Chapter Summaries

Su Qingyun, posing as Xiao Yan, entered the Black Annihilation Eighteen Layer Mountain Pass and shattered records with rapid victories. After passing the Twelfth Level, he entered a chamber to recover and absorb his rewards.

• The Ancient Clan experts discussed Su Qingyun's beast taming and anticipated how far he could advance in the mountain pass.
• Gu Zheng stopped at the Fourteenth Level, Gu Hao reached the Thirteenth, and Gu Yao and Ling Quan stopped at the Tenth and Eleventh Levels.
• Su Qingyun led the Tenth Battalion's recruits into the pass while Yun Yun, Medusa, Xun'er, and the Ancient Clan experts watched from the viewing platform.
• The Void Screen recorded Xiao Yan passing the Tenth Level in twenty seconds and completing a cross-major-realm challenge.
• Xiao Yan passed the Eleventh and Twelfth Levels in one minute each, setting historical records and earning evolved rewards.
• Xiao Yan entered a Spatial Chamber to rest, recover, and digest his rewards.

Su Qingyun, using Xiao Yan’s name, shattered Black Annihilation Pass records by killing powerful opponents far above his realm, astonishing the Ancient Clan. After passing the fifteenth layer, the Ancient Clan Ancestor’s Remnant Soul declared him a once-in-ten-thousand-years leader, and his realm began breaking through after a soul baptism.

• Gu Qingyang completed his challenge and failed at the fifteenth pass, then was stunned by Xiao Yan’s records on the Black Annihilation Stone.
• The Void Screen announced that Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Dou Zong and passed the thirteenth layer by killing the Heaven Devouring Soul Ant.
• Su Qingyun entered the fourteenth layer and killed the Soul Clan Heavenly Venerate, earning a record score and a baptism by Ancient Clan bloodline power.
• Su Qingyun passed the fifteenth layer by killing the Soul Clan Great Heavenly Venerate, earning another record and a baptism by the Ancient Clan Ancestor’s soul power.
• The Ancient Clan Ancestor’s Remnant Soul declared that a once-in-ten-thousand-years leader had been born, and Xiao Yan’s realm began breaking through.

Su Qingyun entered the Sixteenth Level Pass after earning Pseudo Heaven Realm Soul Power and the Body Healing Sacred Water, drawing the Ancient Clan’s attention with his record-setting run. He faced a Pseudo Ninth Tier Heavenly Demon Phoenix as Xun’er and their daughters watched anxiously.

• The Ancient Clan’s Ancestor Remnant Souls praised Su Qingyun’s record of clearing fifteen passes and judged him the most talented young person in the clan’s history.
• The fifteenth pass rewarded Su Qingyun with Pseudo Heaven Realm Soul Power and a drop of Body Healing Sacred Water.
• After preparing to face the next challenge, Su Qingyun entered the Sixteenth Level Pass, and the Void Great Screen announced that Xiao Yan was the youngest challenger to reach it.
• The screen revealed that Su Qingyun’s opponent was a Pseudo Ninth Tier Heavenly Demon Phoenix, a beast comparable to a Half-Saint and stronger than most Half-Saints.
• Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan Three Immortals, Xun’er, Medusa, and Yun Yun grew nervous as Xun’er’s daughters asked whether their father was doing well.

Su Qingyun defeated the Pseudo Ninth Tier Heavenly Demon Phoenix, broke the Sixteenth Pass record, and received half a drop of Ancient Emperor Divine Blood. He then cleared the Seventeenth Pass in ten seconds, leaving Gu Yuan baffled by his apparent lack of an Inner Demon.

• The Ancient Clan experts worried that Xiao Yan would lose, while Su Chan'er insisted her father would win.
• The Void Great Screen announced that Xiao Yan had passed the Sixteenth Pass, killed the Pseudo Ninth Tier magical beast, set a new record, and earned half a drop of Ancient Emperor Divine Blood.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Seventeenth Pass tested one's character and Inner Demons, warning that entrants could be trapped inside.
• The screen announced that Xiao Yan had passed the Seventeenth Pass in ten seconds and broken Gu Yuan's record.
• Gu Yuan concluded that Su Qingyun must have no Inner Demon because wealth, power, lust, and hatred could not sway him.

Su Qingyun entered the Eighteenth Pass, where his bloodline devoured the Ancient Emperor Divine Blood and proved to be above Emperor Grade. The Black Annihilation Passes recognized Xiao Yan as having cleared all eighteen passes, and the Ancient Clan ancestors proclaimed him their new leader.

