Recaps

After Xiao Tian Ce became a Dou Di, the other clans weighed their chances of gaining the remaining paths to the realm. The Gu Clan ruled out attacking Xiao Xuan, while Zhu Kun chose to seek closer ties with the Xiao Clan through Zi Yan.

• Xiao Tian Ming refused Xiao Chun's suggestion to seek a share of the emperor's origin, unwilling to make things difficult for Xiao Tian Ce.
• Gu Yuan and the Gu Clan elders considered their options for reaching Dou Di, but Gu Yuan rejected attacking his friend Xiao Xuan for the Emperor Grade Pill.
• After learning Xiao Yan and Xun'er were in the Demonic Flame Space, Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to bring them back to the Gu Clan once they emerged.
• Zhu Kun refused to pursue the Dou Di opportunities by force and sent Zhu Ku to bring Zhu Guang back and protect Zi Yan in Heaven Beyond.
• Zhu Kun planned to have Zi Yan become Xiao Tian Ce's disciple, noting that Huang Min had previously suggested it and cared for Zi Yan.
• Lei Ying learned that Xiao Tian Ce's breakthrough had awakened and strengthened the Xiao Clan's Dou Di bloodline.

The Xiao Clan’s rise to Dou Di brought celebrations among its allies, while Xiao Tian Ce and Qing Lin encountered Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran under attack in Flower Sect territory. Xiao Tian Ce rescued them and left without revealing his name, then continued on with Qing Lin.

• Lei Ying rejected a proposal to seek emperor’s origin and ordered the Lei Clan to prepare congratulatory gifts, while Yao Dan had the Yao Clan do the same.
• Ling Yun learned that his teacher had become a Dou Di and that Huang Min would receive a chance to advance, then arranged celebrations in the Beast Region.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Qing Lin spotted wounded Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran being pursued and captured by a group of attackers.
• Qing Lin asked to help the two women, and Xiao Tian Ce appeared with her and killed the attackers with a single move.
• Xiao Tian Ce freed Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, gave them recovery pills, and left without giving his name; Qing Lin questioned why he had not let her intervene.

Xiao Tian Ce returned to Heaven Beyond with Qing Lin, where the Xiao Clan welcomed him and heard how he had advanced to Dou Di. He revealed the Emperor Grade Pill and distributed the remaining emperor’s origin, leaving Tomb Spirit, Xiao Xuan, Xiao Qing, and Huang Jiuji set to receive breakthroughs.

• Xiao Tian Ce brought Qing Lin through Heaven Beyond’s hidden entrance, where the Dragon Soaring Army and Xiao Clan members greeted him as their First Grand Supreme Elder.
• Xiao Qing arranged for Qing Lin to rest, and Xiao Tian Ce reunited with Ling'er and Qinglian before gathering with the clan’s senior members.
• Xiao Tian Ce introduced Ling'er and recounted his experiences, including that only three portions of emperor’s origin remained.
• Xiao Xuan presented the Emperor Grade Pill he and Heavenly Net had refined, and Xiao Tian Ce caught it when it tried to fly away.
• Heavenly Net declined the pill so he could break through later in the Great Thousand World, and Xiao Tian Ce awarded it to Tomb Spirit.
• Xiao Tian Ce distributed the three portions of emperor’s origin to Xiao Xuan, Huang Jiuji, and Xiao Qing.

Xiao Tian Ce discussed who should receive the Heavenly Huang Clan’s portion of emperor’s origin and warned everyone to prepare for his departure to the Great Thousand World in ten years. After advising Xiao Qing on leading the Xiao Clan, he reflected on the loneliness of standing at the summit and offered to stay by Ling’er’s side.

