Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his companions reached Xiao City and decided to rest before visiting the Xiao Clan. At the Ouyang Clan, Ouyang Yu revealed that he believed Xiao Yan came from another continent and planned to give him the Emperor Seal Art’s final three seals, but postponed sending Ouyang Miao to the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan led his companions to find lodging in Xiao City, planning to enter the Xiao Clan the next day.
• Ouyang Miao told Ouyang Yu that Xiao Yan had defeated him and had intervened after seeing the Emperor Seal Art.
• Ouyang Yu concluded that Xiao Yan came from another continent because he possessed both the Heavy Xuan Ruler and the Emperor Seal Art, which had originated beyond the Origin Martial Continent.
• Ouyang Yu told Ouyang Miao to borrow the Emperor Seal Art’s final three seals from the Gu Clan and give them to Xiao Yan.
• When Ouyang Miao mentioned Xiao Yan was headed for the Xiao Clan, Ouyang Yu said it was not the right time to go.

Xiao Yan went into Xiao City to learn more about the Xiao Clan and heard that Zhao Mingjie had come seeking support from a clan member. He then encountered Zhao Mingjie and Xiao Chuhang, who challenged him while releasing the pressure of a Yuan Zong expert.

• Xiao Yan took Bai Hua and Lian'er through Xiao City to gather information about the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan overheard residents gossiping that Zhao Mingjie had been beaten in Tianyang City and was relying on someone in the Xiao Clan for support.
• Zhao Mingjie complained to Xiao Chuhang that Xiao Yan had beaten his men and insulted him, but could not describe where Xiao Yan had gone.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself to Zhao Mingjie, who recognized him and angrily challenged him in front of the crowd.
• Xiao Chuhang stopped Zhao Mingjie and confronted Xiao Yan, releasing the oppressive presence of a Yuan Zong expert.

Xiao Chuhang challenged Xiao Yan after revealing that he had reached Yuan Zong, but Xiao Yan effortlessly countered his attacks. Xiao Chuhang unleashed Wind God's Fury, drawing Xiao Clan guards to the scene as Xiao Yan waited to see whether they would intervene.

• Xiao Chuhang revealed his Yuan Zong cultivation and attacked Xiao Yan with claw winds.
• Xiao Yan evaded Xiao Chuhang’s attacks and then deflected them with precise strikes of his sleeve.
• Frustrated by his failure to hurt Xiao Yan, Xiao Chuhang unleashed the powerful Wind God's Fury technique.
• The technique’s wind pressure shook the street, and Xiao Clan guards hurried toward the commotion.
• Xiao Yan sensed something unusual about the technique and smiled as the guards arrived overhead.

Xiao Chuhang ignored the Xiao Clan guards’ orders and unleashed Wind God’s Fury against Xiao Yan and his companions. As the enormous palm descended, Xiao Yan summoned a golden vajra giant and struck back.

• Xiao Clan guards arrived and warned Xiao Chuhang that fighting was forbidden in Xiao City.
• Xiao Chuhang refused to stop, fully formed Wind God’s Fury, and forced the guards to seal off the battle.
• Xiao Chuhang sent Wind God’s Fury’s enormous palm crashing down toward Xiao Yan and his two companions.
• Xiao Yan stepped forward, summoned a golden vajra giant wreathed in crimson flames, and drove its fist into the descending palm.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Chuhang fought a fierce clash of Xiao Chuhang’s Wind God's Fury against Xiao Yan’s flame-wreathed punch. Xiao Yan shattered Xiao Chuhang’s all-out attack and walked away, but someone called for him to wait.

• Xiao Yan formed his diamond body, covered it with scarlet red lotus karmic fire, and struck Xiao Chuhang’s descending palm with a powerful punch.
• Xiao Chuhang added a second palm strike to the collision, intensifying the compressed energy vortex between them.
• Xiao Yan withdrew his fist, then shot it forward again and punched through the erupting energy to break Xiao Chuhang’s attack.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Chuhang that his Dou Technique was good but his mastery fell short, then started down the street.
• Someone called out, “Sir, please wait,” as Xiao Yan was leaving.

Xiao Yan agreed to accompany a Xiao Clan guard after defeating Xiao Chuhang, then reached the clan’s heavily protected entrance with Bai Hua and Lian'er. After the group entered, Xiao Xuan sensed Xiao Yan’s arrival and hurried to meet him.

• Xiao Yan agreed to explain the fight to the Xiao Clan guard, while other guards moved to support the badly injured Xiao Chuhang.
• Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er followed the guard across Xiao City to the Xiao Clan’s entrance.
• Xiao Yan tested the spatial barrier and learned from the guard that it could withstand a full-force attack from a Yuan Zun expert.
• Two Yuan Zun elders opened a passage through the archway and let Xiao Yan and his companions enter the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan sensed Xiao Yan’s arrival, rose from his cliff, and flew down the mountain to meet him.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Xiao Clan’s hidden world, where Elder Li revealed that the clan already knew Xiao Yan’s identity and cautioned him about testing others. Xiao Xuan appeared unharmed and took Xiao Yan to meet the Xiao Clan leader.

• Xiao Huan led Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er through the spatial passage into the Xiao Clan’s hidden world.
• Elder Li dismissed Xiao Huan and told Xiao Yan that the clan had known who he was since he entered Xiao City.
• Elder Li advised Xiao Yan to focus on cultivation and avoid repeating his ancestor’s mistakes, but directed him to ask Xiao Xuan about what had happened to him.
• Xiao Xuan arrived, greeted Elder Li, and reassured Xiao Yan that he was well.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that they were going to meet the Xiao Clan leader.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xuan the final fragment of the Origin Return Mantra, easing the ancestor’s worries about his cultivation, and the two went to meet the Xiao Clan leader. Meanwhile, a young man learned that Xiao Yan had injured Xiao Chuhang and set out to confront him and Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that his cultivation had reached the Peak Origin Emperor level but would likely stagnate without the rest of the Origin Return Mantra.
• Xiao Yan presented Xiao Xuan with the final black parchment fragment of the Origin Return Mantra, and Xiao Xuan accepted it with visible emotion.
• Xiao Xuan led Xiao Yan to the fiery-red hall to meet the clan leader.
• A middle-aged subordinate told a young man that Xiao Yan had injured Xiao Chuhang and that Xiao Xuan had personally welcomed him.
• The young man vowed to confront Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan and headed for the main hall.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan met Xiao Mingyuan before entering the Xiao Clan hall, where clan leader Xiao Yuheng praised Xiao Yan’s strength and invited him to formally join the clan. Xiao Yan resisted the pressure to accept immediately, and Xiao Yuheng assured him he could take his time deciding.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan passed the guards and encountered Xiao Mingyuan, who welcomed them and sent them to meet the clan leader.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan entered the hall and greeted Xiao Yuheng, who recognized Xiao Yan as a Yuan Zong despite his young appearance.
• Xiao Yan sensed that Xiao Yuheng was exceptionally powerful and discreetly tried to assess him.
• Xiao Yuheng and the elders formally invited Xiao Yan to become part of the Xiao Clan, surrounding him with pressure as they waited for his answer.
• Xiao Yan frowned at the pressure, so Xiao Yuheng eased the atmosphere by saying Xiao Yan could decide later and stay with the clan in the meantime.

Xiao Mingyuan punished Xiao Chuhang for breaking clan rules and warned Xiao Feng not to target Xiao Yan, but Xiao Feng set off to confront Xiao Yan anyway. After Xiao Yan refused to join the Xiao Clan, Xiao Feng appeared before him and Xiao Xuan despite Xiao Mingyuan’s warning.

• Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Feng that Xiao Chuhang would be confined to the clan for six months and lose his monthly allowances for breaking the rules.
• Xiao Mingyuan warned Xiao Feng not to cause trouble for Xiao Yan, and Xiao Feng reluctantly acknowledged the message.
• Xiao Feng told his middle-aged companion to watch over Xiao Chuhang and rushed off to meet Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Mingyuan that he would not join the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Mingyuan suggested discussing it again after the first elder left seclusion.
• Xiao Feng appeared before Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Mingyuan, who asked whether his earlier warning had been clear enough.

Xiao Feng confronted Xiao Yan over Xiao Chuhang’s injuries, then challenged Xiao Xuan to force Xiao Yan into a fight. Xiao Xuan accepted the challenge himself and reassured Xiao Yan that he was confident.

