Chapter Summaries

Chu Xiao captured the Void Thunder Pool, recruited Mang Tian Chi into Ling Xiao Pavilion, and began refining its source crystal. Meanwhile, Ling Que and Shi Yuan arrived at a secret meeting convened by the Ancient Clan and Flame Clan, where they learned the gathering concerned the Soul Clan and Tou She Ancient God.

• Chu Xiao trapped Mang Tian Chi and the Void Thunder Pool inside the Mountain River Seal, then explained the seal and revealed his identity.
• Chu Xiao extracted the Void Black Demon Lightning source crystal and had the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame refine it in his Clan Crest Space.
• Chu Xiao offered Mang Tian Chi an elder position in Ling Xiao Pavilion, and Mang Tian Chi accepted after hearing the benefits.
• Chu Xiao brought Mang Tian Chi out of the seal, placed the Void Thunder Pool in the Ling Xiao Realm, and returned to devouring lightning.
• Ling Que and Shi Yuan arrived separately at a secret meeting on Thousand Ren Peak, where Shi Yuan said the gathering concerned the Soul Clan and Tou She Ancient God.

Chu Xiao convened the Imperial Clans’ leaders to discuss the main matter, revealing the immense strength of his allies. The leaders were left stunned as the meeting began under Chu Xiao’s control.

• Yan Jin pressured Ling Que and Shi Yuan before Lei Ying and Yao Dan joined them at the round table.
• Gu Yuan arrived as a soul avatar and explained that his true form was holding Hun Tiandi back, while the others learned he had not initiated the meeting.
• Chu Xiao appeared at the head of the table, identified himself as the meeting’s true host, and sealed everyone inside the Ling Xiao Realm with the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower.
• When Lei Ying questioned whether Chu Xiao was showing force, Chu Xiao summoned Zhu Kun, whose peak Nine Star Dou Saint pressure shocked the assembled leaders.
• Chu Xiao explained that Zhu Kun had reunited the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, then summoned the Bodhi Ancient Tree and began the main discussion.

Chu Xiao showed the Dou Emperor clans a vision of the Soul Clan’s plan to destroy them and presented evidence that Nihility Devouring Flame had infiltrated their clans. The meeting ended with Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, and Zhu Kun competing to boast about Chu Xiao as their worthy son-in-law.

• Chu Xiao used the Bodhi Ancient Tree to show the assembled clans an illusion of Hun Tiandi destroying the Central Plains with the Spirit Devouring Life Extinguishing Array.
• Chu Xiao presented intelligence gathered by Gu Yuan and Yan Jin, revealing the Soul Clan’s plans and its role in the disappearance of several Dou Emperor clans.
• Chu Xiao released the Netherworld Saint and let the clan chiefs discover Nihility Devouring Flame’s mark on his soul.
• Yao Dan, Gu Yuan, and Yan Jin confirmed that Nihility Devouring Flame had secretly marked elders in their clans.
• Gu Yuan and Yan Jin argued over whether Chu Xiao’s daughter should be his principal wife or concubine, then boasted about the power Chu Xiao had granted them and their families.
• Zhu Kun joined the contest by boasting that Chu Xiao would refine a quasi-Emperor-grade pill for him, leaving Lei Ying and the others stunned.

Chu Xiao formed the Soul Punishing Saint Alliance with the great clans to destroy the Soul Clan and took command as alliance leader. The group planned to lure the Soul Clan into attacking the Spirit Clan, trap its forces there, and then launch a counterattack.

• Yao Dan alluded to Chu Xiao marrying Yao Ling, then joined Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and the Flame Clan in pledging support for the alliance.
• Chu Xiao outlined the alliance's superior strength, and Lei Ying, Shi Yuan, and Ling Que agreed to join after concluding that siding with the Soul Clan would only make their clans its victims.
• Chu Xiao explained that the Soul Clan would likely target the Spirit Clan first because it had informants there and could use the attack to sow distrust among the great clans.
• Chu Xiao proposed setting a spatial trap in the Spirit Clan to seal in the Soul Clan's invading forces, destroy them, and follow with a full-scale counterattack.
• The clans discussed the operation and countermeasures against the Soul Hall, and Chu Xiao asked whether anyone objected to him being alliance leader.

