Chapter Summaries

Su Baichen forged a pill from the Golden Dragon King's essence for Bai Yue'er to refine, then prepared to leave with his companions. Before departing, he warned the God of Destruction to care for Yue'er and gave him wedding gifts, leaving him relieved but devoted to her.

• Su Baichen forged a Dragon Essence Dao-Tempering Pill from the Golden Dragon King's life's essence and gave it to Bai Yue'er to refine.
• At the Temple of Life, Liu Muxi, Su Ling'er, Jin Xue'er, Jin Qiu'er, and Ning Bing entered Su Baichen's spatial portal while he stayed behind with the God of Destruction.
• Su Baichen asked the God of Destruction to pass on his farewell to Bai Yue'er and warned him not to mistreat her.
• Su Baichen gave the God of Destruction cultivation techniques and a God King-grade sword as wedding gifts, then explained how to care for Yue'er.
• After Su Baichen threatened to tear down his divine temple if Yue'er was harmed and left through the portal, the God of Destruction collapsed in relief and vowed that enduring hardship for her would be worthwhile.

Su Baichen reunited with Zi Yan and told Jiang Mingyu he was ready to rescue his father from the sealing formation beneath Jia Nan Academy. Meanwhile, Liu Muxi revealed to Xuanyi and Cailin that she was pregnant and planned to surprise Su Baichen; he and Jiang Mingyu descended underground to reach the sealed space.

• Zi Yan arrived and complained to Su Baichen about the workload of being Dragon Emperor until Jiang Mingyu appeared and caught her insulting her mother.
• Su Baichen told Jiang Mingyu he was confident he could rescue his father, and she agreed to go with him and Zi Yan.
• After the three left, Liu Muxi told Xuanyi and Cailin she was pregnant and wanted to keep the news secret as a surprise for Su Baichen.
• Xuanyi gave Liu Muxi a Heaven Soul Blood Fusion Pill and offered to let her move in so they could care for her.
• Su Baichen and Jiang Mingyu reached Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan went to greet Su Qian while they descended toward the underground sealing formation.

Su Baichen reunited Zhu Kun with Jiang Mingyue and prepared to free him from the Ancient God Cave Mansion’s sealing formation. After setting up interference formations and obtaining Zhu Kun’s essence blood, Su Baichen began weakening the seal so he could bring Zhu Kun into the Tianxuan Bead.

• Su Baichen arrived at the Ancient God Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun rushed past him to embrace Jiang Mingyue and lament his thousand years of loneliness.
• Su Baichen pretended not to see or hear the couple, and Jiang Mingyue scolded Zhu Kun for threatening the son-in-law who had come to rescue him.
• Over five or six hours, Su Baichen set up interference formations throughout the suppression formation.
• Su Baichen took a drop of Zhu Kun’s essence blood, sent Jiang Mingyue and Zi Yan to safety, and explained how he would weaken the seal and bring Zhu Kun into the Tianxuan Bead.
• Su Baichen activated the interference formations, causing the suppression formation and the cave mansion to tremble as the seal’s hold on Zhu Kun weakened.

Su Baichen escaped the suppressive formation after rescuing Zhu Kun, who reunited with Zi Yan and returned to Ancient Dragon Island. Jiang Mingyue revealed her belief that Su Baichen was destined to become the strongest Dou Di.

• Su Baichen used a puppet infused with Zhu Kun's essence blood to distract the formation's chains, then escaped with Zhu Kun inside the Tianxuan Bead.
• Su Baichen released Zhu Kun, and Zhu Kun reunited tearfully with Zi Yan while Jiang Mingyue and Su Baichen privately suspected Zi Yan was scheming to make her father handle clan affairs.
• Zhu Kun's return summoned the hidden Ancient Void Dragons to Ancient Dragon Island, restoring the clan's strength to its greatest level in a thousand years.
• Zhu Kun questioned Jiang Mingyue about giving Su Baichen tens of thousands of Soul Origins, and she declared that Su Baichen was blessed by the world's great fortune and would become the strongest Dou Di.

