Chapter Summaries

Wang Li and Tianyin Old Man arrived at the Flower Sect, where Wang Li examined the gravely injured Hua Yu and began an intensive treatment. The Qinghua Two Immortals watched over Hua Yu as Qing Fairy went to question Hua Jin about her reasons for seeking help.

• Hua Jin led Wang Li and Tianyin Old Man through the Flower Sect, where the Qinghua Two Immortals confronted them.
• After Hua Jin explained their purpose, Qing Fairy led the group to Hua Yu's secluded thatched cottage.
• Hua Yu attacked the visitors before recognizing Qing Fairy and Hua Fairy, then collapsed into sleep.
• Wang Li examined Hua Yu and found severe leg injuries, poison, and damage to her foundation, so he prepared an external and internal treatment.
• Wang Li gave Hua Fairy a pill that had endured Eight-Colored Pill Lightning and instructed the sisters to place Hua Yu in a medicinal bath.
• Qing Fairy left Hua Fairy to watch over Hua Yu and went to question Hua Jin about why she had summoned Wang Li.

Xiao Li revealed his identity and proposed an alliance between the Xiao Tribe, Yin Valley, Burning Flame Valley, and Flower Sect against Soul Hall and the God Clans. The Flower Sect agreed to join secretly, while Hua Yu recovered enough to leave the thatched cottage and made peace with Hua Jin.

• Xiao Li privately told Qing Fairy that he was Xiao Li of the Xiao Tribe and proposed an alliance against Soul Hall and the God Clans.
• Qing Fairy agreed to consider the alliance on the condition that Xiao Li help her find Yao Chen, and Xiao Li told her Yao Chen was alive as a Soul Body and would return within twenty years.
• Hua Fairy told Hua Jin that the Flower Sect would secretly ally with Yin Valley and Burning Flame Valley, and ordered her to help the Great Elder keep the alliance confidential.
• Hua Yu emerged from the thatched cottage with Qing Fairy's support, and Xiao Li explained that she would need about half a year to recover but could not regain her lost lifespan.
• Hua Yu apologized to Hua Jin, who insisted that she would become Hua Yu's pride.

Xiao Li unexpectedly met the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who recognized Xiao Kong and discussed Danta’s origins and its decline. The Old Ancestor revealed that the fall of the Xiao Tribe had triggered a chain reaction that left Central Continent with very few powerful Dou Saints.

• Xiao Li and Tianyin Old Man encountered the Pill Tower Old Ancestor, who joined them in a pavilion and praised Xiao Li’s cultivation and Soul Force.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor recognized Xiao Kong, and Xiao Kong explained that Xiao Li had helped him survive and that he was now a Late Six Star Dou Saint.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor described how Danyuan Tian’s consciousness had merged with a Grade 9 pill, leaving him uncertain whether he was Danyuan Tian or the pill itself.
• Xiao Kong recalled Danta’s past prominence, but the Pill Tower Old Ancestor admitted that Danta was declining and could eventually be consumed by the Soul Hall.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor explained that Central Continent’s strongest cultivators were now only Six Star Dou Saints and blamed the decline of the Xiao Tribe for the wider weakening of the region.

The Pill Tower Old Ancestor explained how the God Clans hunted Central Continent’s Dou Saint experts and why Danta held a blood feud with the Hun Clan. Xiao Kong revealed the Hun Clan’s hidden strength, and the group looked to Xiao Li’s alchemy talent as their best chance to resist the God Clans.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor told Xiao Kong that after the Tower Master died, the God Clans waged war on Central Continent, killing experts and later enforcing a ban on anyone above Five Star Dou Saint from roaming freely.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor recounted how Hun Xuzi infiltrated Danta, then summoned Hun Clan experts to kill Danta’s youngest Tower Master and create a blood feud.
• Xiao Kong revealed that the Hun Clan had four Eight Star Dou Saints and three Eight Star Dou Saint Living Dead, and said Hun Tiandi had turned his father and grandfather into Living Dead.
• Xiao Li proposed that Danta and their allies form an alliance, and the Pill Tower Old Ancestor agreed that they needed more top-level fighters.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor said Xiao Li could help them oppose the God Clans by advancing his cultivation and alchemy enough to refine Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills and attract or strengthen Dou Saint allies.

Xiao Li accepted the Pill Tower Old Ancestor’s challenge to impress the Small Danta alchemists, while Xiao Kong explained his recovery would take years unless Xiao Li advanced his alchemy. In Wutan City, Xiao Yan studied alchemy and learned he was being taken to meet his arranged fiancée, as an ancient ring on his hand flashed with white light.

• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor gave Xiao Li a badge and asked him to subdue the Small Danta’s alchemists before notifying him.
• Xiao Li and Xiao Kong discussed the God Clans, the Hun Clan, and Xiao Kong’s recovery, which could be accelerated if Xiao Li refined a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er he was studying alchemy and heard about Xiao Wan’s success at the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Tournament.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Xiao Zhan and Xiao Lin were taking him to the Imperial Capital, then Xiao Zhan explained they would visit the Nalan Clan about Xiao Yan’s arranged marriage.
• Bai Xinya gave Xiao Yan an inherited ancient ring, which flashed with a strand of white light.

Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan was bound by a marriage contract to Nalan Yanran and was heartbroken. In the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran met while beating up a group of bullying youths, as a young man watched from a nearby building.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran had a marriage contract, and Xiao Xun'er cried over the news.
• Xiao Lin allowed Xiao Yan to explore the Imperial Capital with two guards, while Xia Yilong secretly followed to protect him.
• Nalan Yanran defeated Mu Zhan and three youths who had surrounded her.
• Mu Zhan returned with an older boy, and Xiao Yan joined Nalan Yanran in beating them and the remaining lackeys.
• A young man in luxurious robes watched Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fight from a nearby building.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran teamed up to drive off Mu Zhan’s group, then met again while heading to Nalan Manor. There, their grandfathers discussed their marriage contract, which Nalan Yanran mistook for a fight date.

• Xia Yilong recorded Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fighting Mu Zhan’s group on a Recording Stone.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran punched Mu Zhan’s uncle, and Uncle Feng and Uncle Lan beat him after he tried to retaliate with Dou Qi.
• Nalan Yanran left for Nalan Manor, and Xiao Yan followed after learning it was her home.
• At Nalan Manor, Xiao Lin and Nalan Jie welcomed Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran and discussed the children’s marriage contract.
• Nalan Jie asked Nalan Yanran if she remembered the marriage contract, and she asked whether it meant making a fight date.

Xiao Yan met his fiancée Nalan Yanran, and the two quickly became partners in mischief. Back in Wutan City, Xiao Li learned Zi Yan had reached Tier 7 and discovered she was an Ancient Void Dragon.

• Nalan Yanran learned that Xiao Yan was her betrothed, punched at him, and approved of him when he caught her fist.
• Nalan Yanran took Xiao Yan to play, and Xiao Lin and Nalan Jie agreed their children seemed well suited.
• Xiao Li returned to the Xiao Clan and learned that Xiao Lin and Xiao Zhan had taken Xiao Yan to visit the Nalan Clan.
• Xiao Li reunited with Zi Yan and saw that she had grown and reached Tier 7.
• Zi Yan transformed into her true form, and Xiao Li identified her as an Ancient Void Dragon.
• Zi Yan celebrated her lineage until Xiao Li messed up her hair, prompting her to bite him.

Xiao Li told Xiao Ding that Jia Xingtian had likely allied with the Soul Hall and explained why the Xiao Clan was keeping him alive as bait. After Xiao Lin's group returned, Xiao Li urged Yun Yun to consider taking Nalan Yanran as her apprentice and to conceal her strength while investigating.

• Xiao Ding brought Xiao Li intelligence suggesting Jia Xingtian had sided with the Soul Hall, and Xiao Li explained that the Xiao Clan was using him to draw out the enemy.
• Xiao Li revealed that the old man in the Back Mountain was the Xiao Clan's Old Ancestor and told Xiao Ding to prepare to defeat Jia Xingtian as a test for the younger generation.
• Xiao Li praised Xiao Ding's ability to manage the clan and warned him to cultivate for the challenges posed by other God Clans.
• Xia Yilong showed Xiao Li a Recording Stone of Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fighting Mu Zhan and his group, and Xiao Li began plotting against the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Li suggested Yun Yun take Nalan Yanran as her apprentice, and Yun Yun agreed to meet her while concealing her cultivation.

Eight-year-old Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe, but Yao Chen secretly drained his Dou Qi overnight to temper him at Xiao Li’s request. Xiao Yan woke to find his Dou Qi Vortex gone, and the chapter ended with him believing his future had been ruined.

• Xiao Yan condensed a Dou Qi Vortex and became a Dou Zhe, earning praise from Xiao Zhan, Nalan Yanran, and others.
• Xiao Kong told Xiao Lin that Yao Chen’s soul was inside Xiao Yan’s Bone Flame Ring and that Xiao Li had asked them not to interfere.
• Yao Chen read Xiao Li’s request to test Xiao Yan and agreed after recognizing Wang Ming as an old acquaintance.
• Yao Chen made Xiao Yan dream of success, then Xiao Yan woke and discovered that his Dou Qi Vortex had disappeared.
• Xiao Zhan took Xiao Yan to Xiao Lin, who pretended he could not diagnose the problem and told them not to disturb Xiao Kong.

Xiao Yan lost his Dou Qi, but Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er comforted him and gave him Foundation Establishment Spirit Paste. Meanwhile, Xiao Li traveled with his family and Tianyinzi toward Gu Sheng City to enter the Ancient Realm for the Heavenly Tomb, confident in their strength.

