Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge arrived at Sacred Soul City with Yun Yun and his companions on Feng Qing'er, flying through the Ancient Clan’s suppressive barrier to make a grand entrance. The Black Annihilation Army recognized the approaching Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and Bai Ge announced his visit as Sect Master of the Bai Di Sect.

• Bai Ge and his group reached the Eastern Region and flew toward Sacred Soul City on Feng Qing'er.
• Bai Ge resisted the city’s powerful pressure with his aura and sword intent as Feng Qing'er carried the group through the restricted airspace.
• Ling Quan ordered the Black Annihilation Army to summon Elder Lu Tian and stop the approaching magical beast.
• The soldiers recognized the mount as a massive Heavenly Demon Phoenix and noticed people riding on its back.
• Bai Ge announced that he had come to visit as Sect Master of the Bai Di Sect.

Bai Ge arrived at Sacred Soul City with his companions and exchanged a pointed greeting with Ling Quan, who concealed his resentment and welcomed the Bai Di Sect. After Bai Ge entered the city, Ling Quan's soldiers questioned whether his ability to withstand the city's pressure meant he had already become a Dou Sheng, and Ling Quan privately doubted his own dismissal of the possibility.

• Feng Qing'er brought Bai Ge, Yun Yun, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu to the gates of Sacred Soul City, where Bai Ge greeted Ling Quan teasingly.
• Ling Quan resented Bai Ge but forced a smile and directed him and his companions into the city, where the Ancient Clan had arranged accommodations for the Bai Di Sect.
• After Bai Ge left, a soldier asked Ling Quan why Bai Ge seemed to have an aura like theirs despite being an old monster.
• Another soldier wondered whether Bai Ge had advanced from Peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun to Dou Sheng, since he had withstood Sacred Soul City's pressure.
• Ling Quan insisted Bai Ge must have used a treasure, but privately wondered if he had truly reached Dou Sheng.

Bai Ge arrived in Sacred Soul City with the women, and Gu Lin welcomed them and escorted them to their lodging. In the Ancient Realm, Xiao Xun'er learned Bai Ge was coming and waited for him with Huo'er.

• Bai Ge entered Sacred Soul City with the women and was greeted by Gu Lin, who arranged accommodations and told him when the Ancient Realm would open.
• Gu Lin noticed Feng Qing'er serving as Bai Ge's mount and wondered how Bai Ge had endured the city's Dou Di pressure, but he escorted the group without asking about it.
• Ling Ying reported Bai Ge's arrival to Xiao Xun'er and revealed that Feng Qing'er had been captured and brought as his mount.
• Xiao Xun'er was pleased that Bai Ge had arrived safely and guessed his unusual, high-profile approach meant he had something important to do.
• Huo'er rushed into Xiao Xun'er's arms, and Xiao Xun'er told her that Bai Ge would arrive soon.

Bai Ge and his companions waited as the Ancient Clan prepared to open the entrance to the Ancient Realm. After Elder Gu Lin opened the spatial gate, they entered and arrived in the vast, energy-rich realm.

• Bai Ge explained to Qing Lin that descendants of the Ancient Clan were reserve members whose bloodlines could awaken and earn them full clan membership.
• Elder Gu Lin warned the gathered visitors not to wander into dangerous areas or disturb the Ancient Clan’s descendants.
• Gu Lin activated the azure lake, opening a massive spatial gate to the Ancient Realm.
• Bai Ge, Yun Yun, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu rode Feng Qing'er through the gate while Black Annihilation Army commanders resented Bai Ge’s relationship with Xiao Xun'er.
• Bai Ge and his companions emerged beneath the Ancient Realm’s blue sky, above vast grasslands and forests filled with dense energy.

Bai Ge arrived in the Ancient Realm with the visiting factions and traveled to the Ancient Clan aboard a Void-Shuttling Boat. He reunited with Xiao Xun'er, while members of the clan debated his age and worthiness.

• Gu Lin led the visiting factions aboard the Ancient Clan's Void-Shuttling Boats, and Bai Ge studied the vessels as they traveled through the Void.
• The boats emerged above the Ancient Clan's mountain residence, where Gu Lin welcomed the guests.
• Bai Ge prepared to leave the boat when Xiao Xun'er spotted him and joyfully called out to him.
• Gu Yao criticized Bai Ge as too old and unworthy of Xiao Xun'er, while another Black Annihilation Army member defended his standing.
• The clan leader asked Elder Mo to examine Bai Ge's bone age, and Elder Mo reported that it appeared to be only forty-three.