• Huang Jiuji offered his portion of emperor’s origin to Huang Min, but Huang Min asked Xiao Tian Ce to persuade Ling Yun to accept it instead; Xiao Tian Ce left the decision to the Heavenly Huang Clan and warned them to choose carefully.
• Xiao Tian Ce told the others to advance to Dou Di as soon as possible because he would leave for the Great Thousand World in ten years, and Heavenly Net explained why he had declined the Emperor Grade Pill.
• Xiao Qing described the pressure of leading the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Tian Ce praised her work while warning her to guard the emperor’s origin and trust no one blindly.
• Xiao Tian Ce dismissed Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net, then spoke with Ling’er about the loneliness of powerful rulers and the vanished dynasty she had once witnessed.
• Xiao Tian Ce recognized Ling’er’s loneliness and promised to stay by her side as they witnessed the changing world.

Xiao Tian Ce soothed Xiao Chun’s resentment over who received the Emperor’s Origin by revealing Xuanhuang was the resurrected Xiao Xuan and explaining the Tomb Spirit’s place in the Xiao Clan. After reassuring Xiao Chun about Xiao Tian Ming’s future and setting him a cultivation goal, Xiao Tian Ce let Zi Yan leave Heaven Beyond to seek a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, while Huang Min prepared to take her as a disciple.

• Xiao Chun accused Xiao Tian Ce of favoring outsiders with the Emperor’s Origin, and Xiao Tian Ce revealed Xuanhuang’s identity as Xiao Xuan and explained why the Tomb Spirit had received a share.
• Xiao Tian Ce promised to protect Xiao Tian Ming in the Great Thousand World and told him to reach Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint before leaving the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Tian Ce teased Zi Yan about her size, then told her the Heavenly Secret Tower could help locate a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave Zi Yan permission to leave Heaven Beyond, and Huang Min asked to take her as a disciple.
• Huang Min set out with Zi Yan to seek information from the Heavenly Secret Tower and speak to Ling Yun about the Emperor’s Origin.

After Xiao Tian Ce returned to Heaven Beyond as a Dou Di, Gu Dao tried to persuade his granddaughter Gu Yue to help the Gu Clan obtain resources and a chance to advance. Xiao Tian Ce secretly broadcast their conversation and asked Xiao Qing what Gu Dao was scheming.

• Xiao Tian Ce learned that the visiting Emperor Clans had been treated courteously and modestly by the Xiao Clan, then left Xiao Qing to receive them.
• Gu Dao urged Gu Yue to help the Gu Clan obtain a path to Dou Di, but she explained that the inheritance, pill, and emperor's origins were out of reach.
• Gu Yue told Gu Dao that Xiao Qing would not use her emperor's origin until the Xiao Clan faced a crisis, and Gu Dao realized the Gu Clan might eventually seize it.
• Gu Dao asked Gu Yue to arrange for Gu Clan geniuses to enter the Heavenly Tomb, and she promised to consider how it could be done.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he had broadcast Gu Dao and Gu Yue's conversation, then asked Xiao Qing what Gu Dao was scheming.

Xiao Tian Ce taught Xiao Qing to control her anger and use the Gu Clan’s hope of obtaining the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance to deepen its despair. He also told her that Gu Yue could no longer remain the Xiao Clan Chief’s wife, leaving Xiao Qing to decide how to deal with her.

• Xiao Qing demanded permission to kill Gu Dao after he sought to send Gu Clan members into the Heavenly Tomb, but Xiao Tian Ce urged her to remain calm.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained that the Gu Clan acted out of fear of the Xiao Clan’s strength and warned Xiao Qing to lead without letting anger or hatred cloud her judgment.
• Xiao Tian Ce described how giving the Gu Clan hope and then making it unreachable could bring it deeper despair, and told Xiao Qing that the Gu Clan could only live within the world he shaped.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing that Gu Yue could no longer be the Xiao Clan Chief’s wife because she put the Gu Clan’s interests ahead of the Xiao Clan’s.
• Xiao Tian Ce left Xiao Qing to decide whether to keep Gu Yue, expel her from Heaven Beyond, or kill her, and Xiao Qing acknowledged his instruction.

Xiao Tian Ce assigned Xiao Qing to deal with Gu Yue within ten years, insisting she protect the Xiao Clan before he departed for the Great Thousand World. Xiao Qing concealed her anger and proposed opening the Heavenly Tomb as a trial ground, while Gu Yue eagerly supported the plan, unaware that Xiao Qing intended to strike back at the Gu Clan.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing to settle the danger posed by Gu Yue within ten years, then explained to Heavenly Net why he was testing her loyalty and resolve.
• Xiao Tian Ce sent Heavenly Net to the shifting Soul Realm to eliminate the remaining Hun Clan members and collect their resources and secret techniques.
• Xiao Qing decided she could not abandon the clan-chief position and blamed Gu Dao for influencing Gu Yue, vowing to retaliate against the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Qing returned to Gu Yue, who concealed her meeting with Gu Dao, while Xiao Qing pretended not to know and spoke warmly with her.
• Xiao Qing proposed opening the Heavenly Tomb to youths from the Emperor Clans and Central Plains powers, and Gu Yue enthusiastically agreed.

Xiao Qing secretly supported Gu Yue’s plan to involve the Gu Clan in the trial while preparing to betray her, and Xiao Tian Ce learned that Gu Yuan had gone to meet Xiao Yan. Gu Yuan then confronted Xiao Yan and revealed that Xiao Xun’er’s future as Gu Clan Chief threatened their relationship.

• Xiao Qing told Gu Yue she supported the Gu Clan participating in the trial and encouraged her to inform Gu Dao, while privately resolving to go through with her own plan.
• Ling’er reported that Xiao Yan had subdued the purifying lotus demon flame and reached Late Five-Star Dou Sheng, then spotted Gu Yuan waiting outside the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Tian Ce deduced that Gu Yuan had come for Xiao Yan rather than merely to check on Xiao Xun’er.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er emerged from the Demonic Flame Space holding hands, and Gu Yuan noticed their intimacy before questioning Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er that she had been chosen as the next Gu Clan Chief and could not continue their relationship under the clan’s expectations.
• Xiao Yan insisted that their love should allow them to stay together even if Xiao Xun’er became the next Gu Clan Chief.

Gu Yuan tested Xiao Yan’s resolve to be with Xiao Xun'er, then revealed that he wanted Xiao Yan to help the Gu Clan secure a chance to become Dou Di. Xiao Yan refused to sacrifice his other friends, and the chapter left Ling'er recognizing Gu Yuan’s scheme.

• Xiao Tian Ce explained to Ling'er that Gu Yuan had chosen Xiao Xun'er as the Gu Clan’s next Clan Chief to pressure Xiao Yan.
• Gu Yuan struck Xiao Yan with his aura, but Xiao Yan insisted he would pay any price to stay with Xun'er, who declared she would marry no one else.
• Gu Yuan demanded that Xiao Yan kill Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and Qing Lin; Xiao Yan refused, and Xun'er defended his loyalty to his friends.
• Xiao Yan argued that killing his friends would make him untrustworthy, and Gu Yuan acknowledged his point before explaining Xun'er's duties as the future Clan Chief.
• Gu Yuan cited Xiao Tian Ce’s rise to Dou Di and the Xiao Clan’s coming Dou Di as reasons the Gu Clan needed to catch up, then asked why Xiao Yan expected him to give Xun'er to a Xiao Clan member.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked Ling'er whether she understood Gu Yuan’s plan, and Ling'er concluded that Gu Yuan was using Xun'er to get Xiao Yan to secure the Gu Clan a chance to become Dou Di.

Xiao Yan refused Gu Yuan’s demand that he help the Gu Clan seize the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance, despite Gu Yuan tying Xiao Xun’er’s future to his cooperation. After learning Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er could both be recognized by the inheritance, Xiao Tian Ce welcomed the prospect of an entertaining contest.

• In Heaven Beyond, Xiao Tian Ce explained that Gu Yuan’s scheme came from the Gu Clan’s weakness and said he was not worried about Xiao Yan’s safety.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Tian Ce had become a Dou Di, and Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Xun’er that he would help the Gu Clan where he could but would not agree to Gu Yuan’s plan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er warned Gu Yuan that challenging the Xiao Clan could destroy the Gu Clan, but Gu Yuan remained resolved and threatened that Xiao Yan would have to help if he wanted to be with Xun’er.
• After receiving Gu Yue’s message about Xiao Qing’s Heavenly Tomb trial, Gu Yuan urged Xiao Yan to secretly help the Gu Clan obtain the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance.
• Xiao Tian Ce predicted that Xiao Yan would not betray the Xiao Clan, while Ling’er revealed that both Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er could gain the inheritance’s acknowledgment.

