Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing earned the Ancient Clan’s younger generation’s respect by advising Gu Tian and the others, while Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Qing’s role as a judge would demonstrate his worth to the clan. At the start of the competition, the elders greeted Xiao Qing with sincere respect, surprising Gu Yuan as he recalled a secret discussion with the supreme elders.

• Xiao Qing identified flaws in Gu Tian, Gu Yu, Gu Xing, and Gu Hua’s cultivation and won their admiration.
• Xiao Qing toured the Ancient Realm with Gu Xun'er and escorted her back to her residence before the competition.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Dao and Gu Yan that Xiao Qing’s appointment as judge would show the clan whether he was worthy of Gu Xun'er and its future.
• At dawn, the Ancient Clan’s competition began, and Xiao Qing arrived to take his seat as chief judge.
• Gu Yue, Gu He, and the ten supervising elders greeted Xiao Qing respectfully, leaving Gu Yuan surprised as he recalled his discussion with the supreme elders.

Gu Xun'er won the Ancient Clan’s grand competition, and Gu Yuan formally arranged her marriage to Xiao Qing. When Xiao Qing presented his betrothal gift that night, Gu Yuan recognized the fragment and was left stunned.

• Gu Xun'er defeated every opponent in the competition, including Gu Qingyang, and claimed first place.
• Gu Yuan announced that Gu Xun'er and Xiao Qing would marry, and he gave Xiao Qing an Ancient Clan jade pendant as a token.
• That night, Xiao Qing told Gu Yuan he had prepared a betrothal gift and showed him an ancient-looking fragment.
• Gu Yuan recognized the fragment’s aura, rose in shock, and cracked the stone bench beneath him.

Xiao Qing gave the Xiao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment to Gu Yuan as a betrothal gift for Xun’er, and Gu Yuan accepted it for safekeeping. Gu Yuan then told Xiao Qing how Xiao Xuan’s failed attempt to become a Dou Emperor led to his death and the Xiao Clan’s ruin.

• Xiao Qing revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment and explained that he was giving it to Gu Yuan because Xun’er mattered more to him than the chance to become an Emperor.
• Gu Yuan accepted the fragment, promised the Ancient Clan would safeguard it and help Xiao Qing if he pursued the other pieces, and affirmed his trust in him.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Qing what he knew about Xiao Xuan, then recalled meeting him as a young Half-Saint at an Ancient Clan Assembly.
• Gu Yuan described Xiao Xuan’s extraordinary talent, their evenly matched contest, and Xiao Xuan’s resolve to restore the Xiao Clan to greatness.
• Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Xuan burned the Xiao Clan’s bloodline source to approach the Dou Emperor realm, but the attempt failed and Hun Tiandi killed him while he was gravely injured.
• Gu Yuan said Xiao Xuan’s failure exhausted the Xiao Clan’s bloodline and led to the slaughter of its remaining elites, leaving the clan in irreversible decline.

Gu Yuan told Xiao Qing that Xiao Xuan might still exist as a remnant soul deep within the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Qing entered the tomb to seek him. As Xiao Qing arrived, Xiao Xuan sensed a powerful descendant of the Xiao Clan approaching.

• Gu Yuan explained that Xiao Xuan had failed to reach the Dou Emperor realm but may have preserved a faint remnant soul in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan warned Xiao Qing about the tomb’s dangers and offered to open its entrance for him.
• Deep in the tomb, Xiao Xuan sensed Xiao Qing’s vigorous Xiao Clan bloodline and reached out with his own bloodline power.
• Gu Yuan tore open the entrance in the Ancient Realm and warned Xiao Qing about the tomb’s strange time flow and dangerous Energy Entities.
• Xiao Qing entered the Heavenly Tomb and arrived in a barren wasteland where phantom figures wandered.

Xiao Qing bypassed the Heavenly Tomb’s first two levels and entered the third, where Blood Blade Saint mistook him for Xiao Xuan and directed him toward the depths. As Xiao Qing followed the bloodline resonance, four Soul Clan Energy Entities ambushed him, and the chapter ended as they attacked.

• Xiao Qing crossed the first two levels of the Heavenly Tomb, crushing Energy Entities and collecting three Energy Cores along the way.
• Xiao Qing released his Seven-Star Dou Saint aura on the third level, causing the watching Energy Entities to retreat.
• Blood Blade Saint mistook Xiao Qing for Xiao Xuan, begged for his life, and pointed him toward the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Qing followed the bloodline resonance deeper into the tomb while other Energy Entities fled from his aura.
• Four Soul Clan Dou Saint Energy Entities emerged, recognized Xiao Qing as Xiao Clan bloodline, and attacked him from four directions.

