Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan discovered a massive Black Heart of Demonic Qi on a continent and suspected it could threaten his Endless Fire Domain. He detonated a concentrated mass of flames to destroy it, obliterating the continent, then called for reinforcements.

• Xiao Yan found a hundred-zhang Black Heart of Demonic Qi at the continent's core and asked a Maha Clan Heavenly Sovereign to summon the ancient clan patriarchs.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Black Heart could immobilize his Endless Fire Domain and threaten his life, so he formed a powerful orb from dozens of flames.
• The Black Heart tried to evade the orb, but the White Lotus flames pinned it in place as a Three-colored Lotus appeared in the orb's path.
• The collision triggered an explosion that shattered the continent and reduced the Maha Clan Heavenly Sovereign to ashes.
• Xiao Yan severed his connection to the lower half of the world, waited for the void to heal, and summoned the Green Shirt Sword Saint, the Lord of Immortality, the True Dragon Emperor, and others for help.

Xiao Yan trapped the Heavenly Demon Emperors inside the Endless Fire Domain and fought them while the Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor empowered the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor. The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor unleashed the Three Kowtows of the Corpse God, and his World Destruction attack was poised to begin as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan searched the shattered black heart, survived a surprise strike from the Heaven Slaying Demon Emperor, and faced seven and a half Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor trapped Xiao Yan in Saint Demon Flame, but Xiao Yan walked through it and sealed the enemies inside the Endless Fire Domain.
• The Spirit Heavenly Demon Emperor transferred the Demonic Qi of the crippled Heaven Slaying Demon Emperor and another defeated Emperor into the Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan struck the Heart Demon Emperor through the chest, forcing its soul to flee alongside the Corrosion Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned the Corpse God Giant Shadow and used Life Deprivation and God Devouring against Xiao Yan.
• The Black Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor sacrificed his flesh and life force, fed Extreme Evil Corpse Water to the giant shadow, and began his World Destruction attack.

Xiao Yan burned the Immortal Origin within himself and the Eternal Undying Body to destroy the Corpse God Giant Shadow and defeat six of the eight attacking Heavenly Demon Emperors. He accepted the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s surrender on the condition that the Outer Realm Evil Clan abandon Demonic Qi and cultivate Spiritual Power, leaving the fate of the remaining conflict unresolved.

• The Heart Demon Emperor tried to possess Xiao Yan and disrupt his connection to the Sky Ranking as the Corpse Bone Scythe fell toward him.
• Xiao Yan burned his Immortal Origin, formed a Glazed Light Orb, and with the Immortal Origin from Maha Tian’s Small World destroyed the Corpse God Giant Shadow and captured six demonic souls.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor survived, and Xiao Yan’s reinforcements arrived as he hid his exhaustion and proposed that the two emperors cultivate Spiritual Power.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor agreed that the Outer Realm Evil Clan would surrender, abandon Demonic Qi, and let Xiao Yan distribute its occupied regions, asking only to see the Heavenly Evil God.
• Xiao Yan accepted the surrender and promised the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that Sacred Clan members who cultivated Spiritual Power would be welcome in the Great Thousand World.

After the Outer Realm Evil Clan surrendered, Xiao Yan helped reclaim and develop the Great Thousand World while preparing Lin Dong to rise in power. The Immortal Great Emperor then proposed accelerating reincarnation by absorbing the demons’ souls, trusting Xiao Yan to reach the Sky Ranking in time to support his return to his peak.

• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor confirmed Heavenly Evil God’s approval of surrender, ordered the clans to avoid attacking the Great Thousand World, and planned to convert himself and Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor to Spiritual Power.
• The Great Thousand World confirmed the surrender and began reclaiming demon-corrupted continents as Xiao Yan purified them and expanded the influence of the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan offered cultivation services to help the Great Thousand World’s younger generation advance, while the Outer Realm Evil Clan withdrew and its Demon Emperor-level experts went into hiding.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Lin Dong, converted his Yuan Power into spiritual power, and helped him connect the eight Ancestral Symbols to the Great Thousand World’s World Will.
• The Immortal Great Emperor told Xiao Yan that he planned to merge with reincarnation and absorb the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s demonic souls to hasten the formation of a new Primal Dharma Body.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The protagonist has an important meeting scheduled for the next day.
• They decide to prepare for it today, indicating their responsibility and professionalism.
• No significant external events occur in this chapter; the focus is on the protagonist's internal preparations.

