Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan destroyed the Heavenly Tomb Soul and absorbed the Soul Origin to advance his soul realm. After half a month of refinement, he reached a level comparable to an Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme and demonstrated devastating soul attacks.

• Xiao Xuan reflected the Heavenly Tomb Soul's soul spear, burned it, and bound it in a fiery array.
• Xiao Xuan pulled the Soul Origin from the Heavenly Tomb Soul, erasing it and freeing the Energy Bodies from their bloodlust.
• Xiao Xuan used his Life Spirit Flame to refine and absorb the Soul Origin's vast, impure soul power.
• After half a month, Xiao Xuan tested his new soul attack, Soul Strangle, and pulverized a distant stone mountain.
• Xiao Xuan judged his soul realm comparable to an Immortal Grade Heavenly Supreme despite not becoming a Dou Emperor.

Xiao Xuan gained control of the Heavenly Tomb and planned to advance his Dou Qi, while Hun Tiandi pursued the remaining Ancient Jades and Gu Yuan worried about Xiao Xuan’s intentions. At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan learned about the Xiao Clan’s prominent Inner Academy students as Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning welcomed Zi Yan, who offered to teach Xiao Yan a lesson.

• Xiao Xuan celebrated gaining the Heavenly Tomb’s abilities and considered Source Qi and Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion a path to improving his Dou Qi.
• Hun Tiandi examined the four Ancient Jades he had obtained and planned to seize the remaining ones, while Gu Yuan worried about his designs and wondered what Xiao Xuan intended.
• Xiao Xuan summoned Hun Qi, whose true identity was Hun Qi, and assigned him to guard the Xiao Clan’s inherited Ancient Jade alongside Xiao Peng.
• At Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy, Xiao Yan asked about the Inner Academy’s famous students and learned that Xiao Wen, Xiao Wu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Yu had made names for themselves.
• Xiao Yu completed a sixth-tier medicinal pill and promised to help Xiao Ning reach the Dou Wang realm, then greeted Zi Yan, who offered to go teach Xiao Yan a lesson.

Xiao Wu overheard Xun'er and Ling Ying discussing an investigation into the Xiao Clan and fought Ling Ying to deter them. Xiao Ruoruo arrived at Jia Nan Academy, learned about Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame-devouring technique, and was confronted by a middle-aged woman.

• Xiao Wu heard Xun'er and Ling Ying discuss the Xiao Clan’s hidden Dou Emperors and warned them not to investigate his family.
• Ling Ying attacked Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu matched the Peak Dou Emperor in combat and threatened that the Xiao Clan’s members at Jia Nan Academy would stop any further investigation.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watched the fight, and Yao Chen encouraged Xiao Yan to seek Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame to advance his cultivation.
• Xun'er and Ling Ying decided to avoid antagonizing Xiao Wu and postponed reporting their findings to the clan.
• Xiao Ruoruo arrived at Jia Nan Academy after investigating the Xiao Clan’s reborn experts, grew curious about Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame-devouring technique, and was confronted by a middle-aged woman.

Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame with Xiao Ruoruo’s help and advanced to Dou Wang, while Gu Yuan visited the Xiao Realm seeking Xiao Xuan and discussing the threat of the Hun Clan. Gu Yuan left after speaking with Xiao Wu, then paused outside the realm with an intrigued glance.

• Xiao Ruoruo revealed herself as a Dou Saint, opened a secret realm, and gave Xiao Yan the Fallen Heart Flame to refine.
• Xiao Yan spent half a year refining the flame and advanced to the Dou Wang realm, while Xiao Ruoruo watched before leaving.
• Xiao Yan emerged and met Xiao Ruoruo beside a beautiful woman who had sensed what happened outside the secret realm.
• Gu Yuan arrived at the Xiao Realm and learned from Xiao Feng that Xiao Xuan was absent and the Xiao Clan’s bloodline and strength had declined.
• Gu Yuan discussed the Hun Clan and the Ancient Jades with Xiao Wu, who offered the Xiao Clan’s support if Gu Yuan gained the Thunder and Flame Clans’ cooperation.
• Gu Yuan left the Xiao Realm and glanced back at it with interest.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran arrived at Tianque in the Crescent Moon Mountains and were accepted into the sect under Elder Dongfang Xiu’s guidance. They began learning about Tianque’s ranks, resources, and hidden elders, while its true strength remained beyond their understanding.

