Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan killed Xie Shan with the Buddha Fury Samsara Wheel, shifting the battlefield in Burning Flame Valley’s favor, but the fight’s outcome still depended on Ancestor Fen Tian and Hall Master Xiao. After taking medicinal pills, Xiao Yan began preparing another attack as their battle continued.

• Xie Shan transformed into his beast form and unleashed Ghost Scythe Soul Hook indiscriminately at Xiao Yan and the nearby fighters.
• Xiao Yan used the Buddha Fury Samsara Wheel to devour Xie Shan’s attack and destroy him.
• Xie Shan’s death weakened the two opposing factions, though their forces continued fighting across the battlefield.
• Ren Kui’s Vajra Puppet was reduced to scrap by the Northern King, while the Ghost Hall experts struggled against the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards.
• Xiao Yan watched Ancestor Fen Tian and Hall Master Xiao’s unresolved battle, swallowed medicinal pills, and summoned three flames.

After killing Xie Shan, Xiao Yan fused four Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus while Hall Master Xiao tried to stop him. The Fire Lotus exploded in Hall Master Xiao’s hand, leaving him gravely wounded as the fighters fell from the sky.

• Xiao Yan gathered his remaining Child Flame with three other flames and began fusing them into a Fire Lotus.
• Hall Master Xiao noticed the forming Fire Lotus and rushed toward Xiao Yan, despite Ancestor Fen Tian striking him.
• Ancestor Fen Tian pursued Hall Master Xiao with a fire dragon, but Hall Master Xiao used a Great Dao Technique and a backward palm strike to keep advancing.
• Hall Master Xiao reached Xiao Yan just as the Fire Lotus bloomed and seized it in his hand.
• The Fire Lotus exploded, engulfing the battlefield in destructive energy and knocking the fighters down onto the mountain.
• Ancestor Fen Tian emerged relatively unharmed, while Hall Master Xiao survived but was severely injured.

After Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus left both sides devastated, Hall Master Xiao crushed a blood-red jade slip and summoned a terrifying presence from a shattered void. The presence overwhelmed the Ginseng Spirit Clan's Thirty-Two Spirit Guards and seized Xiao Yan, pulling him toward the void as his companions cried out helplessly.

• Xiao Yan and the surviving fighters were left gravely injured, while the Ginseng Spirit Clan's Thirty-Two Spirit Guards survived with little serious harm.
• Ancestor Fen Tian confronted the mutilated Hall Master Xiao, who admitted that the Ghost Hall's plan had failed before vowing to take Xiao Yan away.
• Hall Master Xiao crushed a blood-red jade slip, unleashing an invisible force that blasted Ancestor Fen Tian aside and opened a shattered void.
• A terrifying presence from the void broke through the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards' defense and formed an invisible hand around Xiao Yan.
• Bai Hua, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others tried to stop it, but the force blasted them away as Xiao Yan was dragged toward the void.

Zhu Hao rescued Xiao Yan from the Ghost Fiend Gate’s invisible grasp, then fought the mysterious gate master but was overwhelmed and bound. An unknown force freed Zhu Hao and repelled the chains reaching for Xiao Yan, leaving its source to be revealed.

• Hall Master Xiao watched as the Ghost Fiend Gate pulled Xiao Yan toward the shattered void, but Zhu Hao arrived, broke the invisible force, and rescued him.
• Zhu Hao mocked the Ghost Fiend Gate and identified himself as a member of the Blood Flame Bird clan before battling its mysterious gate master.
• Zhu Hao unleashed his Radiant Sun techniques, but the gate master’s chains broke through the flames and bound him.
• The gate master tried to seize Xiao Yan and threatened to tame Zhu Hao, but an unknown force repelled the chains and freed Zhu Hao.
• An unseen speaker mocked the Ghost Fiend Gate for targeting Origin Kings while a Yuan Zun caused trouble.

A mysterious elder from the Cloud Immortal Sect drove off the Ghost Fiend Gate's attacker and saved Xiao Yan from capture. After taking an invisible flame from Xiao Yan and replenishing his strength, the elder vanished, leaving Burning Flame Valley victorious over the Heavenly Puppet Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.

• The elder destroyed the Ghost Fiend Gate's invisible chains with a mysterious flame and forced its attacker to withdraw, taking Hall Master Xiao with him.
• The elder reassured Zhu Hao and the others, then drew an invisible flame out of Xiao Yan and took it away.
• The elder poured the Origin Qi gathered from the surroundings into Xiao Yan, who slowly absorbed it as his Flame Mantra circulated.
• The elder's presence vanished, leaving the two defeated sects' wounded behind and Xiao Yan recovering his strength.
• Burning Flame Valley defeated the Heavenly Puppet Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, becoming the sole overlord of the Far Southern Land.

