Chapter Summaries

After a year of war between Heavenly Mansion and Soul Hall, Xiao Han invited Elder Yao to Langya Pavilion to fulfill their old agreement by helping Yi Huang refine a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill. The chapter ended as Xiao Han completed an enormous Grand Array at the pill-refining site, revealing that his work was central to the process.

• Heavenly Mansion and Soul Hall fought across the Central Plains for a year, and the war's intensity began to decline after Soul Hall suffered setbacks and Heavenly Mansion consolidated its forces.
• Xiao Han welcomed Elder Yao to Langya Pavilion and asked him to honor their agreement by refining a pill with Yi Huang.
• Xiao Han told Elder Yao that the pill was the Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, Heavenly Origin Soul Forging Pill, and Elder Yao eagerly agreed to take part.
• Xiao Han led Elder Yao through a Space Wormhole to the pill-refining site, where Elder Yao recognized Yi Huang's Saint Radiance Cauldron.
• Yi Huang assigned Elder Yao the preliminary work, including extracting medicinal herbs and Pill Fusion, while Xiao Han prepared something nearby.
• Two days later, Xiao Han raised an enormous Grand Array, which Yi Huang said was the most important part of the pill refinement.

Xiao Han, Yi Huang, and Elder Yao worked together to refine a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, with Xiao Han supplying vast amounts of energy when the cauldron began to run short. The pill gradually solidified, leaving the trio waiting to see whether the difficult refinement would succeed.

• Xiao Han gathered dense energy for the refinement, then left Yi Huang and Elder Yao to begin while he watched from a distance.
• After two months of practice and failed batches, Yi Huang and Elder Yao produced a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill, and Xiao Han destroyed its Black Demon Lightning.
• Yi Huang gave Elder Yao the Treasure Pill as Langya Pavilion's token of appreciation, and he accepted it after Xiao Han insisted.
• Elder Yao studied the Mysterious Pill formula and began refining its ingredients, then passed the merged medicinal liquid to Yi Huang after three days.
• When the cauldron began running short of energy, Xiao Han extracted energy from more than a thousand high-grade pills and several hundred Tier 7 Medicinal Pills to sustain the refinement.
• The energy supply stabilized as the pill gradually solidified, and Xiao Han and Elder Yao waited for the refinement to finish.

Xiao Han and Yi Huang successfully refined a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and devised a way to smuggle the Xiao Clan ancestors out of the Heavenly Tomb. A month later, the appearance of a Ruins shattered the Central Plains’ peace.

• Xiao Han and Yi Huang watched the Mysterious Pill withstand Pill Lightning, then Xiao Han caught and stored it in a Jade Box.
• Xiao Han thanked Elder Yao for helping with the refinement and personally saw him out of Langya Pavilion.
• Elder Yao left for the Heavenly Mansion, resolved to keep the pill recipes and his experience secret.
• Yi Huang questioned how they would enter the Heavenly Tomb and get the ancestors out, and Xiao Han revealed a Soul-Nourishing Storage Ring.
• Xiao Han and Yi Huang planned to send the pill into the Heavenly Tomb so the ancestors could restore their souls and hide in the ring.
• A month later, the appearance of a Ruins disrupted the Central Plains.

Xiao Han sent Langya Pavilion disciples and Monster Beast elders to investigate the Saint's Relic in the Skeletal Mountain Range, which he recognized as the Creation Saint Relic and suspected contained a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. As factions and lone cultivators headed toward the relic, Xiao Yan accepted a team-leader assignment, while Xiao Ding and Qing Lin set off to investigate as well.

• Xiao Han told Yi Huang to send Langya Pavilion's core disciples and willing elders to the relic, and to ask the pavilion's Monster Beast elders to join them.
• Elder Yao lifted Xiao Yan's restriction and offered him a chance to lead a team exploring the Saint's Relic; Xiao Yan eagerly took the scroll after hearing it might contain rare treasures and Heaven Tier Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Ding killed a black-clothed old man who had pursued him and Qing Lin, then asked what trouble she had caused.
• Qing Lin admitted she had captured elders of the Nine Netherworld Earth Python, and Xiao Ding urged her to leave before anyone could send word.
• Qing Lin suggested they visit the Saint's Relic and said they might see Xiao Yan; Xiao Ding agreed and followed her.

Xiao Han informed Hei Qing that a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit lay within the opening Saint Relic and ordered him to eliminate the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, especially Huang Xuan. After Hei Qing departed, Xiao Han met the Puppet Saint, Jiang Yu, in the adjoining room.