• Xiao Mingyuan warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Feng was Xiao Chuhang’s older brother and the Xiao Clan’s heir.
• Xiao Feng acknowledged Xiao Yan’s fight with Xiao Chuhang, then challenged Xiao Xuan instead of Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Mingyuan and those present realized Xiao Feng was using the challenge to pressure Xiao Yan into fighting him.
• Xiao Yan prepared to accept Xiao Feng’s challenge to protect Xiao Xuan’s reputation.
• Xiao Xuan stepped forward, accepted Xiao Feng’s challenge, and told Xiao Yan not to worry because he had confidence in himself.

Xiao Xuan faced Xiao Feng in a fight before the Xiao Clan’s main hall while Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Yan about Xiao Xuan’s astonishing rise and the clan’s brutal efforts to keep it secret. As the duel began, Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan had killed people on suspicion alone to protect what it saw as its future.

• Xiao Mingyuan urged Xiao Xuan not to force himself, but Xiao Xuan challenged Xiao Feng to settle their dispute.
• Xiao Feng chose to fight where they stood, released a powerful wind pressure, and leaped into the sky to confront Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan rose to meet Xiao Feng and gathered a sharp whirlwind at his fingertips, surprising the guards and Xiao Mingyuan with his command of the Dao of Wind.
• Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan had once risen from an Eight-Star Origin King to a Peak Origin Emperor in two years.
• Xiao Mingyuan revealed that the clan leader and First Elder had ordered the news suppressed, and that people had been killed on suspicion of leaking it.
• Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Yan the clan had acted ruthlessly because it believed Xiao Xuan could determine the Xiao Clan’s future.

Xiao Xuan faced Xiao Feng in battle after Xiao Feng challenged him over an old grievance involving Xiao Chuhang. When Xiao Feng began using Wind God's Fury, Xiao Xuan stopped Xiao Yan from intervening and answered with the same technique.

• Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan had once been a clan prodigy but stopped progressing at Peak Origin Emperor, leading the clan to neglect him.
• Xiao Feng attacked Xiao Xuan with a wind spear and demanded they settle their old score.
• Xiao Mingyuan explained that Xiao Chuhang had injured Xiao Xuan during a breakthrough, causing the conflict between Xiao Xuan and Xiao Feng.
• Xiao Xuan outmaneuvered Xiao Feng, shattered his spear, and said the battle had reached a result.
• Xiao Feng refused to concede and began unleashing Wind God's Fury, prompting Xiao Yan to step forward.
• Xiao Xuan stopped Xiao Yan, then formed a huge wind vortex that transformed into Wind God's Fury.

Xiao Xuan faced Xiao Feng’s overwhelming Wind God’s Fury while Xiao Yan and Xiao Mingyuan prepared to intervene. At the last moment, Xiao Xuan unleashed the Azure Bathing Sword Art, revealing a sword technique that stunned the Xiao Clan elders.

• Xiao Xuan formed Wind God’s Fury instantly, shocking the guards, Xiao Mingyuan, and Xiao Yan with his mastery.
• Xiao Feng used his Yuan Zong cultivation to unleash a Wind God’s Fury more than twice as powerful as Xiao Chuhang’s, while Xiao Mingyuan and Xiao Yan readied themselves to protect Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yuheng sensed another force gathering around Xiao Xuan, but the elders expected Xiao Yan to block Xiao Feng’s attack.
• As Xiao Feng’s illusory figure descended, Xiao Xuan invoked the Azure Bathing Sword Art, Dao Heaven, one sword, and summoned a gigantic sword amid a storm of sword Qi.
• Xiao Yuheng and the elders recognized Xiao Xuan’s move as the Great Dao of the Sword and cried out in shock.

Xiao Xuan defeated Xiao Feng by revealing that he had mastered both the Great Dao of Wind and the Great Dao of the Sword. Though the display exhausted his Origin Qi, the battle secured Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan recognition within the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xuan shattered Xiao Feng's Wind God's Fury with his sword art and declared that Xiao Feng had lost.
• Xiao Feng accepted defeat as the arena erupted in shock at an Origin Emperor defeating him.
• The Xiao Clan elders and Xiao Yan realized that Xiao Xuan had mastered two kinds of Power of the Great Dao.
• Xiao Yan caught the exhausted Xiao Xuan and gave him pills to restore his Origin Qi.
• Xiao Mingyuan recognized that Xiao Xuan had held back his strength to protect Xiao Yan, and the battle established their standing in the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yuheng promoted Xiao Xuan to inner council elder and Xiao Yan to a direct descendant after Xiao Xuan defeated Xiao Feng. Later, Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to consider staying with the Xiao Clan because he would need allies to rescue Xun'er from the Ghost Fiend Gate.

