Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan learned from Huo Xuan that the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb slots might be contested and that the Soul and Yao Clans posed dangers. Aboard the Shuttle Void Boat, they met Gu Zhen, the Black Annihilation Army’s Grand Commander, who had been waiting to speak with Xiao Ling, but he gave no clear reason for the meeting.

• Huo Xuan explained that the Ancient Clan controlled the Xiao Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots and warned Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan about the Soul Clan and Yao Xingji of the Yao Clan.
• Huo Xuan offered to help the Xiao Clan and left, while Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan discussed his concealed strength and the Flame Clan’s apparent goodwill.
• Xiao Ling noticed the Ancient Clan’s heavily guarded Shuttle Void Boat and suspected the guards were meant to prevent outsiders from remaining in the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan found a powerful man waiting with tea at the bow, and he invited them to sit with him.
• The man identified himself as Gu Zhen, the Grand Commander of the Black Annihilation Army, and Xiao Ling questioned why he had summoned them.
• Gu Zhen claimed he had simply been enjoying tea and happened to see them, but Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan doubted his explanation.

Xiao Ling challenged Gu Zhen’s warnings about the Ancient Clan’s bloodline rules and declared he would surpass the clan’s power. As the warship reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Xiao Ling recognized Xun Er waiting on a mountain, while Xiao Yan remained curious about their connection; the guests then prepared to follow their Ancient Clan guide.

• Gu Zhen explained why the Ancient Clan guarded its descendants’ bloodlines and warned Xiao Ling that core members could not marry outsiders.
• Xiao Ling rejected Gu Zhen’s implied pressure, argued against his justification, and declared that he would surpass everything the Ancient Clan prized.
• The warship reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, where Xiao Ling sensed and exchanged gazes with an Azure Silhouette on a distant peak.
• Gu Zhen warned Xiao Ling that he would face further opposition unless he reached great heights, and Xiao Ling dismissed his estimate of his future potential.
• Xiao Yan questioned Xiao Ling about the Ancient Clan’s young lady, but Xiao Ling kept her identity secret as they approached the clan’s territory.
• The warship stopped above the mountain range, and an Ancient Clan representative invited the guests to follow him to their accommodations.

Xiao Ling arrived at the Ancient Clan and reunited with Xun Er, who welcomed him openly and embraced him before the watching guests and soldiers. She invited him to tour the clan, and Xiao Ling set off after her with Xiao Yan as powerful gazes fixed on them.

• Xiao Ling stayed aboard the warship to watch Cloud Peak while Xiao Yan waited beside him.
• Xun Er flew from Cloud Peak to greet Xiao Ling, and he recognized her as Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Ling embraced Xun Er, who told him she had waited for him and missed him.
• The onlookers reacted to their reunion, while Xiao Yan realized the Ancient Clan's young lady was his childhood cousin and Gu Zhen watched with a bitter sigh.
• Xun Er invited Xiao Ling to tour the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Ling flew after her with Xiao Yan as more than ten powerful gazes locked onto him.

Xiao Ling entered the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, where Gu Qian tried to restrain him and was driven off after Xiao Ling broke free. Xun Er led Xiao Ling toward a meeting with someone special, while Gu Yao planned to make him give up on her; the chapter ended as Xiao Ling recognized the elder waiting outside a bamboo house as Elder Ling.

• Hidden Ancient Clan experts restrained Xiao Ling, but the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame erupted around him and he shattered their spatial restraints.
• Xun Er rebuked the elders, and Gu Qian withdrew after a voice from the mountains ordered him to stop.
• Xiao Ling reassured Xun Er that he could now share the pressures she had borne for him, and she promised to introduce him to someone special.
• Gu Yao told a silver-robed man that he intended to make Xiao Ling retreat from Xun Er, while the silver-robed man looked forward to seeing Xiao Ling's abilities.
• Xun Er led Xiao Ling to a bamboo house, where Elder Ling waited outside and Xiao Ling recognized him.

