Chapter Summaries

Yao Xian and Yao Yang debated the Yao Clan’s alliance with the Ancient Clan and the threat posed by the Soul Clan. A Blue-haired Girl from the Soul Clan appeared in the Medicine Clan Tomb Mansion, and Yao Xian recognized a connection between her and Hun Tiandi.

• Yao Xian and Yao Yang discussed Xiao Xuan’s power, the Xiao Clan’s decline, and the Ancient Clan’s growing control in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Yao Yang criticized Yao Dan’s alliance with the Ancient Clan, while Yao Xian argued that the Soul Clan might be deliberately hiding its strength.
• Yao Xian recalled meeting the Soul Clan’s current Clan Leader and warned that the Medicine Realm was in danger.
• The Blue-haired Girl emerged from the Medicine Clan Tomb Mansion and revealed that Yao Clan descendants would not arrive to hear the elders’ lecture.
• Yao Yang realized the girl had a Heaven Realm soul, and Yao Xian demanded to know her relationship with Hun Tiandi.

Yao Yang and Yao Xian confronted Hun Yu and the blue-haired girl in the Yao Clan’s burial ground, where Yao Xian recognized the girl as a demon like Hun Tiandi wearing human skin. The confrontation ended with Yao Xian risking his life to attack as Yao Yang realized that both Hun Yu and Hun Ruoruo possessed Divine-grade bloodlines.

• Yao Xian trembled as he questioned the girl’s connection to Hun Tiandi, while Yao Yang recognized the danger in his reaction.
• Hun Yu revealed himself behind the girl and mocked Yao Yang, who threatened to detain the intruders until the Gate of the Heavenly Tomb closed.
• Hun Yu said the girl was his master and that their goal was not to demand a ransom, alarming Yao Yang.
• Yao Xian unleashed the Yao Clan’s life-consuming Withered Wood Meets Spring ability and warned that the girl had used the clan’s disciples as nourishment.
• The girl revealed an illusory Divine Wood, and Yao Yang saw the clan marks of Hun Yu and Hun Ruoruo light up before realizing they had two Divine-grade bloodlines.

Yao Yang attacked Hun Yu and Hun Ruoruo, but Hun Yu survived his flames using prepared Water attribute Dou Qi scrolls. Yao Xian confronted Hun Ruoruo, who revealed her Black Demon Lightning and used the Soul Hall token to unleash iron chains against him.

• Yao Yang used Silent Torchfire to trap Hun Yu in a sea of flames and believed he had killed him.
• Hun Yu escaped the flames with a projection Dou Qi Skill and revealed a stack of Water attribute Dou Qi scrolls to keep Yao Yang occupied.
• Yao Xian sealed the space around himself and Hun Ruoruo, explaining that he had sacrificed his origin to reach his peak strength.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed Black Demon Lightning and said the Soul Hall would manage the remnant soul Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Ruoruo activated her token, summoning tens of thousands of Demon Lightning-wreathed Soul Chains that surrounded Yao Xian.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan unleashed their strongest powers against Yao Xian and Yao Yang, combining Black Demon Lightning, the Blood Sea, and a fusion of Heavenly Flames. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan sent his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus into the Blood Sea to strike the Yao Clan's tomb.

• Hun Ruoruo bound Yao Xian with Black Demon Soul Chains, but Yao Xian burned his origin flame and broke free as a World Tree giant.
• Hun Yu argued that the Yao Clan had targeted the Soul Clan first, then fled Yao Yang's attack and later cried out for the Prince Consort.
• Hun Ruoruo used the Heavenly Venerate Token to bind Yao Xian with Black Demon Lightning while Yao Yang battered Hun Yu.
• Xiao Yan appeared above the Yao Clan Saints with a Fire Lotus made from multiple Heavenly Flames, which Yao Xian recognized.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned Xuan Yuan as the Blood Sea surged, and Xiao Yan sent the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus into it.

