Chapter Summaries

Flowing Cloud brought Xiao Yan and Xun Er through the second level of the Heavenly Tomb and forced his way through the crystal wall leading to the third. The Ancient Devouring Worms pursued them, but they burst into powder as soon as they crossed onto the third level.

• Xun Er explained that intelligent nine-star Energy Bodies controlled the surrounding territory and that powerful Energy Bodies retained memories from life.
• After two days of travel, Xun Er recognized that they were near the third level’s entrance.
• Flowing Cloud carved a passage through the solid Energy Light Screen with a Giant Energy Sword, drawing swarms of Ancient Devouring Worms.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er learned that the worms were ancient creatures that devoured matter and produced pure energy, and Xun Er realized they had entered the worms’ nest.
• Flowing Cloud carried Xiao Yan and Xun Er out of the crystal wall, and the pursuing worms burst into white powder when they reached the third level.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er met Xiao Xuan, who welcomed Xiao Yan as a descendant of the Xiao Clan and invited them to his tomb mansion. They followed him into the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb, where he revealed an ancient stone stele as his tomb mansion.

• Ancient Devouring Worms poured out of the Energy Crystal Wall but died when they left its vicinity.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and confirmed that Xiao Yan was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan paid respects to Xiao Xuan, who praised his cultivation and welcomed him after years of waiting.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Gu Xun Er as Gu Yuan's daughter and remarked on the bond between her and Xiao Yan's clans.
• Xiao Xuan invited Flowing Cloud, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er to follow him into the Heavenly Tomb's deepest region.
• Xiao Xuan showed them an ancient stone stele and identified it as his tomb mansion.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence, where Xiao Yan told him about the Xiao Clan’s decline and Flowing Cloud’s rise. Xiao Xuan explained that he was only a remnant soul confined to the Heavenly Tomb and revealed how his failed attempt to become a Dou Di led to the Xiao Clan’s bloodline being concentrated in him.

• Xiao Xuan led Xiao Yan and Xun Er through the stone stele into his tomb residence while Flowing Cloud waited outside.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had fallen and described its circumstances, confirming that Xiao Chen was alive and that Flowing Cloud had defeated the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Xuan said he was only a remnant of his soul and would vanish if he left the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan recalled that the Xiao Clan transferred most of its bloodline power into him in a final gamble to produce a Dou Di.
• Xiao Xuan said he failed to advance to Dou Di, was ambushed by the Soul Clan, and perished.

Xiao Xuan revealed that the Xiao Clan’s clan mark came from the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and prepared to pass the clan’s preserved bloodline power to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan entered the blood pool to inherit it, beginning a painful process that left him weak as his ordinary blood was replaced.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the clan mark could be cultivated through the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, though it needed bloodline power to reach its peak.
• Xiao Xuan poured the Dou Di bloodline he had preserved into the pool, aging rapidly as he did so.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to inherit the Xiao Clan’s bloodline power and fulfill the promise he had made to the clan.
• Xiao Yan entered the blood pool, where strands of blood-red energy pierced his body and began replacing his ordinary blood.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the inheritance’s first step was replacing Xiao Yan’s blood as Xiao Yan endured intense pain and growing weakness.

Xiao Xuan performed Blood Replacement on Xiao Yan, restoring the Xiao Clan bloodline and allowing Xiao Yan to absorb the energy stored in the blood pool. After weeks of recovery and cultivation, Xiao Yan broke through to Eight-star Dou Zun.

• Xiao Yan endured seven days of Blood Replacement as Xun Er watched anxiously and Xiao Xuan guarded the procedure.
• The blood pool began to react, and Xiao Xuan infused Xiao Yan with blood carrying the Xiao Clan bloodline power.
• Xun Er asked about the sealed energy in the pool, and Xiao Xuan reassured her that Xiao Yan would control how much power he absorbed.
• Xiao Yan recovered as bloodline energy and the stored energy flowed into him, while Xun Er and Xiao Xuan cultivated nearby.
• After reaching Peak Seven-star Dou Zun, Xiao Yan broke through to Eight-star Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan controlled his surging cultivation and settled at Eight-star Dou Zun, then received Xiao Xuan's guidance about reviving the Xiao Clan and guarding against the Soul Clan. Xun Er described Flowing Cloud's victories over the Hall of Souls, leaving Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan curious about the alliance leader's true strength.

