Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhan arranged for the Gu Clan to safeguard the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, while Xiao Han urged Gu Dao to let Gu Qingxiao pursue spear training beyond the Ancient Realm. As Xiao Yan and Xun Er arrived at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony with Elder Yao, Xiao Yan knew his real trial would begin after the ceremony.

• Xiao Han told Gu Dao that Gu Qingxiao had talent in the Way of the Spear and might become a Dou Sheng if allowed to leave the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Zhan offered Gu Yuan the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade, and Gu Yuan agreed to safeguard it.
• Xiao Zhan told Gu Yuan that he would need the Gu Clan’s cooperation during the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Elder Yao transported Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and their companions to the ceremony square using spatial power, astonishing the spectators.
• Hun Ya sneered that Xiao Yan would be helpless in the Heavenly Tomb despite having a Dou Sheng elder, while Xiao Yan recognized that his true trial still lay ahead.

Xian'er and Xinlan watched the Gu Clan's Coming-of-Age Ceremony with Xiao Han, who urged them to pay attention to the younger generation. As Gu Yao stepped forward, Xiao Yan prepared to face the challenge he could not avoid.

• Xian'er and Xinlan admired Elder Yao before Xiao Han appeared to check on them and teased them about choosing capable husbands.
• Xiao Han told the two to watch the ceremony, but they found the Gu Clan's young talents unimpressive until Gu Yao stepped forward.
• Xiao Zhan and Elder Yao joked about Elder Yao's good looks while Xiao Yan and Xun Er discussed the coming battle.
• Xun Er urged Xiao Yan to be careful, and Xiao Yan assured her that he would not lose to Gu Yao.

Xiao Yan narrowly defeated Gu Yao in their arena match, but the ceremony took an unexpected turn when Xiao Zhan revealed the Tou She Ancient God Jade. He offered it to the Gu Clan for safekeeping, and Elder Tong Xuan accepted on the clan’s behalf.

• Xiao Yan used his combat experience to narrowly defeat Gu Yao, impressing the spectators and Xian'er.
• Xiao Zhan stood up during the ceremony and presented a Jade Pendant, prompting Gu Qian and Gu Xu to recognize it as the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Zhan identified himself as Xiao Clan Leader and explained that his clan could no longer safeguard the jade, asking the Gu Clan to keep it from the Soul Clan and other enemies.
• Elder Tong Xuan accepted the Xiao Clan’s request to hand over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

After giving the Tou She Ancient God Jade to the Gu Clan, Xiao Zhan left the Ancient Realm and was ambushed by a Soul Clan Dou Sheng. Xiao Han subdued the attacker and left Xiao Zhan to interrogate him.

• Xiao Zhan and Elder Yao said goodbye to Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xun Er, leaving them in the Ancient Realm to await the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Zhan and Elder Yao parted ways, with Xiao Zhan heading toward the Xiao Clan and Elder Yao returning to Starfall Pavilion.
• Three days later, Xiao Zhan confronted a Soul Clan elder who had come to kill him after learning about the jade and Xiao Zhan’s strength.
• The elder attacked Xiao Zhan, but Xiao Han appeared, froze the elder in space, and knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Han sealed the elder’s strength and told Xiao Zhan to handle him and share any intelligence before leaving.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xun Er entered the Heavenly Tomb as the Xiao Clan’s rivals eyed them with hostility. Xiao Ding began exploring the tomb, while Xiao Yan revealed that his brother was stronger than his apparent cultivation suggested; back at Langya Pavilion, Xiao Han looked forward to the Xiao Clan’s ancestor returning and teased Yi Huang.

• Huo Xuan questioned Xiao Ding about whether he planned to seek the Xiao Clan ancestor’s tomb mansion, but Xiao Ding claimed he was only there to broaden his horizons.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li plotted to kill Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Yan answered Hun Ya’s glare with a provocative gesture.
• After Elder Tong Xuan reviewed the rules, Xiao Yan and Xun Er entered the Heavenly Tomb, followed by Xiao Ding, and the Portal closed behind them.
• Xiao Ding arrived on a plain, defeated an attacker, collected an Energy Core, and set off to restore his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xun Er that Xiao Ding was stronger than he appeared, then hurried with her toward the second-layer entrance.
• At Langya Pavilion, Xiao Han discussed Xiao Ding’s talent for schemes with Yi Huang before teasing her about having children.

