Chapter Summaries

Yao Wan planted Jianmu to connect the Dou Qi Continent with the Great Thousand World and declared that everyone, even ordinary people, could choose to ascend. Jianmu took root across the Two Realms and began drawing nourishment from the Sumeru Realm’s spiritual veins.

• Yao Wan explained that Jianmu would do more than anchor the Dou Qi Continent and would enable people to reach the Great Thousand World.
• Yao Wan announced across the Dou Qi Continent that anyone, regardless of cultivation or ability to cultivate, could ascend through Jianmu if they chose.
• Zi Yan opened a view through the Space Tunnel, and the others watched Jianmu spread through the Dou Qi Continent.
• Nalan Yanran worried that ordinary people might face danger in the Great Thousand World, while Xiao Yan said Yao Wan had only given them the right to choose.
• Jianmu connected to the Sumeru Realm’s spiritual veins and began growing as their nourishment flowed into it.

Yao Wan used Jianmu to connect the Dou Qi Continent with the Great Thousand World, allowing spiritual energy to enter and gradually replace Dou Qi over the next hundred years. After the Dou Di ascended, many inhabitants chose to follow Yao Wan through Jianmu, where cultivators found that their methods could not refine the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy.

• Jianmu drew spiritual energy from the Great Thousand World into the Dou Qi Continent, and Yao Wan said it would gradually replace Dou Qi over a hundred years.
• Yao Wan invited Yao Chen to cross Jianmu, but he and the other Dou Di agreed to leave the opportunity to younger people and ascended to visit their loved ones.
• After the four Dou Di departed, countless inhabitants declared that they would follow the Mystic Empress, and Yao Wan drew those who chose to leave into Jianmu.
• The travelers arrived beneath Jianmu in the Great Thousand World, where cultivators found their Dou Qi methods could not refine the spiritual energy and had to sit down to regulate their bodies.

Xiao Yan welcomed the first group of people ascending from the Dou Qi Continent and gave them Spiritual Energy Seeds to help them adapt to the Great Thousand World. He reunited with his teacher Yao Chen, then revealed that he planned to return to the Dou Qi Continent to investigate Tou She Ancient God.

• The Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress appeared beneath Jianmu, and the arriving people from the Dou Qi Continent greeted them with excitement.
• Xiao Yan gave the newcomers Spiritual Energy Seeds, leaving their transformation from Dou Qi to spiritual energy in their own hands.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yao Chen and welcomed his teacher, who teased him about needing help to establish his new base.
• Xiao Yan asked why Yao Chen’s wives had not come, and Yao Chen joked that he could return to the Dou Qi Continent to fetch them.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that he intended to return to the Dou Qi Continent because he had found something concerning Tou She Ancient God, and Yao Chen agreed to hear the full story there.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan organized the beings arriving from Dou Qi Continent and began transforming the Endless Fire Territory to support its rapidly growing population. After nearly a month of intense work, the territory reached initial stability, though settlement and spiritual energy conversion continued.

• Yao Chen arrived in the Great Thousand World and told Yao Wan that it differed little from Dou Qi Continent beyond its energy.
• Yao Wan declined to visit the Yao Clan for now and began overseeing the newcomers’ settlement, allowing them to leave once they transformed their Dou Qi into spiritual energy.
• Yao Wan selected capable administrators and established institutions to manage the territory’s growing, diverse population.
• The Endless Fire Territory expanded beneath Jianmu as its residents cultivated and gradually transformed their Dou Qi into spiritual energy.
• After nearly a month, the territory became initially stable, while those unable to transform and the steady stream of arrivals kept its people busy.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to the Dou Qi Continent through Jianmu and visited Canaan Academy, where they found it thriving and remembered as heroes. When the academy’s guards confronted them, the guards recognized them, and Xiao Yan and Yao Wan’s return was revealed.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan entered Jianmu, and Yao Wan explained that the Sumeru Realm’s spiritual veins would help it flourish.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan traveled to the Dou Qi Continent and headed for Canaan Academy, which had become a floating-island Small World with several Dou Saints.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan saw statues honoring the Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress, along with the academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and Xiao Yan’s pill formula.
• Yao Wan lowered the Cloud Top and revealed their aura near Canaan Academy, prompting alarms and a rapid response from the academy.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan pretended to leave after the guards challenged them, but the guards recognized Xiao Yan and Elder Wan.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to Canaan Academy, where they reunited with Xiao Yu and met its current students and Elders. After several days of celebrations, they sat overlooking the academy and Yao Wan asked Xiao Yan whether he had enjoyed himself.

