Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han used his martial soul abilities and fused Heavenly Flames to overpower the Heavenly Tomb Soul. The soul was trapped and burning, leaving Xiao Han poised to claim its soul source.

• Xiao Han joined Xiao Xuan and declared he would refine the Heavenly Tomb Soul, while Xiao Xuan protected him from being expelled from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Han summoned the Cold Rock Golden Flood Dragon and used Beast Blood Boiling to increase both his and Xiao Xuan's strength and defense by 270%.
• Xiao Han used Dragon's Might to suppress soul power, reducing the Heavenly Tomb Soul's combat strength and leaving it unable to expel him.
• Xiao Han unleashed the Four-Colored Glazed Flame and engulfed the Heavenly Tomb Soul, whose attempts to escape and fight back failed.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul begged to be released, but Xiao Han continued burning it and demanded its soul source.

Xiao Han refined the Heavenly Tomb Soul, gaining rewards and an item that resurrected Xiao Xuan. After Xiao Han absorbed the soul’s crystallized power, his soul reached the Initial Emperor Realm.

• Xiao Han refined the Heavenly Tomb Soul, earning experience, Platinum Treasure Chests, a Resurrection Coin, and an achievement reward.
• The Heavenly Tomb’s energy bodies celebrated their freedom as Xiao Han collected the soul’s crystallized power.
• Xiao Han gave the Resurrection Coin to Xiao Xuan, who crushed it and returned to life.
• Xiao Han swallowed the crystallized soul power and advanced his soul to the Initial Emperor Realm.

Xiao Han woke after refining the Heavenly Tomb Soul and reached the Emperor Realm in soul power, while Xiao Xuan guarded him from the energy beings. Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan discovered a mysterious sealed region in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Han ended by asking why soul cultivation could reach the Emperor Realm without Source Qi.

• Xiao Xuan warned that any energy being approaching within ten thousand meters of his tomb would be killed.
• Xiao Han awakened with Emperor Realm soul power, and Xiao Xuan rejoiced at his breakthrough.
• Xiao Han sensed a mysterious region where time flowed more than ten times faster, and Xiao Xuan said it was one of ten places he could not enter.
• Xiao Han used the Hongmeng System to scan the region and learned its barrier had been left by the Dou Di who created the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Han reviewed his gains in the Heavenly Tomb and asked Xiao Xuan why soul cultivation required no Source Qi to reach the Emperor Realm.

Xiao Han told Xiao Xuan that Source Qi was sufficient but not necessary for reaching the Dou Di realm, citing Tou She Ancient God’s rise from a Heavenly Flame. After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Han wondered where Xiao Yan had gone and resolved that he could still control him unless he reached the Emperor Realm.

• Xiao Han claimed Tou She Ancient God had cultivated from a Heavenly Flame into a Dou Di without Source Qi, prompting Xiao Xuan to reconsider how one could reach the realm.
• Xiao Han suggested that breaking through without Source Qi required Dou Qi to undergo a qualitative transformation, and Xiao Xuan contemplated the idea.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan agreed to bring the Xiao Clan into the Heavenly Tomb, where time passed six times slower than outside.
• Xiao Han opened a spatial rift and led Xiao Yu, Ya Fei, Gu Xun Er, and Xiao Xuan out of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Han realized he had found no trace of Xiao Yan in the Heavenly Tomb and wondered whether he had died or achieved something beyond Xiao Xuan’s reach.
• Xiao Han recalled his Emperor Realm soul and fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then stepped through the rift with confidence that Xiao Yan could not escape him without reaching the Emperor Realm.

After three years in the Heavenly Tomb, the clan geniuses returned with mixed losses and dramatic breakthroughs, including Xiao Han’s Emperor Realm soul. The black-robed figure who emerged with Xiao Han left Gu Yuan intrigued by asking for Five Hundred Year Palace Wine, just as another powerful ripple shook the space.

• Yao Xingji returned as a Half-Saint, while Huo Zhi and Lei Gang reported that Huo Wu and Lei Ba had died.
• Gu Zhen, Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Gu Dong returned without Gu Xun Er, and Gu Qingyang explained that she had entered with Xiao Yan and was reportedly with Xiao Han.
• Xiao Yu and Ya Fei emerged as Six-Star Dou Shengs, followed by Gu Xun Er, who had reached Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Han confirmed to Gu Yuan that he had achieved an Emperor Realm soul and learned that Hun Susu had returned to the Eastern Hun Family to face the Western Hun Family’s army.
• Xiao Han introduced a black-robed companion as a friend, and the figure asked Gu Yuan whether he had any Five Hundred Year Palace Wine.
• A tremendous ripple stirred the space again, matching the disturbance caused by Xiao Han.

