Chapter Summaries

Yao Lao possessed Xiao Yan to escape Jia Ma Sacred City, but Wu Protector caught up and forced him to face the Soul Hall enemy. Mysterious flute music killed Wu Protector and healed Yao Lao and Xiao Yan, while Gu Hui arrived at the Xiao Clan and rescued Xiao Zhan.

• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and fled Jia Ma Sacred City, with Wu Protector pursuing them.
• Yao Lao separated from Xiao Yan to confront Wu Protector, while Xiao Yan challenged the enemy from the ground.
• Flute music appeared from nowhere, healing Yao Lao and Xiao Yan and reducing Wu Protector to ashes.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan left as powerful experts from Jia Ma Sacred City gathered at the site, unable to explain the disturbance.
• Gu Hui arrived at the Xiao Clan as attackers tried to seize Xiao Zhan, and killed them all with his aura.

Gu Hui brought Xiao Zhan to the Canaan Secret Realm to cultivate in seclusion and told its Xiao Clan ancestors to guide him. There Xiao Zhan learned that his father Xiao Lin was alive and that Gu Hui had secretly watched over the Xiao Clan, leaving him both relieved for Xiao Yan and wary of Gu Hui.

• Gu Hui told Xiao Zhan he would be sent to the Canaan Secret Realm and would appear missing to his three sons, then took him there.
• Gu Hui introduced Xiao Zhan as the current Xiao Clan Patriarch and instructed Xiao Qian to guide him in cultivation.
• Xiao Wen said Xiao Lin was in seclusion and nearing a breakthrough to Dou Zong, startling Xiao Zhan, who had believed his father was dead.
• Xiao Qian confirmed that Xiao Lin was alive and explained that powerful ancestors had kept the Xiao Clan in Wutan City under their watch.
• Xiao Qian revealed that Gu Hui had established the Northwestern Xiao Family and had lived in seclusion in Wutan City for more than ten years.
• Xiao Zhan suspected Gu Hui was chiefly concerned with Xiao Yan and wondered how Gu Hui could have lived for over a thousand years.

Dongfang Bai instructed the Xiao Clan members in the Canaan Secret Realm to help Xiao Yan as he advanced, while Gu Hui reached the peak of the Mahayana Fifth Heavenly Layer after a breakthrough in understanding. He left the ruined secret realm and encountered Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran in the Central Plains.

• Dongfang Bai appeared in the Canaan Secret Realm and told Xiao Qian and the others that Xiao Clan members could leave the mountain to aid Xiao Yan when he broke through major realms.
• Dongfang Bai exempted those above Five-Star Dou Saint from helping and warned the others to protect Xiao Yan from Emperor Clan Dou Saints.
• Xiao Wen asked Dongfang Bai about the Spirit Race's destruction, and she said she did not know who was responsible but believed his grandfather might.
• Gu Hui cultivated in a Saint's Secret Realm, reached the Mahayana Fifth Heavenly Layer, and advanced to its peak after attaining enlightenment.
• Gu Hui left the ruined secret realm and recognized Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who had arrived in the Central Plains after the Misty Cloud Sect was destroyed.

Gu Hui met Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran in the secret realm, gave them powerful gifts, and brought them through a Space Wormhole to Tianya City. After revealing he was hiding from his wife, he traveled with them through the wormhole and emerged in an unfamiliar place rich with heaven and earth energy.

• Gu Hui warned Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran away from the dangerous secret realm, then gave them pills and the Heaven Tier Wind and Cloud Sword Art.
• Gu Hui revealed he knew Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran from their connection to Xiao Yan, then took them through a Space Wormhole to Tianya City.
• Yun Yun explained that the Luo Family controlled Tianya City's wormhole passages and spatial-equipment trade.
• At the wormhole plaza, Gu Hui said he was hiding from his wife, who had come to take him home after he had been away for over ten years.
• Gu Hui, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran crossed the wormhole and arrived in a place where dense heaven and earth energy overwhelmed them.

Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen began the final pill-refining round of the Alchemist Grand Meeting, each attempting a challenging Seventh-Rank pill. On the third morning, Cao Ying’s Yin-Yang Soul-Life Pill neared completion and produced a pill phenomenon.

• A mysterious figure sent Xiao Yan and Yun Yun to cultivate in a Saint-Level Secret Realm and gave them one-way spatial talismans to leave when they made no further progress.
• Xuankong announced that the final round would last three days and required the alchemists to refine their best pill using their own ingredients.
• Cao Ying chose to refine the High-Grade Seventh-Rank Yin-Yang Soul-Life Pill, while Dan Chen chose the Mid-Grade Seventh-Rank Taiyi Soul Spirit Pill and Xiao Yan chose the Mid-Grade Seventh-Rank Fuling Azure Pill.
• Gu Hui watched the competition, and Xuan Yi recognized him as the unchanged mysterious man she had seen more than a century earlier.
• As the competition progressed, failures reduced the field to fewer than a hundred alchemists, while Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xiao Yan continued refining their pills.
• At dawn on the third day, Cao Ying’s cauldron released black-and-white pillars of energy that formed a Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, signaling a pill phenomenon.

Xiao Yan completed the Fuling Azure Pill and was named champion of the Alchemist Grand Meeting, earning a chance to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As the ceremony ended, a Five-Star Dou Zun from the Soul Hall appeared and attacked him.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen formed pills that triggered phenomena, and Xiao Yan used his remaining strength to finish the Fuling Azure Pill despite nearly losing control of the refinement.
• Xuankong announced Dan Chen in third place, Cao Ying in second, and Xiao Yan as champion for his Seventh-Rank mid-grade pill and its unusual heartfire power.
• Xiao Yan received an Eighth-Rank Pill formula, access to the top floor of the Dan Tower's Library Pavilion, and a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• A Soul Hall figure appeared above Myriad Medicine Square, invited Xiao Yan to join the Soul Hall, and sent a ghostly hand through the defenses to seize him.

Gu Hui rescued Xiao Yan from the Soul Hall and revealed his connection to Yao Chen, then Xiao Yan won recognition as the Alchemist Grand Meeting champion. Xiao Yan later subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, advanced to Peak Dou Zong, and broke through to Dou Zun after helping organize Yao Chen’s rescue.

• Gu Hui destroyed the Soul Hall Heavenly Venerable’s attack and appeared before Xiao Yan, then reproached Xuan Yi for not having reached Half-Saint.
• Gu Hui recognized Xiao Yan as Yao Chen’s disciple, explained that he had once saved Yao Chen from Soul Hall pursuers, and teased Xiao Yan about Yao Chen’s romances.
• Gu Hui gave Xiao Yan the championship badge and urged him to try subduing Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Tang Huohuo and several factions approached Xiao Yan to offer goodwill.
• Xiao Yan decided to stabilize his realm and absorb the Fuling Azure Pill’s medicinal power before attempting to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame, rose to Peak Dou Zong, and organized a rescue for Yao Chen with help from Dou Zuns of the Canaan Secret Realm.
• After the rescue battle, Xiao Yan gained insight and broke through to Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan was a powerful Emperor Clan with hidden Dou Sheng ancestors and that he needed to reclaim its Heavenly Tomb places from the Gu Clan. Xiao Wen revealed his family’s unusual names, leaving Xiao Yan suspecting that his grandfather had also been reincarnated from another world.

• Xiao Bai told Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan was powerful but kept its strength hidden because of formidable enemies, and Yao Chen explained that those enemies were among the Emperor Clans.
• Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to seek a place in the Heavenly Tomb, while Xiao Qian and Xiao Bai said the Xiao Clan would reclaim its allotted places from the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Wen arrived with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, introduced himself as Xiao Yan’s ancestor, and recounted how his family’s branch had survived the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Wen gave Xiao Yan a jade talisman for Gu Yuan and named the Xiao Clan elders, including Gu Hui, Dongfang Bai, A Bi, and Mu Nianci.
• Xiao Yan recognized several of the elders’ names from novels in his former life and privately suspected that his grandfather was a powerful transmigrator.

