Vol. 9Alliance and the Heavenly Tomb

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo forged an alliance, entered the Heavenly Tomb, and united the Xiao Family as conflict with the Ancient Clan escalated. After they won a map fragment at the Space Trading Fair, Hun Ruoruo trapped a Demon Phoenix Half-Saint in her Emperor Soul Art, and Old Man Shen Nong arrived.

  • Xiao Yan reclaimed the Xiao Clan’s standing at the Ancient Clan’s ceremony, killed Gu Yao, and secured the Soul Clan’s protection through Hun Ruoruo.
  • Hun Ruoruo defeated Xun’er in their one-move contest, then agreed to accompany Xiao Yan to Xiao Xuan’s grave as they reaffirmed their marriage.
  • Hun Ruoruo confronted the Ancient Clan over its Heavenly Tomb quotas, then she and Xiao Yan entered the tomb and launched the Saint-Slaying Plan against the Yao Clan.
  • Xiao Xuan refused Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan’s bloodline inheritance while he maintained his alliance with Hun Ruoruo, and Xiao Yan chose the alliance.
  • Hun Ruoruo accepted the burden of the Soul Clan bloodline to protect Xiao Yan, while Xun’er manipulated events outside the tomb to provoke conflict with the Ancient Clan.
  • Xiao Xuan named Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan’s Clan Leader, and Xiao Yan killed Tong Xuan after defeating him and Gu Shan.
  • Hun Ruoruo escaped the Ancient Clan with Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Tomb, then they reunited the Xiao Family and prepared to move them into the tomb.
  • Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan secured the Fragmented Map of Demonic Fire at the Space Trading Fair, and Hun Ruoruo trapped a Demon Phoenix Half-Saint in her Emperor Soul Art.
Chapters 824–928 Read from ch. 824

Arc 33The Ceremony and the Alliance

Xiao Yan reclaimed the Xiao Clan’s standing at the Ancient Clan’s ceremony, killed Gu Yao, and secured the Soul Clan’s protection through Hun Ruoruo. After Xun’er lost their one-move contest, Xiao Yan and Ruoruo reaffirmed their marriage and looked toward the Heavenly Tomb together.

  • Xiao Yan faced the Ancient Clan’s humiliation at the bloodline test, awakened a Xiao Clan Mark, and shattered the Star Disk before refusing Tong Xuan’s offer to crown him.
  • Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge, defeated him, and crushed his head after Tong Xuan’s delayed apology, prompting Hun Miesheng to declare the Soul Clan would protect Xiao Yan.
  • Xun’er immobilized Tong Xuan and exposed Hun Ruoruo, who took the Soul Clan’s supreme seat and confirmed her cultivation partnership with Xiao Yan.
  • Xiao Yan presented Hun Tiandi’s letter, and Hun Ruoruo declared the Xiao Clan and Soul Clan allies as Xun’er ended Tong Xuan’s role in the ceremony.
  • Xun’er revealed her Acquired Divine Grade bloodline and challenged Hun Ruoruo to a single move, with the match’s outcome settling the Ancient Clan’s grievances.
  • Hun Ruoruo’s Black Flame consumed Xun’er’s attacks, and Hun Miesheng declared Ruoruo the winner and concluded the ceremony.
  • After Xun’er recovered, Xiao Yan asked Hun Ruoruo to accompany him to Xiao Xuan’s grave so he could affirm their marriage freely, and she agreed.
  • Hun Ruoruo explained Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan’s former bond, while Xiao Yan promised to protect her and they wished each other good night.
Chapters 824–850 Summaries Read

Arc 34The Heavenly Tomb Alliance

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo entered the Heavenly Tomb, where they challenged the Ancient and Yao Clans and found Xiao Xuan. Xiao Yan chose his alliance with Hun Ruoruo over inheriting the Xiao Clan’s bloodline, then a message from the past provoked Xiao Xuan’s killing intent.

  • Gu Yuan revealed himself as Xun’er's father, explained the Soul Clan’s pursuit of the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and refused Xiao Yan’s offer to surrender it.
  • Hun Ruoruo confronted the Ancient Clan over its Heavenly Tomb quotas, exposing its role in the Xiao and Spirit Clans’ ruin and forcing Gu Shan to surrender most of his slots.
  • Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Hun Ruoruo killed Yao Xing Ji and absorbed his Nine Nether Wind Flame with Xiao Yan’s help.
  • Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan launched the Saint-Slaying Plan against the Yao Clan, and Hun Ruoruo destroyed Yao Xian and Yao Yang with the Xiao Clan Mark.
  • Xiao Xuan appeared, accepted Xiao Yan as his descendant, and learned of Xiao Yan’s alliance with Hun Ruoruo, whom Xiao Yan declared would become his wife.
  • Xiao Xuan refused to pass the Xiao Clan’s bloodline inheritance to Xiao Yan while he maintained the alliance, but Xiao Yan chose the alliance and rejected reliance on bloodline power.
  • Xiao Xuan showed Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo his imitation of the Soul Cutting Hall, then recognized the figure revealed by Xiao Yan’s purple envelope and reacted with killing intent.
Chapters 851–877 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Heavenly Tomb’s Heir

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo faced the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul and the growing conflict between the Xiao-Soul Alliance and the Ancient Clan, while Xun’er confronted the cost of her father’s choices. The arc left Xiao Yan leading the Xiao Clan after killing Tong Xuan, with Gu Yang moving to meet Hun Miesheng as the Eight Clans Pact came under strain.

  • Hun Tiandi revealed himself to Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan, admitted arranging Gu Xiuyi’s death, and explained that he had come to pursue the Heavenly Tomb’s secret.
  • Xun’er asked Hun Tiandi to help destroy her clan, then promised to take responsibility for the Heavenly Tomb expedition’s casualties and collapsed in the snow.
  • Xiao Yan renewed Xun’er’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and Xiao Xuan later urged him to pursue Emperor Xiao’s path and become a second Emperor Xiao.
  • Hun Tiandi and the Scholar in White confronted the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, while Hun Ruoruo entered the statue and accepted the burden of the Soul Clan bloodline to protect Xiao Yan.
  • Xun’er manipulated events outside the tomb to bring the Ancient Clan into conflict with the Xiao-Soul Alliance, while Hun Ruoruo mastered the Emperor Soul Art and agreed to help Hun Tiandi.
  • Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan named him the Xiao Clan’s new Clan Leader and sole ruler of its affairs.
  • Xiao Yan defeated Tong Xuan and Gu Shan in battle, then killed Tong Xuan when his Ancient Sunset attack failed to harm him.
  • Xun’er confronted Gu Yuan over sending her to the Xiao Family to escape the Elder Council’s political plans, while Gu Yang set out to meet Hun Miesheng and uphold the Eight Clans Pact.
Chapters 878–902 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Heavenly Tomb and the Trade Fair

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan escaped the Ancient Clan with the Heavenly Tomb, reunited the Xiao Family, and used the Soul Hall’s Space Trading Fair to secure the Demonic Fire map. After Xiao Yan defeated Jiu Feng, Hun Ruoruo drew a Demon Phoenix Half-Saint into her Emperor Soul Art, and Old Man Shen Nong arrived.

  • Hun Tiandi absorbed the Heavenly Tomb’s swelling Soul after Hun Ruoruo sealed the space, while Gu Yuan arrived to reclaim the tomb and confronted the Soul Clan.
  • Gu Yuan killed Hun Miesheng, but Hun Ruoruo escaped with Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Tomb after Xun'er persuaded her father not to pursue them.
  • Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan returned to the Soul Realm, then brought the Xiao Family from Jia Ma Empire to Wutan City and prepared to move them into the Heavenly Tomb.
  • Xiao Zuan explained how the Heavenly Tomb could help the Xiao Clan grow, and Xiao Yan joined Hun Ruoruo at the Space Trading Fair, where Ya Fei hosted an auction for the Soul Hall.
  • Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan outbid Jiu Feng for the Fragmented Map of Demonic Fire, while Hun Ruoruo arranged loans for Jiu Feng and Huang Yun'er.
  • Jiu Feng attacked Xiao Yan, who wounded him with Eight Extremes: Shatter, but the red-haired Half-Saint killed Jiu Feng and turned toward Huang Yun'er.
  • Hun Ruoruo severed the Half-Saint’s connection to heaven and earth and drew him into the Emperor Soul Art, where illusions and apparitions overwhelmed him.
  • Ya Fei brought Old Man Shen Nong to meet Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, while the Scholar’s shattered mist smiled inside the Emperor Soul Art.
Chapters 903–928 Summaries Read
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