Character Developments

• The protagonist demonstrates:
  • Responsibility: They prioritize preparing for the meeting, showing they take their work seriously.
  • Professionalism: They understand the importance of thorough preparation for a meeting.
  • Time management: They plan to use their day effectively to get ready.

Significant Themes

• Preparation: The protagonist's actions emphasize the theme of thorough preparation, which is likely to be important for success in their meeting and, by extension, in life.
• Responsibility: The protagonist's decision to prepare ahead of time underscores their sense of responsibility and commitment to their work.

Character Interactions

• There are no character interactions in this chapter, as the focus is solely on the protagonist's internal thoughts and actions.

Xiao Yan converted the Immortal Great Emperor’s body into a phantom so he could use the Sky Ranking’s power to cleanse six Heavenly Demon Emperors’ souls, then left his name on the Sky Ranking. He reorganized cultivation in the Dou Qi Continent, checked on his children, and opened a passage to the Great Thousand World with time flowing at a one-to-ten ratio.

• The Immortal Great Emperor dissolved his physical body, and Xiao Yan placed the six restrained Demonic Souls before his Soul Imprint so the Sky Ranking’s Spiritual Power could cleanse and transform them.
• Xiao Yan easily left the character “Xiao” on the Sky Ranking and chose not to burn his Immortal Origin to leave his full name.
• Xiao Yan announced the Great Thousand World’s cultivation ranks and urged Peak Dou Saints to strengthen their Soul Realms before seeking Origin Qi, while Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan also promoted physical cultivation.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Qingshan, Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Lin to cultivate their bodies, then spent twenty years in the Dou Qi Continent raising Qing Lin’s twin daughters before opening a passage to the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan examined the barriers around time travel, found he could not alter the past, and fixed the passage at a point two years after his departure, producing a one-to-ten flow of time.

Several years after the Outer Realm Evil Clan surrendered, Xiao Yan opened the Dou Qi Continent to Sovereign visitors and established a costly passage on the Fire Domain Continent. The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor visited Xiao Yan with concerns about the Great Thousand World’s changing attitude toward outsiders, but left reeling after learning that the Immortal Great Emperor was dead.

• Xiao Yan opened a passage to the Dou Qi Continent for Sovereign realm experts, charging admission and barring Earthly Sovereigns.
• A year later, Yao Xiaotian entertained visiting Sovereigns on the Fire Domain Continent by boasting about Xiao Yan’s past victories.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor arrived seeking an audience with Xiao Yan, and Yao Xiaotian challenged him before he went to the volcano where Xiao Yan was cultivating.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor was converting his clan’s Demonic Qi into Spiritual Power, and the two exchanged congratulations.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor told Xiao Yan that the Great Thousand World seemed to have stopped rejecting outsiders and asked about the Immortal Great Emperor; Xiao Yan said the emperor was dead and privately asked him to keep the revelation secret.

Xiao Yan sent Sovereigns through the time-distorted passage to the Dou Qi Continent, then used its growing influence to advance his own cultivation. As the surviving visitors returned with rare gains, Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor concluded that Xiao Yan threatened the Outer Realm Evil Clan and began sacrificing Demon Emperors to seize the Sky Ranking’s favor.

• Xiao Yan explained the passage’s time distortion and entry rules, then sent the Sovereigns through in separate protective bubbles and continued cultivating.
• Xiao Yan used his connection to flames across the Great Thousand World to draw on the Sky Ranking’s power and strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• One year later, barely three thousand Sovereigns returned from the Dou Qi Continent, where some had died and others had advanced through its resources; Xiao Yan announced that it would open once every hundred years.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor discussed the deaths of the seven Saint Demons and the failed Reincarnation expedition, suspecting that Reincarnation was taboo and that Xiao Yan might have intervened.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor dismissed Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor’s plan to spread rumors, warned that Xiao Yan might attack the sealed Heavenly Evil God, and decided to kill Demon Emperors to gain a place on the Sky Ranking and corrupt Reincarnation.

As the Endless Fire Domain expanded across the Great Thousand World, Zi Yan discovered that Mandala was an intelligent Ancient Mandala Flower and brought her to Xiao Yan, who offered to nurture her into a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. Mandala joined as a core member in exchange for Xiao Yan erasing the sealed Heavenly Demon Emperor and helping her settle the legacy of the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• The Endless Fire Domain grew to control twenty percent of the Great Thousand World as cultivators joined for its generous resources and training.
• Zi Yan exposed Mandala's disguise, and Xiao Yan cleared the curse inside her and offered to cultivate her into a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Mandala agreed to become a core member and asked Xiao Yan to destroy the sealed Heavenly Demon Emperor and issue a kill order for Lu Heng, the traitor of the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the Ancient Heavenly Palace, restored Mandala's main body, and gave her the reinforced Heavenly Emperor Sword so she could return to the ruins.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the Heavenly Demon Emperor and announced across the Great Thousand World that the Endless Fire Domain would find and erase any other sealed demonic souls.

Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor converted to Spiritual Power and forced his way onto the Sky Ranking, leaving only the character "Saint." Meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned the Heavenly Emperor’s One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones technique, and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor confronted him at the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor embraced the Great Thousand World’s Spiritual Power, feared its influence over the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and resolved to destroy the Flame Emperor’s legacy.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor summoned the Sky Ranking and expended his Spiritual Power and Essence Blood to leave the character "Saint" upon it.
• Xiao Yan entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where the Heavenly Emperor welcomed him and promised to demonstrate the One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones.
• The Heavenly Emperor explained the technique to Xiao Yan, then departed peacefully after entrusting Mandala to his care.
• Xiao Yan told Mandala to keep the Heavenly Emperor Sword and restore the palace herself, while promising to nurture her into a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared before Xiao Yan, who faced him with three identical selves.

The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor sought to restrain Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan let him leave and then used his three bodies to inscribe his full name on the Sky Ranking, entering the Ruler Realm. Xiao Yan ended by granting late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns permission to hunt Outer Realm Evil Clan members who had not converted to Spiritual Power.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor confronted Xiao Yan, hoping to keep him from interfering with the seal imprisoning the god, but found himself facing Xiao Yan and two powerful Clones.
• Zi Yan arrived, and the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor exchanged a jade recording his knowledge for an Emperor Flame Seed before asking Xiao Yan for a place to cultivate Spiritual Power.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor returned to the Myriad Demon Hall and considered having more Heavenly Demon Emperors convert to Spiritual Power as the Outer Realm Evil Clan weakened.
• Xiao Yan gave Mandala the cultivation method for One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones, then revealed to Zi Yan that he was allowing the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to grow stronger for now.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Sky Ranking and, with power from his two Clones, inscribed his full name, entering the Ruler Realm and gaining the Great Thousand World's recognition.
• Xiao Yan declared that late Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns with no path forward could hunt Outer Realm Evil Clan members who had not converted to Spiritual Power.

After discovering the Immortal Great Emperor’s warning about a new Reincarnation Dharma Body, Xiao Yan announced its cultivation methods to both the Great Thousand World and the Outer Realm Evil Clan. Centuries later, a young newcomer arrived at an Endless Fire Domain outpost and found even powerful Sovereigns behaving like ordinary street vendors.

• Xiao Yan found the Immortal Great Emperor’s remnant, learned that the Reincarnation Dharma Body had been influenced by fallen Demon Emperors, and memorized its cultivation methods.
• Xiao Yan spread the Reincarnation Dharma Body’s prerequisites across the Great Thousand World and Outer Realm Evil Clan, prompting the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and Maha Tian to prepare for its emergence.
• Xiao Yan established himself as the Great Thousand World’s foremost expert, accepted Qing Yan Jing as his disciple, and quickly became a Spirit Array Great Grandmaster.
• Several hundred years later, a young man arrived on Ming Bang Continent and heard that the Endless Fire Domain welcomed applicants and had numerous powerful members.
• The young man watched Sovereigns hawk pills, formation services, and cultivation information, then saw them chase a seller accused of overcharging for a free technique.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether registered with the Endless Fire Domain and learned about its resource programs for talented cultivators. Mu Chen chose to travel to a major city for Spiritual Vein testing, and Nine Nether applied to become an official member as well.

