Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan entered the Great Thousand World, where Origin Qi suppressed his Dou Qi, and made his way to Northern Region City to learn about its cultivation system. After reading an expedition notice, he clashed with Zhao Hu, who attacked him at the city gates.

• Xiao Yan arrived in the Great Thousand World and found that Origin Qi was slowly assimilating his sluggish Dou Qi and restraining his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan wounded a giant three-clawed eagle with a concentrated ribbon of Dou Qi and set out toward the nearest landmass, hoping to find Xun'er and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan reached Northern Region City and read a notice seeking adventurers to search the Black Wind Abyss for Spiritual Origin Crystal.
• Zhao Hu mocked Xiao Yan as an outsider and tried to drive him away from the notice board, but Xiao Yan refused to back down.
• Zhao Hu attacked Xiao Yan with an Origin Qi-charged punch.

Xiao Yan entered Northern Region City, learned about its cultivation ranks and the Black Wind Abyss expedition, and found lodging with Qian Tong’s help. After accidentally breaking Liu Fei’s Spirit Concentrating Liquid, he offered to replace it, but Liu Clan guards surrounded him and attacked.

• Xiao Yan defeated Zhao Hu and knocked down his two followers when Zhao Hu attacked him at the city gate.
• Qian Tong introduced himself, explained Northern Region City’s powers and cultivation system, and told Xiao Yan about the dangerous Black Wind Abyss expedition.
• Xiao Yan entered the city with Qian Tong, rented a room at the Ying Inn using a medicinal pill, and considered visiting the Beast Hunting Pavilion to learn about the expedition and trade for Origin Qi Pills.
• Xiao Yan accidentally collided with Liu Fei and broke her Spirit Concentrating Liquid; he offered to refine another bottle or compensate her, then correctly deduced the liquid’s ingredients and method.
• A middle-aged Liu Clan guard accused Xiao Yan of bullying Liu Fei and ordered his guards to seize him, so Xiao Yan prepared to fight.

Xiao Yan traded a Heavenly Flame-associated scale for maps and Origin Qi Pills, then joined the Black Wind Abyss expedition after reaching the initial Origin King level. He collected Spiritual Origin Crystals and drove off Blood Shadow Hall members, but their leader fled with a grudge as Xiao Yan continued onward.

• Xiao Yan exchanged a fire-attribute scale for Origin Qi Pills and detailed maps, learning about the Black Qilin Leopards and spatial rifts in the Black Wind Abyss.
• Xiao Yan spent three days cultivating until he condensed Origin Qi and stabilized at the initial Origin King level.
• Xiao Yan joined the expedition led by Li Xuantong, received a help token, and entered the Black Wind Abyss with Qian Tong before they split up.
• Xiao Yan found more than twenty Spiritual Origin Crystals among corpses bearing Black Qilin Leopard claw marks.
• A one-eyed Blood Shadow Hall leader demanded Xiao Yan's crystals, but Xiao Yan defeated his two subordinates and forced him to flee.
• Xiao Yan took the injured subordinates' Storage Rings, warned them off, and continued onward while anticipating Blood Shadow Hall's revenge.

Xiao Yan defeated the Black Qilin Leopards in Mist Valley, mined Spiritual Origin Crystals in the Crystal Light Cave, and drove off a Wang Clan elder who tried to rob him. After filling his Storage Ring with crystals, he left for the edge of Shattered Space Cliff to seek crystals infused with spatial power.

• Xiao Yan killed the Black Qilin Leopard leader and the other four leopards, then salvaged their fur, claws, and inner cores.
• Xiao Yan reached the Crystal Light Cave and mined nearly a hundred Spiritual Origin Crystals before the Wang Clan elder and a young clan member arrived.
• The young Wang Clan member spotted Xiao Yan, and the blue-robed elder demanded that he surrender his crystals and leave.
• Xiao Yan repelled the elder’s palm strike with his Heaven Burning Palm, then shattered the elder’s Cold Bone Spikes with Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler.
• The blue-robed elder fled with the young man, and Xiao Yan mined more crystals before setting out for Shattered Space Cliff.

Xiao Yan discovered that the black jade fragment held ancient information and could manipulate space, then left Northern Region City for Tianbei City. The fragment suddenly teleported him to a primeval forest where a powerful, bloodthirsty presence approached.

• Xiao Yan touched the black jade fragment, endured a flood of ancient images and information, and found his understanding of space had deepened.
• Xiao Yan returned to Northern Region City, exchanged his Black Qilin Leopard spoils for Origin Qi Pills, and refined Spirit Concentrating Liquid for Liu Fei.
• Xiao Yan cultivated until the expedition ended, received a reward from Li Xuantong, and declined an offer to join the City Lord's Manor guard.
• Xiao Yan delivered the Spirit Concentrating Liquid to Liu Fei, left Northern Region City, and set out for Tianbei City to seek news of Xun'er and Cai Lin.
• Near Tianbei City, the black jade fragment teleported Xiao Yan to an unfamiliar forest, where he sensed a powerful creature approaching.

Xiao Yan killed a Golden-Horned Mystic Wild Boar in the Mist Forest and met A Man, a girl who offered to guide him out. After they camped for the night, a pack of Shadow Wolves surrounded their cave, leaving Xiao Yan and A Man preparing to fight.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Golden-Horned Mystic Wild Boar with his Heavenly Flames and collected materials from its corpse.
• A Man appeared, explained that the boar was a guardian of the forest, and agreed to guide Xiao Yan out if he would avoid harming its creatures without cause.
• A Man led Xiao Yan through the Mist Forest and told him that powerful guardians protected its heart; she also shared that her Granny had left and never returned.
• Xiao Yan and A Man spent the night in a cave, where A Man touched his gentle Green Lotus Core Flame.
• A pack of more than a dozen Shadow Wolves found the cave by following the blood scent and charged toward Xiao Yan and A Man.

Xiao Yan and A Man survived a Shadow Wolf attack with her power to control nature, then crossed the dangerous Whispering Swamp and entered a bamboo grove. There, they saw a black-robed man attacking an Azure-Striped Bear, until Li Xuantong suddenly intervened.

• A Man used vines to help Xiao Yan fight the Shadow Wolves, then unleashed plants and roots to kill most of the pack while Xiao Yan defeated its leader.
• After resting, Xiao Yan and A Man crossed the Whispering Swamp with their eyes closed and reached a grove of Emerald Heart Bamboo.
• Xiao Yan and A Man encountered a black-robed man using sinister black energy to overwhelm an Azure-Striped Bear.
• As the black-robed man launched a killing attack, Li Xuantong appeared and cut through the pillar of black light with his sword.

Li Xuantong and Xiao Yan pursued a Blood Shadow Cult remnant through the Mist Forest, but the man in black detonated himself before they could capture him. After parting from A Man, Xiao Yan traveled with Li Xuantong toward Tianbei City, learning more about the Gu Clan and gaining a lead in his search for Xun'er.

• Li Xuantong defeated the man in black, then told Xiao Yan that he was a Blood Shadow Cult remnant searching for the Netherworld Flower and harvesting strange beasts.
• Li Xuantong tracked the wounded cultist, and Xiao Yan and A Man joined him in pursuit through the forest.
• The man in black crushed a bone talisman and self-destructed; Xiao Yan and Li Xuantong survived the blast, and Xiao Yan noticed the black jade piece briefly glow.
• Xiao Yan and Li Xuantong exchanged parting gifts with A Man and left the Mist Forest, agreeing to travel to Tianbei City.
• Li Xuantong told Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan was a powerful ancient race, and Xiao Yan resolved to find Xun'er as they approached a great city.

Xiao Yan arrived in Tianbei City with Li Xuantong, helped the city lord's residence plan its response to the Blood Shadow Cult, and impressed alchemist Liu Zhong with his expertise. At the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion, Xiao Yan stood up to Li Minghao over an earth core fire lotus and swiftly crippled the men Li Minghao sent against him.

• Xiao Yan and Li Xuantong entered Tianbei City, where Li Xuantong took him to register at the city lord's residence.
• Li Xuantong reported that Xiao Yan had helped kill a Peak Origin King remnant of the Blood Shadow Cult, and the elders assigned Li Xuantong to strengthen the city's defenses and secretly scout nearby areas.
• Xiao Yan settled into the Welcoming Guests Pavilion, examined A Man's Emerald Heart Bamboo hearts and his black jade fragment, then went out to explore the city.
• At the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion, Xiao Yan criticized a Golden Origin Pill and impressed Master Liu with his detailed alchemy advice.
• Li Minghao demanded that Master Liu hand over his earth core fire lotus, and Xiao Yan challenged him.
• Li Minghao ordered his men to attack Xiao Yan, who broke their knees with streams of Origin Qi.

Xiao Yan helped Li Xuantong repel a Blood Shadow Cult attack on the Welcoming Guests Pavilion, then learned the cult was seeking a Space Fragment and that the Li Clan planned to target him at the Northern Region Youth Strongest Expert List competition. The chapter ended as Li Chengfeng confronted Xiao Yan outside the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan arrived during the Blood Shadow Cult assault and fought off the attackers, helping Li Xuantong wound their protector and force the cultists to retreat.
• Zhou Xiaotian ordered Tianbei City sealed and searched, while Xiao Yan and Li Xuantong recovered from their injuries.
• Li Xuantong told Xiao Yan that the cult sought a Space Fragment to repair a spatial passage and might be headquartered near Soul-Severing Cliff.
• Li Xuantong warned Xiao Yan that the Li Clan intended to move against him at the Northern Region Youth Strongest Expert List competition, and Xiao Yan agreed to participate.
• Li Chengfeng arrived with Li Minghao and Li Clan guards, released his Peak Origin King pressure, and challenged Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Li Chengfeng after the Li Clan came to avenge Li Minghao, but Zhou Xiaotian stopped the battle and ordered the clan to leave. As the Northern Region Young Strongest Expert List Competition approached, Xiao Yan registered and received a challenge from Wang Hao.

• Li Chengfeng attacked Xiao Yan over Li Minghao, but Xiao Yan matched him in battle with his Heavenly Flames until Zhou Xiaotian intervened and ruled that the Li Clan was at fault.
• Zhou Xiaotian warned Li Chengfeng to leave Xiao Yan alone, and Li Chengfeng withdrew with Li Minghao and the Li Clan guards.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating at the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion as competitors arrived in Tianbei City; Li Xuantong told him about Wang Hao, Su Muxue, the Cold-Faced Killer, and the competition's Sect Breaking Pill prize.
• Xiao Yan went to the City Lord's Manor square with Zhao Yu and registered for the competition, drawing skeptical comments from the crowd when he gave his name.
• Wang Hao approached Xiao Yan with Wang Clan members and asked whether he was Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan crushed his opponents as the Northern Region Young Strongest Expert List Competition progressed, establishing himself as a championship contender. After the top 16 were determined, the next bracket matched him against Li Hao, who threatened to settle their grudge.

• Zhou Xiaotian opened the competition and announced the 128 contestants’ brackets.
• Xiao Yan broke Zhao Lei’s wrist and defeated him in fewer than ten breaths, shocking the spectators.
• Xiao Yan won his next matches, including a fight against a Blazing Fire Sect disciple, and advanced to the top 16.
• Wang Hao, Su Muxue, Li Hao, and the mysterious young man in black also advanced to the top 16 with decisive victories.
• The next-round bracket paired Xiao Yan with Li Hao, who vowed to punish him for offending the Li Clan.

Xiao Yan defeated Li Hao in the top-sixteen round despite Li Hao burning his Origin Qi, then advanced to the quarterfinals. His next opponent was the undefeated mysterious young man in black, whose killing intent confirmed that an even fiercer fight awaited.

• Li Hao attacked Xiao Yan with the Frigid Ice Palm, but Xiao Yan used two Heavenly Flames to block it and wound him with a flaming sword.
• Li Hao burned his Origin Qi and fought Xiao Yan at Peak Origin King strength, but Xiao Yan seized an opening and crushed his chest with the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler.
• The referee declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan returned to the contestants' area to recover while Li Kuangshi watched helplessly.
• Wang Hao, Su Muxue, and the mysterious young man in black also won their matches and advanced to the top eight.
• The quarterfinal matchups paired Xiao Yan against the mysterious young man in black, who fixed Xiao Yan with an icy, murderous gaze.

Xiao Yan exposed Blood Butcher as a core disciple of the Blood Shadow Cult and defeated him with his Heavenly Flames, advancing to the semifinals. He began restoring his strength as he faced a coming match against Su Muxue.

• Xiao Yan fought the mysterious black-clad youth, who used strange black energy to suppress him with swift attacks.
• Xiao Yan pulled back the youth's hood and revealed his pale face and dark red eyes, prompting Li Xuantong to identify him as a member of the Blood Shadow Cult.
• Blood Butcher revealed his identity and attacked with the Blood Soul Saber, but Xiao Yan's fused Heavenly Flames burned away its sinister energy.
• Blood Butcher unleashed Ten Thousand Souls Devour, and Xiao Yan countered with Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler: Extreme · Green Lotus, killing him and destroying the vengeful souls.
• The referee declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan advanced to the semifinals against Su Muxue.

Xiao Yan defeated Su Muxue in a fierce semifinal clash of Heavenly Flames and ice, while Wang Hao advanced by overwhelming the dark horse. Xiao Yan and Wang Hao prepared to face each other in the Northern Region Youth Strongest Expert List final.

• Xiao Yan and Su Muxue began their semifinal, trading powerful attacks as his Heavenly Flames met her ice-type Origin Qi.
• Xiao Yan fused his two Heavenly Flames into Heavenly Flames: Lotus Fury, and Su Muxue answered with Ice and Snow Storm; their collision devastated the arena and left both exhausted.
• Su Muxue hurled her ice sword at Xiao Yan before collapsing, and Xiao Yan caught it as it melted; the referee declared Xiao Yan the winner.
• Medical staff carried Su Muxue away, and Xiao Yan returned to recover while Wang Hao defeated the dark horse and advanced to the final.
• Wang Hao welcomed Xiao Yan as his final opponent and vowed to claim the championship.

Xiao Yan defeated Wang Hao to win the Northern Region Young Strongest Expert List Competition and earned a Sect Breaking Pill. As he prepared to cultivate, Li Xuantong asked him to join an investigation of the Blood Shadow Cult at Soul-Severing Cliff, where a secret ritual might involve the Space Fragment.

• Xiao Yan and Wang Hao traded powerful attacks in the final, with Wang Hao eventually using his Unrivaled Hegemon technique and Xiao Yan answering with the Emperor Flame Lotus.
• The energy clash exhausted both fighters, but Wang Hao collapsed from depletion and backlash, leaving Xiao Yan the winner.
• Zhou Xiaotian announced Xiao Yan as champion, and Xiao Yan received ten thousand Middle-Grade Origin Qi Pills and a Sect Breaking Pill.
• Li Xuantong told Xiao Yan that the Blood Shadow Cult's main force had gathered at Soul-Severing Cliff for a ritual possibly connected to the Space Fragment, and Xiao Yan agreed to join the investigation.

Xiao Yan and Li Xuantong led the City Lord's Manor's elites to Soul-Severing Cliff, where the Blood Shadow Cult was opening a passage to the Domain of Darkness with a stolen spatial fragment. Xiao Yan seized the fragment and fled while wounded, and a black jade piece in his Storage Ring shielded him from the Blood Shadow Cult Master's final attack.

• Li Xuantong led Xiao Yan and fifty elites to Soul-Severing Cliff after Zhou Xiaotian warned them to investigate the Blood Shadow Cult's ritual and avoid a direct fight.
• Xiao Yan sensed spatial disturbances below the cliff, and the team discovered the Blood Shadow Cult Master using a stolen spatial fragment and an altar to open a passage to the Domain of Darkness.
• The Cult Master's ritual sacrificed his followers and widened the rift, allowing a three-headed black python to emerge as Xiao Yan and the elites attacked the altar.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the python with his Emperor Flame Lotus, seized the spatial fragment, and fled the valley while gravely wounded as Li Xuantong and the retainers held off the Cult Master.
• The Blood Shadow Cult Master broke past Li Xuantong and the retainers and struck at Xiao Yan, but a black jade piece in Xiao Yan's Storage Ring reflected the attack and sent the Cult Master flying backward.

After being transported from Soul-Severing Cliff, Xiao Yan was badly injured and stranded in the Crimson Sand Desert, where the Sand Keeper rescued him from a Crimson Sand Lizard. The Sand Keeper identified Xiao Yan’s jade fragment as a Void Origin Stone and brought him to the Living Spring to recover, hinting that Xiao Yan might be connected to a prophecy.

• Xiao Yan, nearly out of Origin Qi, dodged the Crimson Sand Lizard’s attacks and struck its weak point with the Fallen Heart Flame, but the beast flung him into a dune.
• The Sand Keeper stopped the Crimson Sand Lizard and told Xiao Yan that he had trespassed in the Crimson Sand Desert, far beyond the Northern Region.
• The Sand Keeper explained that the lizard had sensed the Space Fragment, and identified Xiao Yan’s black jade as a Void Origin Stone fragment that had protected him.
• The Sand Keeper led Xiao Yan through the desert to the Living Spring, warning that he would not survive three days without treatment.
• Xiao Yan entered the spring to heal while the Sand Keeper wondered whether Xiao Yan was the person mentioned in a prophecy.

Xiao Yan recovered in the Living Spring and learned that the Blood Shadow Cult planned to reopen a passage to the Domain of Darkness, home of the Outer Realm Demons. After training in the oasis, he broke through to peak Origin King and prepared to seek the Origin Stabilizing Divine Stone from the Sand Prison Emperor.

• Xiao Yan healed in the Living Spring, restoring his strength and deepening the power of his Heavenly Flames.
• The Sand Keeper explained that the Crimson Sand Desert was an ancient battlefield and that the Blood Shadow Cult intended to contact the Domain of Darkness.
• The Sand Keeper revealed that the Origin Stabilizing Divine Stone could counter the Space Fragment and was guarded by the high-grade Origin Emperor Sand Prison Emperor.
• Xiao Yan trained with red flame grass in the oasis while the Sand Keeper taught him about cultivation and the wider Great Thousand World.
• On his tenth day of training, Xiao Yan broke through to peak Origin King, reaching strength close to an initial Origin Emperor.
• The Sand Keeper told Xiao Yan that he would take him to the Sand Prison Emperor's lair the next day to seek the Origin Stabilizing Divine Stone.

Xiao Yan traveled into the Heart-Burning Sand Sea and defeated the Sand Prison Emperor, obtaining the Origin Stabilizing Divine Stone. As the crimson sand lizard carried him back to the oasis, he considered how the Void Origin Stone Fragment might help him return to the Northern Region and thwart the Blood Shadow Cult.

• The Sand Keeper gave Xiao Yan a Heart-Calming Pearl and sent the crimson sand lizard to guide him to the Sand Prison Emperor's lair.
• Xiao Yan entered the Heart-Burning Sand Sea and found the Sand Prison Emperor in a cave beneath a sand mountain.
• Xiao Yan burned one of the Sand Prison Emperor's compound eyes with the Heavy Xuan Ruler, then used the Void Origin Stone Fragment to evade its counterattack.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the Sand Prison Emperor's remaining eye with Heavenly Flames: Emperor Flame Lotus, killing the beast.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the Origin Stabilizing Divine Stone and rode the crimson sand lizard back toward the oasis, wondering whether the Void Origin Stone Fragment could help him reach the Northern Region.