Chapter Summaries

Gu Xun'er defended Lu Yuan before Yao Dan, while Gu Qingyang revealed that Lu Yuan had defeated him and Lei Dong together. Lu Yuan then struck down Yao Wangui and challenged Yao Dan, declaring that the Yao Clan could not keep him if he wanted to leave.

• Gu Xun'er asked Yao Dan to judge the dispute fairly while making clear that the Gu Clan expected an acceptable explanation.
• Gu Qingyang told Gu Dao that Lu Yuan was the man Gu Xun'er loved and had defeated both him and Lei Dong when they fought together.
• Gu Dao realized Gu Yang and Gu Nanhai were undermining Gu Xun'er and the Gu Clan's efforts to support her choice.
• Lu Yuan explained the positions of Gu Xun'er, the Gu Clan elders, Yao Wangui, and Yao Dan, then struck Yao Wangui with a blade of light.
• Lu Yuan told Yao Dan that the Yao Clan could not keep him and demanded that the dispute be judged by his account.

Lu Yuan confronted the Yao Clan after suppressing Yao Wangui, while Yao Dan relied on his higher cultivation to challenge him. Lu Yuan exposed and removed the Soul Clan remnant fused with Gu Yang, then demanded that Yao Dan answer for Yao Wangui’s slander, leaving the Yao Clan to decide whether to yield or face his threat.

• Yao Dan judged that his Seven-Star Dou Saint strength could overcome Lu Yuan’s Three-Star realm and refused to take him seriously.
• Gu Xun’er sat back and trusted Lu Yuan to handle the confrontation, while Gu Yang and Gu Nanhai awkwardly claimed Lu Yuan had no ties to the Gu Clan.
• Lu Yuan exposed Gu Yang’s corruption, separated his soul from a Soul Clan Dou Saint’s remnant, destroyed the remnant, and returned Gu Yang’s soul to his body.
• Lu Yuan demanded that Yao Dan answer for Yao Wangui’s slander and warned that he would use force if the answer did not satisfy him.

Yao Dan tried to persuade Lu Yuan to back down, but Gu Xun'er declared that the Gu Clan would stand with Lu Yuan because she intended to marry him. Lu Yuan then revealed his bond with Yao Lao, making clear that he had a personal grievance against the Yao Clan.

• Yao Dan weighed the costs of fighting Lu Yuan against retreating and losing the Yao Clan's dignity, then offered to punish Yao Wangui after the Medicine Ceremony if Lu Yuan would step back.
• Gu Xun'er rejected Yao Dan's appeal and said she would marry Lu Yuan or remain alone, declaring that the Gu Clan would offend anyone for him.
• Gu Qingyang accepted that he could not challenge Gu Xun'er's stance, while Gu Dao's silence confirmed the Gu Clan's support for her declaration.
• Lu Yuan explained that Yao Lao had taught him alchemy before he became Xuan Yi's disciple, and said he recognized Yao Lao as his master, confirming that he did have a grudge against the Yao Clan.

Lu Yuan shattered the Medicine Clan Grand Array and killed Yao Dan after the clan tried to resist him. He forced the surviving Yao Clan members to reveal the truth about Yao Wangui, leaving the clan’s remaining first elder facing Lu Yuan’s demand to abandon any attempt at negotiation.

• Yao Dan activated the Medicine Clan Grand Array, but Lu Yuan dismantled it instantly using his array knowledge.
• Lu Yuan killed Yao Dan with the Years Blade and challenged the assembled factions to speak against him.
• Lu Yuan seized Yao Wangui and gave Yao Ling the choice to expose his memories or protect the Yao Clan’s dignity.
• Yao Ling promised that the Yao Clan would investigate Yao Wangui publicly and punish him if he had broken clan rules.
• The Yao Clan’s remaining first elder stepped forward to inspect Yao Wangui’s memories, but Lu Yuan rejected his attempt to negotiate terms.

The Medicine Clan’s First Elder extracted Yao Wangui’s memories, which proved that Yao Wangui had personally framed Yao Chen. With the truth exposed and the clan disgraced, Lu Yuan asked Yao Lao how he wanted to proceed.

