Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie fought the Thin Old Man while using a secret technique to raise his strength to Six Star Dou Sheng, and his escalating Strange Fire sword attacks shook the Star Region. The battle left a massive hole in the Star Region’s seal, while Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi struggled to keep it stable outside.

• The Fat Old Man saved the Thin Old Man from Xiao Xie’s attempted surprise attack, and Xiao Xie revealed that he had hoped to take one of them out first.
• The Thin Old Man challenged Xiao Xie, who attacked him with Black Fire Sword Qi and clashed with his saber technique, sending Old Man Mu Gu, Cao Ying, and the others flying.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi reinforced the trembling Star Region, while Xuan Kongzi ordered the Pill Tower to prepare for trouble from the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Xie unleashed a more powerful Three-Colored Strange Fire Sword Qi, and the Thin Old Man answered with a blood-colored python technique.
• Xiao Xie detonated the sword attack inside the python, causing an explosion that shattered the space across a hundred-mile radius and blasted a massive hole through the Star Region.

Xiao Xie fought the two Dou Saint experts while the Little Pill Tower Elders arrived to protect Saint Pill City from the battle’s shockwaves. As the Fat Old Man joined the fight, Xiao Xie met his attack head-on.

• Cao Ying told Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and the others that Xiao Xie was fighting two Dou Saints after subduing the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The First Elder of the Little Pill Tower led the Seven Elders in setting up the Heaven Sealing Great Array to protect Saint Pill City and called for powerful allies.
• Xiao Yi Xian reassured Qing Lin that Xiao Xie had not yet used his full strength and was enjoying the battle.
• Xiao Xie wounded the Thin Old Man repeatedly, while the Fat Old Man noticed that Xiao Xie was gaining the advantage and showed no signs of fatigue.
• The Fat Old Man launched a sneak attack, then charged Xiao Xie with his Black Dragon Patterned Blade as Xiao Xie countered with the Magic Sword, shattering the void around them.

Xiao Xie used the Nine Transformations of Skyfire to reach the power of a Nine Star Dou Sheng and killed the Fat and Thin Two Saints, though the transformation left him exhausted. He told Xuan Yi that Mu Gu had escaped, and she urged him to put his safety first.

• The Fat and Thin Old Men attacked Xiao Xie together, but his nine-colored flame armor unleashed a Nine Star Dou Sheng aura that blasted them away and let him restore the destroyed space.
• Xiao Xie challenged the Fat and Thin Two Saints to use their strongest attack, and they combined their blades into a two-headed dragon-python.
• Xiao Xie crushed the dragon-python, killed the Fat and Thin Two Saints, swallowed their fleeing soul bodies, and collected their treasure chests and corpses.
• The one-minute transformation ended, and Xiao Xie's aura fell back to Seven Star Dou Zun as exhaustion overtook him.
• Xiao Xie told Xuan Yi that Mu Gu had escaped, and she reminded him that his safety mattered more than revenge for Yao Chen.

Xiao Xie accepted an honorary Eldership in the Little Pill Tower after defeating the Fat and Thin Two Saints and later advancing his soul power to the Heavenly Realm. An emissary from the Ancient Clan invited him to visit, and Xiao Xie accepted a jade slip guiding him to the Ancient Realm but postponed the trip.

• Xiao Xie respectfully greeted the Seven Elders, and the First Elder invited him to become a Little Pill Tower Elder with no duty to remain there except to help if the Pill Tower faced trouble.
• Three days later, Xiao Xie settled into the Pill Tower’s secluded residence with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and his refined soul power reached the Heavenly Realm.
• Xiao Xie gained two Six Star Dou Sheng White Bone Sabers and valuable treasures from the Fat and Thin Two Saints, including a Saint Blood Essence Stone and a Saint Essence Dagger.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Xie that Gu Yi of the Ancient Clan had come to see him, and Xiao Xie went with her to the reception hall.
• Gu Yi invited Xiao Xie to visit the Ancient Clan on behalf of Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xie accepted a Black Jade Slip while saying he would go when he had time.
• After Gu Yi left, Xiao Xie asked Qing Lin why he had not seen Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Xie gave Qing Lin an enhanced Saint Origin Pill and later prepared another for Xiao Yi Xian before traveling alone to Ancient Saint City. There, he discovered that the city’s barrier contained Source Emperor Qi, while Xun Er learned of his arrival and wondered why he had come.

• Xiao Xie reassured Qing Lin and gave her an enhanced Saint Origin Pill, which she accepted before entering seclusion.
• Xiao Xie spent twenty days refining six more Saint Origin Pills, enhanced one for Xiao Yi Xian, and left the remaining pills for later.
• Xiao Xie traveled to Ancient Saint City with the Ancient Clan’s Invitation Jade Slip and discovered Source Emperor Qi in the city barrier.
• The Ancient Clan arranged temporary lodging for Xiao Xie while he waited for the gate to the Ancient Realm to open.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Xie had arrived, and she excitedly asked why he had come.

