sea, learning that the Northern Wasteland Hall stood in his way and that its master had ordered a search for the person who killed Elder Li. After a week of training, Xiao Yan discussed Xiao Xuan’s recovered soul and the powerful body needed to restore him, then continued to prioritize finding Hai Mochen.

• Xiao Yan followed his map north toward North Sea Academy and realized he would have to pass through the Northern Wasteland Hall’s territory.
• The Northern Wasteland Hall learned that Elder Li had died, and its master ordered the eastern, southern, and western halls to find his killer and avenge the hall’s dignity.
• Xiao Yan trained with his nine avatars for a week, raising each one to the late stage of Five-Star Dou Di with High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that his Soul Power was comparable to Fifth-Tier Soul Power on the Origin Martial Continent.
• Xiao Xuan explained that restoring his physical body would require one strong enough to withstand Fifth-Tier Soul Power, and Xiao Yan resolved to help him while continuing toward the North Sea to find Hai Mochen.