Xiao Ling reunited with Xun Er in her secluded bamboo house, learned how she had spent years protecting the Xiao Family from the Ancient Clan, and promised to handle the pressure she faced. As the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony approached, Xun Er warned him that Gu Yao might challenge him, while the two reunited lovers shared stories and reaffirmed their affection.

• Xun Er welcomed Xiao Ling to her bamboo house, where Ling Ying praised his growth and explained that Xun Er had repeatedly thwarted efforts to bring the Xiao Family into the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ling took Xun Er’s hand and promised to resolve the clan’s pressure on her, and Xun Er warned him that Gu Yao might challenge him at the coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xun Er explained that Gu Yao, one of the Four Great Commanders, had proposed marriage and was likely to target Xiao Ling after she rejected him; Xiao Ling said he would defeat Gu Yao.
• Ling Ying left to arrange accommodations for Xiao Yan, giving Xiao Ling and Xun Er privacy to embrace and catch up.
• Xiao Ling told Xun Er about helping Zi Yan unify Ancient Dragon Island, and Xun Er urged him not to face dangerous situations alone again.

Xiao Ling met Ling Er, the infant Yan Ji nurtured by Xun Er from a Fire Tribulation Fruit, and learned that she could wield several powerful flames. He tested whether Ling Er could form a flame seed from the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, but she failed, leaving Xiao Ling to consider why her earlier flame seeds had formed.

• Xun Er introduced Xiao Ling to Ling Er, who had emerged from the Fire Tribulation Fruit after months of nurturing with Xun Er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xun Er explained that Ling Er had inherited the Heaven and Earth Tribulation Flame and could also use the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Xiao Ling's fused Heavenly Flames.
• Ling Er displayed the three flames, including a budding fused Heavenly Flame seed formed from the energy Xiao Ling had infused into the fruit.
• Xiao Ling found that Ling Er's fused flame could not separate into its component flames, but judged the limitation minor.
• Xiao Ling gave Ling Er the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire to absorb, hoping she would form another flame seed, but none appeared by sunset.
• Xiao Ling comforted the frustrated Ling Er and realized her earlier flame seeds had formed through the unusual conditions of the fruit's nurturing period.

Xiao Ling tested little Yan Ji’s possession ability and discovered that her fusion greatly strengthened his Fire Attribute attacks. After Xiao Ling ended the fusion, Ling Er reappeared before him.

• Xiao Ling and Xun Er prepared to test little Yan Ji’s possession ability after she finished eating an Eighth Rank Beast Fire.
• Little Yan Ji fused with Xiao Ling, and her spiritual flame essence merged smoothly with his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling formed a colossal flaming sword and split the void with a slash, shocking Xun Er with the force of his attack.
• Xun Er vowed to catch up to Xiao Ling with Ling Er’s help.
• Xiao Ling asked little Yan Ji to end the possession, and Ling Er emerged from the sparks before him.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er comforted and fed Little Yan Ji after she fused with a Beast Fire, then spent a peaceful evening together. The next morning, they brought Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where guards barred Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan from entering the central area and an imposing elder intervened.

• Little Yan Ji looked exhausted after possessing Xiao Ling, so he praised and held her while Xun Er fed her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Xiao Ling offered his Azure Gold Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er walked Little Yan Ji to Xun Er’s residence, then sat together beneath the moon and talked about finding a peaceful place to live once their troubles were settled.
• At dawn, Xiao Ling and Xun Er checked on Xiao Yan, then the three rode a white unicorn to the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xun Er led Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan toward the central seats as Ancient Clan members watched them and Black Annihilation Army soldiers stood guard.
• Two golden-armored warriors stopped Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan at the boundary, prompting Xun Er to demand that they move.
• An elderly man who resembled Gu Qian appeared and told Xun Er not to make things difficult for the guards.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan were blocked from entering the Ancient Clan ceremony’s core area, and Gu Qian and Gu Xu publicly insulted the Xiao Clan. Mang Tianchi appeared and attacked the two elders, while Xiao Ling secretly strengthened his lightning strike; the chapter ended with Xiao Ling greeting Mang Tianchi as he descended.

• Gu Xu and Gu Qian invoked the ceremony’s rules to block Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan, then questioned the Xiao Clan’s standing and belittled its decline.
• Xiao Ling challenged Gu Qian’s remarks by invoking the Xiao and Ancient Clans’ past ties and his relationship with Xun Er.
• Mang Tianchi appeared and fired two lightning bolts at Gu Qian and Gu Xu, and Xiao Ling secretly amplified the attack after a hidden Dou Saint tried to stop it.
• The enhanced lightning struck Gu Qian and Gu Xu, leaving them critically injured before the gathered guests.
• A voice stopped the hidden Dou Saint from intervening further, and the elder sent a Half-Saint to handle the aftermath.
• Xiao Ling greeted Mang Tianchi as the principal descended before him.

Mang Tianchi intervened to protect Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan from the Ancient Clan elders, then warned Xiao Ling to keep his strength concealed. At the ceremony, Xiao Ling caught Gu Yao’s challenging gaze, and Xun Er explained that the Asura Commander had trained to face him again.

• Mang Tianchi arrived, drove off Gu Xu and Gu Qian’s confrontation, and reassured Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan that he would protect them as Jia Nan Academy’s principal.
• Gu Shan accepted Mang Tianchi’s intervention, treated the injured Gu Xu and Gu Qian, and carried them away from the square.
• Mang Tianchi advised Xiao Ling to rely on his own strength to change the Ancient Clan’s opinion and to avoid drawing unwanted attention.
• Xun Er identified Gu Shan as a powerful Half-Saint who opposed her relationship with Xiao Ling, then Xiao Ling noticed Gu Yao watching him from the ceremony seats.
• Xun Er told Xiao Ling that Gu Yao had trained to challenge him, and Xiao Ling said he would ignore Gu Yao unless he provoked him.

The Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony began, and Xiao Yan learned about bloodline ranks and the clan marks awarded to talented members. After Xiao Ling warned that a Dou Di Bloodline could become a limit on reaching the highest realms, Xiao Yan declared that he would pursue the peak through his own effort and never be bound by bloodline.

• Gu Yao grew angry when Xiao Ling ignored his fighting spirit, but a bell and an authoritative voice announced the start of the ceremony before he acted.
• Three Ancient Clan elders began the ritual and called Ling Quan forward to be assessed.
• The elders revealed Ling Quan’s sixth-grade bloodline and awarded him a Golden Clan Mark, which Xun Er explained could strengthen its bearer after being nurtured.
• Xun Er described the Ancient Clan’s bloodline and clan-mark ranks, while Mang Tianchi explained the potential associated with higher bloodline grades.
• Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan that a Dou Di Bloodline could limit those who sought realms beyond Dou Venerate, then asked whether Xiao Yan would accept that constraint.
• Xiao Yan rejected the idea of relying on bloodline talent and vowed to break any such shackle on his path to the peak.

At the Ancient Clan’s clan-mark ceremony, Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan watched several young powerhouses receive their marks, including Gu Zhen, who earned a Purple Gold Clan Mark for his service. Gu Yao then revealed an Eighth-grade bloodline and received the same mark, leaving the ceremony focused on the clan’s strongest young talent.

• Xiao Ling praised Xiao Yan for resisting shortcuts and relying on his own resolve as the ceremony continued.
• Lin Xiu tested at Sixth-grade bloodline and received a Golden Clan Mark, followed by several other young Ancient Clan members.
• The elders granted Gu Zhen an exceptional Purple Gold Clan Mark in recognition of his military achievements and standing in the Black Annihilation Army.
• Gu Yao entered the grounds as the Asura Commander while Xiao Ling and Xun Er remained indifferent to his arrival.
• Gu Yao’s Star Disc test revealed eight stars and an Eighth-grade bloodline, and the elders awarded him a Purple Gold Clan Mark.

