Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie broke the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation and entered the ancient city in search of the Heaven-Burning Finger. At the central square, a stone statue awakened with powerful soul fluctuations, while Lin Mowen and other experts arrived as Xiao Jie approached a preserved hall.

• Xiao Jie located the formation’s vital gate and broke it with his Void-Breaking Finger, allowing the Seven Ancient Clans to enter the ruins.
• The clans split up to pursue their own goals, and Xiao Jie flew toward the central square to find the Heaven-Burning Finger before other experts.
• Xiao Jie sensed terrifying soul power awakening within the square’s stone statue and withdrew his soul power.
• Xiao Jie spotted four preserved halls around the square and approached the nearest one, but stopped when Lin Mowen, Blood Fiend Venerate, and other experts arrived.
• Lin Mowen greeted Xiao Jie and explained that he and his companions had come to investigate the ruins in the God Blood Mountain Range.

Xiao Jie joined Blood Fiend Venerate, Chang Kong, and others in exploring a hall after breaking its Rank Eight formation, revealing the Skill Transmission Hall and two powerful puppets. The Ancient Races identified a Tier 9 Precious Pill inside the stone statue, leaving the gathered experts facing both the guarded hall and a potentially formidable treasure.

• Blood Fiend Venerate apologized to Xiao Jie, who accepted and let their past conflict go.
• Chang Kong praised Xiao Jie's alchemy, and the gathered experts noticed the masters of the Four Pavilions and the Ancient Races at the ruins.
• Xiao Jie reversed the Three Talents Return-to-Origin Array with three magic cores, exposing the Skill Transmission Hall and its two Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Venerable Thunder, Huang Quan, Feng Xian, and Jian Yi joined Xiao Jie's group, and they discussed how to overcome the puppets.
• Yao Xuan recognized the soul fluctuations and pill fragrance as those of a Tier 9 Precious Pill, alarming the Stone, Flame, and Ancient Clans.

The Ancient Races and the Four Pavilions subdued the Heavenly Demon Puppets and entered the Skill Transmission Hall, where nine restricted light orbs held scrolls. When the restrictions faded, Xiao Jie outpaced Gu Ming and Lei Ming to seize the red orb, while the others rushed after the remaining treasures.

• Yao Xuan explained that the sealed Tier 9 Precious Pill could not have advanced beyond the early Half-Saint or Nine-revolution Dou Venerate level, and the elders agreed to capture it together before searching for the Soul Clan and Spirit Clan.
• Gu Ming and Lei Ming attacked the two Heavenly Demon Puppets outside the Skill Transmission Hall, and Xiao Jie and the others joined in to help defeat them.
• Gu Ming claimed one puppet, Lei Ming claimed the other, and the group entered the Skill Transmission Hall to find nine colored light orbs containing scrolls.
• Venerable Huang Quan was repelled by the statues' restriction, and Xiao Jie and Gu Ming realized it was weakening after the puppets were subdued.
• After waiting for the restriction to fade, Xiao Jie used the Void Wandering Dragon Step to seize the red light orb ahead of Gu Ming and Lei Ming, as the others pursued the remaining orbs.

Xiao Jie claimed a rare pill in the Pill Hall and fought the Withered Bone Ghost Demon after they tried to take it from him. When the demons fused into a second-transformation Dou Venerate, Xiao Jie trapped them in a Five Elements Sword Array and began gathering its power into a five-colored longsword.

• Xiao Jie left the Skill Transmission Hall after securing the Heaven-Burning Finger and headed to the Pill Hall.
• Xiao Jie seized a pill that had transformed into bamboo, provoking the Withered Bone Ghost Demon, who tried to kill him.
• Xiao Jie overpowered the Withered Bone Ghost Demon in their first clash, shocking Yan Mo, Shi Tiansheng, and the Yao Clan man.
• The Withered Bone Ghost Demon fused into a bone giant and attacked Xiao Jie, who used five Tier 8 Monster Cores to trap it in a Five Elements Sword Array.
• Xiao Jie commanded the sword array to gather its energy into a five-colored longsword.

