Recaps

After learning that Xiao Yi Xian had clashed with the Black Annihilation Army, Xiao Jin rushed to the plaza and stopped the soldiers from seizing her. He openly stood by her despite her warning that Xun Er might be upset, leaving Yang Hao resentful and the confrontation unresolved.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Jin about the Black Annihilation Army and warned him that the Ancient Clan knew Xun Er had fallen for him, which could bring him challengers.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Jin that Xiao Yi Xian had gotten into a conflict with members of the Black Annihilation Army.
• Lin Xiu tried to stop Yang Hao from confronting Xiao Yi Xian, but Yang Hao claimed she had disrupted order and ordered the soldiers to seize her.
• Xiao Jin arrived and released a surge of Dou Qi that sent more than a hundred Black Annihilation Army members stumbling away.
• Xiao Jin held Xiao Yi Xian's hand and said he would take responsibility for standing up for her, while Yang Hao watched with growing resentment.

Xiao Yi Xian explained how Yang Hao had provoked her and insulted Xiao Jin, prompting Xiao Jin to confront him in Ancient Saint City. Gu Zhen intervened on the Ancient Clan’s behalf and admitted fault, but Xiao Jin refused to back down when Gu Zhen invoked Xun Er.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Jin that Yang Hao had arranged for someone to provoke her and call Xiao Jin a bastard, so she had injured the man.
• Yang Hao ordered the Black Annihilation Army to arrest Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Jin prepared to fight him.
• Gu Zhen arrived, ordered Yang Hao to stand down, and admitted that the Ancient Clan was at fault.
• Xiao Jin demanded to know in what capacity Gu Zhen was speaking and dismissed his authority as Black Annihilation Army Commander.
• Gu Zhen blocked Yang Hao and pleaded with Xiao Jin to consider Xun Er, making Xiao Jin’s expression darken.

Xiao Jin confronted the Ancient Clan’s Yang Hao for insulting Xiao Yi Xian, then defeated him with a single Earth Tier High Dou Technique. After proving his strength and making clear he would protect Xiao Yi Xian, he left the matter settled at her request.

• Gu Zhen ordered Yang Hao to apologize, but Xiao Jin stopped him and offered to settle the dispute with one attack.
• Xiao Jin warned Yang Hao to defend himself and struck him with a flaming punch that left him barely conscious.
• Xiao Jin demonstrated the Glazed Refining Flame Technique, raising his realm to Peak Seven-Turn Dou Venerate and frightening Gu Zhen.
• Gu Zhen’s men gave Yang Hao pills and carried him away, while Gu Zhen thanked Xiao Jin for showing mercy.
• Xiao Jin offered to pursue Yang Hao again if Xiao Yi Xian remained angry, but she asked him to let the matter end so Xun Er would not be put in a difficult position.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian accepted the Ancient Clan’s invitation to enter the Ancient Realm early, where Gu Qingyang welcomed Xiao Jin and apologized for Yang Hao’s provocation. Gu Qingyang explained that the clan opposed Xiao Jin’s relationship with Xun Er until he reached the Dou Saint realm, leaving Xiao Jin confident that his bloodline would let him surpass that threshold.

• Gu Zhen told Xiao Jin that the Ancient Clan had sent a warship to bring him into the Ancient Realm early, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to go see Xun Er.
• Zi Yan and Qing Lin joined Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian, and the group boarded the Ancient Clan’s warship.
• Gu Qingyang welcomed Xiao Jin, apologized for the trouble in Ancient Saint City, and invited him to share wine and food.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Zi Yan and Qing Lin to explore the warship while Gu Zhen returned to maintain order in Ancient Saint City.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Jin that some members of the Ancient Clan would oppose his relationship with Xun Er until he reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Jin accepted that the clan’s views would take time to change and believed his bloodline could help him reach the Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Jin arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range and reunited with Xun Er, then accompanied her to meet Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders. He entered the hall under the elders’ scrutiny, including several who looked down on him.

• Gu Qingyang told Xiao Jin that the Ancient Saint Mountain Range lay ahead as their warship arrived.
• Xun Er rushed into Xiao Jin’s arms, and the two exchanged affectionate greetings before she welcomed Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.
• Xun Er asked Gu Qingyang to escort Xiao Yi Xian and the others to rest, then explained that Gu Yuan wanted to meet Xiao Jin.
• Xiao Jin and Xun Er walked through the Ancient Realm without obstruction and entered a hall where Gu Yuan and the clan’s powerful elders awaited them.
• Several elders scrutinized Xiao Jin and sneered at him as a bastard of the Xiao Clan, prompting him to silently resolve to make them regret it.

