Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingyang and two Ancient Clan disciples returned from the Heavenly Tomb, followed by Xiao Ling and Xun Er, whose strength impressed the watching elders. Xiao Yan then emerged as a Seven Star Dou Venerate, explained that he had consolidated his foundation instead of pursuing another breakthrough, and warned that the Soul Clan might blame them for Hun Ya and Hun Li’s deaths.

• Gu Qingyang and two Ancient Clan disciples returned safely and recognized the corpses of Hun Ya and Hun Li, whom Xiao Xuan had spared in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er emerged from the spatial passage, and Elder Tong Xuan sensed that their power had grown beyond his ability to assess.
• Xiao Yan arrived as a Seven Star Dou Venerate, stunning the gathered clans with how much his cultivation had advanced.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ling and Xun Er that he had used Ancestor Xiao Xuan’s bloodline power to strengthen his foundation rather than rush into further breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Ling had killed Hun Ya and Hun Li, and Xiao Ling implied that he knew who was responsible.
• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Ling and Xun Er that the Soul Clan might suspect them of killing Hun Ya and Hun Li.

After Hun Ya and Hun Li died in the Heavenly Tomb, two Soul Clan elders accused Xiao Ling and attacked him, but Xiao Yan severely wounded one elder. The Ancient Clan defended Xiao Ling and confronted the elders over Hun Ya and Hun Li’s attack on its members, forcing the Soul Clan pair to retreat while tensions between the clans remained unresolved.

• Two Soul Clan elders arrived, found Hun Ya and Hun Li’s corpses, and accused Xiao Ling of killing them.
• The elders launched a pincer attack on Xiao Ling, and Xiao Yan intercepted them with his Heavy Black Ruler and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, badly wounding one.
• Elder Tong Xuan intervened, while Xiao Ling rejected the Soul Clan’s demands and condemned its bloodshed through the Soul Hall.
• Gu Qingyang revealed that Hun Ya and Hun Li had ambushed Ancient Clan members in the Heavenly Tomb, and the Soul Clan elders denied the charge.
• Outnumbered in the Ancient Realm, Hun Lin and the wounded elder took the corpses and fled after threatening Xiao Ling; Tong Xuan and Gu Qingyang reaffirmed the Ancient Clan’s support.

After the other clans departed, Xiao Ling and Xun Er visited Gu Yuan, who revealed that the Spirit World had vanished and warned that turmoil was approaching. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan recognizing that Xiao Ling had become a Dou Saint and offering the Ancient Clan’s support.

• The clans left the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan to remain there while he handled other matters.
• Elder Tong Xuan summoned Xun Er to meet Gu Yuan, and she insisted that Xiao Ling accompany her.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er met Gu Yuan, who told them the Spirit World had suddenly closed and disappeared without a trace.
• Gu Yuan warned Xun Er and Xiao Ling that the continent faced growing danger, urged them to act cautiously, and offered the Ancient Clan’s support.
• Gu Yuan recognized that Xiao Ling had broken through to the Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Ling asked Gu Yuan to bless his engagement to Xun Er, and Gu Yuan approved, making Xiao Ling the Ancient Clan’s officially betrothed son-in-law. Later, Xiao Ling and Xun Er reunited with the sleeping Yan Ji and promised to face the coming chaos together as Xun Er prepared to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Saint.

• Xiao Ling told Gu Yuan he wanted to marry Xun Er, and Gu Yuan approved their engagement while postponing the ceremony until the turmoil had eased.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er left Gu Yuan’s hall hand in hand and walked through the Ancient Clan grounds, savoring a peaceful moment together.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er visited Yan Ji, who had fallen asleep after their reunion, and discussed her growth during their absence.
• Xun Er admitted that Xiao Ling’s rapid rise left her behind but said she intended to reach Dou Saint and fight beside him.
• Xiao Ling encouraged Xun Er to keep cultivating, and they promised to move forward together.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er enjoyed a few peaceful days together in the Ancient Clan before Gu Yuan announced their engagement and Xiao Ling proved his strength to the clan elders. As Xiao Ling prepared to leave with Xiao Yan, he reflected that his next return to the Ancient Clan would be for a matter tied to the Extraction System and the newly drawn Soul Returning Pill.

• Xiao Ling and Xun Er shared a tender moment, then spent several days together in the Ancient Clan's courtyard.
• Gu Yuan announced Xiao Ling and Xun Er's engagement to the Ancient Clan elders and revealed that Xiao Ling had reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Ling narrowly defeated a late-stage one-star Dou Saint elder in a sparring match, winning the elders' approval of the engagement.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan discussed Xiao Ling's departure from the Ancient Clan and joked about Xiao Yan calling Xun Er his sister-in-law.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he would need to return to the Ancient Clan before his wedding and recalled that his breakthrough had unlocked another Extraction System draw: the Soul Returning Pill.

