Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuan’s council learned that rumors about the Gu, Stone, and Spirit Clans’ alliance had spread, raising fears of betrayal and a Xiao Clan attack. Gu Yuan chose to avoid provoking the Xiao Clan while Gu Lie prepared to bring Xun'er home, as Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net advanced their plan to sow suspicion.

• Gu Lie urged Gu Yuan to bring Xun'er back from Jia Nan Academy because the Xiao Clan had sent disciples there and the academy could become dangerous.
• Gu Dao reported rumors claiming the Stone and Spirit Clans had allied with the Gu Clan on the Xiao Clan’s orders, and Gu Yuan recognized that the alliance might be compromised.
• Gu Lie warned that the Xiao Clan could target the Gu Clan first and overwhelm it, especially if the Yan Clan refused to help.
• Gu Yuan decided to wait for the Xiao Clan’s response and told Gu Lie to retrieve Xun'er without confronting Xiao Clan members.
• At the Heavenly Secret Tower, Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net celebrated that the rumors had planted suspicion and planned to intensify the pressure gradually.

Xiao Tian Ce, Heavenly Net, Xiao Qing, and Ya Fei finalized a scheme to provoke the Gu Clan into conflict with the Stone and Spirit Clans, with Gu Xun'er as a safeguard. Xiao Tian Ce decided to handle Gu Xun'er himself, while Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er won the Inner Academy's Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

• Heavenly Net told Xiao Qing that she would become Xiao Clan Chief after Xiao Tian Ce advanced to Dou Di, but declined her offer to stay and lead the clan.
• Ya Fei reported that the Gu Clan had halted its movements after receiving false intelligence, then outlined plans to provoke clashes between the Gu, Yan, Stone, and Spirit Clans.
• Ya Fei proposed using Gu Xun'er as a second safeguard by making her disappear, and Xiao Qing agreed to consult Xiao Tian Ce because of her relationship with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian Ce approved Ya Fei's plan, said Xiao Yan's fate depended on his own judgment, and chose to deal with Gu Xun'er himself so he could meet Xiao Yan.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er overwhelmed the senior students and won the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er were interrupted by a powerful party from the Gu Clan, who had come to take her back. Xiao Xun'er agreed to return, while Xiao Yan promised to find her, and the Gu Clan learned that he possessed a Heavenly Mechanism Token.

• Xiao Jing warned the Xiao Clan youths in the Inner Academy to follow their orders, conceal their strength, and protect Xiao Yan only if he faced mortal danger.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er escaped the new students and went to the Back Mountain, where Yao Chen warned that powerful people were approaching from the west.
• Xiao Xun'er recognized the arriving group as members of her clan, and Xiao Yan chose to face them rather than flee.
• Ling Quan demanded that Xiao Yan release Xiao Xun'er, but Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Mechanism Token and offered to help her stay if she wished.
• Xiao Xun'er chose to return to her clan, Xiao Yan promised to come for her, and Gu Bai and Xiao Xun'er rebuked Ling Quan for insulting him.

Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Xun'er as the Gu Clan took her back to the Central Plains, and he resolved to grow strong enough to reunite with her. On the journey, Xiao Tian Ce appeared before the Gu Clan party, spoke with Xiao Xun'er, and struck Gu Bai from the Flying Magical Beast.

• Gu Bai injured Xiao Yan and restrained Xiao Xun'er, but released her after she threatened to tell Gu Yuan; Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er promised to reunite after he became strong enough.
• Xiao Xun'er left with Gu Bai, Ling Quan, and Ling Ying, while Ling Quan told her the Xiao Clan's conflict with the Hun Clan had put the Gu Clan in danger.
• Su Qian welcomed Xiao Yan to Jia Nan Academy and urged him to gain strength, then Yao Chen encouraged him to investigate the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower's heavenly flame.
• Xiao Tian Ce appeared before the Flying Magical Beast, and Gu Bai bowed to the Xiao Clan Chief as Xiao Xun'er greeted him as Uncle Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce teased Xiao Xun'er about their family generations, then slapped Gu Bai off the Flying Magical Beast.

Xiao Tian Ce detained Xiao Xun'er and explained why Gu Yuan’s alliance against the Xiao Clan had made reconciliation difficult. He left her with the claim that the Gu Clan still controlled whether the clans went to war.

• Xiao Tian Ce slapped Gu Bai for striking Xiao Yan, and Gu Bai apologized and accepted the punishment.
• Xiao Tian Ce immobilized the others and told Xiao Xun'er he had brought her to the Xiao Clan’s territory to stage a performance, citing Gu Yuan’s alliance with the Yan Clan and his influence over the Stone and Spirit Clans.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that Gu Yuan feared the Xiao Clan would become unchecked after defeating the Hun Clan, and she offered to persuade him to reconcile.
• Xiao Tian Ce teased Xiao Xun'er about marrying Xiao Yan, then said the Xiao and Gu Clans’ distrust had made reconciliation unlikely.
• Xiao Tian Ce told the story of the man of Qi who feared the sky would fall, explaining that the Xiao Clan could not reassure the Gu Clan because it was the very power they feared.
• Xiao Xun'er asked whether war could be avoided, and Xiao Tian Ce replied that the choice lay with the Gu Clan.

Xiao Tian Ce took Xiao Xun'er and the Gu Clan members through the Void Turbulence, explaining his plan to use the Gu and Yan clans to destroy the Stone and Spirit clans. Meanwhile, his hidden restrictions activated at Jia Nan Academy, drawing Xiao Yan toward the fallen heart flame.

• Xiao Xun'er persuaded Xiao Tian Ce to spare Gu Bai, and he carried her and the Gu Clan members away while killing the two flying beasts.
• Xiao Tian Ce received a signal that Xiao Yan had triggered the restriction on the fallen heart flame and crushed the alert seal.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xun'er he planned to provoke a conflict among the Gu, Yan, Stone, and Spirit clans and use the Gu and Yan clans to destroy the Stone and Spirit clans.
• At the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, the Tou She Ancient God Jade lifted Xiao Yan into the air as the tower shook and the fallen heart flame's seal opened.
• Xiao Yan fell toward the magma, protected himself with his merged flames, and saw a giant Fire Python emerge; Yao Chen identified it as the fallen heart flame.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discovered the fallen heart flame beneath Jia Nan Academy and found that the Tou She Ancient God Jade was absorbing its origin fire while Xiao Yan dodged its attacks. Meanwhile, Xiao Tian Ce arranged a scheme to turn the Gu and Yan Clans against the Stone and Spirit Clans, leaving the conflict poised to unfold.

• Xiao Yan passed through the seal into the fallen heart flame's lair, where Yao Chen identified the flame and noticed that the Tou She Ancient God Jade's pattern matched the mark on the fire python.
• Yao Chen saw the jade absorb the fallen heart flame's origin fire and told Xiao Yan to keep dodging until the beast weakened, while the flame python pursued him.
• Su Qian learned that Xiao Yan had been pulled into the sealed area and led the elders below, where they reinforced the seal against the fallen heart flame.
• Xiao Tian Ce had Xiao Clan Dou Sheng impersonate Stone and Spirit Clan members to attack Gu and Yan Clan fighters, then used Xiao Xun'er's jade pendant to send a signal and ordered the group to withdraw if discovered.
• Xiao Tian Ce took Xiao Xun'er away, while Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net discussed the plan and the Stone and Spirit Clans' betrayal.

Xiao Xun'er tried to persuade Xiao Tian Ce to spare the Gu Clan, while Gu Yuan and Yan Jin struggled to make sense of attacks blamed on the Stone and Spirit Clans. The chapter ended with Gu Yuan learning that Xun'er and her escorts had vanished, and Gu Lie suspecting the Xiao Clan was responsible.

• Xiao Xun'er asked Xiao Tian Ce to help her take control of the Gu Clan and reconcile it with the Xiao Clan, but he refused and said he would escort her back to the Ancient Realm after the Stone and Spirit Clans were destroyed.
• Xiao Xun'er learned that Xiao Tian Ce had given Xiao Yan the Heavenly Mechanism Token and that the Xiao Clan was connected to Xiao Zhan and the others' disappearance.
• Yan Jin urged Gu Yuan and the elders to retaliate against the Stone and Spirit Clans after survivors reported an ambush, but Gu Yuan questioned the conflicting evidence.
• Gu Yuan concluded that the Xiao Clan might have ambushed their people after learning about the alliance, and he and Yan Jin sent envoys to investigate the Stone and Spirit Clans.
• Gu Lie reported that the party sent to retrieve Xun'er had disappeared after collecting her from Jia Nan Academy, though their Soul Tokens remained intact.
• Gu Lie told Gu Yuan that capturing the group without a fight would have required great strength and asked whether the Xiao Clan was responsible.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin flame from the Tou She Ancient God Jade and began refining it, while Gu Yuan’s search for Xiao Xun’er led him to suspect the Stone Clan. As the Gu and Yan Clans mobilized, Heavenly Net confronted Ling Hua and revealed that the Yan Clan would destroy the Spirit Clan, leaving Ling Hua to choose whether to flee or die with it.

• Gu Yuan dismissed the Xiao Clan as suspects in Xiao Xun’er’s disappearance, then left to search for her and entrusted Gu Lie with clan duties.
• After days of fighting, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin flame into the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and Xiao Yan began refining it with an Earth Spirit Pill.
• Gu Yuan followed Xiao Xun’er’s jade pendant to the Stone Clan, killed a Stone Clan Dou Zun who possessed it, and found other belongings of his clansmen, prompting him to summon Gu Clan experts.
• Yan Jin summoned the Yan Clan’s forces to the Spirit Clan, and Heavenly Net left the Heavenly Secret Tower to confront Ling Hua.
• Heavenly Net told Ling Hua that the Yan Clan would arrive to destroy the Spirit Clan and offered him a chance to leave, while blaming his earlier softness toward the clan elders for the disaster.

The Xiao Clan’s schemes led to the annihilation of the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan, while Xiao Tian Ce returned Xiao Xun'er to Gu Yuan. After demonstrating his overwhelming strength before the Gu and Yan Clans, he settled the Xiao Clan’s old debt to the Gu Clan and left the clans’ relationship at a wary truce.

• Heavenly Net persuaded Ling Hua to pledge himself to the Xiao Clan and revealed that Ling Hua’s wife and child had already been moved to safety before leaving with him.
• The Yan Clan Army slaughtered the Spirit Clan, while Gu Yuan led the Gu Clan in destroying the Stone Clan; both clans’ realms were shattered, and only Ling Hua and his family survived from the Spirit Clan.
• At the Heavenly Secret Tower, Xiao Tian Ce decided to return Xiao Xun'er to Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xun'er questioned him about the millions who had died.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought Xiao Xun'er to Gu Yuan in the Ancient Realm, where Gu Yuan and Yan Jin confronted him over his role in manipulating their clans into the attacks.
• Xiao Tian Ce struck a Six-Star Dou Sheng with a teacup and destroyed Gu Lie’s Ancient Emperor Seal with one finger, then offered to settle the Xiao Clan’s debt by sparing Gu Lie.
• Gu Yuan accepted that the debt between the Xiao and Gu Clans was settled.

After settling his debt with the Gu Clan, Xiao Tian Ce secretly entered the Heavenly Tomb and reunited with Xiao Xuan, telling him how powerful the Xiao Clan had become. He offered to take Xiao Xuan out, but Xiao Xuan explained that the Heavenly Tomb Spirit would not let him leave.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Gu Yuan their debt of gratitude was settled, then vanished from the Ancient Realm using a concealment Spiritual Array.
• Gu Yuan reunited with Xiao Xun'er, heard her account of recent events, and postponed deciding the Gu Clan's next move until everyone had rested.
• Xiao Tian Ce slipped past the Heavenly Tomb's barriers and reached the third layer, where he reunited with Xiao Xuan after more than a thousand years apart.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan that the Xiao Clan had become the strongest Emperor Clan and recounted the Hun Clan's defeat and the destruction of the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce offered to take Xiao Xuan out of the Heavenly Tomb, but Xiao Xuan said the Heavenly Tomb Spirit had forbidden him to leave, and Xiao Tian Ce said he would handle it.

Xiao Tian Ce persuaded the Heavenly Tomb Spirit to free Xiao Xuan and promised to give it a human body, then took the Heavenly Tomb Core and emerged from the tomb. The Gu Clan Elder guarding the Heavenly Tomb sensed a disturbance as Xiao Tian Ce used the core to take the entire small world.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan he would free him and take the Heavenly Tomb back to the Xiao Clan, then confronted the Heavenly Tomb Spirit.
• Xiao Tian Ce threatened the Heavenly Tomb Spirit and offered it a human body; after Xiao Tian Ce demonstrated the power of his spiritual array, the Heavenly Tomb Spirit agreed to free Xiao Xuan.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit withdrew the soul origin controlling Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Xuan medicinal liquid that strengthened his soul body.
• The Heavenly Tomb Spirit gave Xiao Tian Ce the Heavenly Tomb Core, which could shrink the small world, and Xiao Tian Ce left to retrieve the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Tian Ce emerged from the Heavenly Tomb and used the core to draw the tomb into it, alerting the Gu Clan Elder guarding the tomb.