Gu Yuan recognized the black-robed man as Xiao Xuan, while Xiao Han claimed Xiao Xuan had perished fighting the Heavenly Tomb Soul. Xiao Yan then arrived with an Emperor Realm soul and seized control of the Heavenly Tomb from Xiao Han.

• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Xuan and asked him about the Five Hundred Year Palace Wine they had once promised to share.
• Gu Yuan noticed four people wearing Ancient Insect Emperor Armor, and Xiao Han explained that Xiao Xuan had sacrificed himself to defeat the Heavenly Tomb Soul and pass his legacy to Xiao Yu.
• Gu Yuan encouraged Xiao Han to revive the Xiao Clan, while the Western Hun Family elders watched with smugness.
• Xiao Yan emerged with white hair and an Emperor Realm soul, startling Gu Yuan and the other clan elders.
• Xiao Yan waved toward the space ahead, and Xiao Han realized he had lost control of the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yan severed Xiao Han’s dominion over the Heavenly Tomb after gaining a mysterious opportunity, then departed after Gu Xun Er said she would let her father decide her marriage. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi attacked Hun Susu’s Eastern Hun Family, and three elders betrayed her, leaving her gravely wounded before a powerful voice came to her defense.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan realized Xiao Yan had gained absolute control over the Heavenly Tomb through an opportunity in a mysterious land, and Xiao Yan vowed to repay Xiao Han for his humiliation.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave with Yao Xingji and Yao Youxiao, but Gu Xun Er told her father to decide her marriage, making Xiao Yan clench his fists in anger.
• Hun Tiandi led an assault on Skyscraper City, headquarters of Hun Susu’s Eastern Hun Family, and demanded that she surrender.
• Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, Feng Xian’er, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Titan Snow Devil King, Heavenly Flame Honored One, and Hun Susu’s allies charged to defend her.
• Three Eastern Hun Family elders betrayed Hun Susu and struck her with their Dou Techniques, sending her flying and causing her to spit blood.
• A powerful voice condemned the elders for wounding Hun Susu, and a terrifying force of soul power swept over the attackers.

Xiao Han arrived with Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and a powerful force to save the Eastern Hun Family and Xiao Clan from Hun Tiandi. Hun Tiandi chose to retreat, but Xiao Han demanded that he return the Hun Clan Patriarch position to Hun Susu, and an enemy Nine-Star Dou Sheng with a Heavenly Flame confronted them.

• Xiao Han's Emperor Realm soul power crushed three traitorous Eastern Hun Family elders, and his arrival rallied the defenders.
• Xiao Han brought Gu Yuan, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Xuan, and several thousand Gu Clan experts, while Gu Yuan promised that more reinforcements were coming.
• Xiao Han greeted Hun Susu, Xiao Long, and Xiao Dingtian, and Xiao Long realized that Xiao Han had won Gu Xun Er's affection.
• Xiao Xuan revealed himself to Hun Tiandi, who recognized the former Xiao Clan Patriarch and decided to retreat.
• Xiao Han stopped Hun Tiandi and demanded that he return the Hun Clan Patriarch position to Hun Susu, while a black-clothed Nine-Star Dou Sheng and Three Thousand Burning Flame warned of danger.

Xiao Han exposed Hun Tiandi’s plans and persuaded Void Swallowing Flame that Hun Tiandi would discard him after becoming a Dou Di. Void Swallowing Flame ended their alliance, and Xiao Han received an achievement reward for driving them apart.

• Xiao Han revealed that Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame had exterminated the Spirit Clan and Stone Clan, shocking Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and the others.
• Xiao Han warned Void Swallowing Flame that Hun Tiandi would no longer need him after becoming a Dou Di, and exposed Void Swallowing Flame’s preparations to control Hun Clan elders.
• Xiao Han promised to let Void Swallowing Flame live and help him become the foremost Heavenly Flame, prompting Void Swallowing Flame to question Hun Tiandi’s intentions.
• Void Swallowing Flame declared that he had repaid his debt to Hun Tiandi and ended their alliance, while Hun Tiandi angrily accused him of betrayal.
• The Hongmeng System awarded Xiao Han 100 million Experience Points and 10,000 Energy Points for driving a wedge between Hun Tiandi and Void Swallowing Flame.

Xiao Han challenged Hun Tiandi to settle the Hun Clan’s future in a duel and defeated him after a devastating clash of their strongest attacks. Hun Tiandi tried to kill Xiao Han after losing, but Xiao Han survived with the Ancient Insect Emperor Armor and slew him.

• Xiao Han proposed that he and Hun Tiandi fight under the Hun Clan’s rules, with the winner deciding the clan’s future, and Hun Tiandi accepted.
• Xiao Han summoned the Cold Rock Golden Flood Dragon, strengthened himself with the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame and his Blood Boiling soul skill, and clashed with Hun Tiandi’s Snow Demon Heart Erosion Lightning.
• Xiao Han and Hun Tiandi agreed to unleash their strongest attacks; Hun Tiandi swung his crimson saber while Xiao Han sent sixteen Destruction Fire Lotuses against it.
• Xiao Han emerged from the ensuing explosion in better condition than Hun Tiandi, and declared that Hun Tiandi had lost.
• Hun Tiandi lunged at Xiao Han with his broken sword, but Xiao Han’s Ancient Insect Emperor Armor stopped the blow, and Xiao Han killed him with the Heartless Sword.

Xiao Han killed Hun Tiandi and broke through to the Dou Di realm, restoring and strengthening the Xiao and Hun Clans’ Dou Di Bloodlines. With the Hun Clan forces surrendering, Xiao Han shared the Flame Mantra with Void Swallowing Flame and Three Thousand Burning Flame and freed the latter from the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s imprint.

• Xiao Han killed Hun Tiandi, gained rewards, and reached Level 100 and the Dou Di realm.
• Xiao Han’s breakthrough reactivated the Xiao and Hun Clans’ bloodlines, improving their members’ strength and transforming Xiao Xuan’s bloodline into a God-Rank Bloodline.
• The Hun Clan forces surrendered, and members of both clans and Gu Yuan congratulated Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han gave Void Swallowing Flame the Flame Mantra, then copied it to Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Han crushed the imprint left on Three Thousand Burning Flame’s origin flame by the ancestor of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.

After opening several treasure chests, Xiao Han gained powerful techniques, pills, and soul rings, then discovered a cycle that could keep earning him rewards. When Xiao Qing came to ask for help with her cultivation bottleneck, Xiao Han brought out the Dragon Phoenix Yin Yang Pill and told her to take it.

• Xiao Han opened three Platinum Treasure Chests and obtained the Eight Inner Gates, an Emperor Breakthrough Pill, and a million-year Brilliant Gold Soul Ring.
• Xiao Han absorbed the soul ring, gained his fourth martial soul ring, and received experience, energy, and a Gold Treasure Chest.
• Xiao Han opened more chests, absorbed two nine-hundred-thousand-year soul rings, and gained his fifth and sixth martial soul rings with more rewards.
• Xiao Han obtained a Dragon Phoenix Yin Yang Pill from a Gold Treasure Chest.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing visited Xiao Han because Xiao Qing's cultivation had reached a bottleneck, and Xiao Han told her to take the pill.

Xiao Han collected three powerful soul rings from Platinum Treasure Chests, reached level 101, and gained new fused Dou Skills. After giving Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai soul bones that formed crowns, he was left receiving Xiao Qing’s renewed affection.

• Xiao Qing broke through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng after six rounds with Xiao Han, who then opened a Platinum Treasure Chest and refined a million-year Void Nine-Headed Serpent soul ring.
• Xiao Han opened two more Platinum Treasure Chests, gaining Brilliant Gold soul rings from an ancient Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and completed all nine soul rings.
• Xiao Han reached level 101, assessed his greatly increased power, and obtained a Flat Peach that the system said could help Xun Er and the others break through to Dou Di.
• Xiao Han spent 328,000 Energy Points to fuse his Dou Skills into five new techniques, including Eighteen Levels of Ice and Fire Hell and Ten Thousand Swords Pierce the Heavens.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Qing and Xiao Bai head soul bones, and each gained a queen’s crown; Xiao Qing then climbed onto him to show her gratitude.

Xiao Han traveled to the Space Trading Fair with Cai Lin, the Little Fairy Doctor, Ya Fei, and Xiao Yu, while the Heavenly Mansion Alliance remained hidden in the Heavenly Tomb. At the fair, Xiao Han stepped in after a stall owner mocked Xiao Yu and offered the requested treasures for the stall’s goods.

• Xiao Han learned that the Heavenly Mansion Alliance had disappeared into the Heavenly Tomb, which he could not break into, and moved the Xiao and Hun Clans’ core forces to support Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Xuan an Emperor Breakthrough Pill and Hun Susu an Immortal Peach before leaving the Hun Clan for the Space Trading Fair.
• The Little Fairy Doctor searched the fair for poisonous items but found nothing that interested her.
• Xiao Yu picked up a Seven-Colored Ore, and the stall owner insulted her and demanded a Transformation Pill, two Eighth-Rank Pills, and a heaven-rank fist technique for his goods.
• Xiao Han supplied a Transformation Pill, two Eighth-Rank Pills, and the Low-Level Heaven Rank technique Thunder Flame Eight Extremes Collapse.

Xiao Han and his companions entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion’s Space Trading Fair after Cai Lin discovered that a Seven-Colored Ore was actually a Nine-Colored Origin Stone. When Xiao Han competed for Demon Phoenix Wings for Ya Fei, he revealed his strength and caused his opponent to withdraw.

• Xiao Yu gave Cai Lin the Seven-Colored Ore, and Cai Lin used her blood to reveal that it was a Nine-Colored Origin Stone.
• Xiao Han and his companions entered the Ancient Treasure Pavilion and took their places at the Space Trading Fair.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man offered Demon Phoenix Wings in exchange for an Eighth-Rank Pill with Four-Colored Pill Lightning, and Ya Fei agreed she wanted them.
• Xiao Han offered the requested pill, but another bidder added a Dou Ling Pill to challenge him.
• Xiao Han released his Emperor Realm soul power, shattered the attendees’ disguises, and the rival recognized him as the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di and gave up.

At the Space Trading Fair, Xiao Han acquired several treasures, including a fragment of the map to the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire, while his strength intimidated the other bidders. After the fair revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Barren Ancient Domain, Xiao Han decided to go there with his companions.

• Xiao Han took the Demon Phoenix Wings after the other bidders withdrew, then traded a Three-Pattern Dou Sheng Pill for the Vajra Glazed Body and bought the Heavenly Nether Poison Codex for Little Fairy Doctor.
• Xiao Han won the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire map fragment by offering one Eighth-Rank Pill with Six-Colored Pill Lightning, completing his collection of all four fragments.
• Treasure Mountain Old Man announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Barren Ancient Domain, and Cai Lin explained that the trading fair's three sects wanted others to risk entering it.
• Xiao Han agreed to travel to the Barren Ancient Domain and left the fair with his companions to prepare.

Xiao Han led a vast force of Dou Zun and Half-Saint cultivators into the Barren Ancient Domain to reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree and prepare for an approaching battle. After they passed safely through the Demon Beast tide, Xiao Han revealed that the seemingly vibrant ancient tree was sick.

• Xiao Han refused to stop in Barren Town and led Xiao Yu, Feng Qing'er, Xun Er, Lan Lan, and hundreds of thousands of clan experts toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Cultivators from Barren Town tried to follow Xiao Han's army but fell behind as the group crossed the primeval forest.
• Feng Qing'er released the pressure of her Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, deterring the Demon Beasts and allowing the army to pass through their ranks.
• The group reached the immense Bodhi Ancient Tree and marveled at its size and radiant aura.
• Feng Qing'er sensed something unsettling, and Xiao Han confirmed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree was sick.

Xiao Han and the others fought five Half-Saint puppets made from people consumed by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then were transported into its illusion space. Xiao Han broke through his own illusion and found the tree holding everyone in visions shaped by their deepest desires.

• Xiao Han explained that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had erased the minds of five Half-Saint experts and turned them into puppets.
• Gu Xun Er, Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Yu defeated the five puppets, freeing them from the tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped the group and hundreds of thousands of people in light, transporting them into its illusory realm.
• Xiao Han shattered the illusion around himself and discovered a miniature Bodhi Ancient Tree holding everyone in separate visions.
• Xiao Han saw illusions revealing Gu Xun Er's, Lan Lan's, Feng Qing'er's, and Xiao Yu's desires to stay with him.

Xiao Han purified the Bodhi Ancient Tree of the Evil Dou Di’s curse, then persuaded it to let his companions share in its reincarnation trials. After awakening with a deeper understanding of the path to becoming a Dou Di, he and four women received Bodhi Hearts, while Gu Xun Er and Feng Qing’er gained the potential to comprehend the Reincarnation Mysteries.

• Xiao Han recognized the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s past and offered to remove the Black Qi afflicting it.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Han twenty-four Bodhi Seeds, which he refined with Heavenly Flame to cleanse the tree of the curse.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree released Xiao Han’s companions and created meditation cushions so they could all comprehend its mysteries.
• Xiao Han remained immersed in the tree longer than the others and realized its trials conveyed the Reincarnation Mysteries and potential to become a Dou Di.
• Xiao Han, Gu Xun Er, Xiao Yu, Lan Lan, and Feng Qing’er emerged with Bodhi Hearts, while Gu Xun Er and Feng Qing’er retained the potential to comprehend the mysteries and reach the Dou Di realm.

Xiao Han and Gu Xun Er entered the Demon Fire Space when the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire descended, and Xiao Han broke through its emotional illusion. He saved the other trapped Dou Zhe and warned them to leave, while he and Gu Xun Er remained inside.

• Xiao Han and Gu Xun Er discussed the threat of Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance as they waited for the demon fire to descend.
• The prophecy came true, and Xiao Han and Gu Xun Er entered the Demon Fire Space through a fissure in the sky.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Fire created an illusion of Xiao Yu threatening Gu Xun Er, but Xiao Han saw through it and shattered the illusion.
• Xiao Han dispersed the mist trapping dozens of Dou Zhe and woke Gu Xun Er and the others.
• Xiao Han warned the Dou Zhe that they lacked the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map and could be burned or turned into puppets, so they left the Demon Fire Space.