Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng and the Starfall Pavilion waited in the Bone Mountain Range as the relic’s seal weakened, while a mysterious raid on their camp revealed Qing Lin’s presence. When the seal finally vanished, they hurried to the basin at the range’s center, where the Ancient Relic began to emerge.

• Xiao Heng identified Sound Valley’s experts as potential allies and ordered the camp to remain guarded as more people gathered.
• Qing Lin’s green light briefly suppressed Zi Yan, but a Nine Netherworld Python expert blocked Xiao Heng and helped her escape; Xiao Heng told everyone not to pursue them.
• The seal over the Bone Mountain Range weakened over several days, and Xiao Heng waited because it barred Dou Zun experts from entering early.
• On the fifth morning, the seal vanished, and Xiao Heng led the Starfall Pavilion group toward the center of the Bone Mountain Range.
• Xiao Heng and the gathered experts watched ripples spread through the basin as the Ancient Relic began to emerge.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Relic after its unstable passage and deadly entrance claimed thousands of lives. They reached the crimson palace, met Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er, and watched as a fire barrier blocked the passage; a Dou Zun began moving to break through it.

• Xiao Heng raised a spatial barrier as the Space Passage shattered, and the resulting Space Storm killed at least a thousand people before it subsided.
• Xiao Heng led Starfall Pavilion through the stabilized passage, where the crowd saw the enormous crimson palace of the Ancient Relic.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Tang Huo'er, and Tang Zhen offered to help Xiao Yan inside the relic, drawing notice from the surrounding factions.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan exchanged pleasantries with Tang Zhen while the crowd waited for the palace gates to open.
• Lone cultivators rushed through the gates, but blue flames erupted from the walls and burned many intruders to ash.
• A Dou Zun summoned his Dou Qi and the Power of Space to challenge the fire barrier.

Xiao Heng’s group found the true passage through the magma and reached a plaza guarded by ten silver puppets. They learned the puppets could combine their strength into a Dou Zun-level golden puppet, and Xiao Heng prepared to investigate their Formation Arrays.

• Xiao Heng led his group through the magma after Xiao Yi Xian realized the visible fire passage was a false route.
• Xiao Heng’s group reached the plaza and found Ice River Valley, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, ten puppets, and a sealed stone gate.
• Xiao Heng told his group to wait while he and Xiao Yan discussed taking the puppets for their own use.
• A one-star Dou Zun attacked the puppets, which combined their power into a golden puppet strong enough to send him flying.
• Xiao Heng agreed to take on the puppets after Xiao Yan said he could not handle their Formation Arrays.

Xiao Heng subdued the ten puppets and entered the Ancient Relic with the others, then split from Xiao Yan’s group after following a sudden intuition. He found a rare Four Absolutes Tree and recognized its potential to become a powerful cultivation treasure.

• Xiao Heng defeated the white-haired man’s sneak attack, placed his imprints on all ten puppets, and stored them away.
• After the stone doors opened, Xiao Heng led the Starfall Pavilion group into the relic, then handed the puppets and command to Xiao Yan while he followed a feeling toward another passage.
• Xiao Heng raced past buildings and through a forest until he reached a barren black peak with a jade-like tree bearing four colored leaves.
• Xiao Heng identified the plant as a Four Absolutes Tree that could become a Seven Absolutes Tree and learned that a mature tree could help a Peak Dou Zun break through to Dou Sheng.

Xiao Heng discovered a Four Absolutes Tree and hid to see what dangers guarded it. After Soul Devouring Worms killed a group of treasure hunters, he destroyed the swarm and uncovered its Worm Mother beside a Soul Crystal, leaving him with several valuable treasures to claim.

• Xiao Heng spotted the Four Absolutes Tree and hid in space when he sensed people approaching.
• Five cultivators arrived, and the woman Lingzhi approached the tree while the others watched.
• Soul Devouring Worms erupted from the tree, killed Lingzhi and the four other cultivators, then returned to their nest.
• Xiao Heng recognized the worms and used Sword Intent to kill the swarm before collecting their bodies.
• Xiao Heng uncovered the nest and found a Worm Mother clinging to a Soul Crystal.

Xiao Heng harvested a Soul Devouring Worm Mother and Soul Crystal, then moved the Four-Colored Treasure Tree into Little Grass Space for safekeeping. He entered a Treasure Pavilion claimed by the Five Directions Alliance and fought its guards, killing their two-star Dou Zun leader as the battle left the pavilion damaged.

• Xiao Heng recognized the value of the Soul Devouring Worm Mother and Soul Crystal, stored both, and placed the Four-Colored Treasure Tree in Little Grass Space.
• Xiao Heng argued with Little Grass about secretly consuming his resources and asked it to protect the tree before leaving the space.
• Xiao Heng took the Storage Rings from several corpses and flew to a nearby Treasure Pavilion, where other treasure seekers had already looted its lower floors.
• Xiao Heng killed Five Directions Alliance disciples who attacked him on the sixth floor and fought the alliance’s Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Heng used Space Solidification and earth-attributed attacks to collapse the sixth floor, then killed the surviving two-star Dou Zun elder and destroyed his soul.

Xiao Heng looted a Dou Sheng expert’s collection in the Ancient Relic and then headed toward Gu Yue. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s group obtained the Soul Infant Fruit, followed Zi Yan to a concealed Beast Spirit Cover, and opened it after discovering it carried Ancient Void Dragon and Heavenly Demon Phoenix auras.

• Xiao Heng killed the faction members on the upper floors, broke into the eleventh-floor chamber, and collected its rare treasures before escaping through space.
• Xiao Heng assessed his haul in the forest, then followed Gu Yue’s location instead of searching for more resources.
• After obtaining the Soul Infant Fruit, Xiao Yan agreed to follow Zi Yan toward the unusual presence she sensed.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Yan’s group to a hidden golden Beast Spirit Cover and identified auras of both an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heavenly Demon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan used her golden blood to open the barrier, and the group prepared to enter.

Zi Yan and the others found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit on an ancient altar surrounded by the remains of an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heaven Demon Phoenix. Feng Qing’er’s group arrived to claim it, and the battle began as Xiao Yan’s side waited for Xiao Heng to reach them.

• Zi Yan led the group through a rift to a desolate altar, where they discovered the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and the skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heaven Demon Phoenix.
• Feng Qing’er and five allies entered the space, recognized the fruit, and threatened Xiao Yan’s group.
• Elder Feng Xuan revealed himself as a five-star Dou Zun, while Xiao Yi Xian offered to hold him off and Gu Yue said Xiao Heng was approaching.
• Elder Feng Xuan ordered his group to attack, and Xiao Yan’s side sent puppets and fighters against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and its allies.
• Xiao Yan clashed with Venerable Thunder, while Feng Qing’er acknowledged an anomaly in the space and Elder Feng Xuan charged toward the altar.

The fighters battled around the altar as Feng Qing'er awakened the Heaven Demon Phoenix ancestral soul and Zi Yan summoned the Ancient Void Dragon soul to oppose it. After Zi Yan destroyed the Phoenix soul, Elder Feng Xuan ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to retreat, leaving the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit behind.

• Xiao Yi Xian faced the Earth-Splitting Tiger Clan elder, while Gu Yue fought the injured white-haired Heaven Demon Phoenix and drove him back with her spear.
• Feng Qing'er used her essence blood to awaken the Heaven Demon Phoenix skeleton, whose aura slowed the circulation of Dou Qi around Xiao Yan and the others.
• Zi Yan summoned the Ancient Void Dragon ancestral soul, whose purple radiance dispelled the Phoenix soul’s pressure.
• Feng Qing'er sent the Heaven Demon Phoenix soul against Zi Yan, but Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon soul crushed it into fragments.
• Feng Qing'er was weakened by the destruction of the clan soul, and Elder Feng Xuan ordered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to leave without the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Xiao Heng and his allies trapped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and their companions inside the golden barrier, killing the fleeing elder and defeating the remaining attackers. By the end, the Silver Moon Wolf elder and tiger-robed elder had also fallen, while Feng Qing'er and the surviving enemies remained surrounded.

• Xiao Heng entered the barrier, froze a Heaven Demon Phoenix attacker with Space Freeze, and revealed that he had altered the Beast Spirit Cover so the fleeing elder could not escape.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Gu Yue attacked Venerable Thunder and the others while Zi Yan struck the Heaven Demon Phoenix elder and Xiao Heng killed him.
• Xiao Heng defeated Feng Qing'er's remaining allies, and Zi Yan weakened after using her power to help bring down the elder.
• The silver-robed elder agreed to betray the tiger-robed elder to save himself, but Xiao Heng stopped his escape and killed him with his golden sword.
• The tiger-robed elder transformed and tried to self-destruct, but Xiao Yi Xian weakened him, Xiao Yan's Fire Lotus blasted him back, and Xiao Heng finished him with a sword strike.

