Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan set out for the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony while Xun’er chose a separate path, and he faced hostility upon arriving at the main city plaza. Fifth Commander intervened and invited Xiao Yan to sit at the former Xiao Clan’s platform.

• Mo Yu stopped Xun’er from fixing Xiao Yan’s robes and reminded Xiao Yan of his responsibilities at the ceremony.
• Xiao Yan took a different path from Xun’er, and she chose not to follow him as they set off separately.
• Yang Hao confronted Xiao Yan at the plaza and insulted him for attending the Ancient Clan’s ceremony.
• Mo Yu moved to strike Yang Hao, but Fifth Commander stopped him and apologized for Yang Hao’s behavior.
• Fifth Commander invited Xiao Yan to take his seat at the former Xiao Clan’s platform.

Xiao Yan and Mo Yu took their seats among the Eight Ancient Clans, suspecting the Ancient Clan was letting them in to humiliate Xiao Yan at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony. As more clans arrived, Mang Tianchi recognized Xiao Yan from the Void Lightning Pool, and Xiao Yan greeted him as the dean.

• The Fifth Commander stopped Yang Hao from attacking Xiao Yan and hinted that the Ancient Clan planned to disgrace him during the bloodline test.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Yu entered the venue without further resistance, and the Xiao Clan became the first major clan to take the honored seats.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Yu noticed the Ancient Clan's sudden hospitality and suspected it was a trap for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Huo Zhi arrived with the Yan Clan, followed by members of other ancient clans.
• Mang Tianchi arrived and recognized Xiao Yan as the Soul Clan youth he had met in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Xiao Yan smiled and addressed the shocked Mang Tianchi as the dean.

At the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan reunited with Mang Tianchi, who pledged to protect him and clashed with the Ancient Clan’s Fifth Commander. Mang Tianchi then revealed that opposing the Elder Council could make nearly a hundred Saints in the Ancient Clan Xiao Yan’s enemies.

• Mang Tianchi recognized Xiao Yan as a Jia Nan Academy graduate and warmly offered to protect him.
• Mang Tianchi criticized the Ancient Clan for targeting Xiao Yan, provoking the Fifth Commander, who warned him not to interfere in the ceremony.
• Ling Feng appeared and ordered the Fifth Commander to stand down, then warned Mang Tianchi that the Elder Council opposed his involvement.
• Mang Tianchi told Xiao Yan that the Elder Council wielded immense authority within the Ancient Clan and that nearly a hundred Saints could become his enemies.

At the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan learned that Gu Qingyang led the clan’s younger generation while Xun’er had been denied the foremost seat, and Mang Tianchi warned him about the Ancient Clan’s strength. The Soul Clan arrived through its genuine Soul Hunting Gate, openly admitted it had destroyed the Xiao Clan, and challenged the Ancient Clan’s claim to lead the Eight Clans, leaving Ling Feng furious.

• Xiao Yan asked Mo Yu about Gu Qingyang and learned he was the Ancient Clan’s former sole young master and a powerful commander.
• Mang Tianchi told Xiao Yan that the Ancient Clan’s innate abilities made it one of the strongest Imperial Clans and named the Soul Clan as its only peer among the Eight Clans.
• Xiao Yan said he needed to prove he could protect someone before expecting a talented young woman to favor him, prompting Mang Tianchi to joke about a Soul Clan girl.
• Ling Feng began the ceremony before a genuine Soul Hunting Gate appeared above the Ancient Realm and the Soul Clan entered.
• A jade-faced Soul Clan youth accused the Ancient Clan of treating itself as leader of the Eight Clans and admitted that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan.
• The Soul Clan youth thanked Xiao Yan, claimed his clan would safeguard the leader’s title for the Xiao Clan, and provoked Ling Feng by declaring that the ceremony could now begin.

At the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Hun Yu exposed the Ancient Clan’s mistreatment of the Xiao Clan and drew a rebuke from an elder hidden in the void. As the ceremony resumed, Hun Yu clung to Xiao Yan and begged his forgiveness, leaving his true intentions unclear.

• Ling Feng tried to silence Hun Yu, but Hun Yu challenged the Ancient Clan over its broken alliance promises and its treatment of the Xiao Clan.
• An unseen Ancient Clan elder reprimanded Ling Feng, admitted the clan had mishandled matters, and warned Hun Yu with veiled hostility.
• Hun Yu ignored the Soul Clan’s empty honored seat and sat beside Xiao Yan, while Gu Yao condemned him and Gu Qingyang worried the Soul Clan had a plan.
• Ling Feng restarted the ceremony and summoned Yang Hao as the first participant.
• Hun Yu clutched Xiao Yan’s arm, asked to be called Little Yu, and tearfully begged the Prince Consort to forgive his earlier offense.

Hun Yu told Xiao Yan that Ruoruo was watching him and urged him to reclaim his glory, then explained the ranks of bloodlines and clan marks. As the Ancient Clan brought out the Xiao Clan’s testing Star Disk, Ling Feng called Xiao Yan forward to undergo the test.

• Hun Yu relayed Ruoruo’s message to Xiao Yan, urging him to reclaim the glory and dignity that belonged to him.
• Yang Hao received a Golden Clan Mark for his Rank 6 bloodline, while Ling Feng told him that someone else would take Xiao Yan’s life.
• Hun Yu explained that Ruoruo possessed the third Ten-Colored Origin Divine Grade bloodline, after the Soul Emperor and Emperor Xiao.
• Ling Feng brought out the Xiao Clan’s testing Star Disk, drawing angry objections from Mang Tianchi and unease from the other clans.
• Ling Feng formed the Xiao Clan Mark on the Star Disk and summoned Xiao Yan to take the test.

At the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Yan accepted a bloodline test meant to humiliate him and the ruined Xiao Clan. He awakened a Xiao Clan Mark through his own power, shattered the clan’s Star Disk, and left the assembled clans stunned.

• Lin Xiu summoned Xiao Yan to the test, while Mang Tianchi protested that the Ancient Clan was exploiting the Xiao Clan’s ruin to make a spectacle of him.
• Huo Zhi and the Yan Clan’s elders recognized that the Ancient Clan was using Xiao Yan to demonstrate its authority, and Hun Yu warned that violence could cost the Xiao Clan its Heavenly Tomb quota.
• Xiao Yan stopped Mo Yu from intervening and entered the arena, where Tong Xuan suppressed Mang Tianchi and ordered the test to continue.
• Ling Feng brought out the Xiao Clan’s Star Disk and revealed that the test was part of his plan to avenge Ling Quan by humiliating Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan declared that bloodline and Xiao Xuan’s legacy did not define him, then used the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations to awaken and inscribe a Xiao Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yan smashed the Star Disk with one punch, leaving Ling Feng collapsed and the Ancient Clan’s audience in shock.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Xiao Clan Star Disk and rejected the Ancient Clan’s attempt to crown him, declaring that the Dou Di bloodline was no shackle and that he would defend the Xiao Clan’s honor himself. He returned to the Xiao Clan’s honored seat after breaking free of Tong Xuan’s Saintly might and telling him he was not qualified to crown him.

• Gu Yao lost his temper over Xiao Yan destroying the Star Disk, but Gu Qingyang stopped him from attacking.
• Mang Tianchi mocked Tong Xuan and pressed the Ancient Clan to recognize Xiao Yan as the Xiao Clan’s Young Clan Leader.
• Tong Xuan announced that he would personally crown Xiao Yan, citing his awakened clan mark and the Star Disk’s destruction.
• Xiao Yan rejected the coronation and declared that he did not possess the Dou Di bloodline and needed no charity from the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan broke Tong Xuan’s Saintly might, returned to the Xiao Clan’s honored seat, and said Tong Xuan was not qualified to crown him.

Xiao Yan rejected the Ancient Clan’s attempt to honor him, worsening tensions at the coming-of-age ceremony. Gu Yao earned an eighth-grade bloodline mark and challenged Xiao Yan, leaving the arena poised for a confrontation.

• Xiao Yan refused the Ancient Clan’s honor, and Saint Tong Xuan resumed the ceremony as the crowd’s view of the clan shifted.
• Gu Yao said he intended to kill Xiao Yan and marry Xun’er, while Xun’er concealed her true intentions and asked Gu Qingyang to obtain Gu Yao’s family bloodline records.
• Gu Yao passed the Star Disk test with an eighth-grade bloodline rank and received a Purple-Gold clan mark from Tong Xuan.
• Tong Xuan allowed Gu Yao to choose an opponent, and Gu Yao challenged Xiao Yan while accusing him of seeking the Soul Clan’s attention.

Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge and effortlessly survived his strongest attack, revealing a vast gap in their physical strength. He then punched Gu Yao into the coronation wall, while warning him not to threaten anyone close to him.

• Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge despite Mang Tianchi’s warning and Gu Yao’s demand for a duel to the death.
• Gu Yao taunted Xiao Yan about Xun'er and demanded that he kneel, then attacked him with the Sea-Flipping Seal.
• Xiao Yan took Gu Yao’s attack head-on without being injured, shocking the crowd and leaving Gu Yao speechless.
• Xiao Yan asked whether all Ancient Clan members were so weak and warned Gu Yao against harming anyone close to him.
• Xiao Yan punched Gu Yao into the coronation wall, shaking the Ancient Clan plaza.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao with a single punch, then watched as Gu Yao invoked the Ancient Clan divine ability to raise his strength to peak nine-star. Xiao Yan welcomed the chance to test the ability, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Xiao Yan struck Gu Yao with one punch, sending him through a wall and leaving him gravely injured.
• Mang Tianchi and Tong Xuan recognized that Xiao Yan had cultivated a body-tempering art, while the crowd marveled at his strength.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Yao that he was not his true opponent and explained that defending the Xiao Clan's prestige mattered to him.
• Gu Yao reassembled his broken bones, unleashed his clan mark, and vowed to kill Xiao Yan to free the Ancient Clan from the Xiao-Ancient Alliance.
• Gu Yao used Ancient Emperor Longevity Boundary: Ten Years to raise his strength from eight-star Dou Zun to peak nine-star.
• Xiao Yan expressed interest in testing the Ancient Clan divine ability's power and prepared to face Gu Yao at his heightened strength.

Xiao Yan brutally defeated Gu Yao without using Dou Qi and demanded that Saint Tong Xuan apologize to the Xiao Clan in exchange for sparing him. Tong Xuan refused and threatened to deny Xiao Yan a Heavenly Tomb slot, while Xiao Yan continued his countdown with Gu Yao near death.

• Xiao Yan overpowered Gu Yao with his physical strength, warped Gu Yao's spear, and smashed him into the ground.
• Saint Tong Xuan ordered Xiao Yan to stop, but Xiao Yan argued that Gu Yao had made a life-and-death pact and mocked the Ancient Clan for intervening.
• Xiao Yan pinned Gu Yao beneath his foot and demanded that Tong Xuan acknowledge the Xiao Clan's rightful status and apologize.
• Tong Xuan refused, insisting Xiao Yan lacked the qualifications to accept his apology, while Hun Yu and Mo Yu recognized the Soul Clan's principle of never accepting a loss.
• Xiao Yan began counting down as he crushed Gu Yao's head, and Tong Xuan charged forward to stop him before Xiao Yan reached one.

Xiao Yan rejected Tong Xuan’s attempt to save Gu Yao and killed Gu Yao after exposing the Half-Saint’s scheme. He left Tong Xuan bloodied and warned that his apology had come too late.

• Tong Xuan shattered the battlefield barrier and accused Xiao Yan of conspiring with the Soul Clan, while Mang Tianchi defended Xiao Yan and invoked the Lightning Clan.
• Yao Xing Ji revealed his corrupted body and Pill Seizure injuries to frame Xiao Yan, and Tong Xuan used the evidence to fuel suspicion among the onlookers.
• Gu Yao taunted Xiao Yan as a Soul Clan pawn, while Tong Xuan saluted Xiao Yan and asked him to spare Gu Yao.
• Xiao Yan reminded Tong Xuan of what had happened before and pointed out that the countdown and his oath had already ended.
• Xiao Yan crushed Gu Yao’s head, splattering blood over Tong Xuan, then said the Half-Saint’s apology had come too late.

Xiao Yan killed Gu Yao in the Ancient Clan’s plaza, prompting Tong Xuan to condemn him and announce the dissolution of the Xiao-Ancient Alliance. As Tong Xuan attacked, Hun Miesheng arrived and declared that the Soul Clan would protect Xiao Yan on the Young Clan Leader’s orders.

• Xiao Yan crushed Gu Yao’s head beneath his foot, and Tong Xuan gathered Gu Yao’s remnant soul before it could disappear.
• Xun’er stopped Gu Qingyang from intervening as Tong Xuan accused Xiao Yan of colluding with the Soul Clan and killing an Ancient Clan prodigy.
• Tong Xuan announced that the Ancient Clan’s Elder Council had dissolved the Xiao-Ancient Alliance, then moved to attack Xiao Yan.
• Hun Miesheng broke through the main city’s Saint-tier barrier and swatted away the Ancient Clan elders who tried to stop him.
• Hun Miesheng admitted that the Soul Clan valued Xiao Yan and declared that the Soul Clan would protect him.

At the Ancient Clan plaza, Hun Miesheng backed Xiao Yan’s claim of an alliance between the Soul Clan and Xiao Clan, while Gu Qingyang demanded proof and Tong Xuan threatened to expel Xiao Yan. Xun’er arrived, used her bloodline power to force Tong Xuan back, and called out Hun Ruoruo, who had been hiding among the commoners.

• Hun Miesheng declared that the Soul Clan had allied with the Xiao Clan after the Ancient Clan ended its covenant with them.
• Gu Qingyang challenged Hun Miesheng to provide proof of the alliance, while Tong Xuan threatened to expel Xiao Yan from the Ancient Realm.
• Xun’er entered the arena and ordered Tong Xuan to step back, using her bloodline power to immobilize him.
• Hun Miesheng recognized Xun’er and deferentially stepped aside, alarming the onlookers.
• Xun’er looked toward the commoner stands and called out Hun Ruoruo for hiding despite her status.

