Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se learned that the Qing Lineage was being suppressed after Qing Yan Jing’s actions and arranged for Shang Continent to provide it with medicinal pills. As rumors about Qing Yan Jing’s secret relationship and child spread, the Budur Ancient Clan’s alliance with the Maha Ancient Clan collapsed and their announced marriage contract was voided.

• Qing Xuan explained that her younger sister’s actions had led to her imprisonment and the Qing Lineage’s persecution by the other two lineages.
• Xiao Se offered to have Shang Continent deliver the Qing Lineage the medicinal pills it needed, then asked Yao Chen to approve the arrangement.
• Yao Chen teased Xiao Se about taking an interest in Qing Yan Jing, and Xiao Se said she was his first friend from outside the Endless Fire Territory.
• Xiao Se declined to travel alone because he did not want his elder sister to feel lonely while awaiting the resolution of her bloodline problem.
• Rumors spread that a Budur Ancient Clan daughter had secretly pledged herself to a man and borne his child, prompting the Maha Ancient Clan alliance to collapse and the marriage contract to be voided.

Xiao Se joined Yao Wan and Medusa on a visit to Shang Continent, the prosperous trading hub backed by Endless Fire Territory. Shang Jun welcomed them, and Yao Wan proposed they tour the marketplaces, though Xiao Se hesitated to shop.

• Yao Wan invited Xiao Se to travel to Shang Continent to assess the pill trade, and Medusa persuaded him to join them.
• Xiao Se and Yao Wan discussed Shang Continent's growth and Shang Jun's careful, measured relationship with Endless Fire Territory's Emperor's Son.
• The group traveled through a Space Tunnel and arrived at Shang Continent's teleportation array.
• Shang Jun, now a Heaven Supreme, welcomed Yao Wan, Medusa, and Xiao Se and praised Xiao Se's reputation.
• Yao Wan suggested visiting the marketplaces and buying anything they liked, but Xiao Se began to object.

Xiao Se and Medusa attended a gathering on Shang Continent, where Xiao Se burned several men who leered at Medusa. Yao Wan reunited with Ling Qingzhu and discussed their children before Xiao Se encountered a disguised girl at a crowded building.

• Xiao Se told Medusa that protecting his family’s dignity was his responsibility after dusk-and-dawn flames burned the men who had leered at her.
• Yao Wan met Ling Qingzhu in the crowd, and they discussed their children and Yao Wan’s reasons for visiting Shang Continent.
• Yao Wan invited Ling Qingzhu to look around the area supported by the Endless Fire Territory.
• A girl disguised as a boy bumped into Xiao Se, fell, and denied being a girl when he helped her up.
• The disguised girl went inside ahead of Xiao Se, while Medusa teased him about meeting strange people.

Xiao Se intervened when a young woman in men's clothes got into a dispute at an auction and recognized Mu Chen as the son of his old acquaintance Qing Yan Jing. He shared what he knew about Mu Chen’s mother, leaving Mu Chen with new information about her past.

• At Yao Wan’s request, Xiao Se threw aside the man pestering the young woman in men's clothes and warned him to stop.
• Xiao Se recognized Mu Chen as familiar and guessed that his mother was Qing Yan Jing, startling Mu Chen by revealing he had sensed Mu Chen’s thoughts.
• Mu Chen introduced himself and asked whether Xiao Se knew his mother, and Xiao Se confirmed that they had traveled together briefly after she left the Budur Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Se told Mu Chen that Qing Yan Jing had later returned to her clan after being accused of a grave mistake, and that he had heard she left a child outside.
• The young woman in men's clothes remarked that everyone seemed to be hiding something, then turned her attention to the auction.

At an auction, Xiao Se lent Lin Jing Supreme Spirit Liquid and revealed that he was the famed Emperor's Son of the Endless Fire Territory. Lin Jing realized he knew her mother, but Ling Qingzhu arrived and caught her trying to escape, leaving Xiao Se to greet Ling Qingzhu and the women with her.

• Lin Jing asked Xiao Se for Supreme Spirit Liquid to buy jade marrow, and he lent her a jade bottle filled with far more than she expected.
• After buying the jade marrow, Lin Jing learned Xiao Se's name and excitedly recited his reputation while Mu Chen confirmed who he was.
• Xiao Se deduced that Lin Jing was the Martial Ancestor's daughter, and she realized his mother had sent him to help her.
• Lin Jing tried to flee the private room, but Ling Qingzhu grabbed her and revealed she had secretly followed her all along.
• Xiao Se greeted Ling Qingzhu and the two women accompanying her, and Ling Qingzhu thanked him for helping Lin Jing.

