Chapter Summaries

The Ancient Clan debated how to respond to Xiao Xuan’s resurrection, while Hun Tiandi learned that a powerful aura had erupted at Starfall Pavilion. Hun Qianmo attacked the pavilion and demanded Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul, but Xiao Xuan appeared and shattered his assault.

• Ancient Clan elders argued over befriending Xiao Xuan, seeking the Ancient Jade, or waiting, and Gu Yuan ordered them not to act independently as he left to investigate.
• A Soul Clan Half-Saint reported to Hun Tiandi that a powerful aura had shattered the Star Realm’s space, and Hun Tiandi suspected Xiao Xuan was responsible.
• Hun Tiandi had the panicked Half-Saint devoured by black mist and reflected on Xiao Xuan.
• Hun Qianmo arrived at Starfall Pavilion and demanded that Yao Lao hand over Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul, threatening to destroy the pavilion.
• Hun Qianmo attacked the Star Realm despite Yao Lao’s appeal to the ancient clans’ agreement, but Xiao Xuan appeared and shattered his black palm, forcing him back and injuring him.

Xiao Xuan confronted Hun Tiandi’s presence after returning to life, then met with Gu Yuan, who welcomed an alliance between the Xiao and Ancient Clans. Xiao Yi learned that Xun’er was well and promised to visit the Ancient Realm in a year to propose to her.

• Xiao Xuan confirmed that he had adapted to most of his new body, and Hun Tiandi appeared in the void before taking Hun Qianmo away.
• Xiao Xuan called Gu Yuan out of hiding, and Gu Yuan joined him in the Star Realm.
• Gu Yuan acknowledged Xiao Xuan’s resurrection and praised Xiao Yi’s rapid progress to the Nine-Revolution Dou Venerable stage.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yi to call him Uncle and said Xun’er was waiting for him in the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan said the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony would take place in a year, and Xiao Yi promised to visit then and propose to Xun’er.

After his resurrection, Xiao Xuan planned to rebuild the Xiao Realm and revive the Xiao Clan while maintaining an alliance with Gu Yuan. Hun Tiandi resolved to pursue the Dou Emperor Realm despite the threat Xiao Xuan posed, as Xiao Xuan began rebuilding and Xiao Yi stayed behind to cultivate.

• Xiao Xuan told Gu Yuan he would rebuild the Xiao Realm elsewhere and let the Ancient Clan keep its Dou Techniques and cultivation methods as compensation for his broken promise.
• Gu Yuan offered the Ancient Clan's help and returned to the Ancient Realm, while Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yi discussed recovering the soul origin left in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Hun Tiandi regretted failing to destroy Xiao Xuan's soul and ordered Hun Qianmo to resume the Soul Hall's soul collection without panicking over the resurrection.
• Nihility Devouring Flame dismissed Xiao Xuan as a threat and said sufficient collected souls would let him enter the Emperor Realm of the soul.
• Xiao Xuan began constructing a new Xiao Realm, while Xiao Yi cultivated in the Star Realm and tried to reach Dou Sainthood.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan traveled to the Pill Tower after learning that the Pill Gathering had already been won by an unknown alchemist who wielded Life Spirit Flame. They hoped to learn more about the champion and help Xiao Yan seek Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Kongzi greeted Xiao Yi with surprise at his rapid cultivation.

• Xiao Yi told Xiao Yan that Three Thousand Burning Flame was in the Pill Tower and revealed that he was one of its honorary elders.
• Yao Lao explained that an unknown middle-aged alchemist had won the Pill Gathering using Life Spirit Flame and might surpass him in alchemy.
• Xiao Yi invited Xiao Yan to visit the Pill Tower to pursue Three Thousand Burning Flame and investigate the new champion, and Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to force his fate.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower in Sacred Pill City, where Xuan Kongzi welcomed Xiao Yi and marveled at his rise to the peak of the Nine Transformation Dou Zun realm.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan met with Xuan Kongzi and secured permission to enter the Star Region, where Xiao Yi hoped to learn more about the mysterious Pill Gathering champion. As the group gathered to enter, Xiao Yi recognized Cao Ying and then turned his attention to the champion.

• Xiao Yi revealed his real name to Xuan Kongzi and introduced Xiao Yan, prompting Xuan Kongzi to recognize their ties to Yao Lao and Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi asked about the mysterious Pill Gathering champion and his Life Spirit Flame, and Xuan Kongzi explained that Pill Tower knew little about him.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan to enter the Star Region with the top ten Pill Gathering contestants, and Xiao Yi accepted.
• Xiao Yi refined another Bone Melting Blood Fusion Pill while waiting for the Star Region to open, preparing to revive Skyfire Venerable.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan to the gathered contestants, and Cao Ying recognized Xiao Yi as Lin Yuan.
• Xiao Yi acknowledged Cao Ying and then looked toward the Pill Gathering champion.

Xiao Yi and the Pill Gathering contestants entered the Star Region to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. The mysterious champion failed, as did the other ranked contestants, leaving Xiao Yi to make the final attempt.

• Xiao Yi sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame as the Pill Tower elder led the group into the Star Region.
• The champion declined to go first and urged Xiao Yi to take his place, but Xiao Yi insisted that the contestants proceed by their Pill Gathering rankings.
• The masked champion revealed peak ninth-transformation Dou Zun cultivation and a late Heaven Realm soul before failing to subdue the flame.
• Cao Ying and the other top contestants also failed, so Xiao Yi stepped forward to try.

Xiao Yan used the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Seal to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and refine it with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Volcanic Stone Flame. He fused the three Heavenly Flames into the Three-Flame Heaven-Burning Flame, broke through to two-star Dou Zun, and left the Star Region with Xiao Yi.

• After Xiao Yi’s earlier attempt failed, Xiao Yan entered the seal to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame using the Dragon Emperor’s Dragon Seal.
• Xiao Yan’s golden dragon phantom suppressed the flame’s source, allowing him to guide it into his body and refine it with the Burning Formula.
• Xiao Yan endured the violent clash of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Green Lotus Core Flame, and Volcanic Stone Flame as Xiao Yi waited outside.
• Xiao Yan fused the three Heavenly Flames into the Three-Flame Heaven-Burning Flame and broke through from eight-star Dou Zong to two-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi he had succeeded, and the two left the Star Region.

After Xiao Yan refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan returned safely to the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi welcomed them. That night, the masked Pill Gathering champion revealed himself to Xiao Yi as his father, Xiao Che, and supported his claim with a soul memory.

• Xuan Kongzi praised Xiao Yan for refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame, introduced him to Xuan Yi, and invited him and Xiao Yi to rest at the Pill Tower.
• At night, the Pill Gathering champion entered Xiao Yi's room and removed his mask, revealing a face much like Xiao Yi's own.
• The man told Xiao Yi that he was his father, and Xiao Yi recoiled in disbelief.
• The man shared a soul imprint showing that he had entrusted infant Xiao Yi to Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yi felt the memory resonate with his soul.
• The Tou She Ancient God Jade flashed as the man appeared, and he identified himself as Xiao Che, son of Xiao Lin, younger brother of Xiao Zhan, and Xiao Yi's father.

Xiao Che explained to Xiao Yi why he had left the Xiao Clan and how he had searched for Xiao Yi’s mother, but Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan remained unsure whether he was truly Xiao Yi’s father. When they traveled to the Jia Ma Empire to reunite with Xiao Zhan, Xiao Che finally came face to face with his older brother.

• Xiao Che told Xiao Yi that he had left the Xiao Clan to search for Xiao Yi’s mother after she disappeared following Xiao Yi’s birth.
• Xiao Yi invited Xiao Che to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Che stayed while they waited to verify his identity with Xiao Zhan.
• After the Xiao Realm was completed, Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan traveled to the Jia Ma Empire to bring Xiao Zhan and the others back, and Xiao Che went with them.
• Xiao Zhan sensed Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan above the imperial capital, flew to greet them, and then froze when Xiao Che called him Big Brother.
• Xiao Zhan recognized Xiao Che and asked in shock whether he was still alive.

Xiao Zhan reunited with Xiao Che and brought the surviving Xiao Clan members to the new Xiao Realm, where Xiao Xuan agreed to lead the clan again. Xiao Xuan invited Yao Lao to join the Xiao Clan, but Yao Lao asked for time to settle unresolved matters with the Yao Clan.

• Xiao Zhan recognized his younger brother Xiao Che, and Xiao Yi confirmed that Xiao Che was his father but struggled to call him Father.
• Xiao Zhan agreed to relocate the remaining Xiao Clan members to the new Xiao Realm, where they asked Xiao Xuan to resume leadership and restore the clan.
• Xiao Xuan accepted the Xiao Clan's request and became its Clan Chief, while the chapter described the clan's current strength and its reliance on him.
• Xiao Xuan invited Yao Lao to join the Xiao Clan, but Yao Lao asked for time because he still had matters to settle with the Yao Clan.
• Yao Lao recounted how the Yao Clan had denied his injured father a medicinal pill, cast out his family, and refused them burial in the clan cemetery; Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan reacted with anger and sympathy.

Xiao Yi planned to help Yao Lao clear his parents’ names at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony, then focused on breaking through to Half-Saint. Xiao Che gave him a tier-nine pill and revealed that Xiao Yi’s mother belonged to the Tunling Clan and had likely vanished because of the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Xuan promised to support Yao Lao, and Xiao Yi proposed that they challenge the Yao Clan at its approaching Medicine Ceremony to clear his parents’ names.
• Xiao Yi trained in the Xiao Realm but failed to break through the Half-Saint barrier.
• Xiao Che gave Xiao Yi a Sacred Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill refined by Elder Shennong to help him advance.
• Xiao Yi asked about his mother, and Xiao Che confirmed she was from the Tunling Clan and had sealed eight Dou Emperor bloodlines inside Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Che revealed that his wife’s disappearance was connected to the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yi reacted with anger at the clan’s involvement.

Xiao Yi used the Sacred Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill and the Immemorial Cold Jade to break through to Half-Saint after half a year in seclusion. He and Xiao Yan then traveled to Ancient Saint City for the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, where they entered with invitations as representatives of the Xiao Clan and Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Che gave Xiao Yi a Sacred Origin Barrier-Breaking Pill and urged him to grow stronger so they could bring his mother back from the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yi entered seclusion and used the pill and the Immemorial Cold Jade to break through from peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yan arrived after sensing the heavenly phenomena, and Xiao Yi reassured him when he saw his disappointment at their growing strength gap.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yi and gave Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan invitations to the Ancient Clan's coming-of-age ceremony, urging them to represent the Xiao Clan without yielding.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan reached Ancient Saint City and entered through its golden barrier with their jade invitations.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Saint City, where Lingquan accused them of forging their invitations and attacked them. Xiao Yan defeated Lingquan, and Gu Zhen intervened, apologized, and admitted the pair into the city, where Gu Zhen’s attempt to probe Xiao Yi was repelled.

• A gate guard recognized Xiao Yi and accused him and Xiao Yan of forging their invitations to enter the Ancient Clan.
• Lingquan, the Seventh Commander of the Black Annihilation Army, ordered his soldiers to seize Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan drove back the soldiers and defeated Lingquan with a punch, warning him not to disrespect the Xiao Clan or Starfall Pavilion again.
• Gu Zhen arrived, punished Lingquan, apologized to Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, and escorted them into Ancient Saint City.
• Gu Zhen tried to probe Xiao Yi with his soul power, but Xiao Yi’s glance forced him back; Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan were then arranged to rest in the city.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan learned about the Black Annihilation Army and traveled from Ancient Saint City to the Ancient Realm, where Xiao Yi reunited with Xun'er. The chapter left Xiao Yi poised to settle his marriage with Xun'er before the Ancient Eight Clans.

• Xiao Yan explained the Black Annihilation Army's ranks and the known strength of its commanders to Xiao Yi.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu trapped Xiao Yi in a barrier, threatened him, and vanished before a fight began.
• After three peaceful days in Ancient Saint City, Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan boarded a spatial shuttle vessel for the Ancient Realm.
• Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi introduced themselves to Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan, while Huo Xuan identified the disdainful Yao Xingji as an alchemist from the Yao Clan.
• Xun'er appeared aboard the vessel and reunited with Xiao Yi, whose released aura shocked Elders Lin and Yuan.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Yi as his future son-in-law and praised the Xiao Clan’s rising talents. Gu Yuan then warned Xiao Yi about two Soul Clan prodigies and urged him to make a strong impression on the ancient clans, even crippling one of them if necessary.

• Yuan Lin and another Dou Zun marveled at Xiao Yi’s cultivation, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er reunited after several years apart.
• Ancient Clan elders tested Xiao Yi with an attack, but he froze the surrounding space before Gu Yuan reprimanded the elders and brought Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to his small world.
• Xiao Yi called Gu Yuan “Father-in-law,” and Gu Yuan approved of the marriage alliance; he praised Xiao Yan’s achievements and sent him and Xun'er away so he could speak privately with Xiao Yi.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yi that the Soul Clan’s Hun Feng and Hun Yu both possessed divine-grade Dou Di bloodlines and were visiting the Ancient Realm.
• Gu Yuan urged Xiao Yi to show no deference to the Soul Clan youths and said the Ancient Clan’s younger generation would support him, even if he crippled one of them.

Xiao Yi agreed to help cripple one of the Soul Clan’s Godblood heirs at the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony after Gu Yuan revealed that the plan came from Xiao Xuan. The ceremony began without trouble, and Lingquan received a golden clan mark before Gu Yao stepped up to be tested.

• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yi that Xiao Xuan wanted him to target one of the Soul Clan’s Godblood heirs, and Xiao Yi agreed.
• Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan toured the Ancient Realm with Xun’er, then attended the ceremony the next day without anyone obstructing them.
• Xiao Yi noticed Hun Feng and Hun Yu watching him with wicked grins, but reassured himself that Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan were present.
• Elder Gu Shan began the ceremony and announced Lingquan as the first tester.
• Lingquan’s bloodline tested at the sixth grade, earning him a golden clan mark.
• Xun’er explained to Xiao Yan that Godblood was the tenth grade and had not appeared in the Ancient Clan for a thousand years, as Gu Yao stepped forward to be tested.

Gu Yao received an eighth-grade bloodline mark and challenged Hun Yu, but Xun'er postponed the challenge to undergo her own test. She revealed a divine-grade bloodline and received the Seven-Colored Clan Mark, while Hun Yu stepped forward with an unfriendly smile.

• Gu Yao received the Purple-Gold Clan Mark for his eighth-grade bloodline and challenged Hun Yu to a fight.
• Hun Yu dismissed Gu Yao, and Xun'er asked to undergo her bloodline test first.
• Elder Tong Xuan tested Xun'er, whose bloodline awakened ten stars and proved divine-grade.
• Elder Tong Xuan bestowed the Seven-Colored Clan Mark on Xun'er with the Seven-Colored Heavenly Emperor Brush.
• Hun Yu congratulated the Ancient Clan and stepped into the plaza, studying Xun'er with an unfriendly smile.

Hun Yu challenged Gu Xun'er to test the Ancient Clan's Divine Bloodline, and Xun'er accepted despite Xiao Yi's concern. She revealed that she had reached the peak of the five-revolution Dou Zun realm and began fighting Hun Yu, while Xiao Yi watched Hun Feng closely.

• Hun Yu asked to spar with Xun'er, provoking the Ancient Clan's elders and commanders to surround him.
• Xun'er accepted Hun Yu's challenge, reassured Xiao Yi and the others, and stepped forward to face him.
• Xun'er revealed her peak five-revolution Dou Zun cultivation, astonishing the Ancient Clan members.
• Hun Yu formed a dark violet soul blade and taunted Xun'er, who attacked him with a golden Dou Qi palm.
• Hun Yu met Xun'er's strike with his soul blade, and their clash sent a shockwave across the square as Xiao Yi watched Hun Feng.

Xun'er fought Hun Yu at the Ancient Clan gathering, and the battle ended in a massive clash that drew Xiao Yi and Hun Feng into confrontation. Hun Feng and Hun Yu withdrew after Elder Tong Xuan intervened, leaving Xiao Yi to help the weakened Xun'er.

• Xun'er used the Emperor's Seal Technique and Golden Emperor Burning Sky Flame to drive Hun Yu back, despite his higher cultivation.
• Hun Yu revealed his Soul Clan mark and raised his strength to the peak of nine-revolution Dou Zun, while Xun'er activated her Ancient Clan mark and unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Sky Slash.
• Hun Yu's Soul-Extinguishing Palm collided with Xun'er's golden blade, and Xiao Yi and Hun Feng entered the sky as the resulting energy erupted.
• Hun Feng pressured Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi shattered the attack with profound ice; Elder Tong Xuan and Gu Qingyang then arrived to stop the Soul Clan pair from acting arrogantly in the Ancient Clan.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu vanished after Hun Feng warned Xiao Yi that he would be waiting for him, and Xiao Yi gave medicinal pills to the weakened Xun'er.

Xiao Yi secured the Xiao Clan’s two Heavenly Tomb slots and promised to protect Xun'er from the Soul Clan’s threat. When the tomb opened, Xiao Yi, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan entered and discovered that its mist held pure natural energy, just as an energy body attacked them.

• Elder Gu Shan argued that the Ancient Clan should keep one of the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb slots, but Xiao Yi and Xun'er persuaded the elders to return both.
• Elder Tong Xuan asked Xiao Yi to protect Xun'er inside the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yi promised he would keep her safe.
• Gu Yuan forbade the elders from attacking the Soul Clan’s juniors and warned them not to disrupt his plan with Xiao Xuan.
• Two days later, Xiao Yi, Xun'er, and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb after Elder Tong Xuan announced its rules and opened the gates.
• Xiao Yi discovered that the mist contained pure natural energy and that his Cosmic Qi-Absorbing Ring was absorbing it, just as an energy body charged at the group.