Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu and Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm as it opened, where Xiao Yan learned about the Heaven Tomb and the chance to see his ancestor Xiao Xuan. Lu Bu revealed that Xiao Xun'er had promised him two Heaven Tomb slots, leaving Xiao Yan convinced he was lying.

• Lu Bu confronted Hun Yu at the Ancient Realm gate, and Zhu Xuan injured Hun Yu and his companions after Hun Yu threatened Lu Bu.
• The spatial gate opened, and Lu Bu's group and Xiao Yan's group entered the Ancient Realm aboard Shuttle Sky Boats.
• Huo Xuan told Xiao Yan about the Heaven Tomb and gave him an Energy Core, prompting Xiao Yan to seek out Lu Bu for more information.
• Lu Bu explained that Xiao Yan would need to defeat Gu Yao to claim a Heaven Tomb slot and revealed that Xiao Xuan was inside the Heaven Tomb.
• Lu Bu said Xiao Xun'er had agreed to get him two Heaven Tomb slots, and Xiao Yan accused him of lying.

Xiao Yan and his companions reached the Ancient Clan, where Xiao Xun'er intervened when elders challenged their group and explained that she had used a Heaven Tomb quota to keep Lu Bu from interfering with Xiao Yan's fight against Gu Yao. At the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Xun'er revealed her Divine-grade bloodline, stunning the assembled clans before Gu Yao’s match began.

• Ancient Clan elders sent crushing pressure and a Gale Beast against the arriving guests, but Xiao Yan shattered the pressure and Yao Chen destroyed the beast with Blood Demon Flame.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived and dispersed the Ancient Clan’s attack, then took Xiao Yan aside and explained that she had traded a Heaven Tomb quota to Lu Bu to protect his battle with Gu Yao.
• Lu Bu explained to Qing Lin that the coming-of-age ceremony included clan-pattern inscriptions and opportunities for young clan members to establish reputations and marriage alliances.
• As the ceremony began, Lu Bu speculated that Xiao Yan’s defeat might give him a chance with Xiao Xun'er, then turned his attention to obtaining powerful Energy Cores in the Heaven Tomb.
• When Gu Yao was called to fight, Xiao Xun'er stepped onto the stage first and revealed ten stars on the star disk, proving she had a Divine-grade bloodline.

Xiao Yan and Gu Yao fought a fierce duel at the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, trading copied techniques, clones, and ambushes. After Xiao Yan was seriously injured, both fighters prepared powerful final attacks as Lu Bu looked forward to entering the Heaven Tomb.

• Gu Yao activated his bloodline after Xiao Xun’er received the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, and he overwhelmed Xiao Yan with his higher cultivation.
• Xiao Yan boosted his strength with the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and clashed with Gu Yao using the Emperor Seal Art and several other techniques.
• Gu Yao countered Xiao Yan’s Five Seals Fusion with Lu Bu’s Great Creation Palm, while Xiao Yan escaped Gu Yao’s follow-up strike with a lightning clone and attacked from behind.
• Gu Yao revealed that he too had used a clone, ambushed Xiao Yan with the Great Creation Palm, and left him seriously injured after their attacks collided.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yao took medicinal pills and began gathering their final attacks, with Xiao Yan summoning five flames and Gu Yao preparing the Great Annihilation Technique.

After Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao, Xiao Xun'er spoke with Gu Yuan about her feelings for Lu Bu and resolved that there could be nothing between them. The next day, Lu Bu and the others arrived to enter the Heaven Tomb, where the Ancient Clan announced that Lu Bu would receive the Spirit Clan’s vacant slots and faced objections from the Yao Clan.

• Gu Yao’s Great Annihilation Finger briefly checked Xiao Yan’s flame attack before the flames overwhelmed it, and Lu Bu predicted Gu Yao’s defeat.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan that she would enter the Heaven Tomb with him, then spoke with Gu Yuan after Xiao Yan left.
• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan but warned that Lu Bu’s ambition could make him dangerous, and Xiao Xun'er concluded that she could not be with Lu Bu without her father’s approval.
• Lu Bu and Qing Lin prepared to enter the Heaven Tomb and joined Xiao Yan and the other participants at the mountain platform.
• The Ancient Clan elders announced that Lu Bu would receive the Spirit Clan’s two vacant Heaven Tomb slots, prompting Yao Yi and Yao Xingji to object and Lei Chen to defend the decision.
• Hun Yu watched the dispute and focused on killing Xiao Yan to avenge his humiliation.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin entered the Heaven Tomb, where Qing Lin grew stronger by absorbing Energy Cores and Lu Bu sensed a hidden observer. On the second level, two Yao Clan members attacked them for Lu Bu’s Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Lu Bu struck Yao Xingji down with a single slap.