• Xiao Yuheng ordered Xiao Xuan's promotion and granted Xiao Yan the status and treatment of a direct descendant, overruling the elders' objections.
• Xiao Feng asked Xiao Xuan whether his cultivation was truly stuck at Origin Emperor, and Xiao Xuan's slight nod convinced him that his defeat had been deserved.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan left the arena and went to rest, with Xiao Xuan expecting Xiao Yuheng to make another effort to persuade Xiao Yan to join the clan.
• Xiao Xuan reminded Xiao Yan that he had come to the Central Region to rescue Xun'er and could not do so alone.
• Xiao Yan reacted to Xun'er's name with a surge of killing intent and an uncontrolled burst of his presence.

Xiao Yan agreed to join the Xiao Clan so it could help him and Xiao Xuan oppose the Ghost Gate and Ghost Fiend Gate. After Xiao Xuan's victory over Xiao Feng, the clan made him an inner council elder and granted Xiao Yan treatment equal to the heir, while Bai Hua and Lian'er arrived safely.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Ghost Gate and Ghost Fiend Gate were powerful enemies and argued that the Xiao Clan's support was essential.
• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Xuan's plan and agreed to find an opportunity to join the clan.
• Xiao Xuan reassured Xiao Yan that Bai Hua and Lian'er were being housed outside Ancient Chen Hall, and the pair arrived with Elder Xiao Qingtang.
• Xiao Qingtang told Xiao Xuan that he had been appointed an inner council elder and that Xiao Yan would receive the same treatment as the clan heir.
• Xiao Yan checked that Bai Hua and Lian'er were unharmed, and they went to rest in the pavilion.

Xiao Yan settled into the Xiao Clan, focused on growing stronger so he could eventually rescue Xun'er, and received his overdue allowance. Xiao Mingyuan invited him to compete in the clan gathering six months later, where first place would win twenty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Xiao Yan recalled Xun'er and blamed Ghost Hall and the Tou She Ancient God Jade for what had happened, but put the jade away and returned to cultivation.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Mingyuan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er in the hall the next morning.
• Xiao Mingyuan gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring containing his current monthly allowance and the allowances from the past two years.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Mingyuan that Xiao Xuan had gone to the mountain behind the clan to cultivate.
• Xiao Mingyuan invited Xiao Yan to join the clan gathering six months later and mentioned the twenty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones awarded to first place.

Xiao Xuan encouraged Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er to enter the upcoming Xiao Clan gathering and explained that his cultivation had stalled after refining the Origin Return Mantra. Xiao Yan recalled a possible lead on the other Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Xuan revealed two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Xiao Yan and his companions discussed the clan gathering’s prize of twenty Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and considered how it could help their cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan arrived, heard about Xiao Mingyuan’s visit, and encouraged them to compete in the clan gathering.
• Bai Hua questioned whether he and Lian'er could participate, and Xiao Xuan said his authority as an inner council elder could allow it.
• Xiao Xuan explained that refining the Origin Return Mantra had not let him break through to Yuan Zong, and Xiao Yan recalled Huo Zhu’s claim that the Pill Tower’s ancestor knew where Heavenly Flames were located.
• Xiao Xuan produced two Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones, startling Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er.

Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan had provided ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones to win him over, while Bai Hua and Lian'er cultivated for the upcoming clan gathering. After the First Elder emerged from seclusion, Xiao Mingyuan told Xiao Yan to meet him at his mountain dwelling that evening.

• Xiao Xuan gave Bai Hua and Lian'er two Spirit Stones and warned them to prepare seriously for the clan gathering.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Xuan the Storage Ring containing ten Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones from Xiao Mingyuan, and Xiao Xuan explained that the stones were not part of the monthly allowance.
• After Xiao Feng's incident, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan gained standing in the Xiao Clan, while Bai Hua and Lian'er entered seclusion and made cultivation progress.
• Xiao Mingyuan visited Xiao Yan and told him that the First Elder had emerged from seclusion and wanted to see him.
• Xiao Mingyuan directed Xiao Yan to follow the stone steps to the First Elder's mountain dwelling and arrive that evening.