Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lin revealed to Xiao Xuan that he possessed Origin Qi, and Xiao Xuan warned him that even the strongest Dou Saints might attack to claim it. Xiao Lin declared that he would become a Dou Emperor and restore the Xiao Clan, leaving Xiao Xuan hopeful for the clan’s future.

• Xiao Lin showed Xiao Xuan a strand of Origin Qi and confirmed what it was.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Lin to keep the Origin Qi secret because Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, and Zhukun would fight him for it.
• Xiao Lin assured Xiao Xuan that no one else knew about the Origin Qi and that he would keep it hidden until he became a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Xuan regretted that Xiao Lin had not received the Xiao Clan’s preserved Dou Emperor Bloodline, while Xiao Lin privately reflected that he had let Xiao Yan have it because he was his grandson.
• Xiao Lin said he already knew how he would break through to Nine-Star Dou Saint, and Xiao Xuan celebrated the prospect of the Xiao Clan becoming an Emperor Clan again.

Xiao Lin persuaded Xiao Xuan not to sacrifice himself for the Xiao Clan, arguing that Xiao Lin could pursue the Dou Emperor Realm through his own cultivation. He proposed that Xiao Xuan might one day be resurrected, but Xiao Xuan dismissed the idea as nearly impossible.

• Xiao Xuan predicted that Xiao Lin could attempt to become a Dou Emperor in about a hundred years, given his Emperor Soul and Origin Qi.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Xuan to abandon his plan to sacrifice himself for the younger generation of the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Xuan admitted he had blamed himself for the Xiao Clan’s decline and had planned to sacrifice himself with the Heavenly Tomb Spirit to aid a descendant’s breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin suggested Xiao Xuan could make amends after being resurrected, but Xiao Xuan said resurrection was almost impossible.

Xiao Lin tried to dissuade Xiao Xuan from sacrificing himself by promising that he could revive him in the Greater World. After hearing how Xiao Lin had reached that world and obtained Origin Qi, Xiao Xuan began to waver.

• Xiao Xuan argued that reviving him was nearly impossible and urged Xiao Lin to focus on restoring the Xiao Clan instead.
• Xiao Lin realized Xiao Xuan still intended to sacrifice himself against the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and tried to change his mind.
• Xiao Lin asked Xiao Xuan where he thought the Origin Qi had come from, then revealed that he had obtained it in the Greater World.
• Xiao Lin recounted traveling through the Plane's Embryo in soul form and spending three days in the Greater World, leaving Xiao Xuan stunned.
• Xiao Lin promised that reviving Xiao Xuan would be easy in the Greater World, and Xiao Xuan began to reconsider his sacrifice.

Xiao Lin persuaded Xiao Xuan to postpone sacrificing himself by promising to take him to the Greater World and revive him within twenty years. Xiao Xuan accepted the pact, set aside his plan, and began advising Xiao Lin on cultivation.

• Xiao Lin offered Xiao Xuan twenty years to reach Dou Emperor and take him to the Greater World, promising not to interfere if he failed.
• Xiao Xuan questioned Xiao Lin’s confidence and suspected he had undisclosed secrets.
• Xiao Xuan agreed not to sacrifice himself for his descendants during the next twenty years and accepted the pact.
• Xiao Lin celebrated the agreement and reaffirmed that he would reach Dou Emperor and bring Xiao Xuan to the Greater World.
• Xiao Lin sought cultivation guidance from Xiao Xuan, who learned that he was also a Spirit Array Master and admired his combined strength.

Xiao Lin learned from Xiao Xuan about breaking through to higher Dou Sheng levels while the younger generation cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb. After absorbing the experiences of three peak experts, Xiao Lin knew how to reach Nine-Star Dou Saint but planned to address the Hun Clan's plot against the Stone Clan before entering seclusion.

• Xiao Lin asked Xiao Xuan to share his breakthrough experiences, and Xiao Xuan gladly told him everything he knew.
• Xiao Yan underwent blood replacement and absorbed the remaining energy in the pool, while Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xun'er cultivated in the tomb manor.
• Xiao Ding advanced to Nine-Star Dou Venerable, Xiao Li to Eight-Star Dou Venerable, and Xun'er to Three-Star Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Lin spent four or five months absorbing Xiao Xuan's teachings and completed his three-in-one collection of breakthrough experiences.
• Xiao Lin concluded that he needed abundant heaven and earth energy and secluded cultivation to break through, but decided to deal with the Stone Clan's impending danger first.

