Chapter Summaries

Xiao Mingyuan came to the North Sea seeking someone, but Hai Zhantian drove him away because he feared Xiao Mingyuan might endanger Xiao Yan. Three years later, as Hai Zhantian and the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon watched the Hidden Dragon Abyss, its waters suddenly erupted into the sky.

• Hai Zhantian recognized Xiao Mingyuan as a junior of the Central Region's Xiao Clan and ordered him to leave the North Sea.
• Hai Zhantian blasted Xiao Mingyuan away, and Xiao Mingyuan withdrew from the North Sea.
• Hai Zhantian explained that he had driven Xiao Mingyuan away because his intentions toward Xiao Yan might be dangerous.
• Hai Zhantian and the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon periodically watched the Hidden Dragon Abyss while Xiao Yan refined the Sea Heart Flame inside it.
• Three years later, the Hidden Dragon Abyss churned violently, and its icy seawater shot into the sky.

Xiao Yan absorbed the natural energy gathering over Hidden Dragon Abyss and broke through to the Origin Transformation Realm. As his presence neared the Origin Return Realm, he abruptly suppressed his rising cultivation and continued refining energy.

• A pillar of water and then blue flame erupted from Hidden Dragon Abyss, stirring natural Origin Qi and alerting Hai Zhantian and the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon that Xiao Yan was breaking through.
• Hai Zhantian drove back the approaching Sea Tribe experts and ordered the area within a hundred zhang of the altar sealed off.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the energy pouring into Hidden Dragon Abyss, using the Flame Mantra and his Heavenly Flames to refine it.
• An Origin Pearl formed in Xiao Yan's Qi Cyclone Space, confirming that he had entered the Origin Transformation Realm.
• As Xiao Yan's presence neared the Origin Return Realm, he opened his eyes, formed hand seals, suppressed his expanding energy, and resumed absorbing and refining it.

After refining the Sea Heart Flame, Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation at the Middle Origin Transformation Realm and emerged from the Hidden Dragon Abyss. He discovered he had emptied the abyss, then used Ice Spirit Cold Liquid to replenish it for the Sea Flood Dragon Clan.

• Xiao Yan fully subdued the Sea Heart Flame and stabilized his cultivation at the Middle Origin Transformation Realm.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Hidden Dragon Abyss, where Hai Zhantian and the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon welcomed him and admired his progress.
• The Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon showed Xiao Yan that the abyss had been drained of its precious cold water.
• Xiao Yan proposed replenishing the abyss with outside seawater, and Hai Zhantian agreed to let him proceed.
• Xiao Yan shattered more than a thousand jade bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, pouring their contents into the Hidden Dragon Abyss.

Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion in the Middle Origin Transformation Realm, restored the Hidden Dragon Abyss with Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, and reunited with Xue Mian. Xue Mian showed him an image of a woman with the Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Yan recognized her as Xiao Yi Xian, leaving him shocked and furious.

• Xiao Yan poured more than a thousand bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid into the Hidden Dragon Abyss, restoring its frigid power beyond its former peak.
• Xiao Yan gave the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon another hundred bottles of Ice Spirit Cold Liquid, and Hai Zhantian noted that Xiao Yan had reached the Middle Origin Transformation Realm.
• The Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon said Xue Mian and Hai Ling'er had gone to investigate a poisonous fog on an island in the North Sea, and Xue Mian returned soon afterward.
• Xue Mian told Xiao Yan, Hai Zhantian, and the Heaven-Devouring Flood Dragon that poison masters had found a woman with the Woeful Poison Body at the source of the fog.
• Xue Mian showed the group an image of the island battle, and Xiao Yan recognized the woman as Xiao Yi Xian and reacted with shock and fury.

Xiao Yan rushed to the island after learning Xiao Yi Xian was in danger and arrived just as a group of purple-robed elders were about to assault her. He rescued her and faced the gathered experts, warning that anyone who moved would die.

• Xiao Yan learned the island's direction from Xue Mian and hurried across the sea toward Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought the purple-robed elders, but the short, stout elder overwhelmed her and left her unable to move.
• The elder reached for Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan appeared, cut off his hand, and carried her to safety.
• Xiao Yan placed Xiao Yi Xian on a boulder and warned the surrounding experts that anyone who moved would die.

