Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo and Gu Xun'er agreed to settle their conflict with a single move after setting terms that protected the Xiao Clan and restricted powerful fighters from targeting Xiao Yan. Before descending to face Gu Xun'er, Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan not to disappoint her, leaving him quietly reassured by her pride in him.

• Xiao Yan recognized that Hun Ruoruo was serious about deciding the match with a single move.
• Gu Xun'er agreed that the battle's outcome would erase the Xiao and Soul Clans' earlier offense against the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo required that no Dou Saint or stronger could act against Xiao Yan before he reached Nine Transformations, and Gu Xun'er guaranteed this with her bloodline.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted the single-move contest and descended from the honored seats toward Gu Xun'er.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan, “Do not disappoint this young master,” and Xiao Yan relaxed, realizing she took pride in him.

Gu Xun'er challenged Hun Ruoruo to a one-move duel and unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, hoping to overcome her. Hun Ruoruo revealed the Nihility Devouring Flame and swallowed Gu Xun’er's blazing attack, leaving the outcome unclear.

• The testing elder announced the rules for Gu Xun'er and Hun Ruoruo's one-move match, and Hun Miesheng approved them.
• Hun Ruoruo taunted Gu Xun'er about protecting the Ancient Clan and hinted that she knew something about Gu Xun'er's Mother and the Elder Council.
• Gu Xun'er unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, using the secret art Golden Sun Burning Heaven to intensify its power.
• Hun Miesheng stopped the testing elder from interfering as Hun Ruoruo pointed into the sky and summoned a black tide of Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame swallowed Gu Xun'er's golden sun attack.

Hun Ruoruo defeated Gu Xun'er after Xun'er burned her bloodline to unleash the Ancient Clan's divine ability. The Soul Clan Young Master was declared the winner, and the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony ended in stunned silence.

• Hun Ruoruo's Black Flame suppressed Gu Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Xun'er accused her of wielding a fusion flame rather than the true Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Gu Xun'er burned her bloodline and unleashed the Ancient Sunset, prompting the Ancient Clan elders to rush to stop her.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed a dark clan mark and a ten-colored halo, then used the Black Flame to extinguish Xun'er's attack and consume the arena's remaining Dou Qi.
• Gu Xun'er collapsed unconscious into Hun Ruoruo's arms, and Hun Ruoruo asked for the verdict.
• Hun Miesheng announced Hun Ruoruo as the winner and declared the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony concluded.

Xiao Yan cared for the injured Xun'er, then asked Hun Ruoruo to accompany him to pay respects to Xiao Xuan and affirm their marriage. Hun Ruoruo agreed but revealed that Xiao Xuan was not merely a spirit in heaven, leaving Xiao Yan stunned.

• Xun'er woke after burning her Divine Bloodline in battle, and Xiao Yan told her Ruoruo had treated her and that her Heavenly Tomb slot was secure.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan not to show mercy to the Elder Council if he became its enemy, then reacted strangely when he spoke of Xiao Xuan's spirit in heaven.
• Xiao Yan visited Hun Ruoruo and asked her to accompany him to Xiao Xuan's grave so he could affirm their marriage without coercion or calculations of benefit.
• Hun Ruoruo agreed, then teased Xiao Yan by asking how he planned to explain their marriage to Xiao Xuan's remnant soul, leaving him rooted in place.

Xiao Yan learned that Hun Ruoruo was connected to his ancestor Xiao Xuan across a thousand years of clan history, making their marriage a source of potential conflict. He reassured Ruoruo that he would stay by her side, and they ended the night together in a quiet embrace.

• Xiao Yan questioned Hun Ruoruo about her father Hun Tiandi's relationship with Xiao Xuan and realized their marriage crossed a vast generational divide.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan had once regarded each other as confidants, but their clan leadership and opposing paths had broken their bond.
• Xiao Yan worried that visiting the Heavenly Tomb would bring trouble, then declared he would smash the world apart rather than accept being unable to act as he wished.
• Hun Ruoruo tried to tease Xiao Yan and secretly prepared a Heavenly Venerate Token, but he told her he wanted them never to be apart again.
• Xiao Yan promised he could protect Ruoruo wherever she went, and they lay beneath the covers together, quietly wishing each other good night.

Xiao Yan woke beside Hun Ruoruo and realized her Pure Water Physique had caused his sudden cultivation breakthrough and improved comprehension. Hun Ruoruo teased him about the night’s events, then trapped his Mysterious Black Ruler between her legs.

• Xiao Yan reflected on the regrets of powerful Dou Saints and concluded that becoming Emperor was the only path beyond their limits.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation surged from Seven-star toward the Eight-star bottleneck, and he sensed his comprehension had greatly improved.
• Xiao Yan discovered Hun Ruoruo was lying on top of him and noticed paw prints on her nightgown.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that her enhanced Pure Water Physique had helped Xiao Yan cultivate, while he insisted he would not risk harming her.
• Hun Ruoruo noticed Xiao Yan’s Mysterious Black Ruler between them, clamped it between her legs, and suddenly exerted force.

The Ancient Clan's elders planned to take the Spirit Clan's vacant Heavenly Tomb slots and discussed Xiao Yan as a threat, while Hun Ruoruo warned Xun'er that the Ancient Clan might seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade through her father. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan met a mysterious burlap-clothed figure at the Ancient Clan's cultivation grounds.

• Gu Shan and the Ancient Clan elders discussed Xun'er's stabilized injuries, the Xiao-Soul Alliance, and how to fill the clan's shortage of Heavenly Tomb slots.
• Tong Xuan proposed claiming the absent Spirit Clan's slots, and the elders agreed to watch Xiao Yan when the Heavenly Tomb opened.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xun'er about keeping her picture books, then revealed that Tong Xuan had witnessed Xun'er's mother's death and warned that the Ancient Clan might target the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Ruoruo suggested that Xun'er's father had the ability and justification to claim the jade, leaving Xun'er shocked.
• Xiao Yan faced a burlap-clothed figure at the Ancient Clan's cultivation grounds, and the stranger greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Xiao Yan met Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan’s Clan Leader and Xun’er’s father, who said he had come to discuss Xiao Yan and Xun’er and hinted that Xun’er had feelings for him. The revelation left Xiao Yan stunned, while Hun Ruoruo stayed in Xun’er’s room reading her illustrated storybook.

• Xiao Yan sensed the burlap-clad man’s extraordinary presence and greeted him cautiously.
• The man revealed he was Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan’s Clan Leader and Xun’er’s father.
• Xiao Yan questioned whether Gu Yuan blamed him and Ruoruo for the conflict with the Elder Council, but Gu Yuan said he would not interfere in the young people’s affairs.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that Xun’er seemed to have feelings for him, leaving Xiao Yan speechless.
• Elsewhere, Hun Ruoruo read Xun’er’s illustrated storybook in her room and sneezed.

Xiao Yan confronted Gu Yuan over his treatment of Xun'er and rejected the idea that Gu Yuan could decide her future for her. He affirmed that he loved only one person, following his father’s example, and left Gu Yuan to reckon with his words.

• Xiao Yan accused Gu Yuan of once agreeing to marry Xun'er to the Lightning Clan for the Ancient Clan’s benefit.
• Gu Yuan explained that he had agreed because no one else had caught Xun'er's eye, and said he approved of Xiao Yan because Xun'er loved him.
• Xiao Yan acknowledged Gu Yuan’s care for Xun'er but argued that love should not bind her, and described how she had stopped admiring her father after returning to the clan.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that his father was his lifelong hero and that he, like his father, would love only one person.

Xiao Yan learned that Gu Yuan had come on behalf of the Ancient Clan’s Elder Council to seek the Xiao Family’s Ancient Jade, a key to Tou She Ancient God’s relic. Gu Yuan refused to take it and offered to tell the elders that the Soul Clan had already seized it, but Xun’er arrived and warned Xiao Yan not to hand it over.

• Gu Yuan admitted that he knew about Xun’er’s mother and apologized for pressing Xiao Yan about finding a partner for Xun’er.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Ancient Jade was one of the keys to Tou She Ancient God’s relic and that the Soul Clan wanted to gather them all.
• Xiao Yan questioned whether the Soul Clan had destroyed the Xiao Clan to obtain the jade, and Gu Yuan confirmed it.
• Xiao Yan took out the Ancient Jade and offered it to Gu Yuan, saying he had little reason to keep it.
• Gu Yuan refused the jade and said he would tell the Ancient Clan’s elders that the Soul Clan had taken it.
• Xun’er rushed in and stood between Gu Yuan and Xiao Yan, telling Xiao Yan not to give Gu Yuan the jade and challenging Gu Yuan over the Xiao-Ancient Alliance.

Xun'er confronted Gu Yuan over his demand for Xiao Yan’s Ancient Jade, then learned from Xiao Yan that her father had not intended to take it. Xiao Yan suggested the Heavenly Tomb might hold answers about Xun’er’s mother, while Hun Ruoruo returned to the Soul Clan camp to ask about the investigation into Xiao Xuan’s Tomb.

• Xun'er rebuked Gu Yuan for asking Xiao Yan for the Ancient Jade and accused him of betraying Xiao Xuan’s principles.
• Gu Yuan warned Xun'er that she could lose her position as prospective Young Master, but she said she was willing to give it up, and he left.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er that Gu Yuan had not intended to take the Ancient Jade and told her about his proposed match with Hun Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan suggested the Heavenly Tomb might reveal information about Xun'er's mother, and Xun'er resolved to uncover the truth and punish the Elder Council.
• Hun Ruoruo met with Hun Miesheng and the other Soul Clan members, then asked how their investigation into Xiao Xuan’s Tomb had progressed.

Hun Ruoruo’s followers warned her that Xiao Xuan’s tomb lay in the deadly core of the Heavenly Tomb, but she remained set on entering. After discussing the Ancient Clan’s allocation of the Heavenly Tomb quotas, she revealed that the Soul Clan had exterminated both the Xiao and Spirit Clans and claimed the Ancient Clan was taking what belonged to her clan.

• Hun Ya, Hun Li, Hun Yu, and Hun Miesheng warned Hun Ruoruo about the dangerous Energy Bodies and Xiao Xuan’s hatred in the core of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Miesheng told Hun Ruoruo that Gu Yuan’s divine intent had nearly destroyed his Soul Origin, then pledged to guard her in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Mo Yu, Hun Li, Hun Ya, and Hun Yu joined Hun Miesheng in obeying Hun Ruoruo’s command to enter.
• Mo Yu explained that the Ancient Clan had taken the Spirit Clan quota after Xiao Yan reclaimed the Xiao Clan quota, angering the other clans.
• Hun Ruoruo said the Soul Clan had exterminated the Xiao and Spirit Clans and declared that the Ancient Clan had no right to claim their quotas.

On the day the Heavenly Tomb opened, Xun'er confronted Elder Gu Shan over the Ancient Clan’s policies and reflected on losing her Young Master position. Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo arrived together, where she revealed that Xiao Xuan had helped bring her Soul Clan parents together a thousand years earlier.

• Xun'er argued with Gu Shan that the Ancient Clan’s hostility toward the Xiao and Soul Clans was damaging its reputation, and Gu Shan rebuked her before leaving.
• After Gu Shan departed, Xun'er felt unexpectedly relieved to be free of the burdens of the Young Master position and wondered why Gu Yuan had removed her.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo arrived at the Heavenly Tomb opening together, drawing attention from the gathered clans and stirring talk about the Xiao-Soul rivalry.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that Soul Clan Saint Stage Great Masters also rested in the Heavenly Tomb, so he would have to face them to meet his Xiao Clan ancestors.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed that Xiao Xuan had helped her Soul Clan parents form their bond, leaving Xiao Yan stunned that his ancestor had arranged the match between their families.

As the Heavenly Tomb opened, Gu Shan tried to take the Xiao Clan’s slot and provoke Xiao Yan into accepting help from the Soul Clan. Hun Ruoruo revealed that a Spirit Clan expert had infiltrated the gathering, and the expert publicly accused the Ancient Clan before detonating beside Gu Hua.

• The Heavenly Tomb’s gate opened, and Hun Ruoruo sensed a powerful resonance with a Divine Bloodline within it.
• Gu Shan announced that the Ancient Clan would take five slots and offer only one to Xiao Yan, prompting Mang Tianchi to protest.
• Xiao Yan declined to make Mang Tianchi sacrifice his clan’s interests, but rejected Gu Shan’s claim that the slot was a favor.
• Gu Hua mocked Xiao Yan and his attendant, while Hun Ruoruo’s silence left the Xiao Clan trapped between surrendering its slot and accepting Soul Clan help.
• Hun Ruoruo stopped Gu Shan and revealed a Spirit Clan expert, who seized Gu Hua and accused the Ancient Clan of responsibility for the Xiao Clan’s fall and the Spirit Clan’s ruin.
• The Spirit Clan expert exploded beside Gu Hua as Hun Ruoruo calmly addressed the Ancient Clan.

Hun Ruoruo exposed how the Ancient Clan had seized the Spirit Clan quota, and Gu Hua transformed into a Blood Beast that revealed the clan’s orders before Gu Shan destroyed it. Hun Ruoruo then confronted Gu Shan and reopened negotiations over the quotas.

• Hun Ruoruo let the Spirit Clan remnant soul accuse the Ancient Clan of taking the Xiao Clan’s inheritance and claiming the Spirit Clan quota.
• Gu Hua transformed into a Blood Beast, terrifying the gathered clans and leaving the Ancient Clan unsure how to handle him.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li discussed the Blood Beast while Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan.
• The Blood Beast accused Gu Shan of ordering him to target Xiao Yan, declare war on the Soul Clan, and seize the Spirit Clan quota.
• Gu Shan killed the Blood Beast with a palm strike, then dissolved the blood-patterned mark left on his hand.
• Hun Ruoruo praised Gu Shan’s resolve and asked to discuss the quotas again.

After the Spirit Clan’s appearance exposed the Soul Clan’s connection to them, Hun Ruoruo turned the other clans against the Ancient Clan and forced Gu Shan to accept blame for the Xiao Clan’s destruction. The Soul Clan gained six Heavenly Tomb places, and Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo entered first as the Ancient Clan’s Saints remained silent.