Xiao Heng’s group defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fighters, secured the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and disguised the battlefield to conceal their involvement. They left the relic and continued toward its central hall, where the scent of ancient medicinal pills led them toward a new discovery.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed Venerable Thunder, and Xiao Yan killed Feng Qing'er after Xiao Heng ordered her death.
• Zi Yan collected the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Xiao Heng urged the group to clean up before the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan learned what happened.
• Xiao Yan planted Tianming Sect and Soul Hall traces around the battlefield, and Xiao Heng told him to lead the group while pretending Xiao Heng was only a Four-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Heng led the group out of the relic and toward its central main hall in search of a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill.
• Xiao Yan detected a strong medicinal-pill scent, and Xiao Heng hurried the group toward its source.

Xiao Heng's group searched the Pill Hall and found a powerful pill that had taken the form of a small white beast. When a masked intruder tried to seize it, Xiao Heng recognized her as Qing Lin, and the group discovered that she and Xiao Yan were old acquaintances.

• Xiao Heng led the group through the Pill Hall, where they found most of its treasures already taken and Xiao Yi Xian detected poison on the second floor.
• In a pill chamber, the group encountered a white beast that Xiao Yan identified as a medicinal pill, and Xiao Heng lured it closer by feeding it pills.
• A black-robed intruder tried to grab the beast, but Xiao Heng stopped him and recognized the intruder as Qing Lin from her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan reminded Qing Lin of the Tagor Desert and her memories of Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, while Xiao Heng explained why his hair had turned white.
• Qing Lin removed her mask, recognized Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan as her benefactors, and reunited with them as the group cleared up misunderstandings.

Xiao Heng and his companions reached the ancient hall containing a Dou Sheng Skeleton and ten sealed spheres, where the gathered forces awaited the seal’s collapse. Suspecting the skeleton was actually a murdered enemy’s remains placed to draw people in, Xiao Heng left with Zi Yan to investigate while Xiao Yi Xian and the others stayed to help Xiao Yan claim the treasure.

• Xiao Yi Xian examined Qing Lin’s poisoned little companion and confirmed the cold poison could be treated, then Qing Lin led the group toward the main hall.
• The group entered the bronze hall, where they found ten sealed spheres, a Dou Sheng Skeleton on a throne, and ten Dou Zun-level puppets guarding it.
• Tang Zhen told Xiao Yan that one sphere likely held a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill and the rest were fakes, while Xiao Heng suspected the skeleton belonged to the Dou Sheng’s victim rather than the expert himself.
• Xiao Heng told Xiao Yi Xian and the others to stay and help Xiao Yan obtain the treasure, then warned Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Rank Combat Skill was on the skeleton.
• Xiao Heng and Zi Yan slipped out of the hall and entered the void, while several Black Robed Men followed but failed to find them.

Xiao Heng followed his suspicions to a hidden spatial passage beneath a tree on an ordinary hill and discovered the tomb of the true owner of the ruins. After reading the Dou Saint’s life story and paying his respects, Xiao Heng triggered a dazzling light from the skeleton that surrounded him without harming him.

• Xiao Heng searched the surroundings with his Third Eye, then realized an ordinary hill could be a safe place to observe the great hall.
• Xiao Heng found a hidden spatial node beneath a tree and opened a passage underground, bringing Zi Yan into a chamber with a Dou Saint skeleton.
• Xiao Heng and Zi Yan learned from the wall murals that the buried Dou Saint was the true master of the ruins and the enemy of the expert in the great hall.
• Xiao Heng read the Dou Saint’s life story and discovered that the senior had left a Heavenly Rank cultivation method and combat skills on his remains.
• Xiao Heng bowed and kowtowed to the skeleton, prompting a dazzling white light to surround him while leaving him unharmed.

Xiao Heng and Zi Yan obtained the inheritance left by a Dou Sheng Skeleton, while Xiao Yan’s group faced a deadly battle over ten scrolls in the great hall. As awakened puppets slaughtered the crowd, Xiao Yan moved to seize a red-glowing scroll.

• Xiao Heng kowtowed to the Dou Sheng Skeleton and received its cultivation methods and combat skills as light spheres stored in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Heng sealed the tomb again, then left with Zi Yan and saw the battle unfolding in the great hall.
• The seal over the ten scrolls shattered, and the gathered experts fought viciously to claim them as many were killed.
• Xiao Yan kept his group back from the main fighting and then led them toward a red-glowing scroll as the ten puppets awakened and attacked.
• Gu Yue intercepted a puppet, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others fought off competitors; Xiao Yan knocked away an expert with a giant axe and continued toward the scroll.

Xiao Yan seized a scroll and killed Chen Tiannan after the sect master tried to take it from him. As the Soul Hall approached the Dou Sheng Skeleton, Xiao Yan noticed it move and retreated, while Old Ghost Xing was struck by a bone spike.