Xiao Qing defeated four Soul Clan Dou Saint Energy Entities and continued through the Heavenly Tomb to Xiao Xuan’s ancient mansion. There, Xiao Xuan appeared before him, recognizing Xiao Qing as the Xiao Clan’s long-awaited hope.

• Xiao Qing trapped and refined four attacking Soul Clan Dou Saint Energy Entities inside a crystal sphere, frightening the other hidden Energy Entities into retreating.
• Xiao Qing followed Xiao Xuan’s watching presence through the Heavenly Tomb and reached the mansion Xiao Xuan had recreated from the Xiao Clan’s former main residence.
• Xiao Qing’s Emperor Dou Bloodline resonated strongly at the mansion, and Xiao Xuan’s voice announced that he had waited a thousand years for this moment.
• Xiao Xuan manifested before Xiao Qing, and the two recognized their connection through the Xiao Clan bloodline.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Qing and regarded him as the Xiao Clan’s true hope.

Xiao Xuan explained the Xiao Clan’s bloodline decline and its enmity with the Soul Clan, then urged Xiao Qing to grow strong enough to face Hun Tiandi. The story then shifted to the Ancient Realm’s heavily guarded forbidden grounds, where the Tou She Ancient God Jade was protected.

• Xiao Xuan examined Xiao Qing’s strength and bloodline awakening, then told him he had waited in the Heavenly Tomb for a descendant who could revive the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan recounted how Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan attacked the Xiao Clan, and how he sacrificed himself to protect its survivors.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Xuan that he had captured four Soul Clan Energy Entities and had gained the Ancient Clan as an ally through his betrothal to Gu Yuan’s daughter.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Qing that the Soul Clan’s strength exceeded his own and that he needed to advance beyond Seven-Star Dou Saint to contend with Hun Tiandi.
• The narration described the Ancient Realm’s forbidden grounds and their spatial lockdown, Soul Barrier, and Ancient Emperor protective barrier guarding the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Hun Shi, disguised as the Ancient Clan elder Gu Yang, learned that the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Emperor Jade had been placed in the forbidden land and decided to send intelligence to the Soul Clan. He secretly prepared two encrypted messages, including one about Xiao Qing entering the Heavenly Tomb.

• The chapter revealed how Hun Shi had taken over Gu Yang’s body a hundred years earlier by gradually devouring and fusing with his soul.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Yang to strengthen the forbidden land’s guard, especially at the third barrier, where the Ancient Emperor Jade was enshrined.
• Hun Shi inferred that the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Emperor Jade had been placed in the third barrier and weighed the danger of reporting it.
• Hun Shi suppressed the remnants of Gu Yang’s consciousness and formed two encrypted messages: one about the Jade entering the forbidden land and another about Xiao Qing entering the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Shi flicked the two points of light away to transmit the messages.

Hun Tiandi learned that the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade was in Gu Yuan’s hands and that Xiao Qing had entered the Heavenly Tomb. He reflected on Xiao Xuan, the formidable rival he had defeated a thousand years earlier, and left the story acknowledging Xiao Xuan’s talent but calling him a fool.

• Gu Lin secretly carried two pieces of intelligence from the Ancient Clan to the Soul Clan through a chain of covert transfers.
• Hun Miesheng delivered the Blood-Colored Jade Slip to Hun Tiandi and confirmed the intelligence had been routed safely.
• Hun Tiandi learned that the Xiao Clan’s ancient jade was in the Ancient Clan’s Forbidden Land and that Xiao Qing had entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Tiandi realized Gu Yuan possessed the ancient jade, ending the Soul Clan’s long search for it.
• Hun Tiandi went to the Soul Realm’s void and recalled Xiao Xuan’s exceptional cultivation and his failed attempt to reach Dou Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi praised Xiao Xuan’s courage before declaring that he had been a fool.

Hun Tiandi recalled Xiao Xuan’s last stand and ordered the Soul Clan to prepare for war while prioritizing Xiao Qing’s elimination. In the Ancient Realm, Gu Xun’er played chess alone and reflected on Xiao Qing as she waited for him to return from the Heavenly Tomb.

• Hun Tiandi remembered Xiao Xuan’s refusal to surrender the Ancient Emperor Jade and his sacrifice that let the Xiao Clan remnants escape.
• Hun Tiandi ordered his subordinates to monitor the Heavenly Tomb’s exit, pressure the other clans, and use Gu Yang to seize the Ancient Emperor Jade when war began.
• Hun Tiandi named Xiao Qing a high-priority target and resolved not to let him grow stronger.
• Gu Xun’er played chess against herself in the courtyard where Xiao Qing had said goodbye to her.
• Gu Xun’er recognized that her cautious and daring approaches reflected different sides of her personality.

Gu Xun'er waited anxiously for Xiao Qing to return from the Heavenly Tomb while the Ancient Clan prepared for their betrothal ceremony. The chapter then shifted to Xiao Yi Xian tending poisonous herbs in the Star Realm, where she was cultivating Purple Soul Flowers to make pills for her breakthrough.

• Gu Xun'er worried about Xiao Qing's safety and wondered what he would think when he met Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Zhu told Gu Xun'er that the betrothal ceremony would be held at Star Moon Lake, and Gu Xun'er imagined the ceremony while considering whether Xiao Qing would be comfortable with Ancient Clan traditions.
• A guard summoned Gu Xun'er to the Council Hall to discuss the betrothal arrangements, and she left hoping Xiao Qing would return safely.
• In the Star Realm's Medicine Garden, Xiao Yi Xian used Nether Poison Flame to nurture Purple Soul Flowers for refining Purple Soul Pills that could help her reach the Nine-Turn Dou Zun realm.

While Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin missed Xiao Qing in the Star Realm, Xiao Xuan told Xiao Qing that he might help him reach the Emperor Realm Soul. The Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Entities reacted to Xiao Xuan’s words, revealing the Heavenly Tomb’s hostile attention toward Xiao Qing.

• Qing Lin brought Xiao Yi Xian Nether Snake Grass and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was nearing Nine-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian comforted Qing Lin about her cultivation and admitted through her memories that she missed Xiao Qing while he was away.
• In Xiao Xuan’s Mansion, Xiao Xuan said Xiao Qing’s strength had surpassed his understanding but offered to help him advance his soul realm.
• The Heavenly Tomb’s Energy Entities all stopped and turned toward Xiao Xuan and Xiao Qing when Xiao Xuan mentioned the Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Qing recognized that the Heavenly Tomb itself had watched him with cold greed and malice since his arrival.

Xiao Qing told Xiao Xuan that he had sensed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and learned why it had become a powerful threat. When Xiao Xuan offered to sacrifice his remnant soul to help Xiao Qing defeat it, Xiao Qing refused and began revealing his strength to prove he could fight it himself.

• Xiao Qing described the two gazes watching him in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan confirmed that one belonged to its powerful, law-controlling Soul.
• Xiao Xuan explained how accumulated remnant souls had formed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, which had approached Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint strength.
• Xiao Xuan offered to burn his remnant soul to strip away the Soul’s origin and help Xiao Qing absorb it, while asking Xiao Qing to return the Emperor Dou Bloodline to talented Xiao Clan members.
• Xiao Qing refused the sacrifice and said his own combat strength was enough to suppress and refine the Soul, despite Xiao Xuan’s warnings about the disparity in their cultivation.
• Xiao Qing removed his restraints and unleashed his power, beginning with his Early-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation and Peak Mid-Stage Ninth Stage physical body.

Xiao Qing revealed that his Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation concealed combat strength approaching a Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, shocking Xiao Xuan. He proposed refining a Half-Step Golden Core to reach Eight-Star Dou Saint before confronting the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan agreed to protect his seclusion.

• Xiao Qing displayed his fused powers, prompting Xiao Xuan to praise his strength and potential as surpassing Xiao Xuan’s own at his peak.
• Xiao Xuan warned that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb had the advantage of controlling the Heavenly Tomb’s rules and energy.
• Xiao Qing produced the Universe Creation Pill, a Half-Step Golden Core he had refined in the Yao Realm after competing with Wan Huo.
• Xiao Qing said refining the pill could help him advance to Eight-Star Dou Saint and let him suppress the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to Xiao Qing’s plan and offered the mansion as a protected place for him to enter seclusion.

Xiao Qing cultivated in Xiao Xuan’s Quiet Room and absorbed the Universe Creation Pill, completing his breakthrough from Seven-Star to Eight-Star Dou Saint. He emerged with greatly strengthened Dou Qi, body, and fused laws, while the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb remained unable to penetrate his protections.

• Xiao Qing entered Xiao Xuan’s Quiet Room and established spatial, soul, and energy barriers before swallowing the Universe Creation Pill.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the pill’s immense energy and law fragments as Xiao Xuan sensed the suppressed fluctuations and anticipated the Xiao Clan’s return to glory.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb detected an abnormal fluctuation in the mansion but could not investigate through Xiao Qing’s barriers and Xiao Xuan’s presence.
• After about three months, Xiao Qing completed his transformation, reaching Eight-Star Dou Saint and late Ninth Stage physical strength.
• Xiao Qing opened his eyes, confirmed his Heaven Realm Great Perfection soul and the fusion of his five laws, then restrained most of his aura.

Xiao Qing emerged from seclusion as an eight-star Dou Saint, and Xiao Xuan recognized that his power had reached the continent’s apex. Xiao Qing’s aura spread throughout the Heavenly Tomb, leaving its energy entities fearful and making those on the third layer believe Xiao Xuan had appeared.

• Xiao Xuan examined Xiao Qing’s breakthrough and praised his solid foundation and power, saying the Xiao Clan had hope.
• Xiao Qing left the mansion and appeared in the third layer’s turbulent energy tides, which quieted around him.
• Xiao Qing’s aura swept through the first and second layers, causing their energy entities to prostrate themselves or flee in terror.
• Blood Blade Saint sensed Xiao Qing’s immense aura and wondered if it belonged to the azure-robed youth he had met three months earlier.
• The third layer’s energy entities sensed the Xiao Clan bloodline and excitedly declared that Xiao Xuan was making a move.
• A hunched energy entity deep in the third layer raised its head from the shadow of a ruined palace.

Xiao Qing confronted the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb while trapped Energy Entities mistook him for Xiao Xuan and hoped he would free them. The Blood Blade Saint revealed that Xiao Qing was Xiao Xuan’s descendant, leaving the Energy Entities stunned by his extraordinary strength.

• A former Five-Star Dou Saint and other Energy Entities emerged from hiding and pleaded for Xiao Xuan to end the Heavenly Tomb’s torment.
• Xiao Qing sensed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb watching him from the deepest part of the tomb and prepared to face it.
• The Blood Blade Saint recognized Xiao Qing as the young man who had asked him for directions three months earlier and shouted that he was not Xiao Xuan.
• The Blood Blade Saint told the Energy Entities that Xiao Qing was Xiao Xuan’s descendant, and they marveled at his Eight-Star Dou Saint strength and seemingly unfathomable aura.

The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb confronted Xiao Qing and demanded that he leave, but he declared that he wanted its Soul Origin. Enraged, it launched a massive Soul Storm at him.

• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb appeared and used its authority over the Heavenly Tomb to suppress the Energy Entities.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb sensed Xiao Qing's Xiao Clan bloodline and warned him to leave rather than risk a fight.
• Xiao Qing mocked the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and demanded its Soul Origin.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb flew into a rage and unleashed a vast Soul Storm at Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing summoned his Flame Law True Body and used the Green Emperor Finger to overwhelm the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb. The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb was left burning and unable to fight back, while Blood Blade Saint and the other energy entities watched in shock.

• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb unleashed a soul storm meant to annihilate Xiao Qing, and the energy entities below feared he could not withstand it.
• Xiao Qing summoned his crimson-gold Flame Law True Body, which dispersed the storm and purified the trapped souls.
• The Soul of the Heavenly Tomb recognized Xiao Qing’s control of heaven and earth law power and realized it was outmatched.
• Xiao Qing summoned the Green Emperor Finger, which shattered the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s thirty-seven defensive walls and pierced its face.
• The Green Emperor Finger’s law flames burned the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s soul origin, leaving it unable to extinguish them as Blood Blade Saint and the others watched in disbelief.

Xiao Qing defeated and killed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, claimed the title of Heavenly Court’s Heavenly Emperor, and began absorbing its Soul Origin. Xiao Xuan guarded him as a tremendous surge of Soul Origin power erupted from within Xiao Qing.

• Xiao Qing rejected the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s plea for mercy and demanded its Soul Origin.
• Xiao Qing revealed his five-law light wheel, declared himself Heavenly Court’s Heavenly Emperor, and overwhelmed the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Qing bound the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, extracted its Soul Origin, and destroyed it, prompting the Energy Entities to cheer.
• Xiao Qing sat at the highest point of the Heavenly Tomb and began absorbing the Soul Origin while Xiao Xuan protected him with a barrier.
• A vast surge of pure Soul Origin power erupted from within Xiao Qing.