Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan broke through the Ancient Devouring Worms’ crystal barrier into the Heavenly Tomb’s third layer, then spent half a month cultivating and fighting Energy Bodies on his way toward Ancestor Xiao Xuan. The chapter ended as he faced a wise Half-Saint who called himself Blood Blade Saint.

• Xiao Yuan burned through the self-repairing crystal barrier, seized a smooth object from beside the Ancient Devouring Worms’ Queen Worm, and entered the third layer.
• The Ancient Devouring Worms pursued Xiao Yuan but burst into powder when they crossed beyond the energy curtain, and he continued deeper into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yuan spent half a month advancing through the third layer, cultivating and defeating powerful Energy Bodies with Gu You's Tian Yao Kui.
• Xiao Yuan encountered four Energy Bodies, including a Nine Star one, and had Gu You's Tian Yao Kui kill them for their Energy Cores.
• Xiao Yuan reached a stone mountain and faced a Half-Saint Energy Body wielding a Ghost Head Broadsword, who introduced himself as Blood Blade Saint.

Xiao Yuan fought the Blood Blade Saint, who stopped attacking after recognizing Xiao Yuan’s Xiao Clan mark and agreed to guide him toward Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion. When two Soul Clan Dou Shengs attacked them, Xiao Xuan appeared and halted their assault.

• Xiao Yuan evaded the Blood Blade Saint’s attacks and countered with layered Emperor Imprint seals, Earthly Gang Flame, and Void Fist.
• The Blood Blade Saint recognized Xiao Yuan’s Xiao Clan mark, ended their fight, and directed him toward Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Yuan persuaded the Blood Blade Saint to accompany him, and the two traveled safely through the territories of powerful Energy Bodies.
• Hun Diao and another gray-robed Soul Clan Dou Sheng confronted them and attacked Xiao Yuan, forcing the Blood Blade Saint to flee with him.
• Hun Diao and his companion froze the Blood Blade Saint, but Xiao Xuan appeared, shattered their spatial restraint, and stopped their attack.

Xiao Yuan met Xiao Xuan, who destroyed Hun Diao and the other One Star Dou Sheng with a projected strike and brought Xiao Yuan to his Tomb Mansion. Xiao Xuan explained the Xiao Clan’s decline and revealed that he had prepared for Xiao Yuan’s bloodline awakening, then began recounting a dream about him.

• Xiao Xuan’s projection killed Hun Diao and the other Gray-Clothed Old Man, then recognized Xiao Yuan as a descendant of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan sent Blood Blade Saint away and led Xiao Yuan to the Tomb Mansion inside the ancient stone stele.
• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had fallen, and Xiao Xuan explained that he had transferred the clan’s bloodline power into himself before his failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yuan that the clan mark came from personal cultivation and promised to pass on the final step of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Xuan revealed that he had arranged the Ancient Emperor Jade and the Five Elements Qi Palace Secret Art, then said he had dreamed about Xiao Yuan before attempting to become a Dou Emperor.

Xiao Xuan revealed how his dream and sacrifice had preserved the Xiao Clan’s bloodline and helped Xiao Yuan, then taught him to activate the Clan Crest. After Xiao Yuan succeeded, he showed Xiao Xuan the dormant Queen Worm and said he had come to the Heavenly Tomb prepared, leaving Xiao Xuan curious about what he meant.

• Xiao Xuan explained that he had transferred the Xiao Clan’s bloodlines into himself before a failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor, preserving a strand of pure bloodline power in half of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yuan thanked Xiao Xuan, accepted his invitation to call him Xuan Ge'er, and received the complete Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yuan repeatedly practiced drawing the Clan Crest, and after three days he completed all nine strokes and activated it, briefly reaching the peak of the Four-Star Dou Zun realm.
• Xiao Yuan showed Xiao Xuan the dormant Queen Worm he had taken from the energy wall, and Xiao Xuan identified it as material for Ancient Insect Emperor Armor.
• Xiao Yuan stopped Xiao Xuan from refining the Queen Worm for now and said he had come to the Heavenly Tomb prepared, surprising Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Yuan sacrificed his Soul Clone to repair Xiao Xuan’s incomplete soul, then used powerful pills and the Heavenly Tomb’s energy to recover and strengthen himself. As both men cultivated, Xiao Xuan’s restored power surged across the third level of the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Xuan the Great Soul Return Pill, then used the Soul Nourishing Pearl and a refined Soul Clone to rebuild Xiao Xuan’s soul at great cost to himself.
• After three days, Xiao Yuan stopped the repair; Xiao Xuan had enough power to restore his soul fully, while Xiao Yuan’s soul and Douqi realms had fallen and his lifespan was reduced.
• One month later, Xiao Yuan awoke and gave Xiao Xuan a Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit before taking pills to repair his own injuries.
• The Withered Tree Rejuvenation Pill activated the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and Xiao Yuan’s strength began rising as he recovered.
• During the next month, Xiao Yuan reached peak Nine Stars Dou Zun, while Xiao Xuan’s aura unleashed overwhelming pressure across the Heavenly Tomb’s third level.

Xiao Xuan revealed that the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul had corrupted the Energy Bodies and vowed to destroy it, promising Xiao Yuan a chance to reach the Emperor Realm Soul. The chapter ended as Xiao Xuan surrounded the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul with Xiao Yuan’s Yin Yang Dual Flames and demanded its soul origin.

• Xiao Yuan told Xiao Xuan he sensed a Soul Clan spy in the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Xuan said he could help expose the intruder.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he would confront the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul and use the battle to give Xiao Yuan a chance to advance his soul realm.
• Xiao Xuan’s pressure stirred the Energy Bodies, and they knelt as he promised to free them from the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul.
• The Heavenly Tomb’s Soul appeared and attacked Xiao Xuan, claiming it was the guardian of the space and that Xiao Xuan owed it obedience.
• Xiao Xuan repelled the Soul’s attack, borrowed Xiao Yuan’s Yin Yang Dual Flames, and surrounded the giant face with fire.

Xiao Xuan defeated the Heavenly Tomb Soul and extracted its Soul Origin for Xiao Yuan to refine. Xiao Yuan entered the Soul Origin’s inner world and began refining its vast Soul Strength, aiming to reach the Emperor Realm Soul.

• Xiao Xuan reflected the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Spear and restrained it with a formation of Yin Yang Dual Flames.
• Xiao Xuan extracted the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin despite its attempt to ignite its own soul, and the weakened Energy Bodies tore the creature apart.
• Xiao Xuan gave the Soul Origin to Xiao Yuan, who entered its inner world while Xiao Xuan stayed behind to guard him and await another person.
• Xiao Yuan discovered the Soul Origin contained a vast Soul Ocean where time flowed more slowly than in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yuan used his five Heavenly Flames and Control Fire Technique to refine the Soul Ocean’s impure Soul Strength, and his soul began to grow.

Xiao Yuan refined the Heavenly Tomb Soul and reached a Quasi-Emperor Realm Soul, gaining control over the Heavenly Tomb. He rescued Xiao Yan and the others from the closing crystal wall and brought them to the Heavenly Tomb’s deepest cultivation grounds, where they met Xiao Xuan.

• After spending nearly two years refining the Heavenly Tomb Soul, Xiao Yuan reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm Soul and gained control over access to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yuan that his soul strength could withstand a Five Star Dou Sheng and urged him to rescue Xiao Yan and the others from the third level.
• As Ancient Devouring Worms closed the crystal wall around Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the other youths, Xiao Yuan arrived and split the wall open.
• Xiao Yuan transported Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the willing members of the Ancient, Yan, and Thunder Clans to the Heavenly Tomb’s deepest level.
• Xiao Yuan introduced Xiao Xuan as the Ancestor of the Xiao Clan and explained that the area was ideal for cultivation.

Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yan and Xun Er into his Tomb Mansion and began restoring Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan bloodline through a painful inheritance. As Xiao Yan endured the blood exchange, Xiao Xuan passed Xiao Yuan the Xiao Clan’s techniques and battle skills.

• Xiao Xuan greeted Xiao Yan and the others, then invited Xiao Yan and Xun Er into his Tomb Mansion while the others stayed outside to cultivate.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he had waited to restore the Xiao Clan bloodline and turned the pool into a blood pool by pouring his sealed bloodline power into it.
• Xiao Yan entered the blood pool and endured the first stage of inheritance, Blood Exchange, as Xiao Xuan warned him not to fall asleep.
• Xiao Yuan arrived and realized Xiao Xuan was exaggerating his frailty, then received Xiao Xuan’s collection of Xiao Clan battle skills, cultivation methods, and secret arts.
• Xiao Yuan created a Soul Clone to watch over Xiao Yan and began cultivating the techniques while Xiao Yan continued enduring the bloodline inheritance.

Xiao Yan completed the blood exchange and absorbed the energy Xiao Xuan had sealed in the blood pool, while Xun Er, Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Xuan waited and trained. After a year and a half, Xiao Yan’s power surged to the Nine Stars Dou Zun realm, and he suppressed the excess energy until his aura stabilized there.

• After about twelve days, Xiao Xuan began infusing Xiao Yan with bloodline-bearing energy to complete the Blood Exchange.
• Xun Er cultivated while Xiao Yuan studied a new cultivation method and battle skills, then sparred with Xiao Xuan for guidance.
• Over the next year and a half, Xiao Yan absorbed the blood pool’s energy as Xun Er watched and Xiao Yuan continued training with Xiao Xuan.
• When the final energy entered Xiao Yan, his aura surged from Six Stars to the peak of the Nine Stars Dou Zun realm and beyond.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the surging power, then allowed it to rebound until his aura stabilized at Nine Stars Dou Zun.

After three years of cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan emerged as a Nine Stars Dou Zun with a Xiao Clan mark and new battle skills, while Xiao Xuan prepared to leave with him. Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er finally returned to the outside world, where the other Heavenly Tomb entrants had already emerged.

• Xiao Yan awoke from seclusion at Nine Stars Dou Zun, thanked Xiao Xuan, and learned about the Soul Clan’s strength and the need to revive the Xiao Clan bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the complete Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and battle skills, and Xiao Yan cultivated his Xiao Clan mark before training against Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan.
• After three years in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Ancient Insect Emperor Armor, and Xiao Yuan opened a spatial gate for them to leave.
• The Thunder Clan, Yan Clan, and other entrants emerged from the Heavenly Tomb with improved strength, while Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er appeared later through a separate spatial gate.

After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yuan revealed overwhelming Soul Strength and warned the Ancient Clan that the Soul Clan had likely destroyed the Spirit Clan and targeted Starfall Pavilion. He reunited Xiao Xuan with Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan leaders, while Xiao Yan received an invitation for Yao Lao to attend the Yao Clan’s Clan Ceremony.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yuan crushed two Soul Clan Half Saints with his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Xiao Yi Xian and the others had returned to Starfall Pavilion, then warned Elder Tongxuan that the Soul Clan had likely wiped out the Spirit Clan and taken its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xun Er agreed to stay in the Ancient World while Xiao Yan went to the Yao Clan with Elder Tongxuan, and Yao Xingji gave Xiao Yan an invitation for Yao Lao to attend the Clan Ceremony.
• Xiao Yuan found Gu Yuan in a meeting with the Ancient Clan leaders and revealed Soul Strength that had reached beyond Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from Xiao Yuan’s Storage Ring, shocking Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan leaders.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan exposed a Soul Clan spy inside the Ancient Clan and warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan might be targeting other ancient clans. The next morning, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan left the Ancient World, parting from Xun Er.

• Xiao Xuan joined Xiao Yuan and Gu Yuan to investigate the Ancient Clan ancestral hall after Xiao Yuan sensed a hidden Soul Clan presence.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan subdued Gu Yang, revealed that a Soul Clan expert's soul had been fused with his, and showed Gu Yuan their memories of a plan to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan deduced that Nihility Devouring Flame had destroyed the Ling Clan and might have gained the Tunling Clan's ability to devour ancient bloodlines.
• Gu Yuan agreed to watch the Soul Clan while Xiao Yuan and Xiao Xuan planned to visit the Yan and Lei Clans and check for danger.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yuan boarded a warship to leave the Ancient World after Xiao Yuan gave Xun Er a Soul Talisman Seal.

Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao welcomed them and assessed their rapid cultivation gains. Yao Lao told them that Hall of Souls-backed forces had begun conquering the Northwest Continent to harvest souls, while Xiao Yi Xian and the others had gone to handle trouble in Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan a Soul Talisman Seal that let him sense and meet Xun Er across space and time and enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan traveled to Starfall Pavilion and broke through its defenses, where the elders recognized them as the two Young Pavilion Masters.
• Yao Lao welcomed the brothers and learned that Xiao Yan had reached Nine Stars Dou Zun while Xiao Yuan had reached the Two Revolutions Dou Zun Peak and Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Strength.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lian, Heavenly Flame Venerable, and several elders had gone to Jia Ma Empire to resolve trouble.
• Yao Lao explained that the Lion Underworld Sect, aided by Hall of Souls Experts, had conquered nearly half the Northwest Continent to gather souls.

Xiao Yuan learned that Soul Hall and the Lion Underworld Sect were threatening the Jia Ma Empire and proposed striking a Soul Hall branch while Yao Lao prepared reinforcements. He introduced Yao Lao to Xiao Xuan and began mentoring You Quan, whose hesitation at his offer to become his disciple left him questioning his life.

• Yao Lao told Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan that Soul Hall was rapidly collecting souls amid the Lion Underworld Sect’s expansion and that Jia Ma Empire was in danger, though Starfall Pavilion experts were secretly defending it.
• Xiao Yuan proposed attacking Soul Hall, and Yao Lao said he was preparing a Space Wormhole so Xiao Yi Xian and the others could return.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao the Medicine Clan’s Medicine Canon invitation, and Yao Lao reacted with emotion before saying the event was still several years away.
• Xiao Yuan brought Xiao Xuan to Yao Lao, who promised to restore Xiao Xuan’s soul and agreed to keep his existence secret.
• Xiao Yuan guided You Quan through an Earth Rank palm technique and offered to take her as his disciple, but she hesitated, leaving him baffled.

Xiao Yuan accepted You Quan as a nominal disciple before joining Yao Lao on a trip to the Pill Tower, where the two sought access to the Little Pill Tower. After learning about the Pill Tower’s mysterious pill-formed Ancestor, they entered a Space Channel leading to the Little Pill Tower.

• You Quan asked Xiao Yuan to take her as a nominal disciple, and he agreed before heading to the Back Mountain after the Space Wormhole began to fluctuate.
• Yao Lao confirmed that the Space Wormhole had been constructed and told Xiao Yuan that Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and Heavenly Lightning were returning to Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Lao brought Xiao Yuan through the Space Wormhole to the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi and Heavenly Lightning reacted with astonishment to Xiao Yuan’s Quasi-Emperor Realm soul.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower’s missing Ancestor was a sentient Rank 9 Pill that had transformed into human form and wandered the world to experience life.
• Yao Lao asked to enter the Little Pill Tower to consult Rank 9 pill formulas and broaden Xiao Yuan’s horizons, and Xuan Kongzi opened a Space Channel for them.

Xiao Yuan and Yao Lao arrived at Danta Mountain, where Xiao Yuan prepared to compete for entry into the Little Pill Tower’s Great Elder Council. After clashing with Old Freak Hou, Xiao Yuan entered the selection confident he could prove his alchemy skills.

• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yuan that the Great Elder Council selection would be held in seven days and that he would face Old Freak Hou among the candidates.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Old Freak Hou had once refined pills that summoned eight-colored Pill Tribulation Lightning and might now be capable of nine colors.
• During their stay, Yao Lao introduced Xiao Yuan to senior alchemists and trained him in refining Rank 9 Pills inside the Heavenly Tomb.
• On selection day, Old Freak Hou mocked Yao Lao and questioned Xiao Yuan’s qualifications, but Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi defended Xiao Yuan and praised Xiao Yan’s Pill Gathering achievement.
• Xiao Yuan taunted Old Freak Hou, who stormed away, and then assured Yao Lao that he was confident.

Xiao Yuan entered the Little Pill Tower elder selection and began refining a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill using Gu Yang's Soul Origin. As his unusual ingredients and technique drew the elders' attention, the Great Elder recognized the pill's extraordinary potential but grew uneasy about Xiao Yuan's Soul Hall-like methods.

• The Little Pill Tower's Great Elder opened the elder selection and confirmed that Xiao Yuan qualified to compete.
• Xiao Yuan formed a cauldron from his Heavenly Flame, then summoned nine fire dragons inside it.
• Xiao Yuan revealed Gu Yang's Soul Origin and began refining the Soul Awakening Breakthrough Pill, using more than a thousand kinds of Medicinal Herbs.
• The elders praised Old Freak Hou's skill, while the Great Elder watched Xiao Yuan's refinement and wondered what kind of pill he was making.
• The Great Elder suspected Xiao Yuan's use of Soul Origin resembled Soul Hall's methods and felt uneasy.

Xiao Yuan revealed that he had concealed a Rank 9 Pill inside a giant golden fire dragon, drawing Black Demon Lightning that eclipsed Old Freak Hou’s Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning. As the deadly tribulation bolt descended, the contest’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Old Freak Hou completed his Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill and summoned Nine-Colored Pill Tribulation Lightning, then taunted Yao Lao that he had won.
• Xiao Yuan opened his eyes, revealed a trace of pill fluctuation, and used his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Strength to silence and frighten Old Freak Hou.
• Xiao Yuan destroyed his fire cauldron and fused its nine fire dragons into a giant golden dragon using the Object-Concealed Pill Method.
• The crowd realized Xiao Yuan had refined a Rank 9 Pill when Black Demon Lightning appeared and forced Old Freak Hou’s nine-colored thundercloud to shrink.
• A silent, arm-thick bolt of Black Demon Lightning shot from the dark clouds toward Xiao Yuan’s golden fire dragon.

Xiao Yuan defeated the Black Demon Lightning, captured and sealed the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill he had refined, and won the Little Pill Tower selection with his Soul Awakening Breakthrough Pill. He gave the pill to Yao Lao to verify its effects, and Yao Lao’s Soul Strength began rising toward Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

• Xiao Yuan destroyed the Black Demon Lightning with a strike of Heavenly Flames and emerged unharmed from the energy storm.
• Xiao Yuan intercepted the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill as it tried to escape, sealed it, and identified it as the Soul Awakening Breakthrough Pill.
• Old Freak Hou named his Flame Demon Qingxuan Pill, while Xiao Yuan explained that his pill could give a late Heaven Realm expert a seventy percent chance of reaching Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• The Great Elder declared Xiao Yuan the winner and appointed him an elder of the Great Elder Council of the Little Pill Tower.
• Old Freak Hou demanded that Xiao Yuan’s pill be tested, so Xiao Yuan gave it to Yao Lao, who swallowed it and began advancing toward Heaven Realm Great Perfection.