Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Meng Er arrived in Ancient Saint City and waited for the Ancient Realm to open while Xiao Chen reunited with Gu Xun'er. They entered the realm with the other guests and arrived in a world filled with dense Heaven and Earth Energy.

• Xiao Chen confronted Ling Quan at the city gates and entered Ancient Saint City with Xiao Yan and Meng Er after presenting their tokens.
• Xiao Yan learned that the spatial gate to the Ancient Realm would open in three days, and Gu Yuan sensed an obscure aura from Meng Er.
• Xiao Chen secretly met Gu Xun'er and spent three days catching up with her in the city.
• An Ancient Clan elder warned the gathered guests to avoid wandering in the Ancient Realm and disturbing its residents.
• Xiao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Hun Ya would not return after entering the realm, then the three entered through the newly opened spatial gate.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Meng Er, and the other guests arrived in the Ancient Realm and marveled at its dense Heaven and Earth Energy.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Meng Er traveled into the Ancient Realm aboard a Shuttle Void Boat and met the Flame Clan siblings Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi. Huo Xuan explained the Heavenly Tomb and warned them about the Soul and Yao Clans, leaving Xiao Yan wary of the Flame Clan pair as they departed.

• Xiao Yan marveled at the Ancient Realm’s dense Heaven and Earth Energy as the group boarded a Shuttle Void Boat guarded by the Black Annihilation Army.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi introduced themselves to Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Meng Er, and Huo Zhi showed interest in Xiao Chen’s fire spirit, Little Fire.
• Huo Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb held ancient experts’ energy imprints, slowed time, and admitted members of the Ancient Eight Clans, including the Xiao Clan.
• Huo Xuan warned Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen about the Soul Clan’s role in the Xiao Clan’s fall and identified Yao Xingji as the Yao Clan’s representative.
• Huo Xuan proposed that the Flame Clan cooperate with Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen inside the Heavenly Tomb, and they agreed to consider it.
• After Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi left, Xiao Yan told Xiao Chen that neither sibling was simple.

Xiao Chen and his companions arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, where Gu Zhen warned that Ancient Clan rules made a relationship between Xiao Chen and Xun'er impossible. After Xun'er welcomed them, Xiao Chen confronted the Ancient Clan elders who tried to overwhelm him with their auras.

• Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan discussed Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan's strength and agreed they should not make enemies of them.
• Gu Zhen explained that the Ancient Clan guarded its Dou Emperor bloodline by forbidding outsiders from marrying into the clan, and Xiao Chen left after recognizing the warning about Xun'er.
• The warship arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and the guests flew toward the Ancient Clan's reception buildings.
• Xun'er boarded the warship, embraced Xiao Chen, and greeted Xiao Yan and Meng Er.
• Xiao Chen sensed powerful auras from the mountains, unleashed his Space Domain, and crushed the pressure of more than ten Ancient Clan elders.

Xiao Chen entered the Ancient Saint Mountain Range with Xun'er after declaring that no one could stop him from being with her. At the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony, he forced his way into the plaza and met Mang Tianchi, dean of Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.

• Xiao Chen overwhelmed Gu Zhen and other powerful observers, then kissed Xun'er and challenged anyone who tried to keep them apart.
• Gu Yuan decided to let the younger generation settle its own affairs, while Huo Xuan and three Soul Hall members watched Xiao Chen with concern or hostility.
• Xiao Chen and Xun'er entered the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, where Xun'er told him the Coming-of-Age Ceremony would take place the next day.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Meng Er arrived at the ceremony, and Xiao Chen banished two elders who tried to block their way into the plaza.
• Mang Tianchi introduced himself and asked Xiao Chen about subduing and refining the Inner Academy's Fallen Heart Flame; Xiao Chen replied that Mang Tianchi might not be able to beat him.

The Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony began, revealing how bloodline grades and clan crests measured the standing and potential of its young members. After several youths received their evaluations, Gu Yao entered the arena and stood before the elders.

• A Dou Saint’s voice announced the start of the ceremony, and three Ancient Clan elders began calling candidates forward.
• Ling Quan received a sixth-grade bloodline evaluation and a Golden Clan Crest, while Xun'er explained the bloodline grades and crest types to Xiao Yan.
• Mang Tianchi explained that Xun'er's tenth-grade God-Grade Bloodline could grant potential to reach the peak of the Dou Saint realm.
• Several young Ancient Clan members were evaluated, and Gu Zhen received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark for his seventh-grade bloodline and military merits.
• Gu Yao entered the arena and stood upright before the elders instead of kneeling.