• Qing Lin told Lu Bu that Xiao Xun'er might like him, but Lu Bu dismissed her suspicion and took her toward the Heaven Tomb’s second level.
• Qing Lin absorbed Energy Cores and advanced to a two-star Dou Zun while Lu Bu sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to hunt nearby Energy Bodies.
• Lu Bu sensed a concealed presence but was not attacked during their two days on the first level.
• Yao Yi and Yao Xingji ambushed Lu Bu and Qing Lin upon their arrival on the second level and demanded Lu Bu’s Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Qing Lin challenged Yao Yi while Lu Bu evaded Yao Xingji’s assault and struck him across the face, sending him flying.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin defeated Yao Xingji and Yao Yi but let them escape, hoping to reach the Yao Clan’s Dou Sheng ancestors in the Heaven Tomb. After collecting energy cores, they encountered Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, who had just fought Hun Yu, and Lu Bu promised to kill him.

• Lu Bu severely wounded Yao Xingji and Yao Yi, then revealed that he wanted the Energy Cores of the Yao Clan's Dou Sheng ancestors, so he let both men flee.
• Lu Bu took Yao Xingji's Ring, found a Wu Lian Pill formula and the Pill Transformation Array, and studied the contents while Qing Lin gathered energy cores with her puppets.
• Lu Bu and Qing Lin followed signs of a fight and found Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, who had narrowly survived a battle with Hun Yu.
• Xiao Yan accused Lu Bu of provoking Hun Yu, and Lu Bu realized Xiao Xun'er had not persuaded Hun Yu to stop fighting.
• Lu Bu promised to kill Hun Yu before he could leave the Heaven Tomb.

Lu Bu tracked down Hun Yu and Hun Hu, defeated them, and took their Energy Cores while posing as Xiao Yan. As an energy storm swept across the second level, Xiao Yan and his companions reached the third-level entrance, where Lu Bu’s earlier raids had left the Hun, Yao, and Stone Clans seeking revenge.

• Lu Bu sent Qing Lin to find Hun Yu and Hun Hu, who had hidden after Hun Yu lost to Xiao Yan.
• Lu Bu ambushed the two Hun Clan members, overwhelmed their attacks with Devouring Power, severed their arms, and took their Rings.
• Qing Lin spotted two Stone Clan men approaching, and Lu Bu hid her and prepared to confront them while pretending to be Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fled the second-level energy storm toward the third-level entrance, where members of the Hun, Yao, and Stone Clans waited.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Hua told Xiao Yan that Lu Bu had robbed the three clans, and Lu Bu denied caring about their Energy Cores while boasting about his alchemy.

Lu Bu and Xiao Xun'er intimidated the Yao Clan into retracting its accusations, then helped the gathered clans reach the third level of the Heaven Tomb by burning through a crystal wall infested with Ancient Devouring Worms. The group followed Lu Bu inside, while Hun Yu seethed over Lu Bu’s role in his defeat.

• Hun Yu and Hun Hu vowed to take revenge, while the Stone Clan members chose to accept their losses and Yao Yi and Yao Xingji demanded an explanation from Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu and Xiao Xun'er frightened the Yao Clan members into admitting that Yao Xingji had lost his own Ring, and Gu Qingyang explained that the energy storm made reaching the third level urgent.
• Lu Bu melted part of the crystal wall and revealed that it concealed an enormous nest of Ancient Devouring Worms, which feared Heavenly Flames.
• Lu Bu refused to break through the wall without payment, and the other clans offered Energy Cores while the Hun and Yao Clan members had nothing left to give.
• Lu Bu summoned a massive purple-black fire dragon to pierce the wall, then led Qing Lin and the others through the passage.
• Lu Bu credited Xun'er’s cultivation method for his stamina and falsely claimed Xiao Yan had helped him defeat Hun Yu, enraging both Xiao Yan and Hun Yu.