• Xiao Xuan sent Tianque to bring Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran from the Northwestern Region to the Central Plains.
• Dongfang Xiu led the two women through Tianque’s barrier and introduced them to the Tianque Master, who welcomed them without an assessment.
• The Tianque Master assigned Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to cultivate under Dongfang Xiu.
• Dongfang Xiu explained Yun Yun’s rank as a seventh-level Earth Grade Protector and described Tianque’s rules, contribution points, and sect resources.
• Nalan Yanran asked whether contributing cultivation methods earned points, and Dongfang Xiu explained the rewards and the Supreme Elders’ immense strength.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran settled into Tianque, where they advanced rapidly, while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin prepared to seek experience beyond their sect. Xiao Xuan discovered the Heavens Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness and saw a new path toward power.

• Xiao Lan welcomed Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran to Tianque, promised the sect would support Yun Yun's future revenge against the Soul Hall, and urged them to cultivate and experience the wider Central Plains.
• Over three years, Yun Yun advanced to Dou Zun and became a Heaven Grade Protector, while Nalan Yanran reached Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from seclusion as an Eight-Star Dou Zong, and Qing Lin congratulated her before they discussed leaving the Eight Desolations Divine Hall to gain experience.
• Xiao Xuan discovered the Heavens Mirror in his Sea of Consciousness and found that it could be activated with one hundred Source Power points.
• Xiao Xuan considered using the Heavens Mirror and other cultivation paths to reach power equal to or beyond Dou Emperor.

Xiao Xuan arrived in Shengdan City as the Alchemist Grand Meeting approached and reunited with Xiao Yan and his companions. After overhearing that the Eight Desolations Divine Hall would host a Space Exchange Fair, he decided to take them there before the alchemist examinations began.

• Xiao Xuan left the Heavens Realm and reached the crowded crimson square in Shengdan City, reflecting on Dan Chengzi and the past.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Xuan in a restaurant and recalled how the mysterious elder had shaped his past and trained Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Xuan saw Xiao Yan's entourage, including Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Medusa, Xiao Yu, and Gu Xun'er, and teased Xiao Yan about his plans to take the alchemist examination.
• Xiao Yan and the others overheard that the Eight Desolations Divine Hall would organize and maintain order at a Space Exchange Fair in Shengdan City.
• Xiao Xuan invited the group to visit the Space Exchange Fair before the alchemist examinations began.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Space Exchange Fair, a hidden market filled with powerful experts and rare treasures. Cai Lin found an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone, and when its seller demanded two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, Xiao Yan looked to Xiao Xuan for money.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Space Exchange Fair held rare items and that anyone who caused trouble there would face a united attack.
• Xiao Yan and his companions crossed the desert and entered the spatial black hole leading to the fair.
• Xiao Yan used his soul Perception to detect many powerful auras within the desert, including one with the distinctive fluctuation of a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan and his companions browsed the fair's stalls and passed on several tempting items after learning their prices.
• Cai Lin stopped at an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone, and Xiao Yan asked its seller what he wanted in exchange.
• The gaunt old man demanded two Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, so Xiao Yan looked to Xiao Xuan, who took offense at the seller's dismissive attitude.

Xiao Xuan traded a Tier 9 Profound Pill for an Eight-Colored Primordial Stone, then led Xiao Yan’s group into the Eight Desolations Divine Hall’s Space Exchange Fair. The fair began with an auction for Demon Phoenix Wings, and a cloaked bidder offered an Eighth-Rank Pill for them.