At Gu Yao’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, his eighth-grade bloodline earned him a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, and he challenged Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen sent Little Fire to fight in his place, and Little Fire overwhelmed Gu Yao with destructive flames.

• Gu Yao touched the star disc, which revealed eight stars and an eighth-grade bloodline, and an elder bestowed a Purple-Gold Clan Mark upon him.
• Gu Yao asked whether he could challenge anyone during the ceremony, then fixed his gaze on Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Chen accepted the challenge but summoned Little Fire and told Gu Yao to defeat the infant first.
• Gu Yao attacked Xiao Chen, but Little Fire intercepted him with golden flames and forced him to dodge.
• Little Fire suppressed Gu Yao as he used the Emperor Seal Skill, while Xiao Chen mocked him.
• Gu Yao unleashed his Beast King’s Roar and Grand Nirvana Finger, and Little Fire countered with multicolored flames that swept toward him.

Little Fire defeated Gu Yao in the Ancient Clan ceremony, and Xiao Chen revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation. Xun’er’s bloodline test then reached ten stars, revealing a God-Grade Bloodline.

• Little Fire defeated Gu Yao, and Xiao Chen called it back and introduced it to Xun’er.
• Tong Xuan Elder appeared, declared Gu Yao the loser, and took over the ceremony; Gu Yao admitted defeat after sensing Xiao Chen’s Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation.
• Huo Zhi sensed numerous Heavenly Flames within Little Fire and speculated that Xiao Chen’s cultivation method could fuse them.
• Tong Xuan Elder began Xun’er’s bloodline test, and her star chart reached nine stars before a tenth star appeared, indicating a God-Grade Bloodline.

Xun'er revealed a God-Grade Bloodline at her coming-of-age ceremony, and Tong Xuan Elder inscribed the Ancient Clan's Seven-Colored Clan Tattoo on her. After Hun Ya secretly resolved to kill her in the Heavenly Tomb, Xun'er told Xiao Chen that it would open in two days.

• Xun'er produced ten golden stars on the star disk, revealing her God-Grade Bloodline and making many Ancient Clan members kneel.
• Tong Xuan Elder used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to draw the Seven-Colored Clan Tattoo on Xun'er, whose awakened tattoo exerted a powerful pressure.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Meng Er left the ceremony, while Hun Ya considered the Heavenly Tomb an opportunity to secretly kill Xun'er.
• Two days before the Heavenly Tomb opened, Xun'er spoke with Xiao Chen and Meng Er beneath the moon.

Xiao Chen confronted the Ancient Clan elders over the Heavenly Tomb’s vacant slots and secured the return of the Xiao Clan’s places by displaying his strength. Two days later, as he prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb, Ling Er announced it as a new sign-in location.

• Tong Xuan Elder explained that the Ancient Clan had four slots available but wanted six, and several elders argued over taking the Xiao Clan’s quota.
• Xiao Chen appeared before the elders, demanded to know what qualified someone for a Heavenly Tomb slot, and summoned two Chaos Fingers to demonstrate his power.
• Tong Xuan Elder agreed to return the Xiao Clan’s slots, and Xiao Chen left after mentioning that Xun'er was waiting for him.
• The elders discussed Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, learning that the clan leader also found Xiao Chen difficult to see through and dangerous.
• Xiao Chen spent the next two days touring the Ancient Saint Mountain Range with Xun'er and Meng Er, then received Ling Er’s notice that the Heavenly Tomb was a sign-in location.

Xun'er explained the Heavenly Tomb and its dangers as Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er entered it together. After checking in, Xiao Chen obtained Chen Flame and began collecting Energy Cores on the first level.

• Xun'er explained the Heavenly Tomb’s three levels and introduced the clans gathered to enter it.
• The Heavenly Tomb opened, and Tong Xuan Elder announced that each clan could send two people for a stay of up to three years.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb together, while Meng Er stayed behind and then vanished from the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Chen checked in upon arrival and received Chen Flame.
• Xiao Chen used Space Annihilation to destroy nearby Energy Bodies and collect their Energy Cores.

Xiao Chen guided Xiao Yan and Xun'er through the Heavenly Tomb, helping them advance to Nine-Star Dou Venerables while he pursued his own breakthrough. After they entered the second level, Xiao Chen discovered that he had reached peak Nine-Star Dou Venerable and become a Ninth Grade Alchemist, then continued hunting Energy Bodies.