Xiao Wen revealed the Xiao Clan’s hidden strength and sent Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin toward the Gu Clan. Two years later, Xiao Yan reached Five-Star Dou Zun, but an urgent warning that the Flame Alliance was under attack and Cai Lin was about to give birth forced him to postpone the Heavenly Tomb and return to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Wen explained that he and his family had secretly protected the Xiao Clan, then disclosed their immense strength and warned Xiao Yan about the dangers near the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin left for the Gu Clan while Xiao Wen watched over the clan’s future.
• Two years later, Xiao Yan discovered another inheritance left by Xiao Xuan and broke through to Five-Star Dou Zun.
• The Gu Clan invited Xiao Yan to enter the Heavenly Tomb, but Hai Bo Dong sent word that the Soul Hall and neighboring empires were attacking the Flame Alliance while Cai Lin was about to give birth.
• Xiao Yan chose to return to the Jia Ma Empire to protect his family and the Flame Alliance.

Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance in time to rescue Cai Lin and crush the Soul Hall assault with help from Xiao Qian and Xiao Bai. He planned to reorganize the alliance, stay with Cai Lin until she gave birth, and then travel to the Gu Clan's Heavenly Tomb.

• A Soul Hall Venerable attacked pregnant Cai Lin while the Flame Alliance's experts were pinned down by enemy forces.
• Xiao Yan arrived and wounded the Venerable with a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, then fought the attackers as a Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Qian and Xiao Bai arrived as Seven-Star Dou Zuns and helped turn the battle against the Soul Hall forces.
• One of the ancestors killed the Soul Hall Venerable, and Xiao Yan and the Flame Alliance eliminated the remaining enemies as they tried to flee.
• Xiao Yan calmed Cai Lin and agreed with Xiao Qian that the alliance needed stronger defenses or relocation because Soul Hall might retaliate.
• Xiao Yan said he would stay with Cai Lin until she gave birth, then go to the Gu Clan's Heavenly Tomb and reorganize the Flame Alliance.

After securing the Flame Alliance and welcoming his daughter Xiao Xiao, Xiao Yan traveled to the Gu Clan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to seek entry to the Heavenly Tomb. Gu Yao challenged his worth, but Xiao Yan withstood all three of his attacks and earned the Gu Clan’s respect.

• Xiao Yan strengthened the Flame Alliance, then spent several months with Cai Lin before their daughter Xiao Xiao was born.
• Gu Yun visited the Flame Alliance, gave Cai Lin a Nine-Colored Origin Stone and nine Eighth-Rank Pills, and Xiao Yan prepared to leave for the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Ancient Realm, where Gu Xun'er welcomed them at the Gu Clan’s plaza.
• Gu Yao questioned Xiao Yan’s right to enter the Heavenly Tomb and demanded that he withstand three attacks to prove himself.
• Xiao Yan matched Gu Yao’s first two attacks and survived his Clan Pattern-empowered third attack unharmed, silencing the Gu Clan onlookers.

Xiao Yan and his companions explored the Heavenly Tomb, where they met Xiao Xuan and learned more about the Xiao Clan’s surviving experts. After emerging much stronger, Xiao Yan was caught in a sudden Soul Hall ambush, with a deadly chain closing in on his heart.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Heavenly Tomb and fought energy bodies while advancing through its levels.
• Xiao Xuan rescued Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Gu Clan elites from Hun Clan energy bodies on the third level.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Xiao Yan as his descendant and offered to replace his blood with preserved Dou Emperor bloodline; Xiao Yan told him about Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin left the Heavenly Tomb as Eight-Star Dou Zuns, and Xiao Yan bore a complete Xiao Clan Mark.
• Soul Hall elders ambushed Xiao Yan at the entrance, while another Peak Dou Zun blocked Venerable Feng; a black chain sped toward Xiao Yan's heart.