Xiao Ling reflected on using the Soul Returning Pill to restore Xiao Xuan and planned to keep its secret until he could enter the Heavenly Tomb. Before leaving the Ancient Clan, he shared a tender farewell with Xun Er, then encountered Gu Yuan in the courtyard.

• Xiao Ling considered the Soul Returning Pill’s power to restore Xiao Xuan and decided to tell him about it only after entering the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ling woke beside Xun Er and spent the morning embracing her as she rested against him.
• Xun Er asked whether Xiao Ling was leaving, and he confirmed that he had to depart the Ancient Clan that day.
• Xun Er accepted that their separation would be temporary, and Xiao Ling and Xun Er kissed before parting.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er walked into the courtyard hand in hand, where Xiao Yan greeted them and Gu Yuan appeared.

Gu Yuan opened a Space Passage for Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan to leave the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Ling parted from Xun Er before setting out. On the way out of Ancient Saint City, Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan they would visit Danta and offered him a rare opportunity, which Xiao Yan eagerly accepted.

• Gu Yuan revealed that he had met Xiao Yan years earlier when he visited the Xiao Clan and praised Xiao Yan's talent and achievements.
• Gu Yuan offered Xiao Ling access to the Ancient Clan's resources, but Xiao Ling said he needed to leave and handle urgent matters.
• Gu Yuan opened a Space Passage to Ancient Saint City, and Xiao Yan entered first while Xiao Ling said farewell to Xun Er and departed after him.
• Xun Er watched Xiao Ling leave, and Gu Yuan hoped Xiao Ling would prove worthy of her devotion.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan emerged in Ancient Saint City and flew toward its gates without stopping to greet the hidden Ancient Clan experts.
• Xiao Ling said he planned to visit Danta and offered Xiao Yan a rare opportunity, which Xiao Yan eagerly accepted.

Xiao Ling kept the opportunity awaiting them in Danta a secret as he and Xiao Yan left Ancient Saint City. Elsewhere, Cao Ying and Dan Chen fought using a powerful Soul Power method, and their match ended without a victor as Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi observed its potential.

• Xiao Ling teased Xiao Yan about the opportunity in Danta, then accelerated away, and Xiao Yan followed him out of Ancient Saint City.
• A violent disturbance shook the Magical Beast Mountain Range as Cao Ying and Dan Chen battled in a ravine using Soul Power.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xuan Yi that the Soul Power method was beyond the methods of Alchemists in the current era, and Xuan Yi recognized its potential to change combat across the continent.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen exchanged Soul Power attacks for nearly half an hour until both were exhausted and withdrew without a clear victor.
• Cao Ying praised Dan Chen's progress and admitted she could no longer gain an advantage in their matches.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen demonstrated their improved Soul Power combat skills to Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who recognized the Rune Master method’s potential to transform Danta and the continent. Xuan Yi asked them to share the inheritance, but they refused because they had sworn not to reveal Xiao Ling’s exclusive method without his permission.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen ended their spar and praised each other’s Soul Power control.
• Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi praised the women’s progress and discussed how Rune Master techniques could let Alchemists fight effectively.
• Xuan Yi urged Cao Ying and Dan Chen to spread the Rune Master method throughout Danta, offering resources, authority, and recognition in return.
• Xuan Kongzi recalled that Cao Ying had previously refused his request because the method was another person’s inheritance and the women had sworn not to share it.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen respectfully refused Xuan Yi’s request, explaining that they could not disclose the method without its inheritor’s permission.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan arrived at Danta, where Xiao Ling revealed to Xuan Kongzi that he had come to discuss the Rune Master Cultivation Method. Xuan Kongzi learned that Xiao Ling knew of the method and assumed the mysterious Senior had passed it on to him as well.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen promised Xuan Yi they would advocate for Danta if they met Xiao Ling again, while Xuan Kongzi urged Xuan Yi to stop pressuring them.
• Xuan Yi asked the two women to discuss sharing the Rune Master method with Danta and offered whatever resources or privileges Danta could provide.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan traveled to Sacred Pill City and entered Danta, where guards and members greeted them with respect.
• Xuan Kongzi sensed Xiao Ling's arrival, opened his meditation chamber, and welcomed Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ling told Xuan Kongzi that his visit concerned the Rune Master Cultivation Method, astonishing him.
• Xuan Kongzi said he had searched Danta's archives for information about Rune Masters and believed the mysterious Senior had also shared the method with Xiao Ling.

