Chapter Summaries

After being reborn as Xiao Xuan, the future Dou Saint grew up as the treasured, God-Grade-bloodline heir of the Xiao Clan while studying its Dou Techniques. He continued reading the lower-ranked techniques at the Scripture Depository, explaining that he wanted to build a foundation and broaden his knowledge before choosing what to cultivate.

• Xiao Xuan recalled waking up as a baby in the world of Battle Through the Heavens and decided to make the most of his new life.
• Xiao Feng and Gu Qin cared for Xiao Xuan, whose sealed strength had once been that of a Junior Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xuan visited the Scripture Depository, where Xiao Gong welcomed him and invited him to read freely.
• Xiao Gong suggested that Xiao Xuan move to the third floor, but Xiao Xuan said he wanted to study the lower-ranked techniques first and learn from them.

Xiao Xuan attended the Xiao Clan’s Academy, where his classmates challenged his status as Young Patriarch. After effortlessly stopping Xiao Xiong, he declared that he would yield the position to anyone who defeated him at the same realm and urged the clan’s younger generation to work together.

• Xiao Xuan attended class after becoming a Dou Zhe at age five, and the teacher taught the children about the Xiao Clan’s history and Ancestor Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Xiong challenged Xiao Xuan, while Xiao Yang and Xiao Xin reacted to the confrontation.
• Xiao Xuan caught Xiao Xiong’s attack with one hand, leaving the Dou Shi unable to move.
• Xiao Xuan told his cousins that he would surrender the Young Patriarch position to anyone who defeated him at the same realm and urged the clan to unite.
• Xiao Gong, Xiao Kong, and other clan members praised Xiao Xuan’s words and leadership.

Xiao Feng proposed leaving the Young Patriarch position undecided so Xiao Xuan and the clan elders’ descendants could compete for the future leadership. Xiao Tian approved the plan, but Xiao Xuan’s family kept him in the Xiao Realm for years, and his travels with Xiao Gong led them to discover the Life Flame.

• Xiao Feng and Gu Qin discussed Xiao Xuan’s influence and agreed to support his decision to invite competition for the Patriarch position.
• Xiao Feng called a gathering of the Xiao Clan’s Saint Level members and proposed that the Young Patriarch title remain undecided, with outstanding descendants eligible to compete for Patriarch.
• Xiao Chen warned the elders to prevent competition from splitting the clan, and Xiao Xuan said that controlled rivalry would strengthen the Xiao Clan.
• Ancestor Xiao Tian appeared, approved the proposal, and encouraged Xiao Xuan to earn the Patriarch position through his own strength.
• Xiao Gong, Xiao Feng, and Gu Qin prevented Xiao Xuan from leaving the Xiao Realm; after years of study and travel with Xiao Gong, they found the Life Flame in the Shennong Mountain Range.

Xiao Xuan prepared for the Ancient Emperor Clans’ festival, where young descendants would meet and compete. He arrived at the Xiao Clan Plaza as the martial festival was about to begin.

• Xiao Gong helped Xiao Xuan refine the Life Flame, which Xiao Xuan used to temper his body and soul until he reached peak Dou Zong and Great Perfection in the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Feng pulled Xiao Xuan from the Scripture Depository and told him to bring honor to the Xiao Clan at its upcoming festival.
• Xiao Xuan checked his peers’ cultivation and found that Xiao Yun, Xiao Xiong, Xiao Chen, and Xiao Lan had all reached Dou Wang; he asked them to handle the clan exchanges and matches.
• Xiao Xuan accidentally revealed his narcissistic self-praise to Gu Qin and Xiao Feng, then hurried to the festival.
• Xiao Xuan reached Xiao Clan Plaza and saw the arena prepared for the martial competitions among the clans.

The Xiao Clan hosted a grand ceremony and began its younger-generation sparring matches, where Xiao Xiong fought Gu Lie to a draw. Xiao Yun then took the arena, and Gu Dao stepped forward to challenge him.

• Xiao Feng arrived with Xiao Clan elders, and the clans gathered for the ceremony.
• Xiao Ming opened the ceremony and announced the rules for the friendly sparring session.
• Xiao Xiong defeated five Dou Ling challengers before Gu Lie challenged him.
• Xiao Xiong and Gu Lie traded powerful techniques until they exhausted their Dou Qi; Gu Lie called it a loss, but Xiao Xiong declared a draw.
• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Xuan among the Xiao Clan group and said he was worth befriending.
• Xiao Yun replaced Xiao Xiong on the arena, and Gu Dao stepped up to face him.

Xiao Yun, Xiao Lan, and Lei Ying fought through the younger generation’s challenges before Gu Yuan entered the arena and defeated Hun Yao with a single palm strike. Gu Yuan then invited Xiao Xuan to test his skills, and Xiao Xuan revealed strength equal to Gu Yuan’s.

• Xiao Yun defeated Gu Dao and then Yao Dan, but Yan Jin eventually defeated Xiao Yun, while Xiao Lan and Yan Jin fought to a mutual defeat.
• Lei Ying defeated Xiao Chen, fought several Hun Clan disciples, and was eventually defeated by Hun Yao.
• Hun Yao challenged Gu Yuan, who used the Sea Overturning Seal to send him flying off the arena.
• Gu Yuan invited Xiao Xuan to fight, and Xiao Xuan rose and revealed a strength of five-star Dou Huang, equal to Gu Yuan’s.

Xiao Xuan fought Gu Yuan to a draw in the clan exchange, then discussed his hidden cultivation and plans to travel the continent with Xiao Feng. He prepared to leave alone and gave pills to several Xiao Clan youths before heading to the Scripture Depository.

• Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan exchanged powerful attacks in their first battle, then agreed to call the match a draw after both appeared injured.
• After the clan exchange ended, Xiao Feng told Xiao Xuan that the Ancient Emperor's Ring concealed his cultivation and gave him pills for his journey.
• Xiao Xuan proposed sending talented Xiao Clan youths to less powerful regions to gain experience, while he traveled alone.
• Xiao Feng agreed to Xiao Xuan's plan, cautioned him to be careful, and gave him bottles of Seventh-Rank and Eighth-Rank pills.
• Xiao Xuan met Xiao Xiong, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yun, and Xiao Lan, gave them pills, and advised them to wait before advancing because the clan might send them traveling.

Xiao Xuan left the Xiao Realm and traveled to the Northern Region, where he attended a Sky Cloud Pavilion auction in the Imperial Capital of the Meteor Empire. The auction began with Chief Steward Zhuge presenting the first item.

• Xiao Xuan said farewell to Xiao Gong, Xiao Feng, and Gu Qin, then left the Xiao Realm carrying three Dou Techniques, including the mysterious One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.
• Xiao Xuan flew to the Northern Region and reached the Imperial Capital of the Meteor Empire, where he learned that Sky Cloud Pavilion would hold an auction three days later.
• Xiao Xuan spent three days cultivating at an inn, then went to the crowded auction house and bought access to a private room.
• Chief Steward Zhuge arrived at the auction, and Xiao Xuan waited as preparations continued and a cautious girl answered his questions.
• Chief Steward Zhuge opened the auction and announced that the first item would be presented.

At Zhuge Jing’s auction, Xiao Xuan watched buyers bid wildly on a medicinal pill and rare armor before becoming interested in the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva. He stunned the hall by bidding fifteen million gold coins for it.

• Zhuge Jing opened the auction with the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, which sold for one million, five hundred and ten thousand gold coins.
• Zhuge Jing presented the Madman Armor, and bidders competed for the armor that could withstand a Dou Wang’s full-force strike.
• Zhuge Jing introduced the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva, explaining that it increased the chance of subduing a Heavenly Flame, and set its starting price at ten million gold coins.
• Several bidders raised the price of the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva to around thirteen million gold coins before they stopped bidding.
• Xiao Xuan offered fifteen million gold coins, shocking the auction hall and drawing Zhuge Jing’s curious attention.

Xiao Xuan saw Sky Cloud Pavilion unveil a Bodhi Pill, an Eighth-Rank treasure that could help a Dou Zun break through to Dou Saint. The bidding began at thirty million gold coins, and the white-haired elder opened at thirty-five million, setting off the contest for the pill.

• After Xiao Xuan won the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva, Zhuge Jing introduced the auction’s grand finale.
• Black-clothed elders presented a Bodhi Pill, and Xiao Xuan recognized its value and resolved to obtain it.
• The crowd grew restless, but Zhuge Jing warned bidders not to violate the auction house’s rules as Dou Emperor elders revealed their power.
• Zhuge Jing opened the Bodhi Pill bidding at thirty million gold coins.
• The white-haired elder bid thirty-five million, revealing that he had saved his resources for the final auction.

Xiao Xuan won the Bodhi Pill auction for one hundred million gold coins, outbidding the Imperial Capital’s powerful clans. After the auction, Lord Chen confronted him and demanded the pill and Ice Spirit Cold Saliva, but Xiao Xuan refused.

• Mo Lie and Elder Xuan Yin competed for the Bodhi Pill before Lady Yu and Lord Chen joined the bidding.
• Xiao Xuan outbid the other bidders, and Zhuge Jing announced that he had won the Bodhi Pill for one hundred million gold coins.
• As the auction hall emptied, Xiao Xuan sensed that violence might follow and went to collect the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva and Bodhi Pill.
• Lord Chen stopped Xiao Xuan and offered to buy both items, but Xiao Xuan refused to sell them.
• Uncle Hua threatened Xiao Xuan, while Lord Chen pressed him with a menacing smile.

Xiao Xuan intimidated bidders, defeated an ambush by the Demon Sect, and spent years traveling and refining pills. After a long period of cultivation, he broke through to five-star Dou Zun and faced the woman he had rescued, who asked what realm he had reached.

• Xiao Xuan frightened away people trying to seize his auction purchases and paid Zhuge Jing for his items before leaving through the Void.
• Masked Demon Sect members ambushed Xiao Xuan for the Bodhi Pill and Ice Spirit Cold Saliva, but he killed their leader and the attackers, then robbed the sect's Scripture Depository.
• Xiao Xuan refined pills at an inn and realized his soul realm had reached Great Perfection of the Spirit Realm, prompting him to travel across several regions.
• Over the following years, Xiao Xuan killed hundreds of evil bandits and mercenaries while cultivating in the Tianyuan Mountains.
• Xiao Xuan broke through to five-star Dou Zun, distorted space with his power, and told himself that his soul remained at the peak of the Spirit Realm.
• The woman Xiao Xuan had rescued from bandits came out of a cottage and asked what realm he had reached.

Xiao Xuan left Nangong Xian'er behind with protection and supplies before traveling to the Central Plains, where he met two powerful cultivators and learned of strange disappearances at the Beast Ruins. The chapter ended with him approaching the ruins and sensing the immense, dangerous energy within the Cloudmist.

• Xiao Xuan gave Nangong Xian'er three powerful strikes and a supply of pills before leaving for the Central Plains, and she vowed to find him there.
• Xiao Xuan emerged from a Space Wormhole in Tianya City and was knocked down by the aftermath of a clash between Tang Xiao and Dan Chengzi.
• Xiao Xuan introduced himself to Tang Xiao and Dan Chengzi, and the three drank together before parting ways.
• Xiao Xuan heard rumors in Manhuang Town that explorers entering the Beast Ruins had vanished, then went to investigate.
• Xiao Xuan saw dense Cloudmist covering the mountain range and sensed dangerous energy surging within it.

Xiao Xuan, Tang Xiao, and Dan Chengzi entered the Saint's Ruins after the seal opened and deadly spatial storms killed many people outside. Inside, they awakened the remnant soul of a powerful Saint, who led them to the place where his essence blood was kept.

• Xiao Xuan met Tang Xiao and Dan Chengzi at the ruins, and they agreed to explore together.
• After three days, the seal opened, and the three entered while a spatial storm killed many who rushed in behind them.
• Xiao Xuan, Tang Xiao, and Dan Chengzi joined forces to break the formation around the crimson hall and rushed inside.
• Xiao Xuan attacked the skeleton on the throne, while Dan Chengzi used a jade bottle to awaken the Saint's remnant soul.
• The remnant soul introduced himself, opened a passage, and led the three to the place where the essence blood was located.

After sharing the Yin Yang Saint’s inheritance, Xiao Xuan refined his share of the essence blood and secluded himself to cultivate. He broke through to a Heavenly Realm soul and continued training the Yin Yang Divine Palm, but lacked the Dou Qi to master its final strikes.

• The Yin Yang Saint revealed his identity and left Xiao Xuan, Tang Xiao, and Dan Chengzi to divide the inheritance, essence blood, and medicinal ingredients.
• After a day of cultivation, Tang Xiao and Dan Chengzi reached one-star Dou Zun, while Xiao Xuan reached eight-star Dou Zun; Dan Chengzi announced his plan to establish the Dan Tower, and Tang Xiao vowed to found a faction after becoming a Saint.
• Xiao Xuan entered a hidden cave and discovered that refining the essence blood had given him the Earth Tier high-grade Nine Revolutions Soul Forging Technique and other inherited techniques, including the Heaven Tier Yin Yang Divine Palm.
• Xiao Xuan cultivated the soul technique and broke through to the Heavenly Realm, awakening his Soul Domain.
• Xiao Xuan continued cultivating the Yin Yang Divine Palm and mastered its first three strikes, but his Dou Qi was insufficient to properly perform the fourth or cultivate the fifth.