• Xiao Yan recognized Xiao Yu, who explained that she had stayed at Canaan Academy and become its Vice Dean.
• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to the students as legendary saviors and their seniors.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan which of their old companions remained at the academy and where others had gone.
• Xiao Yu brought Xiao Yan and Yao Wan back to the academy, where news of their arrival spread and celebrations began.
• After drinking with old friends, Xiao Yan sat with Yao Wan on Back Mountain, and she asked if he had enjoyed himself.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan revisited Canaan Academy before going to Tou She Ancient God's cave abode, where Xiao Yan left a spiritual light to grow. As they departed, Yao Wan asked what kind of Heavenly Flame Tou She Ancient God had originally been, and Xiao Yan suspected it might have been a Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan reminisced about Canaan Academy and playfully teased each other before deciding to handle their business.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan traveled to Tou She Ancient God's cave abode within the Magma World.
• Xiao Yan left a speck of spiritual light in the cave abode, hoping it could grow and regain its own intelligence.
• Xiao Yan closed the cave abode's gates to protect the spiritual light from disturbance.
• Yao Wan asked what kind of flame Tou She Ancient God had originally been, and Xiao Yan wondered if it had been a Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan after discussing the Holy Flame and Yao Wan’s attachment to her parents. When Yao Wan began to explain her feelings, Xiao Yan stopped her, saying he trusted her and did not need an explanation.

• Yao Wan asked whether Xiao Yan would refine the Holy Flame after they returned, and he said he had not forgotten it.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan agreed to return to the Yao Clan first and arrived in the Yao Realm.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Yao Wan cared so strongly about her parents despite having spent little time with them, and she affirmed that they had been extremely good parents.
• Yao Wan began to explain something to Xiao Yan, but he gently stopped her and said he trusted her without needing an explanation.

Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan and asked it to send young alchemists to support development in the Great Thousand World. The clan agreed to select three thousand descendants, and Yao Wan reassured Yao Dan that Jianmu’s upper world could provide for them.

• Xiao Yan teased Yao Wan with a declaration of lasting affection, leaving her flustered.
• The Yao Clan remained calm after Jianmu took root, while forces close to Yao Wan and Xiao Yan waited rather than rush to ascend.
• Yao Wan returned to the Yao Clan, where Yao Dan, Yao Wanhua, and Father Yao welcomed her as the Mystic Empress.
• Yao Wan explained that Xiao Yan and she needed many alchemists to produce pills for the Great Thousand World.
• Yao Dan ordered Chun Song to select three thousand young descendants, with Yao Wanhua escorting them to Jianmu’s roots; Yao Wan suggested Yao Ling and Yao Xingji lead the group.
• Yao Wan accepted the clan’s plan and assured Yao Dan that the world above Jianmu could support the Yao Clan’s descendants.

Yao Wan visited her birth mother in the Yao Clan and discussed her parents’ new roles and the clan’s rules. Her mother explained that she and Yao Wan’s father had wanted a child because they loved each other, leaving Yao Wan stunned.

• Yao Wan planned to make the Yao Clan the core alchemy force of the Endless Fire Territory and hoped Yao Lao could help recruit people from the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan offered to stay with Yao Wan while she met her birth mother, but she declined his help and he stepped away.
• Yao Wan reassured Mother Yao that she and Father Yao could give up their demanding Elder positions if they wished.
• Mother Yao said Yao Wan’s achievements belonged to her alone, while her parents viewed their Dou Saint cultivation as a responsibility rather than a reward to enjoy.
• Mother Yao told Yao Wan that she and her father had given birth to her not only because of the clan’s rules, but because they truly loved each other.

Yao Wan learned from Mother Yao that she had been born from her parents’ love and blessings, not merely to continue the Yao Clan bloodline. On the way back to the Xiao Clan, she and Xiao Yan discussed his childhood and their relationship, then prepared to deal with the spiritual light of Tou She Ancient God.

