Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing brought Old Yao an invitation to the Yao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, prompting Old Yao to confront his painful past and resolve to demand justice for his parents. He decided to attend with Xiao Qing and Cao Ying, not to return to the clan but to settle the matter of his parents’ erased names.

• After Cao Ying’s success and Xiao Yan’s mentorship under Xuan Kongzi, Xiao Qing looked toward the Soul Realm and vowed to settle the score with the Soul Clan once everything was ready.
• A month later, Xiao Qing brought the Yao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony invitation to Old Yao at the Dust Heart Pavilion.
• Old Yao recalled how the Yao Clan had scorned him for his weak bloodline, expelled him, and erased his parents’ names from the Ancestral Tablet.
• Old Yao accepted the invitation, determined to return as a Grade 9 Alchemist Grandmaster and Two-Star Dou Saint and face Yao Wangui.
• Old Yao told Xiao Qing that he no longer hated the Yao Clan but would demand an explanation and justice for his parents.
• Xiao Qing agreed to accompany Old Yao, and Old Yao said Cao Ying should come too to witness the clan’s young alchemists.

After Old Yao broke through in seclusion, he set out with Xiao Qing and Cao Ying to the Yao Realm to demand justice from the clan that had cast him out. They reached the Yao Clan’s gate, where Xiao Qing identified himself as the Heavenly Emperor and presented their invitation.

• Old Yao emerged from three months of seclusion with his soul realm advancing and his cultivation breaking through to Early-Stage Three-Star Dou Saint.
• Old Yao, Xiao Qing, and Cao Ying prepared to travel to the Yao Realm, while Xuan Yi and their companions saw them off from Heavenly Court Plaza.
• As they traveled through a Spatial Passage, Old Yao explained that the Yao Clan prized bloodline above talent and that he had become a grandmaster alchemist despite being abandoned.
• The three arrived at the Yao Clan’s spatial gate and drew the attention of invited guests and guards.
• Xiao Qing announced that they were from the Heavenly Court, overwhelmed the guards with his aura, and handed over their invitation.

Old Yao returned to the Yao Realm with Xiao Qing and Cao Ying to attend the Yao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and seek recognition for his parents on the Ancestral Tablet. At the ceremony, Xiao Qing’s soul power intimidated the Soul Clan’s Hun Tu, and Elder Wanhuo began the bloodline test.

• Old Yao, Xiao Qing, and Cao Ying entered the Yao Realm, where a Half-Saint elder welcomed Old Yao back on the Clan Chief’s orders.
• Old Yao saw that his parents’ names were still missing from the Ancestral Tablet, and Xiao Qing resolved to help him reclaim what was owed if the clan refused.
• At Medicine God Square, Gu Nanhai greeted Xiao Qing, shared news of Xun’er, and invited him to visit the Ancient Clan to discuss their marriage.
• Hun Tu glared at Xiao Qing, who wounded Hun Tu’s soul with a glance and shocked the gathered representatives.
• Elder Wanhuo opened the Yao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and announced that the bloodline test would begin.

The Yao Clan held its coming-of-age ceremony, where Yao Tian revealed a Grade 9 Bloodline with a God-Grade prototype and received a powerful Purple-Gold Clan Mark. Old Yao recounted how his Grade 1 Bloodline had led the clan to reject him, then said the next day’s highlight would be an alchemy contest.

• Yao Xuan and the other young clan members tested their bloodlines and received Clan Marks according to their grades.
• Old Yao explained the bloodline grades and Clan Marks to Cao Ying, then revealed that his own Grade 1 Bloodline had led the Yao Clan to erase his parents’ names from the Ancestral Tablet.
• Yao Tian activated nine stars on the Star Disk, and Yao Dan identified a faint seven-colored flash as a God-Grade prototype.
• Elder Wanhuo inscribed Yao Tian with a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, raising his cultivation from Nine-Star Dou Zun to Three-Turn Dou Zun.
• After the ceremony ended, Old Yao recalled the contempt he had faced despite becoming a renowned Grade 8 Alchemist, then told Xiao Qing and Cao Ying that the next day’s contest would focus on alchemy.