• Xiao Han met Hei Qing, an Eight-Star Dou Zun peak sent by Candle Flame, and told him about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit in the Saint Relic.
• Hei Qing accepted the mission to obtain the fruit and help kill the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, especially Huang Xuan.
• Xiao Han left Hei Qing and appeared in the next room, where a man was drinking Langya Merchant Guild's Cang Yuan Wine.
• The man introduced himself to Xiao Han as Puppet Saint, Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu persuaded Xiao Han to join him in seeking the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect Secret Treasure, whose entrance lay in the southwest of the Central Plains. After agreeing to split the cache, they reached its hidden entrance, where Jiang Yu opened a vortex in the mountain wall.

• Xiao Han recognized Jiang Yu as the Puppet Saint and agreed to explore the secret treasure with him.
• Jiang Yu and Xiao Han traveled from Langtian City to a mountain range in the southwest of the Central Plains.
• Jiang Yu explained that the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect had hidden its treasures before its destruction and that two inheritance holders had to pass an assessment to open the cache.
• Xiao Han and Jiang Yu agreed to divide the secret cache equally.
• Jiang Yu formed hand seals and blasted the mountain wall, revealing a deep vortex.

Xiao Han entered the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect relic and passed its first examination by repairing hundreds of Battle Puppets in a day. Meanwhile, Hei Qing drove the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan away from the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and awaited reinforcements from Ancient Dragon Island.

• Jiang Yu explained that the relic had no traps, and Xiao Han and Jiang Yu accepted the puppet examiner’s deadly examination.
• The Nine Star Dou Sheng puppet sent Xiao Han and Jiang Yu through separate vortices to begin their tests.
• Xiao Han discovered that the first stage required him to find and repair damaged Battle Puppets within three days.
• Xiao Han used his Soul Strength to identify the damaged puppets and completed the repairs in one day, earning an Excellent result and permission to enter the next stage.
• Hei Qing confronted Huang Xuan and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Huang Xuan led his group away.
• Hei Qing watched the clan depart and resolved to kill them when they met again, confident that Ancient Dragon Island reinforcements were on their way.

Xiao Han completed a powerful puppet and tested it against the second trial’s array, while Xiao Yan encountered Xiao Ding in the Creation Saint Relic’s main hall. The reunion was interrupted by their pursuers, and an unknown person stepped in to protect them.

• Xiao Han built Puppet Saint Number Two and watched it overwhelm the seven Half-Saint puppets before they joined forces in an array.
• Xiao Han transformed Puppet Saint Number Two with spikes, a shield, a blade, and shoulder-mounted weapons, then sent it back into battle.
• Venerable Skyfire recognized the Fallen Heart Flame in Xiao Yan but decided not to provoke him, while his disciple asked about attacking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Huang Xuan sensed malice as Xiao Ding and a woman entered the hall, pursued by an angry old man.
• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Ding as his big brother, but the old man threatened the pair before an icy voice warned that no one would touch them.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Qing Lin, protected them from the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Clan, and learned more about his family and the Jia Ma Empire. Their conversation ended when someone announced that the Seal was about to break.

• Xiao Yan declared that Heavenly Mansion would protect Xiao Ding and Qing Lin, forcing the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Clan to back down.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Xiao Ding and learned that he and Qing Lin had come to the Central Plains to gain experience and explore the Saint Relic.
• Xiao Ding explained that the Nine Netherworld Earth Python Clan had pursued them because it coveted Qing Lin’s Azure Snake Three Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that he did not know the Jia Ma Empire’s current situation, and revealed that their father had forbidden Xiao Yan from contacting the Xiao Family’s Central Continent Power before reaching Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Ding passed on their father’s message that Xiao Yan should obtain Burning Flame Valley’s Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame, which Ancestor Xiao Xuan had created.
• An onlooker interrupted the brothers to announce that the Seal was about to break.

Xiao Han passed the third assessment by freezing and sealing its puppet with almost no damage, earning permission to enter the Final Trial. There, he joined Jiang Yu in fighting a powerful puppet that was ordered to kill the assessment participants, and the battle continued after both men revealed more of their strength.

• Xiao Han defeated the third-stage puppet by sealing its leg and preserving nearly all of its parts, earning an Excellent evaluation and entry into the Final Trial.
• Xiao Han entered the Final Trial and met Jiang Yu before the Hemp-Robed Middle-Aged Man announced that their mission was to kill the assessment participants.
• The middle-aged man attacked, destroying Jiang Yu's puppet decoy, and Xiao Han and Jiang Yu teamed up against him.
• Xiao Han and Jiang Yu's attacks failed to stop the Eight Star Dou Sheng puppet, which Xiao Han realized was likely testing them rather than trying to kill them.
• Jiang Yu fused his puppets into a Seven Star Dou Sheng, while Xiao Han revealed that he had reached Peak Seven Star Dou Sheng, and the battle resumed.

Xiao Han and Jiang Yu passed the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect’s assessment and heard the final sect master’s plea to preserve its inheritance. Jiang Yu revealed his connection to the sect, and the two entered the vortex expecting its secret treasure, only to be dismayed by what they found.