Xiao Ling proposed establishing the Rune Master Cultivation Method as an inheritance within Danta before spreading it across the continent. Xuan Kongzi agreed and was stunned when Yao Chen appeared, leaving the old friends to reunite amid Xuan Kongzi’s unanswered questions.

• Xiao Ling told Xuan Kongzi that he had created the Rune Master method and personally taught it to Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ling explained the method and proposed first passing it down within Danta, delaying wider distribution until he could protect it.
• Xuan Kongzi approved the plan and prepared to take Xiao Ling to meet Danta’s senior elders, while Xiao Ling asked him to bring Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ling revealed that Yao Chen would oversee the method’s future spread, and Yao Chen stepped out of the void.
• Xuan Kongzi recognized Yao Chen, welcomed him with teasing familiarity, and began asking him how he had returned.

Yao Chen told Xuan Kongzi how Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu had betrayed him, then revealed that he had returned to life as a Three-star Dou Saint with Xiao Ling’s help. After Xuan Kongzi took Yao Chen to meet their old friends, Xiao Ling brought Xiao Yan to his courtyard and gave him a Fire Attribute Talisman Master inheritance.

• Yao Chen recounted Han Feng’s betrayal and said that Xiao Ling had killed Old Man Mu Gu, bringing the old matter to an end.
• Yao Chen revealed that he had been reborn as a Three-star Dou Saint and credited Xiao Ling with helping him recover and advance.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Yao Chen to meet Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and their old friends, then took him through a Space Passage.
• Xiao Ling took Xiao Yan to his courtyard and promised to teach him the Rune Master Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan a Fire Attribute Talisman Master inheritance rune, which Xiao Yan absorbed into his sea of consciousness.

Xiao Ling reunited with Dan Chen and Cao Ying in Danta, while Yao Chen faced Xuan Yi after their long separation. The chapter ended with Xuan Yi congratulating Yao Chen and reflecting that she had finally let go of her old feelings.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Rune Master inheritance in seclusion, and Xiao Ling sealed the room to protect him.
• Dan Chen reunited with Xiao Ling, and they embraced and kissed until Cao Ying arrived and teased them.
• Xiao Ling drew Dan Chen and Cao Ying into his embrace and led them to the bedroom, claiming he would guide their Rune Master cultivation.
• Xuan Kongzi gathered Yao Chen and Danta’s old friends, then urged Yao Chen to respond to Xuan Yi’s lingering feelings when she arrived.
• Xuan Yi rebuked Xuan Kongzi, then spoke privately with Yao Chen and congratulated him on becoming a Dou Saint.
• Xuan Yi reflected that Yao Chen had already loved someone else and that years of waiting had worn away her feelings.

Yao Chen and Xuan Yi reconciled over their past, while Xiao Ling spent the morning with Cao Ying and Dan Chen before leading them to meet the Danta leaders. The group entered a Space Passage to visit the Lesser Alchemist Tower and discuss Yao Chen’s proposal to establish an independently managed hall within the Danta.

• Xuan Yi told Yao Chen that she had let go of her past feelings, and Yao Chen welcomed the chance to work alongside her and the Danta.
• Xiao Ling woke beside Cao Ying and Dan Chen, then told them they were meeting Yao Chen and Xuan Kongzi to visit the Lesser Alchemist Tower.
• Cao Ying asked about Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ling explained that he was cultivating in a protected room and already had a master.
• Yao Chen teased Cao Ying and Dan Chen for watching him, then Xuan Kongzi discussed the chances of winning approval for Yao Chen’s proposal.
• Xuan Kongzi opened a Space Passage, and Xiao Ling, Yao Chen, Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Tian Leizi, and the others entered it for the Lesser Alchemist Tower.

Xiao Ling and Yao Chen visited Danta’s First Elder to discuss cooperating on the Rune Master Cultivation Method. The First Elder was impressed by their strength and the method’s potential, and asked to see Cao Ying and Dan Chen demonstrate it.

