Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Xuzi after Nihility Devouring Flame fled and killed him with a Ten-Colored Fire Lotus. Xiao Lin sensed Hun Xuzi’s death and looked toward the distant blooming lotus.

• Hun Xuzi realized Nihility Devouring Flame had left him behind and feared Xiao Yan and the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan approached Hun Xuzi and dismissed his threats and offer to serve him.
• Xiao Yan formed a Ten-Colored Fire Lotus and refused to spare Hun Xuzi.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Destruction Fire Lotus, which reduced the gravely injured Hun Xuzi to ash.
• Xiao Lin sensed Hun Xuzi’s death and glanced toward the blooming Fire Lotus.

After Xiao Lin helped the Yao Clan survive the Hun Clan’s attack, he prepared to claim his reward from the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul. Before the Remnant Soul fulfilled its promise, Xiao Lin asked what had happened to the Eight Ancient Emperors after they left the Dou Qi Continent, leaving the mystery unanswered.

• The Yao Clan’s battle ended with most of its people dead, its Medicine Realm devastated, and the Hun Clan carrying off the Tou She Ancient God Jade, though Xiao Lin had prevented the clan’s complete destruction.
• The surviving Medicine Ceremony guests left the Yao Clan, which planned to recover and join the other Emperor Clans against the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Lin returned control of the Medicine Emperor’s body to the Remnant Soul, which thanked him for protecting the Yao Clan and offered to fulfill its promise.
• Xiao Lin asked the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul what had happened to the Eight Ancient Emperors after they left the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Lin learned that the Medicine Emperor and the other seven ancient Dou Emperors had likely died after leaving the Dou Qi Continent, and he asked the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul to help him find their remains in the Greater World. The Remnant Soul agreed, gave Xiao Lin a gift, and vanished after entrusting the Yao Clan to its own members.

• Xiao Lin asked whether the Medicine Emperor and the other seven Dou Emperors were alive, and the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul said they had likely all perished, though he did not know how.
• Xiao Lin resolved to search the Greater World for the Eight Ancient Emperors' remains and for Tou She Ancient God after he reached the Dou Emperor Realm.
• Xiao Lin told the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul that he had found Origin Qi and asked for help sensing the location of the Medicine Emperor's remains in the upper realm.
• The Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul agreed to help Xiao Lin and offered him a gift of thanks.
• The Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul told the Yao Clan to rely on themselves, dissolved into points of light, and secretly entered Xiao Lin's body as spiritual light.

After the Yao Clan’s crisis ended, Xiao Lin assessed the gains he received from the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul and decided to leave for seclusion to pursue a breakthrough. He and Ye Xinlan went to bid farewell to the exhausted Yao Dan, while the final battle with the Hun Clan drew closer.

• Xiao Lin celebrated his gains while Ye Xinlan remained shaken by the upheaval at the Medicine Ceremony.
• The Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul passed Xiao Lin the Emperor Tier Dou Techniques Desolate Medicine Halberd and Myriad Transformations Holy Spirit, along with a spiritual light to help him find the Eight Ancient Emperors’ remains in the Greater World.
• Xiao Lin considered the Yao Clan’s heavy losses and resolved to leave and prepare for seclusion to reach the Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Lin took Ye Xinlan to bid farewell to Yao Dan, who was directing the exhausted Yao Clan members as they saw off their guests.

Yao Dan privately thanked Xiao Lin for saving the Yao Clan and revealed that he knew Xiao Lin was actually Palace Master Lin Xiao. He explained that the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul had disclosed Xiao Lin's cultivation, allowing Yao Dan to deduce his identity.

• Yao Dan asked to speak with Xiao Lin privately, and Xiao Lin agreed while Ye Xinlan waited with Yao Wanhuo.
• Yao Dan opened a Spatial Passage and led Xiao Lin to a remote spot on Yao Mountain.
• Yao Dan bowed to Xiao Lin and thanked him on behalf of the Yao Clan, addressing him as Palace Master Lin Xiao.
• Xiao Lin asked how Yao Dan had learned his identity and confirmed that he had intervened in secret.
• Yao Dan said the Medicine Emperor's Remnant Soul had told him about Xiao Lin's cultivation, and he had deduced that Elder Xiao was a traveling identity.