Xiao Yan killed five purple-robed poison masters after they attacked him, then turned his attention to the people who had moved earlier. Terror swept through the onlookers as they faced the threat he had promised to carry out.

• The short, stout elder charged Xiao Yan and was killed by a single punch.
• The elder's four companions attacked together, but Xiao Yan used the Three Image Technique and Winged Elephant Art to overpower them.
• The four purple-robed poison masters formed the Corpse-Devouring Poison and sent a flock of purple crows at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan burned away the crows with pale blue flames and killed all four men with black steel needles.
• Xiao Yan looked toward the people who had moved earlier, and terror followed.

Xiao Yan defeated nearly half the High-Level Dou Di on the island, but a black-robed old man ambushed him and demanded his Heavenly Flames. Xiao Yan’s allies arrived in force, surrounding the old man and his men as the battle escalated.

• Xiao Yan slew nearly half the High-Level Dou Di before moving toward the injured Xiao Yi Xian.
• A black-robed old man attacked Xiao Yan, revealed his greed for the Heavenly Flames, and demanded that Xiao Yan hand them over.
• The old man summoned three Origin Transformation Realm experts and used Fifth-Tier Soul Power to pressure Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his own Soul Power was Fifth-Tier and knocked the three experts back with a single exchange.
• Three Late Origin Transformation Realm experts and a hundred Origin Transformation Realm fighters arrived to defend Xiao Yan, and their leader ordered them to kill the attackers.

Xiao Yi Xian awakened in Xiao Yan’s room and told him that members of the Hun Clan had taken her to an island. Xiao Yan explained that the Ghost Fiend Gate had also taken Xun’er for the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then resolved to grow stronger before trying to rescue her.

• Xiao Yi Xian woke and threw herself into Xiao Yan’s arms, while Xue Mian and Hai Ling’er saw them and quietly left the room.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that two people who had taken her to the island were likely members of the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed that the Ghost Fiend Gate had taken Xun’er hostage to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Yi Xian cursed the faction in anger.
• Xiao Yan suppressed his killing intent and decided he needed to improve his cultivation before he could rescue Xun’er.
• Xue Mian teased Xiao Yan by asking whether Xiao Yi Xian was his wife.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and traveled with her toward North Army City, stopping at North Sea Academy and rescuing Liu Jin’s Dragon Marsh Workshop vessel along the way. In North Army City, he learned that Qin Xu had imprisoned a girl with Illusory Spirit Eyes and planned to take them, filling Xiao Yan with killing intent.

• Xue Mian and Hai Ling'er teased Xiao Yan about Xiao Yi Xian, and he said she was his best friend.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan and the still-injured Xiao Yi Xian left the North Sea aboard a deep-sea behemoth summoned by Hai Zhantian.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited North Sea Academy, where Xiao Yan spoke with Shui Miao and discovered that the Tou She Ancient God statue had vanished into the mountain.
• Xiao Yan's behemoth killed the magical beast attacking Liu Jin's Dragon Marsh Workshop vessel and saved its crew.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached North Army City, where Xiao Yan learned that Qin Xu had captured a girl with Illusory Spirit Eyes and planned to take them in public.
• Xiao Yan's killing intent surged when he heard that Qin Xu intended to claim the girl's eyes.

Qin Xu displayed Cai'er's Illusory Spirit Eyes before the crowd at Mount Beiji and tried to force her to surrender them by threatening her brother, Zhu Qiang. Just as Qin Xu was about to take the eyes, Xiao Yan appeared and stopped his attack on Zhu Qiang.

• Qin Xu appeared above the plaza and used his pressure to intimidate the crowd gathered at Mount Beiji.
• Qin Xu revealed Cai'er and her multicolored Illusory Spirit Eyes to the spectators.
• Zhu Qiang caught Cai'er and urged her not to surrender her eyes, but Qin Xu struck him down and threatened to kill him.
• Cai'er began to give in to Qin Xu's demand, but Xiao Yan appeared and destroyed the energy attack aimed at Zhu Qiang.

Xiao Yan returned to rescue Cai'er and revealed that he had reached the Middle Origin Transformation Realm. After clashing with Qin Xu, he faced a new threat when Protector Huan emerged from the great hall as ghostly mist.

• Xiao Yan appeared in the arena, rescued Zhu Qiang with a pill, and promised Cai'er he would take her home.
• Xiao Yan overpowered Qin Xu in their first exchange, shocking the spectators with his Middle Origin Transformation Realm cultivation.
• Xiao Yan and Qin Xu traded attacks, and Xiao Yan’s combat strength proved strong enough to challenge Qin Xu despite Qin Xu’s higher cultivation.
• Qin Xu called on Protector Huan to help prevent Xiao Yan from escaping.
• Protector Huan emerged from the great hall in ghostly mist, and Xiao Yan recognized Ghost Hall.

Xiao Yan fought Qin Xu and Protector Huan, two Late Origin Transformation Realm experts, on Mount Beiji and held his own despite their combined attacks. Qin Xu then looked toward Cai'er, suggesting they would use another way to capture Xiao Yan.

• Protector Huan appeared in black mist and joined Qin Xu in attacking Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan countered their combined attacks with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler.
• Xiao Yan used the Strength Elephant Art, Golden Elephant Art, and Winged Elephant Art to evade their strikes and injure Qin Xu.
• Xiao Yan's attack on Protector Huan was blocked by four chains emerging from the black mist.
• Qin Xu and Protector Huan recognized that brute force would not be enough, and Qin Xu turned his attention to Cai'er.

Xiao Yan fought Qin Xu and Protector Huan to protect Cai'er, but Qin Xu used her as leverage and began extracting her Illusory Spirit Eyes. Zhu Qiang died trying to stop him, and while Cai'er’s eyes triggered a mysterious reversal that drained Qin Xu’s power into her, Xiao Yan pursued the fleeing Protector Huan with a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.

• Qin Xu seized Cai'er to threaten Xiao Yan, while Protector Huan blocked Xiao Yan from reaching them.
• Xiao Yan rejected Qin Xu’s demand to surrender and attacked, but Protector Huan intercepted him as Qin Xu began the eye transfer.
• Zhu Qiang interrupted Qin Xu’s hand seals and was killed; Cai’er’s eyes turned scarlet after she witnessed her brother’s death.
• Qin Xu resumed the transfer, but Cai’er’s Illusory Spirit Eyes caused his Origin Qi to flow into her, leaving him unable to control his body.
• Xiao Yan suppressed Protector Huan and formed a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, prompting Protector Huan to flee.
• Xiao Yan appeared in front of the fleeing Protector Huan and slammed the Fire Lotus into his chest.

After Qin Xu suffered a backlash while trying to seize Cai’er’s Illusory Spirit Eyes, her cultivation surged as she absorbed his Origin Qi, and Xiao Yan watched over her with Xiao Yi Xian. Cai’er later killed Qin Xu to avenge her brother, and the group left Mount Beiji for Feng City as its five-year grand event was underway.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Cai’er’s Illusory Spirit Eyes had drained Qin Xu’s Origin Qi and driven her cultivation close to the Early Origin Transformation Realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan on Mount Beiji, and he reassured her that he would not get lost again.
• Cai’er finished absorbing Qin Xu’s Origin Qi and collapsed unconscious, while the backlash left Qin Xu a cripple.
• Xiao Yan placed Zhu Qiang’s corpse in a crystal coffin and departed Mount Beiji with Xiao Yi Xian, Cai’er, and Qin Xu.
• Cai’er awoke during the journey through the Red Silk Gobi and killed Qin Xu to avenge her brother.
• Xiao Yan and the two women reached Feng City, where the five-year grand event was taking place.

After five years inside the Obsidian Tower, the Northern King had grown powerful enough to kill anyone who tried to enter. The southern hall master failed to seize control of the puppet, and Xiao Yan returned to Feng City and confronted him.

• For two months, the Northern King killed every challenger to the Obsidian Tower with a single punch, including a Nine-Star Dou Di expert.
• The eastern and western hall masters reached the peak of the late Nine-Star Dou Di stage, while the southern hall master advanced to the middle Origin Transformation Realm.
• The southern hall master recognized the Northern King and secretly plotted to control him, but waited for the other hall masters to leave.
• The southern hall master tried to break the spiritual imprint inside the Northern King but could not overcome the imprint Xiao Yan had placed.
• Xiao Yan appeared above the square, stomped on the southern hall master's shoulder, and revealed himself as the Northern King's master.

Xiao Yan returned to Feng City after five years and confronted the Southern Hall Master, revealing his Middle Origin Transformation Realm cultivation. The Southern Hall Master was killed, and Xiao Yan stopped two other onlookers from leaving as the Obsidian Tower closed.

• Xiao Yan greeted the Southern Hall Master and revealed that he had reached the Middle Origin Transformation Realm.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Southern Hall Master's right arm with a single punch, drawing a crowd to the square.
• The Southern Hall Master tried to flee, but the Northern King struck him down and killed him beneath the ground.
• Xiao Yan admired the Northern King's power, which he judged to be comparable to a Late Origin Transformation Realm expert.
• The Obsidian Tower closed, and Xiao Yan called out to two people who were trying to leave.

Xiao Yan stopped the Eastern and Western Hall Masters and invited them to join Xiao Gate, then announced that he had killed Qin Xu and destroyed the Northern Wasteland Hall. He produced Qin Xu’s corpse in Feng City, leaving the gathered crowd and the two hall masters shocked.

• Xiao Yan stopped the Eastern and Western Hall Masters as they tried to leave and invited them to join Xiao Gate.
• The two hall masters hesitated, fearing both Xiao Yan and retaliation from Qin Xu if they betrayed the Northern Wasteland Hall.
• Xiao Yan announced that he had killed Qin Xu on Mount Beiji and was establishing Xiao Gate in Feng City.
• Xiao Yan dropped Qin Xu’s mangled corpse into the square, shocking the Eastern and Western Hall Masters and the crowd.

After killing Qin Xu, Xiao Yan made the eastern and western hall masters join Xiao Gate and warned them to obey his rules. He offered them Origin Gathering Pills, while Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er’s formidable presences further convinced the two men that serving Xiao Yan could be worthwhile.

• Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng recognized Qin Xu’s corpse and realized the Northern Wasteland Hall had lost its protection.
• Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng pledged allegiance to Xiao Yan and tore off their Northern Wasteland Hall robes.
• Xiao Yan warned the new subordinates to follow Xiao Gate’s rules and hinted that he could punish those who disobeyed.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames and Spiritual Strength, then offered to refine Origin Gathering Pills for Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng.
• Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng sensed Cai'er’s Middle Origin Transformation Realm strength and Xiao Yi Xian’s dangerous presence.

Xiao Yan established Xiao Gate in Feng City to prepare for future battles against the Hun Clan’s Ghost Fiend Gate and Ye Luotian. While Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er organized the city, Xiao Yan refined an Origin Gathering Pill, and Liu Jin arrived in Feng City.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian and Cai'er that he planned to build a faction to fight the Ghost Fiend Gate, which belonged to the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan recalled Ye Luotian's ties to the Ghost Hall and decided he needed Xiao Gate's strength before returning to the Western Region.
• Xiao Yan began refining an Origin Gathering Pill with the Luo Heavenly Cauldron and his fused Heavenly Flame.
• During Xiao Yan's ten days in the stone chamber, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai'er, Fang Tonghui, and Liu Cheng brought Feng City's factions under Xiao Gate's control.
• Liu Jin, the master of the Dragon Marsh Workshop, arrived in Feng City and surprised Xiao Yi Xian.

After three factions returned to Feng City and threatened Xiao Gate, Xiao Yi Xian refused to surrender its members or disband the gate. Xiao Yan suddenly appeared, defeated the three Origin Transformation Realm leaders, and warned them not to return.

• Over three months, Xiao Yi Xian organized Feng City and built Xiao Gate while Cai'er drove off factions demanding that she hand over Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng.
• The three factions joined forces and returned to Feng City with three Origin Transformation Realm experts, demanding Xiao Gate disband and its Northern Wasteland Hall members be surrendered.
• Cai'er tried to block the three experts' oppressive presence, but Xiao Yi Xian stopped her from confronting them further.
• Xiao Yi Xian refused their demands and said they would have to discuss disbanding Xiao Gate with Xiao Yan when he returned.
• Xiao Yan appeared, punched all three leaders into the city, and warned them that he would kill them if they returned to Feng City.