Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu and Zi Yan’s allies defeated the three Dragon Kings, leaving Zi Yan to begin uniting the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. As the group set out for the Beast Spirit Barrier, Elder Qing Ran confronted Lie Shan and revealed that all three Dragon Kings were dead.

• Xiao Yu crippled the Western Dragon King and killed the Northern Dragon King, while Green Mountain and the Great Elder killed the Southern Dragon King.
• Xiao Yu killed the Western Dragon King after Zi Yan hesitated, then comforted her as she resolved to unite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yu’s group planned to confront Huang Tian and the Soul Hall at the Beast Spirit Barrier, assigning Gu Nan Hai and the others their opponents.
• Xuan Mo left the great hall with the Dragon Scale Army to investigate the missing Dragon Kings while Lie Shan stayed behind.
• Elder Qing Ran confronted Lie Shan and told him that all three Dragon Kings had been killed, shocking him.

East Dragon Island revealed that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit had already been taken and used the Ancient Relic to bring the other Dragon Islands under its control. At the altar, Xiao Yu fought Huang Tian, whose Demon Phoenix Sacred Image faced Xiao Yu’s final spear attack.

• Qing Ran revealed that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit was already with the Young Clan Leader and that East Dragon Island had lured the other Dragon Islands into a trap to unify the clan.
• Lie Shan and the Southern Dragon Island experts stopped resisting after learning the three Dragon Kings were dead.
• Xiao Yu and the others reached the altar, where Huang Tian demanded the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and Xiao Yu challenged him to fight.
• Xiao Yu fought Huang Tian, then used a prepared killing formation to raise his strength and speed to the level of a Five-star Dou Sheng.
• Huang Tian summoned the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, and Xiao Yu gathered his power into a dark spear before launching it at Huang Tian.

Xiao Yu killed Huang Tian, helped secure East Dragon Island’s dominance, and saw the Heavenly Mansion Alliance grow. At the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, he brought Cai Die to a nest of Seven-Colored Heavenly Pythons that could aid her cultivation.

• Xiao Yu killed Huang Tian with the God Slaying Spear, then recovered and broke through to the late Two-star Dou Sheng realm.
• Xiao Yu threatened Xuan Mo into withdrawing, while Zi Yan resolved to grow strong enough to reunify the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yu found that Soul Hall had fled; East Dragon Island purged the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and South Dragon Island submitted.
• Yao Ming brought the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan into the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and East Dragon Island joined as well.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu she would return to the Ancient Clan to inherit the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and strengthen herself.
• Xiao Yu led Cai Die into the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and revealed a nest of Seven-Colored Heavenly Pythons beneath Cai Lin’s cultivation spot.

Xiao Yu and Cai Lin emerged from seclusion beneath the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after Cai Lin reached Three-star Dou Sheng and Cai Die absorbed the ancient python souls. With the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony less than a month away, Xiao Yu and his three Xiao Clan brothers traveled to Ancient Saint City to attend.

• Cai Die absorbed the souls in the Seven-Colored Heavenly Python nest while Xiao Yu used the Chaos Green Lotus to help Cai Lin cultivate inside her egg.
• Cai Lin’s breakthrough shattered her shell, and her Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form emerged before Yao Ming and the Nine Nether Underworld Python Clan elders.
• Cai Lin reunited with Xiao Yu and explained that the python blood essence, the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, and his aid had helped her reach Three-star Dou Sheng; Cai Die advanced to high-level Half-Saint.
• Yao Ming told Xiao Yu that the Ancient Clan’s ceremony was less than a month away, and Xiao Yu arranged for Cai Lin to oversee the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and the Underworld.
• After three days, Xiao Yu and the others departed in separate groups; Xiao Yu then traveled east with his three Xiao Clan brothers, and they reached a bustling Ancient Saint City half a month later.

Xiao Yu and his brothers arrived in Ancient Saint City for the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where Xiao Yu’s presence unsettled several Black Annihilation Army commanders and drew the attention of the Yan and Soul Clans. The Yan Clan’s Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi suspected Xiao Yu was a Dou Saint, while Hun Ya judged him against the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

• Xiao Ding presented the brothers’ invitation at the city gates, and Lin Xiu recognized Xiao Yu and warned Ling Quan that the supposed jinx had arrived.
• The brothers settled into the Ancient Clan’s guest estate, then watched a fight at the arena the following day.
• Yang Hao and Liang Chen spotted Xiao Yu, who approached them before vanishing and noticing the Yan Clan members watching him.
• Huo Zhi sensed a strange aura from Xiao Yu that made her Red Lotus Karma Flame afraid, while Xiao Yu recognized the Yan Clan’s Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yu introduced himself to Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi, identified their Heavenly Flames, and befriended them; Huo Xuan suspected Xiao Yu had reached the Dou Saint realm.
• Hun Ya and two Soul Clan companions observed Xiao Yu, and Hun Ya said Xiao Yu seemed weaker than the Soul Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan entered the Gu Realm for the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and learned how bloodline power could both help and hinder cultivation. After discovering Xun Er was in danger while absorbing the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, Xiao Yu gained Gu Yuan’s permission to enter her seclusion and began using the Chaos Flame to help her.

• Xiao Yu led Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan through the newly opened spatial gate into the Gu Realm.
• Xiao Yu explained that bloodline power could boost early cultivation but become a burden, prompting Xiao Yan to reconsider his own power.
• The group traveled by Space-Shuttling Boats to the Ancient Saint Mountain Range and learned that Xun Er remained in seclusion.
• Xiao Yu discovered that Xun Er was attempting to absorb the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and warned that her strength might not be enough to control it.
• Gu Yuan gave Xiao Yu permission to enter Xun Er’s cave, where Xiao Yu used the Chaos Flame to calm the fire and began helping her control it.

Xun Er controlled and refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with Xiao Yu’s help, reaching the peak of the Nine Star Dou Zun realm. As they prepared to attend her coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Yu warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan might be preparing to attack the Spirit Clan.

• Xiao Yu used the Chaos Flame to suppress the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame while Xun Er refined it and began her breakthrough.
• By dawn, Xun Er had reached the peak of the Nine Star Dou Zun realm and thanked Xiao Yu for helping her.
• Xiao Yu and Xun Er shared a brief kiss before Gu Yuan arrived and told them the coming-of-age ceremony was about to begin.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yu that Xiao Zhan had left the Ancient Clan without saying where he was going, then asked which two Xiao brothers would enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yu chose himself and his third brother for the Heavenly Tomb, explaining that he wanted to confront Hun Ya of the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yu warned Gu Yuan to watch the Spirit Clan because the Soul Clan might soon attack one of the Eight Ancient Clans.

Xiao Yu and his companions attended the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, where the gathered clans tested their bloodlines and received Clan Marks. The chapter left off as Gu Yao challenged the Xiao Clan’s two prodigies, setting up a possible confrontation with Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan.

• Gu Yuan learned the Soul Clan might target the Spirit Clan and sent an elder to investigate.
• Xun Er brought Xiao Yu, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan to the ceremony, where guests from the major clans gathered and the Spirit Clan was absent.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yao Xingji and resolved to avenge the humiliation Yao Chen had suffered from the Yao Clan; Yao Xingji dismissed him as a clan outcast.
• Mang Tianchi agreed to become an elder of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance after Xiao Yu appealed to him as the headmaster of Jia Nan Academy.
• Ling Quan and other Ancient Clan members received Clan Marks after their bloodlines were tested, and Gu Zhen was awarded a violet-gold mark for his achievements.
• Gu Yao announced that he wanted to challenge the Xiao Clan’s two prodigies, prompting Xiao Yu, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xiao Yan to react.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao in a challenge between the Xiao and Ancient Clans, then Xun Er revealed a Divine Grade bloodline during her test. The Ancient Clan began preparing to draw her Clan Mark, while the Soul Clan planned to target the Xiao Clan in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Hun Ya learned that Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu were powerful and planned to use the Heavenly Tomb to act against the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao's challenge and defeated him, stopping his Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus before it could strike.
• Gu Yao admitted Xiao Yan was stronger and said he would meet him again in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xun Er took the Ancient Clan bloodline test, and the compass revealed her ten-grade Divine Grade bloodline before shattering.
• Gu Nan Hai arrived with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush and offered to draw Xun Er's Clan Mark.

Xun Er received the Ancient Clan’s Seven-Colored Clan Mark, and Xiao Yu warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan had likely begun attacking the Spirit Clan and would soon target others. Two days later, Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and the Ancient Clan candidates reached the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan encountered the Yao Clan.

• Gu Nan Hai inscribed Xun Er with a Seven-Colored Clan Mark, prompting the Ancient Clan members to kneel and an elder in the void to acknowledge her divine-grade bloodline.
• Hun Ya decided that Xun Er would become a threat to the Soul Clan and resolved to find a chance to kill her.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that the Spirit Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots had gone to the Ancient Clan, restoring the Xiao Clan’s two slots; she named herself, Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Yao as the Ancient Clan candidates.
• Gu Dao reported that the Spirit Realm had been sealed, and Gu Yuan told Xiao Yu the Soul Clan might have begun its attack; Xiao Yu warned that the Bodhi Tree and Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could be its next targets.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and the Ancient Clan candidates traveled to the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan noticed the Yao Clan and received a disdainful look from one of its members.

Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan and Xun Er broke through to Half-Saint and Reverse Scale rapidly advanced by hunting energy bodies. As the group reached the entrance to the third level, an energy storm approached, and Xiao Yu proposed killing the Soul Clan members before escaping through the barrier.

