Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yang entered the Ancient World and met Gu Yuan, who welcomed him as an equal and offered to show him around. As they traveled through the clan’s vast territory aboard a warship, Xiao Yang took note of its training grounds and resources for improving his own Yang Realm.

• Gu Dao introduced Gu Lie and Xun'er to Xiao Yang, and the group escorted him to the entrance of the Ancient World in Ancient Saint City.
• Xiao Yang entered the Space Gate and found Gu Yuan and several powerful Ancient Clan experts waiting to receive him.
• Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Yang as the Xiao Family Patriarch and offered to show him around the Ancient World.
• Gu Yuan summoned ten flying warships, and Xiao Yang boarded one with him and the Black Annihilation Army soldiers.
• Gu Yuan introduced the Ancient World’s cultivation regions, and Xiao Yang secretly studied them as models for transforming the Yang Realm.

Xiao Yang visited the Ancient Clan, updated Xun'er about Xiao Yan, and gave her a new Communication Token. He then told Gu Yuan that he wanted to enter the Heavenly Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan, leaving Gu Yuan silent.

• The Ancient Clan hosted Xiao Yang with a tour and a grand banquet before Gu Dao and Xun'er escorted him to his guest room.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Yang about Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yang said Xiao Yan had become an Eighth-grade Alchemist and a Half Saint.
• Xiao Yang teased Xun'er about Xiao Yan coming to ask for her hand, then gave her a Communication Token that worked beyond the Ancient World.
• The next morning, Xiao Yang told Gu Yuan that he wanted to enter the Heavenly Tomb and meet Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Yuan fell silent, knowing the Xiao Clan had once been a weak family in a small city and had risen through Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang asked Gu Yuan to let him meet Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and return the Xiao Clan's lost Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills. Gu Yuan agreed to return the texts but said the elders had to discuss access to the tomb, and the elders reacted with outrage when he told them what Xiao Yang wanted.

• Xiao Yang told Gu Yuan he knew of Xiao Xuan's agreement and asked to enter the Heavenly Tomb and recover the Xiao Clan's Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills.
• Gu Yuan considered the danger of provoking Xiao Yang and agreed to return the Xiao Clan's texts, while postponing the decision about opening the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan went to the Ancient Clan's meeting hall, where the elders speculated about Xiao Yang's request and potential exchanges.
• Gu Yuan explained Xiao Yang's demands, and the elders objected to returning the techniques or allowing him into the Heavenly Tomb.

Gu Yuan overruled the Ancient Clan elders and agreed to return the Xiao Tribe’s techniques and Dou Skills and let Xiao Yang enter the Heavenly Tomb. He brought Xiao Yang to open the tomb, where Xiao Yang hoped to revive Xiao Xuan and break through to the Emperor Soul Realm.

• The Ancient Clan elders argued over whether to return the Xiao Tribe’s techniques and Dou Skills, but Gu Dao urged them to avoid offending Xiao Yang and use their ties through Xun’er to maintain good relations.
• An elder proposed keeping Xiao Yang and seizing his Ninth-grade Golden Pill, but Gu Yuan warned that Xiao Yang could devastate the Ancient World and ordered the clan to let him enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yang that the elders had agreed to return the Xiao Tribe’s techniques and Dou Skills and that he would take him to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yang planned to revive Xiao Xuan and use the tomb’s consciousness to try to advance his soul beyond Heaven Realm Grand Perfection.
• Gu Yuan brought Xiao Yang to a dangerous mountain range and opened a rift into the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yang prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb, but Ancient Clan elders demanded three Ninth-grade Pills as compensation and blocked his way. He paid to get inside, then resolved to reclaim more of the Xiao Tribe’s property from the Ancient Clan when he returned.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yang that time passed six times faster in the Heavenly Tomb and warned him not to stay more than a year.
• Gu Qi and several Ancient Clan elders demanded three Ninth-grade Pills from Xiao Yang before allowing him to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yang challenged the elders’ claim that the Ancient Clan had protected the Xiao Tribe and asked Gu Yuan whether the demand reflected their agreement.
• Gu Yuan rejected the demand, but Gu Qi and the elders blocked the Heavenly Tomb’s entrance and threatened to impeach him.
• Xiao Yang handed Gu Qi three Ninth-grade Treasure Pills, entered the Heavenly Tomb, and declared that he would reclaim the Xiao Tribe’s belongings.
• Gu Qi mocked Xiao Yang after he entered, calling him an upstart who had obediently paid.

Gu Yuan opposed Gu Qi's plan to exploit Xiao Yang, while Xiao Yang entered the Heavenly Tomb and headed for its third level. There, he planned to capture Ancient Devouring Worms and created a task offering a Spirit Transformation Furnace as its reward.

• Gu Yuan warned Gu Qi that offending Xiao Yang could endanger the Ancient Clan and cost them his pill-refining help, but Gu Qi proposed ambushing Xiao Yang and stealing his Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Qi to stop and apologize if Xiao Yang learned of the scheme, and Gu Qi left with the other elders after threatening that Gu Yuan would regret it.
• Xiao Yang entered the Heavenly Tomb, defeated an Energy Body, absorbed its Energy Core, and found its energy too weak to benefit him much.
• Xiao Yang broke through the third level's Crystal Wall and entered, intending to capture Ancient Devouring Worms for the Magical Beast Ranch Space.
• Xiao Yang created a task to capture a large number of Ancient Devouring Worms, with a Spirit Transformation Furnace as the reward.

Xiao Yang claimed the Spirit Transformation Furnace, discovered it could turn crystal walls into easily absorbed energy, and continued deeper into the Heavenly Tomb. There he met Xiao Xuan, who brought him to his Tomb Mansion and asked about the Xiao Tribe’s fate; Xiao Xuan was surprised to learn Xiao Yang was a Ninth-grade Golden Pill Grandmaster.

• Xiao Yang captured Ancient Devouring Worms, claimed the Spirit Transformation Furnace, and tested its ability to refine crystal walls into absorbable energy liquid.
• Xiao Yang continued through the third level of the Heavenly Tomb and encountered Xiao Xuan, who recognized him as a member of the Xiao Tribe.
• Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Yang to his Tomb Mansion inside the Stone Tablet, where Xiao Yang entered through their bloodline connection.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan’s decline and his own experiences over the years.
• Xiao Xuan turned in surprise when Xiao Yang revealed he was a Ninth-grade Golden Pill Grandmaster.

Xiao Yang told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan’s decline, and Xiao Xuan recounted his failed attempt to break through to Dou Di. Xiao Yang refused to take the clan’s remaining Dou Di Bloodline for himself and proposed using it to revive Xiao Xuan, then revealed a Soul Origin treasure that prompted Xiao Xuan to offer help refining the Will of the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yang told Xiao Xuan what had happened to the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xuan lamented its decline and praised Xiao Yang’s talent.
• Xiao Xuan explained that he had gathered the clan’s Dou Di Bloodline into himself to attempt a breakthrough, but failed and was later ambushed by the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan offered the remaining Dou Di Bloodline to Xiao Yang, but Xiao Yang stopped him and said he wanted to use it to revive him.
• Xiao Yang showed Xiao Xuan a Heaven-Mending Pill and a gray bead containing immense Soul Origin, and Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb had sensed the treasure.
• Xiao Xuan offered to help Xiao Yang refine the Will of the Heavenly Tomb so he could break through to the Emperor Soul Realm, and Xiao Yang said that was one of his goals for coming.

Xiao Yang gave Xiao Xuan Soul Origin and Soul Crystals to restore his incomplete soul, then left Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion to confront the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb. He began attacking with his puppets and the Soul Refining Bead, while the watching Energy Bodies mistakenly believed Xiao Xuan was responsible.

