Chapter Summaries

After reaching the Emperor Realm Soul, Xiao Ze learned how to use it from Xiao Xuan and discovered that he had gained control over the Heavenly Tomb. He tried to create a space with a different flow of time, then decided to use the Soul Ocean as his model.

• Xiao Xuan offered to teach Xiao Ze how to use an Emperor Realm Soul, and Xiao Ze eagerly accepted.
• Xiao Ze explained to Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen that refining the Soul Origin Halo had taken place partly in a Soul Ocean where time flowed differently.
• Xiao Xuan taught Xiao Ze Emperor Realm Soul techniques, and Xiao Ze quickly improved his control.
• Xiao Ze realized that absorbing the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb's Soul Origin had made him its master, allowing him to control access and offer entry as a bargaining chip.
• Xiao Ze studied the Heavenly Tomb and created a temporary space, but found that he could not make time flow differently within it.
• Xiao Ze decided to imitate the Soul Ocean by filling a space he created with dense Soul Power.

Xiao Ze created and tested a reinforced crystal-ball world intended to become a Soul Ocean, finding that it could withstand his Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath. He began filling it with Soul Power but slowed the infusion when the immense cost exceeded his expectations.

• Xiao Ze reinforced a city-sized space inside a crystal ball with Spatial Power and Origin Emperor Flame runes, making it stable and able to seal Soul Power.
• Xiao Ze layered additional protections over the crystal ball and entered the space to test its strength.
• Xiao Ze unleashed Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and the space shook but held against the attack.
• Xiao Ze began pouring his Soul Power into the crystal ball, but the rapid depletion forced him to slow the infusion and balance it with recovery.

Xiao Ze explained to Xiao Xuan that he was creating a second Soul Ocean to gain more cultivation time and planned to explore the continent and the starry sky. As the Heavenly Tomb’s master, Xiao Ze then declared that its Energy Bodies would be allowed to rest without fighting or enslavement.

• Xiao Ze showed Xiao Xuan a crystal ball containing a sturdy space filled with roiling Soul Power and explained that he hoped to recreate the Soul Ocean’s slow flow of time.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Xuan that he planned to travel across the continent and explore the Endless Void and the starry sky.
• Xiao Ze revealed that refining the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul Origin had made him master of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze proposed ending conflict among the Energy Bodies now that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s influence had faded, and Xiao Xuan approved.
• Xiao Ze announced to every Energy Body that the Heavenly Tomb would become a place of rest where they could not devour, attack, kill, or enslave one another.

After becoming the Master of the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Ze ordered the Energy Bodies to stop devouring one another and used golden lightning to kill those who defied him. He left the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Chen, entrusting Xiao Xuan with enforcing his orders.

• Countless Energy Bodies accepted Xiao Ze’s order, and the Blood Saber Saint dismissed his followers so they could find places to rest in peace.
• The Blood Saber Saint returned to his mountain range and went to sleep as other Energy Bodies also disbanded their forces.
• A Seven Star Dou Venerate attacked a resting Energy Body, but Xiao Ze’s golden lightning annihilated him, frightening the witnesses into obedience.
• Xiao Ze monitored the Heavenly Tomb with his Emperor Realm Soul and killed other Energy Bodies who continued devouring their peers.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to uphold Xiao Ze’s orders, and Xiao Ze left the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Chen through a spatial rift.

Xiao Ze returned from the Heavenly Tomb and reunited with Xun'er, while Gu Yuan acknowledged their relationship and asked about their wedding plans. Xiao Ze said he wanted to postpone the wedding until the threat from the suspicious Soul Clan was dealt with.

• Gu Yuan sensed that the Heavenly Tomb's spatial barrier had strengthened and wondered whether it had gained an owner.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Chen emerged from a Space Channel, and Xiao Ze embraced Xun'er as she hurried to greet him.
• Gu Yuan acknowledged Xiao Ze's feelings for Xun'er and asked how he planned to hold their wedding.
• Xiao Ze said he wanted to give Xun'er a grand wedding but feared the Soul Clan would disrupt it, since it had shown no response to the destruction of most of the Soul Hall's forces.
• Xun'er reassured Xiao Ze that she was content to stay by his side, while Gu Yuan agreed that the Soul Clan's silence was suspicious.

Xiao Ze and Gu Yuan agreed that the Ancient Clan could not yet unite the other Ancient Races against the Soul Clan, so they would watch the Soul Clan and strengthen their own forces. In the Soul Realm, Nihility Devouring Flame learned that Xiao Ze’s golden flame resembled the ancient multicolored Heavenly Flame that had once devoured even the Heavenly Flame sovereigns.

