Chapter Summaries

The group traveled to Ancient Saint City for the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, marveling at the power and prestige gathered there. They reached the city on foot under the pressure of its Fighting God barrier, leaving the narrator astonished by how many Dou Sheng experts the Central Plains concealed.

• The narrator reassured Xiao Yan and the others that the Hall of Souls was unlikely to intercept them, and the group flew toward Ancient Saint City.
• After three days of travel, the group encountered crowds of Dou Zong experts and sensed a Dou Sheng expert streaking toward the city.
• Xiao Yan vowed to become a Dou Sheng and thought of Xun Er as the group approached Ancient Saint City.
• The group saw the city’s immense gates and learned that a barrier imbued with a Fighting God’s power protected it.
• The narrator led the group on foot for the final ten li, and they passed travelers from factions backed by powerful experts.

Nalan Ye tried to stop Xiao Yan and Ling Quan from clashing at the Ancient Saint City gates, revealing that he led the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance. Xiao Yan attacked Ling Quan anyway, and their fight broke out in front of the crowd.

• Xiao Yan recognized Ling Quan guarding the city gate and grew furious, while Nalan Ye warned him not to act rashly.
• Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan, and Nalan Ye presented his invitation and identified himself as the leader of the Heaven and Earth United Great Love Alliance, backed by two Dou Sheng experts.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Yan for pursuing Xun Er, and Xiao Yan charged at him with a punch.
• Ling Quan knocked Xiao Yan back, but Xiao Yan countered with Eight Extremities Collapse and forced Ling Quan to retreat.
• Ling Quan swept his leg at Xiao Yan, and the two began fighting before the crowd.

Xiao Yan’s attempt to enter Ancient Saint City with his companions led to a clash with Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army. When Ancient Clan members demeaned Xiao Yan for lacking Fighting God Bloodline, the narrator defended his hard-won achievements and challenged them to say what they had to be proud of.

• Xiao Yan fought Ling Quan and began forming a Rage Fire Lotus, but the narrator stopped him to avoid harming nearby people and ruining their chance to see Xun Er.
• Ling Quan ordered the Black Annihilation Army to seize the group, but the narrator overpowered him and asked whether they could enter the city.
• The Fifth Commander arrived, heard what had happened, and told Xiao Yan he was unworthy of Xun Er and should turn back.
• The narrator defended Xiao Yan’s progress despite his lack of Fighting God Bloodline and asked the privileged Ancient Clan youths what they had to be proud of.

Nalan Ye and his companions entered Ancient Saint City after he forced Ling Quan to back down, and he explained why the city’s residents seemed so lifeless. Meanwhile, Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had arrived safely, leaving her relieved and eager for news of him.

• Nalan Ye challenged Ling Quan, but the Fifth Commander ended the confrontation and allowed the group to enter Ancient Saint City.
• Nalan Ye and Little Fairy Doctor noticed the residents’ lack of vitality, and Nalan Ye explained that the Ancient Clan had abandoned its distant-bloodline members.
• Nalan Ye told Green Luo and the Poison Sect Elders to keep a low profile while they waited for the Ancient Realm to open.
• Ling Ying reported to Xun Er that Xiao Yan had arrived and that Ling Quan had attacked him.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Nalan Ye had driven Ling Quan back and Xiao Yan was unharmed.

After Xun Er learned that Nalan Ye had brought Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan, she feared for his safety, while Nalan Ye tried to comfort Xiao Yan after Ling Quan defeated him. The chapter ended with Nalan Ye mistaking a visitor for an enemy and grabbing him by the throat.

• Xun Er ordered Ling Ying to reach Ancient Saint City and tell Nalan Ye to take Xiao Yan away.
• Nalan Ye and his companions settled into a guest courtyard, where Xiao Yan withdrew to his room in dejection.
• Nalan Ye consumed a Soul Fruit made from a captured Hall of Souls Dou Zong but found it barely strengthened his Heavenly Realm soul.
• Xiao Yan confided that he felt useless after losing to Ling Quan, and Nalan Ye gave him a Soul Fruit to strengthen his soul.
• Nalan Ye sensed someone approaching in the courtyard and seized the newcomer by the throat before the visitor identified himself.

Nalan Ye refused Ling Ying’s request to send Xiao Yan away from Ancient Saint City and prepared to face the Ancient Clan’s challenges. While surveying the gathered guests with Green Luo, he noticed a veiled woman from the Yan Clan.

• Nalan Ye recognized Ling Ying, learned he had advanced to One Star Dou Zong, and dismissed his concerns about bringing Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan.
• Ling Ying warned Nalan Ye about the Black Annihilation Army’s commanders and generals and the danger Xiao Yan could face from rivals of Xun Er.
• Nalan Ye insisted Xiao Yan had to face the Ancient Clan and told Ling Ying to have Xun Er cooperate with his plans.
• Nalan Ye took Green Luo to watch two Three-Star Dou Zong youths fight and rewarded her with a Soul Fruit.
• Nalan Ye spotted a veiled woman in red whose powerful fire energy made him suspect she belonged to the Yan Clan.

