Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling struggled to form the Xiao Clan Clan Mark, then mastered his new Dou Sheng power under Xiao Xuan's instruction and eventually completed all nine marks. Xiao Xuan then prepared to test Xiao Ling's Clan Mark in combat by suppressing his strength to match Xiao Ling's.

• Xiao Ling activated the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations but could form only seven Clan Mark strokes before the attempt failed.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Ling needed to tame his newly awakened bloodline and Dou Sheng power, and Xiao Ling decided to strengthen his control before trying again.
• Xiao Xuan taught Xiao Ling to control Dou Sheng power, and Xiao Ling mastered it over more than a month before returning to cultivate the Clan Mark.
• Xiao Ling completed all nine Clan Mark strokes on his tenth attempt and learned that he could activate the technique with a thought.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Ling's success and asked him to exchange blows while Xiao Xuan suppressed his strength to Xiao Ling's level, and Xiao Ling reluctantly agreed.

Xiao Ling completed two days of sparring with Xiao Xuan, who praised his rapid growth and entrusted him with Bloodline Power for Xiao Yan. As the Heavenly Tomb prepared to reopen, Xiao Xuan departed after asking Xiao Ling to return when his soul realm reached the peak of the Heavenly Realm, leaving Xiao Ling troubled by the sacrifice that goal might require before he and Xun Er left together.

• Xiao Ling fought Xiao Xuan for two days, and Xiao Xuan finally knocked him into rubble without seriously injuring him.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Ling's combat growth and warned him that the dangers outside the Heavenly Tomb, especially the Hall of Souls, would test him.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Ling Bloodline Power for Xiao Yan, whose cultivation had reached Eight-star Dou Zun, and asked Xiao Ling to pass it on.
• Xiao Xuan said the Heavenly Tomb would soon reopen and asked Xiao Ling to return when his soul realm reached the peak of the Heavenly Realm, then vanished.
• Xiao Ling reflected on Xiao Xuan's intended sacrifice involving the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, and Xun Er comforted him before they departed together.

Xiao Ling caught Hun Ya and Hun Li as they fled through the Heavenly Tomb, defeated them, and planted hidden Core Flames in their bodies. Three years later, the tomb’s entrance began to reopen, and the waiting clans prepared to receive the disciples.

• Hun Ya and Hun Li fled from Xiao Ling after Xiao Xuan had destroyed the Hun Clan’s plans in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Ling caught up with Hun Ya and Hun Li and shattered their desperate attacks with his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ling incapacitated Hun Ya and Hun Li, planted Core Flames in their meridians, and returned to Xun’er.
• Three years in the Heavenly Tomb passed, and the clans gathered as the entrance began to stabilize and reopen.
• Elder Tong Xuan told the Gu Clan representatives that the entrance would stabilize within half an hour.

Clan disciples emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, where the bodies of Hun Ya and Hun Li raised questions about their deaths. Gu Qingyang’s group returned safely, and Xiao Ling appeared with a woman as the chapter ended.

• Thunder Clan, Yao Clan, Yan Clan, and Stone Clan disciples emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, with a Stone Clan young man having advanced to Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Two dead Hun Clan disciples, Hun Ya and Hun Li, fell from a Space Rift; Gu Clan elders found that their souls had suffered devastating damage.
• Huo Xuan suspected Xiao Ling had killed Hun Ya and Hun Li, but Red Lotus warned him against voicing unsupported accusations.
• Gu Qingyang and two companions returned, recalling that Xiao Xuan had saved them from high-tier Hun Clan Energy Bodies in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Qingyang recognized Hun Ya and Hun Li’s corpses and remembered their earlier schemes against his group.
• Xiao Ling and a woman emerged from the Space Rift, and Gu Qingyang’s group sensed that Xiao Ling had grown far more powerful.

Xun Er, Xiao Ling, and Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, where the crowd reacted to their strength and gains. After Xiao Yan explained that he had strengthened his foundation instead of advancing further, two Hun Clan elders arrived, found Hun Ya and Hun Li dead, and turned their suspicions toward the trio.

• Xun Er and Xiao Ling emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and Elder Tong Xuan sensed Xun Er's power and was startled by Xiao Ling's aura.
• Xiao Yan emerged as a Seven-Star Dou Zun, astonishing the crowd with his rapid cultivation progress.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ling and Xun Er that he had used Ancestor Xiao Xuan's Bloodline Power to reinforce his foundation rather than force another breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan recognized Hun Ya and Hun Li's corpses, and Xiao Ling tacitly acknowledged that he had dealt with them.
• Two Hun Clan elders arrived, saw Hun Ya and Hun Li dead, and fixed their furious suspicions on Xiao Ling, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan.