• Xiao Ze told Gu Yuan that the Ancient Clan should monitor the Soul Clan while strengthening its own side, since the other Ancient Races would not yet trust an alliance against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Ze said he planned to explore the starry sky for an opportunity discovered by Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan warned him of its dangers.
• Soul Sea delivered Nihility Devouring Flame a jade slip detailing the events in Demon Flame Space.
• Nihility Devouring Flame read that Xiao Ze’s golden flame had frightened the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and seized control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• Nihility Devouring Flame recognized the description as the ancient Heavenly Flame of countless colors and was astonished that it had appeared again.

Nihility Devouring Flame realized Emperor Flame threatened his plan to claim the Ancient Emperor’s inheritance and decided to push the Soul Clan to act faster. Meanwhile, Xiao Ze traveled alone into a deadly Starry Sky Vortex to seek an opportunity, entering it protected by Origin Emperor Flame and Origin Tree Roots.

• Nihility Devouring Flame concluded that Emperor Flame might know the Ancient Emperor’s Cave and its secrets, so he resolved to discuss accelerating the Soul Clan’s plan with Soul Heaven Emperor.
• Nihility Devouring Flame decided the Soul Clan had to secure the Tou She Ancient God Jade before Emperor Flame grew strong enough to claim the inheritance, then left for a secret location in the Soul Realm.
• Xiao Ze chose to enter the vast starry sky alone because he might not be able to protect Xun'er, while Xiao Chen returned to the Alchemist Tower.
• Xiao Ze followed his ancestor’s spatial coordinates through the Star Region and reached a massive Starry Sky Vortex after a day of travel.
• Xiao Ze’s Nine Profound Golden Thunder was shredded shortly after entering the vortex, so he covered himself with Origin Emperor Flame and formed armor from Origin Tree Roots before charging in.

Xiao Ze endured the Starry Sky Vortex’s immense pressure and carved his way through layers of solidified Star Power. Beyond the Starfall Barrier, he discovered the legendary Heart of the Stars.

• Xiao Ze traveled deeper into the Starry Sky Vortex while his Origin Armor withstood its crushing Star Power.
• After more than a month, Xiao Ze found the Star Power ahead had solidified and threatened to overwhelm his armor.
• Xiao Ze used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to break through the solid Star Power, then continued forward with his physical strength.
• Xiao Ze found a stronger barrier of pure Star Power and burned through it with Origin Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ze entered the darkness beyond the barrier and found a crystalline heart slowly beating: the Heart of the Stars.

Xiao Ze discovered the Heart of the Stars and considered its legendary powers and value, comparing it with the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s treasures. After finding no immediate danger, he realized that he had already overcome the formidable barriers protecting it.

• Xiao Ze judged the Heart of the Stars to be an extraordinarily precious treasure, potentially more powerful than the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Ze spread his Soul Perception around the Heart of the Stars but found no guardian nearby.
• Xiao Ze used his Soul Power to discover that the Heart of the Stars’ core resembled a tiny planet and that its pulsing appearance was an illusion.
• Xiao Ze realized that the Starry Sky Vortex, solidified Star Power, and Starfall Barrier had served as the Heart of the Stars’ defenses, and that he had already overcome them.

Xiao Ze studied the Nebula Barrier surrounding the Heart of the Stars and waited for a chance to obtain the treasure without destroying its source. After half a year, the barrier burst apart and began absorbing Star Power from the Starfall Barrier, giving Xiao Ze the opportunity he had been waiting for.

• Xiao Ze realized that his Soul Power could not reach the Heart of the Stars because a vast Nebula Barrier surrounded it.
• Xiao Ze hesitated to destroy the barrier with the Origin Emperor Flame because he wanted to preserve the place that nurtured the treasure.
• After more than ten days of study, Xiao Ze suspected that the Nebula Barrier absorbed Star Power from the Starfall Barrier and waited for the right moment.
• Xiao Ze spent half a year developing a Holy Heart Glazed Pill formula using the Heart of the Stars as its main ingredient while keeping in touch with Xun'er, Queen Medusa, and the others through the Tree of Origin.
• When the Nebula Barrier pulsed and exploded outward, Xiao Ze moved outside the Starfall Barrier and used Soul Power to seal the opening.
• Xiao Ze saw the nebula scrape across the Starfall Barrier and absorb Star Power, then recognized that his opportunity to reach the Heart of the Stars had arrived.

Xiao Ze retrieved the Heart of the Stars from the Nebula Barrier, repaired the Starfall Barrier, and returned from the Starry Sky Vortex. He then answered Xiao Yi Xian’s message and reunited with her in the Cold Poison Secret Realm, where they secluded themselves together.