• The Medicine Clan’s First Elder chose the clan’s survival over Yao Wangui’s loyalty and extracted Yao Wangui’s soul.
• The First Elder projected Yao Wangui’s memories, revealing that he had switched Yao Chen’s medicinal ingredients and plotted to punish him.
• The gathered clan leaders were shocked by Yao Wangui’s petty and contradictory scheme, while Yao Chen learned what had truly happened to him.
• The First Elder condemned Yao Wangui as deserving death, and Lu Yuan asked Yao Lao what he wanted to do next.

Yao Lao confronted the Yao Clan over its past treatment of him, punished Yao Wangui, and demanded that the clan investigate the Medicine Gathering winners. After carving an accusation onto the clan stele, he left for Starfall Pavilion with his allies as other alchemists abandoned the disgraced Yao Clan.

• Yao Lao challenged the Yao Clan’s First Elder over Yao Wangui’s wrongdoing and forced him to promise an investigation into the suspicious Medicine Gathering winners.
• Yao Lao crushed Yao Wangui’s soul, then recounted how the clan had rejected his request to honor his parents on the clan stele.
• Yao Lao explained that he no longer sought the Yao Clan’s approval, then carved “Unworthy to bear Yao Chen’s parents’ names” onto the clan stele.
• Yao Lao invited his disciples and Xuan Yi to return with him to Starfall Pavilion, while Xiao Yan, Lu Yuan, and others prepared to leave.
• Several Eight-Rank Alchemists and their disciples left the Yao Clan to follow Yao Lao.

After the Medicine Ceremony, news of Lu Yuan’s strength and Yao Lao’s return spread across the continent, while the Ancient Clans weighed Lu Yuan’s potential. Gu Xun’er persuaded Gu Yuan to invite Lu Yuan to the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, provided the Gu Clan did not provoke him.

• News spread that Lu Yuan had become the youngest Three-Star Dou Sheng, Venerable Yao had returned to public life, and the Yao Clan had paid a steep price to calm Yao Chen and the others.
• Independent cultivators focused on Yao Lao’s return and the prospect of Starfall Pavilion replenishing its pill supply and lowering prices.
• The Ancient Clans recognized that Lu Yuan’s ability to challenge a Seven Star Dou Sheng made him a rare threat and potential Dou Emperor-level talent.
• Gu Xun’er asked Gu Yuan to invite Lu Yuan to the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and insisted that Lu Yuan be allowed to defend himself if the Gu Clan provoked him.
• Gu Yuan agreed to invite Lu Yuan on the condition that Lu Yuan would not start a conflict at the ceremony.

Lu Yuan accepted Gu Xun’er’s invitation to attend her Coming-of-Age Ceremony and prepared to travel to the Gu Clan with his companions. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan and the group setting out, while the Gu Clan’s complicated ties with the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and other factions shaped who might attend.

• Lu Yuan decided he could not refuse Gu Xun’er’s personal invitation to her Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Gu Xun’er invited Starfall Pavilion, and the Gu Clan also invited Danta, the Flower Sect, Burning Flame Valley, Ice River Valley, and several powerful races.
• The Gu Clan anticipated that the Void Ancient Dragon Clan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan might not attend, given their past tensions and shifting alliances.
• The chapter recounted Zhu Kun’s history of intimidating the Ancient Eight Clans and explained why Gu Yuan would not dare detain Zi Yan if she came.
• Lu Yuan set out for the Gu Clan with Yao Lao, Feng Xian, Xiao Yan, Mu Qingluan, and the others, confident he could protect his companions.

Starfall Pavilion’s Spatial Spaceship encountered the Flower Sect’s, bringing Yao Chen face-to-face with his former confidante Azure Fairy and making Xuan Yi jealous. Lu Yuan hinted that he had arranged the encounter, while Feng Xian and the others watched the resulting tensions as the ships continued toward the Gu Clan.