The Hun Clan elders accused Xiao Ling of killing Hun Ya and Hun Li and attacked him, but Xiao Yan intervened and severely wounded one elder. The Gu Clan challenged the elders over their evidence and Hun Ya and Hun Li’s ambush in the Heavenly Tomb, forcing them to retreat with threats of future vengeance.

• Hun Lin accused Xiao Ling of slaughtering Hun Ya and Hun Li, and two Hun Clan elders launched a pincer attack against him.
• Xiao Yan stepped in front of Xiao Ling and Xun Er, shattered the soul chains with his Heavy Black Ruler, and badly wounded the concealed elder with his Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler.
• Xiao Yan condemned the Hun Clan’s conduct, and Elder Tong Xuan arrived to forbid the elders from causing trouble in the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Ling rejected the Hun Clan’s demand that he return for questioning and condemned its bloodshed through the Hall of Souls.
• Gu Qingyang accused Hun Ya and Hun Li of ambushing the Gu Clan group in the Heavenly Tomb, but Hun Lin denied it and threatened Xiao Ling before fleeing with the two corpses.

After the Hun Clan elders fled, Xiao Ling and Xun Er went to meet Gu Yuan, leaving Xiao Yan to rest in the Gu Clan. Gu Yuan revealed that the Spirit Realm had vanished, and the clan feared a powerful force had sealed it away.

• Elder Tong Xuan let Hun Lin and the other Hun Clan elder leave to avoid escalating tensions, while Xiao Ling warned that their blood debts would be settled later.
• The visiting clans departed, and Xiao Ling told Xiao Yan to stay in the Gu Clan while he handled other matters.
• Elder Tong Xuan informed Xun Er that Gu Yuan had summoned her, and she insisted that Xiao Ling accompany her.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er traveled through the Gu Clan's mountain barrier to Gu Yuan's residence and met with him.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Ling and Xun Er that the Spirit Realm had suddenly vanished, and that the clan's investigations suggested someone had sealed it and erased its traces.

Gu Yuan warned Xun Er and Xiao Ling that the Spirit Realm’s fall signaled turmoil ahead, while recognizing Xiao Ling’s breakthrough to Dou Sheng. Xiao Ling asked to become engaged to Xun Er, and Gu Yuan approved, leaving the pair to walk together as he wondered how far Xiao Ling’s future would reach.

• Gu Yuan warned Xun Er and Xiao Ling that the Spirit Clan’s fate showed the continent faced hidden dangers and urged them to act cautiously.
• Gu Yuan recognized that Xiao Ling had reached the Dou Sheng realm and offered the Gu Clan’s support to him and Xun Er.
• Xiao Ling asked Gu Yuan to bless an engagement between him and Xun Er, and Xun Er responded with joy.
• Gu Yuan approved the engagement, asked Xiao Ling to cherish and protect Xun Er, and postponed the ceremony until the turmoil eased.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er left the hall hand in hand, while Gu Yuan watched them go and wondered whether Xiao Ling could reach the continent’s highest peak.

Xiao Ling and Xun'er enjoyed a quiet reunion at the Gu Clan while Little Yan Ji slept nearby, and Gu Yuan announced their engagement to the clan elders. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan revealing Xiao Ling had become a Dou Sheng as the elders weighed the engagement.

• Xiao Ling and Xun'er watched over the sleeping Little Yan Ji and discussed her progress and their own cultivation.
• Xiao Ling and Xun'er promised to advance together, then kissed before quietly leaving for another room.
• Over the next few days, Xiao Ling and Xun'er spent their time together in the Gu Clan courtyard, setting aside cultivation and clan affairs.
• Gu Yuan announced to the Gu Clan elders that Xiao Ling and Xun'er were engaged and that a formal ceremony would be held when the time was right.
• Some elders worried that the engagement might distract Xun'er from her cultivation, so Gu Yuan revealed that Xiao Ling had returned from the Heavenly Tomb as a Dou Sheng.

After Xiao Ling proved his strength to the Gu Clan elders, they approved his engagement to Xun'er and welcomed him as their son-in-law. As Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan prepared to leave the clan, Xiao Ling privately considered how to use the Soul-Returning Pill to restore Xiao Xuan's soul.