• Jiang Yu fused with his puppet and joined Xiao Han in defeating the assessment puppet, after which the test was declared passed.
• The puppet identified himself as Tian Wu Ye, the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect’s final sect master, and explained why he had hidden the sect’s inheritance before crumbling to dust.
• Xiao Han realized Jiang Yu was emotionally affected by Tian Wu Ye’s message, and Jiang Yu admitted he was a disciple of the sect’s two hundred and thirty-fifth generation.
• Jiang Yu explained how the sect’s survivors scattered and passed down its teachings through a single line, and how he discovered the sect’s secret realm and grew powerful as a puppet master.
• Xiao Han and Jiang Yu reaffirmed their agreement to divide the rewards, then entered the vortex and cried out in dismay fifteen minutes later.

Xiao Han and Jiang Yu divided the surviving treasures in the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect Secret Treasure, then made a deal tied to rebuilding the sect. They parted with both sides pleased over their hidden extra loot.

• Xiao Han and Jiang Yu investigated the secret treasure and realized time had destroyed nearly everything except the surviving scrolls and light clusters.
• Xiao Han and Jiang Yu split the remaining treasures, with each taking one side of the light clusters.
• Jiang Yu asked Xiao Han to attend the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect’s rebuilding ceremony and lend the sect Langya Pavilion’s reputation.
• Xiao Han agreed to attend in exchange for Jiang Yu promising to act for him once, with the secret treasure’s items serving as the price.
• After they parted, Xiao Han and Jiang Yu each discovered the other had secretly kept extra Storage Rings of valuable puppet materials.

Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion with treasures from an Ancient Sect’s ruins, where Yi Huang questioned him about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and told him the Gu Tribe Coming-of-Age Ceremony was approaching. She sent Xian'er to represent the pavilion, and Xian'er summoned Xiao Wu back from the Heavenly Barbarian Sect.

• Xiao Han presented Yi Huang with his haul from the Ancient Sect ruins, including a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, and claimed he had learned about the ruins’ master from ancient records.
• Yi Huang told Xiao Han that Zhu Li had visited to thank Ice Saint for information about the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, then gave him an invitation to the Gu Tribe Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Yi Huang decided that Xian'er and Ye Xinlan would attend the ceremony for Langya Pavilion.
• After training with the Heavenly Barbarian Sect elders, Xiao Wu received Xian'er's message that they had to return for the ceremony.
• Xian'er teased Xiao Wu for acting unusually serious, and he agreed to say farewell before leaving the Heavenly Barbarian Sect.

Xiao Han learned that Xiao Yan and Cai Lin had a daughter, Xiao Xiao, who had arrived at the Xiao Clan with her mother. He sent Xiao Zhan to the Central Plains to reclaim the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb quota and told him to reveal the clan’s secrets to Xiao Yan afterward.

• Huang Yan envied Xiao Wu’s talent, while Huang Jing Tian emerged from seclusion with slightly greater strength and looked forward to meeting Ice Saint again.
• Xiao Zhan introduced Xiao Xiao to Xiao Han as Xiao Yan and Cai Lin’s daughter, leaving Xiao Han stunned.
• Xiao Zhan explained how Cai Lin and Xiao Yan had grown close, Xiao Xiao had been born, and Cai Lin had brought her to the Xiao Clan for help against the Soul Hall’s forces.
• Xiao Han learned that Xiao Yan had not been told about his daughter and was moved when Xiao Xiao defended her father.
• Xiao Han ordered Xiao Zhan to attend the Gu Tribe Coming-of-Age Ceremony, reclaim the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb quota, and tell Xiao Yan everything about the clan after the tomb opened.

Xiao Han welcomed Cai Lin into the Xiao family and gave her and Xiao Xiao valuable gifts before leaving for the Central Plains. At Langya Pavilion, Yi Huang warned Xian'er to stay neutral during the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and advised her to be more reserved with Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Han met Cai Lin, praised her cultivation, and gave her a Storage Ring containing rare Primal Stones and treasures for snake-type Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Han told Cai Lin that the Nine Nether Yellow Springs could benefit her and urged her to have Xiao Yan help her reach them.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Xiao a Flame Heart Pearl, which appeared on her wrist and delighted her.
• Xiao Han departed for the Central Plains, leaving Xiao Zhan with a medicinal pill bottle and hopes for the Xiao Clan's return.
• Yi Huang told Xian'er that the Xiao Clan might cause trouble at the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony and instructed her not to support them openly.
• Yi Huang teased Xian'er about her feelings for Xiao Wu and advised her to be more reserved.

Elder Yao praised Xiao Yan’s rapid progress and gave him the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame before Xiao Zhan arrived to accompany his son to the Gu Tribe Coming-of-Age Ceremony. Xiao Zhan then asked Elder Yao to support the Xiao Clan at the ceremony and revealed how deeply the clan was embedded in the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.

