Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan returned to the Ancient Realm and discussed its resources and Yao Lao’s efforts to expand the Star Realm. After boarding an Ancient Clan Space-Shuttle Boat, he ran into Huo Xuan, who tried to avoid him, and caught up to ask what was wrong.

• Xiao Yan returned through the spatial gate and told Yao Lao that he had punched Yang Hao before escaping.
• Yao Lao described the Ancient Realm’s vast history and abundant cultivation resources, then explained how he had expanded the Star Realm over six years.
• Xiao Yan admired the Ancient Clan’s Space-Shuttle Boats and joked about taking one, but Yao Lao refused to risk angering the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan and the others boarded a Space-Shuttle Boat bound for the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and the vessel traversed space.
• Xiao Yan spotted Huo Xuan on the boat, chased him when he tried to flee, and asked what he needed.

Xiao Yan met Huo Xuan of the Yan Tribe and explained the secret of Child Flames while angling to obtain a Child Flame from the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame. Huo Xuan fled without agreeing, leaving Xiao Yan to urge him to tell the Yan Tribe’s other flame wielders about the offer.

• Xiao Yan and Huo Xuan introduced themselves, and Xiao Yan said he had fused four Heavenly Flame bodies and three Child Flames.
• Xiao Yan explained how Child Flames were made, and Huo Xuan suggested he ask friendly flame wielders for one.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he wanted a Child Flame from Huo Xuan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame.
• Huo Xuan said the flame belonged to the Yan Tribe and that splitting off a Child Flame required the Elder Council’s approval.
• Xiao Yan offered Huo Xuan an Eighth-Grade Pill as compensation, but Huo Xuan said he needed time to consider and left.
• Xiao Yan called after Huo Xuan, asking him to tell the Yan Tribe’s other two flame wielders about Child Flames and his offer.

Xiao Yan met with Gu Zhen, who questioned whether he could reach the Dou Sheng realm to overcome the Ancient Clan’s opposition to his relationship with Xun'er. When the Space-Shuttle Boat arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, Xun'er welcomed Xiao Yan by rushing into his arms.

• Xiao Yan dismissed Huo Xuan’s threats and said he could create danger to take the Heavenly Flame Child Flames within Huo Xuan and the others.
• Xiao Yan went to meet Gu Zhen and told him that he had come on his own because he disliked being escorted.
• Gu Zhen said only a Dou Sheng could make the Ancient Clan stop opposing Xiao Yan and Xun'er’s relationship, and Xiao Yan declared he would reach that realm soon.
• The Space-Shuttle Boat arrived at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range after traveling through the vast Ancient Realm.
• Xun'er appeared before the boat and rushed into Xiao Yan’s arms, calling him Brother Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er at the Ancient Clan gathering, then followed her away after Yao Lao helped him avoid choosing between her and Medusa. As Xiao Yan chased Xun'er through the air, he drove off the Ancient Clan elders spying on him, but a massive Space Cage suddenly closed around him.

• Xun'er rushed into Xiao Yan's arms, and the two embraced before she greeted Yao Lao and the others.
• Xun'er invited Xiao Yan for a walk, and Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao for help; Yao Lao gave his approval, and Xun'er pulled Xiao Yan away.
• Xun'er raced down from the Space-Shuttle Boat toward the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and Xiao Yan followed in pursuit.
• When Ancient Clan elders probed Xiao Yan, he used the Fallen Heart Flame to send Heart Flame Projections through their soul tendrils until they severed them and withdrew.
• As Xiao Yan resumed chasing Xun'er, a massive Space Cage formed around him and pressed down.

Yao Lao stopped Gu Qian from attacking Xiao Yan and confronted the Ancient Clan elders who tried to protect him. He revealed that he was already a Dou Sheng, leaving Gu Shan and Gu Qian crushed by his power and facing the consequences of provoking him.

• Gu Qian attacked Xiao Yan from the shadows, but Yao Lao dispelled the Space Cage and dragged him into view.
• Xun'er identified Gu Qian and threatened to report his attack, while Yao Lao demanded that he answer for targeting his disciple.
• Gu Shan appeared at Gu Qian's plea and tried to end the dispute without an apology, but Yao Lao insisted that Gu Qian apologize.
• When Gu Shan refused and boasted about the Ancient Clan's strength, Yao Lao released his Dou Sheng aura and forced Gu Shan and Gu Qian to the ground.
• Yao Lao revealed that he had long since stopped being a Half-Saint, leaving the two elders disgraced before the gathered forces.

Yao Chen revealed that he had reached the Dou Sheng realm, stunning the passengers aboard the Space-Shuttle Boats. The Yao Clan party that had mocked him was terrified when he noticed their Clan Marks, and the chapter ended with them watching him warily.

• Yao Chen's breakthrough to Dou Sheng astonished the passengers, while Huo Xuan and Huo Yao discussed how the Yao Clan had discarded him for his impure Bloodline.
• Yao Xingji angrily rejected the news, but the Yao Clan woman warned him not to insult a Dou Sheng powerhouse.
• The Yao Clan elder boasted that Yao Chen would not dare attack them because the clan stood behind them.
• Yao Chen sensed the Yao Clan party, fixed them with a crushing gaze, and paused at their Gourd Totems before looking away.
• Yao Xingji and the others recovered in fear, while the elder pretended that his prediction had been right.

Yao Lao’s aura stirred the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, drawing thirteen Ancient Clan Dou Sheng powerhouses into the sky. As Xiao Yan and Xun’er watched, representatives of the Emperor Clans assessed the Ancient Clan’s strength, while Hun Ya recognized it as a threat to the Soul Clan.

• Yao Lao recalled his resentment toward the Yao Clan and reflected briefly on his deceased parents.
• Yao Lao’s aura spread across the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, prompting thirteen Dou Shengs to appear and investigate the disturbance.
• Xiao Yan joked with Xun’er about the Ancient Clan’s late response, and she playfully objected.
• A Shi Clan youth and elder discussed the Ancient Clan’s strength and the relative standing of the Eight Ancient Emperor Clans.
• Hun Ya watched the Ancient Clan’s Dou Shengs from beneath his black cloak and regarded them as a threat to the Soul Clan.

An immense pillar revealed that Gu Lie had intervened to stop the Ancient Clan’s saints from escalating the gathering, and he privately decided Yao Chen should be treated with respect. Elder Tongxuan then appeared to smooth things over with Yao Chen, leaving the dispute with the two Ancient Clan elders unresolved.

• Gu Lie’s enormous earthen-yellow pillar appeared, and his command sent the Thirteen Saints of the Ancient Clan back into the mountain range.
• Gu Lie recognized Yao Chen as a Three-Star Dou Sheng and Grandmaster Alchemist, and decided the Ancient Clan should not slight him or let the incident escalate.
• Elder Tongxuan stepped out to handle the matter, and Xun'er recognized him as a senior Ancient Clan elder.
• Elder Tongxuan greeted Yao Chen, who softened his expression and recalled that Tongxuan had written the Ancient Clan’s invitation to the Four Square Pavilions.
• Elder Tongxuan privately felt relieved that Yao Chen had responded with courtesy.

Elder Tongxuan punished Gu Qian and Gu Shan for their actions against Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Xun'er, then escorted Yao Chen to meet Gu Lie. Xiao Yan and Xun'er brought Medusa and the others to Xun'er’s secluded cultivation grounds, while Gu Yao abandoned his plan to challenge Xiao Yan after the conflict was settled.

• Tongxuan stripped Gu Qian of his elder position for ten years and removed Gu Shan from the Council of Elders for three years, effectively ending Gu Shan’s place on the council.
• Tongxuan invited Yao Chen to meet Gu Lie, and the two vanished into the void.
• Xun'er suggested that Xiao Yan, Medusa, and the others stay at her secluded cultivation grounds, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Gu Yao watched Xiao Yan’s group depart and brooded over how Yao Chen had revealed his Dou Sheng strength and Gu Lie had ended the confrontation.
• Gu Hua teased Gu Yao about waiting so long that his legs cramped, and Gu Yao decided not to challenge Xiao Yan after Gu Lie had settled the matter.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er in the Ancient Clan and learned that Elder Ling had secured an Emperor Altar Baptism that could help him reach Dou Zun. After Medusa gave Xun'er time alone with Xiao Yan, her suggestive smile left him fearing what the Queen might do.

• Gu Hua teased Gu Yao after following him on Qingyang's orders, then disappeared after greeting Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xun'er identified Gu Yao and Gu Hua as commanders of the Black Annihilation Army, and Xiao Yan's joke made Gu Yao seem less like an asura than she expected.
• Xiao Yan and his companions flew to the Bamboo Pavilion, where he greeted Elder Ling and offered to help him advance.
• Xun'er told Elder Ling that his application for an Emperor Altar Baptism had been approved, and he would be able to enter the Dou Zun realm.
• Medusa sent Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Tianhuo Elder away so Xun'er could be alone with Xiao Yan, leaving him afraid of the Queen.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er discussed Gu Yao and planned to challenge him at the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, while Medusa and Xun'er met privately that night. At the ceremony, Xiao Yan had Xun'er drive off Gu Xu, and Yao Lao explained why entrenched elders made reform difficult for the Ancient Clan.