Xiao Lin revealed to Yao Dan that he was truly Xiao Yan’s grandfather and had once traveled under the name Lin Xiao. Yao Dan asked to ally the Yao Clan with Xiao Lin against the Hun Clan and pledged the clan to follow his lead, carrying out the Medicine Emperor’s final instruction.

• Xiao Lin told Yao Dan that his real identity was Xiao Lin of the Xiao Household and that he was Xiao Yan’s grandfather, while Lin Xiao had been an alias.
• Yao Dan was shocked by the revelation and praised the Xiao Clan’s strength.
• Xiao Lin said the Xiao Clan wanted to grow stronger and take revenge on the Hun Clan.
• Yao Dan asked to bring the Yao Clan along when Xiao Lin fought the Hun Clan and revealed the Medicine Emperor’s final instruction.
• Yao Dan pledged the Yao Clan to follow Xiao Lin and devote its strength to repaying his kindness, and Xiao Lin accepted.

After securing the Yao Clan’s allegiance, Xiao Lin left the Medicine Realm with Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Ye Xinlan. Yao Lao resigned as leader of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance and arranged for Xiao Yan to take his place, while he returned to help rebuild the Yao Clan.

• Xiao Lin and Yao Dan agreed on details of the Yao Clan’s allegiance, which would provide the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Xiao Household with a steady supply of Medicinal Pills.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Lin he planned to resign as Heavenly Mansion Alliance leader so he could focus on rebuilding the Yao Clan, and Xiao Lin agreed to help spring the leadership role on Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Lin kept their plan from Xiao Yan as the group traveled back from the Medicine Realm.
• At a grand ceremony, Yao Lao announced his resignation, and the Heavenly Mansion Alliance leadership unanimously nominated an unsuspecting Xiao Yan as the new leader.
• Xiao Yan accepted congratulations in a daze, while Yao Lao returned to the Yao Clan and Xiao Lin postponed his seclusion to attend the ceremony.

After Xiao Yan became leader of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, he confronted Xiao Lin, who beat him before discussing the approaching war against the Hun Clan. Xiao Lin promised to help Xiao Yan reach Eight-Star Dou Saint and break through to an Emperor Realm Soul.

• Xiao Yan accused Xiao Lin of knowing about the succession ceremony in advance, but Xiao Lin denied it and beat him when he challenged his honesty.
• Xiao Lin beat Xiao Yan again when Xiao Yan tried to fight back, while Xun'er, Cai Lin and the others watched and laughed.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Lin discussed how the imperial clans planned to meet in the Gu Realm one year later to form an alliance against the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that his Seven-Star Dou Saint strength was not enough for the coming battle and promised to help him reach Eight-Star Dou Saint and Emperor Realm Soul.

Xiao Lin explained how Gu Yuan could help Xiao Yan reach Eight-Star Dou Saint and Emperor Realm Soul, using the last favor Gu Yuan owed him. He gave Xiao Yan a letter to deliver after Xiao Yan used his Ninth-Grade Profound Pill to advance to Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Lin how he could break through to Eight-Star Dou Sheng and attain an Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan that Gu Yuan would help him through their remaining favor, while the Gu Clan and Xiao Xuan could deal with the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
• Xiao Yan asked how Xiao Lin had secured Gu Yuan’s promise and the Engagement Contract between Xun'er and him.
• Xiao Lin instructed Xiao Yan to use his Ninth-Grade Profound Pill to reach Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint and then visit the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Lin handed Xiao Yan a prepared letter for Gu Yuan, and Xiao Yan carefully accepted it.

Xiao Lin finished arranging Xiao Yan’s next steps, then returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace to prepare for his own breakthrough. After a month of refining his skills and strengthening his foundations, he began advancing toward the Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint realm as the Realm of Formations filled with starlight.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Yan to bring Xiao Chen when he went to the Gu Clan and promised to reveal more secrets before the decisive battle.
• Xiao Yan left to handle his affairs while Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household and then went to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Xiao Lin spent a month improving his Dou Techniques, refining the power sealed in his body, and examining his foundations before attempting a breakthrough.
• Xiao Lin began his breakthrough, and boundless starlight enveloped the Realm of Formations.

Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill and advanced to Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint before traveling with Xiao Chen and Xun'er to the Gu Clan so he could pursue further advancement. As they entered the Gu Realm, Xiao Chen worried about meeting Xiao Xuan again, and Ling Quan escorted them to see Gu Yuan.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint after refining a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
• Xiao Yan entrusted the Heavenly Mansion Alliance to Old Monster Lin, Old Ancestor Huoyun, and others, then returned to the Xiao Household and set out for the Gu Clan with Xiao Chen and Xun'er.
• On the way, Xiao Chen asked Xiao Yan whether Xiao Xuan would blame him for missing the Xiao Clan's final battle a thousand years earlier, and Xiao Yan reassured him.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Chen entered the Gu Realm, where Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army welcomed them.
• Xun'er ordered Ling Quan to take them to Gu Yuan, and Xiao Yan greeted Ling Quan, who felt awkward about how he had once looked down on him.

Xiao Yan returned to the Gu Clan with Xun'er and Xiao Chen as the clans prepared for war against the Hun Clan. He reunited with Gu Yuan, while Xiao Chen's polite distance made clear that old tensions between the Xiao and Gu Clans remained.

• Ling Quan apologized to Xiao Yan for his past behavior, and Xiao Yan said he held no grudge.
• Ling Quan escorted Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Chen into the Gu Realm, where the Gu Clan was preparing for war against the Hun Clan in a year.
• Xun'er reunited warmly with her father, Gu Yuan, and teased him about her coming marriage to Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan and Xiao Chen exchanged polite but awkward greetings, revealing the distance between them after the Gu Clan's past wrongs against the Xiao Clan.
• After speaking with Xiao Chen, Gu Yuan turned his attention to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan met with Gu Yuan at the Gu Clan, where Gu Yuan praised his achievements and rapid cultivation. After Xiao Yan presented a letter from his grandfather, Gu Yuan recognized it as a message from Palace Master Lin Xiao, prompting Xiao Yan to suspect his grandfather was hiding his true identity.

• Gu Yuan praised Xiao Yan for killing Hun Xuzi and was astonished that he had reached Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Yuan discussed the Yao Clan, the Hun Clan, the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, and the Dou Qi Continent’s future while Xun'er occasionally joined in and Xiao Chen stayed quiet.
• When Gu Yuan asked why he had come to the Gu Clan, Xiao Yan handed him the letter his grandfather had given him.
• Gu Yuan identified the letter as one from Palace Master Lin Xiao, leaving Xiao Yan to wonder whether his grandfather’s hidden identity was connected to Lin Xiao.
• Gu Yuan read that Lin Xiao wanted the Gu Clan to help Xiao Yan reach Early Eight-Star Dou Saint, and he accepted the immense cost because of their old agreement and Xiao Yan’s bond with Xun'er.

After reading Xiao Lin's letter, Gu Yuan agreed to provide Xiao Yan with the resources to reach the Early Eight-Star Dou Saint realm, but learned that a Nine-Star Dou Saint-level Heavenly Tomb Spirit was hidden in the Gu Clan's Heavenly Tomb. He kept the discovery from Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Chen, then prepared to deal with it himself and promised Xiao Chen a chance to visit Xiao Xuan.

• Gu Yuan read the second half of Xiao Lin's letter and was shocked to learn that a being as powerful as a Nine-Star Dou Saint dwelled in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Gu Yuan concealed the letter's revelation from Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Chen, assuring them that he would handle the matter himself.
• Gu Yuan promised to prepare resources for Xiao Yan to break through to the Early Eight-Star Dou Saint realm in a couple of days.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Chen that he could enter the Heavenly Tomb with him to see Xiao Xuan after Xiao Yan's breakthrough.
• Gu Yuan left to attend to his personal business in the Heavenly Tomb.

After Xiao Yan received Gu Yuan’s promised resources and began a breakthrough in seclusion, Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan’s leaders that a Nine-Star Dou Saint Heavenly Tomb Spirit existed. The leaders agreed that the spirit had to be eliminated before the Gu Clan’s decisive battle with the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Yan’s strength earned him a far warmer welcome from the Gu Clan, and Gu Qingyang and Gu Zhen visited him.
• After Xiao Yan had spent four or five days with the Gu Clan, Gu Yuan delivered a Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, five Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills, and other resources.
• Xiao Yan began his breakthrough in seclusion while the Gu Clan convened to discuss the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
• Gu Yuan revealed that the Heavenly Tomb Spirit had reached the Nine-Star Dou Saint realm, shocking the Gu Clan’s leaders.
• Black Annihilation King Gu Lie and the other leaders argued that the Heavenly Tomb Spirit was a dangerous threat and had to be eliminated before the war with the Hun Clan.