Xiao Ding lured Hun Ya and Hun Li into his traps by hiding his Nine-Star Dou Zun cultivation with a Locking Qi Pill. He killed Hun Li and forced Hun Ya to flee, then expected to encounter him again in the Heavenly Tomb.

• Xiao Ding defeated seven Energy Bodies and prepared to head for the second layer before sensing Hun Ya and Hun Li nearby.
• Xiao Ding concealed his true cultivation with a Locking Qi Pill, and a trap array bound Hun Li when the Soul Clan pair approached.
• Xiao Ding revealed his Nine-Star Dou Zun strength and killed the trapped Hun Li with a single blow.
• Hun Ya attacked with a swarm of souls, but Xiao Ding dodged as an explosion gave Hun Ya a chance to escape.
• Xiao Ding reviewed his plan and concluded that killing Hun Li had removed the risk of him being rescued.

Xiao Han received an invitation to the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect’s founding ceremony and decided to attend and discuss cooperation with Jiang Yu. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and the others neared the Heavenly Tomb’s Third Layer as an Energy Storm forced everyone to flee, leaving Hun Ya isolated and the others guessing what happened to Hun Li.

• Xiao Han told Yi Huang that he would attend Jiang Yu’s ceremony and discuss cooperation between their sects.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er traveled through the Second Layer and expected to reach the Third Layer in two or three days.
• Hun Ya struggled alone after losing Hun Li and vowed to make the Xiao Clan pay once he reached the Third Layer.
• Xiao Ding spotted a massive Energy Storm and fled toward the Third Layer with the other people in the Heavenly Tomb.
• The travelers saw Hun Ya alone and suspected the Gu Clan had killed Hun Li, while Xiao Yan considered Xiao Ding a possible culprit.
• The person suspected of causing Hun Li’s disappearance stood opposite several figures at the entrance to the Third Layer.

Xiao Yan and the others reached the third level of the Heavenly Tomb, where they prepared to break through its sealed entrance as an Energy Storm approached. Meanwhile, Jiang Yu remained unfazed by plans to isolate the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect as its founding ceremony drew near.

• Xiao Ding met Gu Qingyang and two other Gu Clan members at the third-level entrance, and they discussed the entrance and the approaching Energy Storm.
• Disheveled figures fleeing the storm arrived, and Hun Ya stopped when he spotted Xiao Ding before continuing toward the entrance.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding, learned that Xiao Ding had fought Hun Ya, and watched the gathered experts prepare to break through the entrance together.
• A subordinate told Jiang Yu that rival factions planned to blockade the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect and keep their allies away from its opening ceremony.
• Jiang Yu dismissed the rivals’ plans and ordered his subordinate to proceed as normal while the ceremony approached.

Jiang Yu received Xiao Han’s public congratulations and the promised secret treasures as he prepared to restore the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect. In the Heavenly Tomb’s third layer, Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan traveled with the Gu Clan group toward Xiao Xuan’s tomb, where their path suddenly became difficult.

• Jiang Yu welcomed Xiao Han, who revealed himself and agreed to announce Langya Pavilion’s support for the Ten Thousand Puppets Sect.
• Xiao Han proclaimed that Langya Pavilion’s Ice Saint congratulated the sect, prompting the crowd and nearby spies to react with surprise.
• Jiang Yu collected the Storage Ring of secret treasures Xiao Han had promised and told him to wait and see what would happen next.
• Xiao Yan asked to travel with Xiao Ding through the dangerous third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Ding agreed.
• When Gu Qingyang asked about their purpose, Xiao Ding said the Xiao Clan sought a way to revive Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Ding stopped at the front of the group and warned that the way ahead would be hard to get through.

Hun Ya brought two Soul Clan Dou Sheng experts to attack Xiao Ding and the others in the Heavenly Tomb, but Xiao Ding’s Dou Sheng Puppet stopped one of them. When Hun Diao struck at Xiao Yan, Xiao Han’s safeguard activated and he took control of Xiao Yan, preparing to face the Soul Clan expert.

• Hun Ya arrived with Hun Diao and another Soul Clan Dou Sheng, and Hun Diao targeted Xiao Ding for killing Hun Li.
• Hun Diao attacked Xiao Ding, but Xiao Ding summoned a Dou Sheng Puppet that overwhelmed the Soul Clan elders.
• Xiao Ding urged Xiao Yan to block Hun Diao’s attack, and Xiao Yan stepped forward as the giant palm descended.
• Xiao Han sensed his safeguard had been triggered, took control of Xiao Yan, and erased Hun Diao’s giant palm.
• Xiao Han, speaking through Xiao Yan, identified himself as a member of the Xiao Clan and told Hun Diao to die.

