Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan used a powerful incarnation to fight Hall Master Xiao while his true body watched from the city wall. Xu Zhen spotted the real Xiao Yan outside the fight and waited for a chance to kill him.

• Hall Master Xiao attacked Xiao Yan with black chains, but Xiao Yan knocked them aside with his flame-covered Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Hall Master Xiao trapped Xiao Yan in a Soul-Binding Net, and Xiao Yan broke the chains with Six Directions Wandering Body Ruler.
• Xiao Yan mocked Hall Master Xiao and dodged another barrage of chains before clashing with him again.
• The true Xiao Yan watched from the city wall as his merged incarnation, whose cultivation matched his own, fought Hall Master Xiao.
• Xu Zhen watched the true Xiao Yan from a poisonous mountain forest and waited for an opportunity to kill him.

Xiao Yan used a decoy to survive a self-destruction blast and then caught Hall Master Xiao off guard with a renewed assault. As Xiao Yan prepared to finish his opponent, Xu Zhen quietly gathered power outside Heavenly Cloud Manor.

• Hall Master Xiao unleashed Great Dao of Ghosts: Hundred Ghosts Devour Souls, and Xiao Yan appeared to self-destruct to destroy the attack.
• The explosion tore through the sky and sent Hall Master Xiao flying, but he survived with the help of the black runes covering his body.
• Hall Master Xiao spotted Xiao Yan's fading afterimage on the manor wall and realized the person who exploded had been a decoy.
• Xiao Yan reappeared, dodged Hall Master Xiao's counterattack, and punched him in the chest with his purple-flamed fist.
• Xiao Yan pursued Hall Master Xiao and prepared to strike again as Xu Zhen secretly gathered power outside the manor.

Xiao Yan nearly killed Hall Master Xiao, but Xu Zhen ambushed him before he could strike. Xiao Yi Xian took Xu Zhen’s full-strength blow for Xiao Yan, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan holding her as her life faded while Xu Zhen tried to escape.

• Xiao Yan prepared to finish Hall Master Xiao despite his plea for mercy.
• Xu Zhen emerged from a black curtain and attacked Xiao Yan from behind with a full-strength palm strike.
• Xiao Yi Xian rushed between them and took Xu Zhen’s blow, while Xiao Yan stopped his punch against Hall Master Xiao.
• Xu Zhen asked Yu Du to kill Xiao Yan, but Yu Du refused and took control of Xu Zhen’s body to flee.
• Bai Hua and the others blocked Xu Zhen’s escape as Xiao Yan held the gravely wounded Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian died in Xiao Yan’s arms after taking Yu Du’s attack, and Xiao Yan unleashed his fury on the black-robed man using Xu Zhen’s body. The ninth strike of Xiao Yan’s ruler technique broke through Yu Du’s defenses and struck his chest.

• Xiao Yi Xian refused Xiao Yan’s healing pill and died after telling him she had wanted to stay with him for the rest of her life.
• Xiao Yan handed Xiao Yi Xian’s body to Lian'er and turned to attack the black-robed man.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavy Xuan Ruler to strike Yu Du seven times, but Yu Du blocked the attacks.
• Xiao Yan added an eighth strike that weakened Yu Du’s defense.
• Xiao Yan’s ninth strike broke through Yu Du’s attacks and chopped into his chest.

After Xiao Yi Xian’s death, Xiao Yan nearly killed the black-robed man but watched him escape into the poison mist. Hall Master Xiao reappeared to attack Xiao Yan, while Huo Zhu and Bai Hua intervened, until an unknown force stopped Huo Zhu from striking Gui Duo.

• Xiao Yan pursued the badly injured black-robed man, while Li Bingrui, Luo Jin, and Bai Hua let him settle the fight himself.
• Hall Master Xiao revealed a writhing, rune-covered black bag as Gui Duo watched Xiao Yan leave the city and challenged Huo Zhu.
• Xiao Yan struck the black-robed man just before he disappeared into the poison mist, but the man escaped and the mist corroded Xiao Yan.
• Hall Master Xiao confronted Xiao Yan after recovering his strength, while Gui Duo attacked Huo Zhu and Huo Zhu fought back with invisible flames.
• Bai Hua and Xiao Yan attacked Hall Master Xiao together as a rune appeared on Xiao Yan’s brow, but an unseen force halted Huo Zhu’s strike against Gui Duo.