• Nalan Yanran defended Xiao Yan from mocking clan disciples, encouraged him, and gave him her Foundation Establishment Spirit Paste.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived with her own Foundation Establishment Spirit Paste, felt jealous of Nalan Yanran, then offered the ointment to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan accepted both girls' support and vowed to regain his confidence.
• Xiao Li traveled toward Gu Sheng City with the Pei Sisters, Xiao Ting, and Tianyinzi, learning from Pei Yuhan that the city guarded the entrance to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ting and the Pei Sisters revealed their Xiao Clan Marks, and Xiao Li assessed their cultivation and combat strength before approaching Gu Sheng City.

Xiao Li led his group to Gu Sheng City for the Gu Clan gathering and clashed with Gu Clan soldiers at the gate. After revealing the Patriarch’s invitation and overpowering the guards, he entered the city, while Gu Feng warned that Xiao Li was too dangerous to challenge.

• Xiao Li and his companions arrived at Ancient Stone Plaza and walked toward Gu Sheng City, whose ancient Light Shield carried Dou God power.
• At the city gate, Lin Gan insulted Xiao Li, who knocked him down and suppressed the Black Annihilation Army soldiers.
• Hun Lin recognized Xiao Li as a Three Revolutions Dou Venerate and warned Hun Yu and Hun Wu not to fight him.
• Xiao Li sent Yang Lie the Gu Clan Patriarch’s invitation and reprimanded him before leading his group into Gu Sheng City.
• Gu Feng arrived, rebuked Lin Gan for obstructing an invited guest, and told Yang Lie that he could not see through Xiao Li’s cultivation and feared he could not withstand one move from him.

Xiao Li and his companions arrived in Gu Sheng City before the Heavenly Tomb opened, while Gu Yuan prepared to honor the Xiao Tribe’s allocation of slots despite objections from Gu Dao. After advancing to Four Revolutions Dou Venerate, Xiao Li learned about the Gu Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and its powerful Black Annihilation Army commanders.

• Xiao Li entered Gu Sheng City with his companions and drove off a Four Star Dou Venerate who approached him.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Dao that he would return the Xiao Tribe’s Heavenly Tomb slots and let any dissatisfied Gu Clan youngsters challenge Xiao Li.
• Xiao Li cultivated in the manor for several days and advanced to Four Revolutions Dou Venerate.
• Pei Yuhan explained that many visitors had gathered for the Gu Clan Coming-of-Age Ceremony and described the Black Annihilation Army’s commanders.
• Xiao Li dismissed Great Commander Gu Xiao as no threat and said he could kill him with one hand.

As Xiao Li waited for the Ancient Realm to open, he clashed with Hun Clan members who insulted the Xiao Tribe, only for the confrontation to end after Hun Yu apologized. Mang Tian Chi arrived to protect Xiao Li, and Xiao Li gave him a Four Symbols Holy Yuan Pill before they resumed their familiar banter.

• Pei Yuru complained that the Dou God Bloodline let its holders advance easily, and Xiao Li reassured her that her talent could take her farther in the long run.
• While waiting for the Ancient Realm to open at a Tea House, Xiao Li struck down Hun Yu and Hun Wu after Hun Yu insulted the fallen Xiao Tribe.
• A Hun Clan Half Saint attacked Xiao Li, but Tianyinzi stopped the blow, and Mang Tian Chi arrived to drive off the two Hun Clan Half Saints.
• Hun Yu apologized to Xiao Li and the Xiao Tribe, so Xiao Li let Hun Yu and Hun Wu go despite calling them mortal enemies.
• Mang Tian Chi greeted Xiao Li, and Xiao Li gave him a Four Symbols Holy Yuan Pill before joking that he had become a bandit.

Mang Tian Chi told Xiao Li about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s schism and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s failed attack, while revealing a Void Thunder Pool near Dragon Island. On the fifth day, Xiao Li and his group gathered at the lake in Gu Sheng City as the Ancient Realm prepared to open.

• Mang Tian Chi explained that the Void Thunder Pool lay beside Dragon Island, which had split into four factions under the North, South, and West Dragon Kings after the Dragon Emperor disappeared.
• Mang Tian Chi said the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s attack on Dragon Island had been wiped out by hidden Ancient Void Dragon experts, leaving Huang Tian and the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes among its few surviving Dou Shengs.
• Xiao Li decided he would raise Zi Yan carefully and seek cooperation with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• At noon on the fifth day, Xiao Li and his group went to the lake in Gu Sheng City, where a Gu Clan Elder warned the crowd about the Ancient Realm’s dangers and rules.
• Xiao Li teased Yu Han and Yu Rou about their Dou God bloodline and the Gu Clan’s Descendant People, and Tianyinzi noted that few with ancestral bloodlines reached Xiao Li’s level.