Nalan Ye warned Huo Zhi and the other Yan Clan members that the Soul Clan was preparing to attack them, claiming he had learned this from the Seventh Heavenly Venerate. The Yan Clan suspected the attack was connected to the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and they were left facing the possibility of another war among the Ancient Eight Clans.

• Nalan Ye climbed onto the Yan Clan platform despite being told men were not welcome and introduced himself as an envoy of the Great Love Alliance.
• After the Yan Clan members dismissed him, Nalan Ye claimed their clan faced annihilation, prompting them to demand an explanation.
• Nalan Ye told Huo Zhi and the others that the Soul Clan had moved Hall of Souls experts to attack the Yan Clan, according to a secret revealed by the Seventh Heavenly Venerate.
• Nalan Ye defended his claim by recalling the battle against the Hall of Souls and explaining that he had spared the Seventh Heavenly Venerate after seriously injuring him.
• The Yan Clan members realized the Soul Clan might be targeting them for their piece of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, raising the prospect of a renewed war among the Ancient Eight Clans.

Nalan Ye negotiated an alliance between the Great Love Alliance and the Yan Clan, offering the Central Plains and the Soul Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for their support. He then publicly challenged the Soul Clan at the Ancient Saint City’s Martial Arts Stage, where three black-robed Soul Clan members appeared.

• Nalan Ye revealed two Ancient Clan invitations to prove the Great Love Alliance had the backing of two Dou Sheng experts.
• Nalan Ye offered the Yan Clan the Central Plains and the Tou She Ancient God Jade after defeating the Hall of Souls and the Soul Clan, and Huo Zhi asked if he could speak for his allies.
• Nalan Ye roared a challenge to the Soul Clan, drawing the attention of Ling Quan, the Black Annihilation Army commanders, and the crowd.
• Nalan Ye released his Seven Star Dou Zong aura and forced the two Three Star Dou Zong fighters to leave the Martial Arts Stage.
• Three black-robed Soul Clan members arrived, and Nalan Ye ordered them to come down and die.

Nalan Ye accused the Soul Clan of plotting to attack the Yan Clan and challenged Hun Ya on the Martial Arts Stage. He wounded Hun Ya with a series of powerful attacks, alarming the spectators and leaving the duel unresolved.

• Nalan Ye publicly accused the Soul Clan of targeting the Yan Clan for its Tou She Ancient God Jade and declared the Great Love Alliance would defend the Yan Clan.
• The Yan Clan members considered Nalan Ye's attempt to provoke a conflict, but the middle-aged man decided to let him continue.
• Hun Ya attacked Nalan Ye, and their first clash ended evenly when their Dou Techniques and physical strength met.
• Nalan Ye struck Hun Ya with the God Slaying Thorn and followed with the Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon, wounding him and exposing his powerful soul force.
• The spectators praised Nalan Ye as Hun Ya struggled to recover, while Ling Quan grew pale at the strength he had displayed.

Nalan Ye battled Hun Ya on the Martial Arts Stage, using lightning techniques, a clone, and a soul attack to overcome the Soul Clan genius. As Nalan Ye’s Purple Lightning Line neared Hun Ya’s neck, Hun Ya begged an elder for help, and the other two Soul Clan Black-Robed People attacked.

• Hun Ya used a secret technique and Fighting God Bloodline to raise his strength from Seven Star Dou Zong to Eight Star Dou Zong, while Nalan Ye used Thunder God Descent to reach the peak of Seven Star Dou Zong.
• Hun Ya’s black wheel forced Nalan Ye to dodge with Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Hun Ya used his strange eyes to identify Nalan Ye’s true body and hurl a black spear at him.
• Nalan Ye used Human World Kindling Flame to hold off the spear while his clone, Ye Lao Na, ambushed Hun Ya with Great Thunder Heavenly Dragon and sent him flying.
• Nalan Ye closed in with Illusory Lightning Cliff as a soul attack left Hun Ya unable to dodge, prompting Hun Ya to cry, “Elder, save me!”
• The other two Soul Clan Black-Robed People struck toward the Martial Arts Stage with billowing black mist.

Nalan Ye killed Hun Ya and drew the Soul Clan and Yan Clan into a confrontation in Ancient Saint City. Huo Zhi trapped the Soul Clan Venerable Hun Wu with the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and Nalan Ye prepared to strike him with Heaven and Earth have Righteous Qi.

