Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaoran told Yao Ling why Yao Chen had been alienated in the Yao Clan, but stopped before revealing the true reason he left. Yao Ling was left without the answer she had sought.

• Yao Chen rejected Yao Ling’s plea to return to the Yao Clan and left Starfall Pavilion with Bai Xiaoran.
• Yao Ling drugged Bai Xiaoran to question him about Yao Chen, then learned he was a leader of the Alchemy Tower and apologized.
• Bai Xiaoran explained that Yao Chen came from a humble branch and faced discrimination because his Dou Di bloodline was weak.
• Yao Ling argued that the discrimination was not enough to explain Yao Chen’s departure, but Bai Xiaoran refused to reveal the deeper reason and told her to leave.

Bai Xiaoran refused Yao Ling’s request to persuade Yao Chen to return to the Yao Clan, and Yao Chen explained why he could not face his former clan. Meanwhile, Xuan Yi gave in to her curiosity while alone in the Alchemy Tower, and Yun Qiu and Bai Xiaoran arrived at the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where they expected trouble over Xun’er.

• Yao Ling asked Bai Xiaoran to persuade Yao Chen to return and offered an alliance, but he refused and left.
• Bai Xiaoran found Yao Chen and suppressed his urge to complain after seeing how troubled he was.
• Yao Chen told Yun Qiu that seeing the Yao Clan gave him a headache, and Yun Qiu recalled how Yao Wangui had framed him and driven him out.
• Alone in the Alchemy Tower, Xuan Yi examined a pleasure tool and wondered whether using it would make her strange.
• At the Ancient Realm’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony venue, Yun Qiu asked whether Bai Xiaoran would be targeted, and Bai Xiaoran said the Ancient Clan likely knew about him and Xun’er.

At the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Gu Yao challenged Bai Xiaoran over his closeness to Gu Xun’er. Bai Xiaoran overwhelmed Gu Yao with a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus, leaving him severely injured.

• Gu Nanhai welcomed the crowd and explained how the Ancient Clan bestowed clan markings at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• After Gu Yao received a violet-gold clan marking, he challenged Bai Xiaoran, who stepped onto the plaza to accept.
• Gu Yao attacked Bai Xiaoran with the Myriad Beasts Spear Art, but Bai Xiaoran easily blocked his attacks.
• Gu Yao unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger, and Bai Xiaoran countered with a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus fused from Heavenly Flames.
• The Fire Lotus blasted Gu Yao away, leaving him bleeding and severely injured.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Gu Yao before Gu Xun'er arrived and stopped the commander from threatening him. After the test, Gu Xun'er took Bai Xiaoran aside, shared her experiences in the Ancient Clan, and kissed him.

• Gu Nanhai interrupted Bai Xiaoran as he was about to strike Gu Yao and declared Bai Xiaoran the winner.
• Gu Yao threatened to have the Black Annihilation Army surround Bai Xiaoran, but Gu Xun'er arrived and warned him against abusing his authority.
• Bai Xiaoran told Gu Xun'er he was unharmed and urged her not to press Gu Yao further, and Gu Xun'er agreed.
• Gu Yao left, Gu Xun'er completed the test with a Seven-Colored Golden Pattern, and she took Bai Xiaoran away from the plaza.
• Under a tree, Gu Xun'er reunited with Bai Xiaoran, told him about her time in the Ancient Clan, showed him her white stockings, and kissed him.

Gu Xun'er passionately kissed Bai Xiaoran, while Gu Yuan accepted their relationship and prepared to address Xiao Yan's arrival at the Heavenly Tomb. Gu Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran planned to meet her father, and she continued expressing how much she wanted to be with him.

• Gu Xun'er kissed Bai Xiaoran, and Elder Lin and Elder Yuan remarked that her long-held feelings had erupted.
• Gu Nanhai reported the ceremony's events to the Ancient Clan council, where the elders debated Gu Xun'er's public display and Bai Xiaoran's standing.
• Gu Yuan silenced the elders, defended Gu Xun'er's choice, and said the matter was acceptable because Bai Xiaoran was a giant of the Alchemy Tower.
• Gu Nanhai announced that Xiao Yan had arrived, and Gu Yuan postponed discussing the Xiao Clan's place until the factions gathered at the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Xun'er told Bai Xiaoran that she wanted to be with him but could not yet give herself to him, and he reassured her that they could be together after she arrived.
• Gu Xun'er said they would soon meet Gu Yuan, and Bai Xiaoran told her he had prepared for the encounter.

After Gu Xun'er went to meet the Clan Chief, Bai Xiaoran encountered Hua Jin, who persuaded him to return to an inn with her. Hua Jin used a pill to push her limits and challenged him to continue their encounter.

• Gu Xun'er left to meet the Clan Chief alone at the council hall.
• Bai Xiaoran decided to explore the Ancient Realm, but Hua Jin stopped him to discuss their cooperation.
• Hua Jin admitted she wanted to explore the mysteries of life with Bai Xiaoran to raise her cultivation, and they went to his inn.
• Hua Jin took the initiative, then asked Bai Xiaoran to stay and revealed she had taken an Eighth-grade Pill to keep going.

Bai Xiaofei left Hua Jin after giving her medicine and rejected Yao Ling’s attempt to negotiate Yao Chen’s return to the Yao Clan. As the Heavenly Tomb’s opening approached, he discussed the Ancient Clans and the Soul Clan’s threat with Yao Chen, who had no plans to return to his former clan.

• Bai Xiaofei defeated Hua Jin, gave her instructions for taking the medicine, and left the inn.
• Yao Ling told Bai Xiaofei there was room to negotiate about Yao Chen returning, but he rejected the Yao Clan’s proposal and told her they should stop meeting.
• Bai Xiaofei found Yao Chen with Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen said Bai Xiaofei would need to reach the Dou Saint realm to marry Gu Xun’er.
• Yao Chen explained that the Heavenly Tomb was about to open and warned that the Soul Clan would likely make things difficult for Xiao Yan.
• Bai Xiaofei reassured Yao Chen that the Soul Clan would not act rashly, and Yao Chen said he had no plans to return to the Yao Clan.

Bai Xiaoran learned that Xun'er wanted to marry him but had to wait for her bloodline to awaken and for her to reach Dou Saint. He reunited with Xuan Yi, who asked him to massage her legs, and the massage left her dazed and out of control.

• Yao Chen told Bai Xiaoran that Xun'er wanted to marry him but could not until her bloodline awakened and she reached Dou Saint.
• Yao Chen revealed that Xuan Yi was in the adjoining room, then left.
• Bai Xiaoran entered and found Xuan Yi, who ordered him to massage her legs.
• Xuan Yi became increasingly flustered as Bai Xiaoran massaged her, and she told him not to touch elsewhere.
• Bai Xiaoran continued until he said the massage was done, then found Xuan Yi dazed and panting.

Xuan Yi struggled against Bai Xiaoran’s advances before Gu Xun’er arrived to take him to meet the Ancient Clan elders. The elders tested Bai Xiaoran with their pressure, and he responded by unleashing a newly fused Heavenly Flame as a seven-colored dragon.

• Xuan Yi resisted Bai Xiaoran until Gu Xun’er called for him from outside, and he left to meet her.
• Gu Xun’er escorted Bai Xiaoran to a gathering of Ancient Clan elders and introduced him as her future husband.
• The elders released their Dou Zun peak pressure toward Bai Xiaoran at the clan leader’s direction, alarming Gu Xun’er.
• Bai Xiaoran endured the pressure and summoned his gathered Heavenly Flames, forming a seven-colored giant dragon.

Bai Xiaoran and Gu Xun'er reached the Heavenly Tomb after the Ancient Clan elders accepted him, with Xun'er persuading him to wear a dress along the way. As the gathered clans awaited the Tomb's opening, a cloaked Soul Clan expert arrived, and Bai Xiaoran recognized him as a Ninth Grade Alchemist.

• Three Thousand Burning Flame revealed himself as Bai Xiaoran's new Heavenly Flame, and the Ancient Clan elders stopped pressuring Bai Xiaoran.
• Gu Xun'er led Bai Xiaoran away and persuaded him to put on a dress she had tailored for him.
• Gu Xun'er took Bai Xiaoran to the Heavenly Tomb, where members of the Eight Ancient Clans, Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, Hua Jin, and Xuan Yi had gathered.
• Xuan Yi recognized Bai Xiaoran in his dress and playfully approved of his appearance.
• A cloaked Soul Clan man arrived and said the Heavenly Tomb could not open until the Soul Clan juniors arrived, and Bai Xiaoran recognized him as a Ninth Grade Alchemist.

Gu Xun'er explained the Heavenly Tomb and its dangers to Bai Xiaoran as the clans gathered for its opening. Xiao Yan and Bai Xiaoran entered with the Xiao Clan’s group, while Xuan Yi warned Bai Xiaoran about the Soul Clan.

• Yao Chen recognized Hun Xuzi, who arrived with Hun Ya and Hun Li, and Gu Yuan warned him against causing trouble.
• Gu Yuan announced Xiao Yan’s arrival, and Hun Xuzi mocked him for surviving.
• Gu Xun'er described the Heavenly Tomb’s three layers and the powerful Energy Bodies within them to Bai Xiaoran.
• Xiao Yan took the Xiao Clan’s slot and invited Bai Xiaoran to enter with him.
• Xuan Yi warned Bai Xiaoran to be careful of the Soul Clan before the Heavenly Tomb opened.

Bai Xiaoran, Gu Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the others entered the Heavenly Tomb and fought through waves of Dou Zun-level skeleton warriors. They reached a black mountain and its ancient palace, where a powerful Guardian Spirit emerged to attack them.

• Bai Xiaoran and the others entered the Heavenly Tomb and sensed hidden watchers in the desolate landscape.
• A roar shook the ground, and Bai Xiaoran used the Green Lotus Core Flame to block earthen spikes before skeleton warriors attacked.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan fought the skeleton warriors as the group became surrounded and Bai Xiaoran spotted a distant black mountain.
• Bai Xiaoran led the group through the encirclement and up the mountain toward an ancient palace glowing at its summit.
• A giant black-crystal Guardian Spirit emerged from the palace and swung its spiked club at the group, while Bai Xiaoran sensed something was wrong.

Bai Xiaoran and his companions defeated the giant guarding the mountaintop palace and recovered a jade pendant bearing the Xiao character. After escaping the collapsing palace, Bai Xiaoran gave the pendant to Xiao Yan and continued on with Yao Ling and Old Yao, while two Soul Clan members secretly followed.

• Xiao Yan, Bai Xiaoran, and Xun'er attacked the giant with Fire Lotuses and sword energy, and Bai Xiaoran awakened power from the Xiao Clan bloodline to help destroy it.
• Bai Xiaoran opened an ancient box in the palace and found a jade pendant engraved with the character Xiao.
• The palace and mountaintop collapsed after Bai Xiaoran picked up the pendant, and he led the group to safety.
• Yao Ling asked to follow Bai Xiaoran, and Old Yao joined them while two Soul Clan members secretly pursued Bai Xiaoran.
• Bai Xiaoran gave the Xiao Family token to Xiao Yan and declined to explain why he wore a dress when Yao Ling asked.

Gu Xun'er and the others entered the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer after an Ancient Clan phantom destroyed a Soul Clan Dou Sheng Energy Body. There, they faced the Blood Saber Saint, and Three Thousand Burning Flame pinned him down.

• A Soul Clan Dou Sheng Energy Body attacked the four as they approached the Third Layer, but Gu Xun'er summoned an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng phantom that killed it.
• The four entered the Third Layer, where the pressure nearly forced everyone except Bai Xiaoran to their knees.
• The Blood Saber Saint appeared, and Bai Xiaoran explained that Xiao Xuan had killed him when he tried to seize the Heavenly Tomb’s Origin Qi.
• Bai Xiaoran blocked the Blood Saber Saint’s broadsword, and the other three joined her in attacking him.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame appeared and pinned the Blood Saber Saint beneath its foot.

Xiao Yan and Bai Xiaoran met the Xiao Clan ancestor, Xiao Xuan, in the Heavenly Tomb. After learning how the clan had suffered, Xiao Xuan became furious and began awakening Xiao Yan’s bloodline and clan mark.

• The Blood Saber Saint recognized Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan jade pendant, apologized by giving him the Blood Demon Sacred Canon and Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill, and led the group toward Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Yan, Bai Xiaoran, and Gu Xun'er entered the stone gate and met Xiao Xuan, who was shocked to learn Xiao Yan was a Six-star Dou Zun with an unawakened bloodline.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Family’s circumstances, and Xiao Xuan grew furious that Gu Yuan had failed to protect the clan.
• Xiao Xuan calmed his aura, began awakening Xiao Yan’s bloodline and clan mark, and asked Bai Xiaoran about other events affecting the Xiao Family.

Bai Xiaoran learned more about the Xiao Clan’s fall from Xiao Xuan and broke through to Dou Saint with his help. After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, he reunited with the others, and Xuan Yi took him aside before their encounter turned intimate.

• Bai Xiaoran told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Chen was trapped in the Demonic Fire Space as a Fire Slave, and Xiao Xuan vowed to seek an explanation from Gu Yuan if he escaped the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan regretted weakening the Xiao Clan by gathering its bloodline power in an attempt to reach Dou Di, then learned about the Soul Clan and the Central Plains from Bai Xiaoran.
• Xiao Xuan passed the complete Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations to Bai Xiaoran and helped him break through to Dou Saint.
• Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Xun'er left the Heavenly Tomb, where Gu Yuan congratulated Bai Xiaoran and Gu Xun'er took her father aside to speak.
• Xuan Yi brought Bai Xiaoran to rest, then blushed as he embraced her and teased her about their earlier intimacy.

Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi discussed her desire to have his child before turning to news that Xiao Xuan was alive. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan worried about the Ancient Clan’s future access to the Heavenly Tomb, and Bai Xiaoran later spent time with Hua Jin.

• Xuan Yi teased Bai Xiaoran about trying again and said she had considered getting pregnant, but he urged her to wait because the Soul Clan threatened them.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Yi that Xiao Xuan was still alive, shocking her, and said there were other mysteries they did not need to worry about yet.
• Gu Yuan feared the Ancient Clan might lose access to the Heavenly Tomb if Xiao Xuan was dissatisfied, while Gu Xun’er said Xiao Xuan did not seem too concerned.
• Gu Xun’er left the council hall hoping to reach Dou Saint and feeling jealous that Yun Yun had married Bai Xiaoran.
• Hua Jin accused Bai Xiaoran of taking advantage of her while she slept, then gave in to him.

After leaving the Ancient Realm, Bai Xiaoran parted from Gu Xun'er and set out with Xuan Yi, while Hua Jin followed. On the way back, Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi became intimate, leaving his teacher flustered.

• The Ancient Clan approved of Bai Xiaoran and Gu Xun'er’s relationship, but Gu Xun'er stayed behind to focus on cultivation.
• Gu Xun'er kissed Bai Xiaoran goodbye, and he left the room to meet Xuan Yi.
• Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi departed from the Ancient Realm together, and Hua Jin followed shortly afterward.
• Xuan Yi told Bai Xiaoran she would enter the Lesser Pill Tower’s inner region after they returned to the Alchemy Tower.
• Bai Xiaoran embraced Xuan Yi and persuaded her to become intimate with him in the wilderness.
• Afterward, Xuan Yi called Bai Xiaoran a rebellious disciple and asked him to help her up.