Su Baichen reached Heaven Realm Grand Perfection and received Gu Xun'er's invitation to her coming-of-age ceremony, suspecting Gu Yuan had allowed it to draw him to the Gu Clan. He set out with Xiao Yu, while Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Tianxuan Bead, hoping the journey would help him advance to Di Realm Soul.

• Su Baichen absorbed the Soul Hall's collected soul essence and broke through to Heaven Realm Grand Perfection, while Su Ling'er told him her seal had disappeared and she had become a true Dou Zong.
• Cao Yi delivered Gu Xun'er's letter and gilded invitation, and Su Baichen concluded Gu Yuan likely knew of the invitation and might be targeting him because of the Ancient Void Dragon clan.
• Su Baichen decided to attend the ceremony, told Cailin to remain behind, and ordered Cao Ying to summon Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Baichen invited Xiao Yu along, explaining that the trip might offer a chance for the Xiao Clan to regain its former glory.
• Su Baichen sent Cao Ying and Xiao Yi Xian into the Tianxuan Bead, then departed with Xiao Yu, thinking the Gu Clan journey might let him reach Di Realm Soul through the Heavenly Tomb and Xiao Xuan.

Su Baichen and Xiao Yu entered the Gu Realm for Gu Xun'er's coming-of-age ceremony, and Gu Yuan quickly summoned Su Baichen. Gu Xun'er arrived too late at the teahouse and rushed after them, afraid of what might happen when Su Baichen met her father.

• Su Baichen presented Xun'er's invitation at the Gu Realm entrance, and Ling Quan confirmed its authenticity after sensing Gu Yuan's imprint.
• Su Baichen entered Ancient Saint City with Xiao Yu, who was awestruck by the city and its dense spiritual energy.
• Su Baichen and Xiao Yu waited at a teahouse until an elder arrived with Gu Yuan's invitation for Su Baichen.
• Gu Xun'er reached the teahouse after they had left, learned that her father had summoned Su Baichen, and hurried after them.

Su Baichen warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had secretly prepared a continent-wide Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array, and the two discussed the danger posed by Hun Tiandi. Gu Yuan invited Su Baichen to stay for Gu Xun’er’s coming-of-age ceremony, then ordered a covert investigation of Soul Hall Branches as Xun’er led Su Baichen and Xiao Yu away.

• Su Baichen told Gu Yuan that he had no substantial ties to the Ancient Void Dragon clan and that Zhu Kun would not ally with the Gu Clan based on a personal favor.
• Su Baichen revealed that Soul Hall Branches concealed Soul Devouring Arrays which could connect into the Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array, shocking Gu Yuan.
• Su Baichen won their chess game and warned Gu Yuan that Hun Tiandi might have other hidden trump cards.
• Gu Yuan invited Su Baichen to remain in the Gu Clan for Gu Xun’er’s coming-of-age ceremony, and Su Baichen accepted.
• Gu Xun’er embraced Su Baichen and then led him and Xiao Yu away, while Gu Yuan ordered his agents to secretly investigate underground structures beneath every Soul Hall Branch.

Su Baichen reunited with Mang Tianchi at a teahouse and revealed his Dou Sheng cultivation, then went with him to the Gu Clan’s Bloodline Awakening Ceremony. As the Heavenly Tomb’s opening approached, Su Baichen explained how he secured a spot for a Xiao Clan descendant and revealed that he had become a Ninth-Grade Alchemist.

• Su Baichen startled Mang Tianchi by revealing he had reached the Dou Sheng realm, then teased him about being stuck at Peak Half-Saint.
• Su Baichen pretended to have lost an Eighth-Grade Eight-Color Pill that could aid a breakthrough, then gave Mang Tianchi a pill and headed for the Awakening Plaza.
• At the plaza, Su Baichen and Mang Tianchi discussed their plans for the approaching Heavenly Tomb opening and the Xiao Clan descendant Su Baichen intended to send inside.
• Su Baichen explained that he had traded a Tier 9 Treasure Pill and two Tier 8 Seven-Colored Pills with Gu Yuan to obtain the descendant’s spot.
• Su Baichen told Mang Tianchi he had become a Ninth-Grade Alchemist, leaving Mang Tianchi stunned by his rapid progress.

Ling Quan earned a Sixth-grade Bloodline and a golden Clan Mark, but he panicked after spotting Su Baichen, drawing attention to the powerful guest among the clans. As Mang Tianchi teased Su Baichen about Lei Xue, Gu Xun'er arrived and introduced herself, leaving Mang Tianchi startled.

• Ling Quan awakened a Sixth-grade Bloodline, received a golden Clan Mark, and left the stage in terror after seeing Su Baichen.
• The clans learned that Su Baichen was a Dou Sheng, while Hun Ya recognized him as a wanted criminal and Huo Xuan noted his powerful violet-gold flame.
• Mang Tianchi teased Su Baichen about setting him up with Lei Xue, while Xiao Yu watched in silence.
• Gu Xun'er approached Su Baichen, greeted Mang Tianchi, and introduced herself, causing him to react with surprise.

At the Gu Clan’s Awakening Ceremony, Gu Xun’er openly showed her closeness to Su Baichen, making Gu Yuan struggle to hide his anger. Xun’er awakened a God-Grade Bloodline and received the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, while Gu Yuan’s pride in his daughter remained tangled with his resentment toward Su Baichen.

• Gu Xun’er took Su Baichen’s hand and greeted him affectionately, shocking Mang Tianchi and drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Gu Yuan suppressed his urge to attack Su Baichen and ordered the elders to resume the ceremony.
• The Gu Clan’s other young geniuses awakened their bloodlines and received their Clan Marks before Gu Xun’er’s turn arrived.
• Gu Xun’er awakened ten stars, revealing a God-Grade Bloodline that shattered the Star Disk and caused the plaza to erupt in celebration.
• The elders bestowed the Seven-Colored Clan Mark upon Gu Xun’er as Su Baichen applauded and Gu Yuan watched with mixed feelings.

Gu Xun'er publicly showed her affection for Su Baichen before taking part in the Gu Clan's Awakening Ceremony. Her bloodline awakened at the unprecedented God-Grade level, while Gu Yuan remained furious and conflicted over her closeness to Su Baichen.

• Gu Xun'er took Su Baichen's hand in front of Mang Tianchi and the gathered clans, shocking Mang Tianchi and leaving Gu Yuan struggling to contain his anger.
• Gu Yuan used voice transmissions to force the elders to resume the ceremony, and the Gu Clan's young geniuses received their Clan Marks.
• When Gu Xun'er's turn came, she went to the Star Disk after speaking with Su Baichen.
• The Star Disk revealed nine stars before a tenth appeared, proving Gu Xun'er had a God-Grade Bloodline and shattering the disk.
• The Awakening Elder announced Gu Xun'er as a Nine-Star Dou Zun and bestowed the Seven-Colored Clan Mark as the Gu Clan celebrated.
• Su Baichen applauded Gu Xun'er while Gu Yuan watched her achievement with pride and remained resentful of their relationship.

The Heavenly Tomb opened, and Xiao Yu entered after being separated from Xun'er while Su Baichen stayed behind. At the Soul Hall, Hun Miesheng ordered his subordinates to capture Su Baichen’s relatives, believing he could not intervene.

• The Gu Clan and other Emperor Clan prodigies gathered at the Heavenly Tomb entrance, where Xun'er greeted Su Baichen and Xiao Yu.
• Elder Tongxuan announced the Heavenly Tomb Gate had opened and explained its time difference; Xun'er and Xiao Yu entered, while Su Baichen turned and left.
• Xiao Yu found herself separated from Xun'er inside the Heavenly Tomb and set out to temper herself as an ordinary-looking bead flew away unnoticed.
• Hun Miesheng met with the Soul Hall's leaders and revealed that Zhu Kun had nearly stripped the Hall of its stored soul essence and left him badly weakened.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Hall to capture Su Baichen's closest relatives while Su Baichen attended the Gu Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, and his subordinates volunteered for the mission.

Zi Yan arrived at Danta to visit Cailin and revealed that Su Baichen had sent her to guard against Soul Hall. After sensing a powerful group of enemies approaching, Zi Yan warned that a fierce battle was about to begin.

• Zi Yan visited Cailin at Danta, ate pastries, and said her father was handling the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's affairs.
• Zi Yan told Cailin that Su Baichen had asked her to protect the group from possible attacks by Soul Hall.
• Cailin and Zi Yan discussed their allies' growing strength and Cailin's search for a cultivation opportunity, but Zi Yan had found no suitable clues.
• Cailin proposed visiting the Nine-Serene Earth-Underworld Python Clan, but Zi Yan suddenly sensed enemies outside Danta.
• Zi Yan warned Cailin that a whole group of enemies had arrived, including a Five-Star Dou Sheng, and that they were facing a fierce battle.

Danta repelled Hun Miesheng’s surprise attack as Zi Yan, Cailin, Xuanyi, and Qing Lin battled the Soul Hall forces. Hun Miesheng ordered a retreat after a powerful puppet blocked his attempt to capture Cailin, and Cailin and Xuanyi let the fleeing enemies go.

• Zi Yan fought Hun Miesheng while Cailin, Xuanyi, and Qing Lin helped Danta’s forces overwhelm the Soul Hall fighters with coordinated attacks and medicinal pills.
• Zi Yan wounded Hun Miesheng, who burned his Soul Power with a forbidden secret art and unleashed a Black Flame Poison Dragon.
• Hun Miesheng used the flames as a feint and rushed toward Cailin and Xuanyi, but a peak Five-Star Dou Sheng puppet struck him back.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Hall forces to retreat, and Cailin told Danta’s fighters not to pursue them.
• Zi Yan put away her spear and accepted Cailin and Xuanyi’s decision to let the Soul Hall forces escape.

Lei Ying gathered the Lei Clan elders and revealed that the Soul Clan had nearly completed a continent-spanning Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array. As the council considered an alliance with the Gu Clan, Lei Shan recalled the Xiao Clan’s close bond with Gu Yuan and hinted at an old history that complicated the proposal.

• Lei Ying told the Lei Clan council that Mang Tianchi had uncovered the Soul Clan’s secret network of Soul Devouring Arrays.
• The elders realized the arrays could form a Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array, and the Second Elder estimated its core was ninety percent complete.
• Lei Ying warned that Hun Tiandi was likely to act soon, leaving the Lei Clan with little chance in a direct confrontation.
• Lei Shuo proposed an alliance with the Gu Clan, but the elders reacted with pity and Lei Shan said he did not know the old events behind their hesitation.
• Lei Shan explained that the Xiao Clan had once been the strongest Ancient Eight Clan and that Xiao Xuan had sworn brotherhood with Gu Yuan.

Sixth Elder Lei Shan revealed how Gu Yuan had abandoned Xiao Xuan and secretly taken the Xiao Clan’s inheritance, explaining why the Lei Clan and other ancient clans distrusted alliances. Lei Zhen proposed destroying the Soul Devouring Arrays and courting Su Baichen, gambling that Zhu Kun would join them against the Soul Clan.

• Lei Shan recounted how Gu Yuan watched Xiao Xuan fall without helping and then claimed the Xiao Clan’s treasures.
• Lei Ying explained that the Lei Clan and other ancient clans had stayed out of the conflict because Gu Yuan could exploit their losses.
• Lei Zhen urged the Lei Clan to destroy the Soul Devouring Arrays before the Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array was completed.
• Lei Zhen proposed befriending Su Baichen, whose ally Zhu Kun was a late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng with power that might exceed Hun Tiandi’s.
• Lei Zhen admitted he was gambling that Zhu Kun would support Su Baichen and help the Lei Clan oppose the Soul Clan.