Hun Ruoruo destroyed Yao Yang and Yao Xian with the Xiao Clan Mark, and the Soul Clan survivors treated the wounded Hun Yu before Xiao Yan gave the Yao Clan Energy Bodies to the Soul Clan. Xiao Yan called for his ancestor, and Xiao Xuan appeared in the Heavenly Tomb, turning his attention to the Blue-haired Girl.

• Hun Ruoruo unleashed the Xiao Clan Mark, erasing the Yao Clan Tomb and destroying Yao Yang and Yao Xian in body and soul.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed that Hun Yu had taken a Half-Saint’s strike while protecting her, and Xiao Yan revived him with medicinal pills.
• Hun Ruoruo called for the distribution of the Yao Clan Energy Bodies, but Xiao Yan gave them all to the Soul Clan and said the Xiao-Soul Alliance did not need to hide its ties.
• Xiao Yan reasoned that Xiao Xuan was the only one in the Heavenly Tomb who could keep the Energy Bodies away, then respectfully called for his ancestor to appear.
• Xiao Xuan emerged after six thousand years and fixed his gaze on the Blue-haired Girl, remarking that fate played tricks on people.

Xiao Xuan appeared in the Heavenly Tomb, revealed that he had been watching Xiao Yan and the others, and seized two Soul Clan ancestors from hiding. After questioning Xiao Yan about his alliance with the Soul Clan, he learned that Xiao Yan had joined forces with Hun Ruoruo and publicly declared her his future wife.

• Xiao Yan seized Hun Ruoruo’s hand as Xiao Xuan appeared and condemned the Soul Clan’s bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan revealed he had watched everyone since the Heavenly Tomb opened and dragged two hidden Soul Clan Saints from the void.
• The Soul Clan Saints discovered Xiao Yan among the six people with entry slots and realized he stood beside their Young Master, Hun Ruoruo.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had formed the Xiao-Soul Alliance to help revive the Xiao Clan, despite the Soul Clan’s role in its destruction.
• Xiao Yan raised his and Hun Ruoruo’s joined hands and declared that the Soul Clan’s Young Master was his Xiao Clan’s future Clan Leader’s wife, stunning the Soul Clan Saints and Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan recognized Xiao Yan as his descendant, spared the Soul Clan Saints, and took Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo to his tomb manor. There, Hun Ruoruo revealed that she had come at her father’s request, while Hun Diao learned she was the Soul Clan Leader’s daughter.

• Xiao Xuan accepted Xiao Yan as his descendant, and Xiao Yan knelt to pay his respects.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan for forming an alliance with the Soul Clan and warned that he might have killed its members if Xiao Yan had not been there.
• Xiao Xuan freed the Soul Clan Saints but forbade them from entering his tomb manor, then invited Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo to accompany him.
• After Xiao Xuan and the pair vanished into the tomb manor, Hun Diao berated them for the alliance and Xiao Yan’s relationship with Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Yu told Hun Diao that Hun Ruoruo was the current Imperial Daughter and the Soul Clan Leader’s daughter, leaving Hun Diao stunned.
• Inside the tomb manor, Hun Ruoruo greeted Xiao Xuan as a junior and said her father had sent her to pay respects.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan how the Xiao Family had survived and how Hun Ruoruo had helped it, earning Xiao Xuan’s gratitude and apparent approval of their relationship. Xiao Xuan then revealed that he had preserved the Xiao Clan’s remaining Dou Di bloodline and refused to pass it to Xiao Yan, resolving to guard the inheritance until a more suitable successor appeared.

• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Xuan not to punish the younger generation for the old enmity, and he promised not to harm her.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xun’er’s father was Gu Yuan, prompting Xiao Xuan to mention a stillborn child and leave Xiao Yan’s questions unanswered.
• Xiao Yan recounted the Xiao Family’s hardships and Hun Ruoruo’s help, and Xiao Xuan thanked her for preserving the Xiao Clan’s bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan said he did not oppose Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, but warned that he did not trust Hun Tiandi and would not approve too soon.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he had sealed the Xiao Clan’s remaining Dou Di bloodline with his life force, then refused to pass the inheritance to Xiao Yan because of his ties to the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan transformed the pool’s water and aged visibly as he vowed to guard the bloodline until a suitable Xiao Clan successor appeared.

Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan to choose between inheriting the Xiao Clan bloodline and preserving the Xiao-Soul Alliance, warning that the weakened clan could not safely pursue both. Xiao Yan chose the alliance and declared that the Xiao Clan’s future depended on people willing to step forward, not on bloodline power.

• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Yan could not inherit the Xiao Clan bloodline while maintaining the alliance with the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan said that as an ancestor he preferred Xiao Yan to keep the alliance, but as clan leader he preferred him to inherit the bloodline.
• Xiao Yan chose the Xiao-Soul Alliance, despite Xiao Xuan warning him that he might bear the consequences of another failure.
• Xiao Yan cited Xiao Xuan’s sacrifice, his father’s defense of the Xiao Family, and the Ancient Clan’s treatment of the Xiao Clan as reasons to reject reliance on bloodline power.
• Xiao Yan stood beside Hun Ruoruo and declared that he was the one who truly called the shots in the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yan asserted his authority before Xiao Xuan, who accepted him and welcomed Hun Ruoruo into his confidence. As the group explored Xiao Xuan’s bizarre imitation of the Soul Cutting Hall, Xiao Yan’s purple envelope released black mist that revealed a figure Xiao Xuan recognized as an old friend.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that he, not the ancestor, would decide the Xiao Clan’s affairs, and Xiao Xuan praised his resolve before resealing the blood pool.
• Xiao Xuan showed Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo his imitation of the Soul Cutting Hall, including his crossed-out portraits and papers marked with Gu Yuan’s name.
• Hun Ruoruo shared Green Ant Wine with Xiao Xuan, and the two traded stories about Hun Tiandi while Xiao Xuan gave her a crossed-out portrait.
• Xiao Yan took out the purple envelope, which released black mist and a ripple Hun Ruoruo recognized as Fragrance Annihilation.
• Xiao Xuan recognized the figure in the mist and turned cold with killing intent as the figure greeted him as an old friend.

Xiao Xuan confronted the hidden intruder in the tomb residence, only to discover that he was Hun Tiandi appearing through an incarnation. After the two elders argued, Hun Tiandi revealed why he had come as snow began falling over the Heavenly Tomb again.

• Xiao Xuan unleashed his power against the hidden presence, alarming Gu Qingyang and prompting Xun'er to hurry toward his tomb residence.
• The black mist dissolved Xiao Xuan's pressure, and Hun Ruoruo realized the name Hun Tiandi had vanished from the letter.
• Hun Tiandi revealed himself as a scholar and greeted Xiao Yan, who recognized him as Hun Ruoruo's father.
• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan traded insults while Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan watched, and Xiao Xuan demanded to know why Hun Tiandi had come.
• Hun Tiandi warmed wine by a small stove and recited a verse as snow returned to the Heavenly Tomb after six thousand years.

Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi recalled how their past encounter with Gu Yuan led to the Ape Wine that later broke Gu Yuan’s heart and spirit. Hun Tiandi admitted he had engineered Gu Xiuyi’s death to weaken Gu Yuan, then revealed he had come to the Heavenly Tomb to take and replace its master.

• Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi recalled their escape from the Demon Ape Tribe and how Gu Yuan gave Hun Tiandi Ape Wine in repayment for saving them.
• Xiao Yan asked why Gu Yuan had stopped drinking, and Hun Tiandi explained that Gu Yuan dared not drink because the wine opened hell once a person’s heart and soul were gone.
• Xiao Xuan confronted Hun Tiandi over Gu Xiuyi’s death, and Hun Tiandi admitted he had arranged it to keep Gu Yuan from opposing the Soul Clan.
• Hun Ruoruo stopped Xiao Yan from challenging her father and urged him to prove his objections through strength.
• Xiao Xuan asked whether Hun Tiandi had come for the Xiao Clan bloodline, but Hun Tiandi denied it and said the Heavenly Tomb’s master could be replaced.