Xiao Xie entered the Ancient Clan and challenged its reliance on inherited bloodline, demonstrating his new Heart Sword technique before Gu Yuan explained that he had been invited to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Xun Er and the others.

• Ling Ying noticed that Xun Er had begun speaking only of Xiao Xie after recovering her memories, while Xun Er worried that Gu Yuan might be arranging her marriage.
• Gu Yi escorted Xiao Xie through a spatial gate to the Ancient Clan’s Council Hall, where he met Gu Yuan, Xun Er, and the clan’s elders.
• Xiao Xie dismissed the Ancient Emperor’s bloodline as insufficient for reaching Dou Di, prompting Gu Qi to challenge him.
• Xiao Xie knocked Gu Qi unconscious with Eyes Like Swords, a spiritual attack he called the Heart Sword, and assured the clan that Gu Qi would recover.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Xie that he had invited him to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Xun Er and the others.

Xiao Xie confronted the Ancient Clan over its treatment of the fallen Xiao Clan and the Heavenly Tomb entry quotas. After leaving with Xun Er, he learned that her memories had returned, while she asked how he had traveled back in time.

• Gu Yuan revealed that Xiao Xuan's tomb mansion lay within the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xie criticized Xiao Xuan's sacrifice of the Xiao Clan's bloodline and the Ancient Clan's role in the clan's decline.
• Xiao Xie reminded the Ancient Clan that the Heavenly Tomb quotas had originally belonged to the Xiao Clan and mocked them for keeping the quotas in safekeeping.
• Gu Yuan told Xun Er to show Xiao Xie around and said they could enter the Heavenly Tomb in three days, then kept the Ten Great Elders behind to discuss bringing Xiao Xie into the Ancient Clan's camp.
• Xun Er took Xiao Xie away and asked whether he was angry; Xiao Xie said he would restore the Xiao Clan, and Xun Er expressed her faith in him.
• Xun Er revealed that her memories had returned and complained that Xiao Xie had implanted a false memory about nearly falling for Xiao Yan; Xiao Xie explained that he had done so after catching Xiao Yan sneaking toward her room.
• Xun Er asked how Xiao Xie had returned to the past, and he gave her a lollipop instead of answering.

Xiao Xie and Xun Er entered the Heavenly Tomb together, where Xiao Xie used shadow clones to hunt Energy Bodies and help them grow stronger. After two months, they reached the entrance to the second level, with Xun Er at Six Star Dou Zun and Xiao Xie at Eight Star Dou Zun.

• Xun Er showed Xiao Xie around the Ancient Clan lands and brought him to the Heavenly Tomb entrance, where the other clans' disciples gathered.
• Xun Er and Xiao Xie held hands and entered the Heavenly Tomb together after Elder Tongxuan reminded everyone of the entry rules.
• Xun Er explained the Heavenly Tomb's three levels and showed Xiao Xie how to collect and absorb Energy Cores.
• Xiao Xie created three hundred shadow clones to hunt Energy Bodies while he and Xun Er headed toward the second level.
• After two months, Xiao Xie and Xun Er reached the second-level entrance; Xun Er had advanced to Six Star Dou Zun, and Xiao Xie had reached Eight Star Dou Zun.

Xiao Xie and Xun Er crossed into the Heavenly Tomb’s third level, where Xiao Xie rapidly advanced toward the Dou Sheng realm. His breakthrough drew Xiao Xuan out of the void, and Xiao Xie faced the ancestor whose choices had contributed to the Xiao Family’s decline.

• Xiao Xie and Xun Er entered the second level, hunted Energy Bodies, and raised their cultivation before moving on.
• Xiao Xie used the Magic Sword’s ability to take Xun Er through the solid energy wall into the third level.
• Xiao Xie summoned the White Bone Sabers of the Fat and Thin Two Saints to clear a path toward Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion.
• The White Bone Sabers hunted Dou Sheng-level Energy Bodies, and their Energy Cores helped Xiao Xie advance to Half-Saint and then pursue Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Xie’s breakthrough released a powerful aura that brought Xiao Xuan out of the void, and Xiao Xie confronted his ancestor with mixed feelings about the Xiao Family’s fate.

Xiao Xie and Xun Er followed Xiao Xuan into his Tomb Mansion, where he learned how badly the Xiao Clan had fallen and accused the Ancient Clan of exploiting its promise to protect them. Xiao Xie rejected Xiao Xuan’s offer of Ancient Emperor Bloodline and asked him to draw out the Heavenly Tomb Soul, surprising him and leaving Xun Er wondering what it was.