Bai Ge reunited with Xiao Xun'er at the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and impressed Gu Yuan with his age and cultivation. After introducing Huo'er in her human form, Bai Ge decided the time had come to ask Gu Yuan for Xiao Xun’er’s hand in marriage.

• Gu Yuan learned Bai Ge was only forty-three and marveled at his talent as a Peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun and Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Xun'er rushed into Bai Ge’s arms, and Huo'er revealed that she had transformed into a human and been given her new name.
• Bai Ge noticed Gu Yuan among the Ancient Clan members as the guests disembarked and gathered on the plaza.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi discussed Bai Ge, with Huo Zhi expressing interest in his Heavenly Flames.
• Bai Ge told Xiao Xun'er he intended to propose to her family and walked toward Gu Yuan.

Bai Ge formally proposed to Gu Xun Er, but Gu Yuan rejected his lavish betrothal gifts and demanded that Bai Ge reach Dou Saint before marrying her. Bai Ge revealed that he had already become a Dou Saint, leaving Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan stunned.

• Bai Ge asked Gu Yuan for Gu Xun Er’s hand in marriage.
• Qing Lin presented Bai Di Sect’s betrothal gifts, including a Ninth-grade Mysterious Pill, pills, and fighting skills.
• Gu Yuan said the gifts were insufficient and set reaching Dou Saint as the requirement for Bai Ge to marry Xun Er.
• Bai Ge revealed that he had broken through to Dou Saint a few months earlier and released his aura, shocking Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan.

Bai Ge revealed that he had reached the Dou Saint realm, surprising Xiao Xun'er, Gu Yao, and the Ancient Clan. Gu Yuan approved Bai Ge’s marriage to Xiao Xun'er but said Bai Ge must defeat him before taking her away.

• Xiao Xun'er realized Bai Ge had advanced from Peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun to Dou Saint and worried that he might refuse to join the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yao felt humiliated when he learned Bai Ge had become a Dou Saint.
• Gu Yuan asked Bai Ge how he had advanced so quickly, and Bai Ge explained that he had refined the Yellow Spring Demon Saint’s blood essence.
• Gu Yuan recognized Bai Ge’s qualifications, agreed to his marriage with Xiao Xun'er, and allowed him to remain with her in the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan told Bai Ge that he could take Xiao Xun'er away only after he became strong enough to defeat him.
• The crowd reacted to the marriage agreement, while Huo Xuan remarked on the unusual match and Huo Zhi silently regretted her interest in Bai Ge.

After Gu Yuan accepted Bai Ge’s engagement to Xiao Xun'er, Bai Ge asked for the betrothal gifts back, but Gu Yuan kept them for his daughter and left. The next day, Bai Ge rode Feng Qing'er to Xiao Xun'er’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where his arrival impressed the Ancient Clan and irritated Gu Yao.

• Bai Ge asked Gu Yuan to return the betrothal gifts, but Gu Yuan refused and said he would keep them for Xiao Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan left the plaza, and Xiao Xun'er offered to show Bai Ge around the Ancient Realm.
• The next morning, Bai Ge prepared to attend the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and planned to ask Gu Yuan about the Xiao Clan’s qualification to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived with Huo'er, and Bai Ge had Feng Qing'er transform into her Heavenly Demon Phoenix form so the group could ride to the ceremony.
• Bai Ge and the women arrived at the ceremony on Feng Qing'er, drawing attention from the Ancient Clan’s young people and earning an invitation to the VIP Box.
• Gu Yao watched Bai Ge’s arrival with displeasure, then admitted to himself that Bai Ge’s Ninth-Rank Alchemist and Dou Saint status was impressive.

Bai Ge met Mang Tianchi in the VIP box before the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony began. The ceremony opened with Ling Quan earning a golden Clan Mark for his sixth-grade bloodline, while Mang Tianchi explained the marks to Bai Ge’s companions.

• Bai Ge met Jia Nan Academy dean Mang Tianchi, who said he had come to support him and praised his strength; the two joked together.
• The Ancient Clan’s participants gathered, and an elder announced that the Coming-of-Age Ceremony had begun.
• Ling Quan tested his bloodline and revealed a sixth-grade result.
• The elders granted Ling Quan a golden Clan Mark, and Mang Tianchi explained to Bai Ge’s companions how Clan Marks temporarily increased a user’s strength.

Xiao Xun'er revealed a God-tier Bloodline during the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and received its final Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark. Her bloodline pressure swept across the square until Gu Yuan intervened, leaving Bai Ge face-to-face with the Ancient Clan leader.