• Mother Yao told Yao Wan that she and Yao Wan’s father had wanted children because they loved each other, and that Yao Wan was born beneath their blessings.
• Yao Wan shared the conversation with Xiao Yan, who reflected that his own parents and brothers had welcomed him with love and prayers.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had initially treated his new family as strangers, but came to accept them after they continued caring for him through his mother’s death and his fall in status.
• Yao Wan called her approach to Xiao Yan a kind of entrapment, but kept the details secret as they headed back to the Xiao Clan.
• In the Xiao Realm, Xiao Yan and Yao Wan prepared to deal with Tou She Ancient God’s spiritual light, and Yao Wan paused over the thought that her birth might have been nothing more than a blessing.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Realm with Yao Wan to reunite with his family and check on the Xiao Clan. He met Xue Lan beside Xiao Ding, and their closeness prompted Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to ask whether they could call her their sister-in-law.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan opened a spatial door to the Xiao Realm, where Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan's brothers welcomed him.
• Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei, putting their old childhood conflicts behind them.
• Xiao Yan followed Xiao Ding into a quiet courtyard and asked how the Xiao Clan had been faring under his brother's leadership.
• Xiao Ding admitted he worried over every clan matter, while Xiao Yan advised him to delegate more.
• Xue Lan arrived beside Xiao Ding, and Xiao Yan and Yao Wan asked whether they could call her Sister-in-law.

Xiao Yan and Medusa learned that Xiao Xiao’s long sleep was part of her bloodline transformation, and Yao Wan offered a way to awaken her sooner by accelerating her growth. They chose to let Xiao Xiao keep sleeping and grow naturally, and Medusa decided to take her to the Endless Fire Territory to care for her.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ding discussed Xiao Ding’s rushed marriage to Xue Lan and agreed that Xiao Ding should spend more time with his wife.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan visited Xiao Xiao, who had slept through most of the years since her birth and had barely grown.
• Yao Wan explained to Medusa and Xiao Yan that Xiao Xiao’s sleep accumulated energy for her bloodline transformation and could be shortened using Jianmu and the Life Spirit Flame, though she would physically grow up sooner.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to watch Xiao Xiao grow naturally, even if that meant accompanying her through several hundred years of sleep.
• Medusa agreed to let Xiao Xiao continue sleeping and decided to take her to the Endless Fire Territory to care for her.

Yao Wan and Medusa discussed Xiao Xiao, Yao Wan’s mysterious younger sister, and Medusa’s choice to let her daughter remain asleep. Medusa made clear that although Xiao Xiao’s birth was accidental and she once hated her father, she would never make her daughter bear that resentment.

• Xiao Yan left after his father called him, and Medusa picked up the sleeping Xiao Xiao while thanking Yao Wan for caring for her.
• Yao Wan said she and the others liked Xiao Xiao for who she was, while Medusa said they did not need to devote themselves so much to her.
• Medusa questioned Yao Wan about a younger sister she had mentioned, and Yao Wan explained that the sister was connected to a kind of reincarnation.
• Yao Wan guessed that Medusa might have wanted Xiao Xiao to wake, but Medusa said she had chosen what she thought would be best for her daughter.
• Yao Wan called Xiao Xiao a birth unblessed by fortune, and Medusa objected that her daughter was not one and said she would not pass her old resentment toward Xiao Yan on to her.

Medusa questioned Yao Wan about her unusual fixation on whether a child could be blessed, and challenged her to face her hesitation about having a child of her own. Yao Wan admitted she hoped any future child would be born under blessing, and Medusa accepted her answer while offering to help care for the child.

• Yao Wan accepted Medusa's reassurance that Xiao Xiao had been blessed despite her accidental birth.
• Medusa noticed Yao Wan's unusual concern and suggested that she might be ready for a child of her own.
• Yao Wan protested that her tangled life-and-death constitution made having a child difficult, but Medusa argued that the real obstacle was in her heart.
• Medusa pointed out that Yao Wan regarded Xiao Xiao as a younger sister, and questioned whether she could accept a child of her own as a mother.
• Yao Wan said she hoped any future child would be born under blessing, and Medusa accepted her feelings and offered to help look after the child.

Xiao Yan agreed to bring most of the Xiao Clan’s younger generation to the Endless Fire Territory, where they would receive resources but face hardship without being sheltered. As Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Yao Wan returned to the Endless Fire Territory, they learned that Shang Jun had come to visit.

