Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jin absorbed half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame's origin, rising to peak seven-turn Dou Venerate, while Tang Huo'er healed and broke through to Dou Zong. After settling his debt to Fenyan Valley, Xuan Jin prepared to return to Saint Pill City.

• Xuan Jin refined half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame's origin and advanced from five-turn to peak seven-turn Dou Venerate.
• Tang Huo'er fused with the remaining origin, healed and widened her meridians, and broke through from peak Dou Emperor to One Star Dou Ancestor.
• Tang Zhen confirmed Tang Huo'er's recovery and thanked Xuan Jin, who said his debt for the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Changes inheritance was settled.
• Xuan Jin found that the new origin had transformed his fused Heavenly Flame and strengthened its lightning-and-fire power.
• Tang Zhen invited Xuan Jin to stay in Fenyan Valley, but Xuan Jin declined and opened a spatial rift to return to Saint Pill City.

Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City after absorbing half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame’s origin and entered seclusion to stabilize his power. Three days later, Qing Lin told Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying how Tang Huo'er had kissed him while trying to help him.

• Xuan Jin agreed that Tang Huo'er could visit him in Saint Pill City, then left Fenyan Valley with Qing Lin.
• During their journey, Xuan Jin sensed that the absorbed flame origin had strengthened his cultivation and brought him close to breaking through to Eight-Turn Dou Venerate.
• Xuan Jin returned to Saint Pill City, told Qing Lin to inform the others about Tang Huo'er, and sealed himself in the cultivation chamber.
• Three days later, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cao Ying returned and asked Qing Lin why Xuan Jin had gone into seclusion.
• Qing Lin explained that Xuan Jin had suppressed Tang Huo'er's rampaging Heavenly Flame, absorbed half its origin, and received a thirty-breath kiss from her while Tang Zhen watched.

Qing Lin told Cao Ying, Cai'er, and Xiao Yi Xian about Xuan Jin's return from Fenyan Valley, where Tang Huo'er confessed to him and he absorbed half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame. The women discussed his growing strength and Tang Huo'er's connection to him, and Cao Ying decided she wanted to accompany him on future trips.

• Qing Lin described how Tang Huo'er confessed to Xuan Jin, refined half of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame, and broke through to one-star Dou Ancestor.
• Qing Lin said Xuan Jin absorbed the flame's other half, rising from five revolutions to seven-revolutions peak, and that his bloodline crushed the Heavenly Flame into submission.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked how Xuan Jin responded to Tang Huo'er's kiss, and Qing Lin said he flicked her forehead before leaving with her.
• Qing Lin listed Xuan Jin's seven and a half Heavenly Flames and reported that Tang Huo'er had asked to visit him in Saint Pill City, but he had left without answering.
• Cao Ying said she wanted to accompany Xuan Jin whenever he went out, and Cai'er remarked that he always stirred up trouble wherever he went.

Xuan Jin completed the fusion of seven and a half Heavenly Flames and stabilized his Peak Seven-turn cultivation, stopping just short of breaking through to Eight-Turn. After reuniting with the girls, he left their questions unanswered and privately considered the lingering connection between the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame’s two halves.

• Qing Lin, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian decided to cultivate so they could become strong enough to accompany Xuan Jin, while Qing Lin resolved to grow stronger and push him down.
• Xuan Jin completed the Heavenly Flame fusion during four days of seclusion, stabilized at Peak Seven-turn, and chose not to force a breakthrough.
• Xuan Jin advised Qing Lin on controlling her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils as she practiced extracting energy from Fire Crystal Stones.
• Cao Ying, Cai'er, and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xuan Jin about Tang Huo'er and the risks of his actions; Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian asked to accompany him next time.
• Xuan Jin left to get food and reflected on the faint connection between the two halves of the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame.

