Chapter Summaries

After three months of consuming Fire Essence Demon Ginseng and cultivating in the magma region, Xiao Yan reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun and made one final attempt to break through to Half-Saint. Two days into absorbing the last plants, he felt the barrier begin to shake, bringing him closer to the breakthrough.

• Xiao Yan used the Black Flame to remove the demonic nature from Fire Essence Demon Ginseng, discovering that he could absorb its pure fire energy.
• Xiao Yan spent three months hunting the plants and practicing his Dou Techniques, consuming more than twenty and reaching the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan decided that absorbing two final Fire Essence Demon Ginseng would be his last attempt to advance, since his body was nearing its limit.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the refined scarlet liquid, used the Black Flame and Flame Mantra to absorb its energy, and drove his Dou Qi toward the Half-Saint barrier.
• After two days of forcing the barrier, Xiao Yan felt it begin to shake and believed the chance to break through was near.

Xiao Yan reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun but chose to strengthen his foundation instead of forcing a breakthrough to Half-Saint, then collected the Fire Essence Demon Ginseng needed for Yao Lao’s resurrection. As Xiao Yan and Qing Lin departed the Burning Flame Valley together, Qing Lin resolved to follow her own path and grow stronger so she could help protect him.

• Xiao Yan resisted a premature breakthrough to Half-Saint and consolidated his cultivation after mastering the fundamentals of the Fire Cloud Ancestor’s Heaven Class Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan captured four Fire Essence Demon Ginseng for Yao Lao and left the magma region to return to the Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan learned that Yao Lao and Wei Jiangyuan had completed the resurrection plan, though the required body still had to be settled.
• Xiao Yan thanked the Fire Cloud Ancestor, agreed to closer ties among the Burning Flame Valley, Medical Poison Valley, and Starfall Pavilion, and departed with Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin reflected on how she had become queen of the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan and decided she needed to pursue Ming Mei’s path and grow stronger, even if it meant being apart from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Qing Lin parted after she gave him a spatial jade slip that would summon her, and Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion. There he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and met Old Man Shennong, whom he brought into the alchemy chamber to discuss Yao Lao’s imminent resurrection.

• Qing Lin gave Xiao Yan a blood-essence-refined spatial jade slip and promised to come to him whenever he crushed it, then left through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and found it safe, easing his fears that the Ancient Clan had attacked in his absence.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Xiao Yan back, and Wei Jiangyuan greeted him alongside his teacher, Old Man Shennong.
• Old Man Shennong praised Xiao Yan’s cultivation and alchemy, while Wei Jiangyuan joked about trading teachers.
• Xiao Yan brought Old Man Shennong, Yao Lao, Xuan Yi, Wei Jiangyuan, and Yao Qingyu into the alchemy chamber for advice on Yao Lao’s imminent resurrection.

Xiao Yan and the others finalized a plan to revive Yao Lao, and Old Man Shennong offered them the body of a slain One-Star Dou Sheng to improve the revival. Yao Lao accepted the gift, and Wei Jiangyuan agreed to handle the preparations while Xiao Yan took responsibility for the final stage.

• Xiao Yan reviewed the revised revival plan, which drew on Yao Lao's powerful soul, Xiao Yan's four Heavenly Flames, and their improved medicinal resources.
• Old Man Shennong replaced the planned Dou Zun body with the intact corpse of a One-Star Dou Sheng he had once defeated.
• Yao Lao initially refused the precious body, but Old Man Shennong offered it as a personal gift connected to Wei Jiangyuan and Yao Qingyu.
• Wei Jiangyuan insisted that he and Yao Qingyu would end up together, helping Yao Lao accept Old Man Shennong's gift.
• Wei Jiangyuan offered to handle the preparations, while Xiao Yan agreed to perform the final stage and resolved to ensure Yao Lao's revival succeeded.

Xiao Yan began preparing a powerful Dou Sheng body to receive Yao Lao’s soul, drawing the attention of Starfall Pavilion’s disciples and elders. The resurrection was underway, but its success remained uncertain as Xiao Yan carefully tempered the body with the Red Lotus Star Flame and prepared it with Wei Jiangyuan’s processed liquids.

• Refinement pulled Yan Yu away from cultivation to watch Xiao Yan resurrect Yao Lao.
• Yan Yu and Refinement joined the crowd gathered more than a hundred zhang from Xiao Yan, where Mu Yaoyin, Old Man Shennong, Venerable Wind, Xiao Yi Xian, and others stood guard or watched.
• Wei Jiangyuan told Xiao Yan that he had done all he could, then went to support Yao Qingyu.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao if he was ready, and Yao Lao trusted him to carry out the resurrection without accidents.
• Xiao Yan used the Red Lotus Star Flame to heat the soulless Dou Sheng body until its skin turned dark red, then poured Wei Jiangyuan’s prepared liquids over it.

Xiao Yan restored a Dou Sheng body and helped Yao Lao merge with it using the Life-Merging Bone-Growing Pill. As Yao Lao stabilized his cultivation, Xiao Yan saw the path to advancing to Half-Saint and felt his breakthrough opportunity return.

• Xiao Yan infused the Dou Sheng body with Fire Essence Demon Ginseng and life-rich medicinal liquids over three days, restoring its heart, blood circulation, and healthy appearance.
• Yao Lao entered the body with the Bone Chilling Flame, suppressed the ginseng's demonic nature with his Soul Power, and took the Life-Merging Bone-Growing Pill Xiao Yan gave him.
• The pill accelerated the body's transformation until it took on Yao Lao's appearance, and the world's energy gathered around him as he began circulating Dou Qi.
• Yao Lao gradually made his Dou Qi circulation smooth and stable, while Xiao Yan gained a clear understanding of the path to Half-Saint and felt his breakthrough opportunity return.

While Yao Lao continued his resurrection, Xiao Yan seized the chance to break through to the Half-Saint realm under Old Man Shennong’s protection. After half a month of stable cultivation, he and Yao Lao remained in stillness as Xiao Qingqing discovered that the ground had begun to shake.

• Old Man Shennong assured Xiao Yan that Yao Lao’s resurrection was stable and told him to proceed with his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating, and Xiao Yi Xian recognized that he was attempting to enter the Half-Saint realm.
• Mu Yaoyin separated the protective barrier around Yao Lao from Xiao Yan’s area, allowing Xiao Yan to absorb more natural energy.
• Half a month passed as Xiao Yan’s aura rose steadily and Starfall Pavilion’s visitors dispersed, while Mu Yaoyin stayed nearby to guard him.
• Xiao Qingqing’s fruit began bouncing, and the ground shook as Xiao Yi Xian caught her when she lost her balance.

Yao Lao awakened and broke through to the one-star Dou Sheng realm while Xiao Yan completed his cultivation and reached the Half-Saint realm. Their simultaneous return strengthened Starfall Pavilion as its disciples welcomed them.

• Xiao Qingqing sensed that Yao Lao was about to awaken, and Xiao Yi Xian praised her insight while reassuring her that Xiao Yan was strongest in her heart.
• Yao Lao absorbed the Dou Qi vortex and broke through to the Half-Saint realm, then continued advancing to one-star Dou Sheng.
• Starfall Pavilion’s disciples gathered as Yao Lao’s aura surged, and Old Man Shennong shielded Xiao Yan from the resulting pressure.
• Xiao Yan released the Dou Qi he had compressed within his body and broke through from peak Dou Zun to Half-Saint.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan opened their eyes at nearly the same time, and Xiao Yan welcomed his teacher home.

Gu Feng informed Gu Qingyang that the throne had ordered him to lead the Ancient Clan’s group to the Heavenly Tomb Conference and plant a mysterious metal object at the passage to the fourth level. He was also ordered to kill Xiao Yan, and he accepted the mission despite his reluctance.

• Gu Feng told Gu Qingyang that the throne had chosen him to lead the Ancient Clan’s group to the Heavenly Tomb Conference, despite his having already reached Dou Saint.
• Gu Feng revealed that Gu Qingyang’s first task was to take a mysterious piece of metal into the Heavenly Tomb and release it at the passage from the third level to the fourth.
• Gu Feng ordered Gu Qingyang to kill Xiao Yan, with Gu Xing and Gu Hua assisting him.
• Gu Qingyang recalled his admiration for Xiao Yan and his duty to the Ancient Clan, then accepted the throne’s order.

Jiang Yunyan brought Lei Jingxiao to the Ancient Clan for the Heavenly Tomb gathering, where he taunted the clan over its earlier clash with Xiao Yan. Jiang Yunyan tacitly allowed the provocation and invited an Ancient Clan youth to challenge him, leaving Lei Jingxiao to face them alone.

• Jiang Yunyan reminded Lei Jingxiao that he had to reach one-star Dou Sheng after the Heavenly Tomb or train in seclusion with her for another ten years.
• Jiang Yunyan and Lei Jingxiao arrived at the Ancient Clan's territory, where Gu Chang and the clan's younger generation received them.
• Lei Jingxiao mocked the Ancient Clan for ganging up on Xiao Yan and letting elders bully the young, angering the clan members present.
• Gu Chang accused Jiang Yunyan of allowing her family to humiliate the Ancient Clan, but she invited its young talents to teach Lei Jingxiao a lesson.
• Lei Jingxiao accepted that he would have to fight the Ancient Clan geniuses without his aunt's further help and resolved not to lose.

Lei Jingxiao provoked the Ancient Clan over its past defeat by Xiao Yan, but Gu Qingyang stopped Gu Hua from starting a fight and challenged Lei Jingxiao to settle matters in the Heavenly Tomb. The next delegation arrived, revealing Huo Zhi among the few surviving members of the devastated Flame Clan.

• Gu Hua confronted Lei Jingxiao over his insults, but Lei Jingxiao publicly mocked the Ancient Clan for failing to defeat Xiao Yan despite outnumbering him.
• Gu Qingyang arrived and ordered Gu Hua and the other Ancient Clan members to stand down until the Heavenly Tomb gathering began.
• Gu Qingyang offered to face Lei Jingxiao in the Heavenly Tomb, and Lei Jingxiao agreed to fight him fairly while vowing to settle the rest of Xiao Yan's debt there.
• The next group entered the Gu Realm, led by an unfamiliar old man and followed by Huo Zhi, whose Flame Clan delegation had dwindled after the Soul Clan's attack.

The Flame, Stone, Thunder, Yao, and Spirit Clans arrived for the Heavenly Tomb gathering as old conflicts made the gathering increasingly dangerous. The chapter ended with the Spirit Clan appearing despite its attack on the Pill Tower and the Soul Clan’s destruction of the Flame Clan.

• Gu Chang greeted Yan Chao and the Flame Clan, while Lei Jingxiao enthusiastically offered to fight alongside Huo Zhi against the Soul Clan and other clans.
• Jiang Yunyan worried that Lei Jingxiao’s mid-Half-Saint strength might not be enough to keep him safe once the gathering’s conflicts erupted.
• The Stone Clan arrived quietly and settled in to wait.
• Lei Dong led the Thunder Clan into the plaza as the Yao Clan arrived under its elder, and Lei Dong and Lei Jingxiao exchanged hostile looks.
• The Spirit Clan arrived despite having plotted against the Pill Tower, prompting the gathered clans to recall the unresolved tensions surrounding its actions and the Flame Clan’s destruction.

The Spirit Clan and Soul Clan arrived at the gathering before the Heavenly Tomb, and Huo Zhi accused the Soul Clan of infiltrating the Flame Clan to enable its destruction. She left the Soul Clan facing suspicion from the other clans and answered Hun Yu’s threat with a threat of her own.

• Ling Fengzhui arrived with the Spirit Clan and ignored Lei Jingxiao’s provocation.
• The Soul Clan arrived in force, and Hun Yu fixed an amused, hostile gaze on the surviving Flame Clan members.
• Huo Zhi told the gathered clans that a Soul Clan infiltrator had replaced a Flame Clan Dou Sheng elder and breached the clan’s grand formation.
• The other clans reconsidered the Soul Clan’s threat, while the Soul Clan leader and Hun Yu reacted angrily to Huo Zhi’s accusation.
• Hun Yu threatened Huo Zhi over her Crimson Lotus Karma Flame, and she vowed to kill the Soul Clan members if they tried to flee.
• Huo Xi steeled himself to enter the Heavenly Tomb despite his much lower strength than the Soul Clan prodigies.

Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan arrived at the Heavenly Tomb Conference and reunited with Lei Jingxiao as the Soul Clan confronted the Flame Clan. Elder Gu Zechuan announced an extra entry for Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan, Lei Jingxiao, and Wei Jiangyuan all objected to the arrangement.

• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan emerged from a spatial rift and joined Lei Jingxiao, and the three warmly reunited after three years apart.
• Xiao Yan confronted Hun Yu and told him he was not qualified to take his life.
• Elder Gu Zechuan arrived and announced that the Heavenly Tomb Conference would begin, with two participants allowed from each clan under the usual rules.
• Gu Zechuan requested an additional slot for Xiao Yan, prompting Xiao Yan, Lei Jingxiao, and Wei Jiangyuan to object at once.

Xiao Yan demanded that the Ancient Clan return the two Heavenly Tomb slots originally belonging to the Xiao Clan, and Gu Zechuan challenged the clan to compete for them. Xun Er appeared and declared that she would represent the Xiao Clan at the conference.

• Xiao Yan rejected the Ancient Clan’s offer of an extra slot and demanded the Xiao Clan’s two original slots.
• Gu Zechuan pressured Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan blocked him with his Heavenly State Soul and mocked the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Zechuan offered the slots to the Xiao Clan if one of its members could defeat an Ancient Clan prodigy in competition.
• Gu Zechuan insisted that only recognized Xiao Clan members could enter the Heavenly Tomb Conference.
• Xun Er emerged from space and declared that she would represent the Xiao Clan at the conference.

Xun Er returned at the Heavenly Tomb Conference and declared that she would represent the Xiao Clan, shocking the Ancient Clan and the other clans. She stood by Xiao Yan and challenged anyone who questioned her right to face her, leaving the conference at a dangerous impasse.

• Xun Er arrived beside Xiao Yan and announced that she would represent the Xiao Clan, shocking the Ancient Clan and the other Dou Di descendant clans.
• Gu Qingyang understood that Xun Er had chosen Xiao Yan despite the pressure and backlash she would face within the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan was overwhelmed when Xun Er apologized for arriving late, and he silently looked at her after their four years apart.
• Xun Er told Gu Zechuan that she would represent the Xiao Clan at the Heavenly Tomb Conference, but he ordered her to return to the Ancient Clan's ranks.
• Xun Er summoned her golden flames and challenged anyone who doubted her qualifications to face her.

Xiao Yan challenged Gu Xing to defeat him in three moves, promising to stop contesting the Heavenly Tomb spots if Gu Xing remained standing. He left Gu Zechuan to decide whether to accept the challenge, while Gu Xing prepared to fight.

• The Ancient Clan's prodigies blamed Xiao Yan as Xun Er stood between him and the dispute over the Heavenly Tomb spots.
• Gu Xing challenged Xiao Yan, angered that Xun Er protected him despite his hostility toward the Ancient Clan.
• Xun Er moved to fight Gu Xing, but Xiao Yan stepped in front of her and offered to defeat Gu Xing in three moves.
• Xiao Yan promised not to mention the spots again if Gu Xing survived three moves, drawing disbelief and concern from the onlookers.
• Xiao Yan challenged Gu Zechuan to accept or return the spots, and Gu Zechuan ordered Gu Xing to fight.

Xiao Yan and Gu Xing prepared to clash in their agreed three-move duel, each raising his strength to the late Half-Saint stage with a different secret technique. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan unleashed Ninefold Crimson Tide against Gu Xing, who had activated the Ancient Clan’s Eternal Emperor Body.

• Gu Xing challenged Xiao Yan and accused him of being unworthy of standing beside Xun Er, while Xun Er urged Xiao Yan to be careful.
• Xiao Yan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire, raising his strength from the early to the late Half-Saint stage and sensing an unusual change in his blood.
• Gu Xing activated an Ancient Clan secret technique, raising his strength to the late Half-Saint stage as well.
• Xiao Yan gathered molten fire from nine spatial rifts to form Ninefold Crimson Tide while Gu Xing transformed his body with the Heaven-tier low-level Eternal Emperor Body.
• Xiao Yan swung his hand down and unleashed Ninefold Crimson Tide at Gu Xing.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Gu Xing with the nine waves of his Ninefold Crimson Tide and a decisive ruler strike, then trapped him in flames as Gu Zechuan tried to intervene. Jiang Yunyan stopped Gu Zechuan, and the three-move agreement between Xiao Yan and Gu Xing came to an end.

• Xiao Yan’s Ninefold Crimson Tide battered Gu Xing’s Eternal Emperor Body with successive torrents of different Heavenly Flames, until the ninth wave of Crimson Lotus Karma Flame swallowed him.
• Xiao Yan appeared with the Heavy Profound Ruler and struck Gu Xing with Wild Desolation Ruler—Shattering Abyss, shattering his bones and breaking through his weakened defense.
• Xiao Yan used Wind-Driving Palm to engulf the nearly defeated Gu Xing in flames.
• Gu Zechuan rushed to rescue Gu Xing, but Jiang Yunyan stopped him with a sword strike and told him to let the juniors’ challenge continue.
• Gu Zechuan held back after Jiang Yunyan’s sword cut his finger, and the three-move agreement between Xiao Yan and Gu Xing ended.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Xing in three moves and forced Gu Zechuan to return the Xiao Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots. Afterward, Xun Er apologized, but Xiao Yan confronted her over Xiao Li’s death and the harm that had come to his clan, leaving their reunion strained.

• Xiao Yan seized Gu Xing by the throat after defeating him, stunning the spectators with his strength.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Xiao Clan’s two slots from Gu Zechuan and threatened the Ancient Clan’s eligible geniuses if he refused.
• Gu Zechuan agreed to return the slots, and Xiao Yan released Gu Xing.
• Wei Jiangyuan and Lei Jingxiao moved away to leave Xiao Yan and Xun Er alone.
• Xun Er apologized, and Xiao Yan coldly demanded an explanation for Xiao Li’s death and his clan’s suffering.