Chapter Summaries

Xiao Se fought off an Evil Clan probe and saw a heart-demon illusion depicting the ancient invasion of the Dou Qi Continent and a demon who looked exactly like him. He returned to Xiao Yan and Yao Wan and asked whether the Heart Demon Clan could bewitch people with illusions.

• Xiao Se witnessed the Spirit Devouring Saint King’s defeat in an illusion of the Dou Qi Continent’s past, then saw a figure resembling himself emerge from the demon’s body.
• The illusion broke when its makers realized Xiao Se had noticed them, and he burned the demons around him as the blade demon and heart demon fled.
• Xiao Se abandoned the pursuit, remembering his father’s warnings, and left the scorched Demon Domain to seek answers from the demons.
• Xiao Se returned to Xiao Yan and Yao Wan and reported that two Heavenly Demon Emperors had escaped while the other demons were burned away.
• Xiao Se asked Xiao Yan and Yao Wan whether the Heart Demon Clan had an illusion ability that could bewitch people, explaining that he had seen things he could not confirm as real.

Xiao Se learned that the Spirit Devouring Saint King had his face and that Yao Wan had kept her distance partly because of it. After Xiao Se nearly harmed his own face in anger, Yao Wan slapped him and sent him away, leaving Xiao Yan to explain the full story later.

• Xiao Se told Xiao Yan and Yao Wan that he had seen the Spirit Devouring Saint King with his face during their battle on the Dou Qi Continent.
• Yao Wan confirmed that the Saint King had looked like Xiao Se, and Xiao Se realized his face had contributed to her distance from him.
• Xiao Se grew distraught and ignited blue-purple flames around his hand as he questioned why Yao Wan had never told him the truth.
• Yao Wan slapped Xiao Se, criticized him for reacting before hearing the whole story, and told him to ask Xiao Yan for an explanation later.
• Xiao Se left the hall, and Yao Wan told Xiao Yan that he should explain everything to their son.

Xiao Yan comforted Xiao Se after explaining how his parents had accidentally freed the Spirit Devouring Saint King's Demon Fetus and why the Saint King's face resembled theirs. Xiao Xiao woke as a Heaven Supreme and learned about the family conflict, but Xiao Yan stopped her from intervening while Xiao Se worked through his feelings.

• Xiao Yan explained the Forgotten Ruins, the Demon Fetus's escape, