Chapter Summaries

Qin Tian examined the Hall of Souls’ rapid rise and wondered whether its master, Hun Xiu, had already reached Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. The Great Thousand Palace’s records offered no recent estimate of Hun Xiu’s strength, but traced the Hall’s growth to a Lower Plane supplying it with experts.

• Qin Tian recalled how he had once dismissed Hun Xiu and the Hall of Souls, but grew interested after the Azure Robe Sword Saint praised Hun Xiu’s talent and asked him to intervene.
• A black-robed man reported that the Great Thousand Palace’s latest record rated Hun Xiu as a late-stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and had no newer information.
• Qin Tian speculated that Hun Xiu might have broken through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, while the black-robed man said such rapid advancement seemed impossible.
• Qin Tian asked whether the Hall of Souls’ rapid rise involved the Outer Domain Evil Race, and the black-robed man explained that a Lower Plane had been supplying it with experts.

Qin Tian investigated the Hall of Souls’ origins and decided to visit the Maha Ancient Clan, while the approaching war with the Maha Ancient Clan prompted the Futur Ancient Clan and Fire Spirit Clan to prepare to support the Hall of Souls. Hun Xiu remained in seclusion as Fire Spirit Ancestor waited for him to emerge before deciding whether to awaken him.

• Qin Tian learned that the Hall of Souls’ Lower Plane was a Super Plane with no known connection to the Outer Domain Evil Race, then decided to visit the Maha Ancient Clan.
• Futur Xuan concluded that the Maha Ancient Clan’s planned attack offered a chance to ally with the Hall of Souls and convened a clan-wide meeting to support it.
• Huo Batian worried that Hun Xiu would remain in seclusion when the Maha Ancient Clan attacked, but Fire Spirit Ancestor chose to wait a few more days before personally summoning him.
• Huo Batian reported that twenty Earth Sovereigns and fifty Sovereign Realm experts were ready, and Fire Spirit Ancestor confirmed that the Fire Spirit Clan would support the Hall of Souls.

Hun Xiu emerged from seclusion in the Fire Spirit Clan and broke through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, enduring a powerful Thunder Tribulation without injury. Fire Spirit Ancestor and Huo Batian congratulated him, while the clan’s experts gathered after the disturbance.

• Fire Spirit Ancestor chose to support the Hall of Souls against the Maha Ancient Clan, and Huo Batian accepted his decision.
• Hun Xiu rose from the magma in Flaming Mountain, shaking the volcanoes across the Fire Spirit Clan’s headquarters.
• Thunderclouds covered the Fire Spirit Continent, and Hun Xiu calmly endured the tribulation as he broke through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor and Huo Batian watched from a safe distance and recognized that Hun Xiu was undergoing a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough.
• After the Thunder Tribulation dissipated, Hun Xiu apologized for alarming the Fire Spirit Clan, and Fire Spirit Ancestor and Huo Batian congratulated him.

Hun Xiu learned that the Maha Ancient Clan planned to destroy the Hall of Souls and that its clan head, Maha Tian, had reached the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm. With the Futur Ancient Clan publicly supporting the Hall of Souls, Hun Xiu decided to visit the Maha Ancient Clan before its forces set out.

• Fire Spirit Ancestor congratulated Hun Xiu on reaching the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm and revealed that the Hall of Souls had asked him to return.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor told Hun Xiu that the Maha Ancient Clan had declared its intention to destroy the Hall of Souls.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor warned Hun Xiu that Maha Tian had recently reached the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm and shared what the Fire Spirit Clan knew about the conflict.
• Hun Xiu learned that the Futur Ancient Clan had openly supported the Hall of Souls and remembered its goodwill.
• Hun Xiu decided to visit the Maha Ancient Clan before it marched toward the Western Heaven Continent.

Hun Xiu prepared to go alone to the Maha Ancient Clan, but Fire Spirit Ancestor chose to accompany him. Meanwhile, Maha Tian gathered the clan’s forces to attack the Hall of Souls and learned that the Futur Ancient Clan and Fire Spirit Clan had pledged support to Hun Xiu.

• Hun Xiu invited Fire Spirit Ancestor to accompany him to the Maha Ancient Clan, and Fire Spirit Ancestor agreed after deciding to stand with the Hall of Souls.
• Hun Xiu accepted Fire Spirit Ancestor’s company, and Fire Spirit Ancestor went to make arrangements for the journey.
• Maha Tian’s order brought Sovereign Realm experts from across the Maha Ancient Clan to its headquarters in Maha City, where they prepared to attack the Hall of Souls.
• Maha Zi reported that the Maha Ancient Clan’s forces were ready to march on the Western Heaven Continent and destroy the Hall of Souls.
• Maha Zi told Maha Tian that most major forces were staying neutral, while the Futur Ancient Clan and Fire Spirit Clan had publicly pledged support to the Hall of Souls.