After earning his Purple Gold Clan Mark, Gu Yao challenged Xiao Ling to a fight at the Ancient Clan coming-of-age ceremony, and Xiao Ling accepted. As Gu Yao launched his opening attack, Xiao Ling revealed his dragon-scaled claws and prepared to counter with his physical strength.

• An elder completed Gu Yao’s Purple Gold Clan Mark, and Gu Yao asked whether the ceremony rules allowed him to challenge someone present.
• Gu Yao invoked the ceremony’s rules to challenge Xiao Ling, and Xiao Ling accepted before the watching clans and guests.
• Gu Yao taunted Xiao Ling and declared that he would fight with the resolve to kill him, while Xun Er reassured the worried Xiao Yan that Xiao Ling would prevail.
• Xiao Ling entered the square and faced Gu Yao, who vanished to launch a swift surprise attack.
• Xiao Ling grew purple-green dragon scales over his hands, revealed his dragon claws, and began a physical counterattack without using Dou Qi.

Xiao Ling fought Gu Yao in the Ancient Clan’s plaza, easily evading his Emperor Seal Art and overwhelming him with a dragon-scaled punch. The chapter ended with Gu Yao bloodied and defeated as Xiao Ling’s victory angered the Ancient Clan’s younger members and disappointed its elders.

• Xiao Ling struck Gu Yao’s hand with his dragon-scaled fist, wounding him and gaining the advantage in their first clash.
• Gu Yao attacked with the Mountain Splitting Seal and then unleashed the Emperor Seal Art, but Xiao Ling dodged every strike while advancing.
• Xiao Ling suddenly appeared close to Gu Yao and smashed through his hastily raised defense with a punch, sending him into the barrier and making him cough blood.
• Xiao Ling remarked that Gu Yao had been weaker than he expected, provoking the Ancient Clan’s younger members while its elders weighed their anger against their disappointment in Gu Yao.

Xiao Ling effortlessly countered Gu Yao’s attacks and concealed the true extent of his cultivation while explaining his advantage in physical strength and Soul Perception. Gu Yao recovered with pills, then invoked the Ancient Saint Treasure Mirror, Swallow Heaven and Earth to unleash his full strength, leaving the duel poised for another clash.

• Gu Yao encased himself in black ice, summoned a crystalline spear, and attacked Xiao Ling with his Myriad Beast Spear Technique.
• Xiao Ling blocked Gu Yao’s strikes and destroyed the Fierce Beast phantom of Beast King’s Roar with a single finger, leaving Gu Yao injured and stunned.
• Xiao Ling told Gu Yao and the spectators that his superior physical strength and Soul Perception let him spot weaknesses, while hiding how close he was to the Dou Saint realm.
• Gu Yao swallowed several pills, admitted he had underestimated Xiao Ling, and vowed to fight for the Ancient Clan’s honor with his full strength.
• Xiao Ling urged Gu Yao to use his strongest move, and Gu Yao summoned the Ancient Saint Treasure Mirror, Swallow Heaven and Earth, drawing energy from the sky as his power surged.

Gu Yao unleashed the Ancient Clan’s Great Annihilation Technique, prompting Xiao Ling to answer with his Heaven Grade Fighting Skill, Great Creation Palm. Their attacks collided with devastating force, leaving the plaza in ruins while the Ancient Clan elders struggled to keep the protective barrier intact.

• Gu Yao began activating the Great Annihilation Technique, spreading a freezing aura of annihilation across the plaza as three Ancient Clan elders reinforced the barrier.
• Xiao Ling recognized Gu Yao’s Heaven Grade Fighting Skill and gathered a black hole of energy in his palm, revealing that he would respond with his own powerful move.
• Gu Yao unleashed the Great Annihilation Finger as Xiao Ling sent his Great Creation Palm toward him.
• Gu Yao’s colossal black finger collided with Xiao Ling’s black ring, shattering the plaza and unleashing destructive shockwaves against the barrier.
• Gu Shan called on Gu Qian and Gu Xu to reinforce the barrier, and their Dou Qi helped stabilize it.

