Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling used a restriction-breaking talisman to shatter the seal around Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, freeing Zhu Kun after thousands of years. Zhu Kun reunited with Zi Yan and thanked Su Qian before preparing to return to Ancient Dragon Island.

• Zi Yan and Zhu Kun mistakenly thought Xiao Ling had gathered the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Ling showed them a talisman capable of breaking restrictions up to the Dou Di level.
• Xiao Ling poured Spiritual Power into the talisman and sent it against the cave mansion's restriction, weakening the seal as Zhu Kun transformed into his dragon form and shattered it.
• Zhu Kun regained his freedom, then embraced his tearful daughter Zi Yan and thanked Xiao Ling for rescuing him.
• Zhu Kun accompanied Xiao Ling and Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy, where he thanked Su Qian for caring for Zi Yan during her childhood.

Xiao Ling learned that Nihility Devouring Flame would visit the Hall of Souls to collect Soul Origin, so he enlisted Zhu Kun and Zi Yan to ambush it. Their attack devastated Ghost Soul Gorge and badly injured Nihility Devouring Flame, but it remained standing as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Ling told Zi Yan that Nihility Devouring Flame would leave the Hun Realm to gather Soul Origin and that he planned to capture it.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan asked Zhu Kun to help, and he agreed to join the attack.
• Nihility Devouring Flame arrived at the Heaven Hall in Ghost Soul Gorge to collect the Hall of Souls' stored Soul Origin.
• Xiao Ling launched Void Grasp with Zhu Kun and Zi Yan backing him, crushing much of the Heaven Hall and killing most of the Hall of Souls' assembled forces.
• Nihility Devouring Flame survived the ambush severely injured, recognized Xiao Ling, and angrily accused the Hall of Souls' subordinates of being useless.

Xiao Ling used the Destiny Talisman’s devouring power to cripple Nihility Devouring Flame, then entered its origin to seize and refine it. After finding the flame’s core, Xiao Ling launched a battle between their Emperor Realm souls, leaving the fate of both origins at stake.

• Xiao Ling struck Nihility Devouring Flame with Void Grasp and summoned the Starfall Sword Array, whose energy Nihility Devouring Flame devoured to restore himself.
• The Destiny Talisman’s hidden devouring power turned the sword energy against Nihility Devouring Flame, draining his strength and leaving his aura in chaos.
• Xiao Ling told Zhu Kun he would enter Nihility Devouring Flame and refine its origin, while Zhu Kun promised to conceal the battle and guard against Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Ling entered Nihility Devouring Flame’s flame sea, resisted its attacks with his Spiritual Power, and found the black-hole-shaped Heavenly Flame origin.
• Nihility Devouring Flame warned Xiao Ling about Hun Tiandi and tried to identify who had concealed the battle, but Xiao Ling unleashed his Emperor Realm soul against its origin consciousness.

Xiao Ling defeated and annihilated Nihility Devouring Flame in a Soul Showdown, then used its scattered soul fragments to strengthen his soul slave and uncover its memories. With Nihility Devouring Flame's consciousness gone, Xiao Ling began securing its Heavenly Flame Origin.

• Xiao Ling entered Nihility Devouring Flame's consciousness realm and overwhelmed its Heavenly Realm soul with his Emperor Realm Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Ling shattered Nihility Devouring Flame's consciousness and refused its pleas to surrender, completely erasing it.
• Xiao Ling gathered Nihility Devouring Flame's soul fragments and fed them to his strongest soul slave, which gained strength and inherited memories of the Hun Clan's schemes.
• Xiao Ling informed Zhu Kun that Nihility Devouring Flame had been dealt with, then turned to its unconscious Heavenly Flame Origin.
• Xiao Ling enveloped the Heavenly Flame Origin with Spiritual Power, and it accepted his familiar devouring energy without resisting.

Xiao Ling seized the Nihility Devouring Flame’s source and returned to Ancient Dragon Island with Zi Yan and Zhu Kun, planning to refine it in seclusion. Zhu Kun briefly reunited with his clan before leaving to search the void currents for missing clansmen.

• Xiao Ling stored the Nihility Devouring Flame’s source in his Divine Palace, absorbed the surrounding flames, and took the Hall of Souls’ Soul Origin to purify for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ling, Zi Yan, and Zhu Kun traveled toward Ancient Dragon Island, where they met Xiao Xuan in the spatial passage.
• Zhu Kun returned to Ancient Dragon Island and promised the elders he would search the void currents for their missing clansmen, then departed immediately.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the two little ones, gave the purified Soul Origin to Zi Yan, and entered secluded cultivation to refine the Nihility Devouring Flame’s source.

