Chapter Summaries

After Shi Ping warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had wiped out the Spirit Clan and planted spies, the Gu Clan exposed the plot during its Coming of Age Ceremony. The other clans learned their spies had been caught, while Shi Kang and Medusa remained in the Ancient Realm as the ceremony and Heavenly Tomb preparations continued.

• Shi Ping told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had wiped out the Spirit Clan, prompting Gu Yuan to investigate and alert the other clans.
• Shi Kang watched the Gu Clan's bloodline tests with Medusa, and Gu Xun'er showed no sign of knowing he had killed Xiao Yan.
• Gu Xun'er revealed a Divine Grade Bloodline and received a Rainbow-Colored Clan Mark before the youths prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Nan Hai restrained Soul Clan Half-Saint Hun Dan and two youths, then killed them and accused the Soul Clan of destroying the Spirit Clan and planting spies.
• Gu Nan Hai explained that Shi Ping's warning had led the clans to find and remove the Soul Clan spies from their ancestral halls.

After the Five Clans formed an alliance against the Soul Clan, Gu Yuan refused to risk an invasion of the Soul Realm, leaving the clans in a tense standoff. Shi Kang learned that the alliance had taken precautions but accomplished little, while the clans disputed who would receive the Spirit Clan’s former Heavenly Tomb slots.

• The Gu Clan joined the Gu, Yan, Lei, Yao, and Stone Clans in an alliance after they exposed and eliminated the Soul Clan’s spies.
• Nihility Devouring Flame realized the Soul Clan’s plans had likely been exposed and summoned its higher-ups while Hun Tiandi remained in seclusion.
• The Soul Clan sealed off the Soul Realm, and Yao Dan urged the alliance to invade with help from Zhu Kun, but Shi Gang said Zhu Kun had entered seclusion.
• Gu Yuan opposed a premature invasion, so the clans instead arranged to monitor the Soul Clan, guard their Ancient Jades, and build spatial passages between their small worlds.
• Shi Kang learned that the alliance had reached a deadlock, and the clans disagreed over how to distribute the four Heavenly Tomb slots left by the destroyed Spirit Clan.

Shi Kang, Medusa, and Qing Lin entered the Heavenly Tomb after the clans redistributed its new slots. After finding the first layer’s Energy Bodies too weak, Shi Kang headed for the third layer and brought out two powerful puppets to help them travel.

• The Gu Clan agreed to keep four Heavenly Tomb slots while the Yan, Lei, Yao, and Stone Clans each received three, and Shi Kang arranged for Qing Lin to join him.
• The clans’ entrants gathered as the Heavenly Tomb opened, and Shi Kang entered with Medusa and Qing Lin, who were teleported together to the first layer.
• Shi Kang sensed that the nearby Energy Bodies were too weak for them and led Medusa and Qing Lin toward the third layer, killing attackers along the way.
• After flying for a day, Shi Kang confirmed that his puppets could enter the Heavenly Tomb in his Storage Ring and brought out Yao Xiaotian and the First Elder of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan.

Shi Kang used his puppets to carry him, Medusa, and Qing Lin through the Heavenly Tomb, refining Energy Bodies as they traveled. At the entrance to the Third Layer, he had his puppets break open the energy barrier and led the others inside.

• Shi Kang and his companions sped past Gu Qingyang, Gu Xun'er, and two other Gu Clan members, who recognized them and hurried toward the Second Layer.
• After ten days of travel, Shi Kang’s group reached the Second Layer, where they captured and refined stronger Energy Bodies along the way.
• Medusa advanced to First-turn Dou Venerate, while Qing Lin sensed that her breakthrough was near.
• After another half month, Shi Kang’s group reached the Third Layer entrance and found its passage blocked by a thick Crystal Wall.
• Shi Kang ordered his puppets to smash a passage through the barrier, then urged Medusa and Qing Lin to follow him into the Third Layer.

Shi Kang led Medusa and Qing Lin through the Third Layer of the Heavenly Tomb, using his puppets to harvest Energy Cores while the women cultivated. After seeking stronger Energy Bodies to accelerate his progress, the group encountered their first Half-Saint Energy Body, who threatened them.

• Shi Kang sent his puppets ahead to defeat Energy Bodies while he, Medusa, and Qing Lin refined the collected Energy Cores.
• The group traveled for three months, and Qing Lin broke through to Three-turn Dou Venerate as two puppets were destroyed fighting stronger Energy Bodies.
• Shi Kang grew impatient with the slow gains from Dou Venerate Energy Bodies and focused on finding Half-Saint and Dou Saint Energy Bodies.
• After more than a month of travel, Shi Kang's group encountered a Half-Saint Energy Body in a dark red robe, who threatened to attack them.
• Shi Kang judged the Half-Saint Energy Body foolish for challenging him despite the powerful puppets at his side.