• Xiao Yang stopped Xiao Xuan from joining the fight and explained that the Heaven-Mending Pill, Soul Origin, and Soul Crystals could restore him.
• Xiao Xuan accepted the Soul Origin and Soul Crystals after Xiao Yang showed he had plenty more and insisted on fighting alone.
• Xiao Yang revealed his powerful puppets, and Xiao Xuan agreed to let him absorb the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb in his Cave Mansion afterward.
• Xiao Yang led his puppets out of Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion, where the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb appeared as a colossal face in the sky.
• Xiao Yang sent his puppets and Fallen Heart Flame to attack and activated the Soul Refining Bead, causing the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb to retaliate with a soul storm.
• The Energy Bodies watching from the third level trembled and assumed Xiao Xuan was attacking the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yang used his puppets and the Soul Refining Bead to suppress and refine the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, obtaining its exceptionally pure Soul Origin. He began absorbing it to advance his soul, while Xiao Xuan started following Xiao Yang’s instructions to restore his Soul Power and condense a body.

• Xiao Yang’s Dou Saint Peak puppet destroyed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul Storm, and Xiao Yang used the Soul Refining Bead to drain its Soul Origin.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb attacked with soul spears and flames, but Xiao Yang’s puppets overwhelmed it as the Soul Refining Bead continued drawing out its Soul Origin.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb began burning its Soul Body, so Xiao Yang summoned dozens of Dou Sheng Puppets, subdued it, and refined it into pure Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yang examined the Soul Origin, created a task to break through to the Emperor Soul Realm, and began absorbing it along with Soul Crystals and refined Immortal Spirit Fruit liquid.
• After Xiao Yang left, Xiao Xuan took the Heaven-Mending Pill, began absorbing Soul Origin and Soul Crystals, and prepared to condense flesh and blood from his stored Dou Di Bloodline.

Xiao Yang broke through to the Emperor Soul Realm, gained control over the Heavenly Tomb, and learned he could open a passage to it from anywhere on the Dou Qi Continent. Xiao Xuan’s Soul Origin recovered, and Xiao Yang prepared to help him revive while testing whether Ranch Space beasts could become Energy Bodies.

• After a month of absorbing the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul and other resources, Xiao Yang completed the breakthrough mission and manifested an immense figure that forced nearby Energy Bodies to prostrate themselves.
• Xiao Yang sensed his new Soul Power and found he could control the Heavenly Tomb, crush distant terrain, and open a passage into it from anywhere on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yang discovered that Xiao Xuan’s Soul Origin had fully recovered and offered to help him revive, so Xiao Xuan went to prepare himself.
• Xiao Yang put away his Beast Puppets and assessed his strength, finding that his Soul Body could contend with powerful Nine-star Dou Saints and that his cultivation had reached the Mid-stage Six-star Dou Saint level.
• Xiao Yang killed a Ninth-order Early Stage Magical Beast from the Magical Beast Ranch Space and extracted its soul, which began transforming into an Energy Body under the Heavenly Tomb’s rules.

Xiao Yang used the Heavenly Flames and powerful pills to reconstruct Xiao Xuan’s body and begin fusing it with his soul. After a year of work, Xiao Xuan’s soul was nearly adapted to the new body, but a terrifying aura suddenly emerged from his direction.

• Xiao Yang began converting Magical Beast souls into Energy Bodies inside a protected space in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yang prepared refined Dou Saint bone marrow, a Nirvana Pill, and Heaven-Mending Pills to resurrect Xiao Xuan, and received the Undying Flame fire seed as the mission reward.
• Xiao Xuan swallowed the Nirvana Pill and used the bone marrow and Xiao Tribe Dou Di Bloodline to reconstruct his body.
• Xiao Yang used the Flame of Life, Yin Yang Twin Flames, and Fallen Heart Flame to fuse Xiao Xuan’s soul and body over the course of a year.
• Xiao Yang left a Clone to sustain the Flame of Life while he refined pills, then sensed a terrifying aura coming from Xiao Xuan’s direction.