After a year of seclusion, Xiao Xuan used a ninth-grade treasure pill to reach the peak of Nine-Turn Dou Zun and reunited with his father and little sister, Ruo'er. He then went to Manhuang Town, where he learned Dan Chengzi and Tang Xiao planned to found new factions and prepared gifts for them.

• Xiao Xuan swallowed a ninth-grade treasure pill and broke through to Nine-Turn Dou Zun, absorbing the energy in the secret realm.
• Xiao Feng arrived with Ruo'er, introduced her as Xiao Xuan's little sister, and warned him not to bully her.
• Xiao Xuan offered Xiao Feng a Bodhi Pill and gave him a Yishi Pill for Ruo'er, while Xiao Feng accepted the Bodhi Pill and left with his daughter.
• Xiao Xuan learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree might appear within the next few years and traveled to Manhuang Town.
• Xiao Xuan overheard that Dan Chengzi and Tang Xiao planned to establish the Dan Tower and Fenyan Valley, and decided to give them a soul cultivation technique and a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Xuan congratulated Dan Chengzi on establishing his faction and gave him an Earth Tier High Grade Cultivation Method. He then gifted Tang Xiao the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame for Fenyan Valley, revealed his connection to an Ancient Emperor Clan, and left both men discussing the clans’ formidable resources.

• Xiao Xuan arrived at the newly named Shengdan City and presented Dan Chengzi with an Earth Tier High Grade Cultivation Method.
• Dan Chengzi introduced Xiao Xuan to the gathered Dou Zuns and praised his talent and alchemy skills.
• Xiao Xuan congratulated Tang Xiao on planning to establish Fenyan Valley and offered him the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Tang Xiao accepted the Heavenly Flame after Xiao Xuan explained that he sincerely wanted to befriend him and disclosed through voice transmission that he came from an Ancient Emperor Clan.
• After the banquet, Xiao Xuan, Dan Chengzi, and Tang Xiao discussed the Xiao Clan and the talents of the Eight Emperor Clans.

Xiao Xuan entered the Heaven Abandoned Mountain Range after hearing that energy tides signaled the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance, using a trace of Bodhi Pill aura to guide him toward it. He reached a mountain blocking the way and faced an Ancient Heaven Demon Python.

• Xiao Xuan left the Central Plains city of Heaven Abandoned City and traveled into the dangerous mountain range.
• He used Heavenly Flames to burn through a deadly cloud of poisonous insects and crossed a vast chasm into the ancient mountains.
• Xiao Xuan followed the Bodhi Pill aura northwest and killed Fierce Beasts along the way, collecting their Eighth-Tier Magic Cores.
• An Ancient Heaven Demon Python emerged from a black-mist-covered peak and lashed its tail at Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan flicked his sleeve and released a surge of Dou Qi to meet the attack.

Xiao Xuan fought his way through the Beast Tide and defeated five Half-Saint puppets guarding the Bodhi Heart. As he reached for it, agony struck his soul and the illusory world shattered, revealing the true world.

• Xiao Xuan suppressed the Ancient Heaven Demon Python and continued toward the ancient battlefield.
• Xiao Xuan carved a path through the Fierce Beast tide and reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he spotted the Bodhi Heart.
• Five Half-Saint puppets emerged from the tree, and Xiao Xuan fought them despite his exhaustion.
• Xiao Xuan destroyed all five puppets but suffered severe injuries as he advanced toward the Bodhi Heart.
• As Xiao Xuan reached for the Bodhi Heart, soul-deep pain overwhelmed him and the illusory world shattered.

Xiao Xuan learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had been haunted by a dead Dou Emperor’s resentment and began helping it purge the curse. After Xiao Xuan refined the Bodhi Seeds into pure aura, the resentment disappeared from the tree.

• Xiao Xuan broke through the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusion and saw an image of a Black-Robed Dou Emperor fighting the tree before both were destroyed.
• The image revealed that the dead Dou Emperor’s resentment had entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and left it unstable.
• Xiao Xuan understood that the tree wanted him to remove the resentment, though he asked it for guidance because he was only a Nine-Revolution Dou Zun.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Xiao Xuan more than twenty Bodhi Seeds, and he used green flames to refine them into pure aura.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed the pure aura, which gradually dissolved the hidden resentment completely.