Xiao Li entered the Ancient Realm with his companions and met Lei Meng aboard a Gu Clan Void Shuttle. Lei Meng shared information about the Heavenly Tomb contestants, and Xiao Li continued toward the tomb with the other clans’ young experts.

• The Spatial Door opened above the lake, and Xiao Li and the others entered the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Li observed the realm’s dense World Energy and wondered what the Gu Clan had done after the Xiao-Hun War.
• The Gu Clan brought the arrivals aboard Void Shuttles, where Lei Meng introduced himself to Xiao Li and praised his abilities.
• Xiao Li and Lei Meng drank tea together, discussed the Xiao Tribe and their ambitions, and Lei Meng revealed that Mang Tian Chi was his maternal grandfather.
• Lei Meng listed the cultivation levels of several clans’ Heavenly Tomb entrants and warned Xiao Li to avoid the Spirit Clan.

Xiao Li crippled a Spirit Clan Venerate and, with help from Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru, killed a Spirit Clan Half Saint after the warship reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range. His brutal actions left the gathered experts wary of him.

• Xiao Li slapped a Spirit Clan member, then crippled a Seven Star Dou Venerate with the Thousand Demon Grasp Qi Hand and took his Dou Qi crystal.
• Tianyinzi stopped a Spirit Clan Half Saint from intervening and struck him with Heavenly Sound Soul Suppression after he threatened Yin Valley.
• The warship arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, where the experts disembarked and the Spirit Clan Half Saint rushed to attack Xiao Li.
• Pei Yuhan and Pei Yuru revealed their Xiao Clan Marks and restrained the Half Saint with the Tianyin Seal.
• Xiao Li sealed the Half Saint's Dou Qi with the Black Lotus Seal Heaven Seal, reduced his cultivation to Da Dou Shi, and snapped his neck.

Xiao Li clashed with the Spirit Clan in the Gu Clan’s Ancient Realm, where Elder Tongxuan intervened and Hun Yu briefly captured the Spirit Clan members. Later, Gu Yuan visited Xiao Li and explained the strength of the Eight Clans’ Patriarchs, leaving Xiao Li with a clearer picture of the powers around him.

• Elder Tongxuan stopped Xiao Li from escalating the fight and warned the Spirit Clan to obey Gu Clan rules or lose their Heavenly Tomb quota.
• Xiao Li struck down a Spirit Clan member with a soul attack, and Hun Yu bound the remaining Spirit Clan members before Elder Tongxuan freed them.
• Elder Tongxuan ordered the Spirit Clan members to leave the Ancient Realm rather than participate in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan visited Xiao Li at night, teased him about his two companions, and discussed the Spirit Clan’s weakened state and Ling Yuan’s cultivation.
• Gu Yuan listed the Patriarchs’ strengths, explaining that he and Hun Tiandi were Late Nine Star Dou Saints with Emperor Realm Souls, while Gu Yuan was currently the strongest among them.

Xiao Li secured four places for the Xiao Tribe in the Heavenly Tomb and led his group inside. As they set out for the third level to find Xiao Xuan, Xiao Xuan sensed a familiar aura.

• Xiao Li asked Xiao Kong to watch over the Xiao Tribe and Yin Valley while the group was away, warning him about the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Li watched the Gu Clan Coming of Age Ceremony and knocked down a Nine Star Dou Zun challenger with one punch.
• Elder Tongxuan announced that the Xiao Tribe would receive four slots, and Xiao Li led his companions through the Heavenly Tomb gate together.
• Xiao Li, Pei Yuhan, Pei Yuru, and Xiao Ting arrived in the Heavenly Tomb and headed for the third level to find Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan sensed a familiar aura after several thousand years in the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Li led Xiao Ting, Pei Yuhan, and Pei Yuru through Heavenly Tomb, collecting Energy Cores and fighting Energy Bodies as they traveled toward Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion. On the Third Layer's Crystal Wall, they encountered Ancient Devouring Insects and struggled through the shrinking passage until a crack opened ahead.

• Xiao Li led the group across the First Layer and showed Xiao Ting how to absorb an Energy Core from a Three Star Dou Venerate Energy Body.
• Three months later, Xiao Li destroyed a Nine Star Energy Body with Heavenly Flame Shining Sun and collected its Energy Cores.
• After another month, Xiao Li found the Third Layer's solid Crystal Wall and fused nearly a hundred Heavenly Demon Puppets into one to break through it.
• As the Crystal Walls shrank and Ancient Devouring Insects swarmed them, Xiao Li covered the group and puppet in Heavenly Flames and restored his Dou Qi with Grade 8 Pills.
• After more than half an hour of punching through the passage, Xiao Li and the others reached the end when a crack opened in the Crystal Wall.