Xiao Qing defended Yao Chen and Cao Ying when Yao Wangui mocked them and attacked Cao Ying. He left Yao Wangui gravely injured and helpless before the stunned crowd, whose elders estimated Xiao Qing was at least a Seven-Star Dou Saint.

• Yao Wangui confronted Yao Chen, mocked his expulsion from the clan, and insulted Xiao Qing and Cao Ying.
• Yao Wangui unleashed his Dou Saint pressure on Cao Ying, but Xiao Qing stepped in and knocked him into a stone pillar with a look.
• Xiao Qing warned Yao Wangui for attacking his disciple and said he feared neither the Yao Clan nor its elder.
• Xiao Qing froze Yao Wangui in place and slapped him across the platform, leaving half his face caved in.
• Xiao Qing lifted Yao Wangui by the neck with Spatial Power as Gu Nanhai and the clan elders recognized his overwhelming strength.

Xiao Qing revealed his Seven-Star Dou Saint strength while defending Old Yao against the Yao Clan, then accepted Elder Wanhuo’s pill-refining wager to win justice for Old Yao’s parents. The story left the dispute set for a public competition in three days.

• Xiao Qing gravely injured Yao Wangui for insulting Cao Ying and Old Yao, then released him at Elder Wanhuo’s request.
• Elder Wanhuo acknowledged the injustice against Old Yao and offered a wager over entering his parents’ names on the Ancestral Tablet.
• Xiao Qing demanded that Yao Wangui also apologize publicly and slap himself three times if Xiao Qing won, and Elder Wanhuo accepted.
• Elder Wanhuo and Xiao Qing agreed to publicly refine Ninth-Grade pills in three days, with inheritance notes and a Heavenly Flame Sub-Flame among the stakes.
• Cao Ying asked whether Xiao Qing was confident, and Old Yao explained that Elder Wanhuo relied too heavily on his Nine Serenities Wind Flame.

Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Qing was a Seven-Star Dou Saint and ordered the Soul Clan to accelerate its efforts to gather the Tou She Ancient God Jade. The other Emperor clans reacted with alarm and interest to Xiao Qing's strength, while the chapter left his rapid rise looming over their plans.

• Hun Tiandi watched the recording of Xiao Qing defeating Yao Wangui and ordered Hun Xuzi to accelerate the plan to collect every Tou She Ancient God Jade within three years.
• Hun Xuzi said Xiao Qing's Heavenly Flames could help him refine a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill, but admitted that attacking Xiao Qing would be too risky with the Ancient Clan at his side.
• Yan Jin confirmed reports that Xiao Qing was a Seven-Star Dou Saint, warned the Flame Clan not to offend him, and expressed interest in his path of flame.
• Lei Ying learned of Xiao Qing's cultivation and compared it with his own, which had taken four hundred years to reach Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Dan and Elder Wanhuo discussed Xiao Qing's strength and recognized that his rise from Four-Star to Seven-Star Dou Saint in a year had outpaced the information available to them.

Yao Dan and Gu Yuan reflected on Xiao Qing’s rise, while Gu Xun’er resolved to enter the Ancient Clan’s harshest trials and become strong enough to stand beside him. Three days later, the factions gathered in the Yao Realm for an alchemy contest, where Xiao Qing’s presence unsettled the gathered prodigies and elders.

• Yao Dan told Elder Wanhuo to befriend Xiao Qing if possible and admitted that the Yao Clan had wronged Yao Chen through its rigid rules.
• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Qing’s Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation and felt reassured about Gu Xun’er’s future with him.
• After reading Elder Gu Nanhai’s report, Gu Xun’er entered the Ancient Clan’s forbidden secret realm to pursue its inheritances and trials.
• News of Xiao Qing’s strength stirred the factions allied with the Heavenly Court and alarmed those that had clashed with it.
• Three days later, representatives from the major clans and factions gathered at Myriad Medicine Plaza for the Yao Clan’s alchemy contest.
• Hun Tu warned Hun Yi not to challenge Xiao Qing, while Huo Xuan’s Eight Desolations Destruction Flame reacted fearfully to Xiao Qing’s aura.

Xiao Qing and Elder Wanhuo began their alchemy contest, with Wanhuo refining ingredients in the Myriad Medicine Cauldron and Xiao Qing using his palm and the Flame of Life and Creation. Xiao Qing overwhelmed Wanhuo’s fire control and drew energy from across the Yao Realm to nourish his pill, leaving the realm’s skies dim and its medicinal herbs withering as the pill began to transform.

• Elder Wanhuo summoned the Myriad Medicine Cauldron and used the Nine Serenities Wind Flame to refine more than three hundred ingredients at once.
• Xiao Qing refined the same ingredients in his palm with the Flame of Life and Creation, whose power made the other Heavenly Flames tremble.
• Xiao Qing drew heaven and earth energy away from Wanhuo’s cauldron and began extracting it throughout the Yao Realm.
• Yao Dan realized the danger as the realm’s energy thinned, its medicinal herbs withered, and Xiao Qing’s medicinal liquid transformed into a starlight vortex.

Xiao Qing refined the Universe Creation Pill by draining much of the Yao Realm’s energy, and its formation outshone Elder Wanhuo’s supreme Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill. After the pill’s lightning empowered Xiao Qing’s puppet and the pill briefly took human form, Elder Wanhuo conceded defeat, leaving Yao Dan livid.

• Yao Dan stopped the Yao Clan elders from interrupting Xiao Qing’s refinement, and Xiao Qing’s pill embryo drained the Yao Realm’s energy until its concentration fell to seventy percent.
• Yao Dan identified Xiao Qing’s completed pill as the Universe Creation Pill, a Half-Step Golden Core, and recognized that it surpassed Elder Wanhuo’s Dragon Blood Profound Heaven Pill.
• Elder Wanhuo’s pill formed first and produced a blood dragon, but the venue’s attention returned to Xiao Qing’s more powerful pill.
• Black Demon Lightning and Nine Profound Golden Lightning struck Xiao Qing’s pill, and his Heavenly Venerable Puppet absorbed the lightning and advanced to Early Four-Star Dou Saint.
• The Universe Creation Pill took human form at Five-Star Dou Saint strength and begged Xiao Qing to spare it; Xiao Qing struck it back into pill form.
• Elder Wanhuo recalled the Nine Serenities Wind Flame and admitted defeat, while Xiao Qing looked toward the livid Yao Dan.

Xiao Qing suppressed the guests who coveted his Universe Creation Pill and forced the Yao Clan to honor the wager. Old Yao saw his parents’ names engraved on the Ancestral Tablet, while the Golden Pill Inheritance manuscript was due to be delivered to the Heavenly Court within three days.

• Xiao Qing’s Universe Creation Pill drew greedy attention from the guests, and Yao Dan and Elder Wanhuo recognized the danger.
• Xiao Qing struck the guests with his soul pressure, incapacitating or injuring those who coveted the pill and warning the rest not to try taking it.
• Xiao Qing sealed the pill in a jade box and demanded that the Yao Clan fulfill the wager.
• Yao Dan ordered Yao Chen’s parents’ names inscribed on the Ancestral Tablet and the Ninth-Grade Golden Pill Inheritance manuscript delivered to the Heavenly Court within three days.
• Old Yao saw his parents’ names on the tablet and said that he had finally done it.

Yao Chen rejected Yao Dan’s offer to return to the Yao Clan, choosing his life in the Heavenly Court after Xiao Qing punished Yao Wangui for his wager. As the three traveled home, Yao Chen reflected on Xiao Qing’s extraordinary cultivation and told him that taking him as a disciple was his proudest achievement.

• Yao Chen touched his parents’ newly inscribed names on the Ancestral Tablet, and Xiao Qing slapped Yao Wangui three times to fulfill the wager.
• Yao Dan offered Yao Chen high positions if he returned, but Yao Chen declared that he was now Saint Yao of the Heavenly Court and had severed ties with the Yao Clan.
• Yao Dan decided to give Xiao Qing the most complete Inheritance Notes, including Emperor Yao’s personal writings, and acknowledged that the clan needed to change.
• Xiao Qing led Yao Chen and Cao Ying out of the Yao Realm, while Yao Dan watched them depart and said Yao Chen would change the continent.
• In the Spatial Passage, Yao Chen asked when Xiao Qing had reached Seven-Star Dou Saint, then told him that taking him as a disciple was his proudest achievement.

After resolving Old Yao’s long-standing grievance with the Yao Clan, Xiao Qing returned to the Star Realm and planned to visit the Ancient Clan to ask for Xun’er’s hand. He spent the following days growing closer to Xiao Yi Xian, until Qing Lin unexpectedly witnessed an intimate moment between them.

• Xiao Qing told Old Yao he would visit the Ancient Clan to see Xun’er and formally ask for her hand, while Old Yao celebrated the news.
• Xiao Qing, Old Yao, and Cao Ying returned to the Star Realm, where Cao Ying recounted Xiao Qing’s exploits in the Yao Realm to Wind Venerable and the others.
• Xiao Qing studied the Yao Clan’s Ninth-Grade Golden Pill notes and told Old Yao that their ancient theories showed why the Heavenly Court needed to embrace new ideas.
• Xiao Qing spent the next half month with Xiao Yi Xian, tending herbs, walking, and sharing quiet time together in the Star Realm.
• Qing Lin arrived at Xiao Yi Xian’s courtyard and ran away after seeing Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian in an intimate embrace.

Xiao Qing left the Star Realm for the Ancient Realm, where he planned to check on Xun'er and deal with the Ancient Clan. He arrived at Ancient Holy City and approached its gates as a Seven-Star Dou Saint, drawing attention from those waiting outside.

• Qing Lin accidentally discovered Xiao Qing and Xiao Yi Xian together and became too embarrassed to face them.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Yi Xian he would leave for the Ancient Realm, then departed through a spatial passage as Qing Lin and the others watched.
• Xiao Qing emerged onto the grassland near Ancient Stone Plaza and recognized it as a gateway into the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Qing crossed the area affected by the Ancient Clan's Dou Emperor pressure and reached Ancient Holy City without difficulty.
• Someone in the line outside the city gates noticed Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing arrived at Ancient Holy City and was welcomed into the Ancient Realm by Gu Nanhai. The chapter ended as Gu Nanhai led him toward the Holy Hall, where the Ancient Clan’s head was waiting.

• Xiao Qing flew to Ancient Holy City, where Commander Lin stopped his subordinate from confronting him and welcomed him with the highest courtesy.
• Commander Lin escorted Xiao Qing through the city and explained its ancient defenses before they reached Mirror Lake.
• Gu Xun came through the opened spatial gate to receive Xiao Qing, and Gu Nanhai soon arrived after hearing the news.
• Gu Nanhai praised Xiao Qing’s rapid cultivation and his exploits in the Yao Realm, then said the clan head was waiting in the Holy Hall.
• Xiao Qing crossed into the Ancient Realm and saw the energy-rich Ancient Saint Mountain Range as Gu Nanhai guided him onward.

Gu Lie, the Black Annihilation King, challenged Xiao Qing to test the Ancient Clan’s honored guest and Xun’er’s beloved. Xiao Qing easily countered Gu Lie’s attacks, drawing a crowd of Ancient Clan members, while Gu Xun went to notify Gu Yuan.

• Gu Lie greeted Xiao Qing, questioned him about his strength, and asked him to spar.
• Xiao Qing accepted, and he and Gu Lie moved to a mountain peak to fight as Gu Nanhai sent Gu Xun to alert the clan leader.
• Gu Lie attacked with a punch, but Xiao Qing calmly neutralized it using the fused Laws of Fire and Space.
• Gu Lie launched a full-force assault, and Xiao Qing intercepted each attack without moving his feet or taking his other hand from behind his back.
• The battle’s ripples drew Gu Qingyang, Ancient Clan elders, and thousands of onlookers to the peak.

Xiao Qing defeated Gu Lie in a spar, earning the Black Annihilation King's respect and recognition from the Ancient Clan. Gu Lie and Gu Nanhai brought him to the Ancient Holy Hall, where Gu Yuan awaited him for a private meeting.

• Gu Nanhai announced that Xiao Qing was the Heavenly Emperor and that his fight with Gu Lie was only a spar, shocking the gathered Ancient Clan members.
• Gu Lie ended the match, admitted defeat, and praised Xiao Qing's strength after Xiao Qing handled him with one hand and did not use a Dou Technique.
• Gu Lie warmly accepted Xiao Qing as family and escorted him with Gu Nanhai toward the main peak, while Gu Qingyang acknowledged the gap between himself and Xiao Qing.
• Gu Yuan watched their approach and spoke with an elder about Xiao Qing's strength and the marriage between the clans.
• Gu Dao greeted Xiao Qing at the Ancient Holy Hall and told Gu Lie and Gu Nanhai that Gu Yuan wished to speak with Xiao Qing alone.
• Xiao Qing entered the expanded interior of the Holy Hall and came face-to-face with Gu Yuan, the Ancient Clan's Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Qing met with Gu Yuan, who approved his marriage to Xun'er and asked him to serve as chief judge at the Ancient Clan's upcoming youth competition. Xiao Qing accepted and settled into Listening to Rain Pavilion, where he would stay until the competition in three days.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Qing that Xun'er had endured her God-Grade Bloodline inheritance to catch up to him and that he supported their marriage despite opposition from conservative elders.
• Gu Yuan invited Xiao Qing to be chief judge of the Ancient Clan's youth competition, both to assess the younger generation and publicly show his support for Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing accepted the role, and Gu Yuan asked him to be patient with Xun'er and look after her.
• Gu Dao escorted Xiao Qing to Listening to Rain Pavilion, while Gu Lie told Gu Nanhai that Xiao Qing had easily stopped seventy percent of his strength.

Gu Xun'er emerged from seclusion with her God-Grade Bloodline fully activated and reached Five-Turn Dou Zun. She reunited with Xiao Qing at Listening to Rain Pavilion, where they shared their longing and caught up after years apart.

• Xiao Qing sensed a spatial fluctuation and recognized Gu Xun'er's aura as she left the secret realm.
• Gu Xun'er learned Xiao Qing was staying at Listening to Rain Pavilion and rushed to meet him before stabilizing her cultivation.
• Gu Xun'er embraced Xiao Qing and cried, telling him how much she had missed him; he comforted her and said he had missed her too.
• Gu Xun'er told Xiao Qing she had reached Five-Turn Dou Zun, and he praised her progress while she vowed to one day stand by his side.
• Xiao Qing led Gu Xun'er to the stone bench, poured her tea, and asked about her inheritance, which she said had gone smoothly but felt lonely.

Xiao Qing and Gu Xun'er explored the Ancient Realm together before encountering several young Ancient Clan disciples. After Xiao Qing stopped their coordinated attack with space solidification, he began guiding Gu Tian on his spear technique.

• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Qing shared stories and visited Star Lake, where she told him about memories of her father, and the Enlightenment Stele Forest.
• Gu Xun'er introduced Xiao Qing to Gu Tian, Gu Yu, Gu Xing, and Gu Hua at the Cultivation Plaza, and they recognized him as the Heavenly Emperor.
• Gu Tian asked Xiao Qing for guidance, and Xiao Qing agreed to face all four disciples at once.
• Xiao Qing stopped their simultaneous attacks by solidifying the space around them, then told Gu Tian that his spear technique lacked variation.