• Elder Yao told Xiao Yan that he had advanced two stars after taking the Saint Marrow Pill and gave him the Three Mysterious Transformations of Heavenly Flame scroll.
• Xiao Zhan arrived, reunited with Xiao Yan, and said he and Xiao Yan’s older brother would go with him to the Gu Tribe.
• Xiao Zhan brought Cai Lin to meet Xiao Yan, then left with Elder Yao while the couple had a loud argument inside the pavilion.
• Xiao Zhan asked Elder Yao to accompany the Xiao Clan to the Gu Tribe Coming-of-Age Ceremony and explained that the clan had publicly given up the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that nearly one-sixth of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance’s Dou Zun experts came from the Xiao Clan, astonishing Elder Yao.

Xiao Han accepted Gu Yuan’s invitation and entered the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan received him and asked him to talk in the Ancient Tribe Great Hall. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Saint City with Elder Yao and Xiao Zhan, where a guard warned him to stay away from Xun Er.

• Xiao Han decided to travel alone to the Ancient Tribe after receiving an invitation personally written by Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Han entered the Ancient Realm with Gu Dao and met Gu Yuan, who recognized that Xiao Han had reached Nine Star Dou Sheng.
• Gu Yuan invited Xiao Han to continue their conversation in the Ancient Tribe Great Hall.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Ancient Saint City with Elder Yao and Xiao Zhan while Qing Lin dealt with an Ancient Sky Serpent’s remnant soul.
• A city gate commander warned Xiao Yan not to lay hands on Xun Er, and Xiao Yan calmly said he would be waiting.

Xiao Han discussed the Spirit Clan’s annihilation with Gu Yuan, arguing that Gu Yuan lacked the resolve to be responsible and warning that the Soul Clan’s apparent ability to act undetected was alarming. After Xiao Han left to attend the Ancient Tribe’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gu Yuan revealed that the current patriarch of the Xiao Clan had arrived.

• Gu Yuan questioned Xiao Han about the Spirit Clan’s annihilation and said his investigation had found no clues.
• Xiao Han suggested the Ancient or Soul Clan could have destroyed the Spirit Clan, then threatened Gu Yuan with his Nine Star Dou Sheng strength before saying he believed Gu Yuan was innocent.
• Xiao Han reasoned that Gu Yuan would not have annihilated the Spirit Clan because he had once refused to join Xiao Xuan against the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Han warned Gu Yuan to consider how the Soul Clan could have evaded the Ancient Tribe’s experts, and Gu Yuan realized he had overlooked that question.
• After receiving a message that unsettled him, Gu Yuan welcomed Xiao Han to the Ancient Tribe’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and assigned Gu Dao to guide him.
• After Xiao Han and Gu Dao left, Gu Yuan told the others that the current patriarch of the Xiao Clan was there.

Xiao Zhan arrived at the Gu Clan as a Dou Sheng to deliver something, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding faced off against members of the Black Annihilation Army. Elder Tong Xuan realized the Xiao Clan had come prepared and that its claim to Heavenly Tomb slots would be difficult to dismiss.

• Gu Yuan revealed that Xiao Zhan had advanced from an ordinary Dou Zun to a Dou Sheng, shocking Gu Lie and the others.
• Xiao Zhan told Elder Yao to wait for the Gu Clan to respond, and Elder Tong Xuan came to welcome the Medicine Saint before discovering Xiao Zhan's identity.
• Xiao Yan was paired against Third Commander Yang Hao, whom he swiftly defeated in the sparring arena.
• Second Commander Lin Xiu confronted Xiao Yan, but Xiao Ding stepped in to challenge him and sent Xiao Yan away.
• Elder Tong Xuan noted the Xiao brothers' Six Star Dou Zun strength and suspected the Xiao Clan sought Heavenly Tomb slots, making the matter difficult for the Gu Clan.

Xiao Ding defeated Lin Xiu with a Heaven Tier Dou Technique, while observers speculated about the Xiao Clan’s return and its claim to the Heavenly Tomb quota. As Xiao Han toured the Ancient Realm with Gu Dao, he witnessed Gu Qingxiao being mocked for his weak bloodline and left without intervening.

• Xiao Ding defeated Lin Xiu, and the onlookers acknowledged the Xiao brothers’ strength.
• Members of the Flame Tribe speculated that the Xiao Clan had prepared to reclaim its Heavenly Tomb quota, while two black-robed figures plotted against Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Han asked Gu Dao about the Heavenly Tomb and learned that its rules restricted who could enter.
• Xiao Han and Gu Dao saw Gu Qingxiao surrounded by youths who mocked his low bloodline and status.
• Xiao Han left the scene without intervening, and Gu Dao followed him.