Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cang claimed rewards that raised his cultivation, soul, and physique, then returned to the Gu Clan and stayed with Xun’er until she gave birth to a son. The system awarded him another set of powerful rewards, leaving him with a newborn son and new abilities and treasures.

• Xiao Cang mastered Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, advanced to Six-turn Dou Zun, strengthened his soul and physique, and improved the Supreme Flame God Canon by devouring two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Cang returned to the Xiao Family with spiritual medicines and told Yun Yun he would be away for a year; they spent their final night together before he left for the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Cang reunited with Xun’er and stayed by her side until she began giving birth ten days later.
• Xiao Cang summoned the Gu Clan’s midwives, and Xun’er gave birth to a son.
• The system rewarded Xiao Cang with Three-Revolutions Dou Zun cultivation, Heavenly Realm Mid Stage soul cultivation, One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, Azure Dragon Transformation Art, Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.

After Xun'er gave birth to a son, Xiao Cang, who named him Xiao Ci, gained powerful rewards and reached Nine Revolutions Dou Zun. Gu Yuan granted him a slot in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Cang anticipated meeting peerless female geniuses from other Ancient Families.

• Xiao Cang welcomed his newborn son with Xun'er and named him Xiao Ci.
• The Gu Clan elders argued over whether to give Xiao Cang a Heavenly Tomb slot, and Gu Yuan decided the clan would repay its debt to the Xiao Clan by granting him one.
• Xiao Cang received One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, the Dragon Phoenix Ancient Armor, and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, while his cultivation advanced to Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Cang that he could enter the Heavenly Tomb in half a month and expressed astonishment at his rapid breakthrough.
• Xiao Cang thought about the Heavenly Tomb and anticipated meeting Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan.

Xiao Cang spent half a month with Xun'er before joining the Gu Clan geniuses at the Heavenly Tomb expedition, where he assessed the other ancient clans and spotted a striking Yan Clan Female Disciple. The expedition gathered at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, with Xiao Cang noticing the Hun Clan's hostile interest in him and the Ancient Emperor Jade.

• Xun'er took the initiative with Xiao Cang after he teased her, and they spent the next half month together.
• The ancient bell rang, and Xiao Cang carried Xun'er to meet the Gu Clan geniuses gathering for the Heavenly Tomb expedition.
• Xiao Cang learned that Gu Ling had reached Nine Revolutions Dou Zun after losing to him, while Gu Ling and Gu Yao envied Xiao Cang's closeness with Xun'er.
• Xun'er introduced the Shi, Hun, Lei, and Yao Clan groups, and Xiao Cang sensed that the Hun Clan Disciples intended to target him and seize the Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Xun'er wondered why the Ling Clan was absent, and Xiao Cang knew the Hun Clan had likely exterminated it years earlier.
• Two Yan Clan members arrived, and Xiao Cang became captivated by the veiled Yan Clan Female Disciple.

Xiao Cang was tempted by Huo Zhi’s Lotus Fire Karma Flame and agreed to help the Lei Clan disciples if he could, then prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb. As the tomb opened, he led five Gu Clan Prodigies through its gate together.

• Xiao Cang recognized Huo Zhi’s Lotus Fire Karma Flame as a chance to advance toward the Half-Saint realm.
• Mang Qianchi asked Xiao Cang to help the Lei Clan disciples in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Cang agreed to assist only when circumstances permitted.
• The Heavenly Tomb began to open, and Xun'er kissed Xiao Cang goodbye before his journey.
• An elder explained that entrants could stay in the Heavenly Tomb for three years, equal to half a year outside, and warned them of its dangers.
• Gu Qingyang asked Xiao Cang to enter with the Gu Clan group to avoid being teleported apart, and Xiao Cang led five Gu Clan Prodigies through the gate.

Xiao Cang led the Gu Clan group through the Heavenly Tomb, absorbing energy beings as they traveled toward the second level. Near the center of the first level, two Hun Clan Disciples appeared, and Xiao Cang suspected they had come to seize his Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Cang and the Gu Clan group entered the Heavenly Tomb and agreed to travel together until reaching the second level.
• Xiao Cang and the Gu Clan members advanced through the first level, capturing energy beings and strengthening their cultivation.
• As the group neared the center, two Hun Clan Disciples emerged from concealed mist and confronted them.
• Xiao Cang warned the Gu Clan members not to underestimate the Hun Clan Disciples, sensing they were confident and likely targeting his Ancient Emperor Jade.