Hun Ruoruo revealed herself as the Soul Clan’s Young Master after infiltrating the Ancient Realm, and her arrival exposed the fear and history surrounding her. Xun'er recognized her and ended by asking what relationship connected the Soul Clan and the Xiao Clan.

• Xun'er named Hun Ruoruo as the intruder hiding among the descendant folk, prompting Tong Xuan to order the Black Mist Army to seal off the stands.
• Hun Ruoruo emerged and banished Yang Hao and Xing Xuan through a gate of distorted space, while Hun Miesheng and Hun Yu showed her deference.
• Hun Ruoruo took the Soul Clan’s supreme seat, and Xiao Yan recognized the village girl from their shared past while Tong Xuan recalled his humiliation by her eight years earlier.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xun'er that no one was beyond her schemes, and Xun'er agreed that they were all destined to follow separate paths.
• Xun'er addressed Hun Ruoruo as the Soul Clan’s Young Master and Dao Companion of the Xiao Clan’s Young Master, then asked what relationship bound the Soul Clan and the Xiao Clan.

Xun'er revealed that Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo were cultivation partners, then challenged whether their relationship could be recognized as a formal Xiao-Soul alliance. Xiao Yan produced a letter bearing Hun Tiandi's name as proof, leaving Tong Xuan prostrated in shock.

• Xun'er confessed that she had revealed Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo's relationship to let go of the past and offer them her blessing.
• Hun Ruoruo confirmed that she and Xiao Yan were cultivation partners, stunning the audience and prompting Gu Qingyang to concede defeat.
• Xun'er explained that only clan leaders or elders could formally announce an alliance between clans, and Gu Qingyang described the Eight Clans' restrictions on such agreements.
• Xiao Yan said he could answer Xun'er's challenge and produced a deep purple letter bearing Hun Tiandi's name.
• Tong Xuan recognized Hun Tiandi's authority and dropped to his knees before the letter.

Elder Tong Xuan knelt in terror before Xiao Yan’s parchment, and Hun Ruoruo declared the Xiao Clan an ally of the Soul Clan rather than its vassal. Xun'er expelled Tong Xuan from the ceremony and then told Xiao Yan not to interfere with what came next.

• Tong Xuan suddenly knelt before the parchment in Xiao Yan’s hand, leaving Gu Qingyang and the gathered elders stunned.
• Hun Ruoruo announced that the Xiao Clan and Soul Clan were allies, prompting Xun'er to accept that the Ancient Clan had nothing further to say.
• Tong Xuan tried to denounce Xiao Yan, but Xun'er rebuked him and ordered Gu Qingyang to remove him from the ceremony.
• Gu Qingyang led Tong Xuan away after pointing out that the younger generation would surpass him, despite Tong Xuan protesting that he had acted for the Ancient Clan’s dignity.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yan the farce was nearly over and asked him not to interfere with what came next.

Xun'er revealed her Acquired Divine Grade bloodline during the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and rejected the clan's attempt to crown her. The chapter left her facing Hun Ruoruo with open fighting intent.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan's supreme seat while Xun'er took the Ancient Clan's seat, forming a three-way standoff with Hun Ruoruo.
• A Yan Clan man told Huo Zhi that Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Hun Ruoruo were linked to three of the five supreme experts from a thousand years ago, and suggested their history might repeat itself.
• Gu Qingyang displayed a ninth-grade bloodline and received a Purple-Gold Clan Tattoo with a faint seven-colored glow.
• Xun'er surpassed nine stars on the Star Disk and revealed an Acquired Divine Grade bloodline.
• The Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush submitted to Xun'er, who painted her own dark-gold clan pattern and declared that no one was worthy to crown her.

Gu Xun'er awakened an Eight-Colored Clan Mark that the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush could not bestow, revealing her as an Acquired Divine Grade. She challenged Hun Ruoruo to a one-move duel, leaving Xiao Yan horrified as the two women faced off.

• The Dragon Pattern Iron Brush recoiled from Xun'er, and the testing elder recognized her potential as an Acquired Divine Grade.
• Xun'er's Star Disk shattered, and her Eight-Colored Clan Mark emerged as the gathered Ancient Clan descendants bowed before her.
• Hun Ruoruo speculated that someone had long planned to create an Acquired Divine Grade, while Hun Miesheng dismissed the Ancient Clan's watching elders.
• Mo Yu told Xiao Yan that Xun'er and Hun Ruoruo might fight over him, leaving Xiao Yan shocked.
• Gu Xun'er raised her golden-flamed spear, declared that she was fighting to leave her past self behind, and challenged Hun Ruoruo to decide the victor in one move.