Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze guided the group through the storm barrier and melted a path through the crystal passage with his Seven-Colored Flame. He detected the passage closing in around them and warned that Ancient Devouring Insects were responsible, leaving the group in danger of being trapped.

• Huo Xuan and Chi Yan joined Xiao Ze on the way to the third layer, where Gu Qingyang and the Ancient Clan members were waiting for help with the hardened barrier.
• Xiao Ze broke open the barrier with one touch, allowing the group to escape the storm and enter the passage.
• Gu Qingyang, Gu Zhen, Huo Xuan, and Chi Yan struggled to break through the crystal walls until Xiao Ze melted a wide path with his Seven-Colored Flame.
• Yao Xingji walked through the passage with the group and regarded Xiao Ze with barely concealed superiority, but Xiao Ze ignored him.
• Xiao Ze detected crystal growing inward from the passage walls and warned the group that Ancient Devouring Insects were closing in around them.

Xiao Ze led the group through a passage swarming with Ancient Devouring Insects and reached the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer. Guided by the Xiao Clan Bloodline’s distant resonance, he set out for Ancestor Xiao Xuan’s Tomb with Xun'er and three Ancient Clan members, while the others parted ways to cultivate.

• Xiao Ze used his Seven-Colored Flame to clear the crystal passage of Ancient Devouring Insects and broke through a Jade Crystal Wall, collecting a pale-red cocoon-shaped object.
• Xiao Ze and the group entered the energy-rich Third Layer, where the insects that pursued them were destroyed by the layer’s spatial energy and traces of his Heavenly Flame.
• Huo Xuan and Chi Yan left to cultivate, followed by the Thunder Clan, Stone Clan, and Yao Xingji with the Yao Clan women.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Ze about the dangers around Ancestor Xiao Xuan’s Tomb, but Xiao Ze insisted on going because his Xiao Clan Bloodline resonated with it.
• Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Xing agreed to accompany Xiao Ze and Xun'er, and the group traveled toward the depths of the Heavenly Tomb for three months.

Xiao Ze led Xun'er and the Gu Clan group through the Heavenly Tomb's Third Layer, destroying powerful energy bodies and collecting their cores. Near Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion, two Dou Sheng energy bodies from the Hun Clan appeared, setting up a confrontation.

• Xiao Ze annihilated groups of Eight-Star and Nine-Star energy bodies, then ignored his companions' warning and attacked westward.
• Xiao Ze destroyed a Half-Saint energy body and took its core before continuing deeper into the tomb.
• Xiao Ze defeated the Blood Blade Saint, a black-armored energy body close to Dou Sheng level, and collected its core.
• Xiao Ze continued defeating powerful energy bodies as Xun'er said they were about half an hour from Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion.
• Two gray-robed Dou Sheng energy bodies from the Hun Clan confronted Xiao Ze and the others, and Gu Zhen recognized them as pursuers who had sensed Hun Ya and Hun Li's disappearance.

Xiao Ze defeated two Hun Clan energy bodies with his Heavenly Flames, then met the image of Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan led him and the Ancient Clan group toward the Tomb Mansion, promising answers and something left for the Xiao Clan’s descendants.

• Hun Diao and another Hun Clan energy body trapped Gu Qingyang and the others, but Xiao Ze broke their spatial seal with his Six-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• Xiao Ze burned Hun Diao and his companion to ash with seven-colored Heavenly Flames and collected their energy cores.
• Xiao Xuan appeared after sensing the Hun Clan’s aura and praised Xiao Ze for reaching Six-Star Dou Sheng through his own cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan calmed Xiao Ze’s surging bloodline, acknowledged Gu Qingyang, Xun'er, and the other Ancient Clan youths, and invited Xiao Ze to the Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Xuan led the group through a passage toward the Tomb Mansion and praised Xiao Ze’s perseverance as he asked about his experiences.

Xiao Ze entered Xiao Xuan’s Tomb Mansion to inherit the Xiao Clan’s preserved Dou Di Bloodline and restore the clan’s fortunes. After enduring the painful blood replacement, he began absorbing the bloodline, but a month later a violet-gold light revealed an unexpected Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline.

• Xiao Xuan brought Xiao Ze and Xun'er into his Tomb Mansion and told Gu Qingyang and the others to cultivate outside.
• Xiao Ze told Xiao Xuan how he had rebuilt the Xiao Clan on Thunder Mountain and explained that its lack of bloodline power hindered its revival.
• Xiao Xuan transformed the preserved Dou Di Bloodline into a Blood Pool and instructed Xiao Ze to endure blood replacement before inheriting it.
• Xiao Ze endured twelve days of blood replacement while Xun'er watched over him, and the process succeeded.
• Xiao Xuan infused Xiao Ze with the Dou Di Bloodline, and Xiao Ze regained his strength as the Clan Mark began to glow.
• After another month, violet-gold light erupted from Xiao Ze and blocked the infusion, prompting Xiao Xuan to recognize the legendary Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline.

Xiao Xuan used Xun'er's Divine Grade Bloodline and the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline to fuse the Ancient Clan and Xiao Tribe bloodlines within Xiao Ze. The fusion succeeded, and Xiao Ze began absorbing sealed Dou Di Power as he prepared to break through beyond Six-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Xuan explained that Xiao Ze's Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline clashed with his Xiao Tribe Dou Di Bloodline and proposed using Xun'er's bloodline to unite them.
• Xun'er agreed to help and drew out a golden orb of Divine Grade Bloodline for Xiao Xuan's fusion ritual.
• Xiao Xuan initiated the fusion, and the three bloodlines clashed inside Xiao Ze while his Dou Qi struggled to contain them.
• After thirty days, the bloodlines formed a new purplish-red power that crystallized and entered Xiao Ze's heart.
• Xiao Xuan confirmed the fusion had succeeded, and Xiao Ze absorbed the remaining sealed Dou Di Power for two and a half years.

Xiao Ze broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng in the Heaven Tomb, mastered the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and completed the Xiao Clan Mark. As Xiao Ze and Xun'er were transported out, Xiao Xuan entrusted him with the Xiao Tribe's Bloodline Token and urged him to revive the clan and prepare for the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Ze absorbed the Blood Pool's remaining energy and broke through to Seven-Star Dou Sheng, fully merging the Xiao Tribe, Ancient Clan, and Dragon Phoenix bloodlines.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Ze that the Hun Clan coveted the Xiao Clan Bloodline, then gave him the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations technique.
• Xiao Ze tried to carve the Xiao Clan Mark but failed after three strokes, then practiced under Xiao Xuan's guidance while Xun'er restored her bloodline.
• Xiao Ze completed all nine strokes of the Xiao Clan Mark and harmonized it with his newly awakened bloodline.
• As their three-year stay ended, Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Ze the Xiao Tribe's Bloodline Token, and Xiao Ze and Xun'er were transported out of the Heaven Tomb.

Xiao Ze emerged from the Heavenly Tomb as a Seven-Star Dou Sheng and killed two Hun Clan elders who attacked him over Hun Ya and Hun Li’s deaths. As Xiao Ze prepared to return to Thunder Mountain, Elder Tong Xuan revealed that the Spirit Realm had vanished and the Ancient Clan was keeping Xun'er in the Ancient Realm.

• Elder Tong Xuan welcomed the clans’ disciples as they emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, including the dead Hun Ya and Hun Li.
• Xiao Ze and Xun'er returned, and Elder Tong Xuan recognized that Xiao Ze had advanced to Seven-Star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Ze that Hun Clan members were waiting outside, and Hun Lin and another elder attacked him.
• Xiao Ze froze the attackers with his Dou Qi and killed them before they could flee.
• Elder Tong Xuan told Xiao Ze that Xiao Yi Xian had asked him to return to Thunder Mountain, then informed Xun'er that the Spirit Realm had disappeared and she must stay with the Ancient Clan.

After leaving the Ancient Clan and saying goodbye to Xun'er, Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Clan and found it greatly strengthened. Xiao Zhan welcomed him home and discovered that Xiao Ze had reached Seven-Star Dou Sheng; Xiao Ze still needed to learn what trouble had prompted Xiao Yi Xian to summon him.

• Gu Yuan caught Xiao Ze and Xun'er together, approved of Xiao Ze, and warned him not to make her suffer.
• Xiao Ze departed the Ancient Realm, and Xun'er watched him leave as Elder Tong Xuan reassured her about the Xiao Clan.
• After hearing that Xiao Yi Xian had urgently asked for him, Xiao Ze suspected trouble in the Jia Ma Empire and hurried back to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ze arrived at Thunder Mountain, broke through the elders' defensive barrier, and revealed himself to the astonished Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Ze home and recognized that he had reached Seven-Star Dou Sheng, stunning the gathered elders.

After returning from the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Ze learned that the Soul Hall-backed Lion Underworld Sect had overrun much of the Northwest Continent and forced the Xiao Alliance back to the Jia Ma Empire. He led twelve Dou Zun elders through the Space Wormhole to reinforce the alliance and confront the Hun Clan’s forces.

• Xiao Ze asked Xiao Zhan about Xiao Yi Xian and learned that she and the others had gone to the Jia Ma Empire after trouble broke out there.
• Xiao Zhan explained that the Lion Underworld Sect had seized half the Northwest Continent, with Soul Hall experts using the conflict to hunt souls.
• Xiao Ze learned that the Xiao Alliance had been pushed back to the Jia Ma Empire and was struggling against the Hun Clan’s reinforcements.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Ze that a Space Wormhole connected the Xiao Tribe to the Jia Ma Empire and that twelve Dou Zun elders were waiting to accompany him.
• Xiao Ze led the twelve elders through the wormhole to reinforce the Xiao Alliance and defeat the Hun Clan’s lackeys.

Xiao Ze returned to the Jia Ma Empire as the Lion Underworld Sect and Soul Hall besieged Xuanhuang Fortress. Just as Cai Lin and the Xiao Alliance prepared to fight to the death after their barrier fell, Xiao Ze arrived and confronted the enemy.

• Xiao Ze returned to the Jia Ma Empire, learned that the Lion Underworld Sect and Soul Hall had attacked Xuanhuang Fortress, and divided his Xiao Tribe elders between defending the empire and reinforcing the fortress.
• Cai Lin, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and the Xiao Alliance forces refused to retreat as Shi Tian demanded their surrender.
• Shi Tian ordered his army to attack, and the Lion Underworld Sect's hidden Dou Zun experts helped break the fortress's energy barrier.
• Cai Lin rallied the Xiao Alliance warriors to fight to the death as Shi Tian prepared a full-scale assault.
• Xiao Ze arrived through a spatial fissure and warned the Lion Underworld Sect's Dou Zun experts that they had sealed their own fate.

Xiao Ze returned to Xuanhuang Fortress and crushed the Lion Underworld Sect and Soul Hall forces that had attacked the Xiao Alliance. After restoring order and reassuring his allies, he declared that he would protect the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Ze killed Shi Tian with one strike, then destroyed the Ninth Heavenly Venerable after blocking the attackers’ combined assault.
• Xiao Ze subdued the remaining Lion Underworld Sect Dou Zun, prompting them to surrender and their army to scatter.
• Xiao Ze dragged the Fourth Heavenly Venerable from the Sea of Blood, killed him, and eliminated the other Soul Hall experts hiding there.
• Xiao Ze reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Cai Lin, and the others, and promised to protect them and their homeland.
• Xiao Ze addressed the Xiao Alliance warriors, who cheered his return and victory at Xuanhuang Fortress.

After helping secure Xuanhuang Fortress, Xiao Ze learned that Soul Hall’s Soul Banners and the Lion Underworld Sect’s strongholds threatened the Northwest. He set out alone for Black Wind Mountain and annihilated its stronghold, then declared that he would eliminate the remaining threat.

• Xiao Ze ordered the wounded to receive medicine and the other warriors to search the battlefield for supplies and Soul Hall remnants.
• Ye Xinlan, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, and the Han sisters reported their efforts to treat the wounded and track Soul Hall, while Cai Lin briefed Xiao Ze on the enemy’s positions.
• Xiao Ze learned that Xiao Yan was destroying Soul Banners and told him to continue, while Xiao Ze went to clear the Lion Underworld Sect’s three strongholds.
• Xiao Ze reached Black Wind Mountain and killed its Seven-Star Dou Zun guardian despite the stronghold’s defensive formation.
• Xiao Ze slaughtered the stronghold’s defenders, destroyed the hidden Soul Hall supplies, and burned the entire stronghold to the ground.

Xiao Ze destroyed the Lion Underworld Sect’s remaining strongholds across the Northwest and brought the forces there under the Xiao Alliance. After a brief reunion with his family, he prepared to return to the Xiao Tribe in the Central Plains while strengthening the Jia Ma Empire against the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Ze cleared the Lion Underworld Sect’s hidden stronghold in Falling Cloud Valley, then broke Yellow Sand City’s barrier and defeated its defending Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ze swept through the Lion Underworld Sect’s affiliated forces across the Northwest, prompting them to submit to the Xiao Alliance, and gave Cao Ying the surrender list to integrate them.
• Xiao Ze spent time with Xiao Qiaoyun and his brothers, then warned them that the Soul Hall still threatened the Xiao Tribe and gave Xiao Li and Xiao Yan secret technique scrolls.
• Xiao Ze planned to take Cai Lin and the others back to the Central Plains for an elders’ council, while Xiao Yan prepared to return to the Starfall Pavilion for the Space Trade Fair.
• Xiao Ze arranged for a hundred Dou Zun experts to guard the Jia Ma Empire against a possible Soul Hall counterattack.

Xiao Ze learned that the final fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map might appear at the Space Trade Fair and traveled there with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian. The group reached the fair’s hidden entrance, and Xiao Ze resolved to obtain the fragment.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ze that the Space Trade Fair might offer the last fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map, and Xiao Ze agreed to attend.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Xiao Tribe, reported on the northwest campaign, and refined Nine-Turn Soul-Nurturing Pills for the clan.
• After Xiao Yan invited him to the fair, Xiao Ze instructed the elders to protect the clan, prepared pills for the auction, and set out with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ze met Xiao Yan and Yao Lao at Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao warned that the Soul Hall was gathering souls and might have a larger scheme underway.
• Xiao Ze and the others reached the desert trade fair and saw experts entering through a spatial black hole that led to an independent space.

Xiao Ze and his companions entered Space Town for the Space Trade Fair, where Cai Lin acquired an Eight-Colored Raw Stone that could help her break through. They reached the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, and Elder Baoshan officially began the fair as Xiao Ze prepared to seek the remnant map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

• Yao Lao led Xiao Ze, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan through the spatial black hole into Space Town, where they saw rare treasures offered by powerful experts.
• Xiao Ze traded a Spirit-Condensing Pill for a Seven-Colored Raw Stone that Cai Lin wanted, and Cai Lin revealed its bloodline secret and transformed it into an Eight-Colored Raw Stone with her blood.
• Yao Lao led the group to the Ancient Treasure Pavilion, where they used his invitation and donned identity-concealing cloaks to enter the trade hall.
• Xiao Ze sensed many powerful attendees but remained confident as the group waited for the fair to begin.
• Elder Baoshan appeared, established a Space Prison, and announced the start of the trade fair, while Xiao Ze focused on obtaining the remnant map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan attended the Space Trade Fair, where Xiao Ze acquired a poison canon for Xiao Yi Xian and waited for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map. The bidding for the map escalated, and Xiao Ze took over after a rival offered an Eight-Colored Pill.

• Elder Baoshan auctioned Demon Phoenix Wings for an Eighth-Tier Pill that had endured Four-Colored Pill Lightning, and the exchange was completed.
• A Heavenly Rank Low Grade technique called Vajra Glazed Body was traded for a water-type cultivation method, while other rare treasures followed.
• Xiao Ze offered two Eighth-Tier Pills that had endured Five-Colored Pill Lightning for the Heavenly Nether Poison Canon, which Xiao Yi Xian accepted.
• Elder Baoshan presented the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Fragment Map, and bids quickly climbed to nine Six-Colored Pills.
• Yao Lao bid eight Eighth-Tier Pills that had endured Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, then a rival offered one Eight-Colored Pill; Xiao Ze stopped Yao Lao and said he would handle the bidding.

Xiao Ze won the final fragment of the map by offering a legendary pill, and Elder Baoshan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Ancient Region. After the trade fair, Yao Lao led Xiao Ze and the others to intercept Heaven Scorpion and his companions.

• Xiao Ze outbid Heaven Scorpion for the fragmented map with a Myriad Phenomena Break-Edict Pill and three Nine-Colored Pill Lightning pills, completing his collection of all four fragments.
• Elder Baoshan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the dangerous Wild Ancient Region, and Yao Lao suspected he meant to send others there to scout.
• Yao Lao proposed dealing with Heaven Scorpion before they discussed the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then explained the Cloud Rain Sect's crimes and the three Scorpions' strength.
• Yao Lao led the group to a mountain along Heaven Scorpion's route back, where Heaven Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion arrived.

Xiao Ze killed the Scorpion Demon Trio and helped Xiao Yan’s group assemble the four Ancient Map fragments. The map revealed that the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame would appear in three years, giving Xiao Ze time to prepare to refine it.

• Xiao Ze used his Seven-Star Dou Saint strength to kill Human Scorpion, then crushed Heaven Scorpion and Earth Scorpion as they tried to flee.
• Xiao Ze gave the Scorpion Demons’ Storage Rings to Xiao Yan, who found the Vajra Glazed Body Dou Technique and spirit herbs inside.
• Xiao Ze concealed the group’s auras and transported them to a safe peak before combining the four Ancient Map fragments.
• Xiao Ze used his Dou Sheng fire to reveal the map’s hidden characters, which Yao Lao identified as the conditions for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s appearance.
• Xiao Ze determined that three years remained until the next tide of heaven and earth and said he had time to prepare to refine the Demon Flame.

Xiao Ze absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s spiritual imprint, which gave him insights into controlling the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He planned to seek the Bodhi Heart in the Wild Ancient Region before the flame descended in three years, and left with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to prepare at the Xiao Tribe.

• Xiao Ze let the Ancient Map’s spiritual imprint enter his sea of consciousness and absorbed its sudden attack with his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Ze told Yao Lao that the imprint contained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s insights and would help him subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Ze to strengthen his cultivation over the next three years and seek the Bodhi Heart as an aid against the demonic flame.
• Xiao Ze and Xiao Yan agreed to meet with their groups at Wilderness Town before entering the Wild Ancient Region.
• Xiao Ze departed with Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian for the Xiao Tribe at Thunder Mountain, while Yao Lao and Xiao Yan set out for Starfall Pavilion.