• Starfall Pavilion’s and the Flower Sect’s Spatial Spaceships stopped after an unexpected encounter in the void.
• Feng Xian asked Lu Yuan whether he had arranged the meeting, and Lu Yuan’s evasive answer convinced him that he had.
• Azure Fairy confronted Xuan Yi while reminiscing with Yao Chen, leaving Yao Chen caught awkwardly between them.
• Feng Xian warned Lu Yuan that Xuan Yi might retaliate, but Little Fairy Doctor said Lu Yuan was resistant to poison and then went to chat with Qing Lin.
• Feng Xian left for the cabin, content to avoid becoming Yao Chen’s shield as the group continued toward the Gu Clan.

Yao Chen reunited with Azure Fairy and Hua Fairy aboard the Flower Sect’s ship, where Hua Fairy confronted him about his past rejection of Azure Fairy and his ties to Hua Yu. After the Flower Sect and Starfall Pavilion members became acquainted during the journey, both ships arrived at the Gu Clan, where Gu Xun'er waited for Yao Chen’s group.

• Hua Fairy joined the Starfall Pavilion’s ship and criticized Yao Chen for rejecting Azure Fairy and, years earlier, leaving Hua Yu.
• Yao Chen admitted he regretted rejecting Azure Fairy and said he lacked the fortune to accept Hua Yu’s affection; Hua Fairy accepted his explanation and returned to the Flower Sect’s ship.
• The Flower Sect elders, deacons, and disciples told Azure Fairy and Hua Fairy about Yao Chen’s recent affairs, including his new disciple.
• Azure Fairy introduced the Flower Sect members to Yao Chen’s group, and the two factions became acquainted during the journey.
• The Starfall Pavilion and Flower Sect ships arrived at the Gu Clan’s reception platform, where Gu Xun'er and other Gu Clan members were waiting.

Gu Xun'er’s Bloodline Awakening ceremony began amid divided opinions about Lu Yuan and Gu Yuan’s unease over their relationship. Gu Xun’er first appeared to awaken a Nine-Rank Bloodline, but Lu Yuan identified it as God-Rank just before the Stone Tablet exploded, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Gu Dao explained Gu Yuan and Gu Xun’er’s troubled history to Lu Yuan and urged him not to take offense at his future father-in-law.
• Gu Yuan gave a brief speech, and the Gu Clan’s Bloodline Awakening ceremony began.
• Gu Xun’er stepped forward and placed her palm on the Stone Tablet, which displayed a ninth-rank result.
• Lu Yuan declared that Gu Xun’er had awakened a God-Rank Bloodline, and the Stone Tablet exploded.

The Gu Clan elders debated how to guide Gu Xun'er, whose God-Rank Bloodline and relationship with Lu Yuan left Gu Yuan struggling to balance his duties as clan leader and father. After the ceremony, Lu Yuan invited Gu Xun'er to travel with him to see a wider world, and she gladly accepted.

• The Gu Clan elders argued over whether to control Gu Xun'er's future or let her choose her own path, while discussing the danger and prestige of her God-Rank Bloodline.
• Gu Lie described Lu Yuan's unusual strength and argued that the Gu Clan should respect Gu Xun'er's judgment unless she made a mistake.
• Gu Yuan worried that he could neither stop Gu Xun'er's relationship with Lu Yuan nor accept the elders' advice without consequences.
• After the Bloodline Awakening ceremony, Gu Xun'er brought Lu Yuan to her courtyard, while Xiao Yan avoided them and Yao Lao and the others left them alone.
• Lu Yuan invited Gu Xun'er to join him in seeing a wider world, and Gu Xun'er took his hand and said she wanted to follow his journey.

As the Gu Clan’s ceremony ended, the Soul Clan launched a surprise assault on the departing factions, seeking to seize the initiative against its growing isolation. The attack devastated the first wave of guests, leaving Yan Jin and Lei Ying seriously injured as the Soul Clan’s forces continued their assault.

• Yao Chen, the Yao Clan delegation, and the Qingluan Clan remained at the Gu Clan, hoping to build ties with Yao Chen and Lu Yuan.
• A Void Ancient Dragon envoy stayed to discuss ending the conflict with the Gu Clan, while Burning Flame Valley’s history and its ties to Xiao Yan were recounted.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame led nearly thirty Soul Clan Dou Saints in a surprise attack on factions leaving the Gu Clan.
• The Soul Clan’s opening assault killed many Dou Zun and wiped out more than seventy percent of the first group’s manpower and fighting strength.
• Nihility Devouring Flame and several Soul Clan experts struck Yan Jin and Lei Ying, leaving both Eight Star Dou Sheng seriously injured.

The Soul Clan ambushed the forces gathered outside the Gu Clan, badly injuring Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Huo Ling before pursuing them into the Ancient Realm. As Nihility Devouring Flame attacked the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan's Four Elders targeted Gu Xun'er, Lu Yuan drew the Years Blade to face them.

• The Soul Clan's ambush killed several Dou Saints and severely wounded Huo Ling, Lei Lin, and Old Ancestor Huo Yun, while the masters of Ice River Valley and Sound Valley also died.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying activated their Clan Tattoos and led the surviving forces into the Gu Clan, where Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan's troops had already entered the Ancient Realm.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered Hun Shengtian, Hun Xuzi, and Hun Miesheng to guard the passage, then unleashed chaos across the Ancient Realm with a storm of souls.
• Gu Yuan assigned the Gu Clan's forces to defend the passage, protect Gu Xun'er, and confront the Soul Clan, then clashed with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Soul Clan's four former Four Demonic Saints emerged to attack Gu Xun'er, but she waved off the Three Immortals and asked Lu Yuan whether he could defeat them.
• Lu Yuan drew the Years Blade and prepared to fight the four Eight Star Dou Shengs.

Lu Yuan used the Years Blade to annihilate the Soul Clan’s Four Elders and the other Soul Clan Dou Saints, leaving Void Swallowing Flame as the last survivor. With the Soul Clan’s retreat sealed and Gu Yuan ready to help, Lu Yuan prepared to sever Void Swallowing Flame’s soul and give his intact true body to Gu Xun'er.

• Gu Dao realized Lu Yuan’s slash that killed Yao Dan might only show the lower limit of the Years Blade’s power, while Gu Xun'er chose to watch rather than retreat.
• Lu Yuan’s Years Blade erased the Soul Clan’s Four Elders, terrifying Gu Yuan, Void Swallowing Flame, and everyone else present.
• Lu Yuan killed Hun Shengtian with another slash and offered Void Swallowing Flame as a gift to Gu Xun'er, while Gu Lie praised her judgment.
• Void Swallowing Flame tried to flee, but Gu Yuan blocked him and Lu Yuan killed Hun Miesheng and Hun Xuzi, allowing Gu Lie to seal the passage.
• Lu Yuan killed the remaining Soul Clan Dou Saints with repeated slashes and prepared to sever Void Swallowing Flame’s soul while preserving his true body.

Lu Yuan killed Nihility Devouring Flame with the Years Blade, stunning the assembled clans and proving that even a Nine Star Dou Sheng could not resist it. After sealing Nihility Devouring Flame’s Mother Flame in a Crystal Ball, Lu Yuan offered it to Gu Xun'er, who kissed him in public before he left the remaining arrangements to Gu Yuan.

• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed the Tunling Clan bloodline's devouring power and fought desperately, but Lu Yuan explained that the Years Blade's control over space, time, and destiny left him no chance to survive.
• Lu Yuan killed Nihility Devouring Flame with a single strike, while the other clan leaders and envoys watched in shock.
• The Void Ancient Dragon Clan envoy reconsidered challenging Lu Yuan, the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan envoy regretted their earlier resistance, and the Yao Clan Leader realized Lu Yuan's blade—not the Yao Clan's weakness—had caused their defeat.
• Lu Yuan sealed the unconscious Mother Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame inside a Crystal Ball and gave it to Gu Xun'er as a gift.
• Gu Xun'er accepted the gift, kissed Lu Yuan in public, and called the kiss her return gift.
• Lu Yuan handed control of the aftermath to Gu Yuan after the Dou Saints had been killed.

After the Soul Clan’s defeat, the allied clans remained with the Gu Clan and Xiao Yan learned that the Heavenly Tomb belonged to the Xiao Clan and might hold secrets left by Xiao Xuan. Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Xuan still controlled its inner permissions, but Gu Xun’er said they already had a way to enter.