• Xiao Yan absorbed an Energy Core as Xiao Chen promised to help him and Xun'er reach the Dou Saint realm during their three years in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Chen used his Space Domain to turn Energy Bodies on the first level into Energy Cores, which Xiao Yan and Xun'er absorbed as they traveled toward the second level.
• After three months and more than a thousand Energy Cores, Xiao Yan and Xun'er rose from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Dou Venerables.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li appeared, taunted Xiao Chen, and fled through the entrance to the second level; Xiao Chen followed, saying he was waiting for someone more important.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er crossed the energy curtain into the second level, where Xiao Chen saw that he had reached peak Nine-Star Dou Venerable, stabilized his Early Heaven Realm soul, and become a Ninth Grade Alchemist.

Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er fled a massive Energy Storm through the Heavenly Tomb Second Layer and reached the solid barrier to the third layer with the other clans. The gathered groups began breaking through together, while Xiao Chen kept Hun Ya and Hun Li alive for his own plans.

• Xiao Chen's group traveled toward the third layer as he killed high-level Energy Bodies and gathered their Energy Cores; Xun'er warned that an Energy Storm was approaching.
• Xiao Chen's group met Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi while fleeing the storm, and they continued toward the third-layer entrance together.
• Xun'er met Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing, and revealed that she had advanced from Seven-Star to Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• The clans gathered at the solid energy barrier, and Gu Qingyang proposed that they take turns attacking it to open a passage before the storm arrived.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li arrived late and kept their distance from Xiao Chen's group as the clans began attacking the barrier.
• Xiao Chen watched Hun Ya and Hun Li and considered how Dou Saint-level Energy Cores might strengthen Xun'er and Xiao Yan.

Xiao Chen and the others broke through an insect-infested crystal wall to reach the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer and traveled toward Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence. They encountered the half-Saint Energy Body Blood Blade Saint, and Xiao Chen tried to stop him by claiming they were Xiao Xuan’s descendants.

• Gu Qingyang discovered Ancient Devouring Insects inside the crystal wall, so the group spent an hour blasting through it before the insects could overwhelm them.
• Xiao Chen’s group chose not to pursue Hun Ya and Hun Li, and Xun’er, Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing traveled with Xiao Chen toward Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence.
• Over the next two months, Xiao Chen’s group advanced through the Third Layer, consuming Energy Cores and encountering no Energy Bodies stronger than Nine-Star Dou Zuns until they found a half-Saint.
• The group met Blood Blade Saint, who challenged them and fought Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing, sending them flying.
• Xiao Chen called out to Blood Blade Saint and said that he and his companions were Xiao Xuan’s descendants.

Xiao Chen and his companions fought their way through the Heavenly Tomb’s depths and reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb. Xiao Xuan appeared and greeted Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, then remarked that the Ancient Clan had not honored its agreement with him.

• Blood Blade Saint recognized the name Xiao Xuan and directed Xiao Chen’s group west through the Heavenly Tomb’s dangerous rift.
• Xiao Chen’s group encountered Hun Ya, Hun Li, and two Dou Sheng Energy Bodies, and Xiao Chen killed the four attackers with the Second Finger of Chaos.
• Xiao Chen and his companions traveled deeper into the Heavenly Tomb and reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb.
• Xiao Xuan appeared, and Xiao Yan knelt to pay his respects while Xiao Chen saluted him.
• Xiao Xuan recognized the Ancient Clan members and said their clan had not fulfilled its agreement with him because they had lost their bloodline power.

Xiao Xuan explained how he had sacrificed the Xiao Clan’s bloodline power in a failed attempt to reach Dou Di, then revealed the sealed power he had preserved for a descendant. Xiao Chen proposed resurrecting Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, and the two ancient experts discussed why no one had advanced to Dou Di since Tou She Ancient God vanished.

• Xiao Xuan invited Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er into the hall behind the stone stele and asked about the Xiao Clan’s current state.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had fallen into a diminished family, and Xiao Xuan explained that he had gathered most of its bloodline power into himself before his failed breakthrough and death.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had sealed some Dou Di bloodline power to pass on to a descendant, but Xiao Chen asked whether Xiao Xuan had considered resurrection.
• Xiao Chen summoned the Yellow Springs Demon Saint and told him and Xiao Xuan that he could resurrect them if their remnant souls remained, though not immediately.
• Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint discussed their shared belief that something had prevented anyone from reaching Dou Di since Tou She Ancient God vanished.

After three months of cultivation in Xiao Xuan’s Tomb, Xiao Chen broke through to One-Star Dou Sheng Initial Stage and advanced his soul to Heaven Realm Middle Stage. He left to gather Energy Cores for Xiao Yan and Xun’er, while Xiao Yan began to suspect Xiao Chen came from another world.