• Xiao Ze wrapped the Heart of the Stars in the Origin Tree Root, took it from the nebula space, and repaired the Starfall Barrier with the Origin Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Ze escaped the Starry Sky Vortex and received Xiao Yi Xian’s message that she had emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Ze opened a Space Channel to the Cold Poison Secret Realm and went to meet Xiao Yi Xian at the Ten Thousand Poisons Pool.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Ze and said that her Calamity Poison Body had improved and she wanted to exchange insights about Calamity Poison Power.
• Xiao Ze kissed Xiao Yi Xian and sealed the area around the Ten Thousand Poisons Pool with Origin Tree Roots, leaving the Azure Frost Sky Poison Scorpion unable to sense them.

After Xiao Yi Xian finished her seclusion, Xiao Ze brought her and the Azure Frost Sky Poison Scorpion back to the Pill Alliance, then traveled with Xun'er and Gu Yuan to the Heavenly Tomb. He began refining a Grade 9 Profound Holy Heart Glazed Pill from the Bodhi Heart, leaving Xun'er, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan watching his attempt.

• Xiao Ze found that Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Power had strengthened the Ten Thousand Poisons Pool and asked the Azure Frost Sky Poison Scorpion whether it would follow him.
• The Azure Frost Sky Poison Scorpion chose to serve Xiao Ze, accepted his conditions for joining the Pill Alliance, and transformed into human form.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Pill Alliance with Xiao Yi Xian and the Azure Frost Sky Poison Scorpion, then used the Golden Tree to open a Space Channel to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ze, Xun'er, and Gu Yuan entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Gu Yuan reunited with Xiao Xuan while Xiao Ze prepared to refine a pill.
• Xiao Ze began refining a Grade 9 Profound Holy Heart Glazed Pill using the Bodhi Heart as its primary ingredient, and Xun'er, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan watched.

Xiao Ze completed the Grade 9 Profound Pill refinement and used his Nine Profound Golden Thunder to devour the Black Demonic Thunder summoned by the tribulation. After the lightning tempered the pill, he declared the Holy Heart Glazed Pill complete.

• Xiao Ze finished refining the Holy Heart Glazed Pill at Grade 9 Profound Pill level and prepared to face the tribulation for his Grade 9 Golden Pill.
• Xiao Ze summoned the Nine Profound Golden Dragon, which swallowed the Black Demonic Thunder bolts while onlookers watched in amazement.
• Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan discussed Xiao Ze's rare materials and the precious pills he had made for Xun'er.
• The thunderclouds gathered into a massive black hole and sent down a final torrent of Black Demonic Thunder, which the Nine Profound Golden Dragon devoured.
• Xiao Ze let the descending Thunder Power temper the pill and announced that the Holy Heart Glazed Pill was complete.

Xiao Ze captured the Holy Heart Glazed Pill after it manifested as the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then sought advice from Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan before beginning to refine a Grade 9 Golden Pill using the Heart of the Stars. The pill’s immense energy summoned a vast golden lightning tribulation over the Heavenly Tomb.

• The Grade 9 Profound Pill transformed into the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s image and tried to flee, but Xiao Ze used spatial control to catch it and gave the sealed pill to Xun'er.
• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan about the Heart of the Stars, but neither knew much about the rare material.
• After two days, Xiao Ze began refining the Heart of the Stars with precious ingredients, using his knowledge to adjust the pill formula.
• A month later, Xiao Ze finished refining the Heart of the Stars and began incorporating the prepared ingredients into it.
• Three months later, Xiao Ze’s pill cracked the fire cauldron and drew thunderclouds stretching tens of thousands of li, with golden lightning terrifying the Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Bodies.

Xiao Ze refined the Grade 9 Golden Pill and faced the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Tribulation, using his physique and own thunder to shatter and absorb the tribulation lightning. After the tribulation ended, the Holy Heart Glazed Pill unleashed immense Star Power, leaving everyone wary of its strength.

• Xiao Ze asked Gu Yuan to help if he could not withstand the Nine Profound Golden Thunder Tribulation, then rose into the sky to face it himself.
• Xiao Ze punched apart the first Nine Profound Golden Thunder Dragon and absorbed its scattered lightning with his own Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Xiao Ze shattered wave after wave of Thunder Dragons, growing stronger as the tribulation lightning gathered to the level of a Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Ze realized he had passed the tribulation when a strand of pure Thunder Power descended into the Golden Fire Cauldron and perfected the Holy Heart Glazed Pill.
• The Grade 9 Golden Pill burst with energy, destroyed the Golden Fire Cauldron, and released a pillar of starlight that scattered the remaining thunderclouds.
• Everyone sensed the Holy Heart Glazed Pill's immense Star Power, which came from its Heart of the Stars ingredient.

Xiao Ze completed the Grade 9 Profound Pill and Grade 9 Golden Pill, then planned to give Xun'er the Golden Pill to strengthen her so she could help protect the Xiao Family and Pill Alliance. As Xiao Ze prepared to pursue the Boundless River in the Endless Void, Soul Heaven Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to mobilize for a surprise attack.

