Chapter Summaries

After the Medicine Clan attack, Yao Chen suspected the Xiao Tribe was behind it but urged Xiao Yan to focus on growing stronger and attend the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony. Xiao Yan reached Ancient Holy City, where the Ancient Clan’s younger generation prepared to challenge him at Gu Yuan’s urging.

• Yao Chen privately suspected the Xiao Tribe had engineered the attack on the Medicine Clan, but told Xiao Yan not to get involved in ancient clan disputes and gave him the Ancient Clan’s invitation.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Giant Stone Plaza and then Ancient Holy City, where Ling Quan checked his invitation and told him to wait three days for transport to the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan settled into the guest manor while Ling Quan informed the Ancient Clan’s younger generation that he had arrived.
• Yang Hao considered provoking Xiao Yan, and Gu Zhen said Gu Yuan had ordered them to show the man who wanted to take his daughter what they were made of.
• Xun'er confronted Gu Yuan about encouraging trouble for Xiao Yan, and Gu Yuan insisted the matter concerned his daughter and that Xiao Yan had challenged him.

Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Realm after easily defeating the Black Nirvana Army’s eight commanders, then encountered Hun Xiao, Mang Tianchi, and other visitors aboard the Ancient Clan’s warship. The chapter left several figures discussing whether to test Xiao Yan’s current strength.

• Xiao Yan swiftly defeated the Black Nirvana Army’s eight commanders, and Gu Zhen accepted that Xiao Yan’s origins did not limit his strength.
• Elder Gu Xun opened the passage into the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Yan entered and admired its dense natural energy.
• Xiao Yan greeted Hun Xiao aboard the Ancient Clan’s warship, and Hun Xiao threatened to kill him over the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Mang Tianchi confronted Hun Xiao about the Fallen Heart Flame, then praised Xiao Yan and asked about his Tier 9 pill-refining skills.
• Hun Yu questioned how Xiao Yan had become the Xiao Tribe’s Young Clan Leader, while figures atop the warship discussed testing him.

The Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony began, and Gu Yao challenged Xiao Ke, a mysterious visitor claiming to represent the Xiao Tribe, over the Heavenly Tomb entry slots. Xiao Yan and Xun’er suspected the Ancient Clan’s elders had arranged the confrontation to test the visitors, while Xiao Yan wondered who truly represented the Xiao Tribe.

• A group of black-clad visitors discussed concealing their strength, while Hun Xiao and Hun Yu recognized them as the Xiao Tribe woman who had sparred with Hun Zhang.
• Xun’er welcomed Xiao Yan at the Ancient Saint Mountain Range, and Gu Qingyang introduced himself to Xiao Yan, mentioning the missing Zhou Mingrui as the only peer who had made him feel inferior.
• The Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony began, and its youths received Clan Marks according to their bloodline grades.
• Gu Yao received a Purple Gold Clan Mark and challenged Xiao Ke, a hooded Xiao Tribe visitor, over the Heavenly Tomb entry slots.
• Xiao Ke accepted Gu Yao’s challenge, while Xiao Yan and Xun’er suspected the Ancient Clan’s upper ranks wanted to test the visitors; Xiao Yan said he would fight them for the slots if needed.

Xiao Ke defeated Gu Yao at the Ancient Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, while Xun’er revealed a God-Grade Bloodline. That night, the Ancient Clan elders discussed the Heavenly Tomb entry slots and agreed to give the Xiao Tribe its two slots.

• Xiao Ke used his Sucking Palm and Fire Blowing Palm to overwhelm Gu Yao, and an Ancient Clan Dou Sheng identified Xiao Ke as a Ban Sheng.
• Xun’er’s bloodline test shattered the Star Disk and produced a golden pillar of light, revealing her God-Grade Bloodline.
• Hun Yu considered killing Xun’er in the Heavenly Tomb, but Hun Xiao warned her against it.
• Xiao Yu explained to Xiao Ning that the Xiao Tribe’s bloodline power had been severed long ago.
• Ancient Clan elders decided that their clan could send eight people into the Heavenly Tomb because three clans had not attended, and they accepted that the Xiao Tribe would receive two slots.

As the Heavenly Tomb opened, Gu Yuan worried over the Soul Clan’s growing power and the unexplained absence of the Medicine, Spirit, and Stone Clans. Xiao Yan and Xun’er arrived with the other clans, and Xiao Ke entered the tomb first.

• Gu Yuan discussed the Soul Clan’s threat with Gu Lie and ordered an investigation into the Spirit Realm and Stone Realm after the Spirit and Stone Clans failed to appear.
• Xiao Yan and Xun’er spent two days together before heading to the Ancient Saint Mountain Range for the opening of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xun’er identified the representatives of the Thunder, Flame, and Soul Clans and warned Xiao Yan about Hun Yu and the mysterious Soul Clan Young Clan Leader, Hun Xiao.
• Xiao Yan asked Hun Xiao about his father, but she said she had not seen him recently and believed he was doing well.
• The Gate of the Heavenly Tomb appeared in a rift in the sky, and Xiao Ke flew inside first.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb and discovered that an abnormal change had made the place unusually empty and dangerous. After a mist-driven Thunder Clan warrior attacked them, Xiao Yan glimpsed a monstrous tentacle in the mist and fled from its mental assault with Xun'er.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb together and headed toward its second level, hoping to find Xiao Xuan.
• Xun'er noticed they had encountered far fewer energy beings than the Ancient Clan's records described.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er found Lei Luo standing over his dismembered Thunder Clan companion, and Lei Luo attacked them in a crazed state.
• Lei Luo briefly regained his senses and warned Xiao Yan that something was in the mist before the mist swallowed him.
• Xiao Yan threw a two-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus into the mist and glimpsed a slimy, symbol-covered tentacle, then escaped its mental assault and returned to Xun'er.

Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er reached the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb and met Xiao Xuan, who learned about the Xiao Tribe’s present situation and Xiao Yan’s achievements. After sensing another remarkably talented Xiao Tribe member nearby, Xiao Xuan postponed his decision about passing on the clan’s remaining bloodline.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Xun'er that a tentacled monster had nearly shattered his soul, while the creature watched them leave and said they had finally come.
• Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er crossed into the third level, avoided its powerful energy bodies, and followed the bloodline summons to Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, then brought them through his tombstone into an ancient hall.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Tribe, the other ancient clans, the Medicine Clan’s destruction, and his own cultivation and alchemy.
• Xiao Yan revealed that a hidden Xiao Tribe member was also in the Heavenly Tomb, and Xiao Xuan sensed that the newcomer was a Ban Sheng.
• Xiao Xuan hesitated to give Xiao Yan the Xiao Tribe’s remaining bloodline and decided to wait for the other young genius to arrive.

Xiao Xuan explained that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb had become a crazed monster after a Taixu Ancient Dragon wounded it, and warned Xiao Yan about provoking the dragon clan. Xiao Xuan then learned from Hun Tiandi’s message that the Xiao Tribe had survived and chosen to join forces with the Soul Clan, leaving him bewildered.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan and Xun'er that the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb had devoured the tomb’s energy bodies after a Taixu Ancient Dragon gravely wounded it.
• Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Yan that the powerful Taixu Ancient Dragon might seek revenge because Xiao Yan’s master had used materials from its clan.
• Xiao Ke answered his ancestor’s bloodline summons, reached the tombstone, and admitted that his strength came from borrowed power.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Yu delivered a Jade Slip to Xiao Xuan, revealing an illusory fragment of Hun Tiandi’s soul.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Tribe had survived and joined forces with the Soul Clan, and Xiao Ke confirmed the claim.

Hun Tiandi’s visit led Xiao Xuan to learn about the Xiao Tribe’s decline and decide that Xiao Yan should inherit the preserved bloodline. Xiao Xuan began transferring that bloodline to Xiao Yan through a painful blood replacement, which Xiao Yan endured for the sake of his family.

• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Tribe had allied with the Soul Clan, then asked about Xiao Men before his soul fragment dissipated.
• Xiao Ke told Xiao Xuan about the Xiao Clan’s decline, its survival in Wutan City, and its current difficulties.
• Xiao Xuan decided that Xiao Yan should receive the bloodline he had preserved and gave Xiao Ke two Energy Cores.
• Xiao Xuan poured his bloodline power into the pool, rapidly aged, and instructed Xiao Yan to enter it.
• Xiao Yan submerged himself in the blood pool and endured the painful blood replacement, thinking of Xiao Zhan and Xiao Meng.

After Xiao Yan inherited the Xiao Tribe bloodline and reached the fifth transformation of Dou Zun, Xiao Xuan extracted the Soul Origin from the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb to give him a chance at an Emperor Realm soul. Xiao Xuan destroyed the weakened creature and returned with the Soul Origin, hoping Xiao Yan would succeed before his own body faded.

• Xiao Yan inherited the Xiao Tribe bloodline and reached the fifth transformation of Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xuan broke the chains restraining him, left the depths of the Heavenly Tomb, and told Xiao Yan that the Soul Origin within the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb might help him reach an Emperor Realm soul.
• Xiao Xuan confronted the maddened Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, defeated it, and extracted its Soul Origin.
• Xiao Xuan destroyed the weakened Soul of the Heavenly Tomb and returned to Xiao Yan with the gathered Soul Origin.
• Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Yan to return to his tombstone and succeed, while admitting his body was fading and entrusting the Xiao Tribe to him.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Xuan might be revived in the Great Thousand World and began absorbing the Soul Origin Xiao Xuan had given him. While Qing Meng accelerated the absorption, Hun Xiao and Hun Yu observed the changes in the Heavenly Tomb and realized its energy beings had become more dangerous.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan that Dou Emperors had gone to the Great Thousand World, where reaching the pinnacle might make revival possible, and Xiao Xuan urged him to keep working toward that goal.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan the Soul Origin, and Xiao Yan vowed to restore the Xiao Tribe’s glory before entering the halo to refine it.
• Xiao Xuan and Xun'er left Xiao Yan in peace, and Xiao Xuan reflected that the approaching conflict with Hun Tiandi left little time to prepare him.
• Xiao Yan began absorbing the vast Soul Origin, and Qing Meng helped by refining it with Fallen Heart Flame and passing it into Xiao Yan’s soul.
• Hun Xiao and Hun Yu watched from a buried house, noted that Xiao Xuan had cleared out their clan’s elders, and realized the Heavenly Tomb’s energy beings had regained their reason.

A burly man entered the Void Thunder Pool, subdued the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and absorbed it. In the Soul Realm, the Soul Clan planned its next move, while Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion in the Heavenly Tomb with an Emperor Realm soul.

• A burly man absorbed the Void Thunder Pool’s lightning, defeated the Nine Profound Golden Lightning dragon, and sealed it inside a dark cloud that returned to his chest.
• Void Devouring Flame recovered from his injuries after consuming a Ninth Grade Profound Pill but remained at the peak of Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
• Hun Xuzi told Void Devouring Flame that Hun Tiandi planned to wait for the Ancient Clan’s response, then seize the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame if the Ancient Clan did not attack.
• Xun'er worried that Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Tomb seclusion would soon be interrupted, while Xiao Xuan urged her to be patient.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the stone stele with an Emperor Realm soul, thanked Xiao Xuan for his guidance, and revealed his bald head.

Amon searched the Wild Savage Domain for the Bodhi Ancient Tree and sent his avatars to hunt its Ferocious Beasts, but found no trace of it. In the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Xuan sacrificed himself to help Xiao Yan prepare for the coming conflict with Hun Tiandi, leaving Xiao Yan to vow to restore the Xiao Tribe.

• Amon searched the Wild Savage Domain for the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then scattered his avatars to devour the Ferocious Beasts while they searched underground.
• Xun'er noticed Xiao Yan's weakness, and Xiao Xuan explained that his powerful Soul Power was straining his body.
• Xiao Xuan privately told Xiao Yan that Hun Tiandi was gathering the Tuoshe Ancient God Jade and had attacked the Medicine Clan.
• Xiao Xuan gave Xiao Yan a sealed black ring, then shattered into an Energy Core that entered the ring as his final gift.
• Xiao Yan mourned Xiao Xuan, left the Tombstone Space, and vowed to restore the Xiao Tribe.

After leaving the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan confronted the Xiao Tribe over its refusal to fight the Soul Clan, but his Emperor Realm soul exposed his physical weakness. Xiao Yu revealed the Xiao Tribe's strength and left with her companions, while Gu Yuan considered seeking the clan leader as the Soul Clan threat grew.

• Xiao Yan and the others emerged from the Heavenly Tomb, and Mang Tianchi discovered that two Thunder Clan members were missing.
• Gu Tongxuan warned Mang Tianchi and the Flame Clan that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Stone Clan and that the Spirit Clan had vanished, urging the clans to form an alliance.
• Xiao Yu said the Xiao Tribe would not oppose the Soul Clan, prompting Xiao Yan to demand an explanation for the Xiao Clan's destruction and challenge her as she tried to leave.
• Xiao Yan unleashed his Emperor Realm spiritual pressure, alarming the Ancient Clan, but Xiao Yu countered it with the power of a seven-star Dou Sheng and injured his overburdened body.
• Gu Yuan appeared and asked where the Xiao Tribe's clan leader could be found, and Xiao Yu said she had last seen him in the southern Central Plains before departing with Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ke.
• Gu Yuan let the Xiao Tribe leave and regretted that he had not shown more concern for them over the past thousand years.

Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan how his soul reached the Emperor Realm and learned that the Soul Clan had wiped out the Stone Clan, while he planned to return to Starfall Pavilion and seek an alliance. The Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared in the Wild Savage Domain, drawing powerful figures toward it, while Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Bao discussed whether to go and the truth about Xiao Bao’s father.

• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Xuan had given him the Soul Origin of a powerful lifeform from the Heavenly Tomb, allowing his soul to reach the Emperor Realm.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that the Soul Clan had exterminated the Stone Clan and warned that they would eventually target the Xiao Tribe for its Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan said he would return to Starfall Pavilion to pursue a breakthrough and ask his teacher about joining an alliance against the Soul Clan, and Gu Yuan welcomed the proposal.
• An emerald pillar of light appeared over the Central Plains, and observers identified it as the Bodhi Ancient Tree emerging in the Wild Savage Domain.
• Hun Zhang sensed the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s appearance and vanished into black mist, while people across the region began deciding whether to travel there.
• Yun Yun declined to rush into the Wild Savage Domain, but Nalan Yanran suggested they go and teased Xiao Bao by claiming to be his father; Yun Yun chose not to reveal the truth.

Amon approached the Bodhi Ancient Tree and entered its illusion, where he overwhelmed the Dou Emperor Malice and discovered that it had invaded his mind. After turning the invasion against it, he entered the tree and collected its Bodhi Seeds, claiming he had another way to remove the resentment.

• Amon reached out to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and learned that its benevolent consciousness wanted help removing the Dou Emperor Malice.
• Amon approached the tree, destroyed five Ban Sheng puppets, and entered an illusion created by the malice.
• Amon resisted the illusion, defeated Mysterious Amon, and endured visions of powerful beings before the images shattered.
• Amon told the Bodhi Ancient Tree that the malice had suffered backlash by invading his mind and that he was eliminating it in return.
• Amon entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and collected two batches of Bodhi Seeds as it urged him to destroy the malice.
• Amon told the anxious tree that he did not need the seeds and that he had another way to eliminate the Dou Emperor's resentment.