Gu Yuan decided to confront the Nine-Star Heavenly Tomb Spirit and planned to ask Xiao Xuan to help, while affirming Xiao Yan’s place as Xun’er’s husband. After Xiao Yan reached Early Eight-Star Dou Saint, he prepared to enter the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Chen and Gu Yuan.

• Gu Yuan decided to enter the Heavenly Tomb and face its Spirit, but said he would first ask Xiao Xuan to join forces with him.
• Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan’s Leadership to treat Xiao Yan as Xun’er’s husband, and they agreed.
• The Gu Clan prepared for the Emperor Clans’ gathering and their planned war against the Hun Clan while Gu Yuan readied himself to enter the Heavenly Tomb.
• After absorbing the Gu Clan’s resources, Xiao Yan broke through to Early Eight-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan prepared to take Xiao Chen into the Heavenly Tomb, and Gu Yuan decided to accompany them and open the way in.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Chen, Xun'er, and Gu Yuan entered the Heavenly Tomb so Gu Yuan could meet Xiao Xuan and seek information about the Heavenly Tomb Spirit. They headed for the Third Layer, unaware that the Spirit had sensed Gu Yuan and was watching them.

• Gu Yuan explained the risks of forcing open the Heavenly Tomb, then tore a rift in space with his power.
• Gu Yuan left Gu Dao to guard the entrance, and he entered the Heavenly Tomb with Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Chen.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit sensed Gu Yuan's arrival but stayed dormant because it did not know his purpose.
• Gu Yuan searched the Heavenly Tomb with his Soul Power but found no trace of the Spirit.
• The four set out for the Third Layer to meet Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan dispersed an energy storm along the way.
• As they drew closer to the Third Layer, the four felt increasingly oppressed, as though something were watching them.

Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Chen reached Xiao Xuan’s tomb in the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb. Xiao Xuan appeared and reunited with Xiao Chen, whom he had believed dead for a thousand years.

• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit watched Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Chen as they crossed the first two layers and entered the Third Layer.
• Xiao Xuan remained inside his tomb, unaware that Xiao Yan and the others had entered the Heavenly Tomb to find him.
• Xiao Xuan sensed someone approaching his tombstone and went outside to investigate.
• Xiao Xuan recognized Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Gu Yuan, then froze when he saw Xiao Chen standing before the tombstone.
• Xiao Xuan called Xiao Chen “Brother Chen,” and Xiao Chen turned to him and replied, “Brother Xuan.”

Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen reunited in Xiao Xuan's tomb residence and spent days catching up after a thousand years apart. Gu Yuan admitted his guilt over his past failure to keep his promise, but Xiao Yan told him he did not blame him; the cousins then rejoined Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Gu Yuan, ready to attend to their other matters in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er gave Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen space to reunite while Xiao Yan welcomed Gu Yuan to the tomb residence.
• Gu Yuan confessed that he had never visited Xiao Xuan because he felt ashamed of how the Gu Clan had wronged him.
• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that the Gu Clan's actions and Gu Yuan himself were separate, and that he did not blame him.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen talked about the Xiao Clan's destruction and the thousand years Xiao Chen had spent trapped in the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen apologized to Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Gu Yuan for leaving them waiting several days, and the others waved off their apologies.

Xiao Yan, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan discussed joining forces to defeat the Heavenly Tomb Spirit, with Xiao Xuan asking for its essence as payment. The three agreed to act together, while Xiao Yan remained confused about the plan and the spirit.

• Xiao Xuan greeted Gu Yuan, and Gu Yuan admitted he had felt too ashamed to visit his old friend.
• Xiao Yan explained that they had come to ask Xiao Xuan for help, and Xiao Xuan realized their goal involved the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
• Xiao Xuan discovered that Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Dou Sheng and recognized that he also wanted help with his soul realm.
• Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan agreed to join forces against the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and let Xiao Xuan take its essence as payment for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan to explain what the Heavenly Tomb Spirit was and what they had agreed to do.