Maha Tian vowed to destroy the Hall of Souls before turning against the Futur Ancient Clan and the Fire Spirit Clan, while his uncontrolled pressure drove Maha Zi to his knees. After Maha Zi left the great hall, he encountered Qin Tian, Palace Master of the Great Thousand Palace, who asked whether Maha Tian was present.

• Maha Tian blamed the Futur Ancient Clan and the Fire Spirit Clan for supporting the Hall of Souls and vowed to deal with them after destroying the Hall of Souls.
• Maha Tian's pressure forced Maha Zi to his knees, and his attempt to restrain it only made it heavier.
• Maha Tian told Maha Zi to make preparations, and Maha Zi forced himself to stand and left the great hall.
• Maha Zi grumbled inwardly about Maha Tian, then recognized Qin Tian outside the hall and respectfully greeted him.
• Qin Tian asked Maha Zi whether Maha Tian was present.

Qin Tian visited the Maha Ancient Clan, welcomed Maha Tian into the Great Thousand Palace, and persuaded him to abandon the planned attack on the Hall of Souls. Meanwhile, Hun Xiu and Fire Spirit Ancestor reached the Maha Continent, where Hun Xiu overwhelmed the Maha Ancient Clan guards and demanded to see Maha Tian.

• Maha Tian's uncontrolled aura pressed Maha Zi to his knees, but Qin Tian arrived and calmly recognized it as a consequence of Maha Tian's recent breakthrough.
• Qin Tian congratulated Maha Tian on reaching Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and invited him to become an elder of the Great Thousand Palace.
• Qin Tian asked Maha Tian to cancel the Maha Ancient Clan's planned attack on the Hall of Souls, and Maha Tian agreed, while privately considering covert action.
• Qin Tian offered to help Maha Tian control his aura.
• Hun Xiu and Fire Spirit Ancestor arrived in Maha City, where Maha Zi and six other Heavenly Sovereigns confronted them.
• Hun Xiu dismissed the guards as no match for him, destroyed their attacks, and hurled them to the ground.

Hun Xiu attacked the Maha Ancient Clan and demanded to see Maha Tian, while Qin Tian and Maha Tian were inside the clan. After Maha Tian confronted Hun Xiu, Hun Xiu declared that he had come to demand an explanation and launched the Hand of the Heavens.

• Hun Xiu sent Maha Zi and six other Maha Ancient Clan Heavenly Sovereigns crashing into the ground with a single exchange.
• Hun Xiu roared for Maha Tian, and the Maha Ancient Clan sounded its alarm as his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign aura spread through Maha City.
• Qin Tian prepared to leave after helping Maha Tian, but stopped when he sensed the unfamiliar aura and urged Maha Tian to investigate the attack.
• Maha Tian appeared above Maha City and demanded to know who Hun Xiu was and why he had injured the clan's experts.
• Hun Xiu said he had come to demand an explanation from the Maha Ancient Clan, then unleashed the Hand of the Heavens against Maha Tian.

Hun Xiu attacked the Maha Ancient Clan, and Maha Tian defended the city before confronting him. Hun Xiu effortlessly destroyed Maha Tian’s thunder dragon, while Qin Tian recognized him as the Hall of Souls’ master and saw him as a possible hope for the Great Thousand World.

• A gigantic palm descended toward Maha City, and Maha Tian protected the city with a barrier while ordering Maha Zi and the other Heavenly Sovereigns to activate the Clan Protection Array.
• After the barrier and array endured the palm, Maha Tian summoned a thunder dragon and sent it at Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu dismissed the thunder dragon with a single gesture, shocking Maha Tian and the Maha Ancient Clan’s experts.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor realized Hun Xiu’s strength far exceeded his expectations and gave up on his previous hopes.
• Qin Tian recognized Hun Xiu as the master of the Hall of Souls and judged that his power and talent could make him the Great Thousand World’s hope.

Hun Xiu repeatedly crushed Maha Tian, the Maha Ancient Clan’s Clan Head, after revealing that he was attacking the Hall of Souls. He left Maha Tian pinned atop the clan’s protection array, where the humiliated and powerless Clan Head called to Qin Tian for help.

• Hun Xiu struck Maha Tian while he was distracted, sending him crashing into a mountain, then dismissed the clan’s accusations of a sneak attack.
• Maha Tian accused Hun Xiu of attacking unfairly, but Hun Xiu punched him into another mountain and continued beating him as he emerged from the rubble.
• Maha Ancient Clan experts doubted that the battered Maha Tian was their real Clan Head, while Qin Tian recognized Hun Xiu’s overwhelming strength.
• Hun Xiu learned Maha Tian had attacked the Hall of Souls, identified himself as Hun Xiu, and choked Maha Tian before releasing him.
• Hun Xiu pinned Maha Tian beneath his foot atop the Clan Protection Array, and Maha Tian, unable to resist or self-destruct, shouted for Qin Tian to save him.