Chu Xiao secured the Imperial Clans’ agreement to form an alliance against the Soul Clan and received Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun’s help entering the Heavenly Tomb. There, he introduced Xiao Yan to Xiao Xuan and told the ancestor about the Xiao Clan’s fortunes and his own many fiancées.

• Lei Ying, Shi Yuan, and Ling Que accepted Chu Xiao as Alliance Leader, and he gave them an improved Spirit Body Seal.
• Chu Xiao told the Seven Clans Alliance to prioritize killing Nihility Devouring Flame and then wear down the Soul Clan if they could not win in one battle.
• Gu Yuan opened a passage into the Heavenly Tomb for Chu Xiao and Xiao Yan, while Zhu Kun accompanied them for safety.
• Xiao Yan paid respects to Xiao Xuan, and Chu Xiao used a Bodhi Seed to show the ancestor the Xiao Clan’s history and current state.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Gu Yuan’s daughter was Chu Xiao’s fiancée, and Chu Xiao listed several other fiancées before Xiao Xuan remarked that he was glad Chu Xiao was not surnamed Xiao.

Chu Xiao explained the Great Thousand World and the missing Origin Qi to Xiao Xuan, then revealed his strength and plans to revive the Chu Family. As Xiao Xuan recounted his past and his confinement in the Heavenly Tomb, Chu Xiao investigated its connection to the Lord of Immortality and received a warning pointing instead to the Lord of Undeath.

• Chu Xiao told Xiao Xuan that the Dou Qi Continent was a Lower Plane in the Great Thousand World and explained that Origin Qi was needed to reach Dou Emperor.
• Chu Xiao described his accomplishments and alliances, leaving Xiao Xuan impressed, then said he would rebuild the Chu Family despite having no surviving relatives.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Xiao Yan’s potential and recounted his failed breakthrough, the Soul Clan’s attack, and how Gu Yuan’s help brought his remnant soul to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb bound remnant souls and had an unusual flow of time, prompting Chu Xiao to suspect a link to the Lord of Immortality.
• Chu Xiao used the Heavenly Evolution Supernatural Power to investigate the Heavenly Tomb and, after sensing danger, received information identifying the Lord of Undeath.

The Lord of Immortality sensed a strange disturbance while guarding the seal on the Heavenly Evil God, while Chu Xiao explained the Heavenly Tomb’s origins and its corrupted spirit. Xiao Xuan began transferring the Xiao Clan’s preserved Dou Di Bloodline to Xiao Yan, and Chu Xiao produced a pill that could replenish what Xiao Xuan spent.

• The Lord of Immortality sensed what seemed to be someone spying on him across the River of Time, then returned his attention to the seal on the Heavenly Evil God.
• Chu Xiao identified the Heavenly Tomb as a damaged core fragment of the Immortal Great Emperor’s artifact and explained that its spirit had turned evil by feeding on the energy bodies within it.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that the final step of the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame required bloodline power, and Chu Xiao demonstrated his own clan mark.
• Xiao Xuan began draining his preserved Dou Di Bloodline into a pool for Xiao Yan, while Chu Xiao explained that Xiao Xuan could not use it as a remnant soul.
• Chu Xiao promised to replenish Xiao Xuan’s depleted power and showed him a pill, leaving Xiao Xuan stunned and asking what it was.

Chu Xiao arranged Xiao Xuan’s revival and helped Xiao Yan begin inheriting the Dou Di Bloodline in the Heavenly Tomb. As Xiao Xuan hunted energy bodies to strengthen Xiao Yan, Chu Xiao asked him for the Profound Yellow Flame and revealed his plan to absorb more Heavenly Flames.

• Chu Xiao explained how the Life and Death Soul Heart Pill and the Bodhi Ancient Tree could help restore Xiao Xuan, who gave Chu Xiao a drop of essence blood for his revival.
• Chu Xiao asked Xiao Xuan to help Xiao Yan obtain the Dou Di Bloodline and clan tattoo before assisting with his own request.
• Xiao Yan entered the blood pool and endured the painful blood replacement as the Dou Di Bloodline entered his body.
• At Chu Xiao’s request, Xiao Xuan opened a space in the stone monument and hunted energy bodies, while the Spirit of the Heavenly Tomb sensed him and returned to sleep.
• Chu Xiao asked Xiao Xuan for the Profound Yellow Flame and revealed that his source Divine Flame cultivated the Fen Jue and could absorb Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Xuan handed over the Profound Yellow Flame, then was stunned by what happened next.