• Gu Qingyang led Gu Hua and Gu Yao into the Heavenly Tomb, followed by Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan.
• Reverse Scale hunted energy bodies and advanced from peak Dou Zong to Nine Star Dou Zun while Xun Er and Xiao Yan cultivated.
• Xun Er broke through to Half-Saint, and Xiao Yan followed seven days later after drawing on his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yu's group entered the second level, defeated ten Nine Star Dou Zun energy bodies, and met Gu Qingyang's group near the third-level barrier.
• An energy storm bore down on the gathered clans, and Xiao Yu asked whether they should hold their ground or kill the Soul Clan members and break through the barrier.

Xiao Yu led the gathered ancient clans into an energy crystal wall to escape a deadly storm, where they discovered an Ancient Devouring Worm nest. He forced the clans to cooperate by having them kill the Soul Clan’s Hun Ya and Hun Li, then began burning a path through the nest with his Chaos Flame.

• Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Yao agreed to enter the crystal wall, and the other ancient clans followed as the energy storm closed in.
• The clans took turns breaking through the crystal wall until Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan sensed something inside; Xun Er identified the creatures as Ancient Devouring Worms.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li accused the Xiao and Ancient Clans of leading them into a trap, while Xiao Yu revealed his Dou Saint strength and severely wounded them.
• Xiao Yu demanded that the other clans each strike Hun Ya and Hun Li; the Yao, Stone, Thunder, and Huo Clans agreed, and the two Soul Clan members vanished into ashes.
• Xiao Yu unleashed his Chaos Flame to burn through the crystal wall and destroy the Ancient Devouring Worms, astonishing Huo Zhi with its power.

Xiao Yu led the group through the Heavenly Tomb’s third level, helping them battle powerful energy forms and strengthen their cultivation. After they reached the depths and Xiao Yu met the Xiao Clan ancestor, Xiao Xuan, the ancestor questioned how Xiao Yu and another descendant still possessed the clan’s bloodline power.

• Xiao Yu broke through the energy crystal wall, captured the Ancient Devouring Worm Emperor’s egg, and led the group onto the energy-rich third level.
• The other clans split off, while Gu Qingyang, Gu Yao, and Gu Hua joined Xiao Yu’s group to visit the Xiao Clan ancestor and later confront the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yu guided the group through battles with powerful energy forms, and Gu Qingyang, Gu Yao, and Gu Hua advanced their cultivation.
• Xun Er fought through serious injuries, and Xiao Yu healed her with the Chaos Green Lotus, helping her break through to the mid-level Half-Saint realm.
• After the energy forms fled and the group rested, Xiao Xuan appeared and asked Xiao Yu how the Xiao Clan’s bloodline power had returned without a new Dou Di.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er met Xiao Xuan, who led them to his cave mansion in the Heavenly Tomb. After discovering that Xiao Yu's Chaos Green Lotus could nourish souls, they agreed to try to revive Xiao Xuan so he could eventually leave the Heavenly Tomb and oppose the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Yu and Xun Er were closely connected, welcomed Xiao Yan as a Xiao Clan descendant, and criticized the Ancient Clan for failing to fully honor its agreement with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan led Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er into his cave mansion while Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Yao stayed outside to cultivate.
• The cave's green lotuses bowed toward Xiao Yu's Chaos Green Lotus, and Xiao Xuan recognized its powerful energy and told Xiao Yu to use it well.
• Xiao Yu proposed nourishing Xiao Xuan's remnant soul with the Chaos Green Lotus and later refining a Ninth-grade Golden Pill to house him.
• Xiao Xuan explained that Origin Emperor Qi was needed to become a Dou Di, and he agreed to Xiao Yu's plan before entering the Chaos Green Lotus.

Xiao Yu completed the Xiao Clan’s legendary blood-red Emperor Mark in the Heavenly Tomb, frightening the Heavenly Tomb Soul and earning Xiao Xuan’s praise. He then used the Star Seeking Technique to locate two hidden Soul Clan members and led Xun Er and the others to confront them, while Xiao Yan continued drawing his Clan Mark.

• Xiao Yu and the others cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and several Ancient Clan members advanced their strength.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan the complete Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, and the two began cultivating their Clan Marks.
• Xiao Yu completed his Clan Mark, which transformed into a blood-red Emperor Mark that Xiao Xuan said had not appeared in the Xiao Clan for ten thousand years.
• The Heavenly Tomb Soul appeared in the sky and promised not to attack Xiao Xuan’s descendants, then withdrew when Xiao Yu’s aura made it uneasy.
• Xiao Yu used the Star Seeking Technique to find two hidden Soul Clan members, and he led Xun Er and the others to hunt them while Xiao Xuan stayed with Xiao Yan.
• Hun Diao sensed the approaching group in his hidden gorge and realized their aura was coming directly toward him.