• Xiao Xuan gave the gaunt old man a Tier 9 Profound Pill in exchange for the Eight-Colored Primordial Stone and handed the stone to Medusa.
• Xiao Xuan used his jade token to bring Xiao Yan’s group into the Ancient Treasure Pavilion and the Space Exchange Fair.
• Void Heaven appeared and presided over the fair, while Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan’s group that he was a Two-Star Dou Saint and an Earth Grade Hall Master.
• Void Heaven presented Demon Phoenix Wings and asked for an Eighth-Rank Pill that had endured Four-Colored Pill Lightning.
• A cloaked figure offered a jade bottle for the Demon Phoenix Wings.

Xiao Xuan auctioned powerful treasures and ninth-tier corpses, then offered Yao Chen a chance to revive in the body of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint from the Xiao Clan. The chapter ended with Yao Chen deciding whether to accept the body and bind himself to the clan or take a weaker corpse instead.

• Void Heaven auctioned the Vajra Vaidurya Body and accepted a suitable exchange after comparing four offers.
• Xiao Xuan traded the Great Heaven Creation Palm for the Myriad Poisons True Scripture and auctioned a collection of ninth-tier human and magical beast corpses.
• Xiao Xuan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear again after a thousand years, then led his group to Shengdan City.
• Xiao Xuan gave the Myriad Poisons True Scripture to a girl whose Woeful Poison Body suited it and asked Xiao Yan whether he had prepared the pills for Yao Chen's revival.
• Xiao Xuan revealed a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint corpse from the Xiao Clan and offered it to Yao Chen, explaining that accepting it would bind him to the clan; otherwise, he would use a High-Stage Dou Saint corpse.

After reviving Yao Chen with a Nine-Star Dou Saint corpse, Xiao Xuan’s clan arranged for him to pursue the Samsara Ancient Tree while revealing a plan involving the Ancient Jade and Hun Tiandi. Meanwhile, Xiao Xuan’s divine-sense incarnation continued living in another world, where ten years had passed.

• Yao Chen revived at Advanced Half-Saint, and Xiao Xuan disappeared before Xiao Wu arrived to take Yao Chen to the Xiao Realm.
• Xiao Wu advised Yao Chen to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree first, then brought him to the superior Samsara Ancient Tree in the Xiao Realm.
• Yao Chen entered the Samsara Ancient Tree, and Xiao Peng revealed that the Hun Clan had taken the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Xuan’s phantom explained that he had deliberately allowed Hun Tiandi to gather the Ancient Jade to expose the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode and eventually defeat him.
• Xiao Xuan used the Heavens Realm to send his divine sense into another world, where he took over a Black Wood Cliff recruit’s body and trained for ten years.

Xiao Xuan took charge of the Sun Moon Divine Cult’s Law Enforcement Hall while continuing to focus on martial arts and teaching Ren Yingying. He agreed to train Qu Feiyan in internal cultivation as well, and later joked with Dongfang Bubai about Ren Yingying’s future.

• Dongfang Bubai asked Xiao Xuan to take charge of the Law Enforcement Hall because Tong Baixiong lacked the martial arts and prestige to command it.
• Xiao Xuan accepted the position and took over the Law Enforcement Hall two days later, choosing not to make sweeping changes.
• Ren Yingying brought Qu Feiyan to visit Xiao Xuan, who told them a story and then guided the girls in martial arts.
• Qu Yang asked Xiao Xuan to accept Qu Feiyan as his disciple, but Xiao Xuan declined and offered to teach her internal cultivation alongside Ren Yingying.
• Xiao Xuan continued teaching the girls and occasionally checking on the Law Enforcement Hall, then joked with Dongfang Bubai about Ren Yingying possibly challenging her one day.

Xiao Xuan stayed behind to guard Black Wood Cliff while Dongfang Bubai went to Mount Song, defeated the Orthodox Dao experts, and returned badly injured. A year later, Xiao Xuan met Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze while traveling, saved them from bandits, and revealed that he was the Demonic Cult's vice cult leader.