• Xun'er told Xiao Yan that Gu Yao had pursued her and asked him to spare Gu Yao's life if he challenged him at the ceremony.
• Xun'er met Medusa on a mountain at night, and both women said they had things to discuss.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and their companions arrived at the ceremony plaza the next day, where Gu Xu watched them resentfully.
• Xun'er threatened Gu Xu with the loss of his elder position, and he left the plaza.
• Yao Lao described purging troublemakers from the Four Square Pavilions and said Clan Leader Gu Yuan might lack the resolve to reform the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan met Mang Tianchi, the Lei Clan elder and Dean of Jia Nan Academy, who praised him and gave him a way to make contact. Mang Tianchi and Yao Lao reunited as old friends and headed inside together to attend the ceremony.

• Mang Tianchi hurried over to Xiao Yan and insisted that he was Xiao Yan’s Dean, despite Xiao Yan pretending not to recognize him.
• Mang Tianchi praised Xiao Yan’s achievements and gave him a strand of lightning so they could contact each other in the future.
• Mang Tianchi told Xiao Yan that his medicinal pills had helped Qian Mu, Bai Lie, and other Jia Nan Academy elders break through.
• Yao Lao greeted Mang Tianchi, and they embraced as longtime friends while Mang Tianchi recalled how Yao Lao had made friends by giving them medicinal pills.
• Mang Tianchi invited Yao Lao and Xiao Yan’s group inside to wait together for the ceremony.

Xiao Yan teased Gu Yao during the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, then challenged him immediately after he received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark. Gu Yao accepted, setting up their confrontation.

• Xiao Yan used a voice transmission to make Gu Yao stop staring at him, then joked with Xun'er and Qing Lin.
• Tongxuan began the coming-of-age ceremony, and Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to defeat Gu Yao decisively to strengthen the Xiao Tribe’s claim to Heavenly Tomb entry slots.
• The Ancient Clan’s young members displayed their strength and Bloodline marks, and Tongxuan awarded Gu Yao a Purple-Gold Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yan stood and challenged Gu Yao, despite Tongxuan explaining that guests were not meant to challenge clan members participating in the ceremony.
• Gu Yao accepted Xiao Yan’s challenge, and Tongxuan and the three elders withdrew from the arena.

Xiao Yan dominated his fight with Gu Yao, humiliating him by countering his attacks and breaking the Ancient Clan’s God Seal Technique. Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Qingyang suspected Xun’er had secretly taught Xiao Yan the technique, but chose to keep watching rather than report him.

• Xiao Yan taunted Gu Yao and knocked him into a crater with a single attack.
• Gu Yao attacked from the void, but Xiao Yan caught his fist and struck him with overwhelming physical strength.
• Xiao Yan identified a flaw in Gu Yao’s God Seal Technique, seized his wrist, and shattered the forming hand seal.
• Xiao Yan hit Gu Yao with a Mountain Leaning Strike, sending him staggering backward and stirring an uproar among the spectators.
• Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Qingyang discussed how Xiao Yan knew the God Seal Technique’s flaws and suspected Xun’er had taught it to him.
• Gu Hua, Gu Xing, and Qingyang decided not to report Xiao Yan and continued watching the fight.

Xiao Yan mocked Gu Yao and countered his Ancient Saint Precious Mirror with the Flame Mantra before baiting him into attacking. After Gu Yao destroyed one Earth Gale Flame eruption, Xiao Yan revealed that the plaza was filled with more than a hundred magma vortices and prepared to unleash them.

• Xiao Yan broke Gu Yao's Ancient Saint Precious Mirror with a casual move and taunted him.
• Gu Yao used the Heaven-Tier Ancient Saint Precious Mirror to absorb surrounding energy, but Xiao Yan countered with the Flame Mantra and drained the area around him.
• Yao Xingji recognized the Flame Mantra and plotted to seize it, while Xiao Yan privately resolved to take the Nine Nether Wind Flame from Yao Xingji.
• Gu Yao attacked Xiao Yan with the Ten Thousand Beast Spear Technique, Beast King Roar, while Xiao Yan set off an Earth Gale Flame eruption beneath him.
• Gu Yao shattered the first molten pillar and celebrated, then saw that more than a hundred magma vortices covered the plaza as Xiao Yan commanded Earth Gale Flame to descend.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao in the arena, then watched as Xun'er revealed a legendary tenth-grade God-Grade Bloodline. Tongxuan prepared to grant her the Seven-Colored Clan Pattern.

• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Gu Yao with his Earth Gale Flame and ended the match with a devastating explosion.
• Tongxuan declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Gu Yao left the arena after regaining consciousness.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he had kept his promise to beat Gu Yao half to death, and she said Gu Yao would likely leave her alone for a while.
• Xun'er took the Star Disk test, lighting all ten stars and shattering the disk as a golden pillar of light rose from her.
• Tongxuan called for the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Pen to grant Xun'er the Seven-Colored Clan Pattern.

The Ancient Clan Council debated whether to return the Xiao Tribe’s Heavenly Tomb slots, but Gu Yuan ordered them returned. That night, Xiao Yan met Gu Yuan, jokingly called him father-in-law, and learned that Gu Yuan would not approve of intimacy with Xun'er before she reached the Dou Sheng realm.

• Tongxuan convened the Ancient Clan elders to discuss the Xiao Tribe’s Heavenly Tomb slots, and they argued over whether to return them to Xiao Yan.
• Tongxuan announced Gu Yuan’s order to return the Xiao Tribe’s slots, and the elders fell silent and accepted it.
• Xiao Yan went to a mountain peak at night and found Gu Yuan waiting for him.
• Xiao Yan greeted Gu Yuan as his father-in-law and teased him about approving his relationship with Xun'er.
• Gu Yuan warned Xiao Yan not to take Xun'er's virginity before she entered the Dou Sheng realm, and Xiao Yan asked if that meant Gu Yuan approved of them.

Gu Yuan met Xiao Yan, agreed to return the Xiao Tribe's Heavenly Tomb quota, and told him Xiao Xuan's inheritance awaited in the tomb. As the clans gathered for the tomb's opening, Xiao Yan recognized the Ling Clan and chose not to warn them about the Soul Clan's future attack.

• Gu Yuan recalled his friendship with Xiao Xuan, told Xiao Yan to seek Xiao Xuan's inheritance in the Heavenly Tomb, and confirmed that the Ancient Clan would return the Xiao Tribe's quota while protecting its share of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Yuan warned Xiao Yan to preserve Xun'er's chastity until she reached the Dou Sheng realm, then vanished after revealing he had spoken through a soul avatar.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er about Gu Yuan's visit, and she explained that he would take Gu Yao's place among the six people entering the Heavenly Tomb.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan arrived with his group at the Heavenly Tomb and asked Yao Lao to return to the Four Square Pavilions after the entry.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Ling Clan among the gathered clans and decided not to warn them that the Soul Clan would eventually target them.

Hun Ya and Yao Xingji formed a pact to target Xiao Yan in the Heavenly Tomb, but Xiao Yan anticipated their schemes and entered the tomb with Xun'er. After arriving on the first level, Xiao Yan planned to hunt Energy Entities before seeking a confrontation with the Yao Clan on the second level.

• Hun Ya proposed joining forces with Yao Xingji to kill Xiao Yan and seize his Flame Mantra, while Yao Xingji offered the Yao Clan beauty a treasured Eighth-Grade Pill for her help.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Soul Clan and Yao Clan’s hostility and hoped they would gather together so he could defeat them at once.
• Tongxuan opened the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered ahead of the other Ancient Clan members before the gate closed.
• Yao Lao sent Tian Huo back to the Four Square Pavilions to carry out their major plan.
• On the first level, Xiao Yan told Xun'er they would hunt Energy Entities before confronting the Yao Clan, whom he sought out for their Nine Nether Wind Flame.

After three months of cultivation, Xiao Yan and Xun'er crossed into the Heavenly Tomb’s second level, where the Soul Clan and Yao Clan ambushed them. Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Xingji wanted his Flame Mantra, leaving him facing an enemy alliance that had conveniently gathered for him.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er spent three months cultivating and traveling through the first level before crossing the energy barrier into the second level.
• Hun Ya and Yao Xingji led an attack on Xiao Yan and Xun'er, but Xiao Yan dodged their opening strikes.
• Xiao Yan called the Yao Clan the Soul Clan’s captive sheep, causing Hun Ya to fear that Xiao Yan knew the Soul Clan’s secret.
• Yao Xingji dismissed Xiao Yan’s attempt to sow discord and assured Hun Ya that he would not fall for it.
• Xiao Yan asked why the Yao Clan had joined the attack, and Yao Xingji revealed that he wanted to take the Flame Mantra for himself.