Xiao Yan completed twelve days of painful blood replacement and began adapting to his new Xiao Clan Dou Emperor Bloodline while absorbing the energy Xiao Xuan had sealed in the pool. Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lin watched him and discussed how much energy he should take, while Xiao Lin defended the hardships he had put Xiao Yan through.

• Xiao Yan endured twelve days in the blood-replacement pool, completed the process, and stayed to cultivate and adapt to his new bloodline.
• Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xun'er began cultivating after Xiao Yan finished the blood replacement.
• Xiao Yan started absorbing the energy Xiao Xuan had sealed in the pool, unaware that it was a test of his restraint.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Lin he had once pinned his hopes for the Xiao Clan on Xiao Yan, and Xiao Lin predicted Xiao Yan would surpass his expectations.
• Xiao Xuan teased Xiao Lin for setting traps for his grandson, and Xiao Lin insisted that he had been tempering Xiao Yan.

After completing the blood exchange, Xiao Yan tested the power he could control and stabilized at the threshold of the fourth-turn Dou Venerable realm. Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lin watched him reunite with Xun'er, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding, while Xiao Lin promised that the Xiao Clan would one day rise to the summit of the Dou Qi Continent again.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the power sealed in the blood-exchange pool, then let his cultivation drop from the Seven-Turn Dou Venerable realm as he tested his limits.
• Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation at the threshold of the fourth-turn Dou Venerable realm and emerged from the pool, celebrating his success.
• Xun'er, Xiao Li, and Xiao Ding rushed over, and Xiao Yan joyfully reunited with them.
• Xiao Yan realized that his activated Xiao Clan Dou Emperor Bloodline and Clan Mark greatly increased his combat strength.
• Xiao Lin assured Xiao Xuan that he, Xiao Yan, and the Xiao Household would restore the Xiao Clan to the summit of the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Xuan said he would wait to see it.

Xiao Lin said farewell to Xiao Xuan and left the Heavenly Tomb, promising to return within twenty years and revive another ancestor. Xiao Xuan then reunited with Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xun'er, and praised Xiao Yan for awakening the Xiao Clan's Dou Emperor bloodline.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Xuan he would leave and promised to return for him within twenty years.
• Xiao Xuan encouraged Xiao Lin to go, hiding his sadness as they parted.
• Xiao Lin left Xiao Xuan's residence, vowed to revive the ancestor at the solitary tombstone, and departed the Heavenly Tomb unseen.
• Xiao Xuan appeared before Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xun'er after Xiao Lin had left.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan for awakening the Xiao Clan's Dou Emperor bloodline, and Xiao Yan knelt to thank him.

Xiao Xuan refused Xiao Yan and the others’ offers to fulfill a wish, but they vowed to restore the Xiao Clan’s former strength. As the Heavenly Tomb’s three-year period ended, the clans’ young geniuses began emerging, and Hun Ya and Hun Li appeared as corpses.

• Xiao Xuan stopped Xiao Yan from bowing and said he had no wishes beyond the Xiao Clan enduring and his descendants having smooth paths.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xun'er promised to help restore the Xiao Clan, with Xun'er standing by Xiao Yan’s side.
• Xiao Lin completed his exchange with Gu Yuan by giving him the method to become a Spirit Array Master.
• Tong Xuan and other Gu Clan members waited at the Heavenly Tomb entrance as the other clans’ geniuses emerged, many stronger than before.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li floated out of the Heavenly Tomb as corpses.

After Hun Ya and Hun Li died in the Heavenly Tomb, Hun Yin realized Xiao Xuan had thwarted their plans against the Xiao Household. Xiao Lin left the Gu Realm with the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, suspecting the Hun Clan would soon target the Stone Clan.

• The Emperor Clan prodigies saw Hun Ya and Hun Li's corpses and suspected that members of another clan had killed them.
• Hun Yin silently collected the corpses, knowing the Hun Clan had sent Hun Ya and Hun Li to attack the Xiao Household's people.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Li, Xiao Ding, and Xun'er emerged from the Heavenly Tomb alive, dashing Hun Yin's hopes; Hun Yin glared at them and left the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Lin noticed Hun Yin glance at several Stone Clan members and suspected the Hun Clan would act against them after they returned to the Stone Realm.
• The Heavenly Tomb gate closed, ending the training, and Xiao Lin led the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace group out of the Gu Realm.