Hun Tiandi revealed that Hun Ruoruo’s bloodline could resonate with the Heavenly Tomb’s energy, then used the possibility of becoming Emperor and Xiao Yan’s potential to tempt Xiao Xuan into joining his plans. Xiao Xuan remained wary, but Hun Tiandi ended by challenging him to keep the Xiao Clan’s successor from being outdone by Ruoruo.

• Hun Tiandi claimed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb was connected to the path to Dou Di, but Xiao Xuan doubted him.
• Hun Tiandi placed energy from the Heavenly Tomb on Hun Ruoruo’s forehead, revealing her Origin Divine Grade bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan learned Xiao Yan already knew about Ruoruo’s bloodline and angrily accused Hun Tiandi of using her as bait.
• Hun Tiandi reminded Xiao Xuan of their shared ambition to become Emperor, but Xiao Xuan said he had no right to pursue it anymore.
• Hun Tiandi argued that the Emperors Hun and Xiao’s secret in the Heavenly Tomb could transform Xiao Yan, then challenged Xiao Xuan to keep him from being surpassed by Ruoruo.

The Ancient Clan Elder Council debated how to respond to the Xiao-Soul Alliance and the Spirit Clan’s destruction, while Gu Sheng pushed for war. In the Heavenly Tomb, Gu Xun'er reached Hun Tiandi and asked him to help her slaughter her clan.

• Gu Sheng blamed Tong Xuan and Gu Shan for the damage to the Ancient Clan’s reputation and argued that the clan should prepare for war after the Heavenly Tomb expedition.
• Gu Sheng proposed capturing the Soul Clan’s Young Master and Xiao Yan, then using Soul Searching to investigate the Spirit Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Xuan and the Scholar discussed the Ancient Clan’s situation before noticing Gu Xun'er and Gu Qingyang approaching through the snow.
• Gu Qingyang collapsed from exhaustion, and Gu Xun'er continued alone toward the hall where Xiao Xuan and the Scholar waited.
• Gu Xun'er greeted the Clan Leader and Xiao Xuan, then knelt before Hun Tiandi and asked him to help slaughter her clan.

Xun'er confronted Hun Tiandi and correctly guessed that he planned to target the Heavenly Tomb, then sought his help against the Ancient Clan's Elder Council. She accepted sole responsibility for her clan's casualties and promised to hold Gu Yuan back before the Soul Clan left.

• Xiao Xuan questioned Hun Tiandi about his past connection to Xun'er, and Hun Tiandi said Gu Yuan had already paid the price for their earlier dealings.
• Xun'er argued that the Soul Hall's presence in the Ancient Realm signaled Hun Tiandi's intentions and identified the Heavenly Tomb as his target.
• Hun Tiandi refused to help without an offer and revealed that he had plotted against Xun'er's mother, enraging Xun'er.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xun'er to leave, but she drank Hun Tiandi's wine and insisted she would finish what her parents had left undone.
• Xun'er offered to take responsibility for all casualties during the Heavenly Tomb journey and promised to hold Gu Yuan back before the Soul Clan departed, then collapsed in the snow.

Xun'er woke in Xiao Xuan's tomb residence and discovered Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo preparing a second Coming-of-Age Ceremony for her. She learned that they wanted to welcome her into the Xiao Family, and Hun Ruoruo congratulated her on becoming an adult.