After Burning Flame Valley became the Far Southern Land’s dominant power, Xiao Yan spent two months in seclusion and broke through to Origin Emperor. He emerged to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, while the old man in the Central Region was left holding an invisible flame and thinking of Xiao Yan.

• An old man in the Central Region gazed at an invisible flame in his palm and said it had finally returned, adding that he would speak with Xiao Yan when they met.
• Burning Flame Valley took control of the defeated sects’ resources and rebuilt, while Li Chengxu refused Fang Zhicong’s request for the Fang Clan to join the valley.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating in seclusion as the vast Origin Qi in his body brought him close to a breakthrough.
• After two months, Xiao Yan released a powerful presence from his room and broke through from peak Origin King to Origin Emperor.
• Li Chengxu, Ancestor Fen Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others gathered outside Xiao Yan’s room and waited for him.
• Xiao Yan emerged and apologized for worrying everyone; Xiao Yi Xian greeted him tenderly, while Li Bingrui glared at him.

After reaching the Origin Emperor realm, Xiao Yan learned how he had been saved and decided to return to the Western Region before heading to the Central Region to search for Xiao Xuan and answers about the mysterious expert. He left the chapter preparing Leng Bingshuang for the dangers ahead by obtaining earth core marrow to strengthen her.

• Xiao Yan thanked Li Bingrui for arranging Zhu Hao's intervention, but she denied helping and insisted that only she had the right to kill him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian they would return to the Western Region in a few days, and later explained his plans to travel to the Central Region to Bai Hua.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the mysterious expert had drawn the Fallen Heart Flame from his body and suspected the answer lay with the Cloud Immortal Sect in the Central Region.
• Xiao Yan told Ancestor Fen Tian he intended to go to the Central Region to find Xiao Xuan and face the Ghost Hall, and Ancestor Fen Tian accepted his decision.
• Xiao Yan obtained another drop of earth core marrow from Ancestor Fen Tian to help Leng Bingshuang unleash the power of her Extreme Yin Physique before he left.

Two days after leaving Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Yan and his companions stopped in Liu Cang City and found Fu Yulong attacking the Liu Clan. Xiao Yan saved Liu Ya and crippled Fu Yulong, then confirmed that Liu Ya’s hidden powerful ally was the Blood Flame Bird clan.

• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled north toward Ancient Wilderness City and stopped when he spotted an old acquaintance in Liu Cang City.
• Fu Yulong, now an Origin King, threatened to wipe out Liu Ya’s Liu Clan while Liu Ya warned that a power beyond Burning Flame Valley would avenge them.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Liu Ya was referring to the Blood Flame Bird clan, which had ties to the Liu Clan.
• Fu Yulong attacked the weakened Liu Ya, but Xiao Yan caught his wrist, broke his arm, and struck him down.
• Xiao Yan gave Liu Ya a pill and asked whether the power he had mentioned was the Blood Flame Bird clan; Liu Ya confirmed it.

Xiao Yan spared Fu Yulong on the condition that the Sea Cloud Palace protect the Liu Clan, then continued his journey back to the Western Region. Meanwhile, a clan leader learned that a young man had spent two years training in the Dragon Cave and made remarkable progress.

• Xiao Yan defeated Fu Yulong with one strike, and Fu Yulong begged for his life.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Sea Cloud Palace to serve him and protect the Liu Clan, and Fu Yulong agreed.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Fu Yulong reach the Origin Emperor realm if he performed well, then departed with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Fu Yulong left with his subordinates while Liu Ya watched Xiao Yan's group disappear.
• Long Lin told the clan leader that the young man had been inside the Dragon Cave for two years, and the clan leader noted his progress.

After returning to the Western Region, Xiao Yan reunited with Leng Bingshuang in the Xilin Mountain Range, where the two welcomed him home. Xiao Yi Xian watched their reunion from a distance, alone with the memory of Xiao Yan’s promise to her.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Lengcui City, where he recalled the Western Region’s changed balance of power and the Bai Clan’s fear of the man behind Leng Bingshuang.
• Xiao Yan led his companions into the Xilin Mountain Range, and a white-robed figure flew away after they entered.
• Leng Bingshuang welcomed Xiao Yan after his three-year absence, and he pulled her into his arms and apologized.
• Bai Hua, the One-Horned Whale Serpent, Cai'er, Lian'er, and Li Bingrui reunited and spent time together, while Xiao Yi Xian slipped away alone.
• Xiao Yan and Leng Bingshuang went to the ice palace, while Xiao Yi Xian sat on a deserted peak and cried as she remembered Xiao Yan calling her his responsibility.

