Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned with an Emperor Realm soul, only to discover that Xiao Heng had reached the same level. They exchanged a single soul attack before the Ancient Clan, leaving everyone amazed as they prepared to face the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the spatial rift, and Gu Yuan realized that his Soul Power had reached the Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Heng, then discovered that Xiao Heng had also attained an Emperor Realm soul.
• Gu Yuan ordered everyone to retreat while Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng agreed to exchange one move.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and their soul powers collided, tearing open the sky above the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan shielded nearby people from the aftershocks, and the gathered clans praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng after the sky cleared.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan sparred, then joined Heavenly Mansion’s leaders to discuss the coming alliance against the Soul Clan. The assembled factions affirmed their commitment to the fight and swore to live and die with Heavenly Mansion.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan exchanged powerful soul attacks, then landed unharmed and received concern and praise from their companions and Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan announced that the alliance and allied army would be formally discussed the next morning, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan returned to Heavenly Mansion’s base.
• Old Yao briefed Heavenly Mansion’s leaders on the alliance before Xiao Heng asked whether Zi Yan, Yao Ming, or anyone else had reservations about joining the conflict.
• Yao Ming, Zi Yan, Nan He, Elder Shen Nong, and the other faction leaders declared their reasons for standing against the Soul Clan and affirmed their commitment to the alliance.
• Xiao Heng, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan pledged to stand by their allies, and everyone rose to chant, “Live and die with Heavenly Mansion.”

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao discussed how the alliance’s members had committed themselves to Heavenly Mansion and received Old Yao’s advice to act carefully. After the brothers joined the women waiting outside, Xun Er and the others confronted them over their relationships, leaving Xiao Heng shut out for the night.

• Old Yao explained to Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan that the alliance’s members had already chosen Heavenly Mansion and that the Soul Clan’s brutality had strengthened their unity.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Heng against impulsive risks and told Xiao Yan to hold fast to his bottom line, and both disciples promised to remember his teachings.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan left the pavilion and joined Xun Er, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, Zi Yan, and the others.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan she had asked the women how they accepted sharing and had learned about Ya Fei and Tang Huo'er, leaving him alarmed.
• Medusa and the other women dragged Xiao Heng back to the residence and rejected his suggestion that they all spend the night together.
• The women returned to their rooms, and Xiao Heng went to Yun Yun’s room, but nothing happened that night.

Gu Yuan convened the clans and Heavenly Mansion to establish an alliance against the Soul Clan and agree on how to fight them. The Four Directions Alliance named Gu Yuan its leader and prepared to assemble an army within ten days to purge the Soul Hall.

• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and the other experts gathered to establish an alliance against the Soul Clan.
• The gathered leaders debated names, and Gu Yuan settled on the Four Directions Alliance.
• Xiao Yan proposed declaring war and weakening the Soul Clan by destroying its allies and obstructing its plans, and Xiao Heng pledged Heavenly Mansion’s support.
• Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Yuan backed the proposal and agreed to assemble an allied army within ten days to purge the Soul Hall and other targets.
• The leaders assigned deputy positions to Heavenly Mansion, the Yan Clan, and the Lei Clan, reserved the Great Elder position for Bai Yun, and unanimously chose Gu Yuan as Alliance Leader.
• Gu Yuan accepted the position and pledged to die in battle before the alliance perished, and the gathered experts vowed to live and die with it.

After the Heaven and Earth Alliance formed, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan gathered resources to refine powerful puppets and planned to pursue Ninth-grade Golden Pills. Their five completed puppets strengthened the alliance as Xiao Yan looked forward to the Soul Clan’s reaction.

• Old Yao ordered the alliance members to focus on war preparations, while Xiao Yan said he wanted to visit the Yan Clan and attempt to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill with Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan for puppet-making materials, and he directed Xun Er to help them collect supplies and suggested they use corpses left by the Soul Clan’s invasion.
• Xun Er led Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan through the Ancient Clan treasury, where Xiao Heng eagerly selected treasures until Xiao Yan stopped him.
• Xiao Yan took Xiao Heng to the Heaven Tomb, where they used its resources and accelerated time to refine puppets from powerful corpses and souls.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan completed five puppets: two at the Six-star Dou Sheng level, two at the Seven-star Dou Sheng level, and one at the Eight-star Dou Sheng level.
• Xiao Yan admired the puppets and anticipated the Soul Clan’s reaction when they encountered them.