• Xun'er woke, resolved to repay Xiao Xuan, and toured his tomb residence, where she found portraits, Soul Hall memorabilia, and papers bearing Gu Yuan's name.
• Xiao Xuan secretly watched Xun'er cross out Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi's names, then removed the page bearing Xiao Xuan's name.
• Xun'er overheard Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan in a room and burst in, fearing they were embracing, but found them arranging a miniature ceremony platform.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that Xiao Yan had prepared another Coming-of-Age Ceremony for Xun'er because the Xiao-Soul Alliance's founding had coincided with her original ceremony.
• Xiao Yan lit the candles, and Hun Ruoruo patted Xun'er's head and congratulated her on becoming an adult.

Xun'er recalled how Xiao Yan's warmth had helped her mistake her longing for care as love, and she found comfort in the affection of those around her. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan regained his peak strength and prepared with Scholar to face the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xun'er remembered leaving the Ancient Clan as a child and recalled Xiao Yan promising to celebrate her birthday with her, even if he someday loved someone else.
• Xun'er realized she had fallen for Xiao Yan because he gave her the warmth and concern she had lacked, and she had feared losing that attention.
• Xun'er broke down in Hun Ruoruo's embrace, thanked everyone, and fell asleep as Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo discussed her birthday and Gu Yuan's intentions.
• Xiao Xuan regained his peak strength while Scholar remarked that the younger generation had handled matters better than they had.
• Scholar proposed that Xiao Xuan lead the other six clans out of the Heavenly Tomb before the two of them met the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Xuan warned him that Hun Ruoruo’s talent and bloodline might leave him overshadowed. Xiao Xuan then asked whether Xiao Yan was willing to become the second Emperor Xiao, stirring a new ambition in him.

• After three months of cultivation, Xiao Yan refined the Nine Nether Wind Flame and appeared before Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had once contained three Heavenly Flames and regretted losing them in the great battle.
• Xiao Xuan worried that Hun Ruoruo might surpass Xiao Yan and that their future heir might not bear the Xiao surname.
• Xiao Xuan explained that powerful bloodlines had opened the path to the Dou Emperor realm for their descendants.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yan whether he was willing to become the second Emperor Xiao, and Xiao Yan felt a new ambition rise within him.

Xiao Xuan explained the ancient struggle between Emperor Xiao and Soul Emperor and offered Xiao Yan a chance to forge a new Origin Divine Grade by following Emperor Xiao’s path. Ruoruo emerged with improved mastery of the Emperor Soul Art, and the group prepared to take the Heavenly Tomb as Xiao Yan faced a choice.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that Emperor Xiao and Soul Emperor had pursued opposing paths in a struggle of the Dao, and that Xiao Yan’s cultivation of essence, qi, and spirit resembled Emperor Xiao’s path.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb might be connected to Emperor Xiao and Soul Emperor, and offered Xiao Yan the chance to forge a new Origin Divine Grade using his bloodline.
• Ruoruo demonstrated her improved command of the Emperor Soul Art after receiving guidance from the Scholar in White.
• The Scholar in White announced that the plan to take the Heavenly Tomb could begin, prompting the group to recognize that war with the Ancient Clan might follow.
• Xiao Xuan reminded Xiao Yan not to forget the choice that belonged to him.

Hun Yu received Xiao Yan’s order and led the Soul Clan group to declare war on the Heavenly Tomb, while the Lightning Clan youth misjudged the situation and dismissed the threat. In the core region, Scholar agreed to suppress the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb himself, shocking Xiao Xuan.

• Hun Ya and Hun Li complained that the Flame-Lightning-Stone Three Clans had taken their hunted Energy Bodies, while Mo Yu defended Xiao Xuan’s treatment of the Soul Clan.
• Hun Yu announced that Xiao Yan had ordered them to declare war on the entire Heavenly Tomb, and the Soul Clan group departed.
• Huo Zhi questioned a Lightning Clan youth about the Soul Clan’s movements, but he dismissed her concerns and insisted that no one could upset the balance without Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Scholar whether he intended to act personally against the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, and Scholar agreed.
• Xiao Xuan was stunned by Scholar’s decision and wondered whether the Scholar had become stronger after recovering from his injuries.