After reviving as a Mid-stage Nine-star Dou Saint, Xiao Xuan received three Heavenly Flames from Xiao Yang and began learning to refine them. Xiao Yang learned the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, then prepared to refine a Yang Flame Pill in the Heavenly Tomb to raise his cultivation.

• Xiao Yang claimed the Undying Flame Seed reward and learned that the revived Xiao Xuan had reached the Mid-stage Nine-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yang gave Xiao Xuan the Yin Yang Twin Flames, Fallen Heart Flame, and Flame of Life, then showed him his Origin Fire.
• Xiao Xuan taught Xiao Yang the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and the Xiao Tribe's Heaven Tier Dou Skills, earning Xiao Yang several System rewards.
• Xiao Xuan began refining the three Heavenly Flames while Xiao Yang practiced the secret method and temporarily raised his cultivation to the Mid-stage Seven-star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yang used the Flame of Life and Yin Yang Twin Flames to repair his meridians, then began preparing to refine a Yang Flame Pill in the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yang refined the Yang Flame Pill while Xiao Xuan absorbed Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan finally succeeded in refining a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill. As the Ancient Clan elders plotted to demand pills and a fee from Xiao Yang, Gu Yuan sensed a familiar aura in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yang was drawing in vast amounts of energy.

• Xiao Yang swallowed the Yang Flame Pill and used the Myriad Laws Incantation and Dragon Transformation Art to strengthen his cultivation and body.
• Xiao Xuan easily refined the Yin Yang Twin Flames, then began refining the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa discussed their pregnancies and left choosing their children’s names until Xiao Yang returned; Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan then noticed black clouds signaling Xiao Yan’s successful Ninth-grade Treasure Pill refinement.
• Ancient Clan elders decided Xiao Yang should pay them Ninth-grade Golden Pills and a safekeeping fee, while Gu Yuan grew uneasy after sensing a familiar aura from the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yang sat within the Heavenly Tomb as a vortex poured vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Energy into his body.

After refining the Yang Flame Pill, Xiao Yang reached the Early-stage Seven-star Dou Saint and discussed reclaiming the Xiao World fragments and Heavenly Tomb from the Ancient World. He and Xiao Xuan agreed to spar so Xiao Xuan could assess Xiao Yang's strength.

• Xiao Yang finished refining the Yang Flame Pill, advanced to the Early-stage Seven-star Dou Saint, and claimed the pill had strengthened his physical body.
• Xiao Xuan appeared and praised Xiao Yang's strength, saying he believed Xiao Yang would become the continent's next Dou Di.
• Xiao Yang stopped Xiao Xuan from killing the Heavenly Tomb's Energy Bodies, suggesting Xiao Clan members hunt them for training and Energy Crystal Cores.
• Xiao Yang told Xiao Xuan that the Ancient World had absorbed fragments of the Xiao World and the Heavenly Tomb, and proposed bringing them to the Yang Realm.
• Xiao Xuan revealed a Secret Method for stripping away part of a Small World's origin and discussed using the Dou Di Bloodline to reclaim the Xiao World fragments.
• Xiao Yang challenged Xiao Xuan to a spar to assess his new strength, and Xiao Xuan agreed.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan fought at full strength in Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion, testing Xiao Yang’s abilities against the veteran Half Emperor. Their battle left both of them badly injured, with Xiao Xuan’s left arm shattered and Xiao Yang’s dragon scales charred.

• Xiao Yang reinforced Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion with the Heavenly Tomb’s authority before they began fighting.
• Xiao Yang used Instant Transmission and Sky Tearing Claw to tear through Xiao Xuan’s Triple Flame Palm and wound him.
• Xiao Xuan countered with Emperor Flame Palm, but Xiao Yang weakened it with Heaven Burning Sea Boiling before destroying it with Sky Tearing Claw.
• Xiao Yang quickly healed his burned claw and attacked Xiao Xuan alongside his Clone.
• Xiao Xuan destroyed the Clone, but Xiao Yang used the opening to inflict more wounds and shatter Xiao Xuan’s left arm.

Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan recovered after testing their strength, then set out to reclaim the Xiao Clan’s cultivation methods and Dou Skills from the Ancient Clan. They arrived in the Ancient World, where Xiao Xuan called for Gu Yuan.

• Xiao Xuan judged that Xiao Yang could withstand nearly anyone on the continent and agreed they had the strength to reclaim what belonged to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yang used Yang Fire, the Flame of Life, and the Life and Death Origin to heal Xiao Xuan’s injuries.
• Xiao Yang gathered Heaven and Earth Energy and Spiritual Qi so he and Xiao Xuan could restore their Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yang entered a Space Rift and arrived in the Ancient World.
• Xiao Xuan called out to Gu Yuan.

Gu Qi and the Ancient Clan elders set a trap to seize Xiao Yang’s Ninth-grade Golden Pill, but Xiao Yang emerged from the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Xuan. The elders activated a formation linked to the Ancient World’s protection array, while Gu Yuan rushed toward Xiao Xuan’s summons.

• Gu Qi persuaded Ancient Clan elders to take Xiao Yang’s Ninth-grade Golden Pill for the clan’s future, and they secretly prepared a formation near the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Qi spotted Xiao Yang and ordered the elders to activate their formation as Xiao Xuan emerged from a Space Rift beside him.
• Gu Ming, Gu Yue, and several other elders recognized Xiao Xuan and reacted with shock at his presence outside the Heavenly Tomb.
• Some younger elders dismissed Xiao Xuan as an Energy Body and urged the others to attack him and take his Energy Crystal.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan ignored the formation, confident that their Emperor Soul Realm souls revealed no serious threat among the elders.
• Gu Yuan sensed Xiao Xuan’s aura and the activated Ancient World formations, then used Instant Transmission to hurry toward them.

Xiao Xuan confronted Gu Yuan over the Ancient Clan’s broken promise to the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yang mocked the elders for preparing an ambush. The elders activated a formation to capture them, leaving Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan calm amid its attacks as Gu Yuan struggled to intervene.

• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Yang why the Ancient Clan had prepared a formation, and Xiao Yang explained that the elders had taken three Ninth-grade Pills and might covet his Ninth-grade Golden Pill.
• Xiao Xuan told the Ancient Clan Elders that Gu Yuan had failed to honor their thousand-year agreement and demanded the return of the Xiao Clan’s cultivation methods and Dou Skills.
• Gu Yuan tried to invite Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yang to discuss the matter, but Gu Qi urged the elders to seize them and take the Ninth-grade Golden Pill and Energy Crystal Core.
• Gu Qi and the elders activated the formation despite Gu Yuan’s attempt to stop them, surrounding Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan with Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flames and other attacks.
• Xiao Yang asked Xiao Xuan whether the Xiao Clan had inherited formations, and Xiao Xuan said it did and that the Ancient Clan should have copies.

Xiao Xuan repelled the Ancient Clan elders’ attacks and forced Gu Yuan to choose between their old bond and his clan’s interests. As Gu Yuan joined the elders, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yang prepared to attack the Ancient Clan and reclaim what it had taken from the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Xuan destroyed the elders’ formation-enhanced attacks with his Emperor Flame Palm, shocking Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders with his power.
• Gu Qi urged Gu Yuan to join the fight, while the elders continued attacking and Xiao Xuan effortlessly erased their strikes.
• Gu Yuan hesitated, then flew toward the great array after deciding the conflict could no longer be settled with an apology.
• Gu Lie and other Ancient Clan elders joined the fight to defend their clan’s interests.
• Xiao Xuan accepted Gu Yuan’s choice and told Xiao Yang to prepare to make the Ancient Clan repay everything it had taken from the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yang and Xiao Xuan unleashed the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations.