Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai entered Gu Sheng City after his clone defeated Gu Yao and humiliated the Ancient Clan’s younger generation. He reunited with Xun Er, shared a tender moment by the entrance to the Ancient Realm, and followed her into the realm, where she brought him to her home.

• Xiao Bai’s black-robed clone was revealed to have defeated Gu Yao, who passed out from his injuries and humiliation.
• Elder Gu Shan stopped intervening after sensing a powerful aura from Xiao Bai’s cabin, and Elder Tong Xuan invited Xiao Bai into Gu Sheng City.
• Xiao Bai’s true body appeared, absorbed the clone, and walked into the city, where Xun Er greeted him and held his hand.
• Xun Er told Xiao Bai how happy she was that he had subdued the Ancient Clan’s young people, and Xiao Bai promised to protect her from anyone who pursued her.
• Xun Er opened the entrance to the Ancient Realm and led Xiao Bai inside; Xiao Yan and the others followed shortly afterward.
• Xun Er brought Xiao Bai to her bamboo home and said it would be his home too, but a light cough made her stiffen.

Gu Yuan confronted Xiao Bai about his earlier remarks blaming the Ancient Clan for the Xiao Clan’s missing jade, then discussed the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Spirit and Stone Clans. Xiao Bai warned that the Soul Clan had already succeeded halfway in taking the Ancient Clan’s piece of jade, but Gu Yuan and Xun Er rejected the claim.

• Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Bai and questioned whether he had vented his anger after fighting the Ancient Clan’s younger generation, saying he would not pursue the matter.
• Gu Yuan replayed Xiao Bai’s recorded remarks blaming Gu Zhen and Gu Yao for demanding the key and threatening the Ancient Clan, leaving Xiao Bai embarrassed and prompting him to apologize.
• Xiao Bai explained how he met Lei Zhen and traveled to the Purple Firmament Palace, and Gu Yuan revealed he had discovered the Soul Clan’s involvement in hiding the Spirit and Stone Realms.
• Gu Yuan said the Soul Clan was seeking the keys to reach the Tou She Ancient God’s cave, and Xun Er worried he might want Xiao Bai’s jade.
• Xiao Bai asked whether Gu Yuan wanted the Xiao Clan Ancient Jade, then warned that the Soul Clan had already succeeded halfway in taking the Ancient Clan’s piece; Gu Yuan denied it, and Xun Er said the jade remained protected in the Ancestral Hall.

Xiao Bai warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had infiltrated the Ancient Clan and named Gu Yang as a suspect, prompting Gu Yuan to call an elders’ meeting for the next day. After spending the night with Xun Er, Xiao Bai discovered that Ling Ying had circulated a booklet of his old boastful quotes among the Ancient Clan’s elders.

• Xiao Bai explained that the Soul Clan could use soul strength, infiltration, and disguise to steal the Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan asked for evidence.
• Xiao Bai named Gu Yang, the Ancestral Hall’s Second Elder, as his suspect, and Gu Yuan decided to investigate and convene an elders’ meeting the next day.
• Xiao Bai told Gu Yuan that the Thunder Clan and Yan Clan also had Soul Clan spies, while the Yao Clan did not, and Gu Yuan left to prepare.
• Xiao Bai and Xun Er shared an affectionate reunion before going to their prepared room for the night.
• The next morning, Ling Ying greeted Xiao Bai and showed him a booklet of his old quotations, then revealed that he had made more copies for interested elders and their juniors.

Xiao Bai attended the Gu Clan’s Elder Council meeting, where Gu Yuan exposed Gu Yang’s suspicious opposition to moving the Tuoshe Ancient Jade. After Lei Zhen confirmed that the Spirit and Stone Clans had been destroyed and that the Gu Clan was among the suspects, Gu Yuan unleashed a tremendous pressure in the hall.

• Xiao Bai and Xun Er arrived at the courtyard and found Lei Zhen and others reading a booklet about Xiao Bai’s childhood.
• Xiao Bai entered the Gu Clan’s Elder Council with Xun Er, and Gu Yuan revealed that he had invited him.
• Gu Yuan announced that he would personally guard the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and adjust the Ancestral Hall’s guards, prompting Gu Yang to object urgently.
• Gu Yuan told the elders that the Spirit and Stone Clans had been destroyed, and Lei Zhen described what he had witnessed.
• Lei Zhen admitted that the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans suspected the Gu Clan, while Gu Yang struggled to hide his alarm about losing access to the Ancient Jade.
• As Gu Yang considered how to warn his Clan Head, Gu Yuan’s immense pressure descended on the entire hall and forced the elders to brace themselves.

Gu Yuan exposed Gu Yang as a Soul Clan spy, and Xiao Bai helped reveal the truth before Gu Lie destroyed Gu Yang’s soul. Xiao Bai warned Lei Zhen and Huo Zhi to protect their clans’ Ancient Jade, while Gu Yuan ordered the Ancient Clan to investigate for other spies and summoned Xiao Bai to go with him.

• Gu Yuan accused Gu Yang of being Hun Yang, a Soul Clan spy, but Gu Yang denied it and several elders demanded proof.
• Gu Yuan extracted Gu Yang’s soul, and Xiao Bai revealed the Void Child Flame, prompting Gu Yang to expose himself by referring to Lord Nihility.
• Gu Lie shattered Gu Yang’s soul, and Xiao Bai urgently told Lei Zhen and Huo Zhi to warn their clans and secure their Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Bai mocked the Yao Clan by saying the Soul Clan did not look down on them, easing the tension in the hall.
• Gu Yuan ordered the elders to keep the incident secret and investigate for other Soul Clan agents, then asked Xiao Bai to accompany him.

Hun Tiandi learned that Hun Huai had died and planned to attack the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans while investigating the Ancient Clan himself. Xiao Bai and the others entered the Heavenly Tomb, but Hun Tiandi intercepted them and tried to probe Xiao Bai before a burst of purple lightning shut the rift.

• Nihility Devouring Flame told Hun Tiandi that Hun Huai's Soul Jade Token had shattered, and Hun Tiandi decided to personally visit the Ancient Clan while sending Nihility Devouring Flame after the Thunder, Yan, and Yao Clans.
• Gu Yuan agreed to send Xiao Bai into the Heavenly Tomb for a year and gathered Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and a group of Ancient Clan youths to go with him.
• Gu Yuan tore open a passage to the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Bai and the others began entering as Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi arriving in the Ancient Realm.
• Hun Tiandi froze the passage and sent Soul Strength toward Xiao Bai, but Gu Yuan confronted him and tried to stop him from probing the young man.
• Someone inside the rift roared, purple lightning filled the passage, and the Heavenly Tomb entrance closed with Xiao Bai and the others inside.

Xiao Bai was separated from the group after Hun Tiandi’s interference and trapped in a chaotic spatial crevice, where the Heaven Tomb Spirit tried to make him abandon entering the tomb. Xiao Xuan intervened and returned Xiao Bai to Xun Er and the others, and Xiao Bai resolved to grow stronger as they prepared to explore the Heaven Tomb.

• Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan outside the Heaven Tomb, and their auras clashed as Ancient Clan experts rushed to the scene.
• Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, Xiao Yan, and the others entered the Heaven Tomb without Xiao Bai and agreed to advance deeper while leaving marks for him to follow.
• Xiao Bai discovered that the Breaking Talisman’s Purple Divine Thunder had broken Hun Tiandi’s soul restraint, but he was stranded in a chaotic spatial crevice.
• The Heaven Tomb Spirit appeared as a giant soul face and demanded that Xiao Bai give up entering the Heaven Tomb, but Xiao Xuan’s voice claimed Xiao Bai as one of his people.
• Xiao Xuan moved Xiao Bai back to Xun Er and the others, and Xiao Bai reunited with them before urging the group to continue into the Heaven Tomb.

Xiao Bai led the group rapidly through the first level of the Heavenly Tomb by using his Taiji Diagram to neutralize its pressure and harvest Energy Bodies. After they entered the second level and faced a dozen powerful Energy Bodies, Little Golden Dragon rushed out to claim them all.

• Xiao Bai captured several low-level Energy Bodies and found their energy cores barely strengthened him.
• Xiao Bai sped toward the depths, then used his Taiji Diagram to shield Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Gu Qingyang, and the others from the Heavenly Tomb's pressure.
• Xiao Bai carried the group through the first level in less than three days, collecting Energy Bodies along the way.
• The group crossed into the second level, where they encountered twelve Energy Bodies rated at Seven-Star Dou Zun or higher.
• Little Golden Dragon burst from Xiao Bai's sleeve and declared that all the Energy Bodies belonged to him.