• Xiao Yan told Medusa and Yao Wan that his father wanted him to bring talented Xiao Clan youths to the Endless Fire Territory to temper themselves.
• Xiao Yan explained that he would provide for his clansmen but would not protect them from every hardship, and said most of the younger generation would likely come if they proved themselves willing.
• Medusa said surrounding forces had sought an audience after the Endless Fire Territory relocated the Dou Qi Continent, and that she had refused to meet them.
• Medusa revealed that Shang Jun from the Main Family on Shang Continent had come, prompting Xiao Yan and Yao Wan to wonder whether he meant to renew their cooperation or gauge their attitude.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan met with Shang Jun to discuss continuing trade between the Endless Fire Territory and the Shang Continent. They agreed to exchange simpler pills and establish a spatial teleportation array on the Azure Profound Continent, though Yao Wan’s confidence in building it left Xiao Yan and Shang Jun uncertain.

• The Endless Fire Territory organized the Dou Qi Continent’s residents and assessed their aptitude for ascending through spiritual-energy cultivation.
• Shang Jun met Xiao Yan and Yao Wan and reflected on their rise to Heaven Supreme.
• Yao Wan asked whether Shang Jun wanted to continue cooperating with the Endless Fire Territory, and Shang Jun agreed while noting his continent could not use Heaven Supreme-level pills.
• Xiao Yan offered simpler pills for trade, and Shang Jun accepted the arrangement.
• Yao Wan proposed building a spatial teleportation array on the Azure Profound Continent and said she would try to complete it within three to five years.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan sensed powerful Heaven Supreme auras approaching the Endless Fire Territory and went to see what the visitors wanted. Meanwhile, newly arrived figures from the Dou Qi Continent watched the scene and reflected on how far the Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress surpassed them.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Wan recognized the approaching aura as belonging to Heaven Supremes from the Sumeru Realm and went to meet them.
• Yao Wan told the people of the Endless Fire Territory to continue their duties as Xiao Yan accompanied her toward the visitors.
• Zi Yan reassured the newly ascended clanspeople that such powerful clashes were relatively ordinary around Xiao Yan and Yao Wan.
• Yao Chen asked the Yao Clan youths what they thought, and Yao Ling and Yao Xingji admitted they could not compare with the Mystic Empress and Flame Emperor.
• Gu Qingyang remarked on Xiao Yan and Yao Wan's growing strength while Gu Yuan calmly observed the gathered young figures.

Xiao Yan and Yao Wan met the three Heaven Supremes who had clashed with Yao Wan, and the trio recognized Xiao Yan as the one who killed the Blood Spirit Clan's Demon Emperor. After learning that the pair were the Pill God Ceremony champions and seeing the Divine Tree Remnant, the Heaven Supremes withdrew, leaving the Endless Fire Territory's rising reputation to spread.

• Huo Xuan warned Huo Zhi to behave, while Huo Zhi dismissed her concerns and Huo Xuan reflected on the distant realm of Heaven Supremes.
• Lei Dong asked Lei Xiao whether he still regretted losing Yao Wan, and Lei Xiao said the past was over.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Wan before the three Heaven Supremes who had previously fought her.
• The three Heaven Supremes recognized Xiao Yan as the one who killed the Blood Spirit Clan's Demon Emperor, and Silent Extinction King identified Jianmu as a Divine Tree Remnant.
• Lord Qingcheng learned that Xiao Yan and Yao Wan were the Pill God Ceremony champions and led the three Heaven Supremes in withdrawing.
• The tale of Xiao Yan and Yao Wan forcing back three Heaven Supremes began spreading through the Great Thousand World.

After the Pill Tower alchemists and members of the Void Ancient Dragon clan ascended to the Endless Fire Territory, the newcomers marveled at Jianmu and reunited with old acquaintances. Zhu Li brought a timid Golden-Haired Girl to meet Zi Yan, leaving her wondering who the girl was.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen returned to the Endless Fire Territory and focused on organizing the ascended Yao Clan members and Jianmu’s Spirit Medicine propagation.
• Yao Chen invited Pill Tower Elders to ascend, and nearly two-thirds of the Pill Tower’s alchemists agreed to come.
• The Pill Tower Old Ancestor reunited with Old Man Shen Nong beneath Jianmu and reflected on his hope for rebirth.
• Members of the Void Ancient Dragon clan arrived with the old Dragon Emperor and Zi Yan.
• Zhu Li introduced a frightened Golden-Haired Girl to Zi Yan as someone connected to her.