After more than two years in seclusion, Xuan Jin emerged at the Eighth Revolution Dou Venerate realm and learned how his companions and the Pill Tower had advanced. He went to see Xiao Yi Xian about her cultivation bottleneck, while promising to take Qing Lin to East Dragon Island after she cleaned up her shattered Fire Crystal Stones.

• Xuan Jin emerged from twenty-three months of seclusion as an Eight-Revolution Dou Venerate, one step from the Ninth Revolution.
• Cai'er told Xuan Jin that Xuan Kongzi, Tian Lei Zi, and Aunt Xuan had all become Half-Saints, while Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin had advanced to high Dou Venerate realms.
• Qing Lin revealed that she needed Half-Saint-level Magic Snakes to advance, and Xuan Jin promised to take her to East Dragon Island to use the fully refined Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake's soul.
• Qing Lin told Xuan Jin that Xiao Yi Xian was stuck at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Venerate because she lacked poisons powerful enough to reach Half-Saint.
• Xuan Jin entered the back courtyard and approached Xiao Yi Xian as she sat among her poisonous herbs.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xuan Jin that she needed a rare poison from the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs to break through, and he agreed to help after Zi Yan emerged from seclusion. A letter from Gu Xun Er revealed that Xiao Yan had been missing for two years, prompting Xuan Jin to investigate the Starry Sky Mountain Range after the Ancient Clan ceremony while learning that Soul Hall had been abducting people for their souls.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that she needed a poison capable of threatening a Half-Saint, and Xuan Jin identified the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs as a place they would visit after Zi Yan came out of seclusion.
• Xiao Yi Xian examined Xuan Jin's cultivation and learned he had advanced to Eight-Revolution Dou Venerate, then he offered to help her overcome her bottleneck.
• Xuan Jin received an invitation from Gu Xun Er to the Ancient Clan Coming of Age Ceremony and a letter saying Xiao Yan had vanished near the Starry Sky Mountain Range two years earlier.
• Xuan Jin told Cai'er he would investigate Xiao Yan's disappearance after attending the Ancient Clan ceremony.
• Cai'er warned Xuan Jin that Soul Hall had recently destroyed several factions and appeared to be forcibly extracting souls.

Xuan Jin decided to keep a cautious distance from Soul Hall while having Pill Tower discreetly investigate Xiao Yan’s whereabouts. He prepared to take Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and Qing Lin to the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, and Xuan Yi teased him about bringing four women.

• Xuan Jin told Cai'er to monitor Soul Hall’s soul collection and investigate Xiao Yan only if it could be done without provoking Soul Hall.
• Xuan Jin considered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and chose to focus on the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony one month away.
• Xuan Jin invited Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and Qing Lin to accompany him to the ceremony.
• Qing Lin eagerly welcomed the trip, Xiao Yi Xian wondered about the Ancient Clan’s medicinal fields, and Cao Ying agreed to come from Pill Tower.
• Xuan Jin visited Xuan Yi, who teased him for attending a ceremony with four women and asked whether he planned to pick concubines.

Xuan Jin learned that Xuan Yi would take him into the Lesser Pill Tower after he returned from the Ancient Clan, provided he passed a test. He traveled to the Ancient Clan with Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, reaching the outer perimeter of the Ancient Realm.

• Xuan Yi told Xuan Jin that Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zi had agreed to let him enter the Lesser Pill Tower after his trip, though he would still need to pass a test.
• Xuan Yi approved Xuan Jin bringing Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Ancient Clan for Gu Xun Er's Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Xuan Jin and the four women departed Saint Pill City and traveled through three spatial jumps, with his Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame protecting them from the void currents.
• Cao Ying compared her progress with Xuan Jin's, while Cai'er told her that even an Eight-Star Dou Venerate could not keep up with him.
• Xuan Jin's group emerged in the Eastern Region and identified the surrounding land as the outer perimeter of the Ancient Realm.

Xuan Jin and the four women entered the Ancient Holy City for the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony and passed inspection by the Black Annihilation Army. On the way to their assigned manor, Xuan Jin encountered four members of the Yan Clan, and his bloodline reacted to them.

• Xuan Jin opened the Dou Sheng-level barrier and led Cai'er, Qing Lin, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Ancient Holy City.
• Xuan Jin explained that the city had been built by an Ancient Clan Dou Di and showed the group their invitation letter.
• The Black Annihilation Army verified Xuan Jin’s invitation and directed the group to a manor by the central giant lake.
• Qing Lin noticed that several guards’ Dou Qi had locked onto her as the group entered the city.
• Xuan Jin’s bloodline stirred when he saw four Yan Clan members at a fork in the road, including a veiled woman.

Xuan Jin met Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan in Ancient Holy City, where Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karma Flame instinctively feared his bloodline. After the brief encounter, the Yan Clan group left, unsettled by Xuan Jin’s unexplained power over Heavenly Flames.

• Xuan Jin sensed that the Heavenly Flame within Huo Zhi recoiled from him, while Huo Zhi felt the same fear from her Red Lotus Karma Flame.
• Huo Xuan recognized Xuan Jin as the Pill Tower alchemist who had produced Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and approached him with Huo Zhi and the others.
• Cai'er noticed that the Yan Clan members’ bloodline auras felt similar to Xuan Jin’s.
• Xuan Jin confirmed that he had come to the Coming of Age Ceremony at Xun Er’s invitation, and Huo Xuan introduced himself and Huo Zhi.
• Huo Zhi warned Huo Xuan that something felt wrong, and Huo Xuan noticed that Xuan Jin had heard her.
• Huo Xuan ended the conversation and led his group away, while Huo Zhi resolved to consider why her Heavenly Flame feared Xuan Jin.

Xuan Jin’s encounter with the Yan Clan raised suspicions that he carried their bloodline, while Huo Zhi reported that his fused flame and bloodline pressure had suppressed her Red Lotus Karma Flame. News of the meeting spread through Ancient Holy City, where the Soul Clan and Yao Clan dismissed Xuan Jin as the Thunder Clan’s encampment formed a contrasting scene.

• Cai'er and Xiao Yi Xian noticed Huo Zhi’s Heavenly Flame had malfunctioned around Xuan Jin, and Qing Lin pointed out that the Yan Clan’s forehead marks resembled patterns on his arm.
• Xuan Jin wondered whether he possessed the Yan Clan’s bloodline, then followed an attendant to the estate prepared for him by Xun Er.
• Huo Zhi told Huo Xuan that Xuan Jin’s fused flame had suppressed the Red Lotus Karma Flame and that his bloodline pressure surpassed even the Yan Clan Leader’s.
• Huo Xuan concluded that Xuan Jin had many secrets, while a Yan Clan youth speculated that he might be an illegitimate member of their clan.
• After news of the encounter spread, Hun Li threatened to kill Xuan Jin in the Heavenly Tomb, while Yao Xingji dismissed his reputation and vowed to show him the Yao Clan’s alchemy skills.
• The scene shifted to the Thunder Clan’s encampment, where a different atmosphere prevailed.

Xuan Jin reunited with Gu Xun Er at the Ancient Holy City and discussed Xiao Yan’s disappearance, suspecting the Soul Hall was involved. He reassured Xun Er that Xiao Yan may have been captured for a reason beyond the value of his soul.

• Mang Tianchi heard that Xuan Jin had arrived for the Ancient Clan Coming of Age Ceremony and anticipated a spectacle.
• Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin teased Xuan Jin about a Yan Clan woman before competing over the manor’s rooms.
• Gu Xun Er arrived and reunited with Xuan Jin, while the four women watched their meeting.
• Xun Er told Xuan Jin that Xiao Yan’s trail had ended near the Starry Sky Mountain Range, and Xuan Jin connected his disappearance to the Soul Hall’s recent activity in the area.
• Xuan Jin told Xun Er that the Soul Hall usually captured people for their souls, so Xiao Yan might have been taken for another reason.

Xun Er asked Xuan Jin to help rescue Xiao Yan, but he refused, judging that neither he nor the Ancient Clan could safely challenge Soul Hall. Later, Xuan Jin told Cao Ying that his bloodline might be connected to the Yan Clan’s ancestral line.

• Xun Er asked Xuan Jin for help after Xiao Yan was captured, but he said he could not act against Soul Hall.
• Xuan Jin explained that the Ancient Clan would not risk a conflict with Soul Hall for Xiao Yan, and Xun Er left to await the Coming of Age Ceremony in seven days.
• After the others left, Cao Ying asked Xuan Jin why he had refused Xun Er, and he said he would not endanger his companions for a matter that brought him no benefit.
• Cao Ying asked about Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karma Flame, and Xuan Jin said it had been apprehensive because of his bloodline.
• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying that he increasingly suspected his bloodline was related to the Yan Clan and might be ancestral.

Xuan Jin and Cao Ying discussed his possible Yan Clan Atavistic Awakening, while Gu Yuan considered Xuan Jin a valuable ally and weighed offering him a Heavenly Tomb slot. As the Ancient Realm prepared to open, an attendant summoned Xuan Jin and his party to the Giant Lake.

• Xuan Jin told Cao Ying he would wait until after the Ancient Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony to seek confirmation of his suspected Atavistic Awakening.
• Gu Yuan learned that Xun Er had visited Xuan Jin and concluded that she had sought news about Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan assessed Xuan Jin's strength and suspected Yan Clan bloodline after learning that Huo Zhi's Red Lotus Karma Flame had reacted abnormally near him.
• Gu Yuan considered offering Xuan Jin a Heavenly Tomb entry slot to strengthen ties with the Pill Tower and summoned Elder Tong Xuan to discuss it.
• On the seventh morning, an Ancient Clan attendant asked Xuan Jin to gather with his party at the Giant Lake before the Ancient Realm opened.

Xuan Jin and the four women entered the Ancient Realm, where they were given a luxurious courtyard and encountered its unusually dense, fire-rich energy. Mang Tianchi then visited Xuan Jin and shocked him by saying that Xun Er was interested in him, drawing startled reactions from the women.

• Xuan Jin led Cai'er, Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Giant Lake as the Ancient Realm passage opened.
• After the clans and other factions entered, Xuan Jin and his companions crossed into the Ancient Realm and felt its dense natural energy.
• An Ancient Clan attendant guided the group to a large courtyard arranged for them by the Clan Leader.
• Xuan Jin suppressed the restless Heavenly Flames inside him and recognized the Ancient Realm's high concentration of fire-attributed energy.
• Mang Tianchi visited Xuan Jin, said that Xun Er was interested in him, and startled Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.

Mang Tianchi told Xuan Jin that the Ancient Clan was spreading a rumor that Gu Xun Er was interested in him, and Xuan Jin realized Gu Yuan was using him to divert attention from Xun Er and Xiao Yan while drawing the Pill Tower closer. Xuan Jin decided to wait for Xun Er to explain, while Xun Er learned of the rumor herself and was stunned.

• Mang Tianchi visited Xuan Jin and reported that Ancient Clan members were saying Gu Xun Er was interested in him.
• Xuan Jin deduced that Gu Yuan had spread the rumor to redirect attention from Xun Er and Xiao Yan, test Xuan Jin, and strengthen ties with the Pill Tower.
• Cai'er, Cao Ying, and Xiao Yi Xian discussed Gu Yuan's scheme with Xuan Jin, while Qing Lin called the Ancient Clan Leader crafty.
• Xuan Jin thanked Mang Tianchi for the warning and decided to wait for Xun Er to come explain the rumor.
• Xun Er read a Jade Slip reporting the rumor and reacted with disbelief.