Possessing Xiao Yan, Xiao Han swiftly defeated the Soul Clan Dou Shengs and spared Hun Ya. He then greeted the arriving Ancestor Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Han, possessing Xiao Yan, overwhelmed Hun Diao and killed him after humiliating him with a slap.
• Xiao Han struck at the Soul Clan elder fighting Xiao Ding’s puppet, then seized and killed him.
• Xiao Han spared Hun Ya and ordered him to leave, so Hun Ya fled in relief.
• Xiao Han respectfully greeted Ancestor Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan met Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding, praised them, and brought them to his tomb residence in the Heavenly Tomb. There, Xiao Xuan asked about the Xiao Clan’s present situation, and Xiao Ding began explaining after a soundproof barrier excluded Xun Er.

• Xiao Han’s possession of Xiao Yan ended, and Xun Er caught the unconscious Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding, then regarded Gu Qingyang and the other Gu Clan members coldly before leading everyone away.
• Xiao Han awoke at Langya Pavilion and anticipated Xiao Xuan’s return as a threat to the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan sent Gu Qingyang and the others to cultivate outside his tomb residence and brought Xiao Ding, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er inside.
• Xiao Xuan asked about the current Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan asked Xiao Ding to explain because he did not know the family’s affairs.
• Xiao Ding indicated that the explanation was important, so Xiao Xuan created a soundproof barrier that excluded Xun Er, and Xiao Ding began to speak.

Xiao Ding told Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan that the Xiao Clan had several Dou Shengs and a Nine-Star ancestor, then revealed the Dou Di Bloodline Xiao Xuan had preserved. Xiao Yan accepted the inheritance, while Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Ding what made Xiao Yan special.

• Xiao Ding surprised Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan by revealing that the Xiao Clan's ancestor had reached Nine-Star cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan rejoiced at the Xiao Clan's strength and showed Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan the Dou Di Bloodline he had preserved for his descendants.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan each urged the other to inherit the bloodline, but Xiao Yan eventually accepted it after Xiao Ding persuaded him.
• Xiao Yan began inheriting the Dou Di Bloodline as Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Ding what was special about him.

Xiao Ding told Xiao Xuan how Xiao Han had rebuilt the Xiao Clan and why the clan believed Xiao Yan could reach Dou Di, leading Xiao Xuan to suspect Xiao Yan’s fire-fusing cultivation method was the key. Xiao Ding then offered Xiao Xuan a pill to restore his remnant soul and revealed he had enough pills to help the other Xiao Clan forebears, leaving Xiao Xuan eager to test the remedy.

• Xiao Ding recounted how Xiao Han had raised the fallen Xiao family into the powerful Xiao Clan, and Xiao Xuan understood why the clan trusted their ancestor.
• Xiao Xuan reasoned that Xiao Yan’s fire-fusing cultivation method might explain Xiao Han’s confidence that Xiao Yan could reach Dou Di.
• Xiao Ding presented Xiao Xuan with a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill called the Heavenly Origin Soul Forging Pill, which could repair his damaged soul, and asked him to help revive the Xiao Clan.
• Xun Er promised to keep the Xiao Clan’s plans confidential after Xiao Ding explained that the matter concerned the clan’s great plan.
• Xiao Ding said he had roughly a dozen precious pills for the other forebears, and Xiao Xuan decided to test his pill before gathering them.

Xiao Xuan recovered his soul and summoned the surviving Xiao Clan experts in the Heavenly Tomb to rally them against the Soul Clan. The ancestors agreed to follow Xiao Ding’s arrangements while Xiao Yan remained unconscious, and Xiao Xuan prepared to settle some matters of his own.

• After taking the medicinal pill, Xiao Xuan regained a sense of completeness and broke his connection to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan summoned the remaining Xiao Clan experts and apologized for the clan’s past destruction, while they reaffirmed their faith in him.
• Xiao Xuan explained that the ancestors were the last survivors because most of the Xiao Clan had perished fighting the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Xuan offered the ancestors a chance to take revenge, and they eagerly agreed to join the effort.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Ding that Xiao Yan would likely remain unconscious for half a year or more but would inherit some of Xiao Xuan’s power.
• Xiao Ding asked the ancestors to remain hidden and follow his arrangements, while Xiao Xuan said he had matters to settle first.

