Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan’s group headed for Heavenly Cloud Manor to avoid further pursuit and give him time to recover, Xu Zhen murdered the wounded Tang Long and absorbed his power with help from Yu Du. The shattered Soul Jade Tokens alerted three Tribulation Crossing Sect experts, who set out to investigate Tang Long’s death.

• Xiao Yan’s group changed course toward Heavenly Cloud Manor because he was gravely injured and they feared the Tribulation Crossing Sect would pursue them.
• Xu Zhen told Tang Long he could escape punishment only by dying, then pierced his chest and began absorbing his Origin Qi.
• Tang Long tried to self-destruct, but Yu Du appeared and killed him with a palm strike to the head.
• Xu Zhen devoured Tang Long’s body in poisonous fog and sat down to refine the power he had absorbed.
• Three Tribulation Crossing Sect experts discovered their shattered Soul Jade Tokens and set out to investigate, suspecting Heavenly Cloud Manor or another powerful opponent.

Xu Zhen reached Nine-Star Origin Emperor and plotted with Yu Du to seize Lian'er’s Woeful Poison Body and kill Xiao Yan. When three elders arrived to investigate Tang Long’s death, Xu Zhen disguised his condition and told them a fabricated account that ended with his claim that Xiao Yan was only an Early-Stage Origin Emperor.

• Xu Zhen awakened with the power of a Nine-Star Origin Emperor and anticipated that Xiao Yan’s group and the sect’s people would arrive.
• Yu Du told Xu Zhen that Lian’er’s Woeful Poison Body mattered more than her identity, and they planned to obtain it and take control of the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• After sensing three elders approaching, Yu Du hid inside Xu Zhen, who injured himself to appear wounded and avoid suspicion.
• Xu Zhen told the elders that Tang Long had died while protecting him and claimed that Xiao Yan had killed him after they found the sect’s missing holy maiden.
• Xu Zhen revealed that Xiao Yan was not a Yuan Zong or Yuan Zun expert, but only an Early-Stage Origin Emperor.

Xu Zhen misled the Tribulation Crossing Sect elders about Xiao Yan's power and followed them in pursuit of Xiao Yan and the Holy Maiden. As Xiao Yan's group rested in the forest, he sensed pursuers approaching, and the group argued over who should stay behind before preparing to flee together.

• Xu Zhen told the three elders that Xiao Yan had killed Tang Long with a powerful Dou Technique, then directed them north to find the Holy Maiden.
• After the elders flew ahead, Xu Zhen revealed his true strength and pursued them, hoping to seize Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled toward Heavenly Cloud Manor, then stopped in a forest clearing so he could recover from his grave injuries.
• Xiao Yan sensed that pursuers were near and urged everyone to leave at once.
• Bai Hua stopped Li Bingrui from offering to lure the pursuers away, and Xiao Yan reminded her of her master's letter.
• Lian'er offered to give herself up, but Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Bai Hua, and Li Bingrui all shouted no.

Bai Hua chose to stay with Li Bingrui and the others, while three Yuan Zong experts from the Tribulation Crossing Sect tracked Xiao Yan’s group north. As the pursuers closed in, Xiao Yan stopped the group and began condensing Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to buy them time.

• Bai Hua told Li Bingrui that the group would stay together, and she left with the others.
• Three elders from the Tribulation Crossing Sect found traces of Xiao Yan’s group and continued pursuing them north.
• Bai Hua carried Xiao Yan as the group flew north through the approaching night, using up much of their Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yan sensed the three Yuan Zong experts nearing and stopped the group on a mountain peak.
• Despite his injuries and exhaustion, Xiao Yan began condensing Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus as the pursuers drew close.

Xiao Yan used Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to delay the three Tribulation Crossing Sect elders while Bai Hua and the others escaped north. The blast wounded the elders but erased the group's traces, and Xu Zhen emerged afterward with stronger intent to kill Xiao Yan.

• Three Yuan Zong elders arrived and confronted Xiao Yan and his companions as he formed a Fire Lotus.
• The leading elder offered to let the group go if Xiao Yan dispersed the Fire Lotus and returned their sect's holy maiden, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan launched the Fire Lotus and collapsed, so Bai Hua caught him and the group fled north as the lotus exploded.
• The Northern King carried the group out of the blast zone, while the explosion's storm concealed their trail.
• The three elders survived with wounds and pursued the group north, and Xu Zhen later appeared and renewed his killing intent toward Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan struggled through a dangerous breakthrough while the three Tribulation Crossing Sect elders closed in on his group. An old man appeared, stabilized Xiao Yan with a formation and a seventh-tier pill, and told him he owed a debt.