Xiao Yan rejected Gu Yuan’s demand that he help the Gu Clan obtain the ancient emperor’s inheritance, then agreed to a compromise that would make him the Gu Clan’s Vice Clan Chief if he won its recognition. Xiao Tian Ce remained unsure whether Xiao Yan should receive the inheritance, while Ling Yun and Huang Min grew closer as they discussed who should inherit the emperor’s origin.

• Xiao Tian Ce admitted that he admired Xiao Xun'er but said he would kill Xiao Yan if he betrayed the Xiao Clan, despite all the resources it had given him.
• Xiao Yan refused to betray the Xiao Clan for the Gu Clan and said he would compete for the ancient emperor’s inheritance himself while protecting the Gu Clan if he became a Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan offered Xiao Yan a compromise: he would help the Gu Clan first, and if he won the inheritance’s recognition, he would become Vice Clan Chief and help Xun'er control the clan.
• Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yuan’s terms, then declined Xiao Xun'er's invitation to visit the Ancient Realm and said he would return to Starfall Pavilion and the Pill Tower before the Heavenly Tomb trial.
• Xiao Tian Ce considered withholding the inheritance from Xiao Yan and decided to delay the choice, while Ling'er suggested sealing the Third Layer of the Heavenly Tomb with a Spiritual Array.
• In the Beast Region, Ling Yun gave Zi Yan pills and refused to take the emperor’s origin, urging Huang Min to prepare to advance to Dou Di; Huang Min leaned against him and acknowledged his feelings.

Xiao Yan discussed his promise to help the Gu Clan pursue the ancient emperor’s inheritance with Yao Chen, who warned him never to oppose the Xiao Clan. In Heaven Beyond, Medusa asked Xiao Tian Ce to take her to the Great Thousand World, and Heavenly Net returned with the Hun Clan’s resources after wiping it out.

• Huang Min and Ling Yun traveled with Zi Yan to search for ancient secret realms after Huang Min confirmed Ling Yun would leave the Dou Qi Continent with her.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen about his agreement with Gu Yuan, and Yao Chen urged him to remain loyal to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan resolved to help the Gu Clan seek recognition of the ancient emperor’s inheritance while pursuing his own chance to become a Dou Di.
• Medusa visited Xiao Tian Ce, praised his achievement, and asked him to take her to the Great Thousand World, offering to serve as his maid; he agreed to bring her without making her a maid.
• Heavenly Net returned to Xiao Tian Ce after destroying the Hun Clan and handed over its cultivation resources, methods, and combat skills.

Heavenly Net reported that the Hun Clan had been eliminated, while Medusa learned that Xiao Tian Ce would take her to the Great Thousand World and decided to prepare by improving her strength. Xiao Qing planned a Heavenly Tomb trial to punish the Gu Clan, and Heavenly Net recommended Ya Fei as a possible wife for the Xiao Clan Chief.

• Heavenly Net told Xiao Tian Ce that he had wiped out the Hun Clan without encountering anything unusual, and Xiao Tian Ce asked him to stay in Heaven Beyond for an upcoming spectacle.
• Huang Jiuji advised Medusa to keep visiting Xiao Tian Ce and grow stronger before traveling to the Great Thousand World; Medusa asked him to secure her a place in the Heavenly Tomb trial.
• Xiao Qing secured the Xiao Clan's approval for a Heavenly Tomb trial and arranged invitations for the Emperor Clans and Central Plains powers.
• Heavenly Net learned that Gu Dao had provoked Xiao Qing by turning Gu Yue against her, and he urged Xiao Qing to strike the Gu Clan decisively during the trial.
• When Xiao Qing admitted she had no candidate for the Xiao Clan Chief's wife, Heavenly Net recommended Ya Fei for her beauty, talent, intelligence, and management skills.

