Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jin’s group thwarted an ambush by the Heaven Demon Three Phoenixes and captured Kun Huang and Ying Huang. Fenghuang revealed that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had a Seven-Star Dou Saint ancestor, leaving Xiao Jin to recognize the hidden expert who had once blocked his soul attack.

• Xiao Jin sensed Fenghuang’s ambush and prepared Dan Xuansheng and Qingshan, allowing Qingshan to injure her.
• A second ambush emerged from a spatial crack, but Dan Xuansheng struck back and captured Kun Huang and Ying Huang.
• Xiao Jin confronted Fenghuang and demanded answers, threatening to kill the captured phoenixes if she displeased him.
• Fenghuang threatened Xiao Jin with her clan’s ancestor and revealed that the ancestor had reached the Seven-Star Dou Saint Realm.
• Xiao Jin realized that the ancestor was the mysterious expert who had previously blocked his Emperor Realm Soul attack.

Xiao Jin let Fenghuang and the other Heaven Demon Three Phoenixes escape so the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan might ally with the Soul Hall, giving him a chance to eliminate both threats. After sending Qingshan to investigate the clan’s ancient ancestor, Xiao Jin returned toward the Pill Tower to prepare for Xun Er’s Coming of Age Ceremony.

• Fenghuang distracted Xiao Jin and the others while Kun Huang and Ying Huang broke free and fled through a spatial rift with her.
• Dan Xuansheng cursed the escaped phoenixes, and Xiao Jin explained that he had let them go to draw the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan into cooperating with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Jin asked Qingshan to investigate Huang Tian’s predecessors and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s ancestor, and Qingshan departed for Ancient Dragon Island.
• Xiao Jin and Dan Xuansheng led the group back toward the Pill Tower, where Xiao Jin planned to prepare gifts for Xun Er’s Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Jin planned to give Xun Er a Fire Bodhi Pill and a Bodhi Heart to help her break through to the Dou Saint realm.

Xiao Jin refined two Fire Bodhi Pills that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, astonishing the Little Pill Tower elders. Meanwhile, Xuan Kongzi agreed to seek the elders’ approval to reveal information about Xiao Jin to Cao Ying, and Xiao Jin helped Qing Lin absorb the Ancient Heaven Snake’s remnant soul.

• Xiao Jin spent five days refining two Fire Bodhi Pills, and Old Monster Lin and the Little Pill Tower elders marveled at his alchemy talent.
• Cao Ying asked Xuan Kongzi about the young man she and Dan Chen had met, and Xuan Kongzi said he needed the Little Pill Tower elders’ approval before sharing what he knew.
• Cao Ying insisted that Xuan Kongzi report the matter to Elder Lin, then turned her attention to preparing for the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Jin transformed a small white snake and a snow-white rabbit into Fire Bodhi Pills while Qing Lin watched reluctantly.
• Xiao Jin confirmed that Qing Lin had absorbed the Ancient Heaven Snake’s remnant soul, which had raised her to Three-Star Dou Zun and given the remnant soul Three-Star Dou Saint Late Stage strength.

After Nalan Yanran awakened, Yun Yun told Xiao Jin that guilt and admiration over her past engagement-breaking decision were weighing on her. Xiao Jin visited Nalan with Yun Yun and urged her to face her past and find a reason to grow stronger beyond guilt, leaving her to consider his advice.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Jin that Nalan Yanran had awakened but was withdrawn and exhausting herself through cultivation.
• Xiao Jin took Yun Yun to visit Nalan Yanran, and Nalan noticed their hands clasped together.
• Xiao Jin asked Nalan Yanran whether she still brooded over breaking off the engagement, and she admitted that guilt over her past actions troubled her.
• Xiao Jin asked Nalan Yanran why she wanted to become stronger, and she could not give an answer.
• Xiao Jin told Nalan Yanran not to make him her goal or use cultivation to compensate for her guilt, and she fell into thought.

Xiao Jin and his companions traveled to Ancient Saint City to attend the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, while the Pill Tower Ancestor asked whether he would enter the upcoming Pill Gathering. At the city gates, Xiao Jin came face to face with his enemy Ling Quan.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor told Xiao Jin that Xuan Sheng would not accompany him to the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Jin set out with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor asked Xiao Jin to consider entering the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Jin said he would decide after returning and learning how strong Xiao Yan had become.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor opened a spatial passage to Ancient Saint City, and Xiao Jin and his companions traveled through it for five days.
• Xiao Jin arrived at Ancient Saint City and joined the long line of visitors waiting to enter ahead of the Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Ling Quan blocked Xiao Jin at the city entrance and angrily demanded to know who had allowed him to come.

Xiao Jin arrived at Ancient Saint City with Xiao Yi Xian and two companions, where Ling Quan challenged him and a young Ancient Clan member verified his invitation. After revealing that he was a Six-Star Dou Venerate, Xiao Jin entered the city as Xun Er learned of his arrival and anticipated that anyone who challenged him would regret it.

• Ling Quan confronted Xiao Jin at the gates of Ancient Saint City, and Xiao Jin flicked his jade invitation at him with enough force to make him react.
• A young man named Lin Xiu intercepted the invitation, verified that it was genuine, and allowed Xiao Jin to enter the city.
• Xiao Jin told Lin Xiu that he was a Six-Star Dou Venerate, startling Ling Quan and the other young man.
• Lin Xiu warned Xiao Jin that many members of the Ancient Clan wanted to spar with him, and Xiao Jin welcomed the prospect.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Jin had arrived in Ancient Saint City and had revealed his cultivation level.
• Xun Er praised Xiao Jin and said that those who wanted to challenge him would soon understand how unrealistic their expectations were.

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.