Lu Bu led the group into the Heaven Tomb’s third level, where he broke through to Two-Revolution Dou Zun and prepared to seek a trade with Xiao Xuan. Hun and Yao Clan Dou Shengs arrived to attack Lu Bu and Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xuan appeared just as their pressure threatened the group.

• Lu Bu stopped Xiao Yan from taking the Ancient Devouring Insect Emperor, warning that disturbing it would make the insects go berserk.
• The group reached the third level, where Lu Bu absorbed the dense energy and broke through to Two-Revolution Dou Zun.
• Hun Yu, Hun Hu, Yao Xingji, and Yao Yi left to summon their clan elders, while Xiao Yan and his companions planned to visit Xiao Xuan’s tomb.
• Lu Bu told Xiao Yan he intended to make a trade with Xiao Xuan, alarming Xiao Yan, who feared Lu Bu would scam his ancestor.
• Hun and Yao Clan Dou Sheng energy bodies confronted Lu Bu’s group and threatened Lu Bu and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and instantly dispersed the three Dou Shengs’ auras.

Xiao Xuan arrived to protect the group and discovered Lu Bu’s unusual powers and Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. Lu Bu offered to help Xiao Xuan rescue Xiao Chen in exchange for ten Dou Saint Energy Cores, and Xiao Xuan accepted before turning on the Soul Clan and Yao Clan experts.

• Xiao Xuan appeared, causing the Soul Clan and Yao Clan Dou Saints to abandon their threat against Xiao Yan and focus on capturing Lu Bu.
• Xiao Xuan recognized the Ancient Void Dragon energy within Lu Bu and Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Lu Bu told Xiao Xuan that his cousin Xiao Chen had been enslaved by the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, then offered to rescue him for ten Dou Saint Energy Cores.
• Lu Bu revealed part of the Pure Lotus Demon Sage’s inheritance map and said he had hidden its other portions, making his death the only way Xiao Chen’s rescue could be prevented.
• Xiao Xuan accepted Lu Bu’s deal and unleashed his aura against the seven Soul Clan and Yao Clan members.

Xiao Xuan killed the Yao Clan and Hun Clan Dou Shengs and gave their energy cores to Lu Bu before taking Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er to his tomb residence. Lu Bu then killed the Yao Clan survivors and confronted Hun Yu and Hun Hu, who unleashed a Child Fire of the Nihility Devouring Flame; Lu Bu seized it with an ominous power.

• Xiao Xuan killed the Yao Clan Dou Sheng and then destroyed the two attacking Hun Clan Dou Shengs, producing three Dou Sheng Energy Cores for Lu Bu.
• Xiao Xuan invited Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er to his tomb residence to prepare to replace Xiao Yan's bloodline, while Gu Qingyang and Gu Hua followed them.
• Lu Bu killed Yao Xingji and Yao Yi as they celebrated surviving, and Qing Lin stopped Hun Yu and Hun Hu from escaping.
• Hun Yu activated his Clan Mark and unleashed a Child Fire of the Nihility Devouring Flame, while Hun Hu attacked Qing Lin.
• Lu Bu revealed his Black Pupils, halted the Child Fire, and clamped his hand over its face as it asked what kind of monster he was.

Lu Bu devoured Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Fire, completed his Spiritual Realm, and defeated Hun Yu and Hun Hu in the Heaven Tomb. He then claimed Blood Saber Saint's territory by offering him a Dou Sheng Energy Core.

• Lu Bu bound and devoured Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Fire, completing his Spiritual Realm as Xiao Xuan sensed its disappearance and Nihility Devouring Flame's true body ordered Hun Sha to investigate.
• Hun Yu collapsed after losing the Child Fire, and Hun Hu fled before Qing Lin froze his black dragon and the purple Heavenly Demon Puppet overwhelmed him.
• Lu Bu burned Hun Yu and Hun Hu to bone ash, then decided to cultivate with Qing Lin and hunt for more Energy Cores.
• Lu Bu found Blood Saber Saint's territory and offered him a Dou Sheng Energy Core in exchange for the site, leaving Blood Saber Saint shocked and fearful.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin secured a mountain in the Heaven Tomb and began cultivating, while the Soul Clan uncovered the fate of Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Fire and prepared to attack the Stone Clan. Xiao Xuan then erupted into action in the Heaven Tomb, forcing its inhabitants to flee and leaving Blood Saber Saint scrambling for shelter.