• The Ancient Clan Ancestor Remnant Souls tried to fuse Ancient Emperor Divine Blood into Su Qingyun, but his body rejected it, startling them with the possibility that his bloodline surpassed the Ancient Emperor's.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Eighteenth Pass tested whether a descendant's bloodline could approach or match the Ancient Emperor Divine Blood.
• Su Qingyun entered the Eighteenth Pass and dripped his blood into the ancient basin, where it devoured the Ancient Emperor Divine Blood and was declared an above-Emperor-Grade bloodline.
• The Black Annihilation Passes teleported the challengers out and announced that Xiao Yan, age 19, had cleared all eighteen passes.
• Ancient Clan ancestors proclaimed Xiao Yan the clan's new leader, appeared above the Black Annihilation Mountain Range, and received the kneeling worship of the clan members as Su Qingyun emerged.

Su Qingyun received the Ancient Clan Ancestors’ remnant souls and broke through to Heaven Realm Soul Power. The surge shattered his mask, revealing his face to the gathered Ancient Clan members.

• Ancestor Gu Tianxing recognized Gu Yuan, praised his leadership, and declared Xiao Yan the Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Head, renaming him Gu Yan.
• The Ancient Clan Ancestors poured their remnant souls into Su Qingyun to help him break through his soul-power bottleneck before departing.
• Su Qingyun’s soul power broke through to the Heaven Realm as storms and spatial distortions shook the area.
• Su Qingyun tested his new power and cut down ancient trees with a thought.
• Su Qingyun discovered that his mask had shattered, exposing his face to the Ancient Clan Prodigies and everyone gathered below.

Su Qingyun, revealed as Xiao Yan, was acclaimed as the Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Head after passing the Black Annihilation Eighteen Passes. Gu Yuan announced his marriage to Xun'er and challenged anyone who objected to face him, leaving the clan’s young talents intimidated and silent.

• The Ancient Clan crowd praised Su Qingyun as Xiao Yan, while the real Xiao Yan realized he would need a different name.
• Gu Yuan declared Su Qingyun the Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Head and ordered the younger generation to follow him.
• Gu Yuan announced that Su Qingyun was Xun'er's husband and that they should marry within the next few months.
• Gu Yuan invited anyone who opposed Xun'er or her child to challenge Su Qingyun, but Gu Yao, Ling Quan, and the other former critics refused and were mocked by the crowd.
• Gu Yuan warned the clan against spreading rumors or insulting Xun'er and the Young Clan Head, and the crowd pledged obedience.

Soul Miesheng learned that Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun might be in the Ancient Clan, and Soul Heavenly Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to use Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying to lure them out. The Soul Clan announced the two captives’ impending execution and mobilized its forces.

• Soul Clan spies reported Xiao Yan’s achievements in the Ancient Clan, while Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying listened from behind the curtain.
• A Hall of Souls Heavenly Venerate suggested that the person mistaken for Xiao Yan might actually be Su Qingyun, and Soul Miesheng realized the Ancient Clan might be sheltering him.
• Soul Miesheng asked Soul Heavenly Emperor for orders, and Soul Heavenly Emperor proposed luring Xiao Yan and Su Qingyun out by threatening their captives.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor brought Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying before Soul Miesheng, who bound them and dismissed their claims about the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• The Soul Clan announced that Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying would be executed, then mobilized its forces.

Su Qingyun delayed Xiao Yan’s attempt to rescue his father and the Second Elder, then created a powerful new body for Old Ya. The chapter ended with Old Ya discovering that his youthful three-headed, six-armed body looked like a child deity.

• Xiao Yan wanted to rush to save Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying, but Su Qingyun warned that the Soul Hall’s execution announcement was a trap and urged him to wait.
• Su Qingyun proposed refining a physical body for Old Ya, who asked for a youthful body with room to grow and, if possible, three heads and six arms.
• Gu Yuan reassured Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan would protect his family if the Soul Hall tried to kill them, while Su Qingyun refined Old Ya’s body over the following half month.
• Su Qingyun used Golden Lotus Rhombus, Divine Lotus Root, fibers, and leaves to create a spiritual body whose strength matched a High Star Dou Zun.
• Old Ya emerged with three heads and six arms, but Xiao Yan laughed when he saw the childlike appearance, and Old Ya angrily confronted Su Qingyun.

Su Qingyun gave Old Ya a new body, prompting Xiao Yan to recognize the resemblance to Little Nezha and realize that Su Qingyun knew a song from his former world. Su Qingyun revealed they had come from the same world, and Xiao Yan left the chapter crying with joy as he hugged Su Qingyun’s thigh.

• Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan Three Immortals praised Old Ya’s new body and asked Su Qingyun to make bodies for them in the future, and he agreed when he had grown stronger.
• Xiao Yan recognized Old Ya’s appearance as Little Nezha and sang a song about him, which Su Qingyun also knew.
• Old Ya asked why Su Qingyun had given him a ring, red silk, and spear, and Su Qingyun named the treasures and explained that they suited the body’s Three Heads Six Arms.
• Xiao Yan asked Su Qingyun how he knew the song, and Su Qingyun used a code phrase to test whether they came from the same world.
• Su Qingyun confirmed that he and Xiao Yan had originally come from the same world, and Xiao Yan answered a historical code question before rushing to hug Su Qingyun’s thigh.

Su Qingyun, Xiao Yan, and their companions left the Ancient Clan for Jia Nan Academy, intending to confront Han Feng and reclaim his Heavenly Flame. They found Jia Nan Academy devastated by a fierce battle when they arrived.

• Xiao Yan learned that Su Qingyun was also from Earth and celebrated his potential to become a Dou Emperor.
• Zi Yan received Su Qingyun’s invitation to leave the Gu Realm with the others.
• Su Qingyun’s group set out for Jia Nan Academy, planning to kill Han Feng and take the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan explained that Han Feng had ties to Magic Flame Valley and was valued by the Black Corner Region’s factions as a grade 6 alchemist.
• Zi Yan sensed blood in the air near Jia Nan Academy, and the group found the academy in ruins and shrouded in tension.

The Hall of Souls forced Black Corner Region factions to besiege Jia Nan Academy in search of Xiao Yan, leaving the academy devastated and its defenders outmatched. The Thousand Hundred Elders told Su Qian that a hidden Dou Zun was directing the invasion and that surrendering Xiao Yan was the only way to end the crisis.

• The Hall of Souls gathered Han Feng, the Gold and Silver Elders, and other Black Corner Region forces to attack Jia Nan Academy and demand that Xiao Yan be handed over.
• After days of fighting, the academy lay in ruins, and wounded Xiao Yu spoke with her friends about the man she loved.
• Instructor Ruolin encouraged the students by telling them that Jia Nan Academy had hidden High Star Dou Zong guardians.
• Su Qian asked the Thousand Hundred Elders to fight, but they warned that a hidden Dou Zun would kill them if they intervened.
• The Thousand Hundred Elders told Su Qian that handing over Xiao Yan was the only way to resolve the siege.

Jia Nan Academy came under attack as the Hall of Souls used Xiao Yan to force someone powerful to appear, and Old Ghost Picking Stars tried to seize the entire academy as hostages. Just as he began moving it, a black-robed young man arrived and struck at him.

• Mo Tianxing, Elder Eagle Mountain, Su Mei, and Old Man Yin Gu attacked Jia Nan Academy and demanded that Su Qian hand over Xiao Yan.
• The Thousand Hundred Elders fought Mo Tianxing and Elder Eagle Mountain while Su Qian ordered the academy’s students to evacuate.
• Old Ghost Picking Stars sealed Jia Nan Academy behind poisonous barriers and revealed that he wanted to use its people as hostages to draw out someone connected to Xiao Yan.
• Old Ghost Picking Stars bound the Thousand Hundred Elders and began lifting the entire academy from the ground.
• A black-robed young man holding a heavy ruler pressed Jia Nan Academy back down and attacked Old Ghost Picking Stars.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy and fought Old Ghost Picking Stars, a Five-Star Dou Zun, with help from Su Qingyun’s Immortal White Aura. As Xiao Yan unleashed a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, Su Qingyun and Old Ya focused on Han Feng.

• Xiao Yan appeared at Jia Nan Academy and blasted Old Ghost Picking Stars back, revealing that he had reached the Dou Zong Realm.
• Old Ghost Picking Stars attacked Xiao Yan, who used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes and received protective aid from Su Qingyun’s Immortal White Aura.
• Xiao Yu recognized Su Qingyun’s aura and revealed to Hu Jia and the others that he was the man she admired.
• Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames and hurled a Three-Colored Fire Lotus at Old Ghost Picking Stars.
• Su Qingyun and Old Ya fixed their attention on Han Feng.

Old Ya and Su Qingyun cornered Han Feng in the Black Mountain Range, where Old Ya revealed himself as Han Feng’s former teacher and killed him to reclaim the Sea Heart Flame. Su Qingyun took only a flame seed for himself and left the rest for Xiao Yan, then returned with Old Ya to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan was still fighting Old Ghost Picking Stars and the academy’s elders remained under pressure.

• Han Feng stopped fleeing and discovered that the black-robed pursuer was his former teacher, Old Ya, whom he had believed dead.
• Old Ya and Su Qingyun attacked Han Feng, and Old Ya overcame him with his treasures and Bone Chilling Flame.
• Old Ya killed Han Feng and removed the Sea Heart Flame’s Soul Imprint before offering the flame to Su Qingyun.
• Su Qingyun absorbed a small flame seed and reserved the Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan.
• Old Ya and Su Qingyun returned to Jia Nan Academy and found Xiao Yan battling Old Ghost Picking Stars while the academy’s elders faced Mo Tianxing, Elder Eagle Mountain, and two Hall of Souls protectors.