Shi Kang hunted Half-Saint and Dou Saint Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer, collecting their Energy Cores while seeking stronger opponents. As other clan members entered the layer and found few Energy Bodies, Shi Kang began testing his strength against a late Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body.

• Shi Kang forced the Blood Saber Saint to reveal the locations of nearby Half-Saints and One-star Dou Saints, then killed him and took his Energy Core.
• Shi Kang swept through the nearby Half-Saints over four months, collecting more than forty Half-Saint-level Energy Cores.
• Shi Kang defeated ten One-star Dou Saint Energy Bodies and one Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body over the next two months.
• Members of other Dou God Clans entered the Third Layer through Shi Kang’s hole in its barrier and wondered why so few Energy Bodies remained.
• Shi Kang activated Savage Aspect and overpowered a late Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body without using his Clan Mark.

Shi Kang defeated a Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body, gathered twelve Dou Saint-level Energy Cores, and began refining them with Medusa and Qing Lin in the Heavenly Tomb. Xiao Xuan watched the newcomers and, having noticed Shi Kang’s strength, hoped the fallen Xiao Tribe would produce a worthy successor.

• Shi Kang defeated and destroyed a Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body, claiming its Energy Core and bringing his total to twelve Dou Saint-level cores.
• Shi Kang learned that Xiao Xuan’s tomb lay deep in the Heavenly Tomb and that Xiao Xuan had emerged ten years earlier, so he decided to refine his collected cores before exploring farther.
• Shi Kang gave the Dou Zun-level Energy Cores to Qing Lin and Medusa and began refining the Two-star Dou Saint-level cores himself.
• Xiao Xuan lamented the Xiao Tribe’s decline and waited for a promising descendant to enter the Heavenly Tomb so he could pass on his preserved essence blood.
• Xiao Xuan observed Shi Kang’s feats and took notice of his ability to defeat a Two-star Dou Saint Energy Body as a Half-Saint.

Shi Kang, Medusa, and Qing Lin spent a year and a half cultivating in the Heavenly Tomb, then continued refining Energy Bodies until the tomb expelled them as it closed. Outside, clan elders gathered to welcome the young geniuses and awaited news of their progress.

• Xiao Xuan let Shi Kang kill Energy Bodies because doing so weakened the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, while Xiao Xuan watched to stop it from interfering.
• Shi Kang reached the High-level Half-Saint realm, while Qing Lin advanced to Six-turn Dou Venerate and Medusa to Four-turn Dou Venerate.
• Shi Kang planned to search for and immediately refine more Two-star Dou Saint Energy Cores before the Heavenly Tomb closed, while Medusa and Qing Lin refined the remaining Half-Saint Energy Bodies.
• Most other clan geniuses gave up searching for Energy Bodies and settled down to cultivate in the Third Layer after Shi Kang's group cleared it.
• Medusa and Qing Lin each advanced another minor realm, reaching Five-turn and Seven-turn Dou Venerate respectively, while Shi Kang refined his fourth Dou Sheng Energy Body.
• The Heavenly Tomb expelled Shi Kang, Medusa, and Qing Lin, and the waiting clan elders discussed the younger generation's expected gains and Shi Kang's talent.

The clans gathered to welcome their juniors back from the Heavenly Tomb, where Shi Kang, Qing Lin, and Medusa had made extraordinary advances while most others gained little. Shi Kang learned that the Soul Clan had stayed quiet, and he worried that the Five Clans Alliance would fracture when the Soul Clan eventually struck.

• The clans welcomed their returning juniors and were surprised that most had advanced only two minor realms, while Shi Kang, Qing Lin, and Medusa had made enormous gains.
• Elder Tong Xuan suspected Shi Kang had taken the other clans’ Energy Bodies, but Gu Qingyang explained that the Third Layer had few Energy Bodies and Shi Kang had likely reached it first.
• Shi Long congratulated Shi Kang on reaching the High-level Half-Saint realm and reported that the Stone Clan was well and the Soul Clan had made no major moves.
• Shi Kang reflected that the Soul Clan was hiding its strength and feared the fragile Five Clans Alliance would collapse when conflict arose.

Shi Kang returned to the Stone Clan after the Heavenly Tomb expedition and reported his gains to Shi Gang. He learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in half a year and resolved to pursue its Bodhi Three Treasures, while his father explained the clans’ unwritten rules for competing for its opportunities.

• Shi Kang crushed a jade slip to summon Zi Yan and left the Ancient Realm with Qing Lin and Medusa.
• Zi Yan met Shi Kang outside the Ancient Realm and escorted him and his companions back to the Stone Realm.
• Shi Kang spent time with Zi Yan before reporting his Heavenly Tomb gains to Shi Gang, including his own breakthrough and Qing Lin and Medusa’s advances.
• Shi Kang told Shi Gang that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would emerge in half a year and that he intended to seek the Bodhi Three Treasures.
• Shi Gang explained that the tree’s greatest opportunities were rare and that the Dou God Clans generally sent only younger members below the Dou Sheng realm to compete.