• Mu Chen teased Nine Nether about her failed evolution, and she explained how abundant resources had once raised an ordinary pig to the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Nine Nether recalled how she had failed to evolve after receiving Heavenly Flames, then met Mu Chen and found that his Flame Mantra calmed the flames within her.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether left the market and reached Ming Bang City, where Nine Nether explained that the city was only an insignificant outpost.
• Mu Chen registered as an official member of the Endless Fire Domain and learned that holders of seven or more Divine Meridians could receive extensive training and resources.
• Mu Chen chose to go to a major city for Spiritual Vein testing, and Nine Nether applied to become an official member.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether chose their cultivation paths in the Endless Fire Domain, then explored the Divine Beast Plains and gained major breakthroughs in the Divine Sea. After a mysterious figure turned the unstable Divine Sea into a regular resource, they received generous rewards, including rare flames and bloodline seeds.

• Mu Chen chose the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, the Starry Sky Undying Body, One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones, and the Floating Life Myriad Forms Dharma Body, while Nine Nether pursued the Myriad Beast Divine Body and Nine Revolutions Saint Ascension Art.
• After cultivating, Mu Chen reached seventh-rank Sovereign and Nine Nether reached peak Sovereign before they traveled to the Divine Beast Plains.
• Mu Chen used the Dragon Phoenix Scripture to activate the Ancient Undying Bird inheritance, and Nine Nether evolved into the Super Divine Beast Ancient Undying Bird and broke through to Earthly Sovereign.
• Mu Chen strengthened the spirit beasts in his formation and gained combat strength to rival an Earthly Sovereign before he and Nine Nether left the Divine Sea.
• A furtive figure entered the unstable Divine Sea, and the next day it became one of the Endless Fire Domain's regular instances.
• Nine Nether received a Myriad Beast Divine Fire and nine Super Divine Beast bloodline seeds, while Mu Chen received a Three Thousand Burning Flame, materials for his Dharma Body, and the benefit of the Divine Sea's lingering thoughts being sent into Reincarnation.

Mu Chen and Nine Nether joined more than a hundred cultivators for Xiao Yan’s hundred lifetimes of reincarnation beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. After awakening, Mu Chen gained insight into the value of ordinary lives and reached peak Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign, while Nine Nether also broke through; Xiao Yan noticed Mu Chen’s admiration and added him to his notebook.

• Mu Chen and Nine Nether traveled with Ye Xiu and other candidates to the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where Xiao Yan explained the risks of undergoing a hundred lifetimes in his Dream Plane.
• Xiao Yan began the reincarnation trial, and the cultivators lived through many brief lives in an ordinary martial world before waking after three days in the Great Thousand World.
• Mu Chen reflected on his lives as an ordinary person and gained insight into the importance of ordinary people as he broke through to peak Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yan scattered the awakened cultivators across the sky and helped them break through by stabilizing space and lending them Sovereign Spirit Liquid at double repayment.
• Nine Nether told Mu Chen that most of her reincarnations had been as ordinary birds, while Mu Chen praised Xiao Yan’s lesson; Xiao Yan noticed Mu Chen’s look of longing and wrote him down in his notebook.

Xiao Yan sent the Heavenly Sovereigns into the Samsara Society to compete for the Reincarnation Dharma Body, while watching the contestants through a light screen. Inside, Xiao Qingshan cultivated reincarnation power as the ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors gathered and protected him, leaving the competition’s outcome unresolved.

• Xiao Yan discussed the contestants with Qin Tian and the Green Shirt Sword Saint, then opened a fissure into the Samsara Society and sent Xiao Qingshan inside first with a hidden safeguard.
• Xiao Yan and the other spectators watched the contestants through a light screen as the ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors coordinated their movements and hunted competitors together.
• Lin Dong challenged the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s apparent plan to have the ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors combine their strength, while Xiao Yan calmly observed them.
• The ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors gathered and eliminated opponents, while Xiao Qingshan remained apart, absorbing reincarnation power.
• The ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors surrounded Xiao Qingshan, but protected him with a circle of Saint Demon Flame and helped refine reincarnation power for him.

Ye Xiu and the Great Thousand World competitors formed alliances as the ten Heavenly Spirit Emperors hunted them, but Qin Tian ambushed the Spirit Emperors and inflicted heavy losses before withdrawing. The remaining attackers turned toward Maha Tian while Mu Chen proposed using a battle array to strengthen the Endless Fire Domain's defense.