The Xiao Clan’s invitation to the Heavenly Tomb Trial stirred concern among the Pill Tower, Starfall Pavilion, and Flower Sect, as participants could pursue the ancient emperor’s inheritance under a deadly life-and-death waiver. Xiao Yan resolved to enter despite the danger, while Yao Chen agreed to join the Pill Gathering; the chapter left Nalan Yanran excited to visit Heaven Beyond and hoping to see the Xiao Clan senior who had saved her.

• Heavenly Net recommended Ya Fei as a suitable candidate to become Xiao Qing’s wife, and Xiao Qing agreed to consider it after the trial.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi decided the Pill Tower would send a few disciples to the Heavenly Tomb Trial and focus on the Pill Gathering, where Xuan Kongzi hoped to challenge Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed the invitation’s strength limit, the enticing ancient emperor’s inheritance, and the possibility that the trial was a plot against the Emperor Clans.
• Xiao Yan resolved to enter the trial, and Yao Chen agreed to attend the Pill Gathering to confront the Yao Clan.
• Granny Golden Flower decided the Flower Sect would send four elders and twenty disciples, including Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, to Heaven Beyond.
• Nalan Yanran excitedly asked Yun Yun whether they would see the Xiao Clan senior who had saved them.

Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed the Xiao Clan senior who had saved them and wondered whether Xiao Yan belonged to the Xiao Clan. In the Yao Clan, Yao Dan declined the Heavenly Tomb trial, while Ling Hua explained that he had accepted the Spirit Clan’s destruction and now supported the Xiao Clan; the chapter ended with both men waiting to see who would fall into the Xiao Clan’s trap.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that their rescuer was Xiao Tian Ce, the first Dou Di in millions of years, and cautioned her not to expect him to remember them.
• Yun Yun reasoned that Xiao Yan was probably a member of the Xiao Clan because he had carried a Heavenly Mechanism Token, and Nalan Yanran said she still wanted to thank their rescuer.
• Yao Dan ordered Yao Wangui to prepare for the Pill Gathering and decided that the Yao Clan would skip the Heavenly Tomb trial and the ancient emperor’s inheritance.
• Ling Hua told Yao Dan that he had abandoned his ambitions for the Spirit Clan and was content to serve the Xiao Clan as Deputy Tower Master of the Heavenly Secret Tower.
• Yao Dan suspected the Heavenly Tomb trial was bait meant to draw the Xiao Clan’s enemies out, and Ling Hua hinted that the Gu Clan would be among the targets.

Yao Dan welcomed the prospect of the Gu and Lei Clans being weakened, while Gu Yuan prepared the Gu Clan to enter the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb trial despite recognizing it as a trap. He revealed his resolve to risk everything for the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance and asked Xiao Xun’er to accept the consequences if the Gu Clan failed.

• Yao Dan and Ling Hua discussed how the Heavenly Tomb trial could weaken the Gu and Lei Clans and help the Yao Clan rise in rank.
• Gu Yuan summoned the Gu Clan’s elders and ordered eligible clansmen to enter the Heavenly Tomb trial, offering succession and cultivation rewards to whoever gained the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance.
• Xiao Xun’er warned Gu Yuan that the trial was a trap, but he explained that the Gu Clan had to take the risk to pursue a chance at becoming Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan told Xiao Xun’er to stay with Xiao Yan and not seek revenge if the Gu Clan’s operation failed, then shared his regret over their time apart.
• Gu Yuan declared that he would pay any price to advance to Dou Di, while Xiao Xun’er embraced him and pleaded for him to survive.

Lei Ying concluded that the Xiao Clan’s Heavenly Tomb Trial was likely meant to target the Gu Clan, and he ordered the Lei Clan to stay close to the Xiao Clan and prepare to support it. At the Heavenly Secret Tower, Ya Fei noticed the Gu Clan’s unusually large turnout and agreed to travel with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen to Heaven Beyond, while Yao Chen privately grew suspicious of her assignment.