Xiao Yan gathered his companions to plan the founding of Xiao Gate in the Western Region, explaining the threat posed by Ghost Hall and the faction’s need for resources and experts. The group accepted him as their Gate Master, and Xiao Yan considered approaching a Bai Clan member for help recruiting experts while Xiao Yi Xian watched him with Lian’er’s jade pendant.

• Xiao Yan outlined his plan to establish Xiao Gate in the Western Region and eventually unite it with the Northern Region branch, with Burning Flame Valley as an ally.
• Xiao Yan told the group about Ghost Hall and his dangerous encounter in the Far Southern Land, prompting Leng Bingshuang and the others to worry and condemn Ghost Hall.
• Yan Shi vowed that Xiao Gate would make Ghost Hall pay, and the assembled companions bowed to Xiao Yan and greeted him as their Gate Master.
• Xiao Yan discussed raising resources through Lü Zhongtian’s auction house and recruiting more experts for Xiao Gate.
• Xiao Yan recalled sensing someone wearing Bai Clan clothes and noticed that Xiao Yi Xian wore Lian’er’s jade pendant, unaware that Lian’er had given it to her that morning.

Xiao Yan returned to the Bai Clan’s base on Qingtuo Mountain and confronted Bai Haoxuan, Bai Ying, and Bai Zhan about their surveillance of the Xilin Mountain Range. He invited them to join his new Xiao Gate, gave them half a month to answer, and warned them to stop watching the range.

• Bai Ying and Bai Zhan discussed reports that Xiao Yan had appeared near the Xilin Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the Bai Clan’s hall, where Bai Haoxuan, Bai Ying, and Bai Zhan greeted him with respect.
• Xiao Yan invited the Bai Clan to join his Xiao Gate and told them to come to Yan City within half a month if they accepted.
• Xiao Yan warned the Bai Clan to stop surveilling the Xilin Mountain Range before he left.
• Bai Haoxuan realized that Xiao Yan intended to establish the Xiao Gate as a powerful faction in the Western Region.

Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and found Jin Yao in danger inside the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, which the Sheng Clan had occupied. He rescued her and killed the Sheng Clan heir, leaving the consequences of his actions to unfold.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Thousand Medicine Pavilion and noticed Sheng Clan guards blocking its entrance.
• Xiao Yan sensed Jin Yao being assaulted by a young man from the Sheng Clan inside a sealed room.
• Xiao Yan blasted the guards into the room and gave Jin Yao a robe to cover herself.
• The Sheng Clan young man attacked Xiao Yan, but the force rebounded and sent him flying.
• Xiao Yan ignored the young man's threats and swallowed him into the void.

After rescuing Jin Yao and killing the Sheng Clan members who had attacked her, Xiao Yan faced Sheng Dong, the dead young man’s grandfather, when he arrived seeking revenge. Sheng Dong recognized Xiao Yan and, after being struck down, knelt to beg for forgiveness.

• Xiao Yan comforted Jin Yao after killing her assailant, and she sobbed in his arms.
• Sheng Dong discovered that his grandson Kai'er had died and set out for Yan City, vowing revenge on Jin Yao.
• At the Thousand Medicine Pavilion, Jin Yao asked Xiao Yan about his travels and learned that Leng Bingshuang was now his wife.
• Sheng Dong arrived at the pavilion and demanded to know whether Xiao Yan had killed his grandson; Xiao Yan calmly confirmed it.
• Sheng Dong lunged at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan struck him down, and Sheng Dong recognized him and begged for forgiveness.

Xiao Yan forced Sheng Dong to accept his grandson’s death, then traveled to Shahepu to ask Lü Zhongtian to auction medicinal pills. He left the auction house guards stunned by claiming that his pills were tier five.

• Xiao Yan reminded Sheng Dong that his grandson had nearly harmed Xiao Yan’s friend and threatened the Sheng Clan, so Sheng Dong admitted his grandson deserved his fate.
• Sheng Dong left Yan City badly injured, grieving and resentful, while Jin Yao watched Xiao Yan depart.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Shahepu, where he planned to have Lü Zhongtian auction tier-five and higher medicinal pills taken from his opponents’ Storage Rings.
• Two guards stopped Xiao Yan from entering the auction house unless he met their cultivation or auction-item requirement.
• Xiao Yan said he had no tier-four pills but had tier-five medicinal pills, leaving the guards frozen in surprise.

