Chapter Summaries

Ling Yuan refined the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, reaching Late-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng and awakening the Soul Spirit Bead's lightning-enhanced power. After Zi Yan and Medusa also advanced, Ling Yuan used his clones to break through again and prepared to confront Xiao Xuan.

• Ling Yuan spent a year and a half refining the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, advancing to Early-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng and Heavenly State Grand Perfection in soul strength.
• The Soul Spirit Bead absorbed nearly half the lightning origin, evolved, and destroyed a Dou Zun remnant soul with a lightning-infused soul attack.
• Zi Yan finished refining the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and reached Late-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng, while Medusa advanced to Late-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan urged Ling Yuan and Medusa to seek revenge on Xiao Xuan, but Ling Yuan asked for a few more days to prepare.
• Ling Yuan reunited his six clones with his main body and advanced from Early-Stage to Late-Stage Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Ling Yuan declared that they could now attack Xiao Xuan.

Ling Yuan provoked Xiao Xuan by destroying his stele and threatening the Xiao Tribe, forcing Xiao Xuan’s true body to emerge from his tomb residence. The fight began with Zi Yan intercepting Xiao Xuan’s attack while Ling Yuan and Medusa prepared to join in.

• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Medusa reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb after killing the Dou Sheng Energy Entities along the way.
• Ling Yuan destroyed Xiao Xuan’s stone stele with Nine Profound Golden Lightning, drawing out Xiao Xuan’s projection.
• Ling Yuan displayed the Energy Cores of the entities Xiao Xuan had vowed to protect and threatened to kill every surviving member of the Xiao Tribe.
• After Ling Yuan destroyed his projection, Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence shook, and Xiao Xuan’s true body emerged despite the backlash from breaking free.
• Xiao Xuan attacked Ling Yuan, but Zi Yan blocked his strike with Divine Dragon Claw, and Ling Yuan urged Medusa to attack with them.

Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, and Medusa battled Xiao Xuan, using Zi Yan as a distraction while Ling Yuan struck his soul with the Soul Spirit Bead. Xiao Xuan burned his Soul Origin to gain power and attacked Ling Yuan, whose figure vanished just before the flaming palm hit him.

• Zi Yan fought Xiao Xuan head-on while Ling Yuan and Medusa harassed him from the flanks, leading Xiao Xuan to mistake Zi Yan for their greatest threat.
• Zi Yan restrained Xiao Xuan with Dragon Emperor Dimensional, allowing Ling Yuan to unleash seven Soul Spirit Bead beams that pierced Xiao Xuan’s soul-defense barrier and damaged his Soul Origin.
• Zi Yan, Medusa, and Ling Yuan struck Xiao Xuan together, but he burned his Soul Origin to restore and increase his power.
• Xiao Xuan identified Ling Yuan as the greatest threat and used Space Displacement to attack him with a massive flaming palm while Medusa tried to intervene.
• Ling Yuan fired three soul beams at Xiao Xuan, then vanished just before the flaming palm struck him.

Ling Yuan killed Xiao Xuan after evading his strongest attack, then recovered from the battle and decided to share Xiao Xuan’s energy core with Zi Yan and Medusa. He wanted to save time to pursue the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, but the two women initially insisted that he refine the core alone.

• Ling Yuan used Space Displacement and his defenses to survive Xiao Xuan’s attack, while a Soul Spirit Beam left Xiao Xuan unconscious and gravely weakened.
• Ling Yuan finished Xiao Xuan with Hundred Prairie Slashes, and Xiao Xuan’s energy core emerged after his soul phantom vanished.
• Zi Yan supported Ling Yuan as he recovered from severe soul exhaustion, and Ling Yuan credited her Dragon-Phoenix Essence Blood with helping him use Space Displacement.
• After five days of meditation, Ling Yuan examined Xiao Xuan’s exceptionally powerful energy core and invited Zi Yan and Medusa to refine it with him.
• Zi Yan and Medusa urged Ling Yuan to refine the core alone, but Ling Yuan insisted they share it so he could make time to pursue the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.

After refining Xiao Xuan’s energy core, Ling Yuan destroyed the bloodline left for the Xiao Tribe and set out to capture the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb. He confronted the Soul at the Heavenly Tomb’s core and attacked it with Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

• Ling Yuan, Zi Yan, Medusa, and Ling Yuan’s seven avatars refined Xiao Xuan’s energy core, advancing Ling Yuan to Early-Stage Six-Star Dou Sheng and giving Zi Yan a chance to break through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Ling Yuan burned away the Dou Di Bloodline in Xiao Xuan’s tomb mansion, searched the mansion, and then destroyed it with Heavenly Flames.
• Ling Yuan left Medusa to guard Zi Yan and went alone to find the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb before the secret realm closed.
• Gu Xun’er and four members of the Gu Clan killed their first High-Tier Ban Sheng Energy Entity and reached the sealed outskirts of Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion.
• Ling Yuan found the hidden Soul of the Heavenly Tomb at the realm’s core, rejected its claim of authority, and attacked it with Nine Profound Golden Lightning.

Ling Yuan killed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, refined its core origin, and used his control over the tomb to gather soul energy as he attempted to reach the Emperor Realm Soul. With five days remaining before the Heavenly Tomb closed, Yao Ling sent her own origin-rich blood toward him to help his breakthrough.

• Ling Yuan overwhelmed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and used the Nether Absorption Technique to kill it and claim its core origin.
• Ling Yuan entered the core’s inner space and spent two and a half months refining its soul energy, but remained short of the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Zi Yan completed her cultivation and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng before setting off with Medusa toward the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb.
• After refining the core origin, Ling Yuan gained control over the Heavenly Tomb and began drawing soul energy from Energy Bodies throughout the realm.
• Yao Tian and Yao Ling recognized Ling Yuan’s attempt to break through, and Yao Ling sent her origin-rich blood toward him to help.

Ling Yuan absorbed Yao Ling’s soul-nourishing blood and broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul just as the Heavenly Tomb expelled everyone. Outside, the clans discovered that most participants had advanced little, while Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin had made remarkable gains and drew suspicion.

• Ling Yuan absorbed Yao Ling’s blood and refined its soul power, loosening the barrier to the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Ling Yuan broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul as the Heavenly Tomb’s time limit ended and its rules teleported everyone out.
• Ling Yuan found the Heavenly Tomb empty, recognized that the trial had ended, and prepared to leave.
• The clan elders gathered outside and speculated that their younger geniuses would return with major improvements.
• The elders saw that most participants had advanced only modestly, while Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin had reached much higher Dou Venerate levels.
• The other clans grew suspicious and wondered whether Cao Ying, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin had secretly hunted Energy Bodies.

After Ling Yuan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, the clans accused him of monopolizing its Energy Bodies, while the Yao Clan concealed his attempt to reach the Emperor Realm Soul. Gu Dao confronted Ling Yuan about breaking their agreement, and Ling Yuan defended himself with Yao Tian’s support before Gu Dao challenged how he had advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng.

• Huo Xuan and Lei Dong accused the Ling Clan of clearing the Heavenly Tomb’s middle region of high-tier Energy Bodies before the other clans could reach it.
• Yao Ling told the Yao Clan elder that Ling Yuan had tried to break through to the Emperor Realm Soul, prompting the elder to wait for his return and support him.
• Tong Xuan questioned Zi Yan about the missing Energy Bodies, but she ignored him while she waited anxiously for Ling Yuan.
• Ling Yuan appeared beside Zi Yan, and Gu Dao confronted him for violating their agreement not to touch the Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Bodies.
• Ling Yuan claimed the Energy Bodies attacked him first, and Yao Tian backed his story by saying Ling Yuan had given the energy cores to him and Yao Ling.
• Gu Dao asked Ling Yuan how he had advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng if he had not refined the energy cores.