• Blood Saber Saint returned Lu Bu’s offered energy core, abandoned the mountain, and claimed another after killing its two Transitional Dou Zuns.
• Lu Bu established a formation around the mountain, and Qing Lin began refining two Eight-star Energy Cores as Lu Bu entered seclusion.
• Hun Sha told Nihility Devouring Flame that Hun Yu had carried his Child Fire into the Ancient Realm, and Hun Tiandi suggested Xiao Xuan might have destroyed it.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame set out to destroy the Stone Clan, while Hun Sha summoned Hun Yan and the other Soul Clan experts.
• Blood Saber Saint reconsidered his retreat, but Xiao Xuan’s overwhelming aura erupted across the Heaven Tomb and drove its energy beings into hiding.
• Xiao Xuan demanded another powerful energy being’s core, and Blood Saber Saint rushed back toward his former mountain to use its juniors as cover.

Xiao Xuan killed several Dou Shengs and delivered seven Energy Cores to Lu Bu, who used Blood Saber Saint as a guard before beginning to absorb one himself. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan completed his bloodline inheritance, advanced to the peak of the eight-star level, and received the complete Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations to cultivate next.

• Xiao Xuan turned Wu Fa into an Energy Core, terrifying the Heaven Tomb’s inhabitants, while Xiao Yan remained unaware as he underwent his bloodline inheritance.
• Blood Saber Saint confronted Lu Bu over the formation, but Xiao Xuan arrived and gave Lu Bu seven Energy Cores.
• Lu Bu spared Blood Saber Saint and told him to guard the formation, then began absorbing a Dou Sheng Energy Core.
• After time passed, Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose from the peak of the five-star level to the peak of the eight-star level.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the complete Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations, and Xiao Yan resolved to surpass Lu Bu.

Lu Bu and Qing Lin hunted powerful energy bodies in the Heaven Tomb while Lu Bu advanced to Five-Revolution Dou Zun and Xiao Yan gained strength from Xiao Xuan’s bloodline mark. After they emerged, Hun Clan elders accused Lu Bu of killing Hun Yu and Hun Hu, and Lu Bu admitted he had killed Hun Yu before confronting them.

• Qing Lin defeated three nine-star Dou Zun energy bodies, replenished her strength with a Grade 8 Pill, and joined Lu Bu after his breakthrough.
• Lu Bu used a Dou Sheng Energy Core to reach Five-Revolution Dou Zun and form eighty-four Purple-Gold Dragon Marks, then agreed to hunt more cores with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan used the Xiao Clan bloodline mark to reach peak One-Revolution Dou Zun, and Xiao Xuan urged him and Xiao Xun'er to gather Energy Cores before leaving the Heaven Tomb.
• Lu Bu, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and other clan members emerged from the Heaven Tomb, while the Hun Clan and Yao Clan entrants were missing.
• Two Hun Clan elders accused Lu Bu of killing Hun Yu and Hun Hu, and Lu Bu admitted killing Hun Yu before challenging them to act.

Lu Bu confronted Hun Yong and Hun Miao after admitting he had killed Hun Yu and Hun Hu, but Zhu Xuan arrived and killed the two Hun Clan elders. Xiao Yan then learned that the Soul Hall and its allies were attacking Starfall Pavilion and that Yao Chen had returned to defend it.

• Lu Bu revealed that he had reached Five-Revolution Dou Zun, and Qing Lin and Lu Bu admitted they had killed Hun Yu and Hun Hu.
• Hun Yong and Hun Miao threatened to take Lu Bu away, but Zhu Xuan and Zhu Gang appeared and froze everyone with Space Solidification.
• Zhu Xuan killed Hun Yong and Hun Miao with a single punch, leaving the gathered clans shocked by her strength and Lu Bu's ties to the Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan learned from Elder Tong Xuan that Yao Chen and the Wind Venerable had returned to Starfall Pavilion because the Cloud Rain Sect, Tian Ming Sect, and Soul Hall were attacking it.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts were seeking revenge for Human Scorpion, whom Lu Bu had killed, and Tong Xuan said the Soul Hall had also attacked the Black Annihilation Army.

After hearing about the assault on Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan asked Lu Bu to help fight the Soul Hall in exchange for a Grade 8 Nine-Colored Bodhi Pill formula. As Lu Bu and Xiao Yan headed for Starfall Pavilion, the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and their allies confronted Yao Chen and demanded Xiao Yan be surrendered.