Gu Yun appeared in the Ancient Realm and effortlessly annihilated Hun Miesheng and two Soul Hall Dou Saints, ending the threat to Xiao Yan and the Gu Clan. He revealed his family’s ties to the Dan Tower and said his powerful younger brother had vanished while exploring the Void beyond the Dou Qi Continent.

• Hun Miesheng entered the Ancient Realm and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, while Gu Lie prepared to confront him.
• Gu Yun descended through the Ancient Realm’s barrier and erased Hun Miesheng and the two Hun Clan Dou Saints with a single strike.
• Gu Yun introduced himself to Gu Yuan, praised Qing Lin, Xian'er, and Xiao Yan, and gave Gu Yuan three Ninth-Rank Golden Pills.
• Gu Yun explained that his father had sent him and his siblings to train at the Dan Tower, where his elder and younger sisters remained.
• Gu Yun said his younger brother had reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint and disappeared while exploring the Void in search of the path to becoming a Dou Emperor.

After warning Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan might be pursuing a ritual tied to the Dou Emperor Realm, Gu Lie saw him leave the Gu Clan. Years later, Xiao Yan had become a Dou Saint and reunited with his father and grandfather, while Gu Ya visited Xiao Xiao and showered her with powerful gifts.

• Gu Lie warned Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan's soul gathering and capture of experts might be part of a ritual connected to the Dou Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Yan left the Gu Clan, later reached Peak Dou Zun, experienced a hundred lifetimes of Samsara, and advanced into the Dou Saint Realm.
• Xiao Yan visited Jia Nan Academy, found the Canaan Secret Realm, and reunited with his Dou Emperor father and peak Dou Zong grandfather.
• Gu Ya appeared at Star Fall Pavilion and greeted Xiao Xiao as her ancestor, though Xiao Xiao called her Sister.
• Gu Ya gave Xiao Xiao a collection of treasures, including a multicolored whip and a powerful puppet, while Cai Lin objected that the gifts were too precious.

Gu Ya helped Cai Lin reach peak One-Star Dou Saint and warned that Hun Tiandi would target the remaining clans, prompting an alliance against the Hun Clan. Two years later, Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen arrived at Sound Valley and discovered the extraordinary power hidden there.

• Gu Ya refined Cai Lin’s nine-colored origin stone, helped her break through to peak One-Star Dou Saint, and gave her Ancient Void Dragon blood essence to strengthen her further.
• Gu Ya assessed Qing Lin, the Little Medicine Immortal, Yun Yun, and Yao Chen, then warned that Hun Tiandi was seeking the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and might destroy the Yao Clan next.
• Gu Ya took Xiao Xiao away to meet her other siblings, while Zi Yan unified the Ancient Void Dragon Clan with Xiao Yan’s help.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen subdued Yao Dan, killed Yao Wangu i, honored Yao Chen’s parents, and helped form an alliance of four clans with the Heavenly Mansion Alliance against the Hun Clan.
• Two years later, Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen reached Sound Valley, where they learned of the powerful Dou Saints concealed in the Dan Tower and Jia Nan Academy.
• Gu Hui welcomed Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen, discussed Xiao Chen’s thousand-year absence, and remarked on Xiao Yan’s rapid rise to Five-Star Dou Saint.

Gu Hui gave Xiao Chen pills to restore Xiao Xuan and strengthen him, then sent Xiao Yan toward the Heavenly Tomb and revealed that Jia Nan Academy concealed the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode. The chapter left Xiao Yan facing a path to the Emperor Realm and a possible alliance against Hun Tiandi.

• Gu Hui gave Xiao Chen a Soul-Nourishing Pill for Xiao Xuan and a Xuan Ling Pill to help Xiao Chen advance to Seven- or Eight-Star Dou Saint.
• Gu Hui gave Xiao Yan a jade slip containing one of his attacks and told him to enter the Heavenly Tomb to pursue an opportunity to reach the Emperor Realm.
• Gu Hui teased Xiao Chen about finding a wife and urged Xiao Yan to marry several women and have children to strengthen the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Hui said Xiao Yan could become a Dou Emperor as Tou She Ancient God's successor because he had refined several Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Hui revealed that he had founded Jia Nan Academy and discovered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode beneath it, where Zhu Kun guarded the entrance.
• Gu Hui suggested Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun join forces to ambush Hun Tiandi at the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and used Xiao Yao’s pill and jade slip to give his ancestor hope of revival while gaining the Soul Origin of a slain Half-Emperor. After refining it, Xiao Yan’s soul broke through to the Emperor Realm.

• Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and met Xiao Xuan, who explained that the Hun Clan’s Emperor-Eroding Gu had destroyed his body and Origin Force.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Xuan the Nine-Turn Golden Pill and the jade slip Xiao Yao had given him, and Xiao Xuan recognized the pill’s potential to restore him.
• Xiao Xuan activated the jade slip, and Xiao Yao’s strike killed a Half-Emperor and delivered its soul energy to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xuan crushed the pill and entered its light to recover while Xiao Yan secluded himself to refine the Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan endured the painful refinement until his soul power surged beyond Heavenly Realm Grand Perfection and reached the Emperor Realm.

Xiao Yan broke through to the Emperor Realm in soul power and Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation, while Xiao Xuan revived in a childlike body. After Hun Tiandi was defeated and the Hun Clan’s resources seized, Xiao Yan entered seclusion, and a fiery figure later emerged to astonish the Central Plains.

• Xiao Yan awakened with Emperor-Realm soul power and Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation, then discovered that the Soul-Nourishing Pill was restoring Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul.
• Gu Hui met the childlike Xiao Xuan, teased him, and gave Xiao Yan the Emperor Jade, urging him to use it to ambush Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan exchanged the Emperor Jade for most of the Hun Clan’s resources, and Jia Nan Academy was moved before Xiao Yan, Gu Yuan, Gu Yun, Zhu Kun, and Xiao Xuan suppressed Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan obtained the Ancient Emperor Inheritance and entered seclusion, while Zhu Kun took the Emperor-Grade Prototype Pill and Gu Hui carried off the Hun Clan’s remaining resources.
• Half a year later, Xiao Yan’s relatives advanced rapidly, with Xiao Xiao reaching Eight-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan and Zhu Kun pursued the Dou Emperor Realm.
• A fiery world appeared over the Central Plains, and a black-robed figure carrying a heavy ruler emerged with overwhelming pressure.

After Gu Hui’s breakthrough and the rise of the Xiao Clan, the Central Plains entered a new era of prosperity and changed power balances. Ten years later, Gu Hui and his wives departed for higher planes, leaving Xiao Yan troubled by the future of a Xiao Clan filled with equally powerful heirs.

• Gu Hui broke through to become a Seven-Star Dou Emperor and distributed Source Qi to his family, allies, and other powerful figures.
• The new Xiao Realm was established in the Northwestern Region, and the Xiao Clan became the continent’s foremost power as more than twenty Dou Emperors emerged.
• Ten years later, Gu Hui left the Dou Qi Continent with his three wives, and Zhu Kun, Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Gu Yuan’s group gathered after sensing their departure.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan discussed leaving their clans behind, while Xiao Yan worried that the Xiao Clan’s many God-Grade Bloodlines would lead to internal conflict without a leader strong enough to unite them.

Xiao Yan and six companions left the Dou Qi Continent for the Great Thousand World, where they traveled through a dangerous Plane Passage. Along the way, they encountered Lin Dong, Qingzhu, and Qingtan traveling from another Lower Plane.

• Xiao Yan decided to leave Xiao Xiao, Lin'er, and Yi'er behind until he could protect them or they could ascend on their own.
• One year later, Xiao Yan opened a vortex passage above the Central Plains, and seven figures entered it as the people farewelled the Emperors.
• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled for more than a month through the Plane Passage toward the Great Thousand World and discussed how much stronger its experts might be.
• Xiao Yan spotted Lin Dong, Qingzhu, and Qingtan moving through a nearby Plane Passage toward the same world.