• Xiao Yan grabbed a red scroll from Chen Tiannan with help from the Heavenly Demon Puppet, then stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Demon Puppet fought Chen Tiannan, and Xiao Yan killed him with a fiery projectile after the puppet battered him.
• Xiao Yan collected Chen Tiannan's Storage Ring and body, then learned from Mu Qingluan that only three of the ten scrolls remained.
• Xiao Yan declined to pursue more scrolls and noticed the Soul Hall members moving toward the Dou Sheng Skeleton.
• Xiao Yan saw the skeleton's palm move, warned his companions to retreat, and Old Ghost Xing was pierced through the palm by a bone spike as he reached for it.

Old Ghost Xing awakened the Dou Sheng Skeleton, whose roar killed hundreds and sealed the hall, forcing the trapped cultivators to fight it. As Xiao Yan and the others joined the battle, Xiao Yan spotted tiny words on the skeleton’s ribs, where the Heavenly Rank Combat Skill was hidden.

• Old Ghost Xing’s blood awakened the Dou Sheng Skeleton, and its roar killed hundreds, including two Dou Zun experts.
• Xiao Yan blamed Old Ghost Xing for the awakening, while the sealed stone doors left everyone trapped with the skeleton.
• The skeleton rose and attacked, and Xiao Yan and Tang Zhen forced Old Ghost Xing to lead the fight.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton and six surviving Dou Zun puppets overwhelmed Old Ghost Xing until Tang Zhen, Bing He, Xiao Yan, and other experts joined the battle.
• Xiao Yan evaded the skeleton’s strike, punched its ribs, and spotted tiny words on the bones that matched the location of the Heavenly Rank Combat Skill.

Xiao Yan and the other survivors escaped the Dou Sheng Skeleton’s devastating final attack, then fought Old Ghost Xing and one another to divide the remains. Xiao Yan secured several bones containing Dou Sheng Essence before Tang Zhen urged everyone to leave the ruins.

• The weakened Dou Sheng Skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm, destroying the hall and everything within a thousand meters as Xiao Yan protected Mu Qingluan and the others from the shockwave.
• Xiao Yan and the survivors found the hall reduced to a crater, with the skeleton intact but its remnant soul gone; many people who entered the ruins had died.
• Old Ghost Xing tried to claim the skeleton, but Xiao Yan and several Dou Zun experts attacked him and tore the skeleton apart during the struggle.
• Xiao Yan stored three ribs and later an arm containing Dou Sheng Essence, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others joined the fight to seize more bones.
• Tang Zhen collected the final leg bone and advised everyone to leave, after which the yellow-robed elder and others departed.

Xiao Yan and his companions left the ruins under Tang Zhen’s protection, while Xiao Heng’s group used planted traces to frame Old Ghost Xing and a Tianming Sect disciple for killing members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. The clan attacked Old Ghost Xing, who escaped after breaking through their encirclement, and Xiao Heng led Starfall Pavilion back home.

• Tang Zhen sided with Xiao Yan, forcing Old Ghost Xing and Binghe to abandon their plans and leave the ruins.
• Xiao Heng rejoined the group and explained that he had stayed hidden because he was injured, while Gu Yue confirmed that she had planted Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan traces on Old Ghost Xing and a Tianming Sect disciple.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked Old Ghost Xing and seized the Tianming Sect disciple, whose altered memories and Soul Hall aura convinced them the Soul Hall was responsible.
• Old Ghost Xing denied the accusations, refused the clan elder’s inspection, and escaped with Star Picking Hand after the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan moved to surround him.
• Xiao Heng smiled at the successful scheme and led Starfall Pavilion back to Starfall Pavilion.

After leaving the ruins, Xiao Heng’s group parted ways with Tang Zhen and discussed how the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall had been set against each other. Hei Qing arrived to take Zi Yan and Gu Yue back to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, leaving Xiao Heng with a reward and a token before he led the rest of the group toward Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Heng and Tang Zhen said farewell, and their groups went their separate ways.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Mu Qingluan discussed the conflict between the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Soul Hall and how Xiao Heng had manipulated their suspicions.
• Hei Qing emerged from space and met Zi Yan, who told him about the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and insisted that he compensate Xiao Heng.
• Hei Qing gave Xiao Heng a Storage Ring, while Zi Yan gave him a black token and said she had to return to her clan.
• Xiao Heng gave Zi Yan pills and entrusted her and Gu Yue to Hei Qing, who departed with the two girls through a Space Passage.
• Xiao Heng led the others toward Starfall Pavilion after saying goodbye.