After Ling Qingzhu took Lin Jing back to the Martial Realm, Mu Chen continued his journey to grow stronger before confronting the Budur Ancient Clan. Xiao Se offered him support, then explained to Yao Wan why he helped people he met outside, and the group prepared to return to the Endless Fire Territory.

• Yao Wan left Mu Chen in Xiao Se's care while Ling Qingzhu brought Lin Jing back, promising to plead with Lin Jing's father for her.
• Mu Chen told Xiao Se he would train further instead of confronting the Budur Ancient Clan before he was strong enough, and Xiao Se offered him Spirit Medicine and pills through Shang Continent.
• Mu Chen and Nine Nether Sparrow departed after bidding Xiao Se farewell.
• Yao Wan asked why Xiao Se was so attentive to people he knew, and Xiao Se said he helped because he did not want them to die.
• Yao Wan, Medusa, and Xiao Se discussed returning to the Endless Fire Territory so Yao Wan could report back to Shang Jun.

Yao Wan and Medusa discussed Xiao Xiao leaving home and teased each other about Xiao Se meeting someone from the Budur Ancient Clan, while Xun'er grew suspicious of their matchmaking. The conversation ended when Zi Yan asked for help with the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan.

• Xun'er told Yao Wan and Medusa that Xiao Xiao had woken up, gone looking for her Younger Brother, and left after Xiao Yan gave her an Emperor Flame Fire Seed.
• Yao Wan and Medusa reasoned that Xiao Xiao could manage with her cultivation and Little Cai protecting her, while Xun'er objected to them leaving everything to Xiao Se.
• Yao Wan suggested the Ancient Myriad Grassland as a possible destination for a future outing, then bragged that she could defeat anyone who ranked her among the Great Thousand World's beauties.
• Xun'er asked what Xiao Se had encountered, and Yao Wan said he had met the offspring of a woman from the Budur Ancient Clan.
• Xun'er connected Xiao Se's situation to Yao Wan's past involvement with Xiao Yan, and Medusa said Yao Wan had left Xun'er with a psychological shadow.
• Zi Yan appeared with a carved-dragon-and-painted-phoenix script and asked Yao Wan and Medusa what to do about the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan bothering her.

Yao Wan and the others decided to answer the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan’s persistent invitations to Zi Yan with a show of force, while discussing Nalan’s attempt to reach Saint Grade. Yao Wan and Medusa then considered the realm above Saint Grade and agreed to prepare for a plan before the final Great Thousand Covenant.

• Yao Wan learned that the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan were still pestering Zi Yan to acknowledge her ancestors, and the group agreed to attend their banquet with guests and make their attitude clear.
• Yao Wan said Xiao Yan should stay home while she and the others went, since Nalan and Xian'er had not returned from Sword Domain.
• Xun'er worried that Nalan’s Saint Grade breakthrough was not progressing, but Yao Wan said Nalan should keep trying at her own pace.
• Medusa asked Yao Wan about the realm above Saint Grade and questioned why it had not ended the Evil Clans’ calamity.
• Yao Wan and Medusa connected the possibility of reaching that realm to a plan that needed to begin before the final Great Thousand Covenant.

While Xiao Yan stayed home as his wives traveled, he brewed tea and played chess with Yao Chen. Their relaxed visit ended with Yao Chen chasing Xiao Yan after he teased his teacher about having children.

• Xiao Yan agreed to watch over the Endless Fire Territory while his wives went on a trip.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen played chess and drank tea brewed with Jianmu shoots and Emperor Flame.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to keep an eye on Xiao Se and Xiao Xiao because the siblings were unusually close.
• Xiao Yan teased Yao Chen about giving him junior siblings, and Yao Chen chased him with chess pieces.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yao Chen and his companions, while Yao Chen tried to keep their private conversation from drawing attention. Meanwhile, the Dragon and Phoenix Clans prepared to visit the Endless Fire Territory over the rumored Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, leaving their intentions under question.

• Yao Chen reflected on his past regrets and the family and friends now beside him as he spoke with Xiao Yan.
• Xuan Yi, Han Shanshan, and Jiu'er arrived, and Xiao Yan greeted them with teasing praise.
• Han Shanshan questioned Yao Chen and Xiao Yan about their scattered chess pieces and nearly boiled-dry tea, while Yao Chen claimed he had been teaching Xiao Yan a lesson.
• Yao Chen privately explained that revealing their matter would cause trouble with the women, and Xiao Yan understood why his teacher had reacted so strongly.
• The Dragon and Phoenix Clans prepared to visit the Endless Fire Territory to learn about the legendary Dragon Phoenix Bloodline, and one of their leaders was asked what they planned.