• Xiao Ling and Yao Chen traveled with Xuan Kongzi through Danta’s medicinal gardens and arrived at the First Elder’s residence.
• The First Elder recognized Yao Chen and Xiao Ling, learned that both had reached the Dou Saint realm, and praised their achievements.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Xiao Ling and Yao Chen wanted to provide Danta with the Rune Master Cultivation Method.
• The First Elder realized the method could give Danta’s alchemists strong combat abilities through Soul Power while complementing alchemy.
• Yao Chen vouched for the method, and Xuan Kongzi presented Cao Ying and Dan Chen as practitioners.
• The First Elder asked Cao Ying and Dan Chen to show him the Rune Master techniques.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen demonstrated the Rune Master Cultivation Method to Danta’s First Elder, prompting him to agree to cooperate with Xiao Ling and Yao Chen. Danta established the Spirit Talisman Hall under strict secrecy rules, and after a month of preparation, its public recruitment drew eager interest from alchemists.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen combined their Soul Power and the energy of heaven and earth into a giant hand seal, which the First Elder blocked with his Dou Saint strength.
• Impressed by the method’s potential, the First Elder invited Xiao Ling and Yao Chen to establish the Rune Master path within Danta, and Xiao Ling left Yao Chen to manage the negotiations.
• Xiao Ling toured the Lesser Alchemist Tower with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, trading for rare medicinal ingredients while Yao Chen and the First Elder finalized their agreement.
• Danta created the Spirit Talisman Hall, appointing Xiao Ling as Hall Master and Yao Chen as First Elder, and set admission requirements and strict confidentiality oaths verified by the Heart Wave Tree.
• After a month of preparations, the Spirit Talisman Hall publicly presented itself as a department for teaching Soul Fighting Skills, attracting applications from Danta’s alchemists.

The Spirit Talisman Hall’s new disciples discovered that the Rune Master Cultivation Method could boost both their combat strength and alchemy skills. Xiao Ling brought Little Diao back to help Yao Chen manage the hall, and the chapter ended with the two already working together the next morning.

• The Spirit Talisman Hall’s selected Danta disciples began studying the Rune Master Cultivation Method and recognized its benefits for combat and alchemy.
• Xiao Ling decided to ease Yao Chen’s workload by recruiting Little Diao, who returned to Danta after Xiao Ling contacted him.
• Yao Chen welcomed Little Diao as his assistant, and the two agreed to manage the Spirit Talisman Hall together.
• Xiao Ling hosted a banquet where Little Diao met Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi and joined the group’s plans for the hall.
• The next morning, Xiao Ling found Yao Chen and Little Diao working together on the hall’s affairs.

Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan and found Xiao Yi Xian breaking through to the Half-Saint realm while Qing Lin guarded her. After helping contain the breakthrough’s energy, he reunited with Qing Lin and congratulated Xiao Yi Xian, who realized he had advanced to the Dou Saint realm and lamented that the gap between them had grown.

• Xiao Ling told Yao Chen and Little Diao he was returning to Starfall Pavilion, then departed Sacred Pill City with Xiao Yan through a transmission array.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan arrived in the Sky Star Mountain Range and entered the Star Realm, where Xiao Ling sensed Xiao Yi Xian’s Half-Saint breakthrough.
• Xiao Ling found Qing Lin using a formation to conceal Xiao Yi Xian’s breakthrough and added his Spiritual Power to contain the energy.
• Xiao Ling embraced Qing Lin after their long separation, and Xiao Yi Xian completed her breakthrough and emerged from Ling Yue Peak.
• Xiao Ling and Qing Lin congratulated Xiao Yi Xian, who recognized that Xiao Ling had reached the Dou Saint realm during his trip to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Ling took Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into the Beast Region, where Qing Lin subdued powerful snake-type Magical Beasts and a Nine Nether Nether Python elder. Back at Starfall Pavilion, he gave Mu Qing Luan an Eighth-grade Nine-colored Sect Breaking Pill, then went with her to her residence, where she spent the night tending to him.

• Xiao Ling promised Qing Lin that he would help her subdue Ninth Order snake pets, and a week later he traveled with her and Xiao Yi Xian to the Beast Region.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi Xian helped Qing Lin subdue several Eighth Rank snake-type Magical Beasts, including a powerful Nine Nether Nether Python elder who revealed secrets about his clan.
• Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin after Qing Lin had assembled a group of powerful snake pets.
• Mu Qing Luan asked Xiao Ling for help with her impending breakthrough, and he gave her an Eighth-grade Nine-colored Sect Breaking Pill that could greatly improve her chances of reaching Dou Venerate.
• Mu Qing Luan embraced and kissed Xiao Ling, then invited him to her residence to massage and serve him; she tended to him that night before falling asleep from exhaustion.

Xiao Ling trained Mu Qing Luan and used his life energy to heal her before receiving an anxious visit from Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran begged him to save her Master, Yun Yun, leaving Xiao Ling concerned and awaiting an explanation.

• Xiao Ling sparred with Mu Qing Luan, correcting her Dou Qi control until she was exhausted.
• Xiao Ling healed Mu Qing Luan with life energy, and the two later shared tea in the courtyard.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Ling that Nalan Yanran was waiting to see him.
• Xiao Ling invited Nalan Yanran into the courtyard and learned that she had come seeking help for her Master.
• Nalan Yanran identified her Master as Yun Yun, and Xiao Ling urged her to stand and explain what had happened.