Xiao Ling defeated Gu Yao after his black ring of light devoured the Great Annihilation Finger, forcing Elder Tong Xuan to intervene before Gu Yao was swallowed. Gu Yao admitted defeat, and distant observers concluded that Xiao Ling had not revealed his full strength.

• Gu Yao’s Great Annihilation Finger initially suppressed Xiao Ling’s black ring of light, but the ring suddenly devoured the finger’s annihilation energy and surged toward Gu Yao.
• Gu Yao retreated until he hit the arena’s protective barrier, and Elder Tong Xuan appeared and stopped the ring with Space Power before shattering it with his Half-Saint aura.
• Elder Tong Xuan praised Xiao Ling and declared Gu Yao the loser; after being urged to accept defeat, Gu Yao admitted that he had lost.
• The Ancient Clan spectators reacted with shock and began acknowledging Xiao Ling’s strength, while Gu Zhen remarked on his achievements.
• From a distant mountain, three observers discussed Xiao Ling’s victory, with one judging that Gu Yao had never forced him to reveal his true strength.

Xiao Ling defeated Gu Yao, and Xun Er began her Ancient Clan bloodline test. The Star Disc revealed that she possessed a Divine Bloodline, leaving the clan stunned by her extraordinary potential.

• Gu Qingyang praised Xiao Ling’s strength and supported his relationship with Xun Er, then revealed that his own bloodline barely reached the ninth grade.
• Elder Tong Xuan ended Xiao Ling and Gu Yao’s match, restored the damaged square, and called Xun Er forward for her bloodline test.
• Xun Er reassured Xiao Ling that he was unhurt, then placed her hand on the Star Disc as the ceremony began.
• The Star Disc showed nine stars, and Elder Tong Xuan recognized Xun Er’s bloodline as the peak of the ninth grade.
• Xun Er’s bloodline power cracked the Star Disc, and a tenth golden star appeared before the disc exploded.
• The golden pillar from Xun Er’s hand overwhelmed the crowd, and the Ancient Clan recognized her as the possessor of a Divine Bloodline.

Xun Er awakened a Divine Bloodline, and Elder Tong Xuan used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to inscribe her Divine-grade clan mark. As the ceremony continued, a Soul Clan observer plotted to kill Xun Er and Xiao Ling after the Heavenly Tomb opened, while Xiao Ling grew ready to leave the crowded viewing platform.

• Xun Er's Divine Bloodline awakened, overwhelming the Ancient Clan members and drawing the attention of Gu Qingyang and Mang Tianchi.
• Elder Tong Xuan used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush to inscribe the Seven-Colored Clan Mark on Xun Er, whose radiance forced more spectators to kneel.
• Gu Qingyang and the other Black Annihilation Army commanders left after Gu Qingyang exchanged nods with Xiao Ling.
• A Black Robe from the Soul Clan decided to seek a chance to eliminate Xun Er and Xiao Ling after the Heavenly Tomb opened.
• Xun Er joined Xiao Ling on the viewing platform, where she accepted congratulations from Xiao Yan and spoke affectionately with Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling watched several ordinary bloodline tests and decided he no longer wanted to remain amid the crowd's attention.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er left the bloodline awakening square as the Ancient Clan elders debated who would receive the Heavenly Tomb entry slots. Gu Yuan ensured both Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan received the Xiao Clan’s two slots, then met Xiao Ling on Azure Peak and revealed that he wanted to discuss Xiao Ling and Xun Er.

• Xiao Ling, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan quietly left the stands after the bloodline awakening.
• The Ancient Clan elders debated reclaiming the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb slots, but Gu Yuan appeared and ordered that Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan receive them.
• Gu Yuan explained that he honored the Xiao Clan’s bond with the Ancient Clan and had personally intervened to prevent the elders from obstructing Xiao Ling.
• Xun Er arranged for Xiao Ling to meet someone on Azure Peak, where he encountered Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan’s Clan Leader and Xun Er’s father.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Ling that he had come to speak about Xiao Ling and Xun Er, leaving Xiao Ling to wonder what he would say.