Nalan Yanran spoke with the Green Robe Sword Saint about the uncertainty of reaching Saint Grade and decided to keep pursuing her sword path despite the odds. As she and Little Fairy Doctor left for the Endless Fire Territory, the Jade Gui trembled, signaling trouble elsewhere, and they rushed toward it.

• The Green Robe Sword Saint explained that sword cultivation required cultivating the heart, and that a Sword Cultivator’s resolve could wear down before reaching Saint Grade.
• Nalan Yanran accepted that the Sword Saint’s help only offered more possibilities and said she still wanted to try again.
• The Sword Saint kept half of the pills and returned the other half to their original owner.
• Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor discussed Nalan Yanran’s hopes of having a child and the slim chance of success.
• The Jade Gui began trembling, and Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor used Yao Wan’s Arash Aviation technique to rush toward trouble elsewhere.

As Myriad Poison Snake Venerable and Liu Tiandao confronted Mandala over Xiao Xiao, a powerful figure appeared and revealed that Snake Venerable’s attackers had underestimated Xiao Xiao’s family. Little Fairy Doctor stopped Snake Venerable as he tried to flee, leaving the confrontation in her hands.

• Myriad Poison Snake Venerable demanded that Mandala surrender Xiao Xiao, while Mandala refused and defended Xiao Xiao and Mu Chen.
• Xiao Xiao offered to help Mu Chen escape, but a stern voice warned her not to reach for anything.
• A vast, poison-like vortex covered the sky, and Myriad Poison Snake Venerable admitted that the divine ability was not his.
• Little Fairy Doctor appeared, and Xiao Xiao explained how she had killed a Snake God Temple disciple and provoked Snake Venerable.
• Myriad Poison Snake Venerable fled from Little Fairy Doctor, but her sword light pierced him before he could escape.

Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor rescued Xiao Xiao by crippling the Myriad Poison Snake Venerable, and Mu Chen learned that Xiao Xiao was the elder sister of Xiao Se, whom he had met on the Shang Continent. The two Heaven Supremes executed the viper by dragging it into the Poisonous Pool.

• Nalan Yanran struck down the Myriad Poison Snake Venerable, leaving him unable to move.
• Xiao Xiao reunited with Nalan Yanran and Little Fairy Doctor, while Mu Chen realized she was Xiao Se's elder sister.
• Xiao Xiao confirmed that Mu Chen had met her younger brother and praised him as an impressive person.
• Nalan Yanran condemned the viper for attacking the Imperial Daughter, and Little Fairy Doctor sent him into the Poisonous Pool, where he became bones.

After Xiao Xiao and Nalan Yanran stopped Liu Tiandao from provoking them further, the confrontation at Dragon Phoenix Pavilion ended. Xiao Xiao chose to return to the Endless Fire Territory to rest and digest her cultivation progress, while Xiao Se remained away.

• Xiao Xiao spared Liu Tiandao after Myriad Poison Snake Venerable was killed, and Mandala warned Liu Tiandao to choose more reliable allies.
• Liu Tiandao left, ending the dispute, and Xiao Xiao told Mu Chen she had hoped to bring her younger brother along to enjoy the outing.
• Xiao Xiao invited Mu Chen to the Endless Fire Territory, but accepted his refusal and parted from him.
• On the way home, Xiao Xiao learned Xiao Se had not returned and decided not to look for him because she needed rest and time to consolidate her progress.
• Nalan Yanran told Xiao Xiao that their mothers had gone to the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan, where Yao Wan was expected to prevent serious trouble.

After the Dragon and Phoenix Clans backed down, Yao Wan and her companions returned to the Endless Fire Territory and discussed her Lifting Cangwu ability. Yao Wan considered the threat of the Heavenly Evil God and the Evil Clans, then learned Xiao Yan had invited them to a celebration on the Dou Qi Continent.

• Yao Wan told Zi Yan that the Dragon and Phoenix Clans would no longer pester her after their defeat.
• Xun'er asked Yao Wan how she had created Lifting Cangwu, and Yao Wan shared its basic cultivation method.
• Yao Wan reflected on the Heavenly Evil God, the Evil Clans' vast forces, and the need to plan with Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
• Xun'er told Yao Wan that Xiao Yan had invited them to a celebration on the Dou Qi Continent, and Yao Wan wondered which celebration it was.

Yao Wan and the others prepared to return to the Dou Qi Continent for its five-hundred-year celebration, while Xiao Se agreed to come back to the Endless Fire Territory. In Cangyun World, the Demon Spirit Clan pressed the defenders to the brink until a thin figure appeared before the king’s attack struck their array.

• Xun'er reminded Yao Wan that the Dou Qi Continent was celebrating its victory over the Spirit Devouring Clan, and Zi Yan said Nalan Jie and Xian'er had returned with Xiao Xiao.
• Yao Wan decided Xiao Se should return for the celebration, and he replied that he would come back at once.
• The Demon Spirit Clan invaded Cangyun World, forcing its Sovereign-led defenders to protect their last territory behind a great array.
• The king of the Demon Spirit Clan sent his forces to batter the array until it began to weaken, and the defenders poured their strength into maintaining it.
• The king struck at the array, but a thin figure suddenly appeared between him and the barrier.

Xiao Se destroyed the Demon Spirit Clan and severed the Cangyun World’s connections to the Demon Domain, then left for home after telling its people to live well and giving them his name. On his journey back, he continued visiting Lower Planes, helping some and reflecting on the struggles that shaped their histories.

• Xiao Se’s strange flames consumed the Demon Spirit Clan’s king, its members, and the evil thoughts throughout the Cangyun World.
• Xiao Se confirmed that the Evil Clans’ influence had been burned away and severed several spatial nodes connecting the plane to the Demon Domain.
• When the people of the Cangyun Continent asked who he was, Xiao Se told them to live and flourish, gave his name, and invited them to seek the Endless Fire Territory if fate brought them there.
• Xiao Se opened a spatial gate and left the Cangyun World for the road home.
• Xiao Se visited other Lower Planes, severing Demon Domain passages where Evil Clans invaded and considering how inhabitants struggled even without that threat.
• Xiao Se recalled the Spirit Devouring Clan, the Hun Clan, and his father’s clan as he thought about the upheavals that had shaped the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Se returned to the Endless Fire Territory and met Hai Bodong and Ya Fei, who escorted him toward the Dou Qi Continent for the five-hundredth anniversary celebration. As they traveled through Jianmu, Xiao Se learned more about the biography Battle Through the Heavens and saw the transformed Dou Qi Continent for the first time.

• Feng Qing'er welcomed Xiao Se back and offered to report his impulsive departure to his parents.
• Hai Bodong and Ya Fei met Xiao Se, explained their roles, and invited him to return to the Dou Qi Continent for the celebration.
• Ya Fei told Xiao Se that his elder sister had returned safely but was asleep because of her bloodline.
• Xiao Se discussed the biography Battle Through the Heavens with Hai Bodong and Ya Fei, learning that Yao Wan had named it and reviewed it.
• Xiao Se traveled through Jianmu toward the Dou Qi Continent and observed how its spiritualization and stabilized laws had transformed it.

Xiao Se arrived in Dou Qi Continent for a celebration honoring the past victory over the Spirit Devouring Saint King and saw how Jianmu had transformed the land. On the way to the Spirit Crystal Land, he reunited with Lin Jing, who explained that her father had let her visit so they could exchange experiences.

• Xiao Se left Jianmu's Spatial Passage and learned that the celebration would be held at the Spirit Crystal Land in Central State.
• Xiao Se traveled through the transformed reception land and learned how Jianmu's roots had enriched Dou Qi Continent and extended its people's lifespans.
• Lin Jing called out to Xiao Se while visiting with her mother, and the two reunited.
• Lin Jing told Xiao Se that Martial Ancestor had allowed her to visit so they could exchange experiences.

Xiao Se and Lin Jing traveled to the current Spirit Crystal Land while discussing its origins and their families. As they arrived, Xiao Se reflected on his uncertainty about how his mother saw him, and Lin Jing suggested he ask her directly.

• Xiao Se explained that the current Spirit Crystal Land formed after Jianmu took root, where spiritual energy and dou qi converged in Central State.
• Xiao Se told Lin Jing that the Spirit Devouring Clan had invaded his plane around fifty thousand years earlier, and Lin Jing teased him about always mentioning his elder sister.
• Xiao Se and Lin Jing reached the Spirit Crystal Land, where experts had gathered on platforms beneath Jianmu's roots, and Lin Jing greeted her worried mother.
• Lin Jing noticed Xiao Se's troubled expression, and he admitted he wondered how his mother saw him.
• Lin Jing told Xiao Se that his mother surely regarded him as her son and suggested that he ask her directly.