Hun Tiandi prepared the Soul Clan for a coming war while the Four Directions Alliance struck at the clan’s forces across the continent. After Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with powerful puppets, they sought ingredients from Gu Yuan to attempt refining Ninth-grade Golden Pills.

• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed the Ancient Jade, their injuries, and preparations for war, agreeing not to rush their plans.
• The Four Directions Alliance wiped out the Soul Clan’s affiliated forces and Soul Hall, then fought the clan in battles across the continent.
• After half a month in seclusion, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan emerged with puppets and exchanged two Six-star Dou Sheng puppets and one Seven-star Dou Sheng puppet for resources.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan for medicinal ingredients to attempt refining Ninth-grade Golden Pills, and Gu Yuan ordered an elder to gather them.
• Gu Yuan stopped Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan as they were about to leave the hall.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan agreed to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill in the Ancient Realm, promising Gu Yuan a Ninth-grade Profound Pill in return. As the alliance fought the Soul Clan, Xiao Heng received an update from Bai Qing, while Xiao Yan visited Xun Er and Li Xuan missed him from afar.

• Gu Yuan invited Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan to let the alliance’s Alchemists observe their refinement, then secured their promise of one Ninth-grade Profound Pill.
• Xiao Heng returned to the encampment and learned from Bai Qing that the Soul Clan had suffered losses but kept its core forces inactive, with the alliance unsure of its plans.
• Bai Qing said Xiao Heng’s confidantes had left to handle their duties, and she remained behind to manage communications.
• Xiao Heng went to sleep after speaking with Bai Qing, while Xiao Yan entered Xun Er’s room and said he had come to warm the bed for his wife.
• Li Xuan lamented that Xiao Heng had not visited her, and Gu Yue told her she would only listen to him.

Xiao Heng strengthened a vast Formation Array in a small realm, then returned to the Ancient Realm to join Xiao Yan in preparing to refine a Ninth-grade Golden Pill. With the ingredients ready and a large audience gathered, Gu Yuan gave the two the signal to begin.

• Xiao Heng added materials and runes to the Formation Array, turning three beads into a sun, moon, and stars that gathered energy.
• After two days of refining the array, Xiao Heng returned to the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Yan and Xun Er showed him ingredients sufficient for ten Ninth-grade Golden Pills.
• Xiao Heng rested overnight, then went with Xiao Yan to the pill-refining platform Gu Yuan had prepared.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan arrived before a crowd of Alchemists and spectators, and Gu Qi urged Gu Yuan to let them start.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan to begin refining the pill.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-grade Profound Pill together, then began the far more difficult attempt at a Ninth-grade Golden Pill. Their first Golden Pill attempt failed during the fusion of medicinal properties, but they immediately started over with more ingredients.

• Xiao Heng brought out a powerful Medicine Cauldron, and he and Xiao Yan divided the work of refining a Ninth-grade Profound Pill using Xiao Yan’s pink flames.
• After three days of refinement, Xiao Yan seized and sealed the successfully formed Ninth-grade Profound Pill before it could escape.
• Xiao Heng produced over ten thousand precious ingredients, and the two began refining a Ninth-grade Golden Pill together.
• While fusing the medicinal properties, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan lost coordination, causing the ingredients to explode and the attempt to fail.
• Xiao Heng asked whether they should try again, and Xiao Yan agreed before they began a second attempt.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-grade Golden Pill after several failed attempts, drawing on the natural energy of the Ancient Realm. The pill survived the first lightning tribulation, but its final transformation was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan failed their second and third pill-refinement attempts, then used what they had learned to keep refining.
• The brothers gathered natural energy from a radius of five hundred thousand miles and infused it into the pill embryo over three days.
• Golden Nine Profound Golden Lightning appeared, confirming that the Ninth-grade Golden Pill had taken shape and bringing Pill Rain across the region.
• Xiao Heng absorbed the lightning's violent power while Xiao Yan purified it and merged its source into the pill.
• After Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan endured the Alchemist-targeting lightning, a new bolt struck the golden sphere, which began to crack as it underwent its final transformation.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan refined two Ninth-grade Golden Pills and spent nearly three months turning most of their remaining ingredients into other pills during an alchemy exhibition. Exhausted, they finished the demonstration, received Gu Yuan’s permission to rest, and left the allied army’s Pill Rain pills behind as reserves.

• Xiao Heng sealed the first living Ninth-grade Golden Pill, and he and Xiao Yan rested before beginning another refinement.
• After two failed attempts, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan succeeded in refining a second, weaker Ninth-grade Golden Pill, which Xiao Yan sealed.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan spent the following month refining Ninth-grade and Eighth-grade pills until they had used most of their ingredients and ended the exhibition.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan that their alchemy had drained the Ancient Realm’s energy, then claimed the Pill Rain pills for the allied army’s reserves.
• Xiao Yan gave Gu Yuan the agreed payment of one Ninth-grade Profound Pill, and Gu Yuan sent the exhausted alchemists to rest.

After recovering from the lengthy alchemy session, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan discussed the Soul Clan’s unexplained war and refused the offer to command the alliance. Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin left for the Star Realm, unaware that someone crushed a jade tablet as they entered the Space Passage.

• Xiao Heng slept for more than two days after the exhibition match while Qing Lin looked after him.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan discussed the Soul Clan’s clashes with the alliance and wondered why it was fighting openly despite lacking the last two pieces of the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Heng declined Gu’s offer to make him commander-in-chief, and Xiao Yan also said he was not interested in the position.
• Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Star Realm, while Xun Er stayed in the Ancient Realm to avoid becoming a target for the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin entered the Space Passage, and an unseen person crushed a jade tablet on a distant mountain.

Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin were ambushed in a sealed Space Passage by two mid-stage Eight-star Dou Sheng experts from the Soul Clan, who demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Ninth-grade Golden Pills. Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan fought back as the confrontation began, while Qing Lin was protected by a golden puppet.

• Two Soul Clan elders detected the Ninth-grade Golden Pills and concealed a formation around the Space Passage to trap Xiao Heng, Xiao Yan, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Heng sensed the passage was sealed, and Qing Lin discovered she could not send a message with her Spatial Jade Slip.
• The two elders revealed themselves as Hun Du and Hun Qian, demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade and Ninth-grade Golden Pills, and threatened the trio.
• Xiao Heng summoned a golden puppet to protect Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan revealed it had once been the Soul Clan member Hun Ri.
• Hun Du and Hun Qian attacked, and Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan met them with Yellow Springs Palms before clashing with them directly.

Xiao Heng fought Hun Du, who used his speed and blood essence to gain the upper hand, but Xiao Heng countered with his Five Elements Great Shield and Soul Swords. The swords pierced Hun Du repeatedly and through his brow, leaving the battle’s outcome seemingly decided.

• Xiao Heng and Hun Du exchanged attacks, wounding each other as Hun Du praised Xiao Heng’s Emperor Realm soul but criticized his weaker Dou Qi cultivation.
• Xiao Heng tried Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, but Hun Du vanished and struck him with his claws, leaving deep wounds on his arm.
• Hun Du warned that Xiao Heng’s talent threatened the Soul Clan’s plans, then burned his blood essence to raise his strength and speed.
• Hun Du split into three shadows and attacked from different directions, but Xiao Heng summoned five shields that blocked his claws.
• Xiao Heng sent his ten Soul Swords circling back to pierce Hun Du repeatedly and finally strike through his brow.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng fought two Eight-star Dou Sheng opponents, joining forces to defeat Hun Qian after Xiao Heng had already killed his companion. Xiao Yan ended the battle by piercing Hun Qian’s body, leaving the two allies victorious.

• Xiao Heng stored his defeated opponent’s corpse while Xiao Yan continued battling Hun Qian with Xiao Yi’s fire lotuses and his Destruction Flame Body.
• Hun Qian struck Xiao Yan with a flaming spear, but Xiao Yi’s fire lotuses wounded Hun Qian and Xiao Yan kept fighting him.
• Xiao Heng arrived and struck Hun Qian with a sword attack, helping Xiao Yan send him flying and confirming that Hun Qian’s companion was dead.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng teamed up against Hun Qian, with Xiao Heng covering him while Xiao Yan attacked and Xiao Yi launched Destruction Fire Lotuses.
• Xiao Yan hurled another Destruction Fire Lotus at Hun Qian, then charged through the fading flames and pierced his body, killing him.

Hun Tiandi ambushed Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan after they defeated their opponents, but Gu Yuan intervened and saved them. Hun Tiandi proposed a three-match contest over the Tou She Ancient God Jade and gave Gu Yuan three days to agree or face total war.

• After healing from their battle, Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan were struck by Hun Tiandi's enormous energy palm, leaving them gravely wounded.
• Gu Yuan shattered the palm, caught Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan, and had Qing Lin tend to them.
• Gu Yuan threatened to retaliate against Hun Tiandi's clan, and Hun Tiandi agreed not to attack Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan again for the moment.
• Hun Tiandi invited Gu Yuan to cooperate in seeking Tou She Ancient God's cave abode, but Gu Yuan rejected the proposal.
• Hun Tiandi proposed that their forces settle the conflict in three matches, with pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade as the wager, and threatened total war if Gu Yuan refused.
• Hun Tiandi departed and gave Gu Yuan three days to decide; Gu Yuan ordered Qing Lin to take the unconscious Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan back.

After waking from Hun Tiandi’s attack, Xiao Heng learned that the alliance had accepted the Soul Clan’s challenge and began healing his injuries. He was left recovering while the alliance prepared for a three-round battle over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Heng woke to Yun Yun, Queen Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan worrying over him, and learned that Xiao Yan was also badly injured but out of danger.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Heng that the Soul Clan had challenged the alliance to three rounds, with two pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade at stake.
• Xiao Heng asked for medicinal ingredients, and Yun Yun brought them before leaving with a flushed face and a faint mark on her neck.
• Xiao Heng used pills, medicinal liquids, his Undying Flame, and five elemental energies to treat his wounds and repair his body.
• Xiao Heng finished a healing session and vowed to remember Hun Tiandi’s palm strike.

After recovering from Hun Tiandi’s attack, Xiao Heng learned that Bai Xi had brought him a key to her clan’s canyon secret realm, which they would enter together. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and the alliance leaders finalized their fighters for the coming battle against the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Heng finished recovering, sensed the strengthened forces in the Star Realm, and learned that Xiao Yan was still healing.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the others planned the three agreed battles, assigning Bai Yun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin to fight while Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi stayed out.
• Bai Yun arrived at the council meeting and agreed to face Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Bai Xi met Xiao Heng and gave him a bead key to her clan’s canyon secret realm, explaining that they would enter it together.

Xiao Heng joined the Four Directions Alliance’s army as it traveled to the Burial Sky Mountain Range to face the Soul Clan. There, Hun Tiandi proposed a transaction to Xiao Yan and produced Xiao Yan’s captive father, leaving Xiao Yan enraged.

• Bai Xi asked Xiao Heng to show her around, while Medusa, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun left after watching them.
• After two days of preparations, Gu Yuan led the allied army through a Space Passage toward the Burial Sky Mountain Range, with Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan among its ranks.
• Xiao Heng joked with Xiao Yan about his recovery and his relationship with Tang Huo'er as the army traveled.
• The allied army arrived at the Burial Sky Mountain Range, where Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan appeared shortly afterward.
• Hun Tiandi proposed a transaction to Xiao Yan involving the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then pulled Xiao Yan’s father through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Yan recognized his father and erupted with killing intent.

Xiao Yan traded the Tou She Ancient God Jade for his father, Xiao Zhan, and reunited with him before entrusting him to Starfall Pavilion. With the exchange complete, Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi began their agreed three one-on-one battles, and Lei Ying faced the Soul Clan’s concealed late Eight-star Dou Sheng expert.

• Xiao Yan agreed to give Hun Tiandi the Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Zhan weakly urged his son to run.
• Hun Tiandi took the jade as Xiao Yan caught Xiao Zhan and brought him back to the allied clans.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Zhan medicinal pills, then entrusted his unconscious father to Starfall Pavilion.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi confirmed the terms of their three battles, with the Ancient Jade at stake.
• Hun Tiandi sent out a black-robed late Eight-star Dou Sheng expert to fight Lei Ying in the first battle.
• Lei Ying unleashed Heavenly Thunder Descent, and the black-robed man countered with a vast palm seal, shattering the sky around them.