Little Golden Dragon destroyed twelve powerful Energy Bodies and shared a Crystal Nucleus with Xun Er as Xiao Bai’s group crossed the second level of the Heavenly Tomb. At the entrance to the third level, Xiao Bai annihilated a vast horde of Energy Bodies, including seven nine-star ones, leaving behind seven powerful cores.

• Little Golden Dragon revealed that it had absorbed the nearly three hundred Energy Cores from the first level, then swiftly destroyed twelve Energy Bodies and collected their cores.
• Little Golden Dragon gave Xun Er one of the largest cores, and Xiao Bai led the group deeper into the second level as Xun Er held his hand.
• Xiao Bai sensed a familiar, emotionless will, while Little Golden Dragon detected a horde of Energy Bodies gathered beneath the entrance to the third level.
• Xiao Bai walked ahead despite the Ancient Clan members’ warnings and summoned an enormous Taiji Diagram over the horde.
• Xiao Bai’s golden-black lightning destroyed the Energy Bodies and left seven nine-star Crystal Nuclei, astonishing the Ancient Clan members and Little Golden Dragon.

Xiao Bai and his companions cultivated in the Heaven Tomb’s second layer after he learned that a hidden presence had sent Energy Bodies to keep him from the third layer. As Xiao Bai broke through to the Heaven Realm in soul strength, he confronted the black mist in a strange space and learned it wanted his help giving birth to a World Seed, though he remained wary of its offer.

• Xiao Bai explained that someone had sent the Energy Bodies to keep him in the second layer, then gave cultivation cores to Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Gu Qingyang, and the others.
• Xiao Bai and the group cultivated for three months while Little Golden Dragon waited for more Energy Bodies to appear.
• Xiao Bai reached Nine Star Peak, broke through to the Heaven Realm in soul strength, and entered the strange space filled with black mist.
• Xiao Bai refused to help the black mist without learning what it wanted, and the hidden presence asked him to help a World Seed be born.
• Xiao Bai questioned whether the presence was scheming against him, and it sent a streak of light through the parted black mist.

Xiao Bai used the Taiji Diagram to strengthen the mysterious presence in the Heavenly Tomb while refining his soul to the Heaven Realm. When he and the others reached the sealed entrance to the third level, the Heavenly Tomb Spirit accused him of breaking a promise, and Xiao Bai called on Xiao Xuan to intervene.

• Xiao Bai learned that the ancient presence had created the Heavenly Tomb in a past existence and received a method that could help bring something within it closer to appearing.
• Xiao Bai used the Taiji Diagram to absorb the black mist and generate Chaos Qi, strengthening the faint heartbeat in the space as his soul grew more consolidated.
• Xun Er and the others waited on the second level while Xiao Bai cultivated, and they found the entrance to the third level blocked by a solidified energy barrier.
• After three months, Xiao Bai awoke with a Heaven Realm soul, then approached the barrier as the group gathered around him.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit appeared and accused Xiao Bai of accepting its gift while still trying to force the gate open, but Xiao Bai denied making any agreement and called out to Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Bai described the Xiao Clan's decline and the danger facing it, prompting Xiao Xuan to ask the Heavenly Tomb Spirit whether it intended to sever his clan's descendants.

Xiao Bai used the Heaven Tomb creator’s inherited method to escape the Heaven Tomb Soul’s attack and revealed that he could briefly touch the tomb’s core authority. Xiao Xuan agreed to draw the Heaven Tomb Soul away, and Xiao Bai gave him the method of control, leaving their future meeting anticipated.

• Xiao Bai refused Xiao Xuan’s offer to attack the Heaven Tomb Soul, but the Heaven Tomb Soul launched a massive Soul Storm at him and the others.
• Xiao Bai used a mysterious method to lessen the pressure and teleported himself, Xun Er, Gu Qingyang, and the others out of danger.
• Xiao Bai claimed that he had casually created the Heaven Tomb, alarming the Heaven Tomb Soul, Xiao Xuan, and everyone present.
• Xiao Bai explained to Xiao Xuan that he had inherited the creator’s method to control the Heaven Tomb, but using it against the Heaven Tomb Soul had cost him much of his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to lure away the Heaven Tomb Soul and protect Xiao Yan, while Xiao Bai passed him the control method.

