Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan went to the Xiao Clan’s back mountain to meet the grand elder, but an invisible soul barrier stopped him from surveying the peak. As he continued onward, a young woman ambushed him and challenged him to a fight before allowing him to pass.

• Xiao Yan left to meet the grand elder and climbed the back mountain, where his Spiritual Strength struck an invisible barrier and rebounded.
• Xiao Yan continued through the forest and dodged a leaf thrown at him by a concealed attacker.
• Xiao Yan drew the attacker out with a burst of leaves and found a young woman in a red dress.
• The young woman questioned Xiao Yan, learned he had been invited by the grand elder, and recognized him as the one who had injured Xiao Chuhang.
• The young woman challenged Xiao Yan to fight and attacked before he could answer.

Xiao Yan challenged the girl to touch him within five minutes, then evaded her attacks with ease. After she unleashed the Great Dao Technique, Scattering Shadows, she vanished from his Spiritual Strength and struck from a twisting void.

• Xiao Yan blocked the girl's silk attack and offered to leave if she touched him within five minutes.
• The girl attacked with rapid movements and a net of fiery-red silk, but Xiao Yan saw through her technique and dodged each strike.
• Xiao Yan used Heavenly Severing Steps to slip through the opening beside the girl and appear on a nearby stone step.
• The girl used the Great Dao Technique, Scattering Shadows, vanishing from Xiao Yan's perception before launching silk from a twisting void.

Xiao Yan evaded the Xiao Clan girl’s Wind Killing Tribulation with the Great Dao of the Void, but she chased him through the mountain forest. He reached the Xiao Clan’s grand elder, Xiao Zhen, whose presence stopped the girl’s attacks, and learned that they had finally met.

• The Xiao Clan girl used Scattering Shadows and Wind Killing Tribulation against Xiao Yan, but he vanished into the void to avoid the attack.
• Xiao Yan reappeared behind the girl, declared her defeated, and hurried deeper into the mountain forest.
• The girl pursued Xiao Yan and fired beams at him as he raced toward a clearing.
• The girl’s beams disappeared before reaching the seated old man, who told her to accept her loss and stop pestering Xiao Yan.
• The old man introduced himself as Xiao Zhen, the Xiao Clan’s grand elder, and greeted Xiao Yan.

Xiao Zhen spoke with Xiao Yan about joining the Xiao Clan and warned him that many clan members would not accept him without proof of his strength. Xiao Yan committed to attending the clan assembly and learned that the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion held Fire God's Wrath, a powerful technique that could help him prepare.

• Xiao Zhen introduced Xiao Ling'er as the clan leader Xiao Yuheng's daughter and asked Xiao Yan whether he would join the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan said he would remain with the clan and told Xiao Zhen he held no grudge against Xiao Feng over their spar.
• Xiao Yan confirmed he would attend the clan assembly, and Xiao Zhen warned him that clan members would challenge his place because he was an Origin Emperor.
• Xiao Zhen told Xiao Yan to visit the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion to seek Fire God's Wrath, one of the Xiao Clan's Three Gods' Wraths.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Zhen and left while Xiao Ling'er grew drowsy.

Xiao Yan learned that three inner council leaders might prevent him and Xiao Xuan from attending the clan gathering, which depended on Xiao Xuan reaching Yuan Zong within six months. The next day, Xiao Yan arrived at the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion seeking Fire God's Wrath and pill formulas, but an unseen person stopped him at the entrance.

• Xiao Xuan named Xiao Qian, Xiao Jinghong, and Xiao Dingtian as likely opponents and explained the elders' roles in the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan said he needed to break through to Yuan Zong within six months to ease opposition to their attendance at the clan gathering.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion held Fire God's Wrath and an extensive collection of pill formulas.
• The next day, Xiao Yan traveled through the Xiao Clan to the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion while clan disciples watched him with curiosity and hostility.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to enter the pavilion, someone shouted at him to stop, calling him an outsider.

Xiao Yan confronted Xiao Tian outside the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion after Xiao Tian tried to bar his way inside. Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Tian’s enhanced Fire God’s Wrath with his Heavenly Flames, while an unknown person intervened to stop Xiao Tian from being hurt by the impact.

• Xiao Tian identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan and ordered Xiao Yan not to enter the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion.
• Xiao Tian tried to grab Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s power sent him flying and Xiao Yan challenged him to fight.
• Xiao Tian used the Great Dao Technique Raging Flames and Surging Waves to raise his cultivation to near Three-Star Yuan Zong, then summoned Fire God’s Wrath.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames and used the Giant Elephant Art to strike Fire God’s Wrath apart with a purple-flame punch.
• Xiao Tian was thrown backward, but an unknown person placed a hand on Xiao Yan’s shoulder and neutralized the impact.

Xiao Jinghong stopped Xiao Yan from entering the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion, insisting that he was not yet a member of the Xiao Clan. Xiao Ling'er arrived with a jade token from the grand elder permitting Xiao Yan to enter, and Xiao Jinghong withdrew with Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Jinghong appeared and shattered Xiao Yan's Giant Elephant Art, then warned Xiao Tian that Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames made him a dangerous opponent.
• Xiao Jinghong identified himself as Xiao Jinghong and told Xiao Yan that outsiders could not enter the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion before formally joining the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ling'er arrived and challenged Xiao Jinghong's order, telling Xiao Yan that he would owe her a favor.
• Xiao Tian argued that Xiao Yan was an outsider, but Xiao Ling'er said neither Xiao Yan's status nor his entry was Xiao Tian's decision.
• Xiao Ling'er showed Xiao Jinghong a jade token bearing the character "Xiao" and said the grand elder had authorized Xiao Yan's entry.
• Xiao Jinghong stopped himself from taking the token, gave Xiao Yan and Xiao Ling'er a long look, and left with Xiao Tian despite his protests.

Xiao Jinghong dismissed Xiao Tian’s idea of exposing Xiao Ling’er’s jade token and asked him to assess his fight with Xiao Yan, whose strength Xiao Tian acknowledged. Xiao Ling’er arranged for Xiao Yan to enter the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion, where he encountered an ancient, desolate atmosphere as its doors closed behind him.

• Xiao Jinghong told Xiao Tian that the jade token did not belong to the First Elder but that Xiao Ling’er was not the person who could stop them.
• Xiao Tian admitted that Xiao Yan was exceptionally strong, even apart from his Heavenly Flames, and that he could not match him.
• Xiao Ling’er reminded Xiao Yan that he owed her a favor and led him to the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan entered the pavilion and told Xiao Ling’er that Xiao Jinghong had not been fooled by her jade token before the doors shut.
• An old man in the mountains watched the scene reflected in his tea as Xiao Yan surveyed the pavilion’s interior.

Xiao Yan searched the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion and broke the seal protecting Fire God's Wrath, which he stored in his Storage Ring. When he tried to reach the fourth floor, an unseen senior blocked him and challenged him for ignoring the pavilion’s rules.

• Xiao Yan climbed through the pavilion’s first three floors, inspecting its Cultivation Methods, Combat Skills, medicinal pills, and Formation Plates.
• Xiao Yan chose Fire God's Wrath and shattered the energy shield protecting the scroll with the Strength Elephant Art.
• Xiao Yan grasped Fire God's Wrath, subdued the flames it released, and put it into his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan tried to ascend to the fourth floor, but an invisible barrier stopped him.
• An unseen senior rebuked Xiao Yan for not knowing the rules of the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion.

Xiao Yan learned that the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion allowed him to take only one item and required its return within three months, thwarting his plans to obtain Fire God's Wrath and find help for Xiao Xuan. The pavilion's elders offered him a chance to take something else if he could bring a technique to great mastery in three days, leaving him to weigh the risk.

• Xiao Yan apologized for breaking the pavilion's rules, and an elder warned him that he could take only one item and had to return it within three months.
• Two elders discussed how Xiao Yan might master a technique inside the pavilion and recalled that his ancestor had once done so before taking a scroll away.
• Xiao Yan descended toward the exit, disappointed that he might not obtain Fire God's Wrath or find a way to help Xiao Xuan break through his bottleneck.
• An elder stopped Xiao Yan at the doors and offered him a chance to take another item if he mastered either Fire God's Wrath or the other technique he sought within three days.
• A second elder warned Xiao Yan that failure would mean he could take nothing and would be forcibly expelled.

Xiao Yan resumed the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion’s trial and began cultivating Fire God's Wrath, despite lacking the Great Dao of Fire it supposedly required. His Heavenly Flames made the technique come naturally, and he formed its fire god image on the third floor, startling the two old men.

• Xiao Yan ignored the old men’s offer to leave with Fire God's Wrath and climbed back toward the fourth floor.
• Xiao Yan rested for an hour, then studied the cultivation method for Fire God's Wrath.
• Xiao Yan realized the technique required the Great Dao of Fire, while his comprehended Great Dao belonged to the Void, so he decided to rely on his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan followed the technique’s seals and found that his Origin Qi and Heavenly Flames flowed through the cultivation process without difficulty.
• Xiao Yan condensed a giant purple-flame fire god image, sending scorching pressure across the third floor and shocking the two old men.

Xiao Yan mastered Fire God's Wrath in less than half a day, and an elder allowed him to enter the fourth floor of the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion after he returned the technique scroll. After failing to find a pill that could help Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan discovered a fallen recipe for a Barrier-Breaking Pill.

• An elder stopped Xiao Yan from feeding more power into Fire God's Wrath after its colossus grew dangerously large.
• The elder praised Xiao Yan's speed, let him proceed to the fourth floor, and reminded him that he could take only one item and could not enter the upper floors.
• Xiao Yan returned the Fire God's Wrath scroll and hurried to the fourth floor, while two elders compared his progress with Xiao Tian's and his ancestor's.
• Xiao Yan searched the pills and recipes for something to help Xiao Xuan break through, but the last recipe he checked was a Seventh-tier Injury Recovery Pill.
• As Xiao Yan turned to leave, he noticed a fallen scroll on the floor labeled Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Xiao Yan found the Barrier-Breaking Pill formula in the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion, hoping it could help Xiao Xuan, but the guardians warned that Xiao Xuan had already taken that pill. They then offered him the formula for the Ancestor Transformation Pill, which might help Xiao Xuan break through to Yuan Zong.

• Xiao Yan found the Barrier-Breaking Pill formula and left the fourth floor of the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion.
• An indifferent elder stopped Xiao Yan and asked whether he had chosen the formula for Xiao Xuan.
• The jovial elder warned that the Barrier-Breaking Pill would not help Xiao Xuan, and the other elder revealed that Xiao Xuan had already taken one.
• The jovial elder offered Xiao Yan another pill formula and asked whether he dared to try refining it.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Ancestor Transformation Pill and realized its breakthrough effect could suit Xiao Xuan despite its drawbacks.

After mastering Fire God's Wrath in the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion, Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan he had found an Ancestor Transformation Pill formula that could help him break through to Yuan Zong. Xiao Xuan agreed to seek the ingredients and began training Bai Hua and Lian'er in combat, while Xiao Yan followed them.

• Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er after leaving the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion and learned that Bai Hua had reached Eight-Star Origin King and Lian'er had reached Five Star Origin King.
• Xiao Xuan praised Lian'er's talent, and Xiao Yan fell quiet after remembering Little Doctor.
• Xiao Yan confirmed he had mastered Fire God's Wrath and revealed the Ancestor Transformation Pill formula he had found.
• Xiao Xuan offered to obtain the medicinal ingredients from the clan's stores and reassured Xiao Yan that clan rules would protect them from hostile elders.
• Xiao Xuan took Bai Hua and Lian'er to test their combat skills and promised to train them over the next six months, while Xiao Yan followed.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Qian had taken the Sumeru Grass needed for the Ancestor Transformation Pill, so he and his companions set out for an auction in Shuyang City to search for it. He also heard that the Tribulation Crossing Sect was suspected of making wedding guests disappear and vowed to settle his debt with them personally.

• Xiao Xuan returned with most of the Ancestor Transformation Pill ingredients but said Xiao Qian had taken the Sumeru Grass after Xiao Xuan failed to withstand his three moves.
• Xiao Yan grew furious at Xiao Qian, then agreed with Xiao Xuan to search for Sumeru Grass at an auction in Shuyang City.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that wedding guests had mysteriously disappeared after the Tribulation Crossing Sect's grand wedding and that several factions now suspected the sect.
• Xiao Yan said he would personally collect the debt the Tribulation Crossing Sect owed him.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er left the Xiao Clan for Shuyang City.

Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er arrived in Shuyang City and searched for Sumeru Grass before finding a branch of the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion. The pavilion’s elder recognized Xiao Yan and confirmed that it had the rare ingredient.

• Xiao Yan and his companions reached Shuyang City by teleportation formation and entered the bustling city.
• Xiao Yan led Bai Hua and Lian'er through the city to search its medicinal shops for Sumeru Grass.
• The three found the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion, and Xiao Yan entered with his companions.
• An elder in golden robes examined Xiao Yan’s white jade fan, recognized him, and asked what he needed.
• Xiao Yan requested Sumeru Grass, and the elder confirmed that the pavilion had some.

Xiao Yan obtained the Sumeru Grass needed for the Ancestor Transformation Pill at the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion, where Zhao Mingjie and Xiao Tian confronted him. He defeated them both, accepted the herb without payment, and left after warning them not to harm the pavilion.

• The old man told Xiao Yan that the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion had Sumeru Grass but asked him to wait while he handled a difficulty.
• Zhao Mingjie and Xiao Tian entered the side hall and found Xiao Yan, whom they had both previously fought.
• Zhao Mingjie threatened Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan rushed at him before Xiao Tian intervened.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his strength and knocked both Xiao Tian and Zhao Mingjie down with one punch.
• The old man gave Xiao Yan the Sumeru Grass at the pavilion master's order, without asking for payment.
• Xiao Yan warned the two men not to target the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion, then left with Bai Hua and his companion.

Xiao Yan, Bai Hua, and Lian'er explored Shuyang City after obtaining the Sumeru Grass, with Xiao Yan taking them to the auction house despite the risk of Zhao Clan trouble. There, Xiao Yan reunited with An Nan and then faced Zhao Jin, who challenged his standing in the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yan decided the group would explore the city and visit its auction house instead of leaving immediately, noting that the Zhao Clan and Shuyang City were under Xiao Clan rule.
• Lian'er ran through the street shops buying goods until Xiao Yan grew alarmed at how much he was spending, and Bai Hua restrained her so they could continue.
• The three reached the crowded auction house surrounding a huge black pagoda and joined the queue to enter.
• An Nan recognized Xiao Yan and greeted him respectfully, explaining that he had recently learned Xiao Yan was connected to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian and his companion appeared with Zhao Jin, who dismissed Xiao Yan as an outsider rather than a true member of the Xiao Clan.

Zhao Jin confronted Xiao Yan and tried to attack him, but An Nan and then Fan Jian intervened. As Xiao Yan turned toward the person who had placed a hand on his shoulder, he recognized a familiar face.

• Zhao Jin arrived with Xiao Tian and his clan members, taunted An Nan, and challenged Xiao Yan over his injury to Zhao Mingjie.
• Xiao Yan insulted Zhao Jin and the Zhao Clan, prompting Zhao Jin to unleash his oppressive presence and charge at him.
• An Nan stepped in and struck Zhao Jin to protect Xiao Yan, but Zhao Jin attacked An Nan with a ribbon of energy.
• Fan Jian appeared and cut through Zhao Jin's attack with his crimson sword, startling Zhao Jin.
• A familiar, handsome figure placed a hand on Xiao Yan's shoulder, and Xiao Yan stopped when he turned and recognized him.

Ouyang Miao arrived in Shuyang City with Fan Jian to find Xiao Yan, and Fan Jian fought Zhao Jin after intervening on Xiao Yan's behalf. As the battle threatened the city, an aged voice and overwhelming pressure stopped the two fighters.

• Xiao Yan was surprised to meet Ouyang Miao in Shuyang City, while Zhao Jin challenged Fan Jian for interfering in Xiao Clan affairs.
• Ouyang Miao explained that he and Fan Jian had come to find Xiao Yan, and that they had stopped in the city to see an auction.
• Fan Jian attacked Zhao Jin, and the two exchanged powerful fire and ice techniques as Xiao Yan watched and resolved to seek greater strength.
• Fan Jian and Zhao Jin prepared to clash again, but an aged voice from the stone tower ordered them to stop, and both men halted under its pressure.