While Xiao Ling remained in seclusion refining Nihility Devouring Flame’s origin, the Hun Clan stole three Ancient Emperor Jades and feigned an alliance with the Gu Clan to search for the missing Ling Clan jade. The chapter leaves Xiao Xi’er suddenly levitating as a terrifying energy erupts from her.

• Xiao Xuan and Zhu Kun guarded Xiao Ling’s sealed cultivation chamber as he continued refining the Heavenly Flame origin for a year.
• Hun Tiandi’s spies stole the Yao Clan, Thunder Clan, and Yan Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jades, giving the Hun Clan six.
• Hun Tiandi proposed that the Hun Clan and Gu Clan search together for the missing Ling Clan jade, and Gu Yuan accepted while secretly preparing to use the alliance against him.
• The Hun Clan and Gu Clan searched in vain because the Ling Clan jade was hidden in Xiao Ling’s System Space.
• Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Xi'er and Xiao Jin Chen play while discussing Xiao Ling’s long seclusion.
• Xiao Xi’er suddenly released a powerful energy fluctuation and rose uncontrollably into the air.

Xiao Xi'er’s breakthrough awakened the Xiao Clan’s dormant Dou Di bloodline, and Xiao Ling ascended to the Dou Di realm, declaring himself Emperor Lingtian. The continent reacted in awe and fear, while Xiao Ling turned his attention toward settling old grudges.

• Xiao Xi'er’s aura surged past the Dou Sheng realm, overwhelming Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Xiao Jin Chen.
• The awakening of the Dou Di Bloodline strengthened Xiao Xuan, Xiao Chen, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Clan members across the continent.
• Xiao Ling’s imperial pressure spread throughout the Dou Qi Continent, and he declared, “I am Xiao Ling. Today, I claim the title of Emperor, and take the name Emperor Lingtian!”
• The ancient clans and cultivators realized Xiao Ling had become the first Dou Di in ten thousand years; the Gu Clan celebrated their son-in-law’s ascension.
• Xun Er looked toward Xiao Ling with pride and affection, and Xiao Ling sensed her before turning toward the direction of his old enemies.

After breaking through to the Dou Di Realm with Exotic Source Qi, Xiao Ling went to the Hun Realm to settle the Xiao Clan’s blood feud. He killed Hun Tiandi with one strike, and the Hun Realm and Hun Clan were left in ruins.

• Xiao Ling recalled how a system draw granted him Exotic Source Qi, allowing him to break through to the Dou Di Realm after more than a year of secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Ling set aside his hopes of advancing his Spiritual Power and opened a Space Passage to the Hun Realm.
• Xiao Ling arrived in the Hun Realm, where his Dou Di pressure forced Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan to the ground.
• Hun Tiandi demanded to know how Xiao Ling had reached the Dou Di Realm, but Xiao Ling refused to answer and vowed to avenge the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ling summoned a giant golden imperial palm that killed Hun Tiandi and unleashed destruction across the Hun Realm, leaving the Hun Clan on the verge of collapse.

After annihilating the Hun Clan, Xiao Ling collected the five Tou She Ancient God Jades and met the leaders of the remaining Ancient Races. He demanded Heavenly Flames and lightning treasures from the Yao, Yan, and Thunder Clans, which their chiefs agreed to provide.

• Xiao Ling found the five Tou She Ancient God Jades Hun Tiandi had gathered and stored them away.
• Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, and leaders of the Yao, Yan, and Thunder Clans arrived at the ruined Hun Realm and greeted Xiao Ling as Emperor Lingtian.
• Xiao Ling warmly greeted Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun while the three clan chiefs praised him and pledged their clans’ service.
• Xiao Ling asked Yan Jin and Yao Dan for their clans’ high-grade Heavenly Flames, and both chiefs agreed to deliver them.
• Xiao Ling asked Lei Ying to provide lightning-attributed treasures for his Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and Lei Ying agreed to empty the Thunder Clan’s stores.

After establishing the Xiao Realm and settling his relationships with the women he loved, Xiao Ling brought Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. All eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade opened the ancient stone gate, leaving the four poised to enter.

• Xiao Ling established the Xiao Realm for the Xiao Family and entrusted its affairs to Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ling obtained the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Gu Yuan, then set out with Gu Yuan, Xiao Xuan, and Zhu Kun for the cave mansion.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he already possessed the Spirit Clan's missing jade and could break the restriction by force if necessary.
• The four arrived in the hidden underground space and saw the colossal stone gate to Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Ling brought out all eight pieces of Tou She Ancient God Jade, which activated and opened the stone gate.

Xiao Ling, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and reached its Exotic Flame Plaza, where they encountered a figure impersonating Tou She Ancient God. Xiao Ling identified him as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and revealed that he himself was a Dou Di, leaving the pill terrified and incredulous.

• Xiao Ling opened a passage through the ancient stone gate, and he, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan entered the cave mansion.
• Xiao Ling led the group through the mist to the Exotic Flame Plaza, where they saw rows of phantom flames and countless Heavenly Tier scrolls surrounding a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God.
• Xiao Ling detected a hidden spatial fluctuation behind the statue and dispelled the mist around the Ancient Emperor Stone Hall.
• A figure appearing to be Tou She Ancient God appeared on the statue and spoke to the group, prompting Zhu Kun to cry out in shock.
• Xiao Ling recognized the figure as the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and the pill discovered Xiao Ling was a Dou Di and exclaimed that such a breakthrough was impossible.

Xiao Ling captured and sealed the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, promising Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun that he would refine it and give them chances to reach the Dou Di Realm. He then opened the Tou She Ancient God Stone Statue and entered the inheritance ground, leaving the others waiting outside.

• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill attacked Xiao Ling and tried to flee, but Xiao Ling froze it with his Power of Space and drew it back.
• Xiao Ling dispelled the pill’s disguise, revealed its true form, and sealed it before storing it away.
• Xiao Ling promised Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun that he would refine the pill and had arranged other chances for them to break through to the Dou Di Realm.
• Gu Yuan asked whether there were other ways to reach the Dou Di Realm, and Xiao Ling explained that the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion contained the Tou She Ancient God's Dou Di Inheritance.
• Xiao Ling opened the stone statue with his Dou Di power and Exotic Flames, entered the inheritance ground, and left Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun waiting outside.

Xiao Ling met Tou She Ancient God's residual consciousness, received his inheritance and a wisp of origin aura, then returned to the Exotic Flame Plaza with enough resources to help Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan become Dou Di. He gave Emperor Grade Pills to Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan as betrothal gifts and prepared to use the remaining opportunity for Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Ling met Tou She Ancient God's residual projection and learned that the Ancient God had ignored the Dou Qi Continent's decline because he had no ties to it.
• Tou She Ancient God gave Xiao Ling a wisp of origin aura and his inheritance, and Xiao Ling promised to find a suitable successor for it.
• Xiao Ling returned to the Exotic Flame Plaza and told Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan that he had obtained Tou She Ancient God's inheritance.
• Xiao Ling revealed that he had three opportunities to create Dou Di powerhouses: two Emperor Grade Pills and the origin aura, enough for Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Ling gave Emperor Grade Pills to Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan as betrothal gifts for Zi Yan and Xun Er, and both accepted them.

Eight years after Xiao Ling defeated the Hun Clan, the Dou Qi Continent prospered under four Dou Di, and Xiao Ling founded the Talisman Sect and spread Spiritual Power cultivation. He returned from the Northwest Continent to his secluded home, where Xun Er greeted him with pointed questions about the women he had visited.

• Eight years after Xiao Ling destroyed the Hun Clan, the continent entered an age of peace and prosperity, with Xiao Ling founding the Talisman Sect and sharing Spiritual Power cultivation methods.
• Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, and Zhu Kun each broke through to Dou Di, joining Xiao Ling as four Dou Di who inspired a continent-wide cultivation boom.
• In the Xiao Clan's hidden Small World, Xi'er sparred with little Luo Er beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree while Chen Er watched nearby.
• Xiao Ling returned from the Northwest Continent and entered the courtyard, where Xun Er asked him about Yun Yun, Ya Fei, a young lady from the Nalan Family, and two princesses from the Royal Family.

Xiao Ling reunited with Xun Er and their children, then told Xun Er he planned to leave the Dou Qi Continent for the Tian Xuan Plane. Xun Er agreed to manage the Xiao Realm and their family while he was away, and Xiao Ling planned to explain his departure to her father the next day.

• Xun Er said she would delay her seclusion to prepare carefully before attempting to break through to Dou Di, and Xiao Ling told her Zi Yan was expected to finish cultivating within half a year.
• Xiao Xi'er and Xiao Luo greeted Xiao Ling, and he welcomed them while Xun Er corrected Xiao Luo for resenting his sister.
• Xiao Luo revealed that he had prepared a birthday gift for Xiao Yan's daughter, Xiao Xiao, and he and Xiao Xi'er resumed their playful bickering.
• Xiao Ling told Xun Er he needed to travel beyond the Dou Qi Continent to handle matters on the Tian Xuan Continent, and she worried about the dangers of the unfamiliar plane.
• Xun Er agreed to oversee the Xiao Realm, their household, and the wives' cultivation while Xiao Ling was away, and he promised to speak with her father the next day.

Xiao Ling prepared to leave the Dou Qi Continent for the Tian Xuan Continent, with Little Sable guiding him and Xun Er staying behind. After Xiao Ling entered the Plane Passage, Xun Er resolved to enter seclusion at the Sky Curtain and pursue the Dou Di realm.