• The Gu Clan and its allies finished crushing the remaining Soul Clan forces and stayed in the Ancient Realm to guard against further attacks.
• During talks among the gathered clans, Xiao Yan learned from Yao Chen and Old Ancestor Huo Yun that the Heavenly Tomb was once controlled by the Xiao Clan and could aid Dou Saints in breaking through.
• Xiao Yan decided that rebuilding the Xiao Clan and strengthening himself mattered more than reclaiming the Heavenly Tomb immediately.
• Lu Yuan concluded that Xiao Yan should enter the Heavenly Tomb to awaken his bloodline under Xiao Xuan’s guidance.
• Gu Yuan revealed that Xiao Xuan’s powerful soul still controlled the Heavenly Tomb’s inner permissions, and Gu Xun’er told him they had their own way to enter.

Lu Yuan led Xiao Yan and the others into the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan accidentally ate an Energy Core before they headed toward the Third Layer. There they encountered Xiao Xuan, who was astonished to learn that the Xiao Clan still had a descendant and that Gu Yuan had a daughter.

• Lu Yuan opened a back door into the Heavenly Tomb and Gu Xun'er explained its layers and Energy Cores to the group.
• Lu Yuan analyzed an Energy Core, and Xiao Yan swallowed it before learning that it should have been refined with Dou Qi.
• Lu Yuan planned to take Xiao Yan to the Third Layer to awaken his bloodline before returning to use the Energy Bodies for combat practice.
• Xiao Xuan appeared at the passage to the Second Layer, recognized Xiao Yan's Xiao Clan bloodline, and spoke with Old Ancestor Huo Yun.
• Xiao Yan introduced Lu Yuan and Gu Xun'er to Xiao Xuan, who reacted in disbelief that Gu Yuan had a daughter.

Xiao Xuan learned about Xiao Yan’s companions and the world a thousand years after the Xiao Clan’s destruction, while reflecting on his own responsibility and Gu Yuan’s failure to protect the clan. He brought Xiao Yan to the Blood Pool and urged him to absorb the Xiao Clan bloodlines, which might let him awaken a God-Rank Bloodline and reach Dou Emperor.

• Gu Xun'er apologized to Xiao Xuan on behalf of Gu Yuan, but Xiao Xuan said she was not responsible for the Gu Clan Leader’s past actions.
• Xiao Yan introduced Yao Chen, Gu Xun'er, and the others to Xiao Xuan, who recognized Yao Chen’s value as a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Lu Yuan had killed Nihility Devouring Flame, and Xiao Xuan trusted Xiao Yan without pressing him about his secrets.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan traveled through the Third Layer, where Xiao Xuan described the remains of Xiao Clan and Soul Clan fighters and explained the Blood Pool’s origins.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan to absorb as much of the Blood Pool’s power as possible, saying a God-Rank Bloodline might give him hope of becoming a Dou Emperor.

Xiao Xuan prepared Xiao Yan to awaken the Xiao Clan bloodline, teaching him the Fourth Transformation of the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame and learning that Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra could evolve by absorbing Heavenly Flames. After Xiao Yan updated him on the Soul Clan’s weakened position and the Void Ancient Dragon Clan’s alliance, Xiao Yan went to study the technique before entering the Blood Pool.

• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Yan’s weak bloodline required him to absorb the essence of the Xiao Clan’s Blood Pool, and he taught Xiao Yan the Fourth Transformation needed to cultivate a Clan Tattoo.
• Xiao Yan refused to replace the Flame Mantra and listed the Heavenly Flames he had absorbed, surprising Xiao Xuan with its ability to evolve.
• Xiao Xuan passed Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan’s ancestral Emperor-Rank Cultivation Method for reference and urged him to develop patiently before entering the Blood Pool.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Hun Tiandi had been injured, the Soul Clan was at war with the Void Ancient Dragon Clan, and Zi Yan had become a Primordial Dragon Phoenix.
• Xiao Yan explained that Zi Yan was Lu Yuan’s friend and Zhu Kun’s daughter, then went to comprehend the Fourth Transformation.