Xiao Jie killed the Withered Bone Ghost Demon by unleashing his full strength, then headed for the ruins’ exit with the Heaven-Burning Finger. He sensed Ling Ying in danger and rushed to confront the Soul Clan pursuers, who recognized his pale golden Heavenly Flame after his cultivation surged to Nine-Star Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Jie used the Triple Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and the complete Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array to kill the Withered Bone Ghost Demon, then took its Storage Rings and left the Pill Hall.
• Xiao Jie flew toward the ruins’ exit but sensed Ling Ying’s weakened aura and rushed north to help her.
• Hun Mu and Hun Xie revealed that they had killed Ling Ying’s guardian, taken the God Blood Lotus, and intended to capture Ling Ying for the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Jie arrived as Hun Xie attacked, then raised his cultivation from Five-Star to Nine-Star Dou Venerate using his pale golden Heavenly Flame.
• Hun Mu and Hun Xie recognized Xiao Jie’s fused Heavenly Flames as belonging to someone wanted by the Soul Clan.

Xiao Jie used the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array to kill Hun Mu and Hun Xie, then escaped the ruin with Ling Ying before his secret technique wore off. After his strength declined, he revealed his true appearance, and Ling Ying recognized him as the injured young man she had saved months earlier.

• Xiao Jie activated the Seven-Star Primordial Technique and trapped Hun Mu and Hun Xie inside the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array.
• Hun Mu and Hun Xie attacked Xiao Jie with Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, but Xiao Jie killed them with the Great Vast Wandering Dragon Palm and the array’s golden sword.
• Xiao Jie carried Ling Ying out of the ruin with the Void Wandering Dragon Step, and they fled as his enhanced strength began to fade.
• In a mountain ravine, Xiao Jie explained that his weakened cultivation was an aftereffect of a secret technique, and Ling Ying asked whether he was the badly injured Dou Emperor she had met months earlier.
• Xiao Jie confirmed it and removed his mask, revealing his youthful face; Ling Ying recognized him and realized he had become a Five-Star Dou Venerate.

Xiao Jie and Ling Ying negotiated an exchange after he revealed he had recovered the God Blood Lotus. They agreed that the Spirit Clan would gather rare materials for him, while he would later give Ling Ying the lotuses and visit the Spirit Clan Space to refine the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame.

• Xiao Jie asked Ling Ying to keep his identity secret, and they exchanged names as they recovered from their injuries.
• Xiao Jie revealed the God Blood Lotus and agreed to trade it for Heavenly Flames and rare cultivation materials from the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Ying offered the unrefined Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and agreed to gather the materials on Xiao Jie's list.
• Xiao Jie revealed he had two God Blood Lotuses and arranged to give Ling Ying the second after she delivered the materials to Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Jie and Ling Ying parted ways, and a giant fish surfaced from beneath the waterfall after they left.

Xiao Jie accepted the Spirit Clan’s materials and traveled with Ling Meng to the Spirit Realm, where he faced a test from the clan’s young commanders. He chose First Commander Ling Jixing, the strongest of them, for a physical-strength contest, and Ling Jixing agreed to fight.

• Xiao Jie received a Nine Yin Yellow Spring Pill from his simulation and continued recovering and studying formations before Ling Meng visited with materials from the Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Jie accepted the Spirit Clan’s materials, arranged for Xiao Yi Xian to stay at Sound Valley, and departed with Ling Meng for the Spirit Realm.
• Ling Meng brought Xiao Jie through the shifting entrance to the Spirit Realm and warned him that the clan’s young suitors and elders might test him.
• At Spirit Emperor Mountain, Ling Meng introduced Xiao Jie to the four commanders, who challenged him to a spar before he could proceed.
• Xiao Jie chose First Commander Ling Jixing as his opponent, and Ling Jixing agreed to the contest.

Xiao Jie fought Ling Jixing in a sparring match, first matching him in physical strength and then countering his lightning techniques with the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array. As Ling Jixing prepared a final attack to decide the match, the Spirit Clan leader considered Xiao Jie’s potential connection to an earlier heavenly phenomenon and the clan’s possible future.