• Xiao Ling defeated a veteran late-stage 1-star Dou Sheng in a spar, convincing the Gu Clan elders of his strength and potential.
• The Gu Clan elders unanimously supported Gu Yuan's engagement decision, and Xiao Ling's status as the Ancient Clan Son-in-Law was accepted.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan discussed leaving the Gu Clan, with Xiao Yan joking about Xiao Ling's future wedding to Xun'er.
• Xiao Ling revealed in his thoughts that the system had granted him a Soul-Returning Pill capable of restoring a shattered soul from a surviving trace of consciousness.
• Xiao Ling planned to enter the Heavenly Tomb and use the pill to restore Xiao Xuan, while keeping its existence secret until he could safely speak with him.

Xiao Ling and Xun Er shared a tender morning before he prepared to leave the Gu Clan, and Xun Er accepted their brief separation with hope for their reunion. They left together and met Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan in the courtyard.

• Xiao Ling woke beside Xun Er, and they shared a quiet embrace and kiss.
• Xun Er asked whether Xiao Ling was leaving; he confirmed he had to depart the Gu Clan that day, and she accepted that they would reunite.
• Xiao Ling and Xun Er left together hand in hand and greeted Xiao Yan in the courtyard.
• Gu Yuan appeared, and Xiao Yan recognized the Gu Clan Chief and respectfully greeted him.

Gu Yuan recalled meeting Xiao Yan as a child, then opened a Space Passage so Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan could leave the Gu Clan. After parting from Xun Er, Xiao Ling reached Ancient Saint City and invited Xiao Yan to join him on a trip to the Alchemist Tower.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that they had first met when he visited the Xiao Clan and noticed Xiao Yan's exceptional Soul Power and talent for alchemy.
• Gu Yuan offered Xiao Ling the Gu Clan's resources and a longer stay, but Xiao Ling declined because important matters required his attention.
• Gu Yuan opened a Space Passage to Ancient Saint City, and Xiao Yan entered it first.
• Xiao Ling bid farewell to Xun Er, urged her to cultivate and take care of herself, then entered the passage after Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Saint City and headed for its gates without waiting for the Gu Clan experts.
• Xiao Ling said he planned to visit the Alchemist Tower and offered Xiao Yan a chance to accompany him for a rare opportunity.

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Ling toward the Alchemist Tower after hearing of a mysterious opportunity. Meanwhile, Cao Ying and Dan Chen battled in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, demonstrating a powerful way to fight with Soul Power that impressed Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi.

• Xiao Yan accepted Xiao Ling's invitation to pursue an opportunity at the Alchemist Tower, but Xiao Ling kept its nature secret as they traveled from Ancient Saint City.
• A fierce clash in the Magical Beast Mountain Range sent nearby magical beasts fleeing and drew the attention of Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen fought using Soul Power, producing strength that surpassed their apparent Dou Zong cultivation and rivaled ordinary Dou Zun Experts.
• Xuan Yi recognized that their Soul Power techniques could give alchemists and cultivators with weak Dou Qi talent a new path to combat strength.

Cao Ying and Dan Chen ended their evenly matched Soul Power spar after nearly half an hour, then joined Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who praised their progress and discussed the Talisman Master inheritance. Xuan Yi urged them to share its methods with the Three Pill Tower Titans, while the women understood its value but remained mindful that Xiao Ling had taught them the technique.

• Cao Ying and Dan Chen fought fiercely with Soul Power until their exhaustion forced them to call the contest a draw.
• Cao Ying praised Dan Chen's improvement, and the two agreed to spar again.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen flew to Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who praised their combat techniques and discussed how Talisman Master methods could strengthen alchemists.
• Xuan Yi urged the women to spread the inheritance throughout the Three Pill Tower Titans and the continent, arguing it could transform alchemists' combat strength.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen recognized Xuan Yi's excitement and recalled that Xiao Ling's guidance and Talisman Master inheritance had enabled their transformation.

Xuan Yi asked Cao Ying and Dan Chen to share the Talisman Master method with the Pill Tower, but they refused because it was an oath-bound inheritance belonging to Xiao Ling. Xuan Yi asked them to plead her case to the inheritor when they next met, unaware that Xiao Ling was already on his way to the Pill Tower.

• Xuan Yi offered the Pill Tower’s resources and honors in exchange for spreading the Talisman Master method.
• Xuan Kongzi recalled that Cao Ying and Dan Chen had refused his earlier requests, explaining that the method was an exclusive inheritance they had sworn not to reveal without permission.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen refused Xuan Yi’s request, citing their oath and the inheritor’s ownership of the method.
• Xuan Kongzi urged Xuan Yi to stop pressing the two women, and she accepted their refusal.
• Xuan Yi asked Cao Ying and Dan Chen to persuade the inheritor when they met again, and they agreed to try.
• Xiao Ling traveled toward the Pill Tower, where he was expected to arrive within three to five days.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan returned to Holy Pill City and met with Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower. Xiao Ling revealed that he had come to discuss Talisman Masters and disclosed that he had personally taught Cao Ying and Dan Chen their cultivation method.

• Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan arrived in Holy Pill City and concealed their identities as they headed to the Pill Tower.
• Pill Tower guards and members recognized the two and welcomed them before they went to meet Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi received Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan in his meditation chamber, curious about Xiao Ling's reason for visiting.
• Xiao Ling told Xuan Kongzi that he had come to discuss the Talisman Master cultivation method, startling him.
• Xuan Kongzi assumed a mysterious senior had taught Xiao Ling the method, but Xiao Ling corrected him and said he had taught Cao Ying and Dan Chen himself.

Xiao Ling proposed that the Pill Tower cultivate the Talisman Master method internally before spreading it across the continent, and Xuan Kongzi agreed to bring the elders together to discuss the plan. As Xiao Ling revealed that a senior would oversee future arrangements, Yao Chen appeared and stunned Xuan Kongzi.

• Xiao Ling explained the Talisman Master method to Xuan Kongzi and Xiao Yan, revealing that he had taught it to Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xuan Kongzi offered the Pill Tower's full support if Xiao Ling would share the method, and Xiao Ling agreed to cooperate with the Tower.
• Xiao Ling argued that the method should initially remain within the Pill Tower until its disciples built a foundation and he could protect it from hostile forces.
• Xuan Kongzi agreed to Xiao Ling's plan and prepared to take him to meet the Little Pill Tower's elders, while Xiao Ling asked him to bring Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ling said a senior who had cultivated the method would oversee future arrangements, and Yao Chen emerged from the void, shocking Xuan Kongzi.

Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower and revealed how he survived Han Feng’s betrayal, regained a body, and reached Three-star Dou Sheng with Xiao Ling’s help. Xuan Kongzi then took Yao Chen to meet their old friends, including Xuan Yi, while Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan were left to make their own arrangements.

• Xiao Ling had earlier asked Yao Chen to help introduce the Talisman Master cultivation method at the Pill Tower, and Yao Chen agreed to oversee its spread.
• Yao Chen teased Xuan Kongzi during their reunion, then explained that Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu had attacked him and forced him to flee as a remnant soul.
• Xuan Kongzi angrily condemned Han Feng, and Yao Chen said he had already dealt with Han Feng while Xiao Ling had killed Old Man Mu Gu.
• Yao Chen revealed that he had regained a physical body and reached Three-star Dou Sheng, crediting Xiao Ling’s help with his resurrection and breakthrough.
• Yao Chen offered to teach Xuan Kongzi the Talisman Master method, and Xuan Kongzi eagerly took him to meet Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan that Dan Chen and Cao Ying were in Holy Pill City and might seek their guidance on the Talisman Master path.

Xiao Ling brought Xiao Yan to his courtyard in Holy Pill City and gave him a Fire Attribute Immortal Talisman Master inheritance to study. After leaving Xiao Yan to absorb it, Xiao Ling reunited affectionately with Dan Chen, while another woman approached unseen.

• Xuan Kongzi took Yao Chen through a Space Passage to gather their old friends, leaving Xiao Ling and Xiao Yan in the quiet room.
• Xiao Ling brought Xiao Yan to his courtyard and promised to teach him the Talisman Master path, explaining how it could strengthen his Soul Power and combat abilities.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan a complete Fire Attribute Immortal Talisman Master inheritance, which Xiao Yan absorbed before meditating in a protected room.
• Dan Chen arrived to see Xiao Ling, and they embraced and kissed after sharing how much they had missed each other.
• A woman in a dark black gown approached along the courtyard path while Xiao Ling and Dan Chen remained unaware.

Xiao Ling reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen in the Alchemist Tower and took them to his bedroom under the pretense of guiding their cultivation. Meanwhile, Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Yi, who congratulated him on surviving and becoming a Dou Sheng before welcoming their future cooperation as colleagues.

• Xiao Ling and Dan Chen shared an intimate moment until Cao Ying watched them from the pavilion and teased them.
• Xiao Ling invited Cao Ying to join them, embraced both women, and led them into the master bedroom to guide their Talisman Master cultivation.
• Xuan Kongzi gathered Yao Chen and old friends from the Alchemist Tower, and Xuan Yi arrived, leaving Yao Chen visibly unsettled.
• Xuan Kongzi teased Yao Chen about Xuan Yi's past devotion, then the others stepped away to leave the pair alone.
• Xuan Yi told Yao Chen she had once worried about his fate but had let go of her old feelings, and Yao Chen welcomed their future cooperation as colleagues.