• Xiao Yan's aura surged to Nine-star Dou Zun before he suppressed it, then rebounded and settled at Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan thanked Xiao Xuan and knelt before him for preserving the Xiao Clan's bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that reaching Dou Di could awaken the abandoned Xiao Clan bloodlines and warned him that the mysterious Soul Clan might rival or exceed the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to caution Xiao Chen about protecting the Tou She Ancient God Jade from the Soul Clan.
• Xun Er told Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan that Flowing Cloud's generals had defeated powerful Hall of Souls experts, prompting them to wonder why Flowing Cloud was only Five-star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Xuan, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan discussed the mysterious Heaven and Earth Alliance’s ability to boost its members’ combat strength. Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and urged him to master it and form a clan mark before leaving the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xun Er explained that the North Dragon King had raised his combat strength from Five-star Dou Sheng to at least the peak of Seven-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan recalled that Ice Saint Hai Bodong had also unleashed an attack on the level of an Early Seven-star Dou Sheng despite having Peak Four-star Dou Sheng cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan reasoned that the Heaven and Earth Alliance’s leader was likely even stronger than his powerful subordinates and warned that the Soul Clan would face a formidable opponent.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan to spend the nearly two years remaining in the Heavenly Tomb mastering his increased power, then gave him the scroll for the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had once controlled three Heavenly Flames by suppressing them with his strength rather than devouring them, and urged Xiao Yan to cultivate his clan mark before leaving the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Xuan and Flowing Cloud discussed Flowing Cloud’s request to seize the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s pure Soul Origin, but Xiao Xuan left the matter unresolved. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan began cultivating the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and struggled to draw all nine strokes of the Xiao Clan tribal mark.

• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan and told him to cultivate the tribal mark before leaving the Heavenly Tomb.
• Flowing Cloud asked Xiao Xuan to help him seize the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s pure Soul Origin, and Xiao Xuan said they would discuss it later.
• Xiao Yan activated the three transformations but managed to draw only three strokes of the tribal mark before they faded.
• Xiao Xuan explained that completing the nine-stroke mark required vast Dou Qi and precise control, then urged Xiao Yan to try again.
• Xiao Yan rested, refocused, and resumed cultivating the tribal mark while Xun Er watched.

Xiao Yan mastered the nine-stroke clan mark, restoring his control over his Dou Qi and allowing him to activate the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations with a thought. Xiao Xuan then revealed that Flowing Cloud wanted his help defeating the Heavenly Tomb Soul so Flowing Cloud could take control of the Heavenly Tomb.

• After more than half a year of cultivation, Xiao Yan completed all nine strokes of the clan mark, astonishing Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yan activated the clan mark and regained masterful control of his Dou Qi, becoming a true Eight-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan noted that he still had two years in the Heavenly Tomb, while Xun Er was nearing the Seven-star Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan what troubled him, and Xiao Xuan admitted that Flowing Cloud had proposed a deal.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Flowing Cloud wanted him to help defeat the Heavenly Tomb Soul so Flowing Cloud could refine its Soul Origin and control the Heavenly Tomb.

Flowing Cloud waited outside the stone tablet for Xiao Xuan and demonstrated his ability to absorb souls, proposing that he could support Xiao Xuan in defeating the Heavenly Tomb Soul. Xiao Xuan was impressed by the technique, and Flowing Cloud asked whether it could help them seize the Heavenly Tomb Soul's Soul Origin.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan and Xun Er that confronting the Heavenly Tomb Soul might cost him his life, but said he would only help Flowing Cloud if Flowing Cloud had a viable plan.
• Xiao Xuan left to negotiate with Flowing Cloud again after Xiao Yan inherited the Xiao Clan's bloodline power and inscribed his clan mark.
• After waiting outside the stone tablet for more than half a year, Flowing Cloud heard Xiao Xuan ask about his plan and what reward Xiao Xuan would receive.
• Flowing Cloud said Xiao Xuan would lead the fight while he supported him, then demonstrated the Soul Devouring Art by absorbing a Peak Dou Zun's soul.
• Xiao Xuan warned that absorbing souls could corrupt Flowing Cloud with their memories and emotions, but Flowing Cloud said he could remove those impurities.
• Flowing Cloud asked Xiao Xuan whether his soul-absorbing method could help them deal with the Heavenly Tomb Soul.

Flowing Cloud agreed to Xiao Xuan’s condition for helping him deal with the Heavenly Tomb Soul and swore not to attack the Xiao Clan unless its members provoked him first. Xiao Xuan then explained that Origin Emperor Qi was the key to breaking through to Dou Di, leaving Flowing Cloud with more insight into the realm he hoped to reach.