After admitting that he had used up the Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Bodies, Ling Yuan gave the Gu Clan its promised entry slots and agreed to provide compensation so his group could leave safely. Back in the Ling Clan, he ignored the promised compensation and reunited with his two children, who had both reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

• Gu Dao revealed that Ling Yuan had advanced to Six-Star Dou Sheng, astonishing everyone who had entered the Heavenly Tomb with him.
• Ling Yuan admitted that his group had refined Energy Bodies and surrendered the Ling Clan and Shi Clan’s future Heavenly Tomb entry slots to the Gu Clan.
• Gu Dao blocked Ling Yuan’s group and demanded compensation for the Energy Bodies, and Ling Yuan agreed to send resources after returning to his clan.
• Ling Yuan held back Zi Yan, and Gu Dao let the group leave the Ancient Realm without detaining them.
• Ling Yuan returned safely to the Ling Clan and dismissed the compensation matter, then discovered that both his children had reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe.

After Ling Yuan’s Emperor Realm Soul breakthrough strengthened the Ling and Ancient Void Dragon Clans, Hun Tiandi recognized him as a threat but postponed an attack while preparing the Soul Clan’s next move. Ling Yuan stayed comfortably in the Ling Realm, refined a powerful puppet, and refused to pay the Gu Clan its demanded compensation.

• News of Ling Yuan’s Emperor Realm Soul spread, and the Ling and Ancient Void Dragon Clans imposed severe sanctions on the Yan Clan while Lei Dong was ordered to apologize to Ling Yuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame urged Hun Tiandi to assassinate Ling Yuan, but Hun Tiandi judged that an attack in the Ling Realm was too risky and instead confirmed that the Soul Clan’s formation nodes were ready.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to prepare to act within the next few years because Ling Yuan’s rapid growth threatened its plans.
• Ling Yuan enjoyed time with his family, used his nine nearby clones to cultivate, and refined Hun Jing’s body with Elder Shennong’s soul into a mid-stage Seven-Star Dou Sheng puppet.
• Ling Yuan refused the Gu Clan’s compensation demand and told its representatives that Zhu Kun could deliver the resources, leaving the Gu Clan unable to press him further.

Ling Yuan tracked Xiao Yan to a Volcano Secret Realm and killed him while framing a Yan Clan member for the deed. He left the fallen flames behind and expected Gu Xun'er to blame the Yan Clan.

• Ling Yuan learned that Xiao Yan had gone to a northwestern Volcano Secret Realm rumored to contain a Heavenly Flame and traveled there in secret.
• Xiao Yan entered the secret realm with the gathered experts, and the Volcanic Stone Flame appeared amid the ensuing battle.
• A Two-Star Dou Venerate claimed the flame, but Xiao Yan pursued him and fought him after the man declared himself a Yan Clan member.
• Ling Yuan sealed the battlefield with his Emperor Realm Soul and crushed Xiao Yan and the Yan Clan member into blood mist, destroying their bodies and souls.
• Ling Yuan left Xiao Yan's flames behind so Gu Xun'er could not trace him and planned to make her blame the Yan Clan.

Ling Yuan erased every trace of Xiao Yan’s death, then decided to eliminate the surviving Xiao Clan. Gu Xun’er followed the severed flame connection to the scorched battlefield, where she suspected the Yan Clan of killing Xiao Yan just as the Gu Clan elder sensed an ambush.

• Ling Yuan burned the battlefield clean, waited to ensure Xiao Yan could not be revived, and resolved to wipe out the surviving Xiao Clan.
• Gu Xun’er learned that her Golden Emperor Incinerating Heaven Flame Sub-Flame connection to Xiao Yan had vanished and feared he was dead.
• Gu Yuan allowed Gu Xun’er to leave the sealed Ancient Realm after she threatened to take her own life, assigning a Ban Sheng elder to escort her.
• Gu Xun’er found the empty, scorched battlefield and a wisp of her Sub-Flame, then concluded that Xiao Yan had died.
• Gu Xun’er accused the arriving Yan Clan Dou Zun of killing Xiao Yan, but the Gu Clan elder refused to stop them and urged her to leave.
• The Gu Clan elder sensed an ambush nearby and warned Gu Xun’er that they had to flee.

Nihility Devouring Flame ambushed Gu Xun'er and her Gu Clan Ban Sheng guard, then captured her after her father’s hidden rescue measure failed to break his seal. He left with Gu Xun'er unconscious and unable to send a distress signal.

• The Gu Clan Ban Sheng tried to summon help and take Gu Xun'er away, but Nihility Devouring Flame’s barrier blocked all communication.
• Nihility Devouring Flame arrived with Bi Sha, killed the Ban Sheng, and restrained Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Xun'er activated the hidden attack Gu Yuan had placed within her, and its golden light shattered her restraints and cracked Nihility Devouring Flame’s barrier.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reinforced the seal, preventing Gu Xun'er’s distress signal from reaching Gu Yuan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame knocked Gu Xun'er unconscious, sealed her abilities, and disappeared with her and his subordinates.

Nihility Devouring Flame arranged Gu Xun’er's death and framed the Ling Clan by having an accomplice self-destruct near the Ling Realm, leaving the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame behind. Gu Yuan found the apparent evidence, attacked the Ling Clan’s affiliated cultivators, and began a battle with Zhu Kun that drew the realm’s strongest experts.

• Nihility Devouring Flame handed the unconscious Gu Xun'er to a black-clothed subordinate, who carried her toward the Ling Realm while Nihility Devouring Flame retreated.
• The subordinate self-destructed near the Ling Realm, killing Gu Xun'er and leaving the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame among the ruins.
• The Gu Clan steward reported that Gu Xun'er's Life Stone had gone dark, and Gu Yuan rushed to the explosion site.
• Gu Yuan saw the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and attacked the Ling Clan's affiliated cultivators, but Zhu Kun intercepted him.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun clashed, and Ling Mie ordered weaker elders to retreat while Zi Yan and four Seven-Star Dou Sheng experts remained nearby.

Ling Yuan returned from destroying the Xiao Clan to find the Ling Clan on high alert after Gu Xun'er’s death near the Ling Realm threatened to spark a war with the Gu Clan. He and Ling Mie realized the Soul Clan had framed them, while Zhu Kun’s seizure of Gu Xun’er’s Heavenly Flame gave the Gu Clan further reason to suspect the Ling Clan.

• Gu Yuan tried to take the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame from Zhu Kun, but Zhu Kun claimed it as compensation, and Gu Yuan fled.
• Ling Yuan destroyed the Xiao Clan’s refuge in the Tagor Desert and later killed its surviving younger generation at Jia Nan Academy, finding no Ancient Jade.
• Ling Yuan sensed Ling Mie’s urgent summons and returned to find the Ling Realm and Dragon Island guarded by numerous Dou Sheng experts.
• Ling Mie told Ling Yuan that Gu Xun’er had died near the Ling Realm, and Ling Yuan denied having harmed her.
• Ling Yuan and Ling Mie concluded that the Soul Clan had killed Gu Xun’er and framed the Ling Clan, but the Gu Clan had no reason to believe them.

Ling Yuan recognized Hun Tiandi’s scheme and devised a plan to prevent the Gu Clan and Soul Clan from joining forces. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan’s council remained divided over whether to wage war against the Ling Clan, leaving the Gu Clan without a decision.

• Ling Yuan concluded that Hun Tiandi had killed Gu Xun'er to frame the Ling Clan and provoke a conflict between the Gu Clan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Ling Yuan decided to make the Gu Clan suspect the Soul Clan and assured Ling Mie that the two clans would not cooperate.
• Gu Yuan’s elders argued over whether to attack the Ling Clan, with some demanding revenge for Gu Xun'er and others warning that war would leave the Ancient Realm vulnerable to the Soul Clan.
• A junior elder suggested cooperation with the Soul Clan, but the other elders rejected the idea as dangerous.
• Gu Yuan hesitated to act on his grief because he had to protect the Gu Clan, while the Yan Clan and Lei Clan urged him not to start a war.

Ling Yuan maneuvered the Soul Clan into joining the Ling Clan against the Gu Clan after preventing a Soul–Gu alliance. The chapter ended with Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi preparing to attack the Ancient Realm, each pursuing his own goals.