Gu Yuan told Gu Xun'er he had spread a rumor that she was interested in Xuan Jin to quiet the Ancient Clan elders and strengthen ties with the Pill Tower. Xuan Jin stayed in the Ancient Realm after the rumor reached the market, while Xun'er worried about explaining the scheme to him.

• Gu Xun'er asked Gu Yuan why he had spread the news about her and Xuan Jin, and he explained that it would silence elders who opposed her attachment to the missing Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan described signs that Xuan Jin might possess a Yan Clan bloodline transformed by Bloodline Reversion, potentially surpassing even Xun'er's Divine Grade Bloodline.
• Gu Yuan said the rumor could help secure Xuan Jin a Heavenly Tomb quota and improve relations between the Ancient Clan and the Pill Tower.
• Gu Yuan told Xun'er not to deny the rumor yet, leaving her worried about how Xuan Jin would react and how she could explain it to him.
• Xuan Jin declined to visit the market with Cao Ying, Cai'er, and Qing Lin because people were watching him as Gu Xun'er's rumored lover.

Gu Yuan visited Xuan Jin and admitted that he had spread rumors linking Xuan Jin with Xun Er to divert pressure from her marriage prospects. He offered Xuan Jin a Heavenly Tomb slot if he defeated every challenger at the Coming of Age Ceremony, and Xuan Jin accepted.

• Gu Yuan arrived at Xuan Jin's courtyard, and his presence suppressed the women there.
• Gu Yuan admitted that he had spread the rumors and explained that he wanted to redirect the Ancient Clan elders' attention from Xun Er's marriage prospects.
• Xuan Jin warned that the Soul Clan, Yao Clan, and Yan Clan might use the Coming of Age Ceremony to trap him.
• Gu Yuan offered Xuan Jin a Heavenly Tomb slot if he defeated every challenger at the ceremony, and Xuan Jin agreed.
• Gu Yuan left after privately suggesting that Xuan Jin could still pursue Xun Er, and Xuan Jin dismissed the women's questions about his remark.

Xuan Jin attended the Ancient Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony with four companions, where Gu Xun Er revealed a Divine Grade Bloodline. After Gu Yao challenged him over his Heavenly Tomb slot and rumors about Xun Er, Xuan Jin faced the Ancient Clan's Four Great Commanders and evaded their opening attacks.

• Xuan Jin arrived at Saint Soul Plaza with Cao Ying, Cai'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, and sat beside Xun Er at a place arranged by Gu Yuan.
• Gu Xun Er completed the bloodline test and revealed a Divine Grade Bloodline and Purple Gold Clan Mark before sitting beside Xuan Jin.
• Gu Yao challenged Xuan Jin to a fight, demanding that he leave the Ancient Realm if he lost.
• Xuan Jin accepted and challenged all Four Great Commanders at once, prompting Gu Yao, Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing to attack together.
• Xuan Jin used Thousand Illusions Flowing Fire to evade the commanders' opening attacks, leaving them striking his afterimages.

Xuan Jin defeated Gu Qingyang, Gu Yao, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing in a one-against-four arena battle while concealing his true strength. Gu Yuan awarded him a Heavenly Tomb slot, and the chapter ended with Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi wondering what bloodline Xuan Jin possessed.

• Xuan Jin trapped the four Ancient Clan commanders in his Eight Extremes Flame Prison and weakened them with the Star Sea Ice Lotus Flame.
• Xuan Jin used the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Formation and illusion attacks to disrupt the commanders and defeat Gu Xing and Gu Hua.
• Gu Qingyang and Gu Yao launched a combined attack, but Xuan Jin wounded Gu Qingyang with the Crimson Annihilation Divine Light and immobilized Gu Yao with the Hundred Veins Burning City Palm.
• Gu Yuan declared Xuan Jin the winner and granted him a Heavenly Tomb slot, warning that anyone who questioned him would become Gu Yuan's enemy.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi watched Xuan Jin with growing suspicion and wondered what bloodline he possessed.