• Xiao Jie revealed five fused Heavenly Flames and used the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation to raise his cultivation from Five-Star to Nine-Star Dou Venerate, while Spirit Clan elders and hidden experts observed him.
• Xiao Jie and Ling Jixing exchanged dozens of blows beyond Spirit Emperor Mountain, with their physical strength appearing evenly matched.
• Ling Ying and her father discussed Xiao Jie’s strength, her God Blood Lotuses, the Spirit Clan’s thinning bloodline, and the clan leader’s inability to advance beyond Peak Six-Star Dou Saint.
• Ling Jixing unleashed Ten Thousand Thunders Galloping, and Xiao Jie countered with the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword Array, producing a devastating clash that impressed the Spirit Clan observers.
• Ling Jixing admitted Xiao Jie had the advantage in physical strength and declared that he would consider the match lost if Xiao Jie survived his next attack; he then summoned the Capital Divine Thunder Spear.

Xiao Jie defeated Ling Jixing with the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword, then met the Spirit Clan leaders and secured permission to claim the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame. He and Ling Ying reached Heavenly Sword Valley, where the flame was sealed, and prepared to enter the fissure.

• Xiao Jie countered Ling Jixing’s Capital Divine Thunder Spear with the Five Elements Heavenly Fire Sword, and Ling Yao protected Spirit Emperor Mountain from the resulting shockwave.
• Ling Jixing admitted defeat and withdrew to heal, while Xiao Jie concluded that he could contend with a Four-Revolution Dou Venerate without using the Seven-Star Primordial Technique.
• Xiao Jie revealed his face to Ling Tianji and the Elders, accepted their hospitality, and agreed to retrieve the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame the following day.
• Xiao Jie gave Ling Ying the promised God Blood Lotus, then selected the Taiyi Soul Technique from his simulation rewards.
• Xiao Jie and Ling Ying traveled to Heavenly Sword Valley and located the sealed Turtle Spirit Earth Flame beneath a circular opening in the fissure.

Xiao Jie subdued the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and brought it back to Spirit Emperor Mountain, where the Supreme Soul Pool helped him break through to the Heavenly Realm in soul cultivation. After refining the flame, he reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate and advanced his Golden Body cultivation, leaving him far stronger but still wary of testing himself against a Dou Saint.

• Ling Ying opened the seal, and Xiao Jie used the Mysterious Yellow Lotus Heart Flame to subdue the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and extract its Origin Flame Seed.
• Xiao Jie returned to Spirit Emperor Mountain with Ling Ying and cultivated in the Supreme Soul Pool, breaking through to the Heavenly Realm in soul cultivation and reaching Six-star Peak.
• Xiao Jie learned the Taiyi Soul Technique, then refined the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and advanced from Six-star Peak to Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Jie used six green lotus seeds and the Supreme Soul Pool's energy to stabilize his breakthrough at Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Jie refined materials in the Myriad Beast Cauldron and successfully cultivated the third turn of the Nine Turns Golden Body Art, gaining strength sufficient to kill anyone below the Half-Saint realm.

After emerging from the Supreme Soul Pool as a Nine-Star Dou Venerate with a Heavenly Realm soul, Xiao Jie revealed his origins and warned the Spirit Clan that the Soul Clan might be devouring other clans’ bloodlines. Ling Tianji agreed to protect him and prepare the Spirit Clan, while Xiao Jie gave Ling Ying his Formation Dao jade slip.

• Xiao Jie emerged from the Supreme Soul Pool after refining the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, having advanced to Nine-Star Dou Venerate and broken through to the Heavenly Realm in soul power.
• Xiao Jie told Ling Tianji that he descended from the former Xiao Clan and had created the Formation Dao the Ancient Clan and Thunder Clan had sought.
• Xiao Jie connected the Soul Clan’s enduring bloodline to the ancient Tunling Clan and warned Ling Tianji that the Soul Clan might have destroyed declining Ancient Races by devouring their bloodlines.
• Ling Tianji agreed to support Xiao Jie against any faction and secretly evacuate half the Spirit Clan, while offering him resources ahead of the bloodline baptism.
• Xiao Jie gave Ling Ying a jade slip containing his Formation Dao, and she told him she believed his warning.

Xiao Jie fused three Dou Techniques into the Heaven-Burning Great Hand Seal and obtained the Burning Heaven Bead, which revealed the Heaven-Burning Great Sage’s inheritance. He returned to Sound Valley to see Xiao Yi Xian before pursuing the inheritance, and the chapter ended with their reunion.

• Xiao Jie chose One Qi Transforms Three Purities from the simulation rewards, then learned that he could cultivate it only after gaining spiritual energy.
• Xiao Jie fused Heaven-Burning Finger with two other Dou Techniques to create the Heaven-Burning Great Hand Seal and the Burning Heaven Bead, the key to the Heaven-Burning Great Sage’s inheritance.
• Xiao Jie left the Spirit Realm with Ling Ying and planned to seek the Golden Emperor Heaven-Burning Flame after visiting Sound Valley.
• Xiao Jie entered Sound Valley with the token Ling Ying had given him, met Ling Meng and three Half-Saint elders, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was safe but training in seclusion.
• Ling Meng told Xiao Jie that the Heavenly Underworld Sect had attacked Ice River Valley and that Sound Valley had helped protect it.
• Xiao Jie reached Xiao Yi Xian’s stone chamber, and she greeted him with surprise as he said he would leave again in a few days.

Xiao Jie gave Xiao Yi Xian a Heavenly Demon Puppet for protection, then agreed to help Ice River Valley when Old Demon Tianming led Heavenly Underworld Sect’s experts to seize it. As Tian Shuangzi faced the attackers, Heavenly Underworld Sect accused Ice River Valley of involvement in the deaths of two of its leaders.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked how she could help Xiao Jie, who cautioned her against overusing poisonous herbs and poisons to grow stronger.
• Xiao Jie gave Xiao Yi Xian an Eight-star Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Puppet and revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Ling Meng told Xiao Jie that Old Demon Tianming was leading Heavenly Underworld Sect’s experts to bring Ice River Valley under its command, and Xiao Jie agreed to intervene with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Old Demon Tianming and seven other Dou Venerates surrounded Ice River Valley, while Tian Shuangzi asked Sound Valley for help and then confronted the attackers.
• A Heavenly Underworld Sect expert accused Tian Shuangzi of knowing about the deaths of Blood Killing Venerate and Chen Yang, and Tian Shuangzi denied that Ice River Valley was involved.

The Heavenly Underworld Sect attacked Ice River Valley, but Xiao Jie arrived and faced Old Demon Tianming, who had been hired by the Soul Hall to capture him. A Spirit Clan elder intervened to block Hun Miesheng, leaving Xiao Jie to deal with the enemies at Ice River Valley.

• Yi Tianyang demanded that Extreme Ice Ancestor appear and declared that Ice River Valley would be incorporated into the Heavenly Underworld Sect, while Tian Shuangzi insisted the ancestor was in seclusion.
• Old Demon Tianming attacked Ice River Valley's formation and concluded that Extreme Ice Ancestor had likely fallen.
• Xiao Jie arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Ling Meng, admitted he had killed Bing He, and learned that the Soul Hall had arranged the attack to capture him.
• Ling Meng sensed that a Dou Saint had sealed the space, but Xiao Jie said a Spirit Clan expert would stop that opponent.
• Third Elder Ling Gan confronted Hun Miesheng in the void and defended the Spirit Clan's decision to protect Xiao Jie, citing the Soul Clan's attempt to harm the Spirit Clan's princess.

Xiao Jie killed Yi Tianyang and the other Heavenly Underworld Sect experts before joining Ling Meng’s battle against Old Demon Tianming. He summoned the Six Harmonies formation around Old Demon Tianming, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Ling Gan and Hun Miesheng began fighting in the endless void, each unleashing powerful flames.
• Ling Meng engaged Old Demon Tianming while Xiao Jie sent Xiao Yi Xian to defend herself with the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• Xiao Jie killed Yi Tianyang with one punch, then eliminated the other six Heavenly Underworld Sect Dou Venerate experts with dark-golden flames.
• Xiao Jie entered the sealed battlefield and joined Ling Meng against Old Demon Tianming.
• Xiao Jie spread his Heavenly Flames and formed the Six Harmonies formation around Old Demon Tianming.

Xiao Jie and Ling Meng trapped Old Demon Tianming in the Six Harmonies Heavenly Fire Sword Array and fought him until he self-destructed. Xiao Jie survived with injuries, while Hun Miesheng retreated after discovering the attack had failed.

• Xiao Jie’s formation trapped Old Demon Tianming, and he refused the Half-Saint’s offer of compensation, demanding everything belonging to the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Xiao Jie and Ling Meng attacked Old Demon Tianming inside the formation, wounding him and driving him into a desperate position.
• Old Demon Tianming self-destructed, and Xiao Jie used the formation’s barriers to shield himself and Ling Meng from the blast.
• Ling Gan told Hun Miesheng that Xiao Jie had survived, so Hun Miesheng abandoned the fight and retreated.
• Xiao Jie emerged with considerable injuries after shielding Ling Meng from the remaining force of the explosion.

Xiao Jie recovered from Old Demon Tianming’s self-destruction, then ordered Ice River Valley to seize the Heavenly Underworld Sect and its subordinate sects. With Ling Gan revealed as his Spirit Clan protector, Xiao Jie returned to his room and focused on the Tier 9 Precious Pill needed to advance his Seven Turns Golden Body.

• Xiao Jie reassured Xiao Yi Xian and Ling Meng that he was unharmed after shielding Ling Meng from Old Demon Tianming’s blast.
• Xiao Jie ordered Tian Shuangzi and two elders to seize the Heavenly Underworld Sect and its subordinate sects, giving them monster-core formations for protection.
• Xiao Jie revealed his face and welcomed Ling Gan, who confirmed he had been assigned by the Spirit Clan to protect him.
• Ling Gan offered guidance to Ling Meng, while Xiao Jie and Xiao Yi Xian returned to their residences.
• Xiao Jie considered the Mysterious Spirit Body-Sculpting Pill, the catalyst he still needed to cultivate the Seven Turns Golden Body.

Xiao Jie refined a Tier 9 Precious Pill, endured the Black Demon Thunder, and captured the living pill after it transformed into his likeness. The Pill Tower arrived at Ice River Valley to visit him, and Xiao Jie went to receive them.

• A pillar of light and Black Demon Thunder appeared above Ice River Valley, revealing Xiao Jie's successful refinement of a Ninth-grade Pill.
• Xiao Jie used his golden body and fists to withstand the Black Demon Thunder until it dispersed.
• The Tier 9 Precious Pill transformed into Xiao Jie's likeness and tried to flee, but Xiao Jie subdued it with his soul power and sealed it in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yi Xian checked that Xiao Jie was unharmed, while Ling Gan and Ling Meng congratulated him on becoming a Ninth-grade Alchemist.
• Tian Shuangzi announced that the Pill Tower had come to visit, and Xiao Jie headed to the main hall to receive its representatives.

Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Jie to become the Pill Tower’s fourth great giant, and Xiao Jie agreed to affiliate with the organization after receiving a Molten Vermillion Fruit. After recovering from refining a Tier 9 Precious Pill, Xiao Jie used the Simulator and learned that the Soul Clan’s Millennium Plan could lead to catastrophe.

• Xuan Kongzi visited Xiao Jie with Cao Ying, and Xiao Jie introduced him to Ling Meng and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying drank Tai Ling Star Sea tea, which helped Cao Ying advance her soul realm to Perfect Mortal Realm.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Jie to join the Pill Tower as its fourth great giant and presented him with a Molten Vermillion Fruit.
• Xiao Jie agreed to affiliate with the Pill Tower and arranged to discuss alchemy with Xuan Kongzi after resting.
• Ling Meng teased Xiao Yi Xian about her feelings for Xiao Jie and observed that Cao Ying also seemed attracted to him.
• After recovering, Xiao Jie ran a life simulation that warned of Soul Hall’s attacks, the destruction of the Yao and Stone Clans, and Hun Tiandi obtaining the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill.