Chapter Summaries

Huo Xuan, Yao Tian, and Yao Xingji confronted the Gu Clan after its guards barred them from the ceremony seats, and the dispute escalated into violence. Huo Xuan stopped torturing Gu Qian after Gu Shan intervened, and the ceremony began as the guests took their seats.

• Yao Tian and Huo Xuan challenged the Gu Clan guards for turning away the Medicine Clan and Flame Clan, and Yao Xingji killed one guard with a single punch.
• Gu Qian arrived and accused Yao Xingji of murder, but Huo Xuan used Strange Fire to make Gu Qian collapse in agony.
• Gu Xu demanded that Huo Xuan stop, while Gu Shan and four Half-Saints from the Flame Clan and Medicine Clan arrived.
• Gu Shan asked Huo Xuan to spare Gu Qian, and Huo Xuan ended the Strange Fire attack while warning the Gu Clan not to treat them as weak.
• Huo Xuan and the others took their seats, and an ancient bell rang to announce the start of the ceremony.

The Gu Clan held its Coming-of-Age Ceremony, awarding clan marks based on bloodline tests as its young commanders were assessed. Gu Yao withdrew his promised challenge to Huo Xuan after learning Huo Xuan’s true strength, while a Green Shirt Man revealed that he had barely reached the Ninth Grade Bloodline.

• Ling Quan and Lin Xiu each earned Golden Clan Marks after their tests showed Sixth Grade Bloodlines.
• Gu Yao tested at Eighth Grade Bloodline and received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Yao declined to challenge Huo Xuan, explaining that he did not want the Gu Clan to seem to be bullying him and privately noting Huo Xuan was a Peak Six-Star Dou Zun.
• A Silver Robed Man and a broad-shouldered man discussed Huo Xuan’s strength with the Green Shirt Man, who admitted he was no match for Huo Xuan.
• The Green Shirt Man told the two men that he had barely reached Ninth Grade Bloodline and said Xun Er’s bloodline was the most perfect in Gu Clan history.

Gu Xun'er underwent the Gu Clan’s bloodline test and revealed a God Grade Bloodline, stunning the clan and its guests. Elder Tongxuan brought forth the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to honor the result.

• Elder Tongxuan took over the ceremony and called Gu Xun'er forward for her test.
• Yao Tian questioned whether Gu Xun'er's God Grade Bloodline would threaten Huo Xuan, who dismissed her as no rival.
• Gu Xun'er’s Star Plate reached Ninth Grade Peak, then cracked as a tenth star appeared.
• The tenth star shattered the Star Plate and released pressure that made many Gu Clan members kneel in reverence.
• Elder Tongxuan confirmed Gu Xun'er's God Grade Bloodline and summoned the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush.

Elder Tongxuan completed Gu Xun’er's Seven-Colored Clan Mark, revealing her God Grade Bloodline and drawing the Hun Clan’s attention. Gu Xun'er challenged Huo Zhi to avenge Xiao Yan, and their fight began while Huo Xuan watched in restrained anger.

• Elder Tongxuan used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to draw Gu Xun'er's clan mark, awakening its brilliant radiance and an ancient voice.
• Hun Li and Hun Ya recognized Gu Xun'er as a future threat and hoped her grudge with the Flame Clan's God Grade Bloodline would cause the two clans to weaken each other.
• Gu Xun'er invoked her right to challenge someone at her Coming of Age Ritual and chose Huo Zhi rather than Huo Xuan.
• Huo Zhi accepted the challenge on behalf of the Flame Clan, and Gu Xun'er said she would make her repay part of Huo Xuan's debt to Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er attacked Huo Zhi with intense hatred but held back from killing her, while Huo Xuan watched with barely contained fury.

Gu Xun'er discovered that Huo Xuan had turned Xiao Yan into a puppet, and their confrontation erupted into a clash of powerful techniques. Meanwhile, Gu Clan elders assigned six Heavenly Tomb slots before an explosion interrupted their meeting.

• Gu Xun'er destroyed the puppet Yan Zun when it attacked her in the wilderness.
• Huo Xuan revealed that Yan Zun had been refined from Xiao Yan and threatened that the Gu Clan would regret its choices.
• Gu Xun'er attacked Huo Xuan with the four-seal Emperor Seal, and Huo Xuan countered with a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus.
• Elder Tongxuan, Elder Gu Shan, and the other elders discussed the Heavenly Tomb slots, deciding that Gu Xun'er, the Four Commanders, and Gu Zhen would enter.
• An explosion sounded as the Gu Clan elders were about to adjourn.

Huo Xuan severely injured Gu Xun’er in retaliation for what she had done to Huo Zhi, provoking the Gu Clan and defending his actions to Yan Feng. The next morning, he told Lei Dong that Gu Xun’er loved only Xiao Yan and was using him and the Lei Clan.

• Huo Xuan struck down Gu Xun’er with his fused Strange Fire, taunted her over Xiao Yan, and left before the Gu Clan elders arrived.
• The Gu Clan elders found Gu Xun’er near death, gave her pills, and carried her away for treatment.
• Huo Xuan admitted to Yan Feng that he had attacked Gu Xun’er and argued that the Gu Clan’s repeated provocations demanded a warning.
• Lei Dong confronted Huo Xuan about Gu Xun’er’s injuries, and Huo Xuan said he would have killed her if not for the Gu Clan.
• Huo Xuan told Lei Dong that Gu Xun’er loved only Xiao Yan and was using Lei Dong and the Lei Clan.

Gu Yuan refused to punish Huo Xuan for injuring Gu Xun'er, choosing the Gu Clan’s interests over his daughter’s. As Huo Xuan prepared for trouble during the Heavenly Tomb Journey, he decided to eliminate Gu Xun'er next.

• Gu Yuan rejected the elders’ demands to punish Huo Xuan, judging that the Gu Clan lacked both the strength and justification to risk another war with the Yan Clan.
• The Gu Clan members stopped provoking Huo Xuan and his companions, leaving them in peace at their temporary residence.
• Yan Ling told Huo Xuan that Gu Xun'er had awakened, and Huo Xuan warned Yan Ling to stay with the others and gave him a Space Jade Slip to summon the clan leader.
• Huo Xuan reflected that Gu Xun'er might cause trouble during the Heavenly Tomb Journey and resolved to target her as Xiao Yan’s devoted admirer.

Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi prepared for the Heavenly Tomb’s opening and entered it together, aiming to reach Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Estate on the dangerous third layer. The gate closed after the clan representatives entered, leaving their journey inside the tomb to come.

• Huo Xuan checked that Huo Zhi had recovered and asked Yan Feng to protect Yan Ling and the others while he was away.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi traveled to the Heavenly Tomb’s entrance, where representatives of the Hun, Medicine, Lei, and Shi Clans had gathered.
• Elder Tongxuan announced the entry limits and reminded everyone that they could remain in the Heavenly Tomb for only three years.
• The Heavenly Tomb’s ancient gate opened, and six Gu Clan members entered first.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi entered together, followed by representatives of the other clans, and the gate disappeared after the last person went inside.

Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Huo Xuan tested an Energy Body and explained his plans to explore the deeper layers. Elsewhere, Gu Xun'er arrived with Gu Qing Yang and another companion, and they set out to hunt Energy Bodies and find the others.

• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi appeared in the Heavenly Tomb and planned to travel toward the second layer before eventually reaching the third.
• Huo Xuan exposed and destroyed a concealed Energy Body, then gave its Grade Two Energy Core to Huo Zhi to absorb.
• Huo Xuan told Huo Zhi he intended for the Heavenly Tomb to become the Flame Clan's possession and planned to hunt Energy Cores with her.
• Huo Xuan intended to search for Gu Xun'er and the others and create accidents to eliminate members of the Gu Clan.
• Gu Xun'er appeared in another region with Gu Qing Yang and a Silver Robed Man, and they set out to hunt Energy Bodies and head toward the second layer.

Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi continued cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb, but the low-level Energy Cores had stopped helping them grow stronger. Elsewhere, Gu Xun’er and her companions headed for the Second Layer, where she intended to gain strength and kill Huo Xuan to avenge Xiao Yan.

• Huo Xuan defeated sixteen low-level Energy Bodies and gave their Energy Cores to Huo Zhi to absorb.
• Huo Zhi gained only a little, and Huo Xuan decided they needed higher-level Energy Cores as they traveled toward the Second Layer.
• Gu Xun’er defeated Energy Bodies and said she had advanced to the late stage of Eight Star Dou Zun, though she still hoped to break through to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• The Cyan Shirt Man and Silver Shirt Man urged Gu Xun’er to head directly to the Second Layer and search for Gu Yao and the others.
• Gu Xun’er resolved to use the Heavenly Tomb to become strong enough to avenge Xiao Yan by killing Huo Xuan.