• Lei Ying and the Lei Clan elders agreed to attend the Heavenly Tomb Trial without competing for the Ancient Emperor’s Inheritance, and Lei Ying suspected the Xiao Clan planned to deal with the Gu Clan.
• Mang Tianchi suggested that a conflict with the Gu Clan could leave the Xiao Clan Chief’s wife’s position vacant, and Lei Ying ordered the Lei Clan to prepare to support the Xiao Clan if the clans became enemies.
• Ya Fei noticed that the Gu Clan had mobilized far more experts than the other factions and wondered whether the Heavenly Tomb Trial had been arranged to target it.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen visited Ya Fei at the Heavenly Secret Tower, and she agreed to take them to Heaven Beyond the next day.
• Yao Chen appeared surprised when Ya Fei said she had been asked to oversee guest reception, but he withheld his suspicions and Ya Fei offered to bring Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei to see Xiao Yan.

Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Ya Fei’s appointment and the timing of the Heavenly Tomb Trial suggested the Xiao Clan might be targeting the Gu Clan. As Xiao Yan prepared for the trial, he worried about Xun’er and Yao Chen, and agreed to keep his distance from Ya Fei.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen why Ya Fei had been assigned to receive guests, and Yao Chen deduced that the Xiao Clan might be preparing to remove Gu Yue from her position.
• Yao Chen suspected the Heavenly Tomb Trial had been arranged to target the Gu Clan and feared the Xiao Clan knew about Xiao Yan’s agreement with Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Yan worried that the Xiao Clan might attack the Gu Clan and urged Yao Chen to stay away from the trial because the Yao Clan could also threaten him.
• Yao Chen refused to abandon Xiao Yan and warned him to keep his distance from Ya Fei to avoid making enemies within the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan agreed to avoid Ya Fei when he reached Heaven Beyond.

Xiao Qing secured a Ninth-Level Spiritual Array for the Ancient Emperor's inheritance and discussed making Ya Fei her future wife with Xiao Tian Ce. Medusa courted Xiao Tian Ce with food and a dance, and he gave her the name Feng Jinghong, though he remained wary of her effect on him.

• Xiao Qing asked Xiao Tian Ce for a Spiritual Array to seal the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, and he gave her a Ninth-Level Array stored in a Jade Pendant.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Ce that she wanted Ya Fei to become her wife and planned to let her oversee guest reception during the Heavenly Tomb Trial.
• Xiao Tian Ce advised Xiao Qing to ask Ya Fei's opinion before arranging a marriage and to protect her from Gu Yue with Xiao Teng and Xiao Wu.
• Medusa visited Xiao Tian Ce with homemade food, confessed that seeing him made her happy, and deliberately flirted with him.
• Medusa danced for Xiao Tian Ce, who praised her performance and named her Feng Jinghong.

Medusa left Xiao Tian Ce after he invited her to the Heavenly Tomb Trial, while Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Chen, and Ya Fei traveled to Heaven Beyond for the trial. After arriving, Xiao Yan sensed dangerous new defenses, and Gu Yue grew furious that Ya Fei had been chosen to oversee the guests before she began to fear what the decision might mean.

• Xiao Tian Ce teased Medusa about her feelings, declined to discuss relationships, and invited her to join the Heavenly Tomb Trial.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Chen, and Ya Fei used the Teleportation Array to reach Heaven Beyond, where they encountered Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran among the gathered guests.
• Ya Fei signaled the Heavenly Secret Tower, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Teng arrived with the Dragon Soaring Army to escort her group inside.
• During the journey, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen sensed stronger hidden defenses in the Spatial Passage, and Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to seek help from Xiao Xian and Xiao De if danger arose.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen headed toward Xiao Zhan's residence while Ya Fei went with Xiao Wu and Xiao Teng to meet the Clan Chief.
• Gu Yue learned that Ya Fei had been appointed to oversee the guests, shattered her teacup in anger, and began trembling as she wondered whether the choice signaled something worse.