• Xiao Yan’s suppressed breakthrough began in a temporary cave, and Heavenly Flames refined the incoming Origin Qi as his damaged meridians strained under the pressure.
• The three Tribulation Crossing Sect elders resumed their pursuit, while Xiao Yan’s body grew dangerously hot and blood began to streak his skin.
• An old man in a brocade robe appeared in the cave, recognized Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, and restrained Bai Hua and the others with his oppressive presence.
• The old man cast the Fifth-Tier Heavenly Chief Formation over Xiao Yan and fed him a seventh-tier pill, which repaired his injuries and helped him absorb the uncontrolled Origin Qi.
• The old man released Bai Hua and the others, then told Xiao Yan that he would have to repay the debt someday.

Xiao Yan and his companions emerged from the cave after he recovered enough to reach Two-Star Origin Emperor, only to be cornered by three elders of the Tribulation Crossing Sect. Luo Hao of Heavenly Cloud Manor intervened, forcing Xu Shuang and the other elders to withdraw.

• Xiao Yan led his companions out of the cave, his injuries mostly healed and his strength risen to Two-Star Origin Emperor.
• The three Tribulation Crossing Sect elders surrounded the group and threatened to capture them, but Xiao Yan called for help.
• Luo Hao appeared and blocked the elders’ pressure, revealing himself as a Six-Star Yuan Zong and deputy manor lord of Heavenly Cloud Manor.
• Luo Hao refused to hand over Xiao Yan’s group and warned Xu Shuang that he would not let them leave with the youngsters.
• Xu Shuang and the other two elders withdrew toward the southern horizon rather than risk a confrontation with Luo Hao.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached Heavenly Cloud Manor, a city built around formations, where the manor’s leaders welcomed them. Luo Ao was astonished that Xiao Yan had advanced to Two-Star Origin Emperor in just over three years, and the chapter ended as Luo Jin hurried to meet them.

• Luo Hao led Xiao Yan and his companions safely to Heavenly Cloud Manor, and Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough to Two-Star Origin Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and the others entered the formation-protected city and saw that formations and formation masters were everywhere.
• Luo Hao explained that Heavenly Cloud Manor had been founded on formations, though formation masters received less recognition than alchemists.
• Xiao Yan met Luo Ao, Luo Cheng, and Luo Xiong, and Luo Ao was surprised by Xiao Yan’s rapid rise from the Origin Return Realm to Origin Emperor.
• Luo Cheng introduced himself as the manor lord and Luo Jin’s father, while Xiao Yan learned more about the strength of the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan.
• Luo Jin flew over the estate and arrived before Xiao Yan and the others.

Heavenly Cloud Manor's leaders debated whether to shelter Xiao Yan's group despite the threat of the Tribulation Crossing Sect. Luo Cheng decided to let them stay two more days, but an old man rushed in with urgent news before Luo Ao could leave the hall.

• Luo Hao told Luo Cheng, Luo Xiong, and Luo Ao about Xiao Yan's group and the Woeful Poison Bodies.
• Luo Xiong warned that Wu Du might come to claim the Woeful Poison Body, risking conflict with the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Luo Ao argued that Xiao Yan's talent and potential made him worth supporting, despite the danger to the manor.
• Luo Xiong left the decision to Luo Cheng, who chose to let Xiao Yan's group stay two more days before asking them to leave.
• An old man hurried into the hall and announced that something had happened.

Luo Jin toured Xiao Yan and his companions around Heavenly Cloud Manor, explaining the Central Region’s major powers and the weapons listed on the manor’s sacred artifact ranking. Xiao Yan sensed an old object in his Storage Ring trembling just as a damaged Formation Plate in a secret chamber began to glow.

• Luo Jin led Xiao Yan and his companions through Heavenly Cloud Manor, and Xiao Yan noticed Luo Jin’s interest in Li Bingrui.
• Luo Jin described the Central Region’s powers, including the declining but still formidable Xiao Clan, which made Xiao Yan worry about Xiao Xuan.
• Luo Jin showed the group the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking and explained the powers of the Phoenix-Locking Spear and the Orchid Sword.
• Xiao Yan sensed an object in his Storage Ring trembling as the group examined the ranking stele.
• Luo Ao, Luo Cheng, and the other manor leaders found the damaged Formation Plate humming and emitting intense golden light in a secret chamber.