• Xiao Xuan realized Flowing Cloud’s strength and uncertain status made cooperation the safest choice, then asked him to swear not to attack the Xiao Clan unless its members acted against him first.
• Flowing Cloud swore the oath, and Xiao Xuan felt reassured.
• Xiao Xuan asked Flowing Cloud about the Tou She Ancient God Jade and discussed the ancient emperor’s cave mansion as a possible source of the chance to become Dou Di.
• Xiao Xuan recalled that his past attempts to reach Dou Di had left him feeling that something essential was missing.
• Xiao Xuan told Flowing Cloud that he called the scarce energy needed to break through to Dou Di Origin Emperor Qi.

Flowing Cloud learned from Xiao Xuan that Origin Emperor Qi had vanished and that Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion held a unique Emperor-grade embryonic pill tied to the chance of reaching Dou Di. Xiao Xuan agreed to help Flowing Cloud transform the Heavenly Tomb Soul so his avatar could attempt to break through to the Emperor Realm soul.

• Flowing Cloud asked Xiao Xuan about Origin Emperor Qi, and Xiao Xuan explained that its disappearance had prevented new Dou Di experts and Emperor-grade pills from appearing.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that the Emperor-grade embryonic pill in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion contained Origin Emperor Qi and could help a Nine Star Dou Sheng become Dou Di.
• Xiao Xuan warned that the Soul Clan might have caused the Spirit Clan's disappearance to seize the Ancient Jade, then asked Flowing Cloud to protect the Xiao Clan's jade held by Xiao Chen.
• Flowing Cloud agreed to preserve the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade as the final piece gathered, while Xiao Xuan explained that all eight jades were needed to locate and open the cave mansion.
• Xiao Xuan began transforming the Heavenly Tomb Soul to help Flowing Cloud's avatar attempt to cross from the peak of the Heaven Realm soul to the Emperor Realm.

Xiao Xuan rose to challenge the Heavenly Tomb Soul and promised the Energy Bodies he would free them from its rule. The Heavenly Tomb Soul appeared and attacked Xiao Xuan after he rejected its claim to be the Heavenly Tomb’s guardian.

• Flowing Cloud recognized that Xiao Xuan’s Emperor Realm soul made him vital to their fight against the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• Xiao Xuan ascended and told the Energy Bodies that he would fulfill their long-standing plea now that his mission was complete.
• Energy Bodies across the Heavenly Tomb stopped fighting and knelt as they welcomed Xiao Xuan’s decision to oppose their oppressor.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul appeared as an enormous face and accused Xiao Xuan of breaking their agreement.
• Xiao Xuan said the Energy Bodies’ remnant souls had created the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and it launched a colossal soul storm at him.

Xiao Xuan trapped the Heavenly Tomb Soul with a fire formation, allowing Flowing Cloud to wound it and drain its Soul Power. When the Soul attacked Flowing Cloud, Xiao Xuan chose to protect him, leaving their fight ongoing.

• Xiao Xuan and the Heavenly Tomb Soul exchanged soul attacks, but neither could overcome the other.
• Xiao Xuan formed a fiery formation that bound the Heavenly Tomb Soul and weakened its Soul Power attacks.
• Flowing Cloud struck the restrained Heavenly Tomb Soul with a soul spear, then used the Soul Devouring Art to drain its Soul Power.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul attacked Flowing Cloud, and Xiao Xuan created a curtain of fire to block the soul shockwave.

Flowing Cloud absorbed the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Power while Xiao Xuan held it in a formation and blocked its attacks. After three days, Xiao Xuan was nearing his limit, and Flowing Cloud had yet to reveal how he planned to weaken the Heavenly Tomb Soul faster.

• Flowing Cloud began absorbing the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin with the Soul Devouring Art, while Xiao Xuan blocked its attack and reinforced the formation trapping it.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul warned Flowing Cloud that absorbing its impure Soul Power could drive him insane, then continued attacking as Xiao Xuan intercepted its strikes.
• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Xuan to keep the Heavenly Tomb Soul trapped, but Xiao Xuan cautioned that the process could take months and exhaust him within days.
• Energy Bodies across the Heavenly Tomb saw Flowing Cloud and Xiao Xuan battling the Heavenly Tomb Soul and hoped they would win.
• After three days of Flowing Cloud absorbing Soul Power and Xiao Xuan blocking hundreds of attacks, Xiao Xuan warned that he could no longer maintain the formation much longer.

