Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan defeated Yang Hao, the Ancient Clan called Lin Feng to the stone platform to spar with Gu Qingyang. Lin Feng accepted the challenge and revealed that he had reached Second Revolution Dou Zun, leaving the spectators astonished as the fight was about to begin.

• An Ancient Void Dragon Clan expert persuaded Lin Feng to stay and watch Xiao Yan's match instead of leaving.
• Xiao Yan defeated Yang Hao and knocked him from the stone platform; the Ancient Clan ordered Yang Hao taken back for treatment and punishment.
• The referee announced that Lin Feng would spar with Gu Qingyang, and spectators recognized Lin Feng for his alchemy and his victory over Liu Cang.
• Gu Qingyang claimed his subordinates had failed to deliver his challenge, and Lin Feng accepted his explanation before agreeing to fight.
• Lin Feng appeared on the stone platform using startling spatial control, which knowledgeable spectators identified as an Ancient Void Dragon Clan ability.
• Lin Feng released the aura of a Second Revolution Dou Zun, shocking the crowd with his rapid cultivation progress.

Lin Feng faced Gu Qingyang in a spar after revealing that he had reached Second Revolution Dou Zun, astonishing Xiao Yan and the others. Gu Qingyang used a secret technique to rise to Three-turn Dou Zun, and the two began exchanging attacks, with Gu Qingyang launching the Imperial Seal Art at the chapter’s end.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Qing Xiao were shocked by Lin Feng’s rapid advancement to Second Revolution Dou Zun.
• Gu Qingyang used a secret technique to raise his strength from First Revolution to Three-turn Dou Zun.
• Gu Qingyang challenged Lin Feng to show why he was considered the foremost genius without a bloodline, and Lin Feng welcomed a chance to fight someone of his generation.
• Lin Feng met Gu Qingyang’s opening palm strike with a punch and forced him backward with his physical strength.
• Gu Qingyang attacked with four refined moves of the Imperial Seal Art, and Lin Feng formed a dark gray Dou Qi vortex in response.

Lin Feng dominated Gu Qingyang with his strength and spatial abilities, but Gu Qingyang recovered and invoked the Ancient Clan’s Heaven Grade cultivation method. Lin Feng summoned five Heavenly Flames as Gu Qingyang challenged him to reveal a stronger technique or concede.

• Lin Feng absorbed Gu Qingyang’s Imperial Seal Art and returned its energy, then used spatial traversal and a powerful punch to break Gu Qingyang’s arm and drive him to the platform’s edge.
• Lin Feng and Gu Qingyang unleashed their unified seal techniques, and the collision’s shockwaves forced Gu Qingyang back toward the platform’s center.
• Gu Qingyang used the Ancient Saint Treasure Mirror to draw in energy from the surrounding area, while Lin Feng used his own Heaven Grade cultivation method to compete for it.
• Lin Feng summoned five Heavenly Flames, astonishing the spectators and intensifying Xiao Yan and Yao Chen’s hostility toward him.
• Gu Qingyang acknowledged Lin Feng’s strength but claimed his Heavenly Grade Dou Skill surpassed Lin Feng’s flame techniques and demanded that he concede if he had no other methods.

Gu Qingyang prepared the Ancient Clan’s Great Annihilation Technique as Lin Feng formed the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Formation and launched its five-colored fire plate at him. Gu Qingyang opened his eyes and raised a finger to meet the attack.

• Gu Qingyang released the life-draining aura of the Great Annihilation Technique, alarming the spectators.
• An Ancient Clan elder explained that the technique had once let an elder kill a stronger opponent, while Gu Qingyang’s younger brother said Lin Feng’s defeat would still be honorable.
• Lin Feng formed five Fire Spirits with the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Method and assembled them into the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Formation.
• Lin Feng condensed the spirits into a massive five-colored fire plate and sent it toward Gu Qingyang.
• Gu Qingyang opened his eyes and pressed a finger toward the incoming fire plate.

Lin Feng and Gu Qingyang clashed with their strongest techniques, and Gu Qingyang appeared to gain the upper hand as Lin Feng’s fire plate cracked. Lin Feng then revealed that he had secretly planted golden energy inside Gu Qingyang, turning the battle in his favor.

• Gu Qingyang summoned the Ancient Clan’s Great Annihilation Technique and sent a massive black finger against Lin Feng’s five-colored fire plate.
• The techniques collided inside a protective shield, wrecking the stone platform and sending destructive ripples into the barrier.
• As cracks spread across Lin Feng’s fire plate, observers believed Gu Qingyang had gained the advantage, and Gu Qingyang declared Lin Feng defeated.
• Lin Feng calmly said, “Explode,” and an Ancient Clan elder explained that Lin Feng had secretly planted penetrating golden energy inside Gu Qingyang during their earlier fight.
• The golden energy began ravaging Gu Qingyang’s body, and he realized he had fallen into Lin Feng’s trap.

Lin Feng defeated Gu Qingyang by disrupting his Dou Qi with hidden golden energy and overwhelming his Great Nirvana Finger with the Five-wheel Falling Fire Plate. Elder Gu Yi stopped the attack before it could hit, and Gu Qingyang admitted defeat while Hao Yan's protection of Lin Feng left the spectators wondering about Lin Feng's identity.

• Lin Feng used the golden energy he had planted in Gu Qingyang to disrupt him, then shattered his Great Nirvana Finger with the Five-wheel Falling Fire Plate.
• Elder Gu Yi halted the fire plate just before it struck Gu Qingyang, and Lin Feng withdrew his Dou Skill.
• Hao Yan appeared between Lin Feng and Elder Gu Yi, revealing that he had come to protect Lin Feng from a One-star Dou Sheng.
• Elder Gu Yi declared that Gu Qingyang had lost, and Gu Qingyang bowed and admitted defeat.
• Yang Hao smashed a teacup after witnessing Gu Qingyang's defeat.

Lin Feng’s victory over Gu Qingyang shocked the Ancient Clan, while Gu Qingyang warned Gu Xun’er about Lin Feng’s hidden strength. Three days later, Lin Feng joined the invited guests at the lake as the Ancient Realm’s gate began to open.

• Gu Qingyang admitted defeat to Lin Feng, then returned to the Ancient Clan’s gathering injured and warned Gu Xun’er not to underestimate Lin Feng or fight him at close range.
• Huo Zhi rebuked Huo Xuan for mocking the Ancient Clan, while Xiao Yan resolved to kill Lin Feng before he reached the Half-Saint realm.
• Members of the Soul Clan discussed Lin Feng’s strength and the Heavenly Flames they wanted to seize, while Lin Feng expelled the lingering Power of Silence from his body.
• After three days in Ancient Saint City, Lin Feng and the other guests gathered at the lake to enter the Ancient Realm, and an elder warned them to stay away from the clan’s descendants and dangerous spatial cracks.
• A dazzling pillar of light erupted from the lake and connected to the barrier above the city as the Ancient Realm’s gate began to open.

Lin Feng entered the Ancient Realm for the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and met Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan while boarding the Ancient Clan’s Shuttle Space Boats. As the journey began, he resolved to explore the volcano beneath the Tianshan Blood Pool after the ceremony and after absorbing the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

• Lin Feng and the other guests entered the spatial gate and arrived in the Ancient Realm, where he admired its dense natural energy.
• Ten Ancient Clan Shuttle Space Boats arrived to escort the guests, and Huo Zhi explained that the rare ships could travel freely through space.
• Huo Zhi introduced herself to Lin Feng and recognized him as the Pill Gathering champion who had defeated Gu Qingyang.
• Lin Feng and the others boarded a Shuttle Space Boat after the Ancient Clan invited the guests aboard.
• Lin Feng remembered the volcano beneath the Tianshan Blood Pool and decided to explore it after the ceremony, once he had raised his soul realm and absorbed the Nine Nether Golden Ancestor Fire.

Aboard the warship bound for the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Hun Ya and Hun Li tried to recruit Lin Feng into the Soul Hall with increasingly lavish promises, but he refused. After they left, Gu Zhen, commander of the Black Mist Army, approached Lin Feng.

• The warship entered the void, and Lin Feng explored its tightly guarded decks while Huo Zhi and the Ancient Dragon Clan expert went their separate ways.
• Lin Feng spotted Xiao Yan talking with a man he suspected was Gu Zhen at the bow, then encountered three Soul Clan figures nearby.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li offered Lin Feng resources, Heavenly Flames, alchemy instruction, and help reaching Dou Sheng if he served the Soul Clan.
• Lin Feng rejected their offers, explaining that his ties to the Pill Tower and his own priorities made joining the Soul Hall impossible.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li offered him a Nine-grade bloodline genius as a wife and eight more Soul Clan women as a dowry, but Lin Feng still refused and walked away.
• Gu Zhen caught up with Lin Feng, introduced himself as commander of the Black Mist Army, and apologized for approaching him.

Gu Zhen tried to recruit Lin Feng into the Ancient Clan with promises of protection, resources, reconciliation, and a clanswoman, but Lin Feng refused because he saw the offer as a trap. The warships arrived at the Ancient Clan’s headquarters, where Gu Xun’er reunited with Xiao Yan while Lin Feng headed to the guest lodging.

• Gu Zhen invited Lin Feng to join the Ancient Clan and offered him benefits, including a marriage to a female clanswoman, but Lin Feng rejected him and left.
• Lin Feng privately suspected Gu Xun’er would use clan rules and dangerous missions to target him if he joined the Ancient Clan.
• The warships reached the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and the guests disembarked for the lodging prepared by the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Xun’er arrived and leapt into Xiao Yan’s arms, while Lin Feng discovered that her strength was concealed and chose to go to the lodging.
• The Ancient Clan’s observers let the Ancient Void Dragon Clan expert leave freely but secretly sent people to follow him.

Lin Feng attended the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, where Mang Tianchi confronted Xiao Yan over the stolen Heavenly Flame before agreeing to wait until after the ceremony. The ceremony revealed the bloodline grades and clan marks of the Ancient Clan's young warriors, and it left Gu Zhen receiving a rare Purple Gold Clan Mark.

• Lin Feng arrived at the ceremony and found Mang Tianchi confronting Xiao Yan, while Gu Xun'er tried to calm Mang Tianchi's anger.
• An Ancient Clan elder urged Mang Tianchi to postpone the dispute until after the ceremony, and Mang Tianchi led the Lei Clan members away after threatening Xiao Yan.
• The ceremony began with Ling Quan and Lin Xiu each receiving a Golden Clan Mark for their Six-grade bloodlines.
• Hao Yan explained the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's bloodline grades and the four ranks of clan marks to Lin Feng.
• The ceremony granted Gu Zhen a Purple Gold Clan Mark in recognition of his military achievements, steady temperament, wisdom, and courage.

At the Ancient Clan coming-of-age ceremony, Gu Yao received a Purple Gold Clan Mark and challenged Xiao Yan, claiming he needed to prove his strength to marry into the clan. Xiao Yan accepted, and the elders set up a Spatial Barrier around the guests before the fight began.

• Gu Yao's test revealed an eight-grade bloodline, and the elders granted him a Purple Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Yao invoked the ceremony's rules to challenge Xiao Yan, and the elders confirmed Xiao Yan could refuse because he was not a member of the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yao said Xiao Yan needed to demonstrate his strength to win the elders' approval to marry Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that Gu Yao had obtained the Great Annihilation Technique, but Xiao Yan accepted the challenge on behalf of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan moved to face Gu Yao, and the elders raised a Spatial Barrier between the fight and the guest seats.

Xiao Yan fought Gu Yao for the right to leave with Gu Xun'er, and the battle ended with Xiao Yan unconscious and Gu Yao badly burned after their strongest attacks collided. The elders rescued Gu Yao from the fire, while Xiao Yan's fate remained unresolved.

• Gu Yao attacked Xiao Yan, who answered with his own strength, and their clash damaged the arena as Gu Yao claimed his bloodline and cultivation made him superior.
• Lin Feng explained that Xiao Yan could win by using the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, then warned Hun Ya and Hun Li that Xiao Xuan could threaten them in the Heaven Tomb.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and formed a Five-colored Fire Lotus from five Heavenly Flames, while Gu Yao answered with a destructive black energy finger.
• The fire lotus overwhelmed Gu Yao's attack and filled the Spatial Barrier with flames, but Xiao Yan vomited blood and fell unconscious.
• Gu Xun'er urged the elders to rescue both fighters, and an elder returned from the fire carrying a charred and battered Gu Yao.

After Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao, Gu Xun'er completed her coming-of-age ceremony and revealed a Divine-grade bloodline. She then challenged Lin Feng, offering a Heavenly Tomb quota as a wager while concealing her plan to use the fight to take his Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao, and Ancient Clan elders rescued both unconscious fighters while Gu Xun'er urgently attended to Xiao Yan.
• Elder Gu Yi oversaw Gu Xun'er's ceremony, where the Star Disc shattered as her bloodline reached Divine grade and she received her clan pattern.
• Gu Xun'er challenged Lin Feng, but he refused to fight despite her taunts.
• Gu Xun'er offered her Heavenly Tomb quota as the wager, and the other clans stayed silent rather than warn Lin Feng about the danger she intended to spring.

Gu Xun'er tried to lure Lin Feng into a duel by offering a rare beast corpse and valuable treasures, but Lin Feng saw through her schemes and questioned the wager. The other clans began mocking Gu Xun'er for how far she seemed willing to go for Xiao Yan.

• Lin Feng rejected Gu Xun'er's proposal to enter the Heaven Tomb, revealing that he knew its dangers.
• Gu Xun'er offered a ninth-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast corpse and several Heavenly Grade Dou Skills as stakes for a duel.
• Lin Feng suspected the Dou Skills depended on Gu Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and demanded to inspect them before agreeing.
• Gu Xun'er admitted the Dou Skills were tailored for her Heavenly Flame and offered a ninth-tier fire-attribute magic core and an Eight-colored Raw Stone instead.
• Lin Feng criticized her replacement offer, so Gu Xun'er promised delivery before the Heaven Tomb opened and urged him to accept.
• Yao Clan members and other clan representatives mocked Gu Xun'er, concluding that she was going to great lengths for Xiao Yan.

Lin Feng accepted Gu Xun’er’s challenge after adding a wager condition that favored him, and the two prepared to fight. Before the match began, he accused Gu Xun’er of defending Xiao Yan and warned the other clans that she might try to seize their Heavenly Flames.

• Lin Feng proposed that a draw or a narrow victory for Gu Xun’er would count as his win, and Gu Xun’er accepted the terms and wagered the promised treasures against his Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Feng entered the arena as Gu Xun’er declared that she would kill him for supposedly harming Xiao Yan and refusing to give him Heavenly Flames.
• Lin Feng disputed Gu Xun’er’s accusations, reminding the crowd that Xiao Yan had provoked him and once used Lin Feng’s wives to lure him into an ambush.
• Lin Feng suggested that Gu Xun’er might eventually demand the Yan and Yao Clans’ Heavenly Flames for Xiao Yan, making their representatives wary of her.
• Gu Xun’er angrily accused Lin Feng of twisting the truth and cited his injuries to Xiao Yan and theft of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Venerable Yao’s Storage Ring.

Lin Feng and Gu Xun'er fought fiercely, trading attacks that devastated the plaza and tested their powerful Dou Skills. After their flames collided, they resumed close combat, with Lin Feng holding the advantage but wearing badly burned clothes.

• Gu Xun'er ambushed Lin Feng, but he blocked her strike and knocked her back while concealed golden energy entered her body and was burned away.
• Gu Xun'er used the Heaven-Burning Whip and Chasing Wind and Lightning to attack and evade Lin Feng, while he used spatial talent to launch a hidden strike.
• Gu Xun'er summoned the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and unleashed the Heavenly Grade Golden Emperor Heavenly Descent Palm, while Lin Feng countered with the Five-Wheel Separation Flame Formation and Leaving Fire Burning Heaven.
• The two Dou Skills exploded against Gu Yi's Spatial Barrier, shocking the onlookers and revealing Gu Xun'er's formidable strength.
• Lin Feng and Gu Xun'er emerged from the flames and exchanged blows at close range; Gu Xun'er grew paler while Lin Feng's clothes were badly burned.

Lin Feng used his dragon transformation, speed, and physical attacks to drive Gu Xun'er onto the defensive, while the Ancient Clan elders watched her gain battle experience. Gu Xun'er unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Array, and Lin Feng charged toward its deadly fire pillars as Xiao Ling began condensing a five-flame fire lotus.

• Lin Feng revealed his Taixu Ancient Dragon transformation and used Glimmering Shadow Movement to strike Gu Xun'er through her Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu Xun'er’s snow-silk soft armor blocked Lin Feng’s punch, but the impact still injured her and sent her flying backward.
• Gu Xun'er recovered, swallowed an eighth-grade healing pill, and retreated while sending golden flames at Lin Feng.
• Gu Xun'er formed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Array and launched its rebounding pillars of fire at Lin Feng.
• Lin Feng ordered Xiao Ling to condense a fire lotus from five Heavenly Flames and charged straight toward Gu Xun’er’s attack.

Lin Feng unleashed a five-colored Emperor Lotus against Gu Xun'er's Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Array, then used a soul attack and the Great Heaven Creation Palm to overwhelm her. Gu Yi stopped the battle as the black ring threatened Gu Xun'er, leaving Lin Feng and Gu Xun'er both exhausted and Hao Yan escorting Lin Feng away.

• Lin Feng formed a five-colored Emperor Lotus while gathering Dou Qi for another powerful technique, and Gu Yi realized Gu Xun'er was likely to lose.
• Lin Feng armored himself with the Myriad Nether Poison Body and hurled the Emperor Lotus into Gu Xun'er's golden pillars, triggering a massive explosion that swallowed him.
• Lin Feng emerged from the flames and struck with the Great Heaven Creation Palm, then used a soul attack to interrupt Gu Xun'er before forming a black ring that devoured her array.
• Gu Yi collapsed the black ring and declared Gu Xun'er defeated, while the exhausted Lin Feng swallowed a Grade Eight Pill.
• Hao Yan forced Gu Xun'er away from Lin Feng and pulled Lin Feng to his side, then dismissed Gu Yi's protests.

After defeating Gu Xun'er, Lin Feng collected the rewards from their wager and prepared to leave the Ancient Realm. Hun Ya renewed his offer to recruit Lin Feng into the Soul Hall, promising protection and advancement.

• The Ancient Clan elders debated whether to honor Gu Xun'er's wager, and Gu Yi ordered them to give Lin Feng the promised items and send him away.
• Gu Xun'er conceded defeat, and Lin Feng received a ninth-tier fire-attributed Magic Beast core despite the Ancient Clan elder's attempt to offer a low-quality one.
• Lin Feng demanded the wager's remaining rewards, including Gu Xun'er's Snow Silk Soft Armor; Gu Xun'er substituted two Ninth-grade Treasure Pill Recipes for the promised Grade Eight Pills.
• Gu Xun'er handed Lin Feng the Storage Ring containing the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast corpse and Eight-colored Raw Stone, while an elder brought him the recipes and a replacement soft armor.
• As Gu Yi escorted Lin Feng and Hao Yan toward the exit, Hun Ya renewed the Soul Hall's offer to recruit Lin Feng and promised the Soul Clan would protect him from the Ancient Clan.