Xiao Yan brought more than thirty fifth-tier pills to Lü Zhongtian’s auction house in Shahepu to raise funds for establishing Xiao Gate in the Western Region. When Lü Zhongtian arrived, he agreed that joining Xiao Yan directly would be better than forming an alliance, leaving Xiao Yan surprised.

• Xiao Yan showed the auction house steward more than thirty jade bottles containing fifth-tier pills and asked him to auction them all within half a month.
• Wang Xuan confirmed the pills’ quality and summoned the auction house president, Lü Zhongtian.
• Xiao Yan and Lü Zhongtian reunited after three years, and Lü Zhongtian revealed that he had reached the Origin King realm.
• Xiao Yan explained that he planned to establish a faction in the Western Region and needed the auction proceeds to fund it.
• Xiao Yan asked Lü Zhongtian to help auction the pills and ally with his faction, but Lü Zhongtian offered to join him directly instead.

Xiao Yan’s plan to establish Xiao Gate drew support and alarmed powers across the Western Region, while a half-month auction of fifth-tier pills attracted its strongest experts. The chapter ended as Lü Zhongtian opened bidding on a Mirror-Breaking Pill, with even Origin King experts feeling the strain of its price.

• Tian Ying and the others bought up Yan City’s shops as Leng Bingshuang went to seek an alliance with the Murong Clan for Xiao Gate.
• Sheng Dong rejected his son’s demand for revenge and ordered the Sheng Clan to submit to Xiao Gate.
• The Sheng Clan’s submission prompted other powers to join Xiao Gate, and Xiao Gate rapidly built its headquarters throughout Yan City.
• Lü Zhongtian auctioned fifth-tier pills in Shahepu, drawing powerful experts from across the Western Region.
• Lü Zhongtian presented the Mirror-Breaking Pill, and its high starting price strained even the Origin King experts at the auction.

Lü Zhongtian faced pressure from an elder trying to suppress the Mirror-Breaking Pill’s price, but Murong Hao’s arrival and Seven-Star Origin King presence forced the elder to pay fifty thousand Spirit Stones. After the auction ended, Murong Hao and the two women headed toward Xiao Gate, with Murong Hao explaining why he had spared the elder.

• An elder threatened Lü Zhongtian and discouraged the other bidders from raising the Mirror-Breaking Pill’s price.
• Murong Hao, Leng Bingshuang, and Murong Qianqian stood up, and Murong Hao revealed he was from Xiao Gate and released his Seven-Star Origin King presence.
• Lü Zhongtian revealed that the pill belonged to Xiao Gate’s master, and the elder hastily bid fifty thousand Spirit Stones and left with it.
• The auction ended, and the other Origin King experts left after Murong Hao and the women departed.
• Murong Qianqian asked why Murong Hao had not killed the elder, and he explained that Xiao Gate needed to establish its prestige without letting a minor insult disrupt its plans.

Xiao Gate had become the Western Region’s foremost power, and Xiao Yan gathered its allied factions to formalize their support. After Murong Hao pledged the Murong Clan’s full backing, the hesitant leaders followed, leaving Xiao Gate’s establishment with broad support.

• Xiao Gate recruited experts and gained factions across the Western Region, growing into its foremost power.
• The Bai Clan’s grandfather and two grandsons arrived at the assembly and found the seat of honor empty.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind the Bai Clan members, and the gathered leaders recognized his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Yan invited anyone still hesitant to leave, but Murong Hao pledged the Murong Clan’s full support for Xiao Gate.
• Lü Zhongtian, Bai Ying, and other leaders declared that their factions would join Xiao Gate.

Xiao Yan quietly returned to the Southern Region with Xiao Yi Xian, Bai Hua, and Lian'er, where they learned that the Void Lightning Pool had been emptied by the Northern King. After Lian'er defended herself from three predatory men in Ancient Wilderness City, the group headed back to Burning Flame Valley.

• Xiao Gate rapidly expanded across the Western Region while Xiao Yan and his companions secretly returned to the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had left without telling Leng Bingshuang so she could remain safely in the Western Region.
• Experts in Ancient Wilderness City complained that the Void Lightning Pool had been drained, and Xiao Yan blamed the Northern King for absorbing its lightning.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Bai Hua noticed that Lian'er had disappeared and found her surrounded by three men.
• Lian'er struck away one man's hand and blasted him away with her purple energy, revealing her Origin Transformation Realm strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Lian'er by the hand, and the group left for Burning Flame Valley as the other two men collapsed.