• Dongfang Bubai left Black Wood Cliff for Mount Song, and Xiao Xuan promised to guard the stronghold in her absence.
• Rumors spread that Dongfang Bubai defeated the Orthodox Dao experts and escaped an encirclement before returning to Black Wood Cliff seriously injured and entering seclusion.
• Xiao Xuan taught Ren Yingying and Qu Feiyan cultivation techniques, then left Black Wood Cliff to travel the martial world.
• In Lin Village, Xiao Xuan met Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, who were looking for an inn, and offered to guide them south.
• Mounted bandits attacked the travelers, and Xiao Xuan killed them with his fan and martial arts.
• After Yue Buqun asked Xiao Xuan's name, Xiao Xuan identified himself, and Yue Buqun recognized him as the Demonic Cult's vice cult leader.

Xiao Xuan left the couple after advising Yue Buqun about Mount Hua’s cultivation and state of mind, then traveled through several worlds to advance his martial path. After condensing a Martial Dao Golden Core and achieving a Martial Dao Divine Soul, he returned to his true body, eager to send clones into more worlds.

• Xiao Xuan argued that the righteous and demonic factions were not divided simply into good and evil, and urged Yue Buqun to study Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian teachings.
• Xiao Xuan continued his journey while Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze reached their lodging and wondered how much of his advice was true.
• After returning home, Yue Buqun studied Daoist teachings, grew calmer, and advanced rapidly in martial arts.
• Ren Woxing returned to Black Wood Cliff, and Dongfang Bubai faked her death and escaped to live freely as Ren Woxing fought the Orthodox Dao.
• Xiao Xuan traveled through multiple worlds, condensed a Martial Dao Golden Core, achieved a Martial Dao Divine Soul, and returned to his true body after several hundred years had passed for his clone.
• Finding his Divine Soul more solid despite only half a year passing, Xiao Xuan became more eager to send clones into countless worlds.

Xiao Xuan, inhabiting Lu Xuan’s body in a Jiuzhou overrun by the Spirit Race, gained permission to join the Western Shu army and fight alongside Prince Lu Yan. He reached the border as the Spirit Race army advanced, and the chapter ended as Western Shu’s troops charged into battle against Zhu Rong’s forces.

• After the Great General died and Lu Xuan was named Marquis Wushuang, Xiao Xuan studied the Spirit Race and trained until he could barely defeat an Intermediate Spirit.
• The Great King introduced Lu Yan and approved Xiao Xuan’s request to join the front lines, assigning him to fight alongside the prince.
• Xiao Xuan and Lu Yan learned that the Spirit Race was advancing toward the southern border and rode to the battlefield.
• At the border, Xiao Xuan met Wei Du, and Lu Yan ordered the troops to prepare for the approaching enemy.
• Zhu Rong threatened Lu Yan from before the city walls, and Lu Yan ordered Western Shu’s soldiers to charge.

Xiao Xuan joined Lu Yan in battle against Zhu Rong, broke through to the limit below Super Spirit, and helped drive back the Spirit Race. Afterward, Xiao Xuan shared a systematic Refining Method with the generals, giving the Great Shu army a way to strengthen its soldiers.

• Xiao Xuan charged into the battle and fought alongside Lu Yan after Zhu Rong struck him down.
• Xiao Xuan and Lu Yan teamed up against Zhu Rong, but he overpowered them as the Human Race fought the Spirit Race’s outnumbered army.
• Xiao Xuan broke through to the Body Tempering Limit, and Zhu Rong ordered his remaining soldiers to retreat.
• Lu Yan reported the battle to the King of Shu, who praised Marquis Wushuang and ordered compensation for the wounded and fallen.
• Xiao Xuan presented the generals with a systematic Refining Method and explained his classifications of the Spirit Race’s strength.

During the Human-Spirit War, Lu Yan and Xiao Xuan met Yun Xi, the Spirit Race’s Saintess, who had come to Jiuzhou seeking peaceful coexistence. Yun Xi’s efforts to understand humanity continued as public hostility exposed the difficulties ahead, while Lu Yan grew closer to her.

