Chapter Summaries

Gu Xun'er protected Chen Guan and Xiao Yan from Hun Ya and Hun Li, effortlessly destroying their attacks and forcing them to flee. After Chen Guan emerged from cultivation, he thanked Gu Xun'er and left with Xiao Yan for the Heavenly Tomb's second level, while Gu Xun'er followed them.

• Hun Ya mocked Gu Xun'er over the Ancient Clan's past treatment of the Xiao Clan, and she calmly warned him and Hun Li not to attack her friends.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li bypassed Gu Xun'er and launched black dragon attacks at Xiao Yan and Chen Guan, who was still cultivating.
• Xiao Yan threw his fire lotus at the black dragons, but Gu Xun'er shattered them with her Golden Flame and sent Hun Ya and Hun Li fleeing toward the second level passage.
• Gu Xun'er struck the fleeing Soul Clan members with streams of Golden Flame, while Xiao Yan watched them escape amid their screams.
• Chen Guan awakened, thanked Gu Xun'er, and left with Xiao Yan for the second level, intending to pursue Hun Ya and Hun Li.
• Gu Xun'er followed Chen Guan and Xiao Yan into the passage.

Chen Guan helped Xiao Yan cross the second-level barrier, then escorted him through the Heavenly Tomb while gathering Energy Cores before they parted at the entrance to the Third Level. After Xiao Yan left, Chen Guan found the Eighth Level Energy Core Xiao Yan had secretly given him and confronted Gu Xun'er, who had been following him.

• Chen Guan helped Xiao Yan squeeze through the light screen to the second level, then explained that the barrier to the Third Level would likely keep them apart.
• Xiao Yan proposed traveling with Chen Guan for half a month before returning to the first level, and Chen Guan agreed to gather Energy Cores for him.
• Chen Guan and Xiao Yan fought their way toward the Third Level, collecting many Energy Cores while Hun Ya and Hun Li's trail suggested they had lured Energy Bodies after them.
• At the Third Level passage, Xiao Yan chose to return to the first level, embraced Chen Guan, and promised to meet him again in two and a half years.
• Chen Guan discovered that Xiao Yan had secretly left him an Eighth Level Energy Core, then invited the hidden Gu Xun'er to play chess.
• Gu Xun'er emerged and admitted that she had followed Chen Guan out of curiosity, while Chen Guan questioned her reasons.

Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb Third Level, where Chen Guan pursued Hun Ya and Hun Li while Gu Xun'er went in search of the Blood Saber Saint. Gu Xun'er challenged the Half Saint, beginning a battle over the question she wanted answered.

• Chen Guan sensed that Xiao Yan had safely returned to the first level, then left for the Third Level with Gu Xun'er.
• Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er crossed the light screen together and found the Third Level filled with dense energy and powerful Energy Bodies.
• After Gu Xun'er warned him about the Soul Clan Energy Bodies, Chen Guan hurried off to pursue Hun Ya and Hun Li.
• Gu Xun'er traveled alone to a mountain where the Half Saint Blood Saber Saint sat waiting.
• Blood Saber Saint attacked Gu Xun'er, and she countered with Golden Flame before declaring her identity and challenging him.

Chen Guan caught up with Hun Ya and Hun Li, silently killed Hun Li, and forced Hun Ya into a desperate fight. After Hun Ya self-destructed, Chen Guan survived and prepared to cultivate in peace.

• Chen Guan pursued Hun Ya and Hun Li while refining Energy Cores along the way.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li discussed reaching Ancestor Hun Diao and their plans to kill Gu Xun'er, Chen Guan, and others.
• Chen Guan appeared after silently killing Hun Li with a Soul Dou Technique, leaving Hun Ya terrified and alone.
• Chen Guan and Hun Ya clashed with Heaven-tier Dou Techniques, but Chen Guan overwhelmed Hun Ya with Spiritual Power.
• Hun Ya charged at Chen Guan and self-destructed, while Chen Guan escaped the blast and retrieved Hun Li's corpse.
• Chen Guan confirmed the battlefield was clear and withdrew his Soul Fire Net, intending to cultivate in peace.