Hun Xiu crushed Maha Tian and demanded that the Maha Ancient Clan submit to the Hall of Souls, while Qin Tian tried to mediate. After Maha Tian refused, Hun Xiu threatened to destroy the clan, then revised his demand to claim its cultivation resources and treasured bodies, leaving Qin Tian hesitant.

• Maha Tian called on Qin Tian to save him while Hun Xiu pinned him against the Clan Protection Array.
• The Maha Ancient Clan experts mistook Maha Tian for an avatar and demanded that their Clan Head confront Hun Xiu.
• Qin Tian revealed that the Azure Robe Sword Saint had sent him to prevent the Maha Ancient Clan from attacking the Hall of Souls, and Maha Tian realized the clan would likely have been destroyed.
• Hun Xiu rejected Qin Tian's request to release Maha Tian unless the Maha Ancient Clan submitted to the Hall of Souls, and he shattered the Clan Protection Array when Maha Tian refused.
• Hun Xiu threatened Maha Tian with a rain of spectral swords, then kicked him beneath the ruins when he pleaded with Qin Tian for help.
• Qin Tian said the Maha Ancient Clan could not submit, so Hun Xiu demanded all its cultivation resources, including the Eternal Undying Body and every Sovereign Dharma Body.

Hun Xiu forced Maha Tian to surrender the Maha Ancient Clan’s resources and Sovereign Dharma Body, then rejected Qin Tian’s offer to join the Great Thousand Palace. Qin Tian pressed him to explain his refusal.

• Hun Xiu threatened Maha Tian with destruction or submission, and Maha Tian agreed to hand over the clan’s resources, the Sovereign Dharma Body, and cultivation resources including the Eternal Undying Body.
• Hun Xiu warned Maha Tian not to play tricks, then left the Maha Ancient Clan with Fire Spirit Ancestor; Qin Tian departed afterward.
• Maha Tian collapsed and howled in humiliation after the visitors left.
• Qin Tian caught up with Hun Xiu and invited him to become an honorary elder of the Great Thousand Palace, but Hun Xiu refused.
• Qin Tian asked why Hun Xiu refused despite knowing what the Great Thousand Palace represented.

Hun Xiu reconsidered joining the Great Thousand Palace after Qin Tian offered to meet his demands. He asked the Palace to collect cultivation methods for all ninety-nine ranks of Sovereign Dharma Bodies, explaining that he planned to use them to reach the realm beyond Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Hun Xiu asked whether joining the Great Thousand Palace came with any benefits, and Qin Tian offered to grant any demand to persuade him.
• Hun Xiu requested cultivation methods for all ninety-nine ranks of Sovereign Dharma Bodies, and Qin Tian agreed the Palace could provide them.
• Hun Xiu told Qin Tian that Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns could sense a realm beyond their own, which only the ancient Immortal Emperor was known to have reached.
• Hun Xiu declared that he intended to use Sovereign Dharma Bodies to reach that supreme realm, and Qin Tian believed he might succeed.

Hun Xiu agreed to join the Great Thousand Palace, and Qin Tian offered him the Sovereign Dharma Body cultivation methods in exchange for earning Demon Slaying Points. Hun Xiu planned to hunt the Outer Domain Evil Race within ten years, while Qin Tian asked him to spar.

• Qin Tian promised to send the Hall of Souls the cultivation methods for the ninety-nine-ranked Sovereign Dharma Bodies after Hun Xiu joined the Great Thousand Palace.
• Qin Tian explained that Hun Xiu could silence objections by killing the Outer Domain Evil Race and earning Demon Slaying Points.
• Qin Tian gave Hun Xiu a Demon Slaying Token and explained the points awarded for kills and the requirements for each Demon Slayer rank.
• Qin Tian said Hun Xiu needed twenty thousand Demon Slaying Points to obtain the cultivation methods, equivalent to killing two Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• Hun Xiu said he would go to the Great Thousand Tower on the Sacred Abyss Continent within ten years to earn the points, then Qin Tian asked to spar with him.

Hun Xiu sparred with Qin Tian to test his strength and proved he could stand against a late-stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. The two ended their fight in a draw, and Hun Xiu learned Qin Tian would send the cultivation methods for the ninety-nine grades of Sovereign Dharma Bodies to the Hall of Souls.

• Hun Xiu accepted Qin Tian's invitation to spar, and Fire Spirit Ancestor retreated to watch.
• Hun Xiu split into three and fought Qin Tian with all his strength, but neither could overcome the other.
• Hun Xiu and Qin Tian understood they had reached a standstill and ended the spar.
• Qin Tian promised to deliver the cultivation methods for the ninety-nine grades of Sovereign Dharma Bodies to the Hall of Souls before departing.
• Fire Spirit Ancestor asked who had won, and Hun Xiu clarified that the spar had ended in a draw.

