Chapter Summaries

Bai Zhan warned Xiao Yan that Ye Luotian secretly controlled dozens of experts with the Withered Leaf Gu, including an Origin Transformation Realm expert. Xiao Yan realized his Heavenly Flames might free them, while his warning to Bai Zhan left Bai Ying shocked.

• Bai Zhan reminded Xiao Yan that he had resisted the Withered Leaf Gu and used it to advance his cultivation.
• Bai Zhan revealed that Ye Luotian controlled more than thirty Dou Di experts and an Origin Transformation Realm expert, making Qinhuang Lost Valley's forces far stronger than Xiao Yan had known.
• Xiao Yan realized he could use his Heavenly Flames to remove the Gu and free Ye Luotian's controlled experts.
• Xiao Yan questioned Bai Zhan's motives, then let him leave after warning him to speak openly rather than scheme against Xiao Gate.
• Bai Zhan hurried away, and Bai Ying heard Xiao Yan's warning from afar and reacted with shock.

Xiao Yan traveled alone to Pingshan Western Hollow in the Western Wilderness Region to free the experts Ye Luotian had hidden there. After killing the six guards and bypassing Ye Luotian’s restriction, he found Lü Zhongtian among the imprisoned group.

• Xiao Yan set out alone for the Western Wilderness Region after deciding to trust Bai Zhan’s information.
• Xiao Yan reached Pingshan Western Hollow and confirmed that six Nine-Star Dou Di guards were protecting the sealed experts.
• Xiao Yan killed all six guards before they could mobilize their Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to bypass Ye Luotian’s restriction without alerting him.
• Xiao Yan entered the prison and recognized Lü Zhongtian among the thirty-odd experts.

Xiao Yan traveled to Pingshan Western Hollow and freed Lü Zhongtian and more than thirty other experts from Ye Luotian’s control. He escaped with them, leaving Qinhuang Lost Valley’s forces without a major hidden advantage ahead of the coming battle.

• Bai Ying and Bai Zhan discussed whether Xiao Yan would rescue the prisoners, and Bai Ying warned that Xiao Yan should not be made an enemy.
• Xiao Yan met Lü Zhongtian and the other imprisoned experts, who explained that Ye Luotian controlled them with the Withered Leaf Gu.
• The prisoners urged Xiao Yan to kill them rather than let Ye Luotian use them in the coming battle.
• Xiao Yan gave each prisoner a small flame and explained that swallowing it would destroy the Withered Leaf Gu.
• Lü Zhongtian swallowed his flame first, recovered his cultivation, and confirmed that the Gu had been eliminated.
• The other experts swallowed their flames, regained their cultivation, and escaped with Xiao Yan through the Great Dao of the Void.

Xiao Yan traveled to Li Sacred City to seek the Alchemist Alliance’s help in the coming battle. After proving that Han Dong had invited him to join the Alliance, he was allowed to meet Han Dong.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Alliance’s headquarters in Li Sacred City and was stopped at the gate until he showed his Alchemist Badge.
• Jia Ming tried to shove Xiao Yan aside for Master Zhao, but Xiao Yan dodged him and entered after presenting his badge.
• Xiao Yan met Han Dan, a deacon who explained the Alliance’s rule for first-time visitors seeking an audience.
• Han Dan saw Han Dong’s name on Xiao Yan’s badge and led him upstairs to meet the vice president.

Xiao Yan waited to meet Vice President Han Dong, but Zhao Chuanchen and his disciple Jia Ming tried to make him leave. Xiao Yan knocked them both down, and Han Dong intervened before he could strike Zhao again.

• Han Dan brought Xiao Yan to the vice president’s waiting room, where Zhao Chuanchen and Jia Ming were waiting.
• Zhao Chuanchen claimed his appointment gave him priority and urged Xiao Yan to return another day, but Han Dan said the vice president should decide whom to see.
• Xiao Yan told Zhao Chuanchen that he came from Xiao Gate, and Zhao and Jia Ming dismissed him as a junior from an obscure faction.
• Jia Ming released the pressure of a Five-Star Dou Di and threatened Xiao Yan, who sent him flying into a wall with an invisible force.
• Xiao Yan slapped Zhao Chuanchen to the floor after scolding him, but Han Dong opened the stone door and asked Xiao Yan to spare Zhao for his sake.

Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Alliance to return the Phoenix Chick Pill and ask for its cooperation against Qinhuang Lost Valley. Xing Qian confirmed Xiao Yan’s strength was genuine but refused to involve the Alliance in the regional conflict because of its obligations to the Pill Tower.

• Zhao Chuanchen recognized Xiao Yan and fled the Alchemist Alliance with Jia Ming.
• Han Dong told Xiao Yan that Xing Qian had returned and would soon leave the Alliance.
• Xing Qian was astonished by Xiao Yan’s Late Origin Transformation Realm cultivation and tested him in a brief clash, revealing his own Origin Return Realm strength.
• Xing Qian recognized the Heavenly Flame in Xiao Yan’s palm and accepted the Phoenix Chick Pill, praising Xiao Yan’s cultivation and alchemy.
• Xiao Yan asked the Alchemist Alliance to join forces with him, but Xing Qian refused, citing the Alliance’s neutrality and ties to the Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan received a powerful pill from Xing Qian after the Alchemist Alliance refused to join his coming battle against Qinhuang Lost Valley. He warned Xing Qian and Han Dong that Ye Luotian was backed by a Central Region faction, the Ghost Hall, leaving them shocked.

• Xing Qian refused to send Alchemist Alliance fighters to help Xiao Yan but gave him a sixth-tier Dragon Bone Pill.
• Xing Qian explained that the pill could temporarily raise Xiao Yan’s cultivation, but warned him about its limits and dangerous consequences if misused.
• Xing Qian and Han Dong asked how Xiao Yan planned to face Qinhuang Lost Valley’s four Origin Transformation Realm experts.
• Xiao Yan said his side would have greater strength and explained that Ye Luotian had helped bring Qinhuang Lost Valley out of seclusion by destroying rival sects and consolidating the Four Great Sects.
• Xiao Yan revealed that outside forces from the Central Region operated in the Western Region and that the Ghost Hall was secretly supporting Ye Luotian.

Xiao Yan learned that Ghost Hall was backing Ye Luotian, but the Alchemist Alliance refused to form an alliance and only promised to monitor events. As the Western Region gathered at Shahepu for Xiao Yan’s battle with Qinhuang Lost Valley, Ye Luotian discovered that more than thirty experts had vanished from Pingshan Western Hollow.

• Xing Qian and Han Dong recognized the danger of Ghost Hall but declined Xiao Yan’s alliance proposal, promising instead to watch events and protect him if necessary.
• Xing Qian and Han Dong discussed Ghost Hall’s apparent plan to use Qinhuang Lost Valley to gain control of the Western Region, then decided to investigate before reporting to their higher-ups.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xilin Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian and the others welcomed him, and Leng Bingshuang felt her hatred toward him fading.
• On the ninth day, Xiao Yan led his experts toward Shahepu as forces from across the Western Region gathered for the coming battle.
• Ye Luotian found that more than thirty experts, including Lü Zhongtian, had disappeared from beyond his intact restriction in Pingshan Western Hollow, and he razed the place in rage.
• On the appointed tenth day, Xiao Yan arrived at Shahepu with his party, where the battle’s outcome would determine the Western Region’s future.

Xiao Yan and his party arrived in Shahepu, where their strength shocked the city as they waited for Qinhuang Lost Valley. When Qin Shuo’s force arrived, Xiao Yan confronted them and noticed that Ye Luotian was missing.

• Xiao Yan brought his party, including five Origin Transformation Realm experts, into Shahepu and waited for Qinhuang Lost Valley.
• Xiao Yan warned the Xiao Gate members not to underestimate their opponents and promised them rewards for victory.
• Xiao Yan sensed Qinhuang Lost Valley approaching and led his group into the air to face Qin Shuo’s force.
• Qin Shuo declared that Xiao Yan and Leng Bingshuang would die that day, and Xiao Yan retorted that the outcome was not decided.
• Xiao Yan saw three Origin Transformation Realm experts among Qinhuang Lost Valley’s forces and noticed that Ye Luotian was absent.

Xiao Yan launched Xiao Gate's attack on Qinhuang Lost Valley after Ye Luotian failed to appear. Ye Luotian then arrived with Ghost Hall reinforcements, including an Origin Return Realm expert, turning the battle against Xiao Gate as Xing Qian and Han Dong watched from afar.

• Leng Bingshuang noticed Ye Luotian was missing, while Xiao Yan suspected he knew where Ye Luotian had gone.
• Qin Shuo feared Ye Luotian had abandoned Qinhuang Lost Valley after seeing Xiao Yan's five Origin Transformation Realm experts.
• Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng urged Xiao Yan to attack, and Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Gate to charge.
• Ye Luotian descended between the forces with thirteen Ghost Hall members, including ten High-Level Dou Di, two Origin Transformation Realm experts, and an Origin Return Realm expert.
• Xing Qian confirmed the newcomer was an Origin Return Realm expert and chose to watch with Han Dong rather than intervene.
• The Ghost Hall reinforcements shifted the balance, leaving Xiao Gate facing a perilous battle.

Xiao Yan faced Ye Luotian’s Qinhuang Lost Valley forces and Ghost Hall allies, leaving his side badly outnumbered. Just as the battle began, Lü Zhongtian arrived with more than forty rescued Dou Di experts to reinforce Xiao Yan.

• The black-robed Ghost Hall leader confronted Xiao Yan, who ignited his pale blue Heavenly Flames and vowed to settle their scores.
• Qin Shuo and the black-robed leader argued over their alliance, but Ye Luotian persuaded Qin Shuo to join forces against Xiao Yan.
• Qin Shuo ordered Qinhuang Lost Valley to attack Xiao Yan’s group, leaving Xiao Yan’s allies shaken by the opposing force.
• More than forty experts charged in to support Xiao Yan, and Lü Zhongtian explained that they were the Dou Di he had rescued from Pingshan Western Hollow.

Lü Zhongtian arrived with reinforcements, stabilizing the battle between Xiao Gate and Qinhuang Lost Valley before the conflict shifted toward a clash between their strongest fighters. As Hall Master Gui faced Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan revealed the Northern King, an Origin Transformation Realm puppet, and ordered it to kill Ye Luotian.

• Lü Zhongtian brought eleven old friends to help Xiao Yan, and their arrival brought the fighting to a stalemate.
• Ye Luotian realized Xiao Yan had rescued the people from Pingshan Western Hollow and removed his Withered Leaf Gu.
• Hall Master Gui sent ten black-robed Dou Di experts into battle, prompting Xiao Gate’s members to charge forward.
• Hall Master Gui claimed Xiao Yan as his opponent while the other fighters paired off against Qinhuang Lost Valley’s experts, leaving Leng Bingshuang to face Qin Shuo and Ye Luotian.
• Xiao Yan struck Ye Luotian with the Northern King, revealing the puppet’s Origin Transformation Realm strength, then ordered it to kill him.

Xiao Yan and Hall Master Gui became the decisive combatants as the other fighters engaged across the battlefield. Xiao Yan gained the upper hand in their brutal close-quarters fight, ending the chapter as he shattered Hall Master Gui’s Origin Qi-coated sleeve.

• After the Northern King and Ye Luotian clashed, Leng Bingshuang and the others fought Qinhuang Lost Valley’s Origin Transformation Realm experts while the Dou Di fighters engaged.
• Hall Master Gui attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan evaded his claw and countered with the Wasteland-Spanning Finger against Hall Master Gui’s Yin Bone Claw.
• Xiao Yan and Hall Master Gui exchanged brutal blows for a quarter of an hour, but Hall Master Gui’s attacks failed to overcome Xiao Yan’s physical strength.
• Xiao Yan drove Hall Master Gui back and struck at his head, then blasted apart the black sleeve Hall Master Gui had raised to block the punch.

Xiao Yan battered Hall Master Gui and used a surprise avatar attack, but Hall Master Gui countered with the Power of the Great Dao. Hall Master Gui then unleashed his Great Dao of Darkness, plunging the battlefield into total darkness.

• Xiao Yan struck Hall Master Gui with a powerful punch, knocked off his mask, and sent him flying.
• Hall Master Gui attacked Xiao Yan with black chains, then ambushed him from behind, but Xiao Yan blocked the claw with his scaled fist.
• Xiao Yan's avatar used the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, but Hall Master Gui's viscous Power of the Great Dao absorbed the attack.
• Hall Master Gui destroyed Xiao Yan's avatar before it could self-destruct and covered himself with the strange liquid.
• Hall Master Gui spread his Great Dao of Darkness across the battlefield, engulfing Xiao Yan in darkness.

Xiao Yan fought Hall Master Gui inside the Domain of Darkness, where the Great Dao of Darkness concealed Gui and overwhelmed Xiao Yan with hidden attacks. Xiao Yan disrupted Gui’s assault with an unfamiliar technique and struck him with the Heart-Shattering Palm.

• Xiao Yan searched the Domain of Darkness with his Spiritual Strength but could not locate Hall Master Gui.
• Hall Master Gui attacked from concealment with a black spear, and Xiao Yan blocked it with Heavenly Flame armor, the Golden Elephant Art, and the Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor.
• Xiao Yan began fusing the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Sea Heart Flame to form a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, but Hall Master Gui bombarded him and used the Great Dao of Darkness to weaken his armor.
• Hall Master Gui appeared and pulled Xiao Yan’s hands apart, stopping the flames from fusing, but a black steel needle twisted and injured Gui’s arm.
• Xiao Yan appeared before Hall Master Gui and struck his heart with the Intent Class Dou Technique, Heart-Shattering Palm.

Xiao Yan broke free of Hall Master Gui’s Great Dao of Darkness with Heavenly Flames and severely wounded him using Heart-Shattering Palm, but the technique left Xiao Yan nearly depleted. Hall Master Gui then sacrificed his blood to unleash Yin Evil Spirit Devouring, feeding on Shahepu’s people to restore his strength as Xiao Yan prepared to face him.

• Xiao Yan used Heart-Shattering Palm to strike Hall Master Gui, broke free of the darkness cocoon with Heavenly Flames, and sent him flying from the Domain of Darkness.
• Xiao Yan and Hall Master Gui were both badly weakened, while Qin Shuo attacked Leng Bingshuang again and Ye Luotian watched the exchange.
• Hall Master Gui sacrificed a drop of his blood and summoned Yin Evil Spirit Devouring, spreading a vast black cloud above Shahepu.
• Hall Master Gui’s black mist attacked the city’s onlookers and devoured their bodies, Dou Qi, and souls to restore his power.
• Xiao Yan condemned Hall Master Gui’s disregard for human lives, then closed his eyes and steadied his breathing as the mist continued to consume the city.

Xiao Yan used the Giant Elephant Art to overpower Hall Master Gui after shattering his Ghost Rakshasa Seal. Hall Master Gui charged again, and Xiao Yan met him with Eight Extremes Blast.

• Xiao Yan marveled at the Giant Elephant Art’s power and its apparition, which combined the strengths of the first three manifestation arts.
• Hall Master Gui launched the Ghost Rakshasa Seal, but Xiao Yan smashed the black-mist attack and its trapped soul with the apparition’s palm.
• Xiao Yan caught Hall Master Gui’s fist, broke his wrist, and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying.
• Hall Master Gui charged back with renewed force as Xiao Yan gathered his remaining Origin Qi and struck with Eight Extremes Blast.

Xiao Yan used the Giant Elephant Art to overpower Hall Master Gui, breaking his arms and driving the remnant souls inside him into a frenzy. Hall Master Gui destroyed the spirits and tried to escape in black mist, but Xiao Yan trapped him with Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan's relentless attacks overwhelmed Hall Master Gui, and a powerful stomp broke both of his arms and dispersed his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan kicked Hall Master Gui in the back, forcing out the remnant souls that swarmed and devoured him.
• Hall Master Gui destroyed the vengeful spirits, but without their energy, his strength weakened and he could no longer use Yin Evil Spirit Devouring.
• Hall Master Gui admitted he had underestimated Xiao Yan and tried to flee by turning into black mist.
• Xiao Yan surrounded the black mist with Heavenly Flames and forced Hall Master Gui back into a figure under his control.

After Xiao Yan's victory at Shahepu, Xiao Gate rose to prominence while he recovered and secretly destroyed the Ghost Hall's remaining branches in the Western Region. As he prepared to return to the Xilin Mountain Range, Murong Xuan arrived seeking Leng Bingshuang.

• Xiao Yan and the Dou Di experts killed Ye Luotian, ending the battle of Shahepu and capturing Hall Master Gui, while a Ghost Hall expert escaped.
• Black-robed figures ambushed and killed the escaping Ghost Hall expert, taking his Ghost Mask.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Gate gained fame, faction leaders flocked to the Xilin Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan remained in seclusion as the visitors were screened and sent away.
• Xiao Yan interrogated Hall Master Gui, learned the locations of three Ghost Hall branches, and destroyed them across the Western Wilderness Region.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Xilin Mountain Range, Murong Xuan returned and sought Leng Bingshuang.

Leng Bingshuang rejected Murong Xuan’s request to return to her ancestral clan, which had threatened to destroy his family if he failed to bring her back. Xiao Yan arrived in time to nearly attack Murong Xuan, then learned the threat came from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Leng Bingshuang’s fury shook the Xilin Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan sensed her anger as he arrived.
• Murong Xuan urged Leng Bingshuang to return to her ancestral clan, but she condemned them for driving out her people and killing many of them.
• Murong Xuan explained that the clan had threatened to wipe out his family unless he brought Leng Bingshuang back, then prepared to leave without forcing her.
• Xiao Yan rushed in and nearly grabbed Murong Xuan by the throat before recognizing him and withdrawing his hand.
• Leng Bingshuang left after Xiao Yan asked what had happened, and Murong Xuan told him about the threat.
• Xiao Yan’s expression froze when Murong Xuan identified the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.