Heavenly Cloud Manor discovered that the Taiyi Star Disk was reacting to its missing fragment, which Xiao Yan had unknowingly kept since obtaining it from Jin Yao. The chapter left Luo Ao examining the fragment after the manor’s leaders decided to protect Xiao Yan’s party.

• The Taiyi Star Disk began trembling and emitting golden light, and Heavenly Cloud Manor’s elders suspected something was pulling at it.
• Luo Xiong, Luo Hao, and Luo Ao realized the Star Disk might be reacting to its missing fragment, and they connected it to Xiao Yan’s party.
• Luo Xiong agreed that Heavenly Cloud Manor would protect Xiao Yan’s party despite having considered sending them away earlier.
• Xiao Yan took the humming Formation Plate fragment from his Storage Ring, and Luo Jin recognized it with shock.
• Luo Ao and the others arrived, and Xiao Yan handed the fragment to Luo Ao for him to inspect.

Xiao Yan returned the Formation Plate fragment to Heavenly Cloud Manor, and Luo Cheng invited him and his companions to stay while the manor dealt with the Tribulation Crossing Sect. The fragment rejoined the Taiyi Star Disk, restoring the ninth-tier Formation Plate and placing it fifth on the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking.

• Xiao Yan gave the Formation Plate fragment to Luo Cheng as thanks for Luo Hao's help.
• Luo Cheng and the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan thanked Xiao Yan and offered to protect his group from the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Luo Cheng introduced the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan to Xiao Yan and his companions, who later returned to their lodgings with Luo Jin.
• Luo Cheng and the others brought the fragment to the secret chamber, where it reacted with the Taiyi Star Disk.
• The fragment joined the Taiyi Star Disk, restoring it and strengthening Heavenly Cloud Manor's barrier.
• The Taiyi Star Disk appeared in fifth place on the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking.

After the Taiyi Star Disk rose to fifth place on the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking, Xiao Yan visited Luo Ao to ask him to repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Luo Ao revealed that it had a matching counterpart held by a Bai Clan junior, warning Xiao Yan that the two rulers could bring him into conflict with one of the Central Region’s great clans.

• The Taiyi Star Disk’s new ranking stirred excitement throughout Heavenly Cloud Manor and inspired several formation masters to make breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yan and Luo Jin visited Luo Ao, who thanked Xiao Yan for restoring the Taiyi Star Disk.
• Xiao Yan asked Luo Ao to fulfill his agreement to repair the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Luo Ao warned Xiao Yan that the Heavy Xuan Ruler could bring trouble and revealed that a Luo Clan ancestor had forged it alongside the Black Jade Ruler.
• Luo Ao explained that the Black Jade Ruler belonged to a young junior of the Bai Clan, one of the Central Region’s three great clans.

Xiao Yan learned that fusing the Heavy Xuan Ruler with the Black Jade Ruler would require the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Fire of Nirvana, while Luo Ao agreed to repair his ruler and Luo Heavenly Cauldron. As Xiao Yan and Luo Jin returned, Wu Du shattered Heavenly Cloud Manor’s formation and demanded that Luo Hao surrender the person he had abducted.

• Luo Ao told Xiao Yan that the rulers could only be fused with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Fire of Nirvana and warned him to keep the Heavy Xuan Ruler hidden from the Bai Clan.
• Luo Ao took the Heavy Xuan Ruler and Luo Heavenly Cauldron to repair them, telling Xiao Yan to return in five days.
• Xiao Yan told Luo Jin about his relationship with Li Bingrui but kept the Red Lotus Karmic Fire secret.
• Wu Du shattered Heavenly Cloud Manor’s formation and demanded that Luo Hao hand over the person he had abducted.

Wu Du confronted Luo Cheng at Heavenly Cloud Manor and demanded that Xiao Yan and his companions be handed over for taking the Tribulation Crossing Sect’s saintess and killing Tang Long. Luo Cheng refused, and Wu Du departed threatening the sect, leaving Xiao Yan and the manor preparing for conflict.

• Wu Du broke Heavenly Cloud Manor’s formation barrier and demanded that Luo Cheng surrender those responsible for taking Luo Hao away.
• Wu Du accused Xiao Yan and his companions of hiding the Tribulation Crossing Sect’s saintess and killing Third Elder Tang Long, a Four-Star Yuan Zong.
• The Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan blocked Wu Du’s pressure, while Luo Cheng denied that the outsiders were in the manor and refused to hand them over.
• Luo Cheng declared that Heavenly Cloud Manor would meet the Tribulation Crossing Sect in battle if necessary, and Wu Du left threatening the sect’s wrath.
• Xiao Yan thanked Luo Cheng and the others for protecting him, and Luo Xiong warned everyone to prepare for the worst.