After Xiao Tian Ce took the Heavenly Tomb, Gu Yuan’s clan debated how to counter the Xiao Clan and considered alliances, while Xiao Xun'er worried that conflict could destroy both families. Back at the Heavenly Secret Tower, Xiao Tian Ce welcomed Ling Hua into the Xiao Clan and prepared to use the Heavenly Tomb and captured Dou Sheng corpses to strengthen his clan.

• Gu Yuan found that Xiao Tian Ce had taken the Heavenly Tomb and decided the Gu Clan could not demand its return because the Gu and Xiao Clans had jointly built it.
• Gu Lie proposed seeking an alliance with the Hun Clan, and Gu Dao offered to approach Dragon Emperor Zhu Kun and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er warned Gu Yuan that Xiao Tian Ce was difficult to outmaneuver and said he had told her he held no ill will toward the Gu Clan, but Gu Yuan insisted the clan must secure its own strength.
• Xiao Tian Ce returned to the Heavenly Secret Tower with the Heavenly Tomb, praised Xiao Qing and her allies for their work, and appointed Ling Hua as Xiao Qing’s deputy.
• Xiao Tian Ce announced that the Xiao Clan could cultivate inside the Heavenly Tomb and told Heavenly Net to preserve the captured Mid-Rank and High-Rank Dou Sheng corpses for later use.

Xiao Tian Ce arranged for the Xiao Clan to lie low while preparing to resurrect Huang Jiuji, and Xiao Yan successfully absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame. The chapter left Xiao Yan and Yao Chen confronting Medusa after she attacked Xiao Yan and insulted Yao Chen.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net to restrain the Xiao Clan and monitor the Gu Clan and Yan Clan while he prepared for three powerful allies to emerge.
• Xiao Tian Ce returned to Heaven Beyond and took Huang Jiuji to fulfill his promise to resurrect him.
• Xiao Yan awakened after successfully absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame and told Yao Chen he would find the materials to resurrect him.
• Medusa emerged from the Heaven Swallowing Python and demanded that Xiao Yan leave the magma chamber, but Xiao Yan refused to abandon Yao Chen's plan to explore below.
• Medusa kicked Xiao Yan into a stone wall, and when Yao Chen confronted her, she insulted him for making Xiao Yan keep her as a pet.

Xiao Tian Ce arrived beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower with Huang Jiuji and revealed that he was Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan ancestor. He answered Xiao Yan’s questions about the clan and confirmed that Xiao Yan’s father and clansmen had been taken to Heaven Beyond and were safe.

• Medusa attacked Xiao Yan after he refused to help her break the seal, and Yao Chen joined Xiao Yan to stop her.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Huang Jiuji entered the sealed area beneath the tower, where Xiao Tian Ce introduced himself as an ancestor of Xiao Yan’s Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce invited Medusa to travel to the Central Plains, then explained that he had come to ask Xiao Yan for help because Xiao Yan possessed three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan asked why Xiao Tian Ce had left their branch alone, whether he founded the Heavenly Secret Tower, where Xiao Yan’s father and clansmen had gone, who delivered the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and how Xiao Tian Ce had tracked his progress.
• Xiao Tian Ce said he had founded the Heavenly Secret Tower, arranged for the jade to be delivered, and monitored it; he also confirmed that Xiao Yan’s father and clansmen were safe in Heaven Beyond.

Xiao Yan agreed to help Xiao Tian Ce and used his heavenly flames to resurrect Huang Jiuji in a Dou Sheng body. Huang Jiuji regained his strength as a peak Eight-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan still had not seen his father and clansmen.

• Xiao Yan asked to see Xiao Zhan and the others, but Xiao Tian Ce showed him Xiao Zhan's spiritual imprint on the Tou She Ancient God Jade and offered to take him to the Central Plains.
• Yao Chen persuaded Xiao Yan to trust Xiao Tian Ce and agreed to help him, after which Xiao Yan asked Xiao Tian Ce for materials to resurrect Yao Chen.
• Xiao Tian Ce provided a Dou Sheng body and high-level ninth-rank magical beast materials, then lent Xiao Yan his dou qi to speed up the resurrection process.
• Xiao Yan used his three heavenly flames to prepare the body, fused in the magic core and blood essence, and Huang Jiuji merged his soul into it.
• Huang Jiuji awoke and rapidly recovered to peak Eight-Star Dou Saint, then thanked Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen.