Shi Kang postponed breaking through to Dou Sheng so he could compete for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity, then spent the months before the Spatial Trading Conference tempering his body with Black Demon Lightning. After four months, his physical strength had grown dramatically, and Zi Yan had broken through to Late Five-star Dou Saint.

• Shi Kang learned that Dou Sheng Experts were barred by an unspoken rule from competing for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity, so he decided to keep the Demon Saint Essence Blood in reserve.
• Shi Kang learned that the Spatial Trading Conference was five months away and planned to seek the Nine-Colored Raw Stone and the final Demonic Flame Fragment Map.
• Shi Kang entered the Black Demon Lightning Zone with Zi Yan and endured the lightning’s assault while using the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art to heal and strengthen his body.
• Shi Kang later combined the Black Demon Lightning with the Four Spiritual Objects to intensify his body refinement, enduring greatly increased pain.
• After four months of continuous training, Shi Kang’s physical defense and healing had improved enormously, while Zi Yan broke through to Late Five-star Dou Saint and strengthened her body.

Shi Kang proposed moving Dragon Island and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to the Stone Realm so they could protect the Stone Clan from the Soul Clan. Zi Yan secured the Elders’ agreement, and Zhu Huo was tasked with organizing the relocation.

• Shi Kang suggested to Zi Yan that Dragon Island be moved to the Stone Realm, and she agreed to discuss it with the Elders.
• Zi Yan presented the relocation plan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan Elders, several of whom objected to leaving the Beast Realm.
• Zi Yan defended the move by citing the Soul Clan’s threat and the Stone Clan’s past support, and threatened to abdicate if the Elders obstructed her.
• Elder Cang Feng withdrew his opposition, and First Elder Zhu Huo supported the relocation because of the Stone Clan’s help and Shi Kang’s kindness.
• Zi Yan, Zhu Huo, and Zhu Shui unified the clan’s leadership behind the move, and Zi Yan assigned Zhu Huo to handle the relocation arrangements.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan prepared to relocate the Ancient Void Dragon Clan to the Stone Realm, then traveled to the Spatial Trading Conference. Inside its hidden marketplace, Zi Yan sensed a powerful attraction and hurried forward to find what was drawing her.

• Zi Yan persuaded the Ancient Void Dragon Clan Elders to approve the relocation by threatening to step down as Dragon Emperor, and Shi Kang was moved by her support.
• The Ancient Void Dragon Clan began arranging its move to the Stone Realm, drawing attention from the other Dou God Clans and making the Yao Clan envious of the Stone Clan's alliance.
• Shi Kang and Zi Yan traveled to a desolate desert for the Spatial Trading Conference, where Shi Kang noted the risks outside the guarded grounds.
• At the Space Wormhole, Zi Yan sensed something extraordinary inside and pulled Shi Kang through it.
• Shi Kang and Zi Yan arrived at a bustling marketplace, where Zi Yan felt the attraction grow stronger and hurried onward.

Zi Yan followed a mysterious pull to Bao Shui’s stall and found a purple bead whose patterns resonated with space. After drawing the bead into her hand, she began examining it with Space Power.

• Zi Yan hurried through the trading fair with Shi Kang, releasing her Dou Sheng aura as she followed the faint sensation.
• Zi Yan and Shi Kang stopped at Bao Shui’s stall, where the former Treasure Appraisal Mountain Elder sold unusual objects among his many counterfeits.
• Zi Yan spotted a purple bead covered in Dragon-shaped Patterns and recognized it as the source of the pull.
• Zi Yan drew the bead into her palm, sensed its connection to space, and wrapped it in Space Power to investigate.

Zi Yan recognized Bao Shui’s pearl as a Dragon Origin Pearl, a rare treasure powerful enough to help a Nine-star Dou Saint break through. Shi Kang learned Bao Shui’s story and exchanged an Eighth-Grade Pill for it, leaving them with the treasure but no prospect of finding another nearby.

• Zi Yan sensed the pearl’s immense Space Power and identified it as a Dragon Origin Pearl, explaining its origins and its ability to help a Nine-star Dou Saint advance.
• Shi Kang realized the pearl could greatly raise Zi Yan’s strength and grabbed Bao Shui to demand where he had found it.
• Zi Yan explained that only one Dragon Origin Pearl could form within tens of millions of miles of void, so Shi Kang released Bao Shui.
• Bao Shui said a friend had found the pearl after it struck him while he traveled through the void, and admitted he had traded three Seventh-Grade Pills for it.
• Shi Kang gave Bao Shui an Eighth-Grade Pill and took the Dragon Origin Pearl.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan continued searching the Spatial Trading Conference, acquiring a Nine-Colored Raw Stone after finding the Dragon Origin Pearl. The organizers, two Half-Saints, approached them to apologize and pay their respects, and Shi Kang questioned whether they had come to maintain order.