After half a year of cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, Chen Guan sought a Half-Saint Energy Core and attacked Blood Saber Saint, who was still recovering from an earlier battle. Chen Guan used the fight to hone his skills and left on the verge of reaching the Eight-Star Dou Venerate Realm, while Blood Saber Saint vowed to kill him the next day.

• Chen Guan realized Level 9 Energy Cores no longer helped his cultivation much and decided to hunt a Half-Saint Energy Body.
• Chen Guan found Blood Saber Saint at a mountain peak and launched a surprise attack, but Blood Saber Saint detected him and fought back.
• Blood Saber Saint revealed that an outsider had badly injured him six months earlier, then unleashed a fierce barrage of saber attacks against Chen Guan.
• Chen Guan used his techniques to withstand Blood Saber Saint's attacks and gained new insight into his Myriad God Calamity.
• After half an hour, Chen Guan pulled away from the battle, pleased that he was close to breaking through to the Eight-Star Dou Venerate Realm.
• Blood Saber Saint watched Chen Guan leave and vowed to kill him the next day.

Chen Guan advanced to Eight-Star Dou Venerate and spent half a month sparring with Blood Saber Saint, eventually defeating him with an illusion. As Chen Guan headed deeper into the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan ordered Blood Saber Saint to bring him in for a meeting.

• Chen Guan broke through to Eight-Star Dou Venerate and sensed an unseen presence that he suspected might be Xiao Xuan or the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• Chen Guan sparred with Blood Saber Saint, adapting to his attacks and discovering that Blood Saber Saint was injured.
• After half a month of daily battles, Chen Guan trapped Blood Saber Saint in a deeper illusion and defeated him.
• Blood Saber Saint told Chen Guan that Gu Xun'er had visited him before entering Xiao Xuan's territory in the deepest part of the Third Level.
• As Chen Guan left for the deeper parts of the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan ordered Blood Saber Saint to bring him over, and Blood Saber Saint called after him.

Chen Guan met Xiao Xuan in the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb and learned that Xiao Xuan had summoned him to entrust him with an item for Xiao Yan. Chen Guan agreed to deliver it, and Xiao Xuan offered him two years of cultivation and guidance in the Tomb Residence.

• The Blood Saber Saint led Chen Guan through the Heavenly Tomb to Xiao Xuan's Tomb Residence, where they found Gu Xun'er waiting outside.
• Xiao Xuan dismissed the Blood Saber Saint and brought Chen Guan into the Tomb Residence, explaining that the figure outside had been only an image of his consciousness.
• Xiao Xuan showed Chen Guan an image of Xiao Yan cultivating and spoke of his disappointment in the Ancient Clan and concern for the Xiao Clan's future.
• Xiao Xuan asked Chen Guan to deliver an item to Xiao Yan after he reached Seven-Star Dou Venerate and invited Chen Guan to return with him if he later became a Dou Saint.
• Chen Guan accepted Xiao Xuan's request and agreed to cultivate in the Tomb Residence for two years while receiving Xiao Xuan's guidance.

Chen Guan spent two years cultivating in Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Residence, reached Peak Eight-Star Dou Venerate, and prepared to use a rare Dou Saint Energy Core for a breakthrough. As the Heavenly Tomb expelled its visitors, Xiao Xuan entrusted him with a condition for passing an item to Xiao Yan, and Chen Guan left determined to return.

• Chen Guan learned from Xiao Xuan that his Soul Strength had outpaced his Dou Qi cultivation, so he focused on strengthening his Dou Qi instead.
• Gu Xun'er gave Chen Guan five Half-Saint-level Energy Cores, and he ended their cooperation as he planned to pursue a breakthrough before they left.
• Chen Guan began absorbing a Dou Saint-level Energy Core, while Xiao Xuan saw that Xiao Yan had broken through on the Heavenly Tomb First Layer.
• Ten days later, Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er said farewell to Xiao Xuan, who told Chen Guan to give an item to Xiao Yan only after Xiao Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Venerate.
• The Heavenly Tomb forcibly sent Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er out, and Chen Guan stepped through the spatial rift first.