Hun Yin reported that Ling Miao was hiding in the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that its master, Lin Xiao, was a High-Star Dou Sheng. Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yuantian awakened as backup for the Hun Clan’s plan against the Stone Clan, while suspecting Lin Xiao and the Ling Clan remnant were pursuing a hidden scheme; Hun Yuantian began to emerge from his blood coffin.

• Hun Yin told Hun Jing that Ling Miao had joined the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and that Lin Xiao had subdued Gu Tan with a glance.
• Hun Jing reported the news to Hun Tiandi, who dismissed Lin Xiao as a threat but agreed to add a precaution to the Stone Clan plan.
• Hun Tiandi gave Hun Jing an iron token and ordered him to awaken Hun Yuantian at the Departed Soul Hall.
• Hun Tiandi wondered why Ling Miao had revealed herself and helped the Xiao Clan remnants, unaware that he had fallen into Lin Xiao’s scheme.
• Hun Jing sent a soul fluctuation into one of the blood coffins, and Hun Yuantian asked whether it was time to lend the clan his strength.

Hun Jing awakened the living dead Hun Yuantian to assist Lord Void against the Stone Clan, citing the threat posed by Xiao Lin. Meanwhile, Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng returned from the Heavenly Tomb toward the Stone Realm, unaware the Hun Clan was moving against them.

• Hun Jing summoned Hun Yuantian from his blood coffin and asked him to travel to the Stone Realm to help destroy the Stone Clan and seize its Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Hun Jing explained that Xiao Lin, a High-Star Dou Sheng protecting the Ling Clan’s remnants, might interfere with Lord Void’s operation.
• Hun Yuantian agreed to go and said he would later raise the Soul Hall’s failures with the Clan Leader and Lord Void.
• Hun Yuantian departed the Departed Soul Hall, while Hun Jing withdrew in silence.
• Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng left the Gu Realm for the Stone Realm, and Yan Sheng praised the two young fighters’ advances in the Heavenly Tomb.

Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng mourned the Stone Clan’s decision to seal the Stone Realm, but their journey home was interrupted when Hun Xie ambushed them. Hun Xie mocked the Stone Clan’s weakness and made clear that he did not fear a conflict with them.

• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi admitted to Yan Sheng that they dreaded losing the chance to leave the Stone Realm, though they accepted the clan leadership’s decision to seal it.
• Yan Sheng explained that the Stone Clan had no choice but to protect itself from the other Emperor Clans, and the three flew home in low spirits.
• The sky darkened as someone sealed the space around them, and the Stone Clan trio realized they had been ambushed.
• Hun Xie emerged and mocked Yan Sheng’s strength and the Stone Clan’s dwindling Dou Emperor Bloodline.
• Yan Sheng challenged Hun Xie over blocking their way, but Hun Xie ridiculed the idea that the Stone Clan could stand against the Hun Clan.

Hun Xie revealed that the Hun Clan had secretly destroyed the Ling Clan and planned to destroy the Stone Clan next. Yan Sheng attacked to help Shi Yun and Yan Longzi escape, but Hun Xie struck him down; the chapter ended with Yan Sheng's shattered rock armor restoring itself.

• Hun Xie mocked Yan Sheng and warned that the Stone Clan would soon be destroyed by the Hun Clan.
• Hun Xie revealed that Ling Miao was one of five Ling Clan survivors sheltered by the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and said the Hun Clan would target the palace afterward.
• Yan Sheng told Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to flee and seek help from the Gu Clan while he held Hun Xie back.
• Yan Sheng covered himself in rock armor and attacked Hun Xie, who knocked him flying with Myriad Souls Hand.
• Hun Xie was surprised when Yan Sheng's shattered rock armor restored itself.

Yan Sheng tried to protect Shi Yun and Yan Longzi from Hun Xie, but Hun Xie captured him and trapped the two younger Stone clansmen inside a Void Soul Barrier. Just as they faced defeat, someone tore open the barrier and let sunlight shine through.

• Yan Sheng ordered Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to flee while he held Hun Xie back, and they flew away reluctantly.
• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi found themselves trapped by Hun Xie's Void Soul Barrier and could not break through it.
• Hun Xie defeated Yan Sheng, captured him, and caught up with the trapped Shi Yun and Yan Longzi.
• As Hun Xie confronted the two younger clansmen, someone tore open the barrier from outside, and sunlight streamed through the opening.

Xiao Lin and Ling Miao rescued Shi Yun, Yan Longzi, and Yan Sheng from Hun Xie after secretly tracking the Stone Clan members’ route. Xiao Lin humiliated Hun Xie, then let Ling Miao begin her revenge against the Hun Clan, leaving the two Dou Sheng experts clashing.

• Xiao Lin and Ling Miao emerged from the light and destroyed Hun Xie's Void Soul Barrier, prompting Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to greet them with relief.
• Xiao Lin slapped Hun Xie aside and challenged him to bring Hun Tiandi, while Hun Xie backed down from making further threats.
• Ling Miao asked Xiao Lin to leave Hun Xie to her and declared she would avenge the Ling Clan's dead.
• Ling Miao and Hun Xie unleashed their Dou Qi, then Ling Miao attacked with Thousand Spirit Hand as Hun Xie defended with Nether Soul Shield.

Xiao Lin watched as Ling Miao avenged the destruction of the Ling Clan by torturing and killing Hun Xie. The Stone Clan survivors learned their clan was safe for the moment, but still faced a threat from the Hun Clan.

• Ling Miao blocked Hun Xie's attack, allowing Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to rescue the injured Yan Sheng while Xiao Lin protected them from the shock waves.
• The three Stone Clan members thanked Xiao Lin, who explained that Ling Miao was pursuing revenge for the Hun Clan's destruction of her clan and that the Stone Clan was safe for now.
• Yan Sheng and the others worried that the Hun Clan might soon attack the Stone Clan, but stayed to watch Ling Miao fight Hun Xie.
• Ling Miao battered Hun Xie, cut off all four of his limbs, and ignored his curses.
• Ling Miao used Space Strangulation to kill Hun Xie.

After Ling Miao tortured Hun Xie to death, she released the grief that had held back her cultivation and broke through to Three-Star Dou Sheng with Xiao Lin’s help. Once she recovered, she turned to the waiting Stone Clan members so they could continue their mission.

• Ling Miao’s anguish lifted after Hun Xie’s death, and she began breaking through while Xiao Lin stood guard.
• Xiao Lin supplied Ling Miao with energy by transforming sixth- to eighth-tier pills into pure energy.
• Several hours later, Ling Miao stabilized her cultivation at Three-Star Dou Sheng and thanked Xiao Lin for letting her take her time with Hun Xie.
• Xiao Lin told Ling Miao that her concerns mattered more to him than the Stone Clan’s, and she was touched by his support.
• Ling Miao said she was feeling better and glanced at the three Stone Clan members as she prepared to resume their business.

Xiao Lin explained that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Ling Clan and was preparing to attack the Stone Clan, then agreed to help delay the assault. He sent the three Stone Clan members to alert the other Emperor Clans as he and Ling Miao headed for the Stone Realm.

• Xiao Lin told Yan Sheng, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi that the Hun Clan had wiped out the Ling Clan and was likely targeting the Stone Clan next.
• Xiao Lin explained that he and Ling Miao had secretly watched the Stone Clan and intervened after discovering signs of an imminent attack.
• The three Stone Clan members feared they could not return in time or get help from the other Emperor Clans, so they knelt and begged Xiao Lin to save their clan.
• Xiao Lin agreed that he and Ling Miao would hurry to the Stone Realm to delay the Hun Clan, while the three Stone Clan members alerted the other Emperor Clans.

Xiao Lin sent three Stone Clan members to seek help from the other Emperor Clans while he and Ling Miao headed for the Stone Realm to face the Hun Clan. Xiao Lin expected the reinforcements to arrive at the right time to witness what he wanted them to see, and the two set off hoping the Hun Clan would follow his plan.

• Xiao Lin helped the three Stone Clan members up and told them to seek reinforcements while he and Ling Miao went to the Stone Clan.
• Yan Sheng proposed that he, Shi Yun, and Yan Longzi split up to request help from the Yao, Yan, and Lei Clans, then meet at the Gu Clan.
• Shi Yun and Yan Longzi agreed to Yan Sheng’s plan, and the three Stone Clan members flew off separately to seek reinforcements.
• Xiao Lin revealed to Ling Miao that the three members’ actions matched his expectations and that he wanted the other Emperor Clans to arrive only when they could see what he intended.
• Xiao Lin and Ling Miao left for the Stone Realm, trusting that the Hun Clan would act according to their plan.