Two Hun Clan Disciples revealed that they were junior bodies fused with the souls of High-level Half-Saints, and Xiao Cang faced them alone. After resisting their attack and weakening one with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, Xiao Cang saw the Half-Saint unleash the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• The two Hun Clan Disciples revealed High-level Half-Saint auras, shocking Gu Ling, Gu Qingyang, and the other Gu Clan members.
• Xiao Cang realized that the Hun Clan had replaced the juniors’ souls with the souls of High-level Half-Saints to conceal their strength and seize the Ancient Emperor Jade.
• Gu Ling asked Xiao Cang to hold off one enemy, but Xiao Cang declared he could kill a Half-Saint and stepped forward alone.
• The two Half-Saints tried to crush Xiao Cang with space, but his body remained unharmed, and he explained that their new bodies limited their cultivation.
• Xiao Cang used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to damage the Half-Saints’ souls and weaken their auras.
• One Half-Saint unleashed a void-like darkness that swallowed the sound waves, and Xiao Cang recognized the Nihility Devouring Flame.

Xiao Cang and the Gu Clan disciples faced the Hun Clan’s Half-Saints and Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flame inside the Heavenly Tomb. Xiao Cang unleashed his hidden techniques and used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to confront the Child Flame, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Cang recognized that the black mass was Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flame, with strength around the One-star Dou Saint level, rather than its true body.
• When Gu Ling urged him to surrender the Ancient Emperor Jade, Xiao Cang refused and summoned his Vajra Glazed Body and three powerful clones.
• The Hun Clan’s two Half-Saints sent the Child Flame to attack, while Gu Qingyang and the other Gu Clan disciples prepared to fight until Xiao Cang ordered them to retreat.
• Xiao Cang and his clones attacked the Half-Saints with powerful Dou Techniques, then Xiao Cang charged the Child Flame and unleashed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol against it.

Xiao Cang used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and his avatars to hold off the Void Devouring Flame's Child Flame and two High-level Half-Saints, then survived the Ten-Colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus explosion. He enslaved one Half-Saint's remnant soul, while the other escaped, and turned his attention to the now-uncontrolled Child Flame.

• Xiao Cang restrained the Void Devouring Flame's Child Flame with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol while his three avatars attacked the two High-level Half-Saints.
• One Half-Saint tried to flee the Ten-Colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, but the explosion engulfed both Half-Saints and Xiao Cang's avatars; the Child Flame helped Xiao Cang survive the flames.
• Gu Ling, Gu Qingyang, and the other Gu Clan disciples retreated from the fire sea and watched as it dispersed.
• Xiao Cang used the Netherworld Soul Control Art to refine one Half-Saint's remnant soul into a Soul Slave, while the other Half-Saint escaped.
• Xiao Cang focused on the ownerless Void Devouring Flame's Child Flame and considered refining it to reach the Half-Saint realm.

Xiao Cang refined the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-flame, broke through to Late Initial Half-Saint, and continued into the Heavenly Tomb’s second level seeking Xiao Xuan’s inheritance. After two months of cultivation, he encountered Huo Zhi in the misty depths.

• Xiao Cang erased the Soul Imprint in the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-flame and refined it while the Gu Clan juniors guarded him.
• Xiao Cang broke through from Nine Revolutions Dou Zun to Late Initial Half-Saint, then led the group onward through the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Cang and the Gu Clan juniors reached the second level and parted ways so he could pursue Xiao Xuan’s inheritance.
• Xiao Cang spent two months absorbing energy crystals and realized ordinary cultivation offered little progress at Half-Saint.
• Huo Zhi appeared in a burst of fire near Xiao Cang.

Xiao Cang rescued Huo Zhi from the Heavenly Joyful Desire Saint, a Half-Saint remnant soul, and killed him with a devastating counterattack. The Saint’s self-destruction left Huo Zhi overwhelmed by the lingering effects of his aphrodisiac Dou Qi as Xiao Cang held her.

• Xiao Cang found Huo Zhi bound by invisible chains and freed her from them.
• Xiao Cang identified the hidden Half-Saint remnant soul and pursued it when it tried to flee.
• The remnant soul burned its Soul Power, broke free of Xiao Cang’s restraint, and attacked him with aphrodisiac Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cang struck the Heavenly Joyful Desire Saint with the Sorrowful Wind Soul Refining Hand, prompting the remnant soul to self-destruct.
• Xiao Cang shielded Huo Zhi from the blast with his clones, but she was left flushed and burning with desire in his arms.

Xiao Cang rescued Huo Zhi from the lust poison left by Heavenly Joyful Desire Saint by agreeing to marry her and using Dual Cultivation to remove it. Afterward, Huo Zhi called Xiao Cang her husband, and he received new techniques and a cultivation method as system rewards.