• Ling Yuan sent the Soul Clan’s secret letter to both the Gu Clan and the Soul Clan, making cooperation between the old enemies difficult and revealing that he had uncovered Hun Tiandi’s schemes.
• Hun Tiandi abandoned plans to cooperate with the Gu Clan and offered Zhu Kun a share of the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion’s opportunity in exchange for attacking the Gu Clan first.
• The Gu Clan demanded the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and one of Ling Yuan’s children, so Ling Yuan killed the negotiating elder and declared war.
• The Gu Clan sealed the Ancient Realm and activated its defenses, while Ling Yuan proposed that Hun Tiandi accompany Zhu Kun in an assault.
• Ling Yuan and Hun Tiandi agreed to attack the Ancient Realm, and Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi met before setting out against Gu Yuan.

Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun besieged the Ancient Realm, where the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans had joined forces behind three layered formations. After three days of alternating attacks shattered the barriers, the clans remained inside and endured further bombardment, while their experts urged Gu Yuan to let them fight back.

• Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun found the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans sheltered behind three layered realm-protecting formations and failed to break through with an initial strike.
• Hun Tiandi taunted Gu Yuan to draw him out, but Gu Yuan refused to risk an ambush and stayed inside the Ancient Realm.
• Hun Tiandi proposed summoning their clans' full forces, but Zhu Kun rejected the plan and chose to wear down the barriers through alternating attacks.
• Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi bombarded the formations in turns for three days until all three barriers shattered.
• The Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans assembled inside the realm but remained defensive as Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun continued attacking from outside.
• Dou Sheng experts from the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans urged Gu Yuan to lead them out to fight, promising to retreat if enemy reinforcements appeared.

Ling Yuan joined Zhu Kun and Hun Tiandi's assault on the Ancient Realm, where his soul attacks helped Zhu Kun overwhelm the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans. The battle remained deadlocked between Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan and between Nihility Devouring Flame and the Thunder Emperor, while the clans suffered mounting losses.

• Gu Yuan led the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans' Dou Shengs out of the Ancient Realm to face Hun Tiandi and Zhu Kun, who split the opposing forces between them.
• Hun Tiandi called Nihility Devouring Flame to the battlefield, prompting the three clans to retreat into the Ancient Realm; Ling Yuan then arrived to watch the battle and support Zhu Kun.
• Hun Tiandi, Zhu Kun, Ling Yuan, and Nihility Devouring Flame charged into the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan faced Hun Tiandi and Lei Ying summoned the Thunder Emperor to counter Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Ling Yuan attacked the clans' fighters with soul techniques while Zhu Kun pressed forward, leaving five Dou Shengs dazed and allowing Zhu Kun to kill them, including the Lei Clan's Great Elder.
• Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan remained evenly matched, and the Thunder Emperor battled Nihility Devouring Flame while Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan continued to inflict heavy casualties on the three clans.

Gu Yuan’s alliance summoned the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul and turned the battle against Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan, but Ling Yuan persuaded Zhu Kun to flee and waste the clans’ bloodline power. Hun Tiandi escaped as well, and the opposing forces withdrew to the Ancient Realm’s border.

• Gu Yuan ordered Yan Jin to summon the Flame Emperor, but Yan Jin explained that Hun Tiandi had destroyed the remnant soul, and several allied Dou Shengs fell to Zhu Kun and Ling Yuan.
• Gu Yuan rallied the Gu Clan to summon the Ancient Emperor Remnant Soul, which appeared with Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength as the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans activated their formations.
• Zhu Kun advised Ling Yuan to endure the attacks until the Ancient Emperor’s power ran out, but Ling Yuan proposed fleeing and returning after the clans exhausted their bloodline power.
• Zhu Kun transformed into a giant dragon, carried Ling Yuan away, and called for Hun Tiandi to retreat; Hun Tiandi forced Gu Yuan back and escaped with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• The three clans pursued the fugitives to the Ancient Realm’s border, then stopped rather than risk losing their remnant souls’ power or walking into a trap.