• Xiao Xun'er lit all ten stars on the astrolabe, revealing a God-tier Bloodline and shocking Mang Tianchi, the gathered clans, and the hidden Soul Clan members.
• Bai Ge told Mang Tianchi that people could surpass their bloodline limits, prompting Mang Tianchi to regard him with new astonishment.
• The Ancient Clan elders presented Xiao Xun'er with its final Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark and spent more than ten minutes drawing it.
• The completed mark resonated with Xiao Xun'er's bloodline, releasing a pressure that overwhelmed members of the Ancient Clan with weaker bloodlines.
• Gu Yuan released his own bloodline pressure to neutralize Xiao Xun'er's, and Bai Ge recognized the Ancient Clan leader.

After Xiao Xun'er mastered her Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark, Bai Ge stopped Gu Yuan to ask about obtaining entry to the Heavenly Tomb. He clarified that he wanted the Xiao Clan’s two quotas and presented Xiao Yu as a qualified Xiao Clan member, leaving Gu Yuan to consider whether their claim could withstand the other clans’ objections.

• Xiao Xun'er gained full control of her Seven-Colored Golden Clan Mark and suppressed the pressure of her God-tier Bloodline.
• As Gu Yuan prepared to leave the ceremony, Bai Ge used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to catch up with him and ask about a Heavenly Tomb quota.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Ancient Clan’s quotas had already been allocated and that he could not grant Bai Ge one of them.
• Bai Ge clarified that he wanted the Xiao Clan’s two existing quotas, not an Ancient Clan quota.
• Gu Yuan said the Ancient Clan could support the claim, but the other Dou Di families might object and a powerful Xiao Clan member would need to establish their right to enter.
• Bai Ge introduced Xiao Yu, a three-star Dou Zun, as the Xiao Clan member who could claim the quotas.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yu prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Xun'er, who explained its dangers and the Dou Di families gathering there. As the Soul Clan arrived, Hun Ya realized Bai Ge might enter the tomb and resolved to stop him.

• Gu Yuan agreed to provide the Xiao Clan with two Heavenly Tomb slots but warned Bai Ge that he would have to handle trouble from other families himself.
• Two days later, Bai Ge and Xiao Yu set out with Xiao Xun'er for the Heavenly Tomb, while Yun Yun, Qing Lin, and Feng Qing'er stayed behind.
• Xiao Xun'er described the tomb and Xiao Xuan's power, filling Xiao Yu with hope that she might gain strength to help Bai Ge.
• At the entrance, Xiao Xun'er introduced Bai Ge to the Lei, Shi, Yao, Ling, and Yan Clans; the Yao Clan treated him with open hostility because of his ties to Yao Chen.
• The Soul Clan arrived, and Xiao Xun'er warned Bai Ge about its power and its habit of collecting souls, especially those of alchemists.
• Hun Ya noticed Bai Ge with Xiao Xun'er and concluded that he might enter the Heavenly Tomb, deciding that he could not be allowed inside.

Hun Ya challenged Bai Ge’s right to enter the Heavenly Tomb using the Xiao Clan’s slot, hoping to keep him from accompanying Xiao Xun’er. The Ancient Clan defended the slot by citing Bai Ge’s Xiao Clan connections and Xiao Yu’s identity, but Hun Ya questioned whether the weakened clan qualified to enter.

• Hun Ya objected to Bai Ge entering the Heavenly Tomb and asked whether the Ancient Clan had given him one of its five slots.
• An Ancient Clan elder said Bai Ge was using the Xiao Clan’s slot because he was born into the Xiao Family, the Xiao Clan’s remnant in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hun Ya argued that Bai Ge had not originally appeared in the Xiao Family and accused the Ancient Clan of using a false claim to justify his entry.
• The Ancient Clan elder pointed to Xiao Yu, whose Xiao Clan identity the Soul Clan had already confirmed.
• Hun Ya conceded Xiao Yu was from the Xiao Family but claimed the clan’s depleted Bloodline Power and decline made it unqualified to enter the Heavenly Tomb.

Bai Ge accepted Hun Ya’s demand that Xiao Yu prove her eligibility for the Heavenly Tomb by surviving twenty exchanges, and chose Yao Lin of the Yao Clan as her opponent. Xiao Yu powered up with her Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation and launched a fierce attack, which Yao Lin evaded, leaving their fight underway.

• Hun Ya demanded that Xiao Yu prove her strength by remaining undefeated for twenty exchanges against an entrant to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Bai Ge used his Silver Eyes of Truth to assess the clans’ candidates and chose Yao Lin, a five-star Dou Zun from the already-hostile Yao Clan, as Xiao Yu’s opponent.
• Xiao Yu challenged Yao Lin, and Yao Xingji ordered him to accept so the Yao Clan would not lose face.
• Yao Lin offered Xiao Yu the first move, and she used Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation to raise her cultivation from three-star to five-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yu rushed at Yao Lin with Three Thousand Lightning Movement and sent a three-colored flame dragon at him, but Yao Lin dodged the attack.

Xiao Yu trapped Yao Lin in the Four Symbols Leaving Fire Formation and used Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath to stun him. She then launched a Three-Colored Compressed Fireball at him, leaving Yao Lin trapped and sensing imminent danger.

• Xiao Yu summoned four flame beasts and formed the Four Symbols Leaving Fire Formation around Yao Lin.
• Yao Lin failed to break the formation with his Fighting Skills, then used Cauldron Swallowing Mountains and Rivers to absorb the four Fire Beasts.
• Yao Lin charged Xiao Yu with Life Devouring Hand, but Xiao Yu struck him with Yellow Spring Heavenly Wrath and left his mind blank.
• Xiao Yu compressed three Heavenly Flame sub-flames into a marble-sized Three-Colored Compressed Fireball and fired it at Yao Lin.
• The Fire Beasts reformed and trapped Yao Lin again as he recovered, and he sensed the approaching fireball posed a deadly threat.

Xiao Yu defeated Yao Lin with a compressed three-colored fireball and secured the Xiao Clan’s quota for the Heavenly Tomb. Hun Ya accepted that the quota could not be withheld, then challenged Bai Ge’s right to enter under the rule limiting entry to members of the eight great Dou Di clans.

• Yao Lin used Cauldron Suppressing Mountains and Rivers, but Xiao Yu’s compressed three-colored fireball destroyed the cauldron and severely injured him.
• Yao Xingji caught Yao Lin and gave him healing Pills, while Xiao Yu dispelled the Four Symbols Leaving Fire Formation.
• Yao Lin conceded, and Xiao Yu celebrated her victory as the gathered clans recognized her strength.
• Hun Ya fumed over the Xiao Clan regaining its quota and taunted Bai Ge and Xiao Yu.
• Hun Ya questioned whether Bai Ge qualified to enter the Heavenly Tomb as a member of the Xiao Clan.

Bai Ge rebuffed Hun Ya’s challenge over his Xiao Clan identity, threatened him with a wager, and secretly planned to capture Soul Clan members to investigate Origin Qi. The Heavenly Tomb then opened before the assembled Dou Di clans.

• Bai Ge claimed he carried the Xiao Clan Bloodline and mocked Hun Ya for insisting that his surname proved otherwise.
• Bai Ge challenged Hun Ya to wager his entry to the Heavenly Tomb and three Heaven-tier Fighting Skills on a bloodline test, but Hun Ya refused.
• Bai Ge cut Hun Ya with Sword Qi and planned to capture him and another Soul Clan member to study Origin Qi.
• The Heavenly Tomb appeared as the sky darkened and a vast silver gate opened in a rift above a distant mountain.

Bai Ge, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yu entered the Heavenly Tomb and discovered that its energy beings left behind powerful Energy Cores. After Xiao Yu benefited greatly from refining one, Bai Ge prepared to test whether Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching could help them collect more.

• The Heavenly Tomb opened, and Bai Ge, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yu entered its mist-shrouded first area.
• Bai Ge led Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu across the ground toward the third level, where they hoped to find Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xun'er seized and refined an energy being, obtaining an Energy Core and explaining its value to Bai Ge.
• Xiao Yu refined the Energy Core and found that it contained enough pure energy to advance her cultivation significantly.
• After Xiao Xun'er confirmed the crystals could be taken out, Bai Ge activated Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to test it on the Heavenly Tomb's energy beings.

Bai Ge tested Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching in the Heavenly Tomb and used it with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu to rapidly absorb energy entities. After clearing large areas of the first two levels, the three continued exploiting the technique’s efficiency.

• Bai Ge used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to draw in and absorb more than a thousand energy entities on the first level, gaining less than one percent more Dou Qi.
• Bai Ge passed Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu, then led them toward the second level.
• Over the following month, Bai Ge, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yu absorbed large numbers of stronger energy entities on the second level, leaving nearby hunters with none to find.