• Xiao Cang discovered that Heavenly Joyful Desire Saint's lust poison had infected Huo Zhi and could not be removed with his Dou Qi.
• Huo Zhi begged Xiao Cang to help her detoxify through Dual Cultivation, and Xiao Cang required her to agree to marry him.
• Huo Zhi agreed, and Xiao Cang used Dual Cultivation with her over two days to fully remove the poison.
• Huo Zhi thanked Xiao Cang, and he pulled her back into his embrace until she called him her husband.
• Xiao Cang received the Great Soul Control Art and Dragon-Phoenix Auspiciousness Art as system rewards, then suggested teaching Huo Zhi the new method.

Huo Zhi discovered that dual cultivation with Xiao Cang greatly accelerated her cultivation, then parted from him on the Third Layer of the Heavenly Tomb as he continued toward Xiao Xuan's tomb. Along the way, Xiao Cang learned that Xue Mei had given birth to a daughter, received rewards that advanced his cultivation, and sensed a terrifying aura approaching.

• Huo Zhi confirmed that dual cultivation with Xiao Cang had rapidly increased her cultivation and asked him to cultivate with her again, but Xiao Cang refused so he could search for Xiao Xuan's inheritance.
• Huo Zhi gave Xiao Cang a wisp of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire's Origin Flame in exchange for his promise to visit the Yan Clan and stay with her for half a year.
• Xiao Cang escorted Huo Zhi to the Third Layer, where they parted; Huo Zhi went to seek an elder's inheritance while Xiao Cang headed for Xiao Xuan's tomb.
• The system told Xiao Cang that Xue Mei had given birth to a daughter and rewarded him with treasures and a cultivation breakthrough to the Intermediate Half-Saint stage.
• As Xiao Cang traveled through the Third Layer, his Spiritual Sense detected a terrifying aura rushing toward him.

Xiao Cang fled through the Heavenly Tomb as Sen Yun Gui Sheng, a powerful Hun Clan soul, pursued him with Hun Qing and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Cornered, Xiao Cang revealed his Half-Saint strength and unleashed the Azure Dragon Transformation Art, preparing to fight.

• Xiao Cang sensed Sen Yun Gui Sheng's overwhelming aura and fled deeper into the Heavenly Tomb, but the Hun Clan Ancestor pursued him alongside the weakened Hun Qing.
• Sen Yun Gui Sheng crushed the surrounding space to stop Xiao Cang, who transformed into a golden giant and forced the space open with his physical strength.
• Xiao Cang's transformation drew the attention of nearby prodigies and awakened ancient souls, while Hun Qing feared the fate Xiao Cang could have inflicted on him.
• Sen Yun Gui Sheng confronted Xiao Cang and demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for a swift death.
• Xiao Cang rejected Sen Yun Gui Sheng's demand and activated the Azure Dragon Transformation Art, combining its power with his Eternal Undying Body and Vajra Glazed Body.

Xiao Cang battled Sen Yun Gui Sheng, using his clones and powerful techniques to hold off the Three Star Dou Sheng before unleashing a Fire Lotus made from thirteen Heavenly Flames. He revealed the attack and challenged Sen Yun Gui Sheng to withstand it.

• Sen Yun Gui Sheng attacked Xiao Cang with sinister soul energy, but Xiao Cang’s Heavenly Realm soul resisted it and his Bone Spirit Cold Flame devoured the energy.
• Xiao Cang’s Azure Dragon Heavenly Seat Seal struck Sen Yun Gui Sheng and injured him.
• Xiao Cang created three clones and summoned his lightning incarnation, surrounding Sen Yun Gui Sheng and attacking him with physical blows and Heavenly Grade Dou Techniques.
• Sen Yun Gui Sheng burned his Soul Power and shattered Xiao Cang’s three clones, severely injuring Xiao Cang’s true body.
• A hidden clone revealed a Fire Lotus condensed from thirteen Heavenly Flames, which Xiao Cang took and prepared to use against Sen Yun Gui Sheng.

Xiao Cang unleashed a Thirteen-Colored Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus against Sen Yun Gui Sheng, but Xiao Xuan appeared and erased the flames before they could engulf Xiao Cang. After killing Sen Yun Gui Sheng, Xiao Xuan reunited with Xiao Cang and learned how far the young descendant had advanced while carrying the hope of restoring the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Cang hurled the Thirteen-Colored Fire Lotus at Sen Yun Gui Sheng, then fled as the explosion spread into a vast sea of flames.
• The flames swallowed Sen Yun Gui Sheng and Hun Qing and raced after Xiao Cang, cracking the surrounding space as he tried to escape.
• Xiao Xuan appeared, froze the entire space, and casually erased the sea of flames.
• Xiao Xuan crushed the surviving Sen Yun Gui Sheng, then released the spatial restriction and allowed Xiao Cang to move again.
• Xiao Cang bowed to Xiao Xuan, who praised his Half-Saint cultivation and expressed guilt over the hardship he had endured.
• Xiao Cang told Xiao Xuan that restoring the Xiao Family made his suffering worthwhile, and Xiao Xuan praised him.

Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Cang to his tomb mansion and passed down the Xiao Family’s Purple-Gold Clan Mark. Since Xiao Cang’s bloodline was nearly nonexistent, Xiao Xuan gave him the last of his Dou Di Bloodline, and Xiao Cang began absorbing it.

• Xiao Xuan led Xiao Cang to his tomb mansion in the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb and asked about the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Cang told Xiao Xuan that the clan had dwindled to a family in the Jia Ma Empire, which he had helped become the empire’s strongest force.
• Xiao Xuan passed his inherited Purple-Gold Clan Mark to Xiao Cang and explained that it needed Dou Di Bloodline to activate.
• Xiao Xuan drained his remaining Dou Di Bloodline into the pool, leaving himself aged and pale.
• Xiao Cang sat in the blood pool and began absorbing the Dou Di Bloodline.

Xiao Cang endured the replacement and fusion of Xiao Xuan’s Dou Di Bloodline, breaking through to Dou Saint. He suppressed the bloodline’s surging power until his cultivation stabilized at mid-stage One-star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Cang resisted the pain and exhaustion as scarlet bloodwater replaced the blood in his body, surprising Xiao Xuan with his willpower.
• After more than ten days, Xiao Cang’s blood replacement succeeded, and the bloodline’s power raised his cultivation to peak High-level Half-Saint.
• Xiao Cang spent a year refining the Dou Di Bloodline before breaking through to Dou Saint.
• Xiao Cang’s cultivation surged as high as late-stage Three-star Dou Saint, but he repeatedly suppressed it to avoid destabilizing his foundation.
• Xiao Cang’s aura finally stabilized at mid-stage One-star Dou Saint, and Xiao Xuan praised his determination.

Xiao Cang broke through to Dou Saint with Xiao Xuan’s help and received a promise that he could raise his soul realm to Emperor Realm after reaching Five Star Dou Saint. He then rescued Huo Zhi from a Hun Clan Half-Saint in the Heavenly Tomb, where she asked him to help her cultivate faster.

• Xiao Cang stabilized his breakthrough to Dou Saint, sensed his control over the power of heaven and earth, and thanked Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Cang asked Xiao Xuan about improving his soul realm, and Xiao Xuan promised to help him reach Emperor Realm after he became Five Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Cang to train in the Heavenly Tomb for another year and revealed that Huo Zhi was in trouble.
• Xiao Cang followed a Spatial Rift and destroyed the Hun Clan Half-Saint pursuing Huo Zhi.
• Huo Zhi reunited with Xiao Cang, learned that he had become a Dou Saint, and asked him to help her cultivate faster.

Xiao Cang and Huo Zhi spent months cultivating together in the Heavenly Tomb, rapidly raising Huo Zhi’s realm before the system revealed that she was pregnant. After using his reward to advance to the late stage of One-star Dou Sheng, Xiao Cang planned to limit their Dual Cultivation while assuring Huo Zhi that they could still continue occasionally.

• Huo Zhi sought to grow stronger and willingly engaged in Dual Cultivation with Xiao Cang in the gray, misty space.
• Over the following months, Huo Zhi advanced from Nine Star Dou Zun to Four-turn Dou Zun, while Xiao Cang neared the late stage of One-star Dou Sheng.
• Eight months passed, leaving four months before the Heavenly Tomb closed, and the system announced that Huo Zhi carried Xiao Cang’s bloodline.
• Xiao Cang claimed an Anointing reward and broke through to the late stage of One-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Cang told Huo Zhi they should reduce their Dual Cultivation because she was pregnant, then assured her they could still continue once or twice a day.

Xiao Cang used a Hun Clan spirit jade to hunt down and eliminate the Hun Clan souls hiding in the Heavenly Tomb, while also rescuing two trapped clan juniors. As the tomb expelled its entrants, the other clans’ disciples emerged, but none of the Hun Clan’s people appeared, leaving their elders alarmed.

• Xiao Cang reached the peak of One-star Dou Sheng and decided to spend the last half-month clearing the Heavenly Tomb of Hun Clan members.
• Xiao Cang used Hun Qing’s spirit jade to locate Hun Clan souls, killed them, and refined several Half-Saint remnants into Soul Slaves.
• Xiao Cang rescued a Lei Clan junior and a Shi Clan junior from a nest of Spirit Insects.
• The Heavenly Tomb expelled its entrants, and Gu Ling emerged as a Half-Saint while Xun'er asked where Xiao Cang was.
• The Hun Clan elders noticed that none of their people had come out and wondered what had happened to them.