After the Heavenly Tomb closed, Chen Guan emerged as a Nine Star Dou Venerate and admitted that he had killed Hun Ya and Hun Li. The Soul Clan elders left with threats, and Mang Tianchi warned Chen Guan that the Soul Clan’s growing activity endangered the Northwestern Region.

• Xiao Yan and the other participants emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, while Hun Li appeared dead and Hun Ya remained missing.
• Hun Lin attacked Chen Guan, but Chen Guan repelled him and revealed that he had reached the Nine Star Dou Venerate level.
• Gu Xun'er emerged safely, and the Heavenly Tomb closed for another twenty years.
• Hun Lin questioned Gu Xun'er about Hun Ya and Hun Li, and Chen Guan admitted that he had killed both men.
• Hun Lin and the other Soul Clan elder left with Hun Li's corpse after threatening Chen Guan, and Mang Tianchi warned Chen Guan about turmoil across the Central Plains and danger to the Northwestern Region.

Chen Guan returned from the Ancient Realm to find the Central Plains engulfed in chaos as the Soul Hall harvested souls and attacked factions across the continent. He reached Holy Pill City, reunited with Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying, and went home to see his daughter while the Pill Tower continued mobilizing against the Soul Hall.

• Mang Tianchi told Chen Guan and Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall had destroyed dozens of Central Plains factions and that the Soul Clan's ambitions were surfacing.
• Xiao Yan planned to return to the Northwestern Region, while Chen Guan declined and told him to meet at Holy Pill City before bringing back several things.
• Chen Guan traveled alone to Holy Pill City in eight days, witnessing widespread violence and secretly killing several Soul Hall Protectors who were harvesting souls.
• Chen Guan met Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying, who explained that the Pill Tower's elders were aiding factions under attack, including the Yellow Springs Pavilion.
• Chen Guan decided to stay in Holy Pill City to consolidate his gains and hurried back to Qingce Manor to see Qing Yan.

Chen Guan sent Xiao Yan and Old Monster You Du to the Northwestern Region to protect the Heavenly Alliance, then discussed the Nine Revolutions path to sainthood with Xuan Kongzi. Xuan Kongzi ended by revealing that he had found information about the Spatial Trade Fair Chen Guan had asked him to investigate.

• Chen Guan finished a letter while holding Little Qing Yan, then prepared to send supplies and a message to Yaoye in the Northwestern Region.
• Little Qing Yan teased Old Monster You Du by tugging his beard before Xiao Yan arrived at Qingce Manor.
• Chen Guan asked Old Monster You Du to accompany Xiao Yan, deliver the letter and storage rings to Yaoye, and stay in the Northwestern Region to protect the Heavenly Alliance.
• Xiao Yan and Old Monster You Du departed for the Spatial Wormhole in Holy Pill City while Chen Guan remained at Qingce Manor with his family and disciples.
• Xuan Kongzi explained to Chen Guan how Nine Star Dou Venerates refined and compressed their Dou Qi through nine revolutions to reach sainthood.
• Xuan Kongzi told Chen Guan that he had discovered information about the Spatial Trade Fair.

Chen Guan and his companions entered the Spatial Trade Fair’s hidden town, where they explored the stalls and made several purchases. As night fell, the traders gathered at the Stone Hall for the fair to begin.

• Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Skyfire traveled to the desert where the Spatial Trade Fair was held and sensed the powerful experts gathered there.
• The four entered the spatial vortex and arrived in Space Town, where Venerable Skyfire explained that the trade fair would begin that night in the Stone Hall.
• Chen Guan recognized Yao Chen entering the town but chose not to approach him.
• Venerable Skyfire praised a Dark Chill Full Beast cub, so Chen Guan traded for it and Venerable Skyfire stored it in a Magical Beast Bag.
• Chen Guan bought Heart Nourishing Marrow and a Nine-Colored Raw Stone while exploring the town’s stalls.
• When night arrived, the stall owners packed up and headed to the Stone Hall as the trade fair was about to begin.

Chen Guan and his companions attended the Spatial Trade Fair, where he acquired the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex for Xiao Yi Xian and a strange Soft Sword for Qing Lin. The trade fair’s second-to-last item was a map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Yao Chen opened the bidding with one Seven-Colored eighth-tier medicinal pill.

• Chen Guan entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Skyfire, and they took seats in the front row.
• Old Man Baoshan began the Spatial Trade Fair, and Yao Chen bought the Vajra Glazed Body.
• Chen Guan exchanged two Four-Colored eighth-tier medicinal pills for the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex after Xiao Yi Xian showed interest in it.
• Chen Guan traded three eighth-tier medicinal pills for a Soft Sword for Qing Lin.
• Old Man Baoshan presented a map fragment connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Yao Chen bid one Seven-Colored eighth-tier medicinal pill.

Chen Guan won the Purifying Demonic Flame Partial Map at the Spatial Trade Fair, then learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Ancient Wasteland Region. When Heavenly Scorpion and his two companions ambushed him outside Space Town, Chen Guan killed all three and drove off the onlookers.

• Chen Guan outbid Heavenly Scorpion with two Grade 8 pills carrying Nine-Colored Pill Lightning and received the partial map from Old Man Baoshan.
• Old Man Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would reappear in the Ancient Wasteland Region, prompting Chen Guan and his companions to plan to seek it.
• Chen Guan led Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Skyfire out of Space Town as other experts watched them with interest.
• Heavenly Scorpion and two hidden companions surrounded Chen Guan's group and demanded the partial map.
• Chen Guan used an illusion to lure the Three Heavenly Scorpion Ghosts into lowering their guard, then killed all three with a surprise attack.

Chen Guan gathered his allies and headed for the Ancient Wasteland Region after the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence stirred the Central Plains. The group arrived at Wasteland Town, where Yun Yun’s Flower Sect elders were waiting to join them.

• Chen Guan collected the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts’ spoils, including the fragmentary map and the Rift Sacrifice Secret Technique, while Yao Chen gave up on claiming the map and left.
• Chen Guan mastered Rift Sacrifice, then prepared his allies for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s emergence as news drew Dou Venerate Experts toward the Ancient Wasteland Region.
• Zi Yan gave Chen Guan a jade pendant to summon her in an emergency and a token representing the emperor of the Ancient Void Dragons, then left when Little Qing Yan knocked at the door.
• Yun Yun arrived from the Flower Sect as an Eight-Star Dou Venerate and told Chen Guan she had sent Flower Sect elders ahead to Wasteland Town.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree’s energy spread across the Central Plains, prompting Chen Guan and his group to depart and travel for four days to the northeastern border.
• Chen Guan’s group entered Wasteland Town, where Hua Wu greeted Yun Yun and paid respects to her as sect master.

Chen Guan and the Flower Sect entered the Ancient Wasteland Region in search of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, fighting poisonous beasts and insects as they advanced. After surviving a massive swarm, they continued deeper into the forest, where greater dangers still awaited.

• Hua Wu reported that experts had gathered in Wasteland Town and that a group of six Dou Venerates who entered the Ancient Wasteland Region had all died.
• Chen Guan decided to enter the region with Yun Yun and the Flower Sect the next day, and Supreme Elder Hua Pizhen agreed to follow his lead.
• At dawn, Chen Guan's group entered the forest and Xiao Yi Xian killed a poisonous python before distributing Poison Avoiding Pills.
• The group encountered the corpses of more than ten experts and continued beyond the paths made by earlier entrants, facing repeated magical beast attacks.
• A vast swarm of poisonous insects attacked, and Chen Guan, Xiao Yi Xian, Hua Pizhen, Venerable Skyfire, and the others fought together until they destroyed it.

Chen Guan led his group through the Ancient Wasteland Region, learned that the Heavenly Underworld Sect planned to exploit an Ancient Sky Demon Python’s blood pool, and ambushed its elders and experts. After defeating Liu Cang and leaving Yun Yun to fight Qin Yijing, Chen Guan challenged the Python and found that his new Secret Technique let him match its strength head-on.

• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the poison mist thinning, and Chen Guan guided the group across the heavenly ravine toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree using the Bodhi Seed.
• Qing Lin captured two Heavenly Underworld Sect scouts, and one revealed that Liu Cang and Qin Yijing were preparing to kill an Ancient Sky Demon Python and betray any allies who helped them.
• Chen Guan led the group to the Heavenly Underworld Sect’s camp, where he and his allies ambushed the seven Dou Venerate Experts.
• Chen Guan killed Liu Cang with a barrage of punches, then sent Yun Yun to fight the weakened Qin Yijing while he faced the Ancient Sky Demon Python.
• Chen Guan met the Python’s tail with his fist and concluded that his Secret Technique let him contend with a beast roughly equal to a Five or Six Revolutions Dou Venerate Expert.

Chen Guan defeated the Ancient Sky Demon Python and let Qing Lin control it, while Yun Yun killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect's Supreme Elder. The group found the Sky Demon Blood Pool, where Chen Guan advanced to peak Nine Star Dou Venerate and shared the pool with the others; afterward, he considered using its principles to create a Secret Technique for Qing Yan.

• Chen Guan fought the Ancient Sky Demon Python with the Dragon Slaying Spear, then trapped and battered it with the Five Ring Fire Separation Method and Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• At Qing Lin's request, Chen Guan stopped short of killing the weakened python, and Qing Lin controlled it with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yun Yun killed the Heavenly Underworld Sect's Supreme Elder, and Chen Guan gave her a medicinal pill before the group went to search for the blood pool.
• The group discovered the Sky Demon Blood Pool in the exposed nest, and Chen Guan neutralized its violent energy so the others could cultivate in it.
• Chen Guan absorbed the blood pool's energy and reached peak Nine Star Dou Venerate in less than two hours, then invited Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the Flower Sect elders to cultivate.
• While waiting with Venerable Skyfire and the others, Chen Guan said the blood pool had inspired him to devise a Secret Technique to establish Qing Yan's foundation.

Chen Guan and his companions reached the Ancient Domain Platform, where the strongest factions had gathered before the fierce-beast army blocking the route to the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After reuniting with Ran Qingchen and learning about the failed attempts to break through, Chen Guan assessed the Soul Clan’s powerful Hun Yu.

• Gu Xun’er rejected Hun Yu’s proposal to join forces against Chen Guan, declaring that Chen Guan was her friend.
• After two days of cultivation in the Sky Demon Blood Pool, Xiao Yi Xian reached the Eight-Star Dou Venerate realm, Yun Yun reached the peak of the Eight-Star realm, and Qing Lin and Hua Wu each advanced one star.
• Chen Guan led his group to the Ancient Domain Platform after the Ancient Sky Demon Python refused to approach, and they found numerous factions gathered there.
• Yun Yun reunited with Ran Qingchen, who introduced Qingshui, and Chen Guan invited the three Sound Valley members to travel with his group.
• Chen Guan spotted Tang Zhen, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan, then met Gu Xun’er, who explained that fierce beasts blocked the route to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and that previous alliances had failed to break through.
• Gu Xun’er identified Hun Yu as a powerful Soul Clan leader and one of its likely future chiefs, while Hun Yu modestly praised her as the undisputed Number One of the Younger Generation.

Hun Yu and Gu Xun'er formed an alliance to lead the gathered teams through the Beast Tide toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After heavy losses and two hours of rotating assaults, the survivors had crossed more than half the plain, and Chen Guan asked Ran Qingchen to help him continue fighting.

• Hun Yu revealed that he had reached Eight Revolutions, while Gu Xun'er said she remained at Nine Revolutions, and he proposed reorganizing the alliance against the Beast Tide.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Ice River Valley, Empty Profound Gate, and other forces agreed to join, and Hun Yu and Gu Xun'er led their two camps north toward the black plain.
• Hun Yu launched the first assault, and the allied teams formed an arrowhead and fought their way into the Beast Tide as Chen Guan and Gu Xun'er killed fierce beasts and Ran Qingchen supported their group with her zither.
• After the advance slowed against stronger beasts, a Two-Star Dou Venerate was killed, and Hun Yu and Gu Xun'er began alternating their camps at the front.
• Two hours later, the force had lost at least half its members, and Gu Xun'er estimated that about an hour remained before they could cross the Beast Tide.
• As Ran Qingchen caught Chen Guan when he staggered, he asked her to help him up so he could keep fighting for three more minutes.