• Xiao Xuan recognized Xun Er as Gu Yuan’s daughter and led her and Xiao Xie into his Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Xie told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had become an insignificant family without even a Mystic Rank Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Xuan blamed the Ancient Clan for taking the Xiao Clan’s techniques under the guise of protection, while Xun Er tried to defend her father.
• Xiao Xie said he would reach Dou Di without the Ancient Emperor Bloodline, so Xiao Xuan decided to wait and see what he could accomplish.
• Xiao Xie asked Xiao Xuan to draw out the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and Xiao Xuan reacted in surprise as Xun Er asked what it was.

Xiao Xie destroyed the Heavenly Tomb Soul with Hornet’s two-hit ability and captured its fleeing soul origin. With the Energy Bodies freed, he returned to the Tomb Mansion with Xun Er and planned to enter seclusion.

• Xiao Xie explained the Heavenly Tomb Soul to Xun Er, and Xiao Xuan agreed to help him confront it.
• Xiao Xuan unleashed his aura across the Heavenly Tomb and drew out the Heavenly Tomb Soul, then brought Xiao Xie and Xun Er outside the Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Xie struck the Heavenly Tomb Soul twice with Hornet, causing its giant soul body to collapse.
• Xiao Xie caught and stored the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s fleeing soul origin as the Energy Bodies celebrated their freedom.
• Xiao Xie returned to the Tomb Mansion with Xun Er and said he would enter seclusion, while Xiao Xuan watched them go.

Xiao Xie refined the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s origin and broke through to an Emperor Realm Soul, then offered to revive Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan agreed to return as a guardian of the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xie began preparing a new body for him with the Rat Talisman.

• Xiao Xie began refining the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s pure soul origin while Xiao Xuan took Xun Er aside to guide her.
• A month later, Xiao Xie’s breakthrough released a vast soul pressure throughout the Heavenly Tomb, forcing its Energy Bodies to kneel.
• Xiao Xie tested his new ability to wield some of heaven and earth’s power, and Xun Er reunited with him after missing him for a month.
• Xiao Xie offered to revive Xiao Xuan, who accepted the condition that his cultivation would remain at Dou Sheng Peak and promised to guard the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xie forged a body resembling Xiao Xuan and had Xiao Xuan’s Remnant Soul enter it, then used the Rat Talisman to try to restore its mobility.

Xiao Xie used the Rat Talisman to revive Xiao Xuan in a powerful new body, though Xiao Xuan could no longer break through to Dou Di. After they left the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan killed the fleeing Soul Clan members and revealed himself to the gathered clans.

• Xiao Xie fused the Rat Talisman into Xiao Xuan's refined body and successfully revived him, warning that the fusion made a breakthrough to Dou Di impossible.
• Xiao Xuan accepted the restriction and teased Xiao Xie about marrying Xun Er, leaving her disappointed when Xiao Xie did not respond.
• Xiao Xie expelled the other clans' disciples from the Heavenly Tomb and left with Xun Er and Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Yuan was shocked to see Xiao Xuan alive, and Xiao Xuan credited his revival to Xiao Xie's abilities.
• Xiao Xuan sensed the Soul Clan members, and after their leader fled with two disciples, Xiao Xuan crushed all three with a single attack.

Xiao Xuan confronted Gu Yuan over the Ancient Clan’s seizure of the Xiao Clan’s treasures, then recovered most of them and returned to the Xiao Family with Xiao Xie. Before leaving, Xiao Xie promised Xun Er he would marry her when he reached the Dou Emperor realm, and Xiao Zhan welcomed the pair back to Utan City.

• Xiao Xuan demanded that Gu Yuan return the Xiao Clan’s techniques and treasures, and Gu Yuan agreed to have them ready by the next day.
• Xiao Xuan found that the returned storage ring held seventy percent of the Xiao Clan’s original treasures, then agreed to let the matter go because the clans would become family through Xiao Xie and Xun Er.
• Xiao Xie gave Xun Er the Saint Blood Essence Stone and Saint Essence Dagger, then promised to marry her when he reached the Dou Emperor realm.
• Xiao Xie used the Earth Spirit Pearl to take Xiao Xuan to the Xiao Family Courtyard in Utan City.
• Xiao Zhan and the Three Great Elders came out to welcome Xiao Xie, while Xiao Family disciples gathered around him.

Xiao Xie brought Xiao Xuan to the Xiao Clan, introduced him as its peak Dou Sheng ancestor, and left Xiao Xuan to oversee the clan. He then visited Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and Queen Medusa, giving each a Saint Origin Pill to help them reach Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan disciples welcomed Xiao Xie, who introduced Xiao Xuan as their ancestor and a Nine Star Dou Sheng Peak powerhouse.
• Xiao Xuan raised the kneeling clan members to their feet, and Xiao Xie left him in charge before vanishing to avoid the disciples’ attention.
• Xiao Xie traveled to Misty Cloud Mountain, greeted Yun Shan and Yun Yun, and gave Yun Shan a Breakthrough Venerable Pill.
• Xiao Xie gave Yun Yun a Saint Origin Pill and spent half a day with her.
• Xiao Xie gave Saint Origin Pills to Ya Fei and Queen Medusa, who accepted them with different reactions.