• Huo Zhi and the other clans’ representatives thanked Hun Ruoruo, signaling their support for the Soul Clan and pressure on the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Qingyang rebuked Gu Shan for his actions and warned him that Gu Xun’er was the only one who could contend with Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Yu demanded that the Ancient Clan acknowledge responsibility for destroying the Xiao Clan, and Gu Shan accepted the grudge and surrendered all but two of his clan’s Heavenly Tomb quotas.
• Hun Yu welcomed Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, while Hun Li and Hun Ya joined them; Mo Yu also claimed a place for the Xiao-Soul Alliance and taunted Gu Shan.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo entered the Heavenly Tomb first as rain and lightning swept across the sky and the Ancient Clan’s Saints lowered their eyes.

Hun Ruoruo revealed that the Heavenly Tomb was connected to a Dou Di and declared that the Soul Clan would claim it. As Yao Xing Ji sought help from Yao Clan ancestors to defeat the Xiao-Soul Alliance, Hun Ruoruo found him and began draining his bloodline power.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Heavenly Tomb’s unusually pure energy and wondered whether it contained something greater than the Dragon Phoenix Origin.
• Hun Ruoruo said that a Dou Di was the only existence nobler than the Dragon Phoenix, then declared that the Soul Clan should take the Heavenly Tomb as its own.
• Yao Xing Ji fled through the Heavenly Tomb with a white-clothed Yao Clan young man and warned him that Hun Ruoruo had orchestrated the Pill Gathering’s humiliation.
• Yao Xing Ji planned to lure the Xiao-Soul Alliance toward Xiao Xuan’s Tomb so Yao Clan ancestors could attack them and help restore his bloodline ability.
• Hun Ruoruo appeared above Yao Xing Ji, drained his Bloodline Power, and told the terrified white-clothed young man, “Found you.”

Hun Ruoruo killed two Yao Clan disciples, revealed her ability to devour bloodlines, and took the Nine Nether Wind Flame for Xiao Yan. Afterward, she teased Xiao Yan with a bold marriage offer before wiping blood on his clothes.

• Hun Ruoruo killed Yao Xing Ji and took his still-beating heart, shocking the surviving white-robed Yao Clan disciple.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that the Soul Clan could devour another clan’s bloodline and divine abilities, and Xiao Yan and the others joined her.
• Hun Ruoruo removed the Nine Nether Wind Flame from Yao Xing Ji and absorbed it with Xiao Yan’s help, while the white-robed disciple threatened them before dying.
• Hun Ruoruo collected both hearts and offered Xiao Yan a playful bargain: he could have the spoils while she had him as her husband.
• Hun Ruoruo wiped the blood on Xiao Yan’s clothes, prompting him to accuse her of having no good intentions.

Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo discussed the Sacred Qi he had absorbed and imagined what they would do once they became Saints. Three days later, Xun'er revealed that she was slaughtering undead to gain strength, determined to become a Saint and avenge her mother.

• Hun Ruoruo explained that the Sacred Qi temporarily raised Xiao Yan to Nine-star Dou Zun and warned that he needed to use it before it harmed him.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo spoke of their hopes for becoming Saints, and Xiao Yan teased her about forming the Xiao-Soul Alliance with him.
• Three days later, Gu Qingyang noted that Yao Xing Ji and another Yao Clan member had not arrived to rendezvous with the Ancient Clan.
• Xun'er returned with severed heads and told Gu Qingyang that she wanted to become a Saint, refusing to let him interfere in her affairs.
• Xun'er revealed a mountain of undead corpses and vowed to uncover the truth, avenge her mother, and kill Saints before telling her father it was time for him to rest.

As the Xiao-Soul Alliance prepared to enter the deeper levels of the Heavenly Tomb, Hun Ruoruo proposed killing the Yao Clan's ancestor, and Xiao Yan agreed. They set their sights on Yao Clan territory, while two figures on the third level sensed a chilling presence and wrongly assumed the Xiao Clan would keep the Soul Clan at bay.

• Hun Li reported that the second level's Energy Bodies offered little value, while Xiao Yan concluded that reaching Xiao Xuan and the Soul Clan's Ancestor would require passing through other clans' territories.
• Hun Ruoruo proposed attacking the Yao Clan's ancestor, and Hun Yu volunteered as her vanguard to avoid being sent on a future attack against the Medicine Realm.
• Hun Yu urged Hun Ruoruo to seek Xiao Yan's approval, but Xiao Yan agreed to send Hun Yu leading the charge against the Yao Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan named their plan the Saint-Slaying Plan and set their target as Yao Clan territory.
• On the Heavenly Tomb's third level, two figures sensed a spine-chilling presence and reassured each other that the Xiao Clan would prevent the Soul Clan from causing trouble.