• Nalan Ye summoned ten Earth Demon Puppets, joined their power into a Golden-armored puppet, and killed Hun Ya with the Purple Lightning Line.
• Nalan Ye caught Hun Ya's severed head and warned that anyone who attacked the Yan Clan would meet the same fate.
• As Hun Wu attacked Nalan Ye, Nalan Ye fled behind Huo Zhi and called for her help, forcing the Yan Clan to decide whether to intervene.
• Huo Zhi defended the Yan Clan's reputation and trapped Hun Wu inside the Red Lotus Karma Fire, while the other three Yan Clan members attacked him.
• Nalan Ye asked Huo Zhi to keep Hun Wu trapped, spread his human aura, and began using Heaven and Earth have Righteous Qi.

Nalan Ye gathered the Dou Qi of the crowd and unleashed an overwhelming attack that killed one Soul Clan Venerable and cornered Hun Wu. As Hun Wu begged the Ancient Clan to intervene, a dignified voice called out from the sky above Ancient Saint City.

• Nalan Ye gathered the crowd’s Dou Qi until the energy above him reached a terrifying level.
• Hun Wu emerged from the Red Lotus Karma Fire, but Nalan Ye’s attack overwhelmed the two Soul Clan Venerables and killed one of them.
• Hun Wu tried to escape through a Space Channel, but Little Fairy Doctor and the Poison Sect Elders shattered it.
• Nalan Ye, his allies, and the Yan Clan members surrounded Hun Wu as the Heavenly Demon Puppet attacked him.
• Hun Wu called for the Ancient Clan’s help, and a voice from the sky asked who dared attack in Ancient Saint City.

Nalan Ye’s clash in Ancient Saint City drew Elder Gu Xun, who mistook the power of Nalan Ye’s technique for a Dou Sheng’s intervention. After hearing the commanders’ account, Gu Xun dismissed Hun Wu’s accusations and treated Nalan Ye favorably, leaving the Ancient Clan’s stance toward him looking promising.

• Elder Gu Xun arrived in Ancient Saint City searching for the Dou Sheng whose energy he had sensed, and Ling Quan revealed that a Seven Star Dou Zong, Nalan Ye, had caused the disturbance.
• Hun Wu accused the Ancient Clan of allowing Nalan Ye to kill Hun Ya and Hun Qi Venerable, then demanded that Gu Xun kill him.
• Little Fairy Doctor grew angry at Hun Wu, while Nalan Ye held her back and Huo Zhi spoke up for him on behalf of the Yan Clan.
• Gu Xun rejected Hun Wu’s accusation, blasted him aside, and asked Nalan Ye whether he had used the powerful technique.
• Nalan Ye modestly confirmed that he had created the technique, and Gu Xun laughed at the comparison with the Ancient Clan’s young people.

After Nalan Ye impressed Gu Xun with his strength, Gu Xun recognized Xiao Yan’s connection to the Xiao Clan and told him that Xiao Xuan’s tomb lay in the Heavenly Tomb. Huo Zhi explained that the Heavenly Tomb would open after the Coming-of-Age Ceremony and that members of the Ancient Eight Clans could enter, leaving Nalan Ye claiming he qualified as a Xiao Clan member.

• Gu Xun praised Nalan Ye’s secret technique and said he had a great chance of becoming a Dou Sheng, then recalled knowing Xiao Xuan and told Xiao Yan to pay respects at his tomb in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Xun left after warning Nalan Ye not to use the powerful technique again in Ancient Saint City, while Ling Quan’s commanders cleaned up and the spectators dispersed.
• Xiao Yan asked about Xiao Xuan and the Heavenly Tomb, and Huo Zhi explained that it held Dou Sheng burials and their opportunities and would open after the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Huo Zhi questioned whether Nalan Ye was really from the Xiao Clan because of his surname, and Nalan Ye insisted he counted as a member through his engagement to Xiao Meier.
• Huo Zhi concluded that Nalan Ye qualified to enter the Heavenly Tomb, astonishing the other Yan Clan members.

The narrator explained why the Xiao Clan no longer had a clan mark and used that history to secure a connection with Huo Zhi before the Heavenly Tomb opened. After several days exploring Ancient Saint City, the narrator saw the sky darken beneath rolling clouds and lightning.

• Huo Xuan challenged the narrator's claim that Little Fairy Doctor belonged to the Xiao Clan, but Huo Zhi reminded him that the Xiao Clan had lost its Fighting God Bloodline.
• The narrator recalled that Xiao Xuan had gathered the clan's Fighting God Bloodline and failed to reach the Fighting God realm, leading to the Xiao Clan's decline and eventual destruction.
• Huo Zhi said she would meet the narrator again at the Heavenly Tomb, and the narrator agreed to enter it with her.
• Little Fairy Doctor teased the narrator about Huo Zhi, while Xiao Yan resolved to become strong enough to take Xun Er away from the Ancient Clan.
• The narrator and his companions explored Ancient Saint City, where Green Luo lamented the Ancient Clan's abundance of treasures and the narrator bought medicinal herbs and Pill Recipes.
• The city suddenly darkened, and the narrator took Little Fairy Doctor outside to see dark clouds, lightning, and thunder overhead.