Heavenly Cloud Manor rallied behind Xiao Yan after learning the Taiyi Star Disk had entered the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking, while Luo Cheng committed the manor to confronting the Tribulation Crossing Sect. As both sects prepared for war, two unexpected people arrived outside the Tribulation Crossing Sect.

• Luo Cheng instructed his people to suppress dissent and confirmed that Xiao Yan’s group had helped the Taiyi Star Disk enter the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking.
• Xiao Yan retrieved his restored Heavy Xuan Ruler and Luo Heavenly Cauldron from Luo Ao’s courtyard.
• An elder reported that the Tribulation Crossing Sect was gathering experts to fight over Xiao Yan and the two Woeful Poison Bodies.
• Luo Cheng, Luo Xiong, and Luo Zhen agreed to prepare Heavenly Cloud Manor for battle against the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Two unexpected people arrived outside the Tribulation Crossing Sect as both sides readied for conflict.

Xiao Yan strengthened his nine avatars for the coming attack, but they hit the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art’s cultivation limit at the peak of the Origin King level. As the Tribulation Crossing Sect arrived to attack Heavenly Cloud Manor, Xiao Jin set out for the Central Region to reunite with Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan used a large supply of Spirit Stones to raise his nine avatars to the peak of the Origin King level, where the Nine Revolutions Avatar Art prevented them from advancing further.
• Xiao Jin asked the Dragon Clan leader to let him leave after reaching the Yuan Zong realm, and the leader sent him toward the Central Region with Long Lin.
• Wu Du led the Tribulation Crossing Sect’s forces to Heavenly Cloud Manor after many days of preparation.
• Luo Cheng, the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan, the elders, Xiao Yan, and his companions assembled to meet the attacking sect.

The Tribulation Crossing Sect attacked Heavenly Cloud Manor, demanding its saintess and the people who had killed its elders. Luo Cheng and the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan met the assault, and Luo Xiong revealed that the restored Taiyi Star Disk was a genuine ninth-tier Formation Plate.

• The Tribulation Crossing Sect surrounded Heavenly Cloud Manor with poison mist and threatened to destroy the manor unless it handed over its saintess and Xiao Yan's group.
• Xu Shuang and the elders confronted Luo Cheng, who refused their demand and challenged them to take their targets by force.
• Xu Shuang ordered the attack, and Heavenly Cloud Manor's experts charged the Tribulation Crossing Sect's forces.
• Wu Du appeared before the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan and declared that he would defeat them and bring Xiao Yan's group back.
• Luo Xiong revealed the restored Taiyi Star Disk, shocking Wu Du by announcing it was a genuine ninth-tier Formation Plate.

The Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan activated the repaired Taiyi Star Disk to confront Wu Du, but Gui Duo of the Ghost Fiend Gate appeared and revealed that he had come to capture Xiao Yan. With Heavenly Cloud Manor now facing two Yuan Zun experts, Xiao Yan stepped forward to face Gui Duo himself.

• Luo Xiong and the Seven Heroes activated the Taiyi Star Disk, forming a powerful formation over Heavenly Cloud Manor.
• Wu Du revealed that he had expected the manor to be destroyed and summoned Gui Duo.
• The Seven Heroes and the people in the city recognized Gui Duo as the Ghost Fiend Gate's deputy gate master and a Yuan Zun expert.
• Gui Duo said the Ghost Fiend Gate would not interfere in the feud but that he had come to capture Xiao Yan on the gate master's orders.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Luo Clan for protecting him, then turned toward Gui Duo and declared that he would face him.

Huo Zhu arrived to help Heavenly Cloud Manor, leaving Xiao Yan to face Hall Master Xiao as the battle erupted. Hall Master Xiao challenged Xiao Yan, confident that his new Four-Star Yuan Zong strength would avenge his past defeat.

• Gui Duo mocked Xiao Yan until Huo Zhu appeared and confronted him.
• Huo Zhu recognized the Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan, assigned them to fight Wu Du, and said he would hold off Gui Duo.
• Huo Zhu and Gui Duo clashed as Heavenly Cloud Manor and the Tribulation Crossing Sect resumed their fight.
• The Seven Heroes of the Luo Clan faced Wu Du while Xiao Yan recognized Hall Master Xiao, the man Gui Duo had rescued after their battle in the Far Southern Land.
• Hall Master Xiao revealed that he had advanced to Four-Star Yuan Zong and vowed to wash away his past disgrace.