Gu Yue grew furious and anxious as Xiao Qing met with Ya Fei, whom Xiao Tian Ce had selected to become Xiao Qing’s wife. Ya Fei accepted the proposal and received a Nine Revolutions Bodhi Pill, while the Heavenly Tomb Trial preparations continued.

• Gu Yue ordered her maid out and smashed valuable ornaments after learning what she feared might happen.
• Xiao Qing asked Ya Fei to consider becoming the Xiao Clan Chief’s wife, assuring her that refusal would not affect her position as Deputy Tower Master.
• Ya Fei asked to meet Xiao Tian Ce, and Xiao Qing accompanied her to Heavenly Strategy Manor.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained why he considered Ya Fei a suitable partner for Xiao Qing and assured her that nobody would force her to accept.
• Ya Fei agreed to marry Xiao Qing, and Xiao Tian Ce gave her a Nine Revolutions Bodhi Pill that could raise her strength to the Dou Sheng level.

Gu Yue tried to preserve her place beside Xiao Qing, but his decision to replace her with Ya Fei became unmistakable. Meanwhile, Xiao Tian Ce worried that the coming Heavenly Tomb Trial could destroy the Gu Clan and alter the future of Xiao Yan and the Great Thousand World.

• Gu Yue regretted helping the Gu Clan at the Xiao Clan’s expense, then waited for Xiao Qing and Ya Fei outside Heavenly Strategy Manor.
• Gu Yue greeted Ya Fei and asked to speak with her privately, but Xiao Qing and Ya Fei both declined.
• When Gu Yue angrily challenged Ya Fei’s refusal, Xiao Qing unleashed his aura, and Gu Yue apologized after realizing Xiao Tian Ce was watching.
• Xiao Qing took Ya Fei away, while Gu Yue stayed behind and dared not act under Xiao Tian Ce’s gaze.
• Ling'er asked why Xiao Tian Ce seemed unsettled, and he explained his fears about the Heavenly Tomb Trial, the Gu Clan, Xiao Xuan, and the future of Xiao Yan and the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Yan worried that the Heavenly Tomb Trial was a trap and planned to claim the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance, while Yao Chen urged him to speak with Xiao Xun'er and agreed to leave Heaven Beyond after the Pill Gathering. The trial began the next day as powers arrived, and Xiao Yan noticed that Xuan Kongzi and the others had joined the Flower Sect.

• Xiao Yan kept his worries about opposing the Xiao Clan from Xiao Zhan, then failed to meet Xiao Xian, Xiao De, and Xiao Xuan, who were all occupied with cultivation.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that the Gu Clan would arrive for the Heavenly Tomb Trial and feared the Xiao Clan would never let the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance pass to another Emperor Clan.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to speak honestly with Xiao Xun'er, and both men admitted they felt a foreboding that something terrible would happen.
• Xiao Yan said he would claim the inheritance unless Xun'er obtained it, while Yao Chen insisted on attending the Pill Gathering before leaving Heaven Beyond.
• The next morning, Central Plains powers arrived for the trial, and Xiao Yan saw that Xuan Kongzi and the others had joined the Flower Sect.

The Xiao Clan hosted the Emperor Clans and other powers for the Heavenly Tomb Trial, opening the event with a Pill Gathering. As the alchemists began competing, Gu Yuan learned Xiao Qing possessed a portion of the Emperor's Origin and eagerly asked her to show it.

• Xiao Yan spotted Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran among the Flower Sect disciples, but the arrival of the Gu, Lei, Yao, and Ancient Void Dragon Clans diverted his attention.
• Xiao Qing welcomed the gathered powers and announced that the Pill Gathering would precede the opening of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Ya Fei explained that alchemists of seventh grade or higher could compete for gifts, and Yao Chen, Xiao Yan, Old Man Shennong, Yao Dan, and other alchemists entered the arena to refine pills.
• Xiao Qing told Gu Yuan that Spirit Gathering Arrays could supply extra Dou Qi for the competitors and revealed that she held a portion of the Emperor's Origin.
• Gu Yuan asked Xiao Qing to show him the Emperor's Origin, and Lei Ying and Zhu Kun joined his request.