Xiao Jin and Xun Er faced the Ancient Clan elders as Gu Yuan opened a discussion about their marriage. After Gu Yuan revealed Xiao Jin’s valuable gifts to Xun Er, the elders raised the question of what more he would offer, and Xiao Jin signaled that he had prepared a response.

• Xiao Jin ignored Gu Tao’s demand that he bow, and Xun Er challenged the elder for his disrespect.
• Gu Yuan stripped Gu Tao of his position for fifty years and warned that another offense would get him expelled from the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan told the elders that Xiao Jin had given Xun Er a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill and an Eighth-Grade Peak Medicinal Pill that helped her refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Gu Yuan asked the elders for their opinions on Xun Er and Xiao Jin’s marriage, and Gu Mo implied that Xiao Jin should offer the clan more benefits.
• Xiao Jin openly said he wanted to marry Xun Er, then squeezed her hand to calm her as he prepared to answer the elders’ demands.

Xiao Jin presented Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan with three betrothal gifts for Xun Er: a Fire Bodhi Pill, a Bodhi Heart, and six powerful scrolls. He ended by formally asking for Xun Er’s hand in marriage, leaving Gu Yuan and the elders to consider his proposal.

• Xiao Jin gave Xun Er a Fire Bodhi Pill that could help a fire-attributed cultivator bypass the Half-Saint stage and reach Dou Saint.
• Xiao Jin presented Xun Er with a Bodhi Heart, and after she initially refused it because he needed it more, she accepted when he revealed he already had one.
• Xiao Jin brought out six scrolls containing the Heaven-Tier High-Grade World Purifying Burning Heaven Art and five compatible Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Jin asked Gu Yuan for Xun Er’s hand in marriage.

Xiao Jin secured Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan elders’ approval to marry Xun Er by presenting lavish betrothal gifts, and the couple left the great hall as legitimate fiancés. At Xun Er’s residence, he learned how much she had changed and sacrificed for their future, then decided to confess what he had done while they were apart.

• Xiao Jin presented the Fire Bodhi Pill, the Bodhi Heart, a Heaven-Tier High-Grade Cultivation Method, and five Heaven-Tier Dou Techniques as betrothal gifts, leaving the elders impressed and envious.
• Gu Yuan accepted the marriage arrangement after Xiao Jin explained that his teacher approved, and Gu Yuan told the elders to keep the teacher’s identity confidential.
• Xun Er took Xiao Jin from the great hall, and she explained that she had challenged resistance within the Ancient Clan and changed Gu Yuan’s views to clear the way for their marriage.
• Xun Er led Xiao Jin to her residence, which she had copied from his courtyard in Wutan City, and told him the tree reminded her of their time together.
• Xiao Jin felt guilty when he realized how lonely Xun Er had been and decided to tell her everything he had done over the past few years.

Xiao Jin reconciled with Xun Er, confessed his origins and plans, and promised her a future together. Xun Er then visited Xiao Yi Xian and invited her to stay with them forever.

• Xun Er reassured Xiao Jin that she was not angry about his relationships with other women and treasured their shared memories.
• Xiao Jin revealed his sealed origins, powerful allies, Dou Emperor resources, and knowledge of the Great Thousand World to Xun Er.
• Xun Er warned Xiao Jin not to share his secrets with the Ancient Clan, then agreed to leave the clan with him after reaching Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Jin and Xun Er shared a brief kiss before Xun Er went to see Xiao Yi Xian alone.
• Xun Er thanked Xiao Yi Xian for her years with Xiao Jin, explained that her earlier request had been meant to bring them together, and invited her to stay with them forever.

Xiao Jin dealt with Ancient Clan elders seeking Fire Bodhi Pills and agreed to refine them for a select few of Gu Yuan’s loyal supporters. On the day of Xun Er’s Coming of Age Ceremony, Xiao Jin and his companions arrived at the gathering, where Gu Lang and Gu Ran eagerly welcomed him.

• Xiao Jin told Xun Er to select a few of Gu Yuan’s most loyal supporters for whom he would refine Fire Bodhi Pills.
• Xun Er reminded Xiao Jin that the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony would take place the next day and that he should watch it.
• Xun Er came to Xiao Jin’s courtyard the following morning, and he joined her and Xiao Yi Xian and the others on the way to the ceremony.
• Xiao Jin arrived at the central clearing with Xun Er and the other women, drawing attention from the crowd.
• Gu Lang and Gu Ran welcomed Xiao Jin and his companions, while two other elders regretted that they had not reached him first.

Xiao Jin joined the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, met Mang Tianchi, and drew the attention of elders and young geniuses from across the continent. The ceremony began when a powerful voice announced its opening.

• Gu Ran and Gu Lang escorted Xiao Jin to the plaza’s reserved guest area, where he promised to refine Fire Bodhi Pills for them after the ceremony.
• Mang Tianchi appeared, and Xiao Jin introduced himself by teasing the Jia Nan Academy dean about neglecting Su Qian and the academy.
• Mang Tianchi learned Xiao Jin was the genius Su Qian had praised, then teased him about Xun Er and the Ancient Clan elders.
• Xiao Jin and his companions greeted the gathered elders and met young members of other Ancient Emperor Clans while they waited.
• An ancient bell rang, and a voice from the Void Space declared the ceremony had begun, its Dou Saint pressure startling many attendees.

Xiao Jin watched the Ancient Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony with Xun Er and learned how bloodline levels and Clan Marks were assessed. As the ceremony continued, he considered the Council of Elders' power to grant Clan Marks and wondered how Xun Er would govern them.

• Xiao Jin greeted Gu Yuan, who was watching Xun Er's Coming-of-Age Ceremony from the sky.
• Ling Quan received a Golden Clan Mark for his sixth-grade bloodline, prompting Xun Er to vow to make him sweep toilets after she came of age.
• Xun Er explained the Ancient Clan's bloodline and Clan Mark ranks, while Mang Tianchi said Xun Er likely had a God-Grade Bloodline and asked Xiao Jin how he handled Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Jin showed Mang Tianchi a wisp of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Mang Tianchi realized he could not use Xiao Jin's method.
• Lin Xiu received a Golden Clan Mark, while Gu Zhen received a Purple Gold Clan Mark for his seventh-grade bloodline and military service.
• Xun Er explained that Gu Zhen's Clan Mark was an exception, and Xiao Jin reflected on the Council of Elders' authority over the awards.

At his Coming of Age Ceremony, Gu Qingyang received a Seven-Colored Gold Clan Mark and challenged Xiao Jin to prove he was strong enough to protect Xun Er. Xiao Jin accepted, and the two prepared to fight before the watching Ancient Clan.

• Gu Qingyang’s Star Disk test revealed a ninth-grade bloodline, and the elders awarded him a Seven-Colored Gold Clan Mark.
• Gu Qingyang invoked his right to challenge Xiao Jin, saying he needed to prove he could protect Xun Er.
• Xun Er was surprised by the challenge, but Xiao Jin told her that he and Gu Qingyang had discussed it beforehand.
• Xiao Jin accepted Gu Qingyang’s challenge and explained that he wanted the Ancient Clan’s younger generation to recognize him as worthy of Xun Er.
• The elders and spectators cleared the platform as Xiao Jin and Gu Qingyang exchanged remarks before the fight.

Xiao Jin fought Gu Qingyang in a staged challenge meant to prove his strength to the Ancient Clan and silence doubts about his relationship with Xun Er. Xiao Jin took the advantage with his first attacks, leaving Gu Qingyang to counter with another palm seal.

• Xiao Jin revealed powerful Dou Qi and a Heavenly Flame, drawing astonished reactions from Flame Clan members and an alchemist in the crowd.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained to Xun Er that Xiao Jin had challenged Gu Qingyang to prove himself to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Jin and Gu Qingyang exchanged punches, and Xiao Jin forced Gu Qingyang back more than a dozen steps.
• Xiao Jin pierced Gu Qingyang's Mountain Opening Seal with his Spiral Piercing Strikes, exposing the gap between their strengths.
• Gu Qingyang gritted his teeth and launched his Sea Turning Seal at the advancing Spiral Piercing Strikes.

Xiao Jin overwhelmed Gu Qingyang by revealing the Source Fire Divine Map, a powerful technique formed from Heavenly Flames. Gu Qingyang's Great Nirvana Finger was swallowed by Xiao Jin's Azure Dragon, leaving the battle's outcome apparent but not yet stated.

• Gu Qingyang exhausted his battle qi and used the Ancient Saint Precious Mirror, forcing Xiao Jin to answer with the Purifying Glazed Holy Scripture.
• Xiao Jin revealed that he controlled seventeen Heavenly Flames and used them to form the Source Fire Divine Map's Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
• Gu Yuan recognized the technique as Tou She Ancient God's inheritance but decided not to provoke Xiao Jin over it.
• Gu Qingyang unleashed the Great Nirvana Finger, but the Azure Dragon swallowed its destructive black pillar of light.

Xiao Jin defeated Gu Qingyang, then watched Xun Er test her bloodline at the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony. Her God-Grade Bloodline emerged, and the chapter ended as Elder Tongxuan completed her powerful Seven-Colored Clan Mark.

• Xiao Jin’s three divine beast phantoms overwhelmed Gu Qingyang’s Heaven Tier Dou Technique, and Gu Qingyang admitted defeat.
• Xiao Jin reunited with Xun Er, while the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony advanced to its main event.
• Xun Er illuminated all ten stars on the Star Disk, which cracked and exploded under the power of her God-Grade Bloodline.
• Elder Tongxuan used the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Pen to draw Xun Er’s Seven-Colored Clan Mark, exhausting his Dou Qi.
• The Ancient Clan members knelt as Xun Er’s completed Clan Mark shone with dazzling seven-colored light.

Xiao Jin refined four Fire Bodhi Pills for the Ancient Clan and discussed the Heavenly Tomb with Xun Er. He prepared to leave for an ancient ruin, while Gu Yuan agreed that Xun Er could join him once she completed her training and reached the Dou Saint level.

• Xiao Jin and Xun Er left the Coming of Age Ceremony, and Xiao Jin explained that the Heavenly Tomb would not open yet and would not help him overcome his bottleneck.
• Xiao Jin closed Xun Er's courtyard to visitors and spent ten days refining four Fire Bodhi Pills as Gu Yuan kept guests away.
• Xiao Jin's repeated Nine-Colored Pill Lightning impressed the Ancient Clan's elders and younger generation.
• Xiao Jin gave Gu Yuan four Fire Bodhi Pills, saying they could help four elders break through to the Dou Saint level.
• Xiao Jin told Gu Yuan he planned to leave for an ancient ruin and asked to stay with Xun Er once she completed her training.
• Gu Yuan agreed that Xun Er could join Xiao Jin after reaching the Dou Saint level and said no one in the Ancient Clan would be able to object to their marriage then.

After leaving the Ancient Clan, Xiao Jin learned that the Soul Clan might target him and prepared for an ambush while traveling back toward the Pill Tower. Zi Yan reached Five-Star Dou Zun, but the Space Ship was suddenly shaken by an attack.

• Xiao Jin refused the apology ring Gu Zhen offered on behalf of clan members and heard that the Soul Clan might have taken an interest in him.
• Xiao Jin spotted a black-robed Soul Clan figure in the spatial passage and kept the three Dragon King Puppets ready for an ambush.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Jin she had refined Zhu Kun's five drops of Essence Blood and reached Five-Star Dou Zun.
• Zi Yan chose to return to Ancient Dragon Island to refine the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Jin promised to accompany her after taking Xiao Yi Xian out.
• The Space Ship shook violently, and Xiao Jin ordered the South Dragon King Puppet to take Zi Yan to the cabin and protect everyone.

Xiao Jin was ambushed by five Soul Hall experts in a spatial passage, but his upgraded puppets proved far stronger than they expected. The North Dragon King turned Hun Jun’s own battle skill against the Soul Hall, and the fight continued as the bone spikes flew toward them.

• Five Soul Hall figures blocked Xiao Jin and his companions in the spatial passage, alarming the travelers nearby.
• Xiao Jin identified the attackers, including Mo Yu, Qiu Di, Xue He, and Gu You, and refused to be intimidated by their Dou Saint leader.
• Xue He attacked the West Dragon King, who punched his head from his body and sent him falling into the Void Space.
• Hun Jun unleashed Bone Emperor Heaven-Splitting at the Space Ship, but the North Dragon King halted the bone spikes and copied the battle skill.
• The North Dragon King sent the bone spikes back toward the Soul Hall.

Xiao Jin and the Dragon Kings killed all five Soul Hall ambushers, then returned to the Pill Tower and learned that the Pill Tower Ancestor had destroyed the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion. Xiao Jin proposed an alliance against the Soul Hall, while the Ancestor revealed that he had broken through to the middle stage of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm.

• The North Dragon King killed Hun Jun, while the West Dragon King beat Gu You to death, and the remaining Soul Hall ambushers were executed.
• Xiao Jin returned to the Pill Tower after a three-month journey and learned that the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion had been destroyed.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor admitted that he had destroyed the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion to retaliate for its threat against Sound Valley and to provoke the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan into allying with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jin said he would invite Blazing Flame Valley, the Pill Tower, and the Starfall Pavilion to form an alliance under Sound Valley and attack the Soul Hall.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor revealed that the Bodhi Heart had helped him break through to the middle stage of the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm seven days earlier.

The Pill Tower Ancestor sent Xiao Jin to take Xiao Yi Xian to a ruin that might hold an inheritance connected to her Woe Poison Body. Meanwhile, Yao Chen and Xiao Yan investigated the destruction of the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion and wondered whether its attacker might target the Starfall Pavilion.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor assessed the Pill Tower's strength against the Soul Clan and told Xiao Jin to visit the ruin with Xiao Yi Xian while he contacted other factions about an alliance.
• Xiao Jin reluctantly accepted the ruin's address after the Pill Tower Ancestor reminded him that Xiao Yi Xian desperately wanted to grow stronger, and the Ancestor warned him about the ruin's poisonous dangers.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Ten Thousand Beast Pavilion had been wiped out, including three Dou Zuns from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan suggested asking Xiao Jin about the attack at the Pill Gathering, and Yao Chen agreed that they needed to determine whether the attacker had targeted the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan or the Four Pavilions.

Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian remained trapped in a strange mountain range while searching for the Heavenly Poison Maiden’s ruins. After comforting Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Jin suspected the hidden Dou Emperor Ruins were keeping them there because they were close to meeting some condition.

• News spread across the continent that Xiao Jin had killed a Soul Hall Dou Sheng, and the Ancient Clan warned the Soul Hall against targeting him again.
• The Soul Hall went into hiding while secretly leading an alliance that planned to attack somewhere beyond the Central Plains Continent.
• Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian spent half a month lost in a mountain range where they could not control space or find the ruins left by the Heavenly Poison Maiden.
• Xiao Jin reassured the frustrated Xiao Yi Xian by recalling their earlier days together in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Jin suggested that the Dou Emperor Ruins were trapping them because they were close to fulfilling a condition.

Xiao Jin realized that the Dou Emperor Ruins might be summoning Xiao Yi Xian rather than him, so they agreed to split up. After she left, a flood of deadly poison erupted through the mountain range, leaving Xiao Jin facing a threat that even Xiao Yi Xian might not withstand.

• Xiao Yi Xian suggested that the Dou Emperor's poison might be keeping Xiao Jin from entering the ruin, and Xiao Jin recalled that earlier ruins had summoned Cai Lin and Yun Yun instead of him.
• Xiao Jin concluded that he might be holding Xiao Yi Xian back and proposed that they separate the next morning to see if the ruin would summon her alone.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried they would lose contact, but she agreed to try splitting up after Xiao Jin said he expected the ruin to accept him if he were in danger.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian left Xiao Jin alone in the mountain cave while he waited to see what would happen.
• After about three hours, the mountain shook and poisonous liquid flooded the lowlands, killing Magical Beasts and turning the vegetation black.
• Xiao Jin flew to safety and saw an Eighth-Rank Magical Beast's corpse drifting in the poison, making him fear that even Xiao Yi Xian might not survive it.

Xiao Jin entered the poisonous liquid to find Xiao Yi Xian and reach the Dou Emperor Ruins, relying on his Heavenly Flames and detoxification pills to resist the toxins. He reached the ruins but was attacked by a swarm of powerful poisonous insects.

• Xiao Jin realized Xiao Yi Xian could be overwhelmed by poison and decided to find her before the toxins incapacitated her.
• Xiao Jin used the Reincarnation Nirvana Flame, detoxification pills, the Nihility Devouring Flame, and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to enter the poisonous liquid.
• Xiao Jin discovered that a spatial barrier kept him from reaching the surface, so he swam toward the ruins instead.
• Xiao Jin reached the ruins and sensed an attack too late to dodge, leaving his right leg numb from poison.
• Xiao Jin recovered some sensation in his leg and saw millions of poisonous insects, including some near the Peak Dou Zong level.

Xiao Jin lured the poisonous insects away from the stone door with rare poisonous herbs and entered the ruins. He found a bridge made of Myriad Poison Amber Crystal, whose touch showed him a vision of his loved ones lying dead.

• Xiao Jin realized the poisonous swarm was growing stronger as toxins from its dead insects tainted the venom, and he searched for a way to escape.
• Xiao Jin discovered Poison Saliva Fruit attracting Eighth-Grade poisonous insects and used it to draw much of the swarm away.
• Xiao Jin located more Ninth-Rank poisonous ingredients, lured away the remaining insects, and opened the stone door.
• Xiao Jin entered the ruins, found that he could not fly, and began crossing a bridge over a vast abyss.
• Xiao Jin touched the Myriad Poison Amber Crystal and saw a vision of corpses belonging to the people closest to him.