• Bao Shui accepted Shi Kang's Eighth-Grade Pill for the bead and put it away, relieved that the exchange was over.
• The Three Great Sects' Half-Saints and Nine Revolutions Dou Venerates discussed how to accommodate Zi Yan and Shi Kang without endangering the conference.
• Zi Yan recognized a Nine-Colored Raw Stone at a stall, and Shi Kang traded two Eighth-Grade Pills for it, intending it for Medusa.
• Zi Yan said the Dragon Origin Pearl could help her reach the late stage of the Seven-star Dou Saint realm, then sensed no other worthwhile treasures nearby.
• The Mountain Master of Treasure Appraisal Mountain and the Sect Master of the Earthly Hành Sect approached Shi Kang and Zi Yan to apologize for failing to welcome them.
• Shi Kang asked the two organizers whether they had come to maintain order.

Shi Kang and Zi Yan visited the Ancient Treasure Pavilion after the Three Great Sects feared they might disrupt the Spatial Trading Conference. Shi Kang obtained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame fragment map, and the sect leaders were relieved that the conference could continue.

• Two Half-Saints invited Zi Yan and Shi Kang to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion to prevent trouble at the Spatial Trading Conference.
• At the pavilion, Zi Yan massaged Shi Kang while the Mountain Master of Treasure Appraisal Mountain offered them Eighth-Grade Pills.
• Shi Kang asked for the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and warned he would compete for it if the sects refused.
• The Mountain Master of Treasure Appraisal Mountain retrieved the genuine fragment map and presented it to Shi Kang.
• Shi Kang took the map and left with Zi Yan, while the sect leaders hoped the Bodhi Ancient Tree news would keep the conference worthwhile.

Shi Kang brought Medusa to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to help her grow stronger with the Nine-Colored Raw Stone, which could give her a chance to evolve into a Nine-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python. He hinted at an additional surprise beneath the Yellow Springs, leaving Medusa curious about what awaited her.

• Zi Yan began preparing to refine the Dragon Origin Pearl, and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan relocated Dragon Island to the Stone Realm.
• Zi Yan ordered the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and Shi Clan Members to get along, then entered seclusion to refine the pearl.
• News spread that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would appear in the Savage Ancient Region in half a month, drawing experts from across the Central Continent.
• Shi Kang showed Medusa the Nine-Colored Raw Stone, and she eagerly agreed to refine it in hopes of evolving and increasing her strength.
• Shi Kang took Medusa to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where Yao Ming greeted him and Medusa discovered the lake was suited to her cultivation.
• Shi Kang told Medusa there was an unexpected surprise beneath the Yellow Springs, and she asked what it was.

Medusa entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to cultivate while Shi Kang prepared to pursue the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity. After the tree’s aura spread across the continent, Shi Kang left for the Savage Ancient Region alone, where he learned that experts were gathering at the Ancient Domain Stage.

• Shi Kang told Yao Ming to guard the Nine Nether Yellow Springs while Medusa cultivated there.
• The Dou God Clans planned to send Half-Saints to compete for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunity.
• Shi Kang refined Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva into a Bodhi Seed and stored it away.
• When the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s aura appeared, Shi Kang warned Shi Gang to guard against the Soul Clan and set out alone.
• Shi Kang reached the Savage Ancient Region and heard that experts were gathering at the Ancient Domain Stage to break through the Beast Tide.

Shi Kang arrived at the Ancient Domain Stage and confronted Half-Saint elders accompanying the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Yao Clans’ young geniuses. He mocked them for joining the contest to keep him from claiming the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunities, leaving the clans angry but unable to answer him.

• Shi Kang reached the Ancient Domain Stage, where the gathered competitors watched his Half-Saint aura with reverence.
• Shi Kang saw Gu Xun’er, Gu Qingyang, Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, Yao Tian, and the other clan geniuses, each accompanied by a Half-Saint Expert.
• Elder Tong Xuan welcomed Shi Kang and claimed he had come to help the young competitors survive the Beast Tide.
• Shi Kang accused Elder Tong Xuan and the other elders of coming because their younger generations could not compete with him for the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s opportunities.
• Huo Xuan challenged Shi Kang, claiming his strength came from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s support, but Shi Kang ignored him.
• The elders and geniuses left Shi Kang’s mockery unanswered, while he remained confident that his arrogance would reinforce their belief that Zhu Kun backed him.