Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze returned to Xiao Xuan's Tomb Estate with Xun'er after the Dou Saint-level Energy Bodies fled rather than fight them. He asked Xiao Xuan for permission to refine a Grade 9 Profound Pill there, and Xiao Xuan agreed to watch.

• Xiao Ze reviewed his scarce Grade 9 Pill Recipes and decided to refine a Grade 9 Profound Pill using the ingredients he had gathered.
• A green-robed elder hid underground after sensing Xiao Ze and Xun'er's battles, fearing the pair and Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Ze brought Xun'er back to the Tomb Estate after the remaining Dou Saint-level Energy Bodies avoided fighting them.
• Xiao Xuan offered to deal with the Energy Bodies, but Xiao Ze declined and said their gains were already sufficient for Xun'er's cultivation.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Xuan whether refining a Grade 9 Profound Pill at the Tomb Estate would disturb him, and Xiao Xuan welcomed the chance to witness it.

Xiao Ze began refining a Grade 9 Profound Pill near Xiao Xuan's Tomb Estate, gathering enormous amounts of heaven-and-earth energy as Xun'er and Xiao Xuan watched. After days of refinement, the pill began to form and summoned terrifying black thunderclouds, leaving Xiao Ze facing the coming tribulation.

• Xiao Ze set up the Golden Fire Cauldron near Ancestor Xiao Xuan's tomb while Xun'er and Xiao Xuan's projection guarded the area.
• Xiao Ze extracted more than a thousand ingredients with the Origin Emperor Flame and began refining them in the cauldron.
• Xiao Ze gathered heaven-and-earth energy from a radius of ten thousand li, creating a massive energy storm that alarmed the Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer.
• Xiao Ze continued drawing energy into the cauldron for several days until a point of light appeared in the Medicinal Liquid.
• Black thunderclouds gathered overhead as the Grade 9 Profound Pill began to form, and Xiao Ze looked up at the terrifying tribulation.

Xiao Ze’s Grade 9 Profound Pill emerged from its shell after enduring the Black Demonic Thunder, creating spectacular heavenly phenomena throughout the Heavenly Tomb. When the newborn pill tried to flee, Xiao Xuan stopped it at Xiao Ze’s request.

• Xiao Ze opened the Golden Fire Cauldron, and the medicinal fragrance condensed into beads that fell as Pill Rain.
• Dark clouds gathered as the newborn pill’s golden light pierced the sky and drew down a powerful Black Demonic Thunder tribulation.
• The thunder battered the pill’s egg-like shell for more than ten minutes, while lightning gathered across its surface.
• A final bolt shattered the shell, and the Profound Pill fled amid a spectacle of medicinal treasures.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Xuan for help, and Xiao Xuan used an invisible force to stop the fleeing pill.

Xiao Ze sealed the Grade 9 Profound Pill he had refined and spent the remaining time in the Heavenly Tomb cultivating with Xun’er and learning from Xiao Xuan. As their departure approached, Xiao Ze had advanced to Three-Star Dou Saint and brought Xun’er to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Estate to say farewell.

• Xiao Ze sealed the Grade 9 Profound Pill with Xiao Xuan’s help, then offered it to Xun’er, who asked him to give it to her later before the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Xuan teased Xiao Ze and Xun’er before leaving them alone, and Xiao Ze decided they would cultivate until it was time to leave the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze and Xun’er cultivated on the third level, while Xiao Ze sought Xiao Xuan’s teachings about Dou Techniques and ancient secrets, including the mysterious Boundless River.
• After more than three years in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Ze’s Tree of Origin exceeded three hundred thousand meters, advancing him to Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ze brought Xun’er to Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Estate to bid farewell as their departure drew near.

After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Ze returned to the Ancient Realm with Xun'er and announced his intention to marry her, offering a Grade 9 Profound Pill to the Ancient Clan. The gathered Ancient Races and Ancient Clan elders reacted with shock and intense interest in the pill.

• Xiao Ze and Xun'er bid farewell to Xiao Xuan, who offered to help Xiao Ze with his Soul Realm if he later reached an insurmountable threshold.
• Xiao Ze left the Heavenly Tomb without asking Xiao Xuan to sacrifice his remnant soul, then returned with Xun'er to the Ancient Realm.
• Elder Gu Lan welcomed the returning Ancient Races and observed that Xiao Ze and Xun'er had gained the most, with Xun'er reaching One-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ze asked the gathered Ancient Races to wait, took Xun'er's hand, and revealed a Grade 9 Profound Pill.
• Xiao Ze formally proposed marriage to the Ancient Clan with the Grade 9 Profound Pill as his gift, astonishing the crowd and drawing the elders' eager attention.