The narrator and the other invited guests boarded the Ancient Clan’s warships and traveled through a dangerous spatial fissure into the Ancient Realm. After learning the ships were made from adult Ancient Void Dragon corpses, the narrator recognized why their aura reminded him of Zi Yan.

• Several enormous warships appeared above Ancient Saint City, and Yang Hao mocked the guests for being frightened.
• Huo Zhi told the narrator that the passage to the Ancient Realm had opened, and he boarded a warship with Little Fairy Doctor, Xiao Yan, and the others.
• Huo Zhi explained that the warships were needed to cross the unstable spatial fissure, and the fleet plunged through its turbulent void.
• Huo Xuan said the Ancient Clan’s warships had been refined from adult Ancient Void Dragon corpses.
• The narrator realized the ships’ familiar power reminded him of Zi Yan, who had been taken back to Dragon Island and might become the new Dragon Emperor.

The narrator and the guests arrived in the Ancient Realm, where Yang Hao taunted Xiao Yan over his clan and his pursuit of Xun Er. Xun Er joined the warship and reunited with Xiao Yan, but her warning that he should not have come left him questioning whether she thought he did not belong there.

• The warship reached the Ancient Realm, and Yang Hao warned the guests not to leave it as they traveled toward the Ancient Saint Mountain Range.
• Yang Hao provoked Xiao Yan, boasting that the Ancient Clan could test his Fighting God Bloodline and threatening to make him crawl out of the realm.
• Xun Er flew to the warship, rebuked Yang Hao, and embraced Xiao Yan as the two reunited.
• Lin Lao and Nan Lao arrived and urged Xun Er to remember that the Ancient Clan soldiers were watching; she then asked Xiao Yan why he had come.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Yan that he should not have come to the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Yan asked whether she thought he did not deserve to be there.

Nalan Ye brought Xiao Yan to the Ancient Realm, where he helped ease the tension between Xiao Yan and Xun'er before the group arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range. That night, Green Luo asked Nalan Ye to help her enter the Heavenly Tomb as his concubine.

• Xun'er privately scolded Nalan Ye for bringing Xiao Yan to the Ancient Realm before he was strong enough, but changed her mind after he challenged her to wait until Xiao Yan reached Dou Sheng.
• Xun'er welcomed Xiao Yan and encouraged him to return to the Ancient Realm, while Xiao Yan vowed to become strong enough that no one could stop him.
• The warship arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and the guests disembarked and settled into neighboring courtyards.
• After Xun'er took Xiao Yan away to explore, Nalan Ye settled in with Huo Zhi and the others.
• That night, Green Luo massaged Nalan Ye's shoulders and asked to enter the Heavenly Tomb as his concubine.

Nalan Ye promised Xun Er he would protect Xiao Yan from challengers at her Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and Xun Er offered him entry to the Heavenly Tomb if Xiao Yan remained safe. At the ceremony, Ling Quan received a golden clan crest, while Huo Xuan’s remarks about bloodline status provoked Xiao Yan to defend those without Fighting God Bloodlines.

• Xun Er warned Nalan Ye that someone would challenge Xiao Yan at the ceremony, and Nalan Ye agreed to stop them; she promised him access to the Heavenly Tomb if Xiao Yan stayed safe.
• Xun Er led Nalan Ye, Xiao Yan, and the other guests to the mountaintop plaza, where Nalan Ye recognized Gu Yao and Xun Er gave him something to use if he faced him.
• Elder Gu Xun announced the start of the ceremony, and three Ancient Clan Venerables conducted its rituals before calling Ling Quan to the platform.
• Ling Quan’s bloodline test lit six stars, and the Elder Council awarded him a golden clan crest.
• Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan explained the clan’s bloodline grades and crests, and Xiao Yan challenged Huo Xuan’s claim that those without Fighting God Bloodlines were unworthy.

At the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Nalan Ye diverted Gu Yao’s challenge away from Xiao Yan and accepted a life-or-death duel. The chapter left Nalan Ye facing the stronger Eight Star Dou Zong with no outside help allowed.

• Gu Yao received the ceremony’s first Purple-Gold Clan Crest, and the crowd celebrated his eighth-grade bloodline and strength.
• Gu Yao invoked his right to challenge someone, making Xiao Yan tense as the crowd expected him to be the target.
• Nalan Ye jumped into the arena, claimed Gu Yao had meant to challenge him, and taunted him into accepting.
• Gu Yao realized Nalan Ye was protecting Xiao Yan and agreed to a duel to the death.
• The presiding Venerables cleared the arena, leaving Nalan Ye to face Gu Yao without external aids.