Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan worried that he would miss the chance to enter the Heavenly Tomb because he was too weak, while Liu Ling and the others traveled with the Gu Clan’s guests to the Ancient Saint Mountain Range. The chapter ended as Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran descended from the warship toward the Gu Clan’s reception area.

• Xiao Yan lamented to Elder Yao that the Gu Clan might not let him enter the Heavenly Tomb, and Elder Yao said his current strength would bring him little benefit there.
• Liu Ling ended his conversation with Huo Xuan and noticed that the warship was guarded by Black Mist Army soldiers to prevent guests from remaining in the Ancient Realm.
• After half a day, the warship arrived above the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.
• The guests gathered at the bow, heard an invitation to enter the Gu Clan’s reception area, and flew down from the warship.
• Liu Ling called to Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran and led them down toward the reception area.

Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian explored the Gu Clan grounds before attending its Coming-of-Age Ceremony. The ceremony began, but the Gu Clan’s most powerful figures had not yet appeared.

• Xiao Yi Xian suggested that more people should live in the Nine-Colored Realm, and Liu Ling agreed that most of its regions were sparsely populated.
• Liu Ling and his companions arrived at the ceremony square with several Gu Clan elders and saw prodigies from the ancient clans, including a powerful black-and-white-haired man.
• An ancient bell rang, and a majestic voice announced the start of the ceremony as Dou Saint auras filled the square.
• Three Gu Clan elders entered the square to conduct the ceremony while Liu Ling noted that the clan’s top figures were still absent.

At the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Ling Quan received a Golden Clan Mark after being assessed as having a sixth-rank Bloodline. As the ceremony continued, Liu Ling learned about the Bloodline Ranks and Clan Marks, and the chapter ended with Lin Xiu receiving the same mark despite his greater strength.

• The elders called Ling Quan to the arena, where his sixth-rank Bloodline earned him a Golden Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained the Gu Clan's Bloodline Ranks and how Clan Marks could temporarily strengthen a member's bloodline power.
• An elderly man explained that Nine-Rank Bloodlines could potentially reach Dou Saint, while Divine Bloodlines had not appeared for many years.
• The elders assessed Lin Xiu, a Five-star Dou Zun with a sixth-rank Bloodline, and awarded him a Golden Clan Mark.
• Liu Ling questioned why Lin Xiu received the same mark as Ling Quan, and Xiao Yi Xian suggested Bloodline Rank mattered more than strength.

The Gu Clan continued its ceremony to assess young powerhouses and grant clan marks. Gu Zhen received the Purple Gold Clan Mark, while Gu Yao’s test revealed an eighth-grade bloodline, leaving the crowd comparing him with Gu Xun’er.

• Several Gu Clan youths were tested, but none surpassed sixth-grade bloodline power.
• The Elder Council awarded Gu Zhen the Purple Gold Clan Mark for his military merits and steady temperament.
• Gu Yao entered the arena and stood before the elders without kneeling.
• Gu Yao placed his hand on the star disk, which displayed eight stars and an eighth-grade bloodline rank.
• Gu Xun’er remarked that Gu Yao had reached eighth-grade bloodline power too.

Xun Er’s bloodline test revealed a Peak Nine-Rank Bloodline, thrilling the Gu Clan with her potential to become a Dou Saint. As golden light gathered through her arm, the Star Chart began to crack.

• Elder Tong Xuan took over the ceremony and invited Xun Er to place her hand on the Star Chart.
• Xun Er’s test revealed nine stars, confirming her Nine-Rank Bloodline and stirring excitement among the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian praised Xun Er’s bloodline, while Nalan Yanran and Liu Ling discussed Xiao Yan’s relationship with her.
• Elder Tong Xuan recognized that Xun Er’s bloodline had reached Peak Nine-Rank.
• Xun Er’s arm turned gold as specks of light gathered in her hand, and the Star Chart shook and developed spreading cracks.

Xun Er's bloodline test revealed a Divine Bloodline, stunning the Gu Clan and the other observers. Elder Tong Xuan brought out the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush and began inscribing clan marks on her forehead.

• Xun Er's bloodline shattered the star disk, and a tenth golden star appeared.
• The Divine Bloodline's pressure halted most of those present and drove many Gu Clan members to their knees.
• Mang Tianchi and the Four Commanders reacted with awe and disbelief to Xun Er's Divine Bloodline.
• Elder Tong Xuan summoned the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush, which the Gu Clan had not used for a thousand years.
• Xun Er nodded and closed her eyes as Elder Tong Xuan began drawing seven-colored clan marks on her forehead.

Elder Tong Xuan used the Heavenly Emperor Brush to give Xun Er a seven-colored clan mark, revealing that she possessed a Divine Bloodline. A hidden Soul Clan observer resolved to eliminate her, while Liu Ling and the others left after the ceremony.