• Xiao Ling reunited with Little Sable, Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan atop a solitary peak and explained that he had delayed to bid farewell to his family.
• Xiao Ling asked Little Sable to guide him to the Tian Xuan Continent, and Little Sable agreed, eager to return to his homeland.
• Xiao Ling gave Xun Er a jade pendant and promised to return if she faced danger, while she promised to care for the Xiao Realm and wait for him.
• Xiao Ling opened a Space Passage through the plane barrier and sent Little Sable into the Dou Di Space within his body for protection.
• Xiao Ling entered the Plane Passage and disappeared, leaving Xun Er grieving as Gu Yuan comforted her.
• Xun Er told Gu Yuan that she would enter seclusion at the Sky Curtain to break through to the Dou Di realm.

Ling Qingzhu killed a Black Scale Giant Python during training in Illusion Mist Spirit Valley, but Xiao Ling’s arrival from another plane unleashed spatial turbulence that injured her and an elder. Xiao Ling caught the unconscious Ling Qingzhu as she fell, leaving him newly arrived on Tian Xuan Continent with the girl in his arms.

• Ling Qingzhu defeated a Black Scale Giant Python with her white jade sword while training in Illusion Mist Spirit Valley.
• A female elder praised Ling Qingzhu’s skill and prepared to return with her to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
• Xiao Ling tore open a plane passage, and the resulting spatial turbulence blasted the elder away and sent Ling Qingzhu crashing into a cliff.
• Ling Qingzhu’s jade talisman shielded her from the worst of the spatial aftermath, but she was injured and fell unconscious.
• Xiao Ling emerged from the collapsed passage, realized his arrival had harmed the two women, and caught Ling Qingzhu as she fell toward a ravine.

After crossing into Tian Xuan Continent, Xiao Ling healed two women injured by the spatial turbulence and learned they belonged to Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. The Taiqing Palace Master arrived and questioned him about his faction and his presence in the palace's secret realm.

• Xiao Ling healed the young girl and the older woman, restoring their injuries with his life force.
• Xiao Ling released Little Sable from his Dou Di Space, and Little Sable celebrated returning to Tian Xuan Continent and vowed to settle old scores.
• Little Sable identified the women as members of Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and concluded they were in the Eastern Xuan Region.
• Xiao Ling suspected the young girl was Ling Qingzhu and sensed a powerful figure approaching.
• The Taiqing Palace Master arrived, confirmed the women were safe, and asked Xiao Ling which faction he belonged to and why he had entered her palace's secret realm.

The Taiqing Palace Master retrieved Ling Qingzhu and an elder, then questioned Xiao Ling about the spatial disturbance that had injured them. After Little Sable revealed his Reincarnation Realm strength and Ling Qingzhu intervened to protect her master, Xiao Ling let the offense pass but demanded the Taiqing Palace's Supreme Sensing Art as compensation.

• Xiao Ling returned Ling Qingzhu and the elder to the Taiqing Palace Master, who found Ling Qingzhu healed and her constitution strengthened.
• Ling Qingzhu and the elder awoke and told the Palace Master that a sudden spatial disturbance had injured them and knocked them unconscious.
• The Palace Master questioned Xiao Ling about the disturbance, and Little Sable transformed into a purple-robed youth and overwhelmed the women with his Reincarnation Realm aura.
• Ling Qingzhu pleaded with Xiao Ling not to punish her master and said she believed he had saved her.
• Xiao Ling withdrew Little Sable's pressure and forgave the Palace Master's words, but demanded the Taiqing Palace's Supreme Sensing Art as compensation.

Xiao Ling pressured the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace Master to reveal the Supreme Sensing Art, then agreed to have Ling Qingzhu demonstrate it in exchange for cultivation resources. After entering the palace, he memorized the art’s circulation route and extracted a strand of its special energy.

• Xiao Ling revealed that he knew the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace's Supreme Sensing Art and demanded its cultivation method, rejecting the Palace Master's offer of other compensation.
• The Palace Master and Ling Qingzhu feared that passing on the art through its alternative method would ruin their cultivation, but Xiao Ling offered resources and said he would learn by observing its circulation.
• The Palace Master agreed to take Xiao Ling, Ling Qingzhu, the female elder, and Little Sable into the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace through a Space Passage.
• In a secluded chamber, Ling Qingzhu warned Xiao Ling that he lacked the Dao charm needed to cultivate the Supreme Sensing Art, but he told her to proceed.
• Ling Qingzhu circulated the Supreme Sensing Art while Xiao Ling used his divine sense to memorize its route and drew a strand of pale light from her body into his palm.