Flowing Cloud slowly drained the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s strength while Xiao Xuan kept it trapped, using a Ninth-grade Profound Pill to restore Xiao Xuan’s power. After five more days of Flowing Cloud absorbing Soul Power, the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s strength had declined, but on the ninth day its momentum suddenly surged.

• Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Xuan a Ninth-grade Profound Pill that restored his strength and let him keep the Heavenly Tomb Soul trapped for several more days.
• Flowing Cloud urged Xiao Xuan to wear down the Heavenly Tomb Soul while he continued absorbing its Soul Power.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul attacked and threatened Flowing Cloud, but Xiao Xuan blocked its soul attacks.
• Five days passed as Xiao Xuan guarded Flowing Cloud and Flowing Cloud’s Soul Power improved greatly.
• On the ninth day, the weakened Heavenly Tomb Soul’s momentum suddenly surged.

Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Xuan a second Ninth-grade Profound Pill to restore his Soul Power and announced that he had one final trump card. The Heavenly Tomb Soul grew wary as Flowing Cloud summoned a white figure beside him.

• On the ninth day, the Heavenly Tomb Soul sensed that Xiao Xuan's formation was weakening and challenged him to keep it trapped.
• Flowing Cloud told Xiao Xuan that the Heavenly Tomb Soul had lost some strength, but Xiao Xuan warned that he could not defeat it alone without recovering first.
• Flowing Cloud revealed a second Ninth-grade Profound Pill and tossed it to Xiao Xuan, who absorbed it and rapidly restored his Soul Power.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul grew nervous when Flowing Cloud declared he still had one final trump card.
• Flowing Cloud summoned a white figure several hundred zhang away while Xiao Xuan and the Heavenly Tomb Soul watched.

Flowing Cloud used the Soul Projection Technique to create a Five-star Dou Sheng projection that doubled the speed of draining the Heavenly Tomb Soul. After six days, he revealed another projection with Six-star cultivation and an Emperor Realm soul as Xiao Xuan’s array began nearing its limit.

• Flowing Cloud created a Soul Projection with the same strength as his clone, astonishing Xiao Xuan and the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• The projection joined Flowing Cloud’s clone in using the Soul Devouring Art, doubling the rate at which they drained the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Power.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul attacked Xiao Xuan’s fire array and demanded to know who Flowing Cloud was, but the array held it trapped.
• After six days, Flowing Cloud told Xiao Xuan that the Heavenly Tomb Soul had lost nearly twenty percent of its strength, while Xiao Xuan warned that it might perish in a desperate counterattack.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul began struggling as Xiao Xuan’s array weakened, but Flowing Cloud revealed a new white-robed projection with Six-star cultivation and an Emperor Realm soul.

Flowing Cloud’s projection joined Xiao Xuan in battling the Heavenly Tomb Soul, using Wind of Deathly Stillness to stop it from burning its soul and help extract its Soul Origin. The weakened Heavenly Tomb Soul was then destroyed by the Energy Bodies, and its remnant soul dispersed.

• Flowing Cloud revealed a Six-star Dou Sheng projection with an Emperor Realm soul, and Xiao Xuan wondered how it had entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Flowing Cloud gave Xiao Xuan a Ninth-grade Profound Pill, and Xiao Xuan recovered his strength and drove his fire threads deeper into the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul ignited its soul, but Flowing Cloud’s Wind of Deathly Stillness extinguished the flames and left it vulnerable to Xiao Xuan’s attack.
• Xiao Xuan’s fire formation pulled the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin from its body, and Flowing Cloud blasted it away when it tried to reclaim it.
• The Energy Bodies swarmed the weakened Heavenly Tomb Soul, shattered its body, and watched its remnant soul disperse.

Flowing Cloud and Xiao Xuan defeated the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and Flowing Cloud took its vast Soul Origin back to the Tian Niu Realm. He began refining it in a secluded inner world where time flowed more than ten times faster, using Life Fire to ignite his soul phantom.

• The Energy Bodies destroyed the weakened Heavenly Tomb Soul, and they regained their clarity and knelt toward Xiao Xuan and Flowing Cloud.
• Flowing Cloud claimed the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin after Xiao Xuan agreed not to take it.
• Flowing Cloud concealed the Soul Origin’s aura and left the Heavenly Tomb with his avatar and true body projection.
• A Void Burrowing Beast returned Flowing Cloud to the Tian Niu Realm, where his avatar entered the Soul Origin’s inner world.
• Flowing Cloud’s avatar began refining the Soul Origin, and the sea of souls roared as Life Fire engulfed his soul phantom.