Chu Xiao completed two years of cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, reaching Emperor Realm Soul and greatly strengthening his body and combat power. Xiao Yan stabilized his sudden breakthrough at eight-star Dou Zun, while Chu Xiao obtained the Great Desolation Art and Primordial Four Symbols Array from the Diary lottery.

• Chu Xiao used the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and Black Demon Lightning to absorb Heavenly Flames and temper himself while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan remained in the tomb.
• Over two years, Xiao Xuan supplied energy bodies for Chu Xiao and Xiao Yan to absorb, and the blood pool restored Xiao Yan's body.
• As the blood pool vanished, Xiao Yan surged from Peak Dou Zong to nine-star Dou Zun, then repeatedly lowered and raised his aura to stabilize his foundation.
• Chu Xiao awoke with Emperor Realm Soul and told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Yan would not lose himself in his rapid cultivation growth.
• Chu Xiao used his lottery draws and received the Great Desolation Art and the Primordial Four Symbols Array.

Chu Xiao mastered the Primordial Four Symbols Array and began using it to bring the Heavenly Tomb under his control while Xiao Yan trained and Xiao Xuan recovered. Outside the tomb, the women read Chu Xiao’s diary and reacted to his recovered memories, ending with Xun Er teasing them about how he had once let them down.

• Chu Xiao recorded the Primordial Four Symbols Array in his Diary, quickly reaching minor success in mastering it.
• Xiao Yan stabilized at Dou Zun Six Stars, advanced his soul to the Heavenly Realm, and entered another level of the Heavenly Tomb to train.
• Chu Xiao gave Xiao Xuan a pill to absorb through the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame, then began placing Spirit Seals throughout the Heavenly Tomb to integrate it into his Ling Xiao Realm.
• Chu Xiao used the Heavenly Evolution Supernatural Power to check that the Soul Clan had not acted, and thought about going to Tianxuan Continent after dealing with them.
• The Women learned that Chu Xiao’s soul had reached the Emperor Realm and eagerly awaited his diary entries about the Great Thousand World.
• Xun Er teased the women by naming the ways Chu Xiao had once let them down, leaving Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, Huo Zhi, and Tang Huo'er at a loss for words.

The women read Chu Xiao’s account of his past life, his eventual departure for the Great Thousand World, and his arrival in the Tianxuan Continent. They learned that Ying Huanhuan was the reincarnated Ice Master, then saw the Ice Master awaken in a strange space.

• Xun Er and the other women agreed that Chu Xiao would cherish the women he had let down in his past life.
• Chu Xiao recounted how he helped defeat Hun Tiandi, later had a daughter with Xun Er, and restored the Dou Qi Continent’s Origin Qi before leaving.
• Chu Xiao described being ambushed by the Yi Mo Clan and falling through a planar rift into the Tianxuan Continent.
• The women learned about the Tianxuan Continent’s Embryo of the Plane, the Symbol Ancestor, and the ancient war against the Yi Mo Clan.
• Chu Xiao revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the reincarnated Ice Master and that he would meet her twenty years in the future.
• The Ice Master opened her eyes in a strange space and wondered where she was.

Bing Huanhuan awakened in Between Reincarnations through Chu Xiao's Diary Copy and learned about Chu Xiao's past life on Tianxuan Continent. As she and Chu Xiao's companions read his account, the diary ended with the Yi Mo Clan breaking the Symbol Ancestor's seal.