• Gu Yuan seized and sealed the Star Power-wielding Holy Heart Glazed Pill, and Xiao Ze reinforced its seal with golden flame runes.
• Gu Yuan and Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Ze's alchemy, while Xun'er chose to remain with Xiao Ze after Gu Yuan left the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ze told Xun'er he intended to seek the Boundless River in the Endless Void and gave her the Grade 9 Golden Pill so she could grow strong enough to protect the Xiao Family and Pill Alliance.
• Soul Heaven Emperor ordered the Soul Clan's Dou Saint elders to mobilize and catch their enemies off guard after learning more from Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Ze left Xun'er to refine a Grade 9 Profound Pill and a Grade 9 Golden Pill in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan promised to protect her. Outside, Xiao Ze sensed Soul Heaven Emperor’s arrival in the Ancient Realm, and the chapter ended as the Ancient Saint Mountain Range erupted with energy, suggesting an attack from within and without.

• Xiao Ze prepared a Golden Tree cultivation cushion for Xun'er and watched as she began refining the Holy Heart Glazed Pill.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Xuan he was leaving, and Xiao Xuan pledged to protect Xun'er while she refined the pills.
• Xiao Ze emerged from the Heavenly Tomb and met Gu Yuan, who confirmed that the Ancient Jade was stored in the Ancient Clan’s Ancestral Hall.
• Xiao Ze and Gu Yuan sensed a powerful newcomer, and Xiao Ze suspected Soul Heaven Emperor had arrived in the Ancient Realm.
• Soul Heaven Emperor’s terrifying pressure swept across the Ancient Realm, and energy erupted from the depths of the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.

Soul Heaven Emperor led the Soul Clan into the Ancient Realm, threatened Xiao Ze and the Xiao Family, and revealed that Gu Yang had stolen the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade. Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan attacked Nihility Devouring Flame to reclaim it.

• Soul Heaven Emperor emerged in the Ancient Realm with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints, while Gu Yuan stayed to protect Xiao Ze and the Ancient Clan experts.
• Soul Heaven Emperor told Xiao Ze that he could attack the Xiao Family, and Xiao Ze realized the Soul Clan had changed its plans because of him.
• Nihility Devouring Flame spat out the Ancient Clan’s Ancient Jade, and an elder reported that Gu Yang had betrayed the clan and stolen it.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan experts to reclaim the jade, formed an energy tide, and attacked Nihility Devouring Flame.

The Ancient Clan and Soul Clan clashed in a fierce battle, but Soul Heaven Emperor escaped with the Ancient Jade and threatened Xiao Ze. Afterward, Xiao Ze and Gu Yuan agreed to rally the other Ancient Races against the Soul Clan and temporarily move the Xiao Family into the Ancient Realm.

• Gu Yuan and Soul Heaven Emperor fought while the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan formations unleashed the Destruction Seal and Ancient Emperor Mirror, leaving both sides weakened.
• Nihility Devouring Flame targeted Xiao Ze, but Soul Heaven Emperor’s blade attack was stopped by Gu Yuan, who warned Soul Heaven Emperor not to threaten Xiao Ze.
• Soul Heaven Emperor revealed his ambition to gather the Ancient Jades and become a Dou Emperor, then entered a void vortex and left the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ze urged Gu Yuan to form an alliance with the other Ancient Races and destroy the Soul Clan before its plans succeeded.
• Gu Yuan agreed to contact the other Patriarchs and offered to settle the Xiao Family in the Ancient Realm, while Xiao Ze decided he also needed to find a chance to break through.

Xiao Ze learned that the Soul Clan had seized the Ancient Jades of the other Ancient Races and uncovered a possible weakness in Soul Heaven Emperor’s clone technique. He left the Xiao Family in Gu Yuan’s care and set out for the Endless Void to seek a breakthrough.

• Xiao Ze learned from Gu Yuan’s jade slips that Soul Heaven Emperor and the Soul Clan had seized the Flame and Thunder Clans’ Ancient Jades, while the Yao and Stone Clans had gone silent.
• Xiao Ze reasoned that the Soul Clan had likely destroyed the Ling, Stone, and Yao Clans, and warned Gu Yuan to unite with the Flame and Thunder Clans.
• Xiao Ze contacted Xiao Xuan, who identified Soul Heaven Emperor’s clone method as the Soul Splitting Technique and suggested that splitting his soul might have weakened it.
• Xiao Ze suspected that the Soul Splitting Technique had consumed Soul Power that might otherwise have helped the Nihility Devouring Flame advance.
• Xiao Ze asked Gu Yuan to protect the Xiao Family while he sought a breakthrough in the Endless Void, and Gu Yuan agreed.