Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er took Xiao Ning to the Heavenly Tomb’s third level to draw out his ancestor, Xiao Xuan, and seek his help. Xiao Xuan appeared and recognized Yao Yan as a remarkable Five-Star Dou Sheng, leaving their negotiations about to begin.

• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er decided to find Xiao Ning and use his Xiao Clan ancestry to persuade Xiao Xuan to appear.
• Yao Yan seized Xiao Ning, explained that they were taking him to meet his ancestor, and carried him with Gu Xun'er toward the third level.
• Yao Yan shattered the Energy Crystal Wall blocking the third level and called out to Xiao Xuan while holding Xiao Ning aloft.
• Xiao Xuan appeared, questioned Yao Yan about his clan and Exotic Flames, and heard Yao Yan introduce himself as a junior of the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Ning greeted Xiao Xuan without revealing Yao Yan’s true identity, while remaining focused on gaining benefits and strength.

Xiao Xuan met Xiao Ning, learned how far the Xiao Family had declined, and began rebuilding Xiao Ning’s body with the Xiao Clan’s Bloodline Power. Yao Yan negotiated for Xiao Xuan’s help in destroying the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and Xiao Xuan agreed after learning Xiao Chen was still alive.

• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Ning and Gu Xun’er into his Tomb Mansion, then asked Xiao Ning about the Xiao Family’s condition.
• Xiao Ning explained that the Xiao Family had dwindled to a family led by a Da Dou Shi and that he had gained an incomplete Dou Sheng inheritance from his teacher.
• Xiao Xuan sent Xiao Ning into a pool of Xiao Clan Bloodline Power to reconstruct his body and awaken the Xiao Clan Crest, warning him to endure the pain and guide the transformation himself.
• Yao Yan and Gu Xun’er told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade had been swapped, and Yao Yan asked for help dealing with the Heavenly Tomb Soul.
• Yao Yan offered to help Xiao Ning reach Dou Sheng and protect the Xiao Family, then revealed that Xiao Chen was trapped in the Demon Flame Space.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to help Yao Yan destroy the Heavenly Tomb Soul after learning that Xiao Chen could be rescued when the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared again.

Xiao Xuan fought the Heavenly Tomb Soul to extract its Soul Origin, burning his own remnant soul to overpower it. After tearing out the Soul Origin, he returned to the tomb mansion and handed it to Yao Yan, leaving Yao Yan to determine whether it could help him reach an Emperor Realm Soul.

• Xiao Xuan explained the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s role and agreed to destroy it in exchange for Yao Yan’s promise to honor their agreement.
• Xiao Xuan left the tomb mansion, confronted the Heavenly Tomb Soul, and began burning his soul to gain the power to defeat it.
• Xiao Xuan trapped the Heavenly Tomb Soul in a formation and pulled its Soul Origin from its body despite its pleas and resistance.
• The weakened Heavenly Tomb Soul was surrounded by the Energy Bodies it had controlled, while Xiao Xuan returned to the tomb mansion and sealed the space.
• Xiao Xuan gave the Soul Origin to Yao Yan, who would have to determine whether it could help him reach an Emperor Realm Soul.

Yao Yan absorbed the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin and broke through to the Emperor Realm in Soul Power while Xiao Xuan and Gu Xun'er guarded him. Before Xiao Xuan vanished, he warned Yao Yan about Hun Tiandi and left him a Life Mark.

• Yao Yan promised to honor his agreement with Xiao Xuan, then entered the Soul Origin to cultivate while Gu Xun'er stayed to guard him.
• As Yao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin, he discovered its accelerated flow of time and used his Soul Body to devour its energy.
• Xiao Xuan told Gu Xun'er that Origin Emperor Qi and the Emperor Pill Embryo in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion could enable a breakthrough to Dou Di, and warned her that Hun Tiandi was plotting to obtain it.
• After a month and three more days, Yao Yan completed his breakthrough to the Emperor Realm and thanked Xiao Xuan for his help.
• Xiao Xuan questioned Yao Yan about his origins and mixed bloodlines, then warned him to be careful of Hun Tiandi before releasing the Soul Flame and leaving behind a Life Mark.

Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb while preparing for the future contest over the Emperor Pill Embryo, and Xiao Ning learned of his clan’s surviving ancestor and grew ambitious. After two and a half years, Yao Yan reached the Five-Star Dou Sheng Peak and prepared for the chaos he expected beyond the tomb.