The Heavenly Tomb reopened, and the Gu-Xiao group emerged together after most observers feared they had been lost. Xiao Yan had advanced to Nine-Star Dou Zun, while the Soul Clan's two young geniuses failed to appear before the tomb closed.

• The Lei Tribe youths emerged safely, and Mang Tianchi learned that Xiao Ding had been a Nine-Star Dou Zun inside the tomb.
• As the Heavenly Tomb neared closing, the Gu Clan, Xiao Clan, and Soul Clan members were still missing, leaving the waiting elders anxious.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xun Er, and two others emerged together, and the crowd discovered that Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Elder Tong Xuan welcomed the Gu-Xiao group and asked Xiao Yan and the other Xiao Clan member to stay, while Hun Ya and the Soul Clan's other youth never emerged.
• Just as the crowd prepared to leave, someone called out, "Hold it!"

Xiao Yan drove off two Soul Clan elders who tried to seize him, while the Soul Clan delayed its plans against the Xiao Clan. Three days later, Xiao Han intercepted members of the Stone Race and persuaded them to deliver a mysterious jade pendant to their clan leader.

• Xiao Yan refused the Soul Clan elders’ demand for answers about Hun Ya and Hun Li, then struck them down when they attacked him.
• Xiao Yan spared Hun Lin and the other elder, warning them not to threaten him again, and Xiao Ding urged Xiao Yan to prepare to leave the Ancient Realm and say farewell to a girl.
• Hun Lin tried to use a scroll, but his companion stopped him after the Soul Clan ordered them not to cause further trouble against the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Han appeared before Stone Race members at Stone Forest, introduced himself as the Ice Saint, and asked Shi Qian Yue to deliver a jade pendant to the Stone Race leader in secret.
• Xiao Han rewarded the Stone Race members with four Eighth Grade Pills with Five-Colored Pill Lightning, then vanished.

Xiao Ding arranged for Xiao Qing and other Xiao Clan powerhouses in Langya City to gather materials across the Central Plains. He told Xiao Qing that the Xiao Clan would soon return to the Central Plains, leaving the elder with a renewed purpose as the final step began.

• Xiao Shan and Xiao Wen argued until Boss silenced them and explained that he had summoned them for a mission.
• Boss gave the gathered High Level Dou Zuns Scrolls listing materials to collect and promised each of them a Heaven Tier Dou Technique as a reward.
• Boss told the group to gather the materials within a month and store them at a location he specified.
• Xiao Qing asked Xiao Ding about the purpose of the operation, and Xiao Ding assured him it would benefit the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Ding reminded Xiao Qing that fewer than ten years remained, and Xiao Qing left encouraged by the prospect of the Xiao Clan returning to the Central Plains.

One month later, Yi Huang began refining physical bodies for Xiao Xuan and the other Xiao Clan ancestors, with Xiao Xuan entering the flames to fuse with a Seven Star Dou Saint body. After Yi Huang completed her part of the process, the group waited for Xiao Xuan to finish taking control of it, and movement from the Pill Cauldron startled them half a month later.

• Xiao Han and Yi Huang greeted Xiao Xuan and the other ancestors and explained that Yi Huang would refine bodies for them.
• Xiao Han revealed several ice coffins containing powerful remains, and Xiao Xuan praised the Seven Star Dou Saint body chosen for him.
• Yi Huang began refining Xiao Xuan’s body, and Xiao Xuan entered the Pill Cauldron to merge his soul with the remains.
• Yi Huang added medicinal herbs to the cauldron, and the others saw the body absorb the refined liquids as the process proceeded successfully.
• After several days, Yi Huang stopped refining and said Xiao Xuan needed to complete the fusion and take control of the body.
• Half a month later, movement inside the Pill Cauldron startled Xiao Han and the others.

Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan tested their abilities in a spar after Xiao Xuan rebuilt his body. Xiao Han lost after Xiao Xuan exploited his superior Soul Strength, but both agreed to continue training and await a rematch.

• Xiao Han proposed sparring with Xiao Xuan to help him adjust to his new body, and Xiao Xuan accepted.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Xuan exchanged attacks inside a sealed space, with Xiao Han’s spear breaking through Xiao Xuan’s defenses before Xiao Xuan countered with flames.
• Xiao Han used an array and a spear technique to catch Xiao Xuan off guard, but Xiao Xuan struck him with Emperor’s Wrath and held a Flame Long Sword to his throat.
• Xiao Xuan explained that his Emperor Realm Soul had given him the advantage, and Xiao Han resolved to keep training until he could defeat his ancestor.