After Gu Yuan approved Xiao Ze and Xun'er’s relationship, Xiao Ze received word that the Xiao Family was in danger and prepared to return immediately. The other Ancient Races offered congratulations but refused to risk confronting the Soul Clan to help him.

• An ethereal voice from the void approved Xiao Ze and Xun'er’s relationship, easing the pressure around the gathering.
• The Yao Clan’s alchemist struggled to accept Xiao Ze’s achievement, while Mang Tianchi and other Ancient Clan elders congratulated him.
• Gu Yuan watched from afar, accepted the couple’s decision, and noticed Xiao Ze’s expression suddenly change.
• A message from the Tree of Origin warned Xiao Ze that the Xiao Family was in danger and told him to return at once.
• Xiao Ze announced that he had to leave, but the other Ancient Races declined to help against the Soul Clan.
• Xun'er said she would return with Xiao Ze.

After the Ling Clan sealed off the Spirit Realm, Xiao Ze left the Ancient Realm to investigate an attack on the Heaven Alliance in the Northwest Continent. He used the Origin Tree Root to travel there alone, while Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales returned to the Alchemist Tower; Green Heart awaited news in a besieged Heaven Alliance City.

• Gu Lan told Xun'er that the Ling Clan had sealed off the Spirit Realm, and Xiao Ze urged her to remain in the Ancient Realm while he handled the Xiao Family's affairs.
• Xun'er gave Xiao Ze the powerful Space Jade Slip left by her father, and Xiao Ze accepted it before setting out with Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales.
• Xiao Ze confirmed that a powerful enemy had attacked Heaven Alliance City, while the Xiao Family remained unharmed, and approved the Heaven Alliance's decision to strengthen its defenses.
• Xiao Ze used the Origin Tree Root to open a Spatial Gate to the Northwest Continent, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales to return to the Alchemist Tower with the root.
• Green Heart waited in tense Heaven Alliance City and hoped Xiao Ze would return, as the enemy beyond the city was far stronger than the alliance could resist.

After the Soul Hall drove the Heaven Alliance from Tianshan Fortress, Xiao Yan and his family learned that their ancestors may have belonged to the ancient Xiao Clan and contacted Xiao Ze for help. Outside Heaven Alliance City, Gu You summoned the Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master, who demanded an explanation for his failure.

• Xiao Yan recovered from his shoulder injury and told Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Old Ya that Tianshan Fortress had fallen to the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Old Ya discussed how the Soul Hall had deployed a Half-Saint and might call in Dou Saint experts, while Xiao Yan questioned why Gu You had taken interest in his Xiao Family identity.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that Xiao Ze had said the Xiao Family’s ancestors once ranked among the greatest clans on the continent, and Old Ya recognized a possible connection to the supposedly extinct Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ding urged Xiao Zhan to contact Xiao Ze, and Xiao Zhan used the jade pendant containing a Golden Sapling to reach him.
• Outside Heaven Alliance City, Gu You crushed a Space Jade Slip, summoned the Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master, and was questioned about failing to defeat the Heaven Alliance.

Gu You and Soul Hall’s Vice Hall Master attacked Heaven Alliance City, where Yao Chen defended the city but was badly wounded by the Vice Hall Master. As the Vice Hall Master threatened to slaughter the city, Xiao Yan prepared to fight to the death, but a small golden tree suddenly rose from the city center.

• Gu You explained that Yao Chen’s return had thwarted his mission, and the Vice Hall Master decided to seize Yao Chen and the Xiao Family’s item.
• Gu You attacked Heaven Alliance City with a crystalline palm, but Old Ya appeared and shattered it with a matching palm.
• The Vice Hall Master revealed himself and struck at Old Ya with a sound wave, then pierced his medicine cauldron with chains and wounded him.
• The Vice Hall Master threatened to kill everyone in Heaven Alliance City, while Xiao Yan supported Old Ya and resolved to resist even by self-destruction.
• A small golden tree burst from the center of Heaven Alliance City and rapidly grew to dozens of feet tall.

Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Alliance City and confronted the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master, who had attacked the city. He overwhelmed and killed the Vice Hall Master, leaving Gu You stunned as Xiao Ze faced the prospect of the Soul Hall Master retaliating.

• The Golden Tree appeared over Heaven Alliance City, and Xiao Ze emerged from its Space Channel as the city’s people cheered.
• Xiao Ze surveyed the damaged city, confirmed no one had died, and confronted the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master outside its walls.
• Xiao Ze’s Thunder Dragon broke through the Vice Hall Master’s iron chains and stripped away his protective black mist.
• Xiao Ze trapped the Vice Hall Master in Thunder World and killed him despite his threat that the Soul Hall Master would retaliate.
• Gu You stared in disbelief at the dead Vice Hall Master.

Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Alliance City after defeating the Soul Hall’s leaders and rescuing the city, then reunited with his family and revealed the Xiao Family’s ancient origins and the Tou She Ancient God Jade’s importance. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhan urging Xiao Ze to keep the jade safe from the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Ze killed Gu You and sent Black Demonic Thunder after the fleeing Soul Hall Protectors and Venerables.
• Xiao Ze returned to Heaven Alliance City, declared the Heaven Alliance and Soul Hall irreconcilable, and promised aid to the families of fallen members and to the battle’s injured.
• Green Heart welcomed Xiao Ze and received instructions to handle the Heaven Alliance’s affairs before reporting on its development.
• Xiao Ze greeted Xiao Yan and Old Ya, then reunited with Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li at the Heaven Alliance headquarters.
• Xiao Ze explained the Xiao Family’s origins, his meeting with Xiao Xuan, and the connection between the Tou She Ancient God Jade and the Tou She Ancient God’s legacy.
• Xiao Zhan offered the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Ze, warning that the Xiao Family must not let the Soul Hall obtain it.

Xiao Ze accepted responsibility for guarding the Tou She Ancient God Jade and stayed in Heaven Alliance City to support the Xiao Family and address the alliance’s vulnerabilities. After deciding to seek allies in the Central Plains, he named the site of his victory over the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master the Fallen Saint Plains.

• Xiao Ze accepted the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Zhan urged him to hand it to the Ancient Clan if the Soul Clan’s pursuit became too dangerous.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Ze that he valued his safety more than the Dou Emperor relic and trusted his talent to reach the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Ze remained in Heaven Alliance City, handled alliance affairs, and guided younger members of the Xiao Family as relatives gathered to celebrate his and Xiao Yan’s return.
• After reviewing the Soul Hall invasion, Xiao Ze decided that the Heaven Alliance needed greater strength and considered forming alliances with Central Plains forces.
• Green Heart reported that the Soul Hall Vice Hall Master’s remains had been displayed outside Heaven Alliance City, and Xiao Ze named the site the Fallen Saint Plains.

Xiao Ze sought allies for the Heaven Alliance because it could not face Soul Hall alone. Old Ya agreed to bring Starfall Pavilion into an alliance and help recruit other Central Plains powers, while Xiao Ze planned to approach the Alchemist Tower.

• Xiao Ze told Green Heart that the Heaven Alliance needed support from outside forces and brought him to the Xiao Family council hall.
• Xiao Ze asked Old Ya to use his ties with Starfall Pavilion to form an alliance against Soul Hall, and Old Ya agreed to represent the pavilion.
• Old Ya explained that the Heaven Alliance and Starfall Pavilion alone could not match Soul Hall, so Xiao Ze offered to seek the Alchemist Tower's support.
• Old Ya offered to help approach Central Plains powers, naming Burning Flame Valley and the Flower Sect as promising allies.
• Xiao Ze and Old Ya provisionally settled on seeking an alliance among the Heaven Alliance, Starfall Pavilion, the Alchemist Tower, Burning Flame Valley, and the Flower Sect.

Xiao Ze returned to the Central Plains to prepare for the Spatial Trade Fair, where he hoped to obtain a Nine-Colored Raw Stone for Queen Medusa. After meeting Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, he learned that Soul Hall had been increasingly targeting Alchemist Tower alchemists.

• Xiao Ze built a Space Wormhole at the Heaven Alliance headquarters and instructed Green Heart to keep it secure and restrict access.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Ze that the Spatial Trade Fair would take place in about two months, and he returned to the Alchemist Tower through the Origin Tree Root.
• Xiao Ze met Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales in Holy Pill City and confirmed there was time to prepare for the fair.
• Xiao Ze visited Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who congratulated him on becoming a Profound Pill Grandmaster.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Xiao Ze a report about Soul Hall's increasingly frequent attacks on Alchemist Tower alchemists.

Xiao Ze warned the Alchemist Tower that Soul Hall was harvesting Soul Origin on a massive scale and urged an alliance with the Heaven Alliance. The Little Pill Tower Great Elder Council approved the alliance, leaving the two forces set to cooperate against Soul Hall.

• Xiao Ze told Xuan Kongzi and Xuanyi that Soul Hall was provoking wars beyond the Central Plains to harvest Soul Origin and had invaded his Heaven Alliance in the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Ze argued that Soul Hall would increasingly hunt Alchemist Tower alchemists and that the Alchemist Tower needed allies to protect them.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuanyi took Xiao Ze to the Little Pill Tower Secret Realm to seek the Great Elder Council's approval for an alliance.
• The Great Elder agreed that the Alchemist Tower should resist Soul Hall and called the other six council members to decide the matter.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuanyi, and the Great Elder backed the alliance, and the remaining elders agreed to join it.