• Ye Xiu failed to find any of the ten Outer Realm Evil Clan members alone and moved to meet a star-like flame approaching him.
• The Heavenly Spirit Emperors used the Green Shirt Sword Saint's Broken Sword to track him, but he seriously injured one Spirit Emperor and escaped; that Spirit Emperor withdrew and gave up his power.
• Qin Tian used the Nihility Devouring Flame to empower his Dharma Body, defeated three Spirit Emperors, then detonated the Dharma Body as the remaining six gathered.
• Qin Tian reunited with the Green Shirt Sword Saint and Xiao Yan, while the Spirit Emperors regrouped and sent two injured members to pursue Maha Tian.
• Ye Xiu gathered the surviving Endless Fire Domain members and challenged them to withstand his attacks, but Mu Chen proposed that the weaker fighters join him and Nine Nether in the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array.

Ye Xiu and Mu Chen joined forces with the Great Thousand World’s Heavenly Sovereigns against the Spirit Emperors, while Xiao Qingshan refined the Saint Demon Flame. Xiao Qingshan’s arrival drove the Spirit Emperors away, and he claimed he knew the secret behind the unresponsive Reincarnation Dharma Body because his father was Xiao Yan.

• Ye Xiu tested Mu Chen’s power and accepted his greater usefulness as a Spirit Array Master in a group battle.
• Maha Tian failed to defeat two injured late-stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and withdrew with his sacred artifact.
• Cheng Xin exposed the Sound Demon Clan’s attack on the Great Thousand World’s forces, survived a Curse Demon Clan curse, and helped Mu Chen restrain the Spirit Emperors.
• Ye Xiu fought the remaining Spirit Emperor while Mu Chen controlled the formation and the other Heavenly Sovereigns battled the Spirit Emperors.
• Xiao Qingshan finished refining the Saint Demon Flame and arrived as Ye Xiu and the others were nearing collapse; the Spirit Emperors detonated their Dharma Bodies and fled.
• Xiao Qingshan demanded Sovereign Spirit Liquid from Mu Chen and Ye Xiu, then said his father was Xiao Yan when they asked whether he knew the Reincarnation Dharma Body’s secret.

Xiao Qingshan explained that obtaining the Reincarnation Dharma Body required entering Reincarnation, enduring the World Will, and accepting past lives, then left the space. Mu Chen entered Reincarnation and reached the Dharma Body, where he began enduring its severe tempering as Ye Xiu and Cheng Xin struggled with their past-life phantoms.

• Xiao Qingshan collected payment from the crowd, explained the dangers and requirements of obtaining the Reincarnation Dharma Body, and advised them to give up.
• Xiao Qingshan left the space and found Xiao Yan solemnly watching everything on a light screen, while Lin Dong offered no help.
• Mu Chen left his body under Nine Nether's protection and entered Reincarnation, where the World Will suppressed him and his protective forms gradually dissipated.
• Mu Chen found Ye Xiu facing the Immortal Great Emperor and Cheng Xin facing the Heart Demon Emperor beside the Reincarnation Dharma Body.
• Mu Chen reached the statue as Ye Xiu hesitated and Cheng Xin struggled, then entered it and endured repeated cycles of death and rebirth that strengthened his Divine Soul.

Lin Dong presided over the Great Thousand Alliance’s attempt to destroy the Heavenly Evil God, but the sealed enemy had secretly adapted to Spiritual Power and used the array to recover. The Heavenly Evil God escaped and threatened the Great Thousand World, while Lin Dong prepared to face him and the Flame Emperor remained unseen.

• Lin Dong led the Heavenly Sovereigns in channeling their Spiritual Power into the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array, which formed ninety-nine Mottled Ancient Spears and struck the Heavenly Evil God.
• The array dissipated and its Bronze Coffins shattered, making the Heavenly Sovereigns believe the Heavenly Evil God had died.
• Lin Dong moved everyone away as Northern Desolation Hill erupted and the Heavenly Evil God emerged, revealing that he had converted to Spiritual Power and used the array as nourishment.
• The Heavenly Evil God offered Lin Dong and the Flame Emperor places in the Sacred Clan, but Lin Dong killed Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and took his Primal Dharma Body for the Endless Fire Domain.
• The Heavenly Evil God revealed that all nine of his eyes were open and declared that he would destroy Lin Dong and the Great Thousand World.