• Bing Huanhuan found Chu Xiao's Diary Copy, which freed her primordial spirit and let her understand Between Reincarnations and her ability to reincarnate at will.
• Bing Huanhuan read about Chu Xiao's power and origins, including his life as a Saint-Rank Heaven Supreme in the Great Thousand World.
• Xun Er, Ya Fei, and the other women discussed Chu Xiao's plan to take the young Bing Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu as disciples when he visited Tianxuan Continent.
• Chu Xiao's diary recounted how Bing Huanhuan helped him learn Tianxuan Continent's cultivation system, awaken his powers, and gather the eight Ancestor Talismans.
• Chu Xiao wrote that he met Ling Qingzhu, took Lin Dong as a disciple, and began refining the Embryo of the Plane before the Yi Mo Clan broke the Symbol Ancestor's seal.

The Women read Chu Xiao’s account of the Demon Emperor’s defeat and discussed why he planned to meet Ying Huanhuan and Ling Qingzhu while they were still young. On the Tianxuan Continent, Bing Huanhuan learned of her future with Chu Xiao and hesitated over whether to revive or reincarnate as Ying Huanhuan.

• Chu Xiao’s Diary described Huanhuan sacrificing herself to help Lin Dong defeat the Demon Emperor’s avatar, then dying when Chu Xiao later suppressed the Demon Emperor and failed to save her.
• The Women discussed Chu Xiao’s complicated ties to the Ice Master and Ling Qingzhu, and why he would want to find and guide them early.
• Xiao Yi Xian suggested the Women could address the problem after reaching the Tianxuan Continent, noting that Ling Qingzhu and Ying Huanhuan might receive Diary Copies.
• Bing Huanhuan read the Diary and cultivated Chu Xiao’s Soul Secret Method, discovering that it had changed her primordial spirit.
• Bing Huanhuan considered becoming Lin Dong’s teacher but dropped the idea, then wondered whether to revive directly or reincarnate as Ying Huanhuan.

Bing Huanhuan chose to revive by raising her Soul Power and looked forward to meeting Chu Xiao again. Meanwhile, newborn Ling Qingzhu mysteriously saved her dying mother inside her spiritual world and was named the Palace Master's direct disciple.

• Bing Huanhuan decided to revive, believing the Diary Copy could help her reach the Divine Palace Realm and restore her former strength.
• At the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, a strand of Chaos Light entered Elder Qing's newborn daughter, and the Palace Master arrived as Elder Qing neared death.
• Elder Qing named her daughter Ling Qingzhu before dying, and the baby opened her eyes and drew an invisible streak of light into her glabella.
• Ling Qingzhu's spiritual world absorbed Elder Qing and carried her into an inner space, leaving the Palace Master unable to discover what had happened.
• The Palace Master ordered that Elder Qing be frozen in the forbidden grounds and declared Ling Qingzhu her direct disciple, prompting the palace elders to object.

Ling Qingzhu’s unusual power helped the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace elders recover, and they named her Young Palace Master. Meanwhile, Chu Xiao’s cultivation advanced in the Heavenly Tomb, where he confronted the Heavenly Tomb Soul with a Four Symbols Spirit formation.

• Ling Qingzhu radiated Tai Shang Power and Chaos Light, helping the palace elders suppress their Demonic Qi, and they chose her as Young Palace Master with two Reincarnation Realm elders as protectors.
• Chu Xiao cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb for three years, bringing Xun Er, Huo Zhi, Yao Ling, Yun Yun, Ya Fei, and others there to grow stronger.
• Chu Xiao reached peak Fourth-Grade Supreme, stabilized his Spirit Soul, and raised the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to Ninth-Tier Late Stage.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul manifested as a colossal face and confronted Chu Xiao as Xun Er and the other women gathered beside him.
• Chu Xiao activated thousands of Spirit Seals to form a Four Symbols Spirit formation that suppressed the Heavenly Tomb Soul and freed the energy bodies from its devouring compulsion.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul called Chu Xiao ungrateful and demanded that he stop, while the women and energy bodies wondered how it could be both cowardly and tough.

Chu Xiao defeated the Heavenly Tomb Soul, took control of the Heavenly Tomb, and freed the energy bodies within it. As he refined the Soul Origin, he sensed that the conflict with Hun Tiandi had begun.

• Chu Xiao used the Four Symbols and a spiritual array to suppress the Heavenly Tomb Soul, expose its origins, and absorb the Heavenly Tomb into the Ling Xiao Realm.
• The energy bodies were freed from their urge to slaughter and gained the choice to sleep or reincarnate, while Chu Xiao promised them a share of the Soul Origin.
• Chu Xiao distributed the Heavenly Tomb Soul Origin to Ya Fei and the others, then sent The Women to cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Gu Yuan learned from Xun Er that there was no danger in the Heavenly Tomb, watched it vanish, and sensed that Hun Tiandi's plans had begun.
• After five months of refining the Soul Origin, Chu Xiao opened his eyes and sensed an unexpected twist.

The Soul Clan’s ambush in the Spirit Realm turned against the allied clans when Hun Tiandi revealed that Ling Que had betrayed them and trapped Gu Yuan with a clone. Just as Hun Tiandi prepared to destroy the defenders, Xiao Xuan appeared and blocked his attack.

• Zhu Huo, Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Huo Ling fought the Soul Clan’s Four Elders and Four Demon Saints inside the sealed Spirit Realm.
• Hun Tiandi appeared in the Spirit Realm, struck at Yan Jin, and revealed that Gu Yuan was occupied by a clone.
• Hun Tiandi explained that he had anticipated the alliance’s ambush, while Ling Que revealed herself as a Soul Clan member and traitor.
• Hun Tiandi used the Spirit Body Seal to unleash the Soul Annihilation Finger against the allied clans.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and blocked Hun Tiandi’s attack, stunning everyone.

Xiao Xuan returned and used the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower to trap Hun Tiandi, while the allied clans attacked the Soul Clan’s Four Elders. Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan killed two elders, but black flames appeared within the remaining Soul Clan forces as the Doors of Deathly Stillness sank into a vast vortex.

• Xiao Xuan appeared in the Spirit Realm and trapped Hun Tiandi inside the Purple Subtlety Heavenly Dipper Tower, where they began fighting.
• Yan Jin and the others attacked the Doors of Deathly Stillness while Huo Ling and three companions confronted the Four Elders of the Soul Clan.
• Zhu Kun killed Hun Yuantian with a single punch, breaking the formation of the Four Elders, then entered the tower to help Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Yuan ambushed Hun Yao and blasted him apart while Zhu Huo had been fighting him.
• Black flames appeared inside Hun Yao, Hun Wangtian, and Hun Shengtian as the four Doors of Deathly Stillness sank into a void vortex that sealed the surrounding space.

Gu Yuan attacked Nihility Devouring Flame inside the Spirit Realm, while Nihility Devouring Flame tried to escape and began devouring the Soul Clan for power. Hun Tiandi prepared to fuse with it, but then saw Nihility Devouring Flame kneeling before someone.

• Gu Yuan confronted Nihility Devouring Flame in the Spirit Realm, and Zhu Huo joined the battle as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Nihility Devouring Flame realized it could not detonate the Spirit Realm and began using Blood Fiend Spirit Devour to absorb the Soul Clan members.
• Xiao Xuan challenged Hun Tiandi after learning that Hun Tiandi regarded the Soul Clan as expendable nourishment for his rise to Dou Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi took out a Soul Clan Quasi-Emperor Artifact and prepared to fuse with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Tiandi saw Nihility Devouring Flame, its body blood-black and its Dou Di Bloodline burning, kneeling before an unknown figure.

Hun Tiandi escaped the Spirit Realm by sacrificing Ling Que and abandoning Nihility Devouring Flame, while Xiao Xuan and the others pursued. Outside the realm, Nihility Devouring Flame encountered the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame and immediately knelt, leaving Hun Tiandi stunned.

• Xiao Xuan struck Hun Tiandi with the Yellow Spring Heaven Fury Finger, but Hun Tiandi escaped by switching places with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Xuan attacked Nihility Devouring Flame, while Hun Tiandi summoned Ling Que and made him self-destruct to break through the Spirit Realm.
• Hun Tiandi absorbed the Soul Clan members' Dou Emperor blood and power, then escaped through the chaotic space created by Ling Que's explosion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame used a jade tablet to open a spatial passage and fled the Spirit Realm with Hun Tiandi.
• The Thunder Flame Emperor Flame appeared before Nihility Devouring Flame, who knelt and pleaded to submit again, shocking Hun Tiandi.