Xiao Bai drove the Heaven Tomb Soul away while Xiao Xuan seized control of the Heavenly Tomb, then reassured Xun Er that he was still himself. As Xiao Bai opened a path through the barrier to the third level, he discovered Ancient Devouring Worms inside and used their stored energy to cultivate, reaching First-turn Dou Venerable.

• Xiao Xuan emerged from the tomb manor, and Xiao Bai confronted the Heaven Tomb Soul, which fled when Xiao Xuan began taking control of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xun Er asked whether Xiao Bai would always remain himself, and he reassured her before leading the group toward the third level.
• Xiao Bai used golden and black lightning to open the energy barrier and revealed that countless Ancient Devouring Worms sustained and reinforced it.
• Xiao Bai slowed his progress through the barrier so he could absorb the worms’ stored energy, stopping Gu Qingyang and Xun Er from taking over.
• Xiao Bai absorbed enough energy to break through to First-turn Dou Venerable, shocking the others.

Xiao Bai led Xiao Yan and the others through the energy wall into the Heaven Tomb’s third level, where they encountered the Blood Saber Saint. After matching his attack, Xiao Bai mocked him as the weakest Half-Saint he had fought.

• Xiao Xuan battled the Heaven Tomb Soul for control of the Heaven Tomb as the fighting endangered the Energy Bodies on the third level.
• Xiao Yan and the Ancient Clan members followed Xiao Bai through the thinning energy wall, where Xiao Yan found an Ancient Devouring Insect Queen and Xiao Bai took it for refining an Ancient Insect Emperor Robe.
• Xiao Bai destroyed the Ancient Devouring Insects that surged toward the group, opened a path into the third level, and led everyone through.
• The Blood Saber Saint mistook Xiao Bai and the others for easy prey and attacked Xiao Bai with his blood saber.
• Xiao Bai met the Blood Saber Saint’s strike with a punch, then called him the Disgrace of a Half-Saint, enraging him.

Xiao Bai fought Blood Saber Saint to a standstill, but the Heaven Tomb Soul then drove hordes of Energy Bodies into a frenzy and surrounded Xiao Bai and his companions. With Xiao Xuan unable to intervene without risking control of the Ban Shengs, Xiao Bai sent Xun Er and the others toward safety and prepared to fight the attackers to complete his ninth revolution.

• Xiao Bai countered Blood Saber Saint’s Blood Saber Gale Slash with Yellow Springs Finger, and their attacks exploded in a draw.
• Xiao Xuan’s killing intent made Blood Saber Saint realize Xiao Bai and the others belonged to the Xiao Clan, so he hastily claimed he had only been performing a saber technique.
• The Heaven Tomb Soul unleashed frenzied Energy Bodies that surrounded Xiao Bai’s group, while Xiao Xuan explained that intervening could let it control the Ban Shengs.
• Xiao Bai told Xun Er and the others to retreat, then forced Blood Saber Saint to guard them as more Energy Bodies flooded the passage.
• Xiao Bai faced the Peak Nine-Revolutions Energy Bodies head-on, intending to use their energy cores to complete his nine revolutions.

Xiao Bai battled the Heaven Tomb Soul’s Peak Nine-Revolutions Energy Bodies while Xiao Yan prepared a four-flame attack and the Gu Clan fighters moved to join the fight. The battle ended on a cliffhanger when a mysterious Dou Saint Energy Body ambushed Xiao Bai with a devastating strike.

• Xiao Bai opened the Two Polarities Thunder Domain and killed several Peak Nine-Revolutions Energy Bodies with his Destruction Thunder and spear.
• The Heaven Tomb Soul tried to exert greater control over the battlefield, but Xiao Xuan kept it locked in place.
• Xiao Yan raised his strength with the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and began fusing four Heavenly Flames into a Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Gu Qingyang urged the Gu Clan fighters to attack the weaker Energy Bodies near the passage while Xun Er stayed behind to watch Xiao Bai.
• A dark figure unleashed a destructive attack on Xiao Bai, and Blood Saber Saint recognized its power as belonging to a Dou Saint Energy Body.

Xiao Bai survived a Soul Clan Dou Saint’s surprise attack and joined forces with Little Golden Dragon, who broke through to Ban Sheng, to fight back. The gray-robed old man unleashed his Soul Prison Heaven Devouring Palm, leaving Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon trapped beneath a devastating attack.

• A gray-robed Soul Clan Dou Saint attacked Xiao Bai by surprise, but Xiao Bai reappeared with injuries after evading the strike.
• Xun Er and the others rejoiced at Xiao Bai’s survival, while Xiao Xuan remained locked in a stalemate with the Heaven Tomb Soul.
• Xiao Bai fed Little Golden Dragon eleven Peak Nine-Revolutions energy cores, and Little Golden Dragon broke through to Ban Sheng.
• Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon attacked the Soul Clan Dou Saint together, trading blows with him despite the power gap.
• The gray-robed old man used Soul Prison Heaven Devouring Palm, and its immense pressure threatened Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon.

Xiao Bai used the Two Forms Thunder God Body, Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath, and Xiao Yan’s strengthened Seven-Colored Fire Lotus to defeat two Soul Clan Dou Saints. After the battle ended, Xun Er embraced him, and Xiao Xuan praised his victory.

• Xiao Bai transformed into the Two Forms Thunder God and used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy the Soul Prison Heaven Devouring Palm.
• Xiao Bai tore apart the weakened gray-robed old man’s attack and threw the Dragon Spear at him as a second Dou Saint, Hun Diao, emerged to ambush him.
• Xiao Bai used a Seven-Colored Fire Lotus made from Xiao Yan’s lotus and added flames and lightning to severely injure Hun Diao, while the Dragon Spear killed the gray-robed old man.
• Xiao Bai killed Hun Diao with a palm strike, collected both Dou Saint energy cores, and ended the battle.
• Xun Er embraced the exhausted Xiao Bai, and Xiao Xuan appeared and praised him.

Xiao Xuan offered Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan the Xiao Clan’s remaining Dou Di Bloodline, but both refused for different reasons. After learning Xiao Bai had given the Yellow Springs Demon Sage a chance at revival, Xiao Xuan considered his own revival possible, and Xiao Bai proposed using the Nine Profound Golden Thunder to help seize control of the Heaven Tomb Soul.

• Xiao Xuan explained that the Heaven Tomb Soul had feared Xiao Bai’s purple lightning and hidden after its attempts to test and stop him failed.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan’s situation, while Xun Er quietly helped Xiao Bai change clothes; Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Bai and offered him some of the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline, which Xiao Bai refused.
• Xiao Xuan offered Xiao Yan the remaining bloodline, but Xiao Yan refused and asked whether Xiao Bai could revive Xiao Xuan as he had the Yellow Springs Demon Sage.
• Xiao Bai said he could try reviving Xiao Xuan but warned that Xiao Xuan’s bond to the Heaven Tomb had to be resolved first; Xiao Xuan said he controlled only thirty percent of it.
• Xiao Bai revealed that the Heaven Tomb Soul’s source could grant an Emperor Realm Soul and suggested using the Nine Profound Golden Thunder as the outside force to help control it.

Xiao Xuan agreed to use Xiao Bai’s plan and the Void Thunder Pool to increase his control over the Heaven Tomb, while giving Little Gold an Energy Core to help it reach Dou Sheng. After half a year, Xiao Bai reached peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun and Little Gold advanced to Dou Sheng; Xiao Xuan then drew out Little Gold’s aura to awaken the enormous Nine Profound Golden Thunder dragon in the Void Thunder Pool.

• Xiao Bai explained Little Gold’s origins and his plan to use the Void Thunder Pool, Black Demon Thunder, and Nine Profound Golden Thunder against the Heaven Tomb Soul, and Xiao Xuan approved the plan.
• Xiao Xuan gave Little Gold an Energy Core from a former Six-Star Dou Sheng and studied Xiao Bai’s resurrection method, which Xiao Xuan said could help restore him.
• Xiao Bai and Xun Er cultivated in a side hall while Xiao Yan absorbed the remaining bloodline power in the lotus pond.
• After half a year, Xiao Bai broke through to peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun, and Little Gold absorbed the Energy Core and advanced to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Xuan transported Xiao Bai, Xun Er, and Little Gold beneath the Heaven Tomb’s sky and told Xiao Bai to remove Little Gold’s seal.
• Little Gold’s released aura reached the Void Thunder Pool, awakening the enormous Nine Profound Golden Thunder dragon, which sensed its weak counterpart and stirred within the pool.