Xiao Yu and his companions defeated the remaining Soul Clan members in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan prepared a decoy so he could leave safely. The group emerged with dramatically increased strength, leaving the Ancient Clan elders stunned.

• Gu Qingyang fought Hun Diao while Xiao Yu revealed that he had killed the Soul Clan’s planned attackers, then subdued Hun Diao with Chaos Flame and destroyed his remnant soul.
• Xiao Yu, Xun Er, and Gu Qingyang descended into an abyss, where Gu Qingyang located and killed another Soul Clan member.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yu that Gu Qingyang’s new Dou Sheng strength could secure him the Black Annihilation King position, while Xiao Yu worried that trouble awaited them outside the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan left behind a stabilized energy-body decoy and hid himself on the Chaos Green Lotus before the Heavenly Tomb expelled the group.
• Gu Nan Hai and the other elders watched the clans emerge, then were astonished when the four Ancient Clan members had advanced from Dou Zun to at least Half-Saint.

Xiao Yu emerged from the Heavenly Tomb with the Ancient Clan’s younger generation, while the Soul Clan elders took Hun Ya and Hun Li’s corpses and left without confronting him. As Xiao Yu rested in the Gu Realm, Gu Nan Hai told him that investigators had spotted people suspected of belonging to the Soul Clan near the vanished Spirit Clan.

• The Soul Clan elders blamed Xiao Yu and the Ancient Clan for Hun Ya and Hun Li’s deaths, but carried the corpses away rather than attack Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu reminded the other clans of their cooperation in the Heavenly Tomb, leaving the younger generations embarrassed and Huo Zhi angry.
• The clans departed the Gu Realm, and Mang Tianchi told Xiao Yu he would visit him soon.
• Gu Nan Hai thanked Xiao Yu for helping the Ancient Clan’s younger generation reach the Saint realm and invited him to rest in the clan.
• Gu Nan Hai revealed that investigators had found people suspected of belonging to the Soul Clan near the Spirit Clan before it vanished.

Xiao Yu told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan was targeting the ancient clans to gather Origin Emperor Qi and reach Dou Di, with Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion as its goal. He bet that the Soul Clan would come after the Ancient Clan's Ancient Jade, leaving Gu Yuan to decide whether to secretly switch it out.

• Xiao Yu rested after arriving at the Ancient Clan, while Mang Tianchi learned that Xiao Yu had arranged for members of several clans to kill Hun Ya and Hun Li in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Mang Tianchi told the Thunder Clan members to keep the incident secret, while Huo Zhi appeared to hold resentment toward Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu met Gu Yuan in the void and explained that the Soul Clan wanted to gather Origin Emperor Qi to produce a Dou Di.
• Xiao Yu told Gu Yuan that Xiao Xuan had revealed Origin Emperor Qi was essential to breaking through to Dou Di and that it was likely inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Xiao Yu proposed a bet: Gu Yuan would secretly switch out the Ancient Clan's Ancient Jade, and if the Soul Clan did not target it, Xiao Yu would take him to the cave mansion.

Xiao Yu returned from the Gu Realm with Xun Er and learned that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might appear at the Space Trade Fair. Back in the Underworld, he reunited with Cai Lin and later joined the women, where his eavesdropping was exposed and the courtyard broke into laughter.

• Gu Yuan agreed to gamble that the Tou She Ancient God Jade would only open the cave mansion once all the pieces were gathered, and he let Xun Er leave with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu left the Gu Realm with Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er, while Gu Qingyang urged the others to cultivate for the coming chaos.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan that news of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would emerge at the Space Trade Fair in half a month, and Xiao Yan planned to attend.
• Xiao Yu returned to the Underworld and gave Hai Bodong energy cores to help him reach the Dou Venerate realm before reuniting with Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yu overheard Yun Yun, Cai Lin, Ya Fei, and the other women discussing their feelings for him, but Little Xiao Nian exposed him as he listened outside the courtyard.
• Xiao Yu joined the women and playfully tickled Little Xiao Nian as the courtyard erupted into laughter.

Xiao Yu agreed to help Xiao Yan and Yao Lao prepare for the Space Trade Fair, then planned an expedition to the Barren Ancient Domain to obtain the Bodhi Ancient Tree. At the trade fair, Yao Lao encountered Fairy Qing, an old acquaintance whose appearance left him visibly unsettled.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yu to refine a Ninth-grade Pill for the Space Trade Fair, and Xiao Yu gave him a previously refined pill while agreeing to make another.
• Xiao Yu decided to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Xun Er, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin, leaving Cai Lin to guard the Underworld and the others to cultivate.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan traveled to Space Town to search for the final fragment of the Ancient Map and explored the trade fair before heading to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion.
• Yao Lao froze when Fairy Qing appeared, and she asked why he could attend the fair but she could not.