Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun and his companions recovered at the entrance to the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, then used his Heavenly Flames to break through the solid energy barrier. After reaching the third layer, Xiao Yun set out for his Xiao Clan ancestor’s tomb residence with Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang.

• Xiao Yun warned the others to save their Energy Cores and recover before crossing the barrier, then shielded their camp with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yun tested the barrier, found his Heavenly Flames could burn through it, and opened a passage for the group.
• Xiao Yun led Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang through the barrier into the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Qingyang warned Xiao Yun that powerful soul bodies, including possible Dou Shengs, guarded the depths, but agreed to continue with him.
• Xiao Yun announced they would travel to his Xiao Clan ancestor’s tomb residence and led the group toward the depths of the third layer.

Xiao Yun and his companions reached the depths of the Heavenly Tomb’s third level and chose a dangerous route past a Half-Saint Soul Body. When Blood Blade Saint appeared to block their way, Xiao Yun recognized his old acquaintance and attacked while telling the others to proceed.

• Gu Qingyang told Xiao Yun and the others that Xiao Xuan’s tomb residence lay half a day ahead, and Xiao Yun sensed powerful Soul Bodies blocking the routes, including a Half-Saint to the right.
• The group chose the right-hand path, and Xiao Yun silently burned four Soul Bodies with the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame before they continued toward the mountain.
• Xiao Yun found that a Half-Saint Soul Body was inside the mountain and ordered the others to escape once he drew its attention.
• Blood Blade Saint emerged from the mountain, shattered its surface with a stomp, and approached the group with his Ghost Head Blade.
• Xiao Yun recognized Blood Blade Saint as an old acquaintance, launched a black fire dragon at him, and urged his companions to go ahead.

Xiao Yun used the Xiao Clan tribal mark to frighten Blood Blade Saint into letting the group pass, then asked him for a ride to the depths of the Heavenly Tomb. After Xiao Xuan ordered Blood Blade Saint to bring them to him, Blood Blade Saint cheerfully agreed.

• Xiao Yun attacked Blood Blade Saint, then used two Tier 8 Beast Flames to activate the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and raise his strength to Peak Dou Zun.
• Blood Blade Saint saw the Xiao Clan tribal mark on Xiao Yun's forehead and stopped attacking, fearing the powerful Xiao Clan presence in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Medusa, Gu Qingyang, and the others returned to Xiao Yun, and Blood Blade Saint directed them west along a route toward their destination.
• Xiao Yun asked Blood Blade Saint to give them a lift, provoking him to summon his Ghost Head Blade and prepare to attack.
• Xiao Xuan ordered Blood Blade Saint to bring the group to him, and Blood Blade Saint immediately agreed with a cheerful smile.

Xiao Yun and his companions reached the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Xuan revealed that he had survived there for millennia. Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yun into his Tomb Mansion while Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang remained outside to cultivate.

• Blood Blade Saint guided Xiao Yun's group through the Heavenly Tomb's depths, driving away powerful soul bodies by invoking Xiao Xuan's name.
• Blood Blade Saint brought the group to Xiao Xuan's Tomb Mansion and summoned Xiao Xuan, who appeared before them.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yun and welcomed him as a descendant of the Xiao Clan, then told Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang to cultivate outside the stele.
• Xiao Xuan gave Medusa and Zi Yan four Half-Saint Energy Cores and entered the Tomb Mansion with Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun said farewell to Medusa and Zi Yan, touched the stele, and vanished inside the Tomb Mansion.

Xiao Yun learned that Xiao Xuan had preserved the Xiao Clan’s bloodline power and would pass it on to him. After ten days of enduring the blood-replacement process, Xiao Yun completed its first stage, and Xiao Xuan began infusing the bloodline into his body.

• Xiao Yun told Xiao Xuan how the Xiao Clan had fallen into decline and survived with only a Da Dou Shi as its strongest member.
• Xiao Xuan offered Xiao Yun the method for cultivating the Xiao Clan Tribal Mark and the bloodline power needed to activate it.
• Xiao Xuan poured his preserved bloodline power into the pool, aging rapidly as the water became a blood pool.
• Xiao Yun entered the pool and endured ten days of blood replacement while Xiao Xuan kept him awake.
• Xiao Xuan confirmed that the blood replacement had succeeded and began infusing Xiao Yun with the bloodline-bearing liquid.

Xiao Yun completed his bloodline fusion in the Heavenly Tomb and rose to Eight-Turn Dou Zun without destabilizing his foundation. After Xiao Xuan gave him Xiao Clan techniques and urged him to protect the reborn bloodline, Xiao Yun left the tomb with Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang.

• Xiao Yun absorbed the blood pool’s remaining energy, and his cultivation surged from Eight-Star Dou Zun to Eight-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xuan examined Xiao Yun’s Dou Qi, found his foundation solid, and told him that the reborn bloodline could help him reach Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yun a Storage Ring containing the complete Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and Xiao Clan techniques, and asked him to return after advancing further.
• Xiao Yun rejoined Medusa, Zi Yan, and Gu Qingyang outside the Tomb Mansion, where they reacted to his strength and discussed their cultivation.
• Xiao Yun and the others left the Heavenly Tomb, while Xiao Xuan appeared beside the stone stele and expressed hope for the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Yun and his companions left the Heavenly Tomb and Ancient Realm after Gu Yuan learned that Xiao Xuan’s consciousness remained inside the Tomb Mansion. Xiao Yun planned to reunite with Xian'er and Qing Lin before heading to the Beast Domain to claim a valuable medicinal ingredient.

• Gu Qingyang crushed the Spatial Jade Token, and Gu Yuan opened a rift that brought Xiao Yun and the others out of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan noticed Xiao Yun's Eighth Transformation cultivation, but Xiao Yun credited his growth to Xiao Xuan's inheritance and revealed that Xiao Xuan remained in the Tomb Mansion.
• Xiao Yun told Gu Qingyang he would leave the Ancient Realm for the Beast Domain, and Elder Zhuming arrived after Zi Yan contacted him.
• Zhuming transported Xiao Yun's group to the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, where they boarded a warship and departed the Ancient Realm.
• The group exited through Ancient Saint City, and Gu Xing stopped the Black Annihilation Army soldiers from interfering with them.
• Xiao Yun decided to find Xian'er and Qing Lin before traveling to the Beast Domain, and Zhuming opened a Spatial Wormhole to Holy Pill City.

Xiao Yun returned to Holy Pill City after a year away and reunited with the Pill Tower elders. He learned that the Fire Spirit Pill had helped Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Yao Lao break through to Half-Saint.

• Xiao Yun and his companions flew toward the Pill Tower, where Red Fire Venerable and the enforcement elders tried to stop them for violating the city's flight rules.
• Xiao Yun revealed his Eighth-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster badge, and Red Fire Venerable recognized him and welcomed him back.
• Zi Yan dragged Medusa away to find something delicious, while Xiao Yun went to meet Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi sensed that Xiao Yun had reached Eight-Turn Dou Zun and told him that several Pill Tower elders and Yao Lao had broken through to Half-Saint.
• Xiao Yun realized that the Fire Spirit Pill formula he had left behind had helped them advance, and Yao Lao appeared in Xuan Kongzi's study.

After returning to the Pill Tower, Xiao Yun told Yao Lao and Xuan Kongzi about his year away and prepared to travel to the Beast Domain for the opening of an ancient relic. Qing Lin emerged from seclusion and joined him, while Xiao Yi Xian remained behind to finish her breakthrough.

• Yao Lao and Xuan Kongzi congratulated Xiao Yun on reaching the peak of eight-star Dou Zun, and Yao Lao warned him against reckless attempts to advance.
• Xiao Yun learned that Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin had helped defend Starfall Pavilion from Gu You and were now in seclusion to break through.
• Xiao Yun gave Yao Lao an invitation to visit the Medicine Clan and asked him to keep it until Xiao Yun returned from the Beast Domain.
• Xiao Yun spent more than twenty days studying alchemy in the Pill Tower while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin continued their breakthroughs.
• Qing Lin emerged at five-star Dou Zun, but Xiao Yi Xian still needed up to half a month, so Xiao Yun decided to depart for the ancient relic without her.
• Xiao Yun told Qing Lin she could join him and promised to settle accounts with the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan.

Xiao Yun left the Pill Tower with Medusa, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Elder Zhuming to reach the Ancient Dragon Ruins before it opened. They arrived at the crowded Skeleton Mountain Range two days before the seal broke and chose to seek shelter and information at the Burning Flame Valley camp.

• Xiao Yun gave Yao Lao a Spatial Jade Token for Xiao Yi Xian and learned that factions across the continent had gathered at the Ancient Dragon Ruins, with the Hall of Souls a possible threat.
• Elder Zhuming opened a Spatial Wormhole, carrying Xiao Yun, Medusa, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin to the Ten Thousand Mountains in the Beast Domain.
• The group saw nearly a hundred Dou Zun experts gathered around the Skeleton Mountain Range, including Heaven Demon Phoenixes, and Xiao Yun stopped Zi Yan from provoking them.
• Xiao Yun confirmed that the relic would open in two days and led the group away from the crowded peak to find a place to rest.
• Xiao Yun spotted the Burning Flame Valley camp and brought the group there to rest and gather information.