Xiao Ze sought alliances with the Flower Sect and Burning Flame Valley to oppose the Soul Hall, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen set out to persuade the Flower Sect. Xiao Ze met Tang Zhen and was brought to Old Ancestor Huoyun, who was startled to find he could not see through him.

• Xiao Ze contacted Xiao Yan through the Tree of Origin and learned that Yao Chen would approach the Flower Sect's Supreme Elder.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen informed Venerate Feng and departed for the Flower Sect to seek its support.
• Xiao Ze traveled to Burning Flame Valley and asked Tang Zhen to join an alliance against the Soul Hall.
• Tang Zhen said he could not decide alone and led Xiao Ze to meet Old Ancestor Huoyun.
• A young woman recognized Xiao Ze, and Old Ancestor Huoyun frowned before realizing he could not see through him.

Xiao Ze visited Burning Flame Valley to seek an alliance against the Soul Hall and offered to cure Old Ancestor Huoyun’s hidden ailment. Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to the alliance, while Tang Huo'er accepted that Xiao Ze did not return her feelings and resolved to focus on cultivation.

• Xiao Ze greeted Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Huo'er, then proposed an alliance between Burning Flame Valley and the Alchemist Tower against the Soul Hall.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun dismissed the proposal, but Xiao Ze identified his hidden ailment and offered to cure it.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun suggested Xiao Ze marry Tang Huo'er as a condition, but Xiao Ze refused to make her marriage part of the alliance.
• Xiao Ze offered to treat Old Ancestor Huoyun even if he rejected the alliance, and Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to join forces with the Alchemist Tower.
• Tang Zhen led Xiao Ze away to prepare medicine, while Tang Huo'er stayed behind and resolved to pursue cultivation instead of forcing her feelings.

Xiao Ze refined a Heavenly Spirit Profound Ice Pill that became a Pill Beast, then left Burning Flame Valley after finalizing the alliance. He traveled with Azure Scales and Xiao Yi Xian to the Spatial Trade Fair in the northeastern Central Plains desert to seek something important.

• Xiao Ze used the Origin Tree Root to absorb the Eight-Colored Pill Thunder from his pill refinement, while Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen watched in alarm.
• A snow-white rabbit emerged from Xiao Ze's cauldron as the Heavenly Spirit Profound Ice Pill's Pill Beast, and Xiao Ze gave it to Tang Zhen for Old Ancestor Huoyun's ailment.
• Xiao Ze declined Tang Zhen's invitation to stay in Burning Flame Valley because he needed to attend the Spatial Trade Fair.
• Tang Zhen returned to the bamboo grove and gave the Pill Beast to Old Ancestor Huoyun, while Tang Huo'er learned Xiao Ze had left.
• Xiao Ze informed the Great Elder of the Little Pill Tower that the alliance was finalized, then traveled with Azure Scales and Xiao Yi Xian to the Spatial Trade Fair.

Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Azure Scales entered the Spatial Trade Fair’s hidden venue and explored Spatial Town before the fair began. Xiao Ze detected the Seven-Colored Raw Stone he had come to find and led the others to it.

• Xiao Ze explained that the Spatial Trade Fair was hosted by three powerful hidden sects and drew formidable experts, including Half-Saints.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Azure Scales crossed the desert and entered the spatial passage to Spatial Town.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales that they could browse the town’s stalls before the trade fair began.
• Xiao Ze used the Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python’s bloodline power to sense the Seven-Colored Raw Stone.
• Xiao Ze led Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales to the stall where they saw the fist-sized, seven-colored stone.

Xiao Ze bought a Seven-Colored Raw Stone at the Spatial Trade Fair despite its seller’s attempt to raise the price after the deal. After testing it with Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python blood, he revealed it was a Nine-Colored Raw Stone intended for Queen Medusa’s advancement.

• Xiao Ze traded two Grade 8 Pills for the Seven-Colored Raw Stone at Old Monster Lin’s stall.
• Old Monster Lin tried to undo the sale and demand more pills, but bystanders confirmed the pills exceeded his requirements, and Xiao Ze left with the stone.
• Xiao Ze took the stone to a secluded place and told Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales it was for Queen Medusa’s advancement.
• Xiao Ze dripped Seven-Colored Sky-Devouring Python blood onto the stone, revealing an eighth colored pattern.
• Xiao Ze revealed a faint ninth pattern, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Azure Scales astonished by the Nine-Colored Raw Stone.