Xiao Yan fought Old Ghost Picking Stars while the Hall of Souls and Black Alliance pressed Jia Nan Academy, but Su Qingyun and Old Ya returned and turned the battle around. Su Qingyun killed Old Ghost Picking Stars and revealed his strength to the academy, where Xiao Yu recognized him and resolved not to let him leave again.

• Xiao Yan used the Demon Sealing Flame to resist Old Ghost Picking Stars, but the Five-Star Dou Zun overpowered him.
• Two more Hall of Souls fighters appeared, overwhelming the Thousand Hundred Elders as Jia Nan Academy’s students and instructors watched.
• Su Qingyun and Old Ya returned, and their soul attacks brought several Hall of Souls and Black Alliance fighters crashing down.
• Su Qingyun shattered Old Ghost Picking Stars’ soul scythe and killed him with the Asura Malice Spear, then burned his body and soul with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qingyun restrained the remaining fighters with small Fire Dragons as Xiao Yu recognized him and wept with relief.

After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Su Qingyun and his companions were welcomed by the survivors, who learned the Hall of Souls would likely attack again and that the academy would have to withdraw. Xiao Yu and Zi Yan then turned on Su Mei when she begged Su Qingyun for mercy, and Zi Yan struck her with a deadly punch.

• Xiao Yu rushed into Su Qingyun’s arms, but Zi Yan blasted her away before Su Qingyun used immortal qi to steady her.
• Su Qian and the academy’s elders thanked Su Qingyun and Old Ya for saving them, while Xiao Yan apologized for bringing the disaster to the academy.
• Su Qingyun said the Hall of Souls had targeted the academy because of him and warned that Jia Nan Academy would face another attack within months.
• Su Qingyun told the academy that its members could decide whether to kill or spare the captured Black Alliance forces.
• Su Mei begged Su Qingyun to spare her and offered herself to him, angering Xiao Yu and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan punched Su Mei through space, leaving blood in the air.

Zi Yan protected Su Qingyun and defeated a Black Alliance survivor, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders learned that Su Qingyun was the famed young figure shaking the Central Plains. The academy grew curious about his hidden appearance as Xiao Yu affirmed Su Qian’s praise.

• Zi Yan knocked the Black Alliance survivor into a terrified retreat, stunning Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and the Jia Nan Academy elders with her strength.
• Zi Yan snapped at the elders for staring at her, then obeyed Su Qingyun when he warned that he might leave her behind.
• Su Qian invited Su Qingyun and Yao Chen to stay at Jia Nan Academy and host a welcoming feast, but Su Qingyun said he was called Qingyun.
• Su Qian recognized Su Qingyun as the celebrated young man from the Central Plains, rumored to rival Dou Zun experts and possess unmatched beauty.
• Hu Jia and the other women questioned Xiao Yu about Su Qingyun’s appearance, and Xiao Yu insisted Su Qian’s praise was no exaggeration.

As Jia Nan Academy mourned its dead, Xiao Yu tried to sneak into Su Qingyun’s room to confess her feelings, but Xiao Yan caught her. After hearing her resolve, Xiao Yan agreed to help her pursue Su Qingyun.

• Jia Nan Academy’s survivors gathered the dead and planned to return some bodies to their families and bury the orphans together.
• Xiao Yu crept toward Su Qingyun’s room, but Xiao Yan stopped her with his Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yu that Su Qingyun’s Soul Power was strong enough to sense activity throughout Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu admitted that she loved Su Qingyun, feared losing her chance to see him again, and wanted to leave behind a descendant.
• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Yu’s decision and offered to help pin Su Qingyun down so she could pursue him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu used the Fire Sealing Technique to pin Su Qingyun down overnight, and Xiao Yu left believing she had finally fulfilled her ten-year wish of being with him. As she hoped to become pregnant, Immortal Qi Accumulation began transforming her body and rapidly increasing her strength.

• Su Qingyun woke to Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu pinning him down with the Fire Sealing Technique, and he avoided breaking the seal because it might seriously injure Xiao Yu.
• The next day, Zi Yan and Old Ya saw Xiao Yu leaving Su Qingyun's room with unsteady steps, and Zi Yan assumed she was trying to seduce him.
• Xiao Yu returned to her room, hoped she would become pregnant after the night with Su Qingyun, and felt happy that Xiao Yan had helped her fulfill her wish.
• Immortal Qi Accumulation began immortalizing Xiao Yu's Dou Meridians, nourishing her bones, evolving her constitution, and rapidly raising her Dou Qi.