Gui Xing and Gui Duo tried to capture Xiao Yan while Huo Zhu fought to protect him. Just as Gui Duo struck at Xiao Yan and his companion, a golden dragon descended from a rift in the sky.

• Gui Xing emerged from black mist, revealing himself as the Ghost Fiend Gate's master and joining Wu Du and Gui Duo against Huo Zhu.
• Gui Xing tried to seize Xiao Yan with an invisible hand, but Huo Zhu freed him and blocked the attack.
• Gui Xing engaged Huo Zhu while ordering Gui Duo to capture Xiao Yan.
• Gui Duo rushed toward Xiao Yan as Xiao Yan and his companion struggled against Hall Master Xiao.
• A golden lightning bolt struck Gui Duo, and an enormous golden dragon descended from a black hole in the sky.

Xiao Jin and Long Lin arrived to help Xiao Yan, forcing the Ghost Fiend Gate and the Tribulation Crossing Sect to reconsider their plans. Xiao Jin challenged Wu Du to defeat Long Lin if he wanted to take anyone away.

• Xiao Jin appeared with Long Lin, seized Gui Duo, and the lightning bombardment destroyed Hall Master Xiao.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Jin, but the thought of Xiao Yi Xian’s death left him filled with regret.
• Wu Du demanded that Xiao Yan return the Tribulation Crossing Sect’s saintess, claiming Xiao Yan had abducted her.
• Xiao Jin told Wu Du he could take anyone he wanted if he could defeat Long Lin.

Long Lin stepped forward to face Wu Du after Xiao Jin used him as her protector, promising Wu Du he could take anyone if he overcame him once. Wu Du activated the Great Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons despite lacking a Woeful Poison Body, transforming himself into a monstrous figure as he prepared to kill Long Lin.

• Xiao Jin reminded Long Lin that he had been ordered to protect her, and Long Lin agreed to face Wu Du.
• Long Lin promised Wu Du he could take his pick of the people present if he overcame Long Lin once.
• Wu Du summoned the Great Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons, whose corrosive poison began eating away at the Star Disk Grand Formation and a protected city wall.
• Long Lin questioned how Wu Du could wield the Great Dao without a Woeful Poison Body, and Wu Du revealed that he had a Pseudo-Woeful Poison Body.
• Wu Du passed through four Great Dao Tents, becoming a withered, poison-covered monster, while Long Lin judged that his method would exact a painful price.

Wu Du challenged Long Lin with the Great Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons, but Long Lin repeatedly countered his attacks with superior spatial power. Their palms collided in a violent clash that sent Wu Du stumbling back far farther than Long Lin.

• Gui Xing retreated with Gui Duo as Luo Cheng led the Luo Clan elders into the city.
• Wu Du unleashed poison mist that formed more than a hundred venomous snakes and sent them at Long Lin.
• Long Lin blocked the snakes with a spatial barrier and crushed them with spatial force.
• Wu Du formed two poison spears and attacked Long Lin, who destroyed one and dodged the other before striking back.
• Wu Du used the Ten Thousand Poisons Palm to meet Long Lin's palm, and the collision sent Wu Du retreating more than a hundred zhang while Long Lin stopped after a hundred paces.

Long Lin and Xiao Jin forced Wu Du and the Tribulation Crossing Sect to withdraw, ending the battle at Heavenly Cloud Manor, while Gui Xing escaped with Gui Duo and threatened Xiao Yan. Three days later, Xiao Yan remained alone with Xiao Yi Xian’s preserved body, refusing to believe she was truly dead.

• Long Lin mocked Wu Du after repeatedly overpowering him, and Xiao Jin challenged the sect master to continue pressing his demand.
• Xu Shuang and Wu Du admitted the Tribulation Crossing Sect had been at fault and apologized to Xiao Jin and Long Lin.
• Gui Xing threatened to capture Xiao Yan, then fled with the half-dead Gui Duo as Wu Du led his sect away.
• Three days later, Xiao Jin, Long Lin, and Huo Zhu stayed at Heavenly Cloud Manor while its residents recovered from the battle.
• Xiao Yan sat beside Xiao Yi Xian’s preserved body in an ice coffin, unable to accept that she was dead.

After grieving Xiao Yi Xian’s death for more than two months, Xiao Yan sought Huo Zhu’s help in finding the remaining Heavenly Flames so he could grow stronger and avenge her. Huo Zhu could not reveal their locations, but pointed Xiao Yan toward the Pill Tower Ancestor, Yao Dan, who might know.

• Xiao Yan recognized Xu Zhen as the black-robed attacker and resolved to kill him himself once he had enough strength.
• Xiao Yan left the secret chamber and told Lian'er to take good care of Xiao Yi Xian’s disciple.
• Xiao Yan found Huo Zhu at the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking and demanded to know where other Heavenly Flames were.
• Huo Zhu calmed Xiao Yan’s agitation and explained that Heavenly Flames could conceal their presence.
• Huo Zhu told Xiao Yan that the Pill Tower Ancestor, Yao Dan, would surely know where to find the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan struggled with the lack of news about other Heavenly Flames and the challenges of growing strong enough to avenge Xiao Yi Xian. Huo Zhu gave him an old badge to deliver to Liu Ya and hinted that the top-ranked Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact was the heavens; Xiao Yan then returned to find Xiao Jin holding two purple-glowing energy crystals.

• Huo Zhu suggested that the Pill Tower Ancestor might know where Heavenly Flames could be found, but Xiao Yan doubted he could meet him.
• Xiao Yan worried that without another Heavenly Flame, he would not grow strong enough to defeat Xu Zhen and the Tribulation Crossing Sect.
• Huo Zhu gave Xiao Yan an old badge and asked him to return it to his old friend Liu Ya if they ever met, warning Xiao Yan to stay on guard.
• Huo Zhu hinted that the heavens ranked first on the Heavenly Cloud Sacred Artifact Ranking, then told Xiao Yan to rest and return after making preparations.
• Xiao Yan returned to his residence and found Xiao Jin waiting with two purple-glowing energy crystals.

Xiao Yan received two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones from Xiao Jin and prepared a Soul-Forging Pill for his coming attempt to devour a Heavenly Flame. After Heavenly Cloud Manor gathered the ingredients, Xiao Yan took out the Spirit Stones before beginning pill refinement.

• Xiao Jin gave Xiao Yan two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones that the clan leader had entrusted to him.
• Long Lin entered and told Xiao Yan to keep the stones, since Xiao Jin had already reached Yuan Zong and could choose what to do with them.
• Xiao Yan accepted the stones, while Long Lin left the two brothers to catch up.
• Xiao Yan gave Luo Jin the formula for a sixth-tier Soul-Forging Pill and asked him to obtain its rare ingredients.
• Heavenly Cloud Manor gathered three portions of the required ingredients within a week, and Xiao Yan took out the Spirit Stones before starting the refinement.

Xiao Yan absorbed a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone to strengthen his cultivation before refining the Soul-Forging Pill. In the Woeful Mountain Range, Xu Zhen recovered from his injuries but made little progress, while Yu Du warned him not to risk using the Poison-Transforming Hand to force a breakthrough.

• Xiao Yan began refining a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone, expecting the two stones to raise his cultivation to four stars or possibly five stars in the Origin Emperor realm.
• Bai Hua and Lian'er kept watch beside the ice coffin while Xiao Yan cultivated at Heavenly Cloud Manor.
• Xu Zhen, fully recovered after two months, lamented that his cultivation had barely advanced and that Xiao Yan was still alive.
• Xu Zhen proposed finding another prey to help him reach the Yuan Zong realm and take revenge on Xiao Yan.
• Yu Du forbade Xu Zhen from using the Poison-Transforming Hand to force a breakthrough and urged him to cultivate steadily.

Xiao Yan cultivated with Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and natural energy, pushing through several stages of Origin Emperor cultivation. After breaking through to Five-Star Origin Emperor, he drew the attention of the Heavenly Cloud Manor’s residents.

• Xiao Yan absorbed energy from a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone for nearly a week and advanced to Three-Star Origin Emperor.
• Xiao Yan used another Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone and reached Four-Star Origin Emperor.
• Xiao Yan gathered the remaining Origin Qi in his meridians and forced his Qi Cyclone Space toward another breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan shattered the barrier within him, rose into the air, and roared so loudly that the blast tore off the roof.
• Bai Hua, Lian'er, Luo Jin, Li Bingrui, Xiao Jin, Long Lin, Huo Zhu, and the Luo Clan’s upper ranks hurried to Xiao Yan as he absorbed a vortex of natural energy and stabilized at Early Five-Star Origin Emperor.

After using two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, Xiao Yan advanced to the Early Five-Star Origin Emperor level and discussed his progress with his companions. He then went to Heavenly Cloud Manor’s Heavenly Formation Platform to prepare to refine a Soul-Forging Pill.

• Xiao Yan withdrew his pressure after advancing three stars and stabilizing his cultivation at the Early Five-Star Origin Emperor level.
• Luo Jin and the others congratulated Xiao Yan, while Li Bingrui agreed to postpone her revenge because of Luo Jin.
• Xiao Yan said his new strength was still insufficient against the Tribulation Crossing Sect, whose actions involving Xiao Yi Xian remained a burden to him.
• Luo Jin led Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Formation Platform, which Manor Lord Luo Cheng had cleared for the pill refinement.
• Xiao Yan sat on the platform’s white jade cushion and summoned his medicinal cauldron to begin refining the sixth-tier Soul-Forging Pill.

Xiao Yan used the restored Luo Heavenly Cauldron to begin refining a Soul-Forging Pill, relying on his Spiritual Strength to refine and fuse its many medicinal ingredients. After an initial fusion went smoothly, the remaining medicinal lumps produced a violent surge as he brought them together, leaving the cauldron trembling.

• Luo Ao’s repairs restored the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, and Xiao Yan filled it with purple flames.
• Xiao Yan activated a hidden formation on the Heavenly Formation Platform, which raised a golden barrier around the platform.
• Xiao Yan prepared the ingredients for the Soul-Forging Pill and began refining them in the cauldron.
• After two hours, Xiao Yan refined the ingredients into powders and liquids, then spent nearly an hour fusing most of them into stable medicinal lumps.
• As Xiao Yan moved two of the remaining lumps together, their energy surged and struck the cauldron’s inner wall, making it ring and tremble.

Xiao Yan struggled to fuse the final medicinal masses while refining the Soul-Forging Pill, containing repeated bursts of energy inside his cauldron. As the last two masses began to merge, he realized their balancing energy was being depleted and the fusion could unleash an uncontrollable surge of Spiritual Strength.

• Xiao Yan suppressed a violent reaction in the cauldron and forced two medicinal masses to resume merging.
• Luo Jin worried about the disturbance, while Luo Ao reassured him and scolded the noisy Luo clan disciples.
• After six days of Pill Fusion, Xiao Yan reduced the dozen or so medicinal masses to the final two.
• Xiao Yan slowly brought the last two masses together, but their collision unleashed a powerful shockwave that shook the cauldron and platform.
• Xiao Yan saw that the masses’ energy was merging rapidly while the energy needed to keep the pill stable was running out, threatening a catastrophic surge inside Heavenly Cloud Manor.

Xiao Yan’s pill refinement spiraled out of control, forcing Huo Zhu to intervene and suppress the unstable pill. Huo Zhu’s true form held the danger at bay temporarily, leaving Xiao Yan to complete the Soul-Forging Pill before Huo Zhu’s Spiritual Strength ran out.

• The merging medicinal essences grew increasingly unstable, and Luo Cheng gathered the Luo Clan to prepare for an accident.
• Huo Zhu arrived and ordered Luo Cheng to remove the barrier, then entered the Heavenly Formation Platform to help Xiao Yan.
• Huo Zhu told Xiao Yan to withdraw his Heavenly Flames and Spiritual Strength, then used his own Spiritual Strength and the Fallen Heart Flame to suppress and refine the pill.
• Huo Zhu warned Xiao Yan that the suppression was temporary and that he had to finish refining the pill before Huo Zhu’s Spiritual Strength was exhausted.
• Xiao Yan swallowed several pills to restore himself, then turned back to the cauldron and summoned purple flames.

Xiao Yan stabilized the Soul-Forging Pill after Huo Zhu intervened and continued refining it while racing against the exhaustion of Huo Zhu’s Soul Origin. After a week of Pill Fusion, pill fragrance filled the Heavenly Formation Platform and thunder signaled the pill’s completion.

• Huo Zhu’s Spiritual Strength helped Xiao Yan stabilize the tangled forces in the nascent Soul-Forging Pill.
• Xiao Yan focused the Heavenly Flames on fusing the pill’s medicinal power and swallowed medicinal pills to replenish his strength.
• Xiao Yan spent a week refining the pill as people at Heavenly Cloud Manor watched and the pill fragrance spread across the platform.
• Xiao Yan formed seals to draw rings of flame into the completed pill, and thunderclouds gathered overhead.
• Luo Ao and Luo Jin saw the thunder and praised Xiao Yan for completing the Soul-Forging Pill.