Amon used the Fallen Corruption Flame to weaken and seize control of the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then absorbed it after a brutal battle. The tree’s disappearance drew the attention of the Central Plains, and Xiao Zhan arrived late, fearing the attacker might have been a powerful Taixu Ancient Dragon.

• Amon spread the Fallen Corruption Flame across the Bodhi Ancient Tree, clearing away the Dou Emperor’s lingering malice and receiving its Bodhi Heart.
• After the Bodhi Ancient Tree began to leave, Amon attacked it, using the flame to corrupt its mind and his Dragon Phoenix form and Heavenly Flames to cripple its body.
• Amon cut away the portion carrying most of the tree’s consciousness, took control of its main body, and absorbed the Bodhi Ancient Tree in silver flames.
• Hun Miesheng investigated the devastated Wild Savage Domain, where Gu Nanhai confronted him over the Soul Clan’s plot.
• Xiao Zhan reached the site after the battle and, hearing reports of a dragon’s roar, wondered whether a Taixu Ancient Dragon had fought the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, told Yao Chen about the Soul Clan’s threat, and prepared to enter seclusion. Before he could open a passage to the Heavenly Tomb, Amon gave him Bodhi Enlightenment and a Bodhi Heart to help him reach Dou Sheng, leaving Xiao Yan with a rare chance to catch up to Hun Tiandi.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and told Yao Chen that the Soul Clan had emptied the Stone Realm and sealed the Spirit Realm, then offered to have Starfall Pavilion join an alliance against them.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Chen a Jade Slip that allowed him to enter the Heavenly Tomb for refuge, then went to the back mountains to open a passage.
• Xiao Yan met Amon in the guise of Lord Ape, who said he was waiting to see whether Xiao Yan or Hun Tiandi would become his ally.
• Amon revealed that he had acted against the Bodhi Ancient Tree and offered Xiao Yan Bodhi Enlightenment and a Bodhi Heart.
• Amon placed Bodhi Enlightenment in Xiao Yan’s soul and the Bodhi Heart in his chest, telling him the heart could help him reach Dou Sheng and that the enlightenment could be activated only once.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and began Bodhi Enlightenment while Qing Meng refined an Origin Pill to aid his cultivation. He touched Amon’s soul imprint and entered a strange world where he found Xiao Meng, unaware that Amon had shaped the reincarnation illusion to influence him.

• Xiao Yan sealed himself inside Xiao Xuan's Tombstone Space and decided to undergo Bodhi Enlightenment while Qing Meng refined the Origin Pill for him.
• Xiao Yan touched Amon’s imprint and found himself in an unfamiliar world without access to Dou Qi or Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan caught Xiao Meng stealing his money pouch, recognized her, and invited her to eat with him.
• Qing Meng revealed Amon’s hidden influence, using Nightmare Heavenly Mist to steer Xiao Yan’s hundred-life reincarnation and alter his personality.

Xiao Yan experienced a hundred lives with Xiao Meng, growing stronger through reincarnation in the Heavenly Tomb until he reached Ban Sheng. After Qing Meng burned away his newly grown hair, the story shifted to Amon, who freed White Phosphorus and summoned four girls from silver flames.

• In one life, Xiao Yan took in Xiao Meng, built up the Xiao Clan, married her, and lived happily with her until they both died.
• Across a hundred reincarnations, Xiao Yan and Xiao Meng repeatedly met, sometimes finding happiness and often suffering painful separations.
• As the reincarnations continued, Xiao Yan's aura rose through the sixth, seventh, and eighth transformations to Ban Sheng, while Qing Meng watched his memories affect him.
• When Xiao Yan's hair grew back, Qing Meng burned it off with golden flames and perched on his bald head.
• Amon told White Phosphorus she was free after she helped him gather data on Queen Medusa evolutions, then warned her to stay away or become alchemy material.
• White Phosphorus flew toward the former White Snake Tribe, while Amon reached the meeting point of mountains, plains, and a lake and released four nearly identical girls from silver flames.