• Elder Tong Xuan spent much of his Dou Qi drawing a seven-colored clan mark on Xun Er with the Heavenly Emperor Brush.
• Xun Er's mark erupted with seven-colored radiance, forcing several Gu Clan members to kneel before her.
• An ancient voice acknowledged the mark, and Elder Tong Xuan bowed toward its source.
• A black-robed Soul Clan observer recognized Xun Er as a future threat and decided to find a chance to kill her in secret.
• After the ceremony, Liu Ling called to Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, and they left the square.

After comparing the younger generation’s strength, Liu Ling and his companions watched the Gu Clan open the Heavenly Tomb. Elder Tong Xuan announced the entry limits as the ancient gate appeared.

• Nalan Yanran praised Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian as the continent’s strongest young talents, but Xiao Yi Xian cautioned that the other clans had not sent all their geniuses.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Ling and Nalan Yanran that Lei Dong of the Lei Clan had reached Two-star Battle Saint and refined Black Demon Thunder.
• Liu Ling said they still needed to work hard to surpass the ancient bloodline possessors, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed they would leave after seeing the Heavenly Tomb open.
• The next day, Liu Ling and his group arrived at the mountain as a vast ancient aura spread and a huge spatial gate to the Heavenly Tomb appeared.
• Elder Tong Xuan announced that each clan could send two entrants, while the Gu Clan had six slots as the tomb’s guardian.

The ancient clans entered the Heavenly Tomb for a three-year training period, while Xiao Yan was left behind and struggled with his lack of strength. When the entrants returned six months later, they found the Mercenary Guild had spread across the continent and Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian had become Half-Saints.

• The Heavenly Tomb gate opened, and six Gu Clan members entered while others discussed the Xiao Clan's lost slots and Xiao Yan's inability to qualify.
• Liu Ling left with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran, while Elder Yao took the dejected Xiao Yan away.
• After three years inside the Heavenly Tomb, which passed as six months outside, the entrants emerged with most having advanced by one star and five reaching Nine-star Dou Zun.
• The returning clans discovered that the Mercenary Guild had established headquarters throughout the continent.
• The clans learned that Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian had both become Half-Saints.

After the Mercenary Guild’s rapid rise drew scrutiny from the ancient clans, Liu Ling assigned Qing Lin to oversee its Southern Region headquarters alone. Qing Lin accepted confidently, citing her allies and the power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• The Gu Clan elders were astonished by Liu Ling and his fellow disciples’ cultivation, while the other six ancient clans secretly investigated the Mercenary Guild.
• A Two-star Battle Saint elder from the Yan Clan infiltrated the Mercenary Guild headquarters but was severely injured and driven out by a mysterious expert.
• More than a year later, Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, Qing Lin, and Han Xue reunited at the Mercenary Guild headquarters and compared their cultivation progress.
• Liu Ling appointed Qing Lin to oversee the Southern Region headquarters, with Senior Yao accompanying her.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran warned Qing Lin about the beast clans in the Southern Region, but Qing Lin accepted, and Xiao Yi Xian realized Liu Ling had relied on Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

Liu Ling agreed to take Qing Lin, Han Xue, Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, and Han Yue to the Spatial Trading Meet. The group traveled toward the prestigious gathering, where participants traded rare treasures under strict rules enforced by three sects.

• Qing Lin confidently said Liu Ling had arranged for her to oversee the Southern Region because her Snake Flower Pupils could suppress the Nine Nether Gloom Python Clan.
• Liu Ling brought up the Spatial Trading Meet, and Qing Lin, Han Xue, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to go with him.
• The group learned that the Earthwalker Sect, the Void Profound Gate, and Treasure Appraisal Mountain jointly maintained order at the meet.
• Han Yue asked Nalan Yanran about the gathering, and Nalan Yanran said Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques, top-grade pills, and other treasures could be found there.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned that attendees had to trade fairly and swear that troublemakers would be attacked by everyone.

Liu Ling and his companions traveled to the barren desert where the Spatial Trading Meet was held. They reached the Space Wormhole that led into the gathering, which was drawing powerful experts from across the Central Plains.

• Liu Ling, Nalan Yanran, Qing Lin, Han Yue, Han Xue, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the edge of the desert.
• Qing Lin sensed more than a hundred powerful auras inside the desert, including one similar to those of Liu Ling and Xian'er.
• Liu Ling warned his companions not to provoke the experts at the trading meet unless someone provoked them first.
• Liu Ling led the group through the sandstorms toward the desert's center.
• The group saw powerful figures enter a vast Space Wormhole among the dunes.

Liu Ling and his five junior sisters entered Spatial Town, the venue for the Spatial Trading Meet, and browsed its streets before heading toward an ancient pavilion at the town’s edge. They arrived before two powerful gray-robed guards, with the pavilion still unexplored.

• Liu Ling led Xiao Yi Xian and the others through a spatial black hole into Spatial Town.
• Liu Ling explained that the town had been specially opened as a venue for the Spatial Trading Meet.
• The group browsed a street of rare treasures, but Liu Ling found nothing worth buying while Qing Lin shopped enthusiastically.
• Liu Ling led the group through several streets to the town’s quiet edge, where they found an ancient pavilion guarded by two Six-star Dou Zuns.

Liu Ling led Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and their companions into the invitation-only Ancient Treasure Pavilion for the Spatial Trading Meet. After donning identity-concealing cloaks, they reached an ancient hall filled with powerful experts and waited for the gathering to begin.

• Liu Ling explained that only people with invitations from the three great sects could enter the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, and Xiao Yi Xian praised his standing among the Central Plains factions.
• Liu Ling presented a red jade invitation to the gatekeepers, who gave the six visitors black cloaks that concealed their identities.
• Liu Ling led the group through the pavilion and followed a gray-robed attendant to an ancient bronze door.
• Liu Ling and the five junior sisters entered a hall where many figures were seated, then chose seats in two rows.
• Liu Ling warned his companions to be careful around the gathered experts and sensed more than a dozen peak Dou Zuns and several Half-Saints, but no Dou Saints.

Liu Ling and Qing Lin attended the Spatial Trading Meet, where Old Man Baoshan began the auction. He unveiled a pair of Demon Phoenix Wings as the first item, leaving the gathered bidders to consider a treasure that could provoke the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Liu Ling quietly explained that the white-haired host, Old Man Baoshan, was a peak Ninth-Turn Dou Zun and the master of Treasure Appraisal Mountain.
• Old Man Baoshan appeared before roughly a hundred attendees and enclosed himself in a spatial barrier before starting the Spatial Trading Meet.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed a pair of bone-white Demon Phoenix Wings as the first auction item.
• Old Man Baoshan described the wings as rare materials for a flying Dou Skill that could give their owner unmatched speed among opponents of the same level.

At Old Man Baoshan’s auction, a cloaked bidder exchanged an Eighth-Grade Pill for the Demon Phoenix Wings, and another buyer won the Adamantine Glazed Body. Liu Ling watched the transactions without bidding.

• A cloaked figure offered an Eighth-Grade Pill that had undergone Four-Colored Pill Lightning for the Demon Phoenix Wings, and Old Man Baoshan approved the exchange.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the Adamantine Glazed Body, a Heaven-tier Low-grade Dou Technique, and explained its owner wanted a water-element cultivation method or an equivalent-value pill.
• Liu Ling considered the technique but decided to watch rather than bid.
• Four people submitted scrolls in exchange for the Adamantine Glazed Body, and Old Man Baoshan selected one after examining them.
• Old Man Baoshan sent the Adamantine Glazed Body to a Black Robe, who stored it in his Storage Ring.

At the trade fair, Xiao Yi Xian acquired the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture, and Old Man Baoshan introduced a map fragment said to be connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. The bidding began with the fragment’s owner seeking medicinal pills of at least Six-Colored Pill Lightning quality.

• The auction continued with rare items, while Liu Ling and his group made no bids.
• Xiao Yi Xian exchanged two Eighth-Grade Pills with Five-Colored Pill Lightning for the Heavenly Netherworld Poison Scripture.
• Old Man Baoshan presented the trade fair’s second-to-last item: an ancient map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the owner wanted medicinal pills of at least Six-Colored Pill Lightning quality and opened the bidding.

Liu Ling entered the bidding for the fragmentary map believed to lead to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and drove the price sharply upward. A gaunt Black Robe challenged him with a bid of an Eighth-Grade Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Bidders rapidly raised the fragmentary map's price to nine Eighth-Grade Pills with Six-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Liu Ling waited until the bidding thinned, then offered eight pills with Seven-Colored Pill Lightning.
• A black-robed bidder raised the offer to one pill with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning, and Liu Ling countered with three.
• A gaunt Half-Saint challenged Liu Ling, who raised his bid to eight pills with Eight-Colored Pill Lightning.
• The gaunt Black Robe bid one Eighth-Grade Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and challenged anyone to outbid him.

At the Spatial Trading Meet, Liu Ling outbid Black Robe for an ancient map fragment with a powerful pill. Old Man Baoshan ended the gathering by announcing that the legendary Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared again.

• Black Robe offered a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning pill shaped like a white rabbit, while Liu Ling offered one shaped like a white tiger.
• Old Man Baoshan inspected both pills, accepted Liu Ling's pill, returned Black Robe's, and sent the ancient map fragment to Liu Ling.
• Black Robe watched Liu Ling receive the map and harbored ill intentions as he remained determined to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree, said to let a person become a Saint on the spot, had appeared after ten thousand years.

Old Man Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Primordial Desolate Region, drawing intense interest from Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other experts. The chapter ended with the hall reacting in alarm to the dangerous location.

• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared, shocking the experts in the hall.
• The experts learned that the Bodhi Heart could help its bearer reach the Battle Saint realm, while Bodhi Seeds could improve the chance of becoming a Battle Saint.
• Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian were tempted by the prospect of obtaining the Bodhi Heart or Bodhi Seeds.
• An expert asked Old Man Baoshan where the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared.
• Old Man Baoshan revealed that it was in the Primordial Desolate Region on the northeastern border of the Central Plains, and the hall erupted in alarm.