Huang Jiuji rewarded Xiao Yan and Yao Chen with Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques and offered Medusa a chance to evolve her bloodline if she joined him in the Central Plains. Medusa declined because she could not leave the Snake-People Tribe, while Xiao Tian Ce prepared to take Xiao Yan to revive two more people.

• Huang Jiuji gave Xiao Yan and Yao Chen Heaven Rank Low Grade Dou Techniques as thanks for helping revive him.
• Huang Jiuji told Medusa that her Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline could evolve and offered to take her to the Xiao Clan.
• Medusa refused Huang Jiuji's invitation because she needed to protect the Snake-People Tribe, and he gave her a jade pendant to contact him in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked Huang Jiuji to guide Medusa while he handled other business, so Huang Jiuji left with her.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Yan to keep his Heaven Tier Dou Technique as a trump card and said Xiao Yan would help revive two more people in exchange for a great opportunity.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought out a Rubik's Cube-like object, and Yao Chen returned to the Bone Flame Ring until they arrived.

Xiao Tian Ce brought Xiao Yan into the Heavenly Tomb and resurrected Tomb Spirit and Xiao Xuan using powerful Dou Sheng bodies. He arranged for both elders to strengthen Xiao Yan, promised Yao Chen resurrection materials, and left Xiao Yan with Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit as he departed.

• Xiao Tian Ce introduced Xiao Yan to Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit, then revealed the bodies and materials prepared for their resurrection.
• Xiao Yan used his three heavenly flames to restore Tomb Spirit to a body, and Tomb Spirit reached early-stage nine-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Tian Ce resurrected Xiao Xuan, whose strength rose to Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Xuan agreed to strengthen Xiao Yan's bloodline, while Tomb Spirit offered to raise Xiao Yan's soul realm.
• Xiao Tian Ce promised Yao Chen resurrection materials and gave him cultivation guidance, then explained Yao Chen's history to Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit.
• After Xiao Yan recovered, Xiao Tian Ce left his next steps to Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit.

Xiao Tian Ce arranged for Xiao Yan to train in the Heavenly Tomb, then agreed to help Yao Tianhuo restore his soul and prepare for resurrection. After returning to the Snake-People Tribe and learning that Xiao Yi Xian had activated a Heavenly Mechanism Token, he left to find her and arrived as she faced the Ice Venerable.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Yan to remain in the Heavenly Tomb and follow Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit’s arrangements.
• Yao Tianhuo revealed that Xiao Tian Ce had saved him as a child, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to help resurrect him after his soul recovered.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought Yao Tianhuo to the Heavenly Tomb and suggested that he give the young Fallen Heart Flame and Five-Wheel Flame Departure Art to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian Ce visited Medusa and Huang Jiuji, and Medusa agreed to lead the Snake-People Tribe to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Tian Ce sensed that Xiao Yi Xian had activated a Heavenly Mechanism Token and departed for the Chu Yun Empire.
• At the Poison Sect, the badly injured Xiao Yi Xian faced the Ice Venerable and more than a dozen Dou Zong experts, and the Ice Venerable shouted in shock that she had a Heavenly Mechanism Token.

Xiao Tian Ce arrived after Xiao Yi Xian activated her Heavenly Mechanism Token and stopped Ice Venerable and Ice River Valley from killing her. After learning that the Poison Pill Method could control her woeful poison body but required three rare materials, Xiao Yi Xian lost hope, and Xiao Tian Ce reassured her that he might have them.

• Ice Venerable ordered his forces to kill Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Tian Ce appeared and froze their attacks while healing her.
• Xiao Tian Ce restrained Ice Venerable and summoned Heavenly Secret Tower experts, who recognized him as their Tower Master.
• Xiao Tian Ce left Ice Venerable's fate to Xiao Yi Xian, who questioned him about Ice River Valley's involvement and the woeful poison body.
• Ice Venerable revealed that Soul Hall had traded information about Xiao Yi Xian for Ice River Valley's help and explained the Poison Pill Method.
• Ice Venerable listed three rare materials needed to refine the Poison Pill, and Xiao Yi Xian broke down after believing she could never obtain them.
• Xiao Tian Ce wiped away Xiao Yi Xian's tears and told her that he might have the materials she needed.