• Yao Yan learned from Gu Xun'er that breaking through to Dou Di required Origin Emperor Qi and that Hun Tiandi knew the Emperor Pill Embryo in Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion might be the final chance.
• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er entered seclusion as Yao Yan used ten Exotic Fire Spirits to form the Li Fire Grand Formation and refine the Heavenly Tomb Third Layer’s Energy Bodies.
• Two years later, Xiao Ning reached Nine Star Dou Zun Peak, heard Xiao Xuan’s message about Xiao Chen, and resolved to pursue the Dou Di inheritance despite his ancestor’s warning.
• Yao Yan gave Xiao Ning Dou Sheng Jade Marrow, promised to help him reach Dou Sheng and rescue Xiao Chen, and received Xiao Clan Dou Di Essence Blood in return.
• Yao Yan used the essence blood to nurture his Chaos Embryo, reached the Five-Star Dou Sheng Peak, and decided to practice Dou Skills before leaving the Heavenly Tomb.

Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er left the Heavenly Tomb after growing stronger, and Yao Yan revealed his Emperor Realm Soul Power and what he had learned from Xiao Xuan to Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan chose to keep the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade’s location from Hun Tiandi for now, while the group learned that the Emperor Pill Embryo and Origin Emperor Qi were key to reaching Dou Di.

• In the Soul World, Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame to begin dealing with the Spirit Clan after the Heavenly Tomb closed, and said Yao Yan would have no choice but to be manipulated.
• Yao Yan and Gu Xun'er finished their training in the Heavenly Tomb; Gu Xun'er reached Four Star Dou Sheng, while Yao Yan reached Five-Star Dou Sheng Peak and gave Xiao Ning a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill.
• Yao Yan led Gu Xun'er out of the Heavenly Tomb, where Gu Yuan recognized Yao Yan’s Emperor Realm Soul Power and took them aside to speak privately.
• Yao Yan explained his deal with Xiao Xuan and revealed that he could control the Heavenly Tomb; Gu Xun'er said Xiao Xuan had allowed the Gu Clan to take the Xiao Clan Emperor Jade, but Gu Yuan had never acted on it.
• Gu Yuan decided not to tell Hun Tiandi about the Emperor Jade yet, and Gu Xun'er revealed Xiao Xuan’s claim that the Emperor Pill Embryo inside Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion contained the Origin Emperor Qi needed to break through to Dou Di.

Yao Yan learned more about Hun Tiandi’s plan to refine the Emperor Pill Embryo through mass sacrifice, while Gu Yuan prepared for the struggle over Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion. The chapter ended with Yao Yan concealing his doubts and accepting Hun Tiandi’s promise to help him become a Dou Di.

• Gu Yuan warned Yao Yan that Hun Tiandi would seize the Emperor Pill Embryo for himself, gave him a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and a jade token, and urged him to protect Gu Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan privately met Xiao Ning, confirmed that Xiao Xuan had told him to preserve the Xiao Clan inheritance, and warned him to stay out of the Emperor Clans’ disputes.
• Yao Yan claimed the Heavenly Tomb as a palm-sized tombstone, then returned to the Soul World with his soul realm advanced to the Emperor Level.
• Yao Yan told Hun Tiandi about Xiao Xuan’s deal and the Emperor Pill Embryo, while pretending to accept that Hun Tiandi should claim it.
• Hun Tiandi revealed that he planned to turn the Emperor Pill Embryo into an Emperor Grade Pill by sacrificing living beings, beginning with the Spirit Clan and then the Stone Clan.
• Yao Yan acted as though he accepted Hun Tiandi’s plan and heard his promise to help Yao Yan become a Dou Di, though he remembered Hun Tiandi had betrayed a similar promise before.

Hun Tiandi chose Yao Yan to replace Hun Xuzi in the final refinement of the Emperor Pill Embryo and assigned him to deal with the Spirit Clan Chief. Hun Xuzi reluctantly handed Yao Yan his arrangements in the Spirit Clan, while recognizing that his disciple had outgrown his control.

• Hun Tiandi learned that Yao Yan could refine Ninth Grade pills and selected him over Hun Xuzi to oversee the final stage of the Emperor Pill Embryo’s refinement.
• Hun Tiandi told Yao Yan to go to the Spirit Clan, where he was to handle the Spirit Clan Chief while Nihility Devouring Flame dealt with the rest of the clan.
• Nihility Devouring Flame warned Hun Tiandi that replacing Hun Xuzi might be difficult to explain, but Hun Tiandi dismissed Hun Xuzi’s concerns.
• Hun Xuzi confronted Yao Yan and demanded that he bring back the Spirit Clan Chief for his own use, but Yao Yan asked his master to help him advance to Six-Star Dou Sheng instead.
• Hun Xuzi gave Yao Yan a jade token containing his Spirit Clan arrangements and left, then vented his anger to Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Xuzi realized Yao Yan’s rise was unstoppable and regretted that he could no longer control his disciple.

Yao Yan entered the Spirit Realm at Ling Xi’s invitation and learned that the Spirit Clan hoped to use his Spirit Race Bloodline and cultivation partnership to address its declining bloodline. The chapter left Ling Xi and the elders weighing how to make Yao Yan their partner while he stayed at an estate, unaware of their full plan.

• Yao Yan introduced himself as Hun Yan of the Soul Clan at the Spirit Realm’s entrance, and Ling Xi personally welcomed him through the World Gate.
• Ling Xi explained the Spirit Clan’s bloodline decline and showed Yao Yan the Life Ancient Tree, whose essence could improve his cultivation and cleanse bloodlines.
• Ling Xi offered Yao Yan the promised Life Essence, but he questioned the conditions and declined to produce descendants in the near future.
• Ling Xi took Yao Yan to an estate and left a group of beautiful women with him, but he sent them away and withdrew to his room.
• The three Supreme Elders discussed pairing Ling Xi with Yao Yan for dual cultivation, and Ling Xi’s doubts about pursuing the plan gradually eased.

On the eve of the Spirit Clan Ceremony, Yao Yan secretly planned to betray Nihility Devouring Flame and pursue his own path to becoming stronger. Ling Yi warned him that Ling Xi intended to draw out his origin during their dual cultivation at the ceremony, leaving Yao Yan ready to turn the danger to his advantage.

• Nihility Devouring Flame agreed that Yao Yan would take the Spirit Clan Crest during the ceremony while he handled the clan’s defenders and the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and he permitted Yao Yan to devour the Life Ancient Tree.
• After Nihility Devouring Flame left, Yao Yan revealed that Ling Er had disguised herself as the Son of Heaven Fire and resolved to grow strong enough to devour Nihility Devouring Flame himself.
• Ling Xi visited Yao Yan, and he proposed that she become his dual cultivation partner; she said she would give him an answer on the day of the ceremony.
• On the eve of the ceremony, Ling Yi secretly visited Yao Yan and warned him that Ling Xi planned to forcibly draw out his origin during their dual cultivation within the Life Ancient Tree.
• Yao Yan recognized that Ling Xi’s plan matched his own intentions and prepared to see who would outmaneuver the other.

Yao Yan learned that Ling Xi could use the Life Ancient Tree to greatly increase her strength, but Ling Yi gave him a Life Mark and promised to strip Ling Xi of hers. At the Spirit Clan Ceremony, Yao Yan entered the tree’s inner space with Ling Xi and began their promised union beside its pool of Life Essence.

• Ling Yi explained the Life Ancient Tree’s power and gave Yao Yan a Life Mark, promising to take Ling Xi’s mark away the next day.
• Yao Yan sensed numerous Dou Sheng experts gathering in Holy Tree City for the Spirit Clan Ceremony and went with Ling Xi to the Life Ancient Tree.
• The Spirit Clan Grand Elder let Yao Yan and Ling Xi pass through the World Gate into the tree’s inner space.
• Ling Xi explained the pool’s Life Essence, and Yao Yan jumped into it so the Chaos Embryo in his body could absorb its power.
• Yao Yan drew Ling Xi into the pool and began the intimate encounter they had agreed to.

Yao Yan turned Ling Xi’s attempt to devour his Dou Qi origin against her, subdued her with wicked energy and his Emperor Realm Soul, then made her recognize him as her master. While they resumed cultivating in the Life Ancient Tree’s pool, Nihility Devouring Flame’s assault continued ravaging the Spirit Realm.

• Ling Xi linked her Dou Qi origin to Yao Yan’s and tried to extract his power, but his wicked energy invaded and began devouring her Dou Qi and Life Energy.
• When Ling Xi used the Life Ancient Tree’s power to suppress him, Yao Yan activated his Dragon Phoenix Body, overpowered her, and pulled her into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Yao Yan struck Ling Xi with Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, knocked her unconscious, and implanted wicked energy in her soul before taking her back to the pool.
• After Ling Xi recovered, she addressed Yao Yan as her master, and he ordered her to extract the Life Ancient Tree’s energy to help him cultivate.
• Nihility Devouring Flame’s Black Flame Creatures continued slaughtering the Spirit Realm’s inhabitants as the Life Ancient Tree shook from the destruction.

Nihility Devouring Flame and the Tunling Clan attacked the Spirit Realm, while Yao Yan cultivated inside the Life Ancient Tree with Ling Xi. The Spirit Clan Grand Elder died as the realm was consumed, and Yao Yan neared a breakthrough to Six Star Dou Sheng.

• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed the Tunling Clan across the Spirit Realm and revealed his Nine Star Dou Sheng strength, while the Spirit Clan Grand Elder drew on the Life Ancient Tree to fight him.
• The Spirit Clan Grand Elder opened the Life Ancient Tree's Spatial Gateway and discovered Yao Yan's Soul Body drawing on its power, but Yao Yan blocked his attempt to reach Ling Xi.
• Ling Yi revealed that Third Brother had betrayed the Spirit Clan, then stabbed the Spirit Clan Grand Elder and admitted his betrayal was driven by revenge over Yun Er.
• The Spirit Clan Grand Elder killed Ling Yi, charged Nihility Devouring Flame in a suicidal attack, and died as the Life Ancient Tree was damaged by the resulting blast.
• Nihility Devouring Flame ordered the Tunling Clan to slaughter the Spirit Clan and began refining the Spirit Realm, while Yao Yan continued absorbing the Life Ancient Tree's energy with Ling Xi's help.

After advancing to Six-Star Dou Sheng through cultivation with Ling Xi, Yao Yan left the ruined Spirit Realm with the Life Ancient Tree and learned that Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame planned to attack the Stone Clan. He traveled to the Beast Region to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then descended into the Nine Serene Yellow Springs after finding Cai Lin and Cai Die safe.

• Yao Yan reached Six-Star Dou Sheng while Ling Xi advanced to Seven Star Dou Sheng, and he left the destroyed Spirit Realm after Nihility Devouring Flame had drained it.
• Yao Yan claimed the weakened Life Ancient Tree, and Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame to target the Stone Clan with help from the Four Great Elders.
• Yao Yan asked Hun Tiandi for permission to seek the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Hun Tiandi agreed despite warning that it was difficult for those above Dou Sheng to approach.
• Yao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in the Beast Region and asked them to help him reach the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Yao Yan visited Cai Lin and Cai Die in the Nine Serene Yellow Springs, confirmed they were safe, and sensed an ancient battlefield deep below.

Yao Yan discovered an ancient serpent tomb beneath the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and moved the entire lake into the Heavenly Tomb. Afterward, he invited Yao Ming to move the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan to the Northwest Continent, and Yao Ming agreed.

• Yao Yan found countless ancient serpent skeletons and recognized the depths as a tomb containing the Devouring Heaven Python Clan's nest and inheritance.
• Yao Yan used his Emperor Level Soul Power to sever the Nine Serene Yellow Springs from its surroundings and move it into the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched the lake vanish, then Yao Yan appeared and told them to leave.
• Yao Yan revealed that he was a Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng who could fight an Eight Star Dou Sheng, then brought the two women to Yao Ming.
• Yao Yan told Yao Ming that he had moved the Nine Serene Yellow Springs and suggested that the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan relocate to the Northwest Continent and join the Heavenly Court.
• Yao Ming accepted Yao Yan's suggestion and resolved to move the clan.

Yao Yan visited Soul Hall and the Three Factions to obtain information about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and secure its fragmented map. After assembling and burning the maps, he awakened the remnant soul of the Purification Lotus Demon Saint.

• Yao Yan met Hun Miesheng at Soul Hall and revealed that he was a mid Six-Star Dou Sheng with Emperor Realm Soul Power.
• Hun Miesheng gave Yao Yan the Spatial Coordinates of the Three Factions and told him that signs of the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Ancient Region.
• Yao Yan visited the Three Factions, and their leaders handed over the Fragmented Map of Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Yan assembled the four fragmented maps and used his Fusion Exotic Flame to reveal the timing and location clues for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Yan called out to the Soul Imprint in the burning map, and the Purification Lotus Demon Saint appeared as an illusory figure.

Yao Yan met Purification Lotus Demon Saint, who learned about Yao Yan and Ling Er before passing on his supreme illusion art, the Heaven Deceiving Art. After the soul phantom faded and left an imprint on Yao Yan’s wrist, Yao Yan set out for the Wild Ancient Region to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

• Purification Lotus Demon Saint asked Yao Yan about his origins, and Yao Yan explained his ties to the Yao Clan and Soul Clan and how his teacher helped him fuse their bloodlines.
• Yao Yan summoned Ling Er, and Purification Lotus Demon Saint recognized her as the Living Flame and urged Yao Yan to guide her well.
• Purification Lotus Demon Saint asked whether anyone had subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Yao Yan said it remained untamed and would emerge in less than three years.
• Yao Yan promised to preserve the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s intelligence if it had changed, or obtain its Exotic Fire Origin if it had not, and Purification Lotus Demon Saint offered him an inheritance in return.
• Purification Lotus Demon Saint taught Yao Yan the Heaven Deceiving Art, a Half-Emperor illusion technique that used Nightmare Sky Mist to create illusions capable of deceiving even powerful experts.
• Purification Lotus Demon Saint’s soul phantom dispersed into an imprint on Yao Yan’s wrist, and Yao Yan recalled Ling Er before heading to the Wild Ancient Region to search for the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Yao Yan waited in Wild Town for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to emerge, then sent Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin toward it while concealing himself inside the Heavenly Tomb. Qing Lin led three Half-Saint Nine Nether Earth Pythons through the Beast Tide, leaving the other clans stunned as they followed in their wake.

• Yao Yan erased a group of Heavenly Underworld Sect members who threatened Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, then greeted Gu Qingyang and learned that the Soul Clan's younger generation had also arrived.
• After the Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared and a Beast Tide formed around its golden pillar, Yao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and placed it in Xiao Yi Xian's glabella.
• Qing Lin summoned a Half-Saint Nine Nether Earth Python called Third, and she and Xiao Yi Xian rode it toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Third charged through the Beast Tide, prompting Gu Qingyang and other clan experts to follow behind and let the python clear a path.
• When Qing Lin noticed the other groups tailing them, she summoned two more Nine Nether Earth Pythons, stunning the pursuers and Yao Yan.

Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where its illusions drew Xiao Yi Xian inside and revealed the dark force controlling the tree. Yao Yan confronted and devoured the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s Origin Power, while Qing Lin waited outside with the Nine Nether Earth Pythons.

• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian left the Beast Tide behind three Half-Saint Nine Nether Earth Pythons and arrived at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, while Hun Yu and Gu Qingyang agreed to join forces to pursue them.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree sent out five Half-Saint Human Puppets, and Qing Lin held them back while Xiao Yi Xian approached the tree.
• The tree’s golden light drew Xiao Yi Xian inside and showed her an illusion of Yao Yan and their daughter, but the Heavenly Tomb emerged from her glabella and brought Yao Yan into the illusion.
• Yao Yan uncovered the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s history and found that Origin Power from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had corrupted its consciousness and controlled the puppets.
• Yao Yan transformed into a Tunling Clan form and used the vertical eye on his glabella to bind and devour the humanoid Origin Power, intending to obtain its memories.

Yao Yan devoured the Black Blood Emperor’s Origin Power, learned about the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, and persuaded the Bodhi Ancient Tree to follow him. He brought the tree into the Heaven Tomb, where it transformed the barren Second Layer into a verdant home and began helping Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian cultivate.

• Yao Yan absorbed the Black Blood Emperor’s Origin Power and learned about the Black Blood Race, the Spirit Devouring Demon Race, and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s hierarchy.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recovered after its evil thoughts were removed and offered Yao Yan dozens of Bodhi Seeds.
• Yao Yan showed the Bodhi Ancient Tree visions of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s invasion and convinced it to follow him.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree entered the Heaven Tomb, and Ling Er used her Emerald Green Flame to make the Second Layer lush and verdant.
• Yao Yan sent Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which placed them into dreamlike reincarnations to help them advance toward the Dou Sheng Realm.