The Lei Clan chose to gamble on Zhu Kun siding with Su Baichen rather than trust Gu Yuan, while Lei Ying and Lei Zhen privately uncovered signs of a traitor and made plans to protect the clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Jade. Lei Ying took charge of guarding the real jade, and Lei Zhen set out to pursue the Su Baichen lead.

• Lei Zhen persuaded Lei Ying and the elders to risk contacting Su Baichen and destroying the Soul Devouring Array instead of seeking an alliance with Gu Yuan.
• After the council dispersed, Lei Zhen and Lei Ying revealed that they suspected a traitor had helped the Soul Clan conceal its Soul Devouring Life-Extinguishing Array.
• Lei Zhen concluded that the traitor was likely targeting the Lei Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Jade and proposed replacing it in the Ancestral Shrine with a fake.
• Lei Ying agreed to guard the real Ancient Jade himself, while Lei Zhen took responsibility for investigating the clan and pursuing the Su Baichen lead.
• After Lei Zhen left, Lei Ying joked to himself that his loyal Second Elder would handle clan affairs and free him to cultivate.

After advancing in the Heavenly Tomb, Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Gu Qingyang found the gravely wounded Gu Zhen, who revealed that Hun Ya and Hun Li had ambushed him and two Gu Clan members. The group decided to flee, unaware that Hun Ya and Hun Li were themselves trapped in a fierce battle nearby.

• Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Gu Qingyang entered the Second Layer of the Heavenly Tomb and hunted energy bodies together for a month.
• Xun'er advanced to Late-Nine-Star Dou Zun, Xiao Yu stabilized at Four-Star Dou Zun, and Gu Qingyang noticed Xiao Yu's exceptional fighting ability.
• Gu Qingyang sensed Gu Zhen's weak aura and found him badly wounded, then helped him recover enough to explain what had happened.
• Gu Zhen told Xun'er and Gu Qingyang that Hun Ya and Hun Li had ambushed his group after an Ancient Devouring Insect Tide, leaving two Gu Clan members gravely wounded.
• Gu Qingyang urged the group to leave immediately, and Xun'er agreed while Xiao Yu prepared her sword.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li were revealed to be fighting two black-robed figures surrounded by multicolored and ghostly green flames.

Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi ambushed Hun Ya and Hun Li, killing Hun Li while Hun Ya escaped. Hun Ya then encountered fleeing members of the Yao and Ling Clans and was swept into their desperate flight from an Ancient Devouring Insect Tide.

• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi revealed their hidden strength and attacked Hun Ya and Hun Li with Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li burned their origins to fight back, but Hun Li was overwhelmed by Huo Xuan.
• Hun Ya used a Half-Saint jade pendant to rescue Hun Li, then threw him at the Yan Clan fighters and fled.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi killed Hun Li and let Hun Ya escape toward the Ancient Devouring Insect Tide.
• Ling Xi, Yao Xingji, Yao Ling, and Ling Tian ran toward Hun Ya to make him share the pressure of the approaching tide, forcing all five into a desperate chase.

Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and the others were forced to fight a massive Ancient Devouring Insect Tide after Hun Ya lured it toward them. As the group faced being overwhelmed, a black-robed figure appeared, killed Hun Ya, and opened a path through the swarm with multicolored Heavenly Flames.

• Gu Qingyang discovered two Shi Clan geniuses dead with their souls forcibly extracted, while Xun'er recognized them from the entrance to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xun'er identified Hun Ya and the Ling Clan and Yao Clan teams fleeing from an enormous insect tide, and Gu Qingyang realized they were drawing it toward the others.
• The nine fighters stopped running and attacked, but the insect tide split into nine streams and targeted each of them.
• Xiao Yu activated a protective jade pendant, and Xun'er used a jade hairpin gifted by Su Baichen to shield them and strike back.
• The insects overwhelmed the other seven, and Hun Ya warned that the protective treasures would not last.
• A black-robed figure appeared, burned Hun Ya to ashes with multicolored Heavenly Flames, and carved a huge gap through the Ancient Devouring Insect Tide.