Hun Xiu returned to the Hall of Souls after telling the Fire Spirit Ancestor that his battle with Qin Tian had ended in a draw, and he announced that the threat to the Hall of Souls had passed. At the Maha Ancient Clan, the injured Maha Tian learned that Hun Xiu had truly defeated him and was left to decide what to do next.

• Hun Xiu told the Fire Spirit Ancestor that his fight with Palace Master Qin Tian had ended in a draw, then returned to the Hall of Souls.
• Soul Emperor welcomed Hun Xiu home, and Hun Xiu told him that the storm had subsided and the Hall of Souls' experts could return to their posts.
• Maha Tian awoke injured and described his defeat by Hun Xiu as a dream, while the Maha Ancient Clan's Heavenly Sovereigns knew it had really happened.
• Maha Tian asked Maha Zi whether the defeat had been real, and Maha Zi confirmed that Hun Xiu had come to the Maha Ancient Clan and defeated him.

Maha Tian accepted defeat and sent Hun Xiu the compensation he had demanded, while Hun Xiu’s victory established the Hall of Souls as a major power. After Hun Xiu entered seclusion, the Outer Domain Evil Race launched a surprise assault, destroyed the Hall of Souls, and abducted his newborn son.

• Maha Tian admitted he could not oppose Hun Xiu and ordered the Maha Ancient Clan to deliver the promised compensation.
• Qin Tian sent Hun Xiu the cultivation methods for the ninety-nine grades of Sovereign Dharma Bodies, and Hun Xiu thanked the allied clans for their support.
• News spread that Hun Xiu had defeated Maha Tian alone and forced the Maha Ancient Clan to surrender its resources, including the Eternal Undying Body.
• Hun Xiu received the compensation and cultivation methods, entered seclusion, and Qing Yanjing later became pregnant and gave birth to his son.
• The Outer Domain Evil Race attacked the Hall of Souls in force, drove its members into retreat, destroyed Soul City, and abducted Qing Yanjing’s newborn son.

Hun Xiu emerged from secluded cultivation after Medusa warned him that the Hall of Souls was under attack by the Outer Domain Evil Race. He confronted the invading army and vowed that none of them would leave alive.

• A Nether Demon Emperor fled with Qing Yanjing's infant son, but Hun Yuantian intercepted him and demanded the child, triggering a battle.
• The Outer Domain Evil Race attacked Soul City, and Soul Emperor led the Hall of Souls' experts in a desperate fight rather than surrender.
• Medusa, badly wounded, reached Hun Xiu in the Heavenly Tomb and urged him to leave seclusion before the Hall of Souls was destroyed.
• Hun Xiu appeared over the battlefield, and both armies stopped as his aura swept across the area.
• Hun Xiu faced the invading army, saw Soul City reduced to ruins, and declared that the Outer Domain Evil Race would remain there forever.

Hun Xiu killed Mystic Demon Emperor Jia with one punch, then sent Soul Emperor and the Hall of Souls experts into the Heavenly Tomb before facing the Northern Emperor alone. The Northern Emperor’s opening spear strike drove Hun Xiu into a crater, leaving his condition unclear.

• Mystic Demon Emperor Jia challenged Hun Xiu, who killed him with a single punch.
• Hun Xiu summoned the Northern Emperor, who introduced himself as Wang Bei and offered Hun Xiu a place among the Outer Domain Evil Race.
• Hun Xiu refused to submit and placed Soul Emperor and the Hall of Souls experts inside the Heavenly Tomb to protect them.
• The Northern Emperor enveloped the battlefield in Demonic Qi, summoned a Demonic Spear, and attacked Hun Xiu.
• Hun Xiu split the Northern Emperor’s first spear attack with Xuanyuan Sword, but the Northern Emperor struck him down into a massive crater.

Hun Xiu endured the Northern Emperor’s attack, severed his arm, and faced his stronger opponent with two incarnations. Their ultimate attacks devastated the Western Heaven Continent, leaving the Northern Emperor gravely wounded and near defeat.

• Hun Xiu emerged unharmed from the crater and struck the Northern Emperor with “One Sword... Breaks Ten Thousand Laws!”, severing one of his arms and knocking away his Demonic Spear.
• The Northern Emperor regenerated his arm, reclaimed his spear, and declared he would refine Hun Xiu into a pill.
• Hun Xiu summoned two Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign incarnations and challenged the Northern Emperor to face three opponents.
• The Northern Emperor and the three Hun Xius unleashed their ultimate attacks, causing an enormous explosion that destroyed cities, mountains, and rivers across the Western Heaven Continent.
• After the mushroom cloud dissipated, the Northern Emperor stood bloodied and near collapse, having blocked only one of Hun Xiu’s three killing moves.