Xiao Xie returned to Jia Nan Academy, gave Zi Yan a Saint Origin Pill, and then visited Dragon Gate in Heavenly Yin City. After rewarding its leaders, he left Su Mei with a Half-Saint Bone Swordsman and a Saint Origin Pill, securing her loyalty with a Divine Soul oath.

• Xiao Xie returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Zi Yan, who swallowed the Saint Origin Pill he gave her.
• Xiao Xie placed Zi Yan in the Kamui Space to safely refine the pill and set off for Dragon Gate in Heavenly Yin City.
• Su Mei reported Dragon Gate's progress to its leaders and urged them to live up to Xiao Xie's reputation.
• Xiao Xie arrived at the gathering, praised the leaders, and rewarded them with seventh-rank and eighth-rank pills.
• Xiao Xie gave Su Mei Bone Shanks's White Bone Pearl and the last Saint Origin Pill, and she swore a Divine Soul oath never to betray him.

Xiao Xie returned to the Pill Domain as a One-Star Dou Sheng and learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Ancient Wasteland Domain. The First Elder asked him to lead three young Pill Tower candidates there, and Xiao Xie agreed despite joking that he had been made their nanny.

• Xiao Xie promised Dragon Gate’s followers rewards for merit and declared his goal of making the sect a major force before restoring the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xie returned to the Pill Domain, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin remained in seclusion refining the Saint Origin Pill.
• Xiao Xie arrived at the Little Pill Tower, and Xuan Yi feared he had taken the Saint Origin Pill to reach One-Star Dou Sheng until he explained that he had found another opportunity.
• The First Elder told Xiao Xie that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been discovered in the Ancient Wasteland Domain and asked him to lead the expedition.
• Xiao Xie agreed to take Cao Ying, Dan Kun, and Sheng He to the Ancient Wasteland Domain, then joked that the First Elder had made him their nanny.

Xiao Xie arrived in Desolate Ancient Town with Cao Ying, Dan Kun, and Sheng He, then entered the Ancient Wasteland Domain alone to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After destroying its five Half-Saint puppets, he was enveloped in light and carried away by the tree.

• Xiao Xie arrived in Desolate Ancient Town with Cao Ying, Dan Kun, and Sheng He, where his unfathomable strength drew the attention of nearby experts.
• Xiao Xie declined Cao Ying's invitation to shop and left the group, intending to find the Bodhi Ancient Tree without them.
• Xiao Xie entered the Ancient Wasteland Domain alone and used Observation Haki to locate the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent out five Half-Saint puppets, and Xiao Xie destroyed them with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Xie approached the tree's base, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped him in white light and carried him away.

Xiao Xie broke the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion, learned that a dead Dou Emperor’s resentment had been preventing it from restoring its Tree Spirit, and agreed to remove the resentment in exchange for the tree following him. After storing the Bodhi Ancient Tree in his Kamui Space, Xiao Xie gave Cao Ying and the others Bodhi Seeds before leaving to handle other matters.

• Xiao Xie shattered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and watched its recorded image of a black-robed Dou Emperor battling and damaging it.
• Xiao Xie agreed to remove the Dou Emperor’s lingering negative emotions in exchange for the Bodhi Ancient Tree following him.
• Xiao Xie used his Soul Power to cleanse the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then pulled it into his Kamui Space and left it in Long Kui’s care.
• Xiao Xie returned to Desolate Ancient Town and gave Cao Ying, Dan Kun, and Sheng He three Bodhi Seeds.
• Xiao Xie tore open space and left, while Cao Ying complained and Dan Kun urged the others to return with their rare treasures.

Xiao Xie entered the Demon Fire Space to pursue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and fought off its attacks and illusions. He escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist and challenged the flame to use its remaining methods.

• Cao Ying left with Dan Kun and Sheng He after Sheng He warned her that the gathered experts might attack them.
• Xiao Xie found the hidden Demon Fire Space and shattered the Soul Power attacks sent by Hun Miesheng and several other Dou Sheng experts.
• Xiao Xie used the Magic Sword's Warp-Warp Fruit ability to enter the sealed Demon Fire Space.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame disguised itself as Xun Er and attacked Xiao Xie, who destroyed the illusion and forced its clinging flames out of his body.
• Xiao Xie recognized the Nightmare Sky Mist, escaped its hundred-li range using Observation Haki, and called on the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to attack him openly.