• Lu Yan introduced Yun Xi to Xiao Xuan as the Spirit Race Saintess, and she explained that she hoped her people could learn to produce food and live peacefully with humans.
• Xiao Xuan welcomed Yun Xi and encouraged her to experience Jiuzhou and learn human skills, while Yun Xi expressed guilt over the war and hoped Origin Energy could be used to save people.
• A crowd turned on Yun Xi after she used magic to save a mother and child, so Lu Yan pulled her away while Xiao Xuan slipped aside.
• Yun Xi told Lu Yan how her barren homeland had been depleted by resource shortages and wars before the Sun Holy Emperor led her people to Jiuzhou.
• Lu Yan took Yun Xi to a flower-filled courtyard, where she embraced him and noticed that their hearts were beating quickly.
• Wei Du proposed capturing Yun Xi to force Zhu Rong to withdraw, but Xiao Xuan defended her as kind-hearted and urged Wei Du to trust Lu Yan.

Xiao Xuan repelled Zhu Rong’s forces, learned that Yun Xi had sacrificed herself to save Lu Yan, and supported Lu Yan’s plan to revive her and end the war. After Zhu Rong’s death brought the Human-Spirit War to a temporary end, Xiao Xuan became Wushuang King and trained the first generation of Hunter Masters to handle supernatural threats across Jiuzhou.

• Xiao Xuan defended the city against Zhu Rong, whose sneak attack badly wounded Wei Du before Xiao Xuan rescued him.
• Xiao Xuan and Wei Du found Yun Xi fading away, and A Xin explained that she had given Lu Yan her Origin Pill to save him.
• A Xin told Lu Yan of a legend that Yun Xi’s scattered spiritual consciousness could reunite after three thousand years, and Lu Yan vowed to try while resolving to kill Zhu Rong.
• Zhu Rong was killed, the Human-Spirit War ended temporarily, and Lu Yu inherited the Shu throne and granted Xiao Xuan the title of Wushuang King.
• Xiao Xuan trained the first and only batch of Hunter Masters, who later traveled Jiuzhou and curbed Spirit Race trouble.
• A guard told Xiao Xuan that the King of Shu had summoned him from the capital.

After centuries of upheaval, Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion and met Lu Yan, who was searching for Yun Xi. Xiao Xuan warned him that Zhu Rong remained active, then returned to the hidden Ancient Shu Capital as Shenzhou faced a coming calamity.

• Xiao Xuan sensed Lu Yan's Origin Energy attacks and appeared at Xinji Sedan Agency in Qingquan Town.
• A Xin recounted how General Xuan became the Wushuang King and founded the Hunter Masters before disappearing from public view.
• Lu Yan recognized Xiao Xuan and asked whether he had found any trace of Yun Xi, but Xiao Xuan said he had not followed her fate.
• Xiao Xuan warned Lu Yan that Zhu Rong was still alive and gave him a map to the concealed Ancient Shu Capital.
• Xiao Xuan foresaw a great calamity approaching Shenzhou, then returned to Baile Village and resumed his quiet life among its people.

Lu Yan and Yu Dengdeng married at Qingquan Stronghold, but the celebration was interrupted when guests began turning into blood-eyed monsters. Lu Yan fought them alone and revealed extraordinary power, leaving the strongholds convinced he was the legendary Hunter Master.

• Yu Dengdeng and Lu Yan completed their wedding ceremony as Xiao Xuan watched among the guests.
• In the bridal chamber, Yu Dengdeng told Lu Yan she wished she could see her mother's face again, and Lu Yan hinted that fate could be changed by defying Heaven.
• Several guests were found shriveled, and Yu Dengdeng sealed Qingquan Stronghold while the other chiefs accused her of poisoning the banquet.
• The shriveled guests transformed into blood-eyed attackers, and Lu Yan sent Yu Dengdeng and the others outside before fighting the monsters alone.
• Lu Yan used a powerful art to hurl a towering tree across the doorway, prompting Second Uncle Yu to recognize him as the legendary Hunter Master and the guests to beg for his help.