Huo Xuan robbed Shi Mo and another Shi Clan youth of their energy cores, secretly marking them so he could find them again. After traveling across the first layer with Huo Zhi, he passed through the energy curtain into the Heavenly Tomb Second Layer to gather stronger energy cores and help raise her cultivation.

• Huo Xuan ambushed Shi Mo and a Shi Clan youth, took their energy cores, and secretly planted Soul Imprints on them.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi spent more than a month crossing the first layer, defeating energy bodies and collecting their cores.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi reached the entrance to the second layer, where Huo Xuan explained that its energy bodies would suit their current needs.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi endured the energy curtain's pressure and entered the Heavenly Tomb Second Layer.

Four months into the Heavenly Tomb, Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi had collected many energy cores, and Huo Zhi had advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zun. Gu Yao lured high-level Energy Bodies away from them and attacked Huo Zhi, but their clash left him facing defeat.

• Huo Xuan gave Huo Zhi their collected energy cores and left to deal with approaching high-level Energy Bodies.
• Gu Yao emerged from the shadows and attacked Huo Zhi with an Emerald Crystal Hand Seal.
• Huo Zhi recognized Gu Yao and prepared to fight, relying on her recent breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Gu Yao unleashed the Great Extinction Finger while Huo Zhi countered with the Fallen Flame Profound Finger, strengthened by Red Lotus Karma Flame.
• Huo Zhi's fire finger overwhelmed Gu Yao's attack, struck him, and exploded as a dark flame lotus formed in the smoke.

Huo Zhi defeated Gu Yao, but he swallowed a Fallen Life Pill and tried to attack again before Huo Xuan returned and killed him. Huo Xuan revealed that he had arranged for Gu Yao to serve as Huo Zhi’s sparring partner and resolved to eliminate more enemies.

• Huo Zhi found Gu Yao alive but gravely wounded after her Fallen Flame Profound Finger struck him.
• Gu Yao took a Fallen Life Pill to boost his strength, despite Huo Zhi warning that it could kill him or ruin his cultivation.
• Huo Xuan returned and engulfed Gu Yao in flames, burning him away completely.
• Huo Xuan checked that Huo Zhi was unharmed and explained that he had secretly arranged Gu Yao’s fight with her.
• Huo Xuan said Gu Yao was only the first and that this was just the beginning.

After hunting the Second Layer’s high-level Energy Bodies and reaching peak Seventh Revolution Dou Zun, Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi encountered a devastating Energy Storm and raced for the Third Layer. They reached its sealed entrance, where Yao Tian and his sister were waiting, and joined Yao Tian’s effort to break through before the storm arrived.

• Huo Xuan decided not to target Gu Xun'er and instead chose Gu Qingyang as his next target among the Gu Clan members.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi hunted the Second Layer for three months, but found no Gu Clan members or high-level Energy Bodies; Huo Xuan also absorbed Energy Cores and reached peak Seventh Revolution Dou Zun.
• Huo Zhi spotted the approaching Energy Great Storm, and she and Huo Xuan fled toward the Third Layer entrance.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi reached the entrance and found Yao Tian and his sister preparing to break its solidified energy light curtain.
• Yao Tian urged Huo Xuan to join forces with him to shatter the barrier and escape the approaching storm.

Huo Xuan discovered that the solidified energy wall was the nest of Ancient Devouring Bugs and opened a passage through it with his fused Heavenly Flame. After the gathered clans rushed into the passage, Huo Xuan struck them with Dou Qi and demanded to know who had given them permission to enter.

• Huo Xuan sensed Ancient Devouring Bugs inside the energy wall and warned Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and Huo Zhi that entering recklessly would be fatal.
• Yao Ling suggested waiting for more people, but Huo Xuan blasted a crater into the wall with his fused Heavenly Flame and said they could open a passage themselves.
• Gu Xun'er arrived with the Gu Clan members and confronted Huo Xuan, while the Hun, Lei, and Shi Clans soon gathered at the entrance to escape the Energy Great Storm.
• Huo Xuan created a passage about thirty meters wide, then entered with Huo Zhi as Yao Tian and Yao Ling followed.
• The other clans rushed into the passage behind them, but Huo Xuan struck them with Dou Qi and demanded permission for entering the passage he had opened.

Huo Xuan demanded payment from the clans seeking passage to the Third Layer as the Energy Storm approached. He let the Lei Clan through because of his friendship with Lei Dong, accepted Energy Cores and a battle technique from the Hun and Shi Clans, and then turned to the Gu Clan.

• Hun Ya challenged Huo Xuan for refusing to share the passage, and Huo Xuan blasted him away.
• Lei Dong urged Huo Xuan to help everyone escape, but Huo Xuan agreed to take only Lei Dong and the Lei Clan members, including Lei Luo.
• Hun Li and Hun Ya paid Huo Xuan with bags of Energy Cores, and he let the Hun Clan enter the passage.
• Huo Xuan demanded more from the Shi Clan; Shi Mo handed over a High-Level Earth Rank Heaven Piercing Palm in exchange for passage.
• Huo Xuan invited the Shi Clan through and turned his attention to the Gu Clan.

Huo Xuan brought the Gu Clan members into the group opening a passage through the Heavenly Tomb, making them pay with Energy Cores and rebuking Gu Xun'er when she tried to order him around. As the Energy Storm struck outside, a pale energy liquid began seeping through the passage wall.

• Huo Xuan offered the five Gu Clan members the choice to join the others or open a passage alone, and Gu Qingyang persuaded Gu Xun'er to accept his offer.
• The four Gu Clan members and Gu Xun'er each handed Huo Xuan a bag of Energy Cores before the group entered the passage.
• Gu Xun'er ordered Huo Xuan to open the passage, so he blasted her aside and warned the Gu Clan members to show him respect.
• Huo Xuan used a fire lotus to break through the crystal wall, while the others took turns working as he rested and conserved his strength.
• The Energy Storm struck the light screen, and Gu Qingyang urged everyone to speed up as they continued deeper into the passage.
• The group noticed pale energy liquid seeping through the crystal wall on their left.

Huo Xuan and the others discovered that the Heavenly Tomb’s crystal passage was formed and repaired by Ancient Devouring Bugs, which were closing in around them. Huo Xuan used his Heavenly Flame to kill the bugs and organized the group to break through before the passage sealed shut.

• Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen discovered Ancient Devouring Bugs inside the closing crystal walls, and Gu Zhen realized the bugs were repairing them with energy.
• Gu Xun'er blamed Huo Xuan for leading them into the bug nest, but Gu Qingyang stopped the argument and ordered everyone to break through the passage.
• The group attacked the crystal walls, but the Ancient Devouring Bugs absorbed their Dou Qi and the walls closed faster.
• Huo Xuan discovered that Heavenly Flames could destroy the bugs, then assigned Huo Zhi, Yao Tian, and Yao Ling to slow the walls while he opened the passage.
• Huo Xuan ordered Gu Xun'er to use the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, and she began blasting the crystal wall.

Huo Xuan led the group through closing crystal walls by burning a passage with his fused Heavenly Flames, then demanded Energy Cores from the others to keep going. As they neared the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer, he spotted a pale-red cocoon-like object that might be the Queen Devouring Bug.

• Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Yao Tian, and Yao Ling used their Heavenly Flames to help open and hold back the crystal passage while Gu Xun'er opened the way ahead.
• Huo Xuan blasted through the crystal wall and led the group forward as Ancient Devouring Bugs and their energy hindered their progress.
• When Huo Xuan ran out of Energy Cores, Gu Qingyang, Lei Luo, the Shi Clan members, Hun Ya, and finally Gu Xun'er each handed over a nine-star Energy Core.
• Huo Xuan used the five Energy Cores to burn through more crystal walls as the group approached the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer.
• Huo Xuan spotted a pale-red, fist-sized cocoon-like object behind the final Emerald Crystal Wall and suspected it was the Queen Devouring Bug.

Huo Xuan stole a dormant Half-Saint Queen Devouring Bug while the group broke through the crystal walls into the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer. After the Ancient Devouring Bugs’ futile attempt to rescue their queen, Huo Xuan urged Lei Dong and Yao Tian to cultivate before joining him in exploring the dangerous depths.

• Huo Xuan broke the emerald crystal wall and secretly stored the Queen Devouring Bug in his Storage Ring.
• The group entered the vast Third Layer and discovered that its energy seeped into their bodies.
• Ancient Devouring Bugs poured from the passage but burst into powder when they crossed the light screen, eventually ending their charge.
• Gu Qingyang and the other clans left the area, while Huo Xuan stayed with Lei Dong and Yao Tian.
• Huo Xuan suggested Lei Dong and Yao Tian cultivate for a while before they explored the depths together when the agreed time arrived.