• Xiao Xuan offered to guard Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xun’er as they cultivated, and Xiao Chen distributed Energy Cores among them before helping Little Fire refine Chen Flame.
• After three months, Xiao Chen refined Chen Flame, reached One-Star Dou Sheng Initial Stage, and advanced his soul to Heaven Realm Middle Stage.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er said they had reached One-Revolution Dou Zun and expected to attain Half-Saint during their time in the Heavenly Tomb, so Xiao Chen left to find more Energy Cores.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Chen seemed not to be from their world, and Xiao Yan overheard them and recalled sealed memories of an azure-blue planet.
• Xiao Chen defeated three Half-Saint Energy Bodies and more than a dozen Dou Venerable Energy Bodies, collected their Energy Cores, and continued hunting Energy Bodies across the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Chen had Meng Er break the seal on the Dou Qi Continent’s Plane Passage, restoring the aura that could allow Nine-Star Dou Shengs to become Dou Di. Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi sensed the opportunity, while Zhu Kun remained trapped in the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and vowed to break through within three years.

• Xiao Chen returned from sweeping the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer and gave Xiao Yan and Xun'er several hundred Energy Cores as their cultivation neared a breakthrough.
• Xiao Chen told Gu Yuan that Meng Er came from another world, and Gu Yuan revealed that her aura had once briefly made him feel capable of breaking through to Dou Di.
• Xiao Chen asked Meng Er to break the seal on the Plane Passage, and she shattered it, allowing mysterious energy to flow into the Dou Qi Continent.
• Gu Yuan sensed the returning breakthrough aura, while Hun Tiandi also felt it and ordered the Soul Realm sealed as he prepared to pursue Dou Di.
• Zhu Kun sensed the aura from within the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and declared that he would break through to Dou Di within three years and escape.

Xiao Chen gathered people from across the continent and brought them to the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate before it closed. He began hunting Energy Bodies for their Energy Cores while everyone settled in to train.

• Xiao Chen and Meng Er traveled across the Jia Ma Empire, Jia Nan Academy, the Han Family, and Starfall Pavilion, collecting people for the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Chen brought the gathered group into the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and the others near Xiao Xuan's Tomb.
• Gu Qingyang asked who the newcomers were, and Xiao Chen said they were his friends.
• Xiao Zhan and the others paid their respects to Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• The group chose places to cultivate, while Xiao Chen hunted Energy Bodies across the Heavenly Tomb to collect Energy Cores for them.

Xiao Chen visited East Dragon Island and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to secure help for Zi Yan’s effort to unite the Dragon Islands. After nine days with Xiao Chen, Phoenix advanced to the early Three-Star Dou Sheng level.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Chen that East Dragon Island could not face the three allied Dragon Islands alone, and she planned to refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and reach Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Chen traveled to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, where Feng Qing'er introduced him to Phoenix, Kun Phoenix, and Eagle Phoenix.
• Xiao Chen asked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to help Zi Yan, and Phoenix said she would consider the request.
• Phoenix watched Xiao Chen and Feng Qing'er and learned about the power of their dual cultivation method.
• After nine days with Xiao Chen, Phoenix advanced from middle Two-Star Dou Sheng to early Three-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Chen brought Phoenix, Feng Qing'er, and allies to East Dragon Island as Zi Yan prepared to unify the Ancient Void Dragon clan. Zi Yan fought the Three Great Dragon Kings while the two sides' Dou Sheng experts clashed, and Xiao Chen intervened against their strongest fighters.

• Phoenix advanced to early Three-Star Dou Sheng after cultivating the Dragon Phoenix True Scripture with Xiao Chen, who declared that Feng Qing'er would become a Clan Leader Candidate and that both women would serve him together.
• Xiao Chen led Phoenix, Kun Phoenix, Eagle Phoenix, Yao Ming, and Feng Qing'er through a space passage to East Dragon Island, where Zi Yan had reached Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Chen she wanted to settle the unification war herself, but would call on him if she could not defeat the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings attacked Zi Yan outside East Dragon Island, but her Dragon Phoenix Body and Four-Star Dou Sheng strength kept her from falling at a disadvantage.
• Yao Ming, Phoenix, Kun Phoenix, Eagle Phoenix, and East Dragon Island's elders fought the other Dragon Islands' Dou Sheng experts while Xiao Chen killed powerful enemies around the battlefield.