• Elder Tong Xuan told Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall and the Cloud Rain Sect had attacked Starfall Pavilion and other Central Continent factions, while the Stone Clan had issued a mysterious recall order.
• Xiao Yan decided to return to Starfall Pavilion, while Lu Bu left the Ancient Realm with Qing Lin after giving Zhu Gang and Zhu Xuan Grade 8 Pills.
• Lu Bu struck Xiao Yan when he found him hiding nearby, then agreed to help kill Four Heavenly Venerates of the Soul Hall in exchange for Xiao Yan's Nine-Colored Bodhi Pill formula.
• At Starfall Pavilion, the injured and depleted Yao Chen learned that the Cloud Rain Sect had sent a battle invitation, and the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts, Blood River Heavenly Venerate, and their allies entered the Star Realm.
• Heaven Scorpion and the Soul Hall and Tian Ming Sect representatives demanded Yao Chen's surrender and Xiao Yan's handover, but Yao Chen refused and prepared to fight.

The Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and their allies attacked Starfall Pavilion, forcing an injured Yao Chen to fight while the pavilion’s defenses faltered. Xiao Yan and Lu Bu arrived to help, and the chapter ended with them dividing up the enemy forces for battle.

• Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion attacked Yao Chen while Soul Hall’s Blood River fought Elder Qiu Mao and Tian Ming Sect forces pressured Starfall Pavilion’s formation.
• Lu Bu and Qing Lin rode with Xiao Yan toward the Star Realm, and Xiao Yan exhausted himself trying to keep pace with Lu Bu’s magically aided beast.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yao Chen’s battle and rushed to help, but Lu Bu told him to recover while Qing Lin returned to the Star Realm.
• Earth Scorpion unleashed powerful soul energy, but Xiao Yan’s flaming wolf-head attack struck Heaven Scorpion, and Xiao Yan arrived to support Yao Chen.
• Qiu Mao recognized Lu Bu as an Alchemy Tower elder, and Lu Bu agreed to fight alongside him against Soul Hall.
• Lu Bu assigned Xiao Yan and Qiu Mao to fight Blood River and took Earth Scorpion for himself, while Heaven Scorpion kept Yao Chen occupied.

Lu Bu fought Earth Scorpion while Yao Chen and Xiao Yan battled the other enemies. Lu Bu severely wounded Earth Scorpion, took his pill and Ring, and discovered a Shenxu Pill recipe as the fighting continued.

• Earth Scorpion and Lu Bu exchanged threats before Earth Scorpion attacked with a flaming palm, but Lu Bu dodged and struck him with the Annihilation Seal.
• Xiao Yan used the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea-Flipping Seal against Soul Hall's Four Heavenly Venerates, then joined Elder Qiu Mao in the fight.
• Lu Bu stole Earth Scorpion's pills, then destroyed his flaming tortoise with the Great Creation Palm and punched him while Earth Scorpion tried to retreat.
• A black streak struck Earth Scorpion from behind, and Lu Bu took his severed arm and Ring as Heaven Scorpion cried out and Yao Chen attacked him.
• Lu Bu read a scroll describing the Shenxu Pill as a pill that enhanced and prolonged Dual Cultivation, and he laughed at the discovery.

Lu Bu defeated Earth Scorpion and helped Yao Chen kill Heaven Scorpion, ending Soul Hall and Tian Ming Sect’s assault on Starfall Pavilion. Days later, Lu Bu refined a Wu Lian Pill and offered Yao Chen its formula in exchange for the location where the Calamity Poison Body was suppressed.

• Lu Bu overwhelmed Earth Scorpion, who destroyed his body in an explosion and escaped with only his soul, while Yao Chen killed Heaven Scorpion.
• Several days later, Soul Hall and Tian Ming Sect fled after their leaders’ deaths, and Starfall Pavilion began recovering from the battle.
• Elder Qiu Mao refined a pill to raise Starfall Pavilion’s morale, then Lu Bu produced a pill that released Seven-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Lu Bu revealed that he had refined a Wu Lian Pill, which could help someone advance from Nine Revolutions to Sainthood.
• Lu Bu offered Yao Chen the Wu Lian Pill formula in exchange for the location where the Calamity Poison Body was suppressed.