Xiao Yun and his group reached the central area of the Ancient Dragon Ruins and met Tang Zhen at the Burning Flame Valley camp. After revealing his identity, Xiao Yun asked Tang Zhen to explain the ruins, and Tang Zhen began describing the factions gathered there.

• Qing Lin released Dou Zun pressure to stop onlookers from challenging Xiao Yun's group as they flew across the mountain range.
• Xiao Yun restrained a Burning Flame Valley elder who ordered the group to leave, then Tang Zhen arrived and recognized Xiao Yun as the Flame Sun Venerable.
• Tang Zhen dismissed the patrol disciples and invited Xiao Yun's group into his tent, where Xiao Yun removed his black robe and revealed he had reached Peak Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yun asked Tang Zhen about the Ancient Dragon Ruins, and Tang Zhen explained that more than a hundred factions had gathered, including two of the Beast Realm's three great king clans.

Xiao Yun learned that the Ancient Dragon Ruins remained sealed and offered to help Tang Zhen obtain its Heaven Tier Dou Technique, while concealing that his group sought medicinal ingredients instead. As more factions gathered at the Skeleton Mountain Range, fighting spread, but Burning Flame Valley’s territory stayed peaceful.

• Tang Zhen told Xiao Yun that powerful factions, including the Nine Serene Ground Python Clan, had arrived, while the Hall of Souls had not yet appeared.
• Tang Zhen explained that spatial seals and a formation bearing the Ancient Void Dragon’s aura kept anyone from entering the ruins, which were rumored to contain an inheritance and a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.
• Zi Yan rejected the rumor that the ruins held an Ancient Dragon inheritance, and Xiao Yun confirmed that only a Heaven Tier Dou Technique lay within.
• Xiao Yun told Tang Zhen that his group sought medicinal ingredients and offered to help Burning Flame Valley obtain the Heaven Tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yun’s group returned to their tents, and the growing crowd of experts brought increasing clashes around the Skeleton Mountain Range while Burning Flame Valley’s territory remained calm.

Xiao Yun and his group entered the Ancient Relic in the Skeleton Mountain Range after its seal opened and destroyed many eager entrants. They reached the crimson hall, where its deadly entrance traps activated, but Xiao Yun said the checkpoints were over and prepared to lead the group inside.

• Xiao Yun gave Tang Zhen a jade tablet and flew toward the relic entrance with Medusa and the others as powerful Dou Zun experts converged on the Bone Sea.
• The spatial seal shattered, and its ensuing storm killed or injured many people who had rushed toward the entrance; Xiao Yun protected his group with a barrier.
• Xiao Yun's group crossed the Bone Sea and reached the crimson hall, where Xiao Yun told Zi Yan they would rely on her treasure-hunting talent inside the relic.
• The hall doors opened, and Xiao Yun and Tang Zhen held back while other experts entered first; magma and blue flames erupted in the passage, killing several entrants.
• Xiao Yun told Medusa and the others that the entrance had no more checkpoints and led them toward the passage.

Xiao Yun guided his group and Tang Zhen’s Burning Flame Valley team through the ruins, bypassing a looping magma passage and subduing ten Earth Demon Puppets. In the great hall, Zi Yan sensed the strongest medicinal scent in a left-hand corridor, and Xiao Yun led the group toward the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• Xiao Yun’s group entered the flaming passageway, and he waited for Tang Zhen before leading both groups down through the magma to escape its looping route.
• Xiao Yun led the group to a plaza, where he used Soul Power to subdue ten Earth Demon Puppets and stored them in his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yun led everyone through the opened stone gate into a vast hall, then warned Tang Zhen not to act rashly when seeking the Heaven Tier Dou Technique.
• Tang Zhen and his group entered a corridor while Xiao Yun asked Zi Yan to locate the strongest medicinal scent.
• Zi Yan sensed a calling from the left-hand passage, and Xiao Yun led the group toward the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Xiao Yun led Zi Yan and the others through an ancient medicinal forest as Zi Yan followed a bloodline summons to a hidden realm. At its altar, they found a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit grown from the life force of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.

• Xiao Yun opened a stone door to a vast forest of ancient medicinal ingredients, and Zi Yan eagerly ate some before sensing a deeper summons.
• Zi Yan led the group through the forest to a Beast Spirit Barrier that bore traces of both the Ancient Dragon Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix.
• Zi Yan used her purple-gold blood to open the barrier, and the group entered a desolate plain with a towering ancient altar.
• Xiao Yun and the others climbed the altar under the pressure of a powerful dragon's might, and Zi Yan rushed toward its far end.
• The group discovered a Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit on a purple-gold platform, while Zi Yan explained that the rare fruit had grown from the life force of an Ancient Void Dragon and an Ancient Heavenly Phoenix.
• Zi Yan saw the two enormous skeletons encircling the land beneath the altar, revealing the source of the fruit's life force.

Xiao Yun's group recovered the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan, who sealed it inside her body. When the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived and demanded what they had taken, Xiao Yun killed all seven of them with his Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.

• Xiao Yun explained that the Creation Sage could not have killed the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, and Zi Yan concluded that the beasts had fought each other before the ruin owner took advantage of their injuries.
• Zi Yan absorbed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit into her body and sealed its energy for Elder Zhuming to handle later.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived, and Huang Xuan sensed that the bloodline presence calling to him had disappeared.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix elders demanded that Xiao Yun's group hand over what they had taken, and Xiao Yun attacked them with spatial power and the Eight Desolations Annihilation Flame.
• Xiao Yun froze Huang Xuan in place and burned all seven Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members to ash.

After killing the Heaven Demon Phoenix experts and recovering the Ancient Void Dragon’s remains, Xiao Yun and the others left the Ancient Forest and searched the ruins’ Pill Hall. They found untouched pill chambers on the third floor, where Qing Lin spotted a mysterious white shadow as Xiao Yun searched for the Pill Beast.

• Xiao Yun killed the seven Dou Zun experts, stored the Ancient Void Dragon’s remains in a temporary spatial pocket, and led the group out of the Beast Spirit Barrier.
• Xiao Yun’s group returned through the Ancient Forest passageway, followed Zi Yan’s senses to the Pill Hall, and entered despite other treasure hunters already being inside.
• Xiao Yun gave the women antidote pills for the poisonous gas on the second floor, then led them to the largely undisturbed third floor.
• Xiao Yun searched several pill chambers for the Pill Beast and collected ancient pills and formulas, but did not find it.
• Qing Lin cried out after seeing a white shadow that looked like a cat, and Xiao Yun rushed to check on her.

Xiao Yun explained that the white catlike creature was a Pill Beast and lured it out with pills. After feeding it, he took it in and left the pill chamber with Medusa, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan continuing to dote on it.

• Xiao Yun explained that Pill Beasts formed from high-tier pills and that creating a Ninth-Tier pill required strength at the Saint level or above.
• Xiao Yun used a Seventh-Tier pill to lure the hidden Pill Beast out of the shadows.
• The Pill Beast accepted Xiao Yun's pills and ate fifteen Seventh-Tier pills before becoming full.
• Xiao Yun picked up the Pill Beast and offered to keep it supplied with pills, then sealed its pill fragrance.
• The Pill Beast leaped into Qing Lin's arms, and Medusa and Qing Lin fussed over it while Xiao Yun left the chamber to continue exploring.

Xiao Yun and his companions reached the relic’s main hall, where more than a hundred Dou Zuns gathered around ten sealed light spheres and a Dou Sheng skeleton. When the seal vanished, scrolls flew through the hall and awakened the guarding puppets, triggering a chaotic battle.

• Xiao Yun finished searching the Pill Hall, collected ancient Eighth-Tier pill formulas, and led the others toward the relic’s main hall.
• Xiao Yun’s group entered the vast hall and saw ten light spheres floating above the Creation Sage’s skeleton.
• Xiao Yun met Tang Zhen and discussed the sealed techniques, the powerful puppets, and the crowd of over a hundred Dou Zuns.
• As more factions arrived, Xiao Yun warned his companions not to rush for the light spheres and said the skeleton seemed suspicious.
• The seal weakened and released the scrolls; the puppets awakened, and the gathered experts began fighting over the flying streaks of light.

Xiao Yun led his group out of the hall before the Dou Saint Skeleton revived and unleashed a devastating attack. As the survivors tried to fight the blood-fed skeleton or flee, Xiao Yun kept his group hidden at the entrance and refused to intervene yet.

• Xiao Yun withdrew his group from the battle and explained that the guardians were Ancient Human Puppets whose souls could not be controlled with soul marks.
• After a black-robed figure's blood revived the Dou Saint Skeleton, Xiao Yun warned everyone to leave the hall, and the skeleton's roar killed many intruders, including eight Dou Zuns.
• The skeleton rose from the blood mist, declared that all trespassers would die, and slaughtered the survivors while absorbing their blood.
• A black-robed Six-Star Dou Zun survived one of the skeleton's strikes, prompting other Dou Zuns to join the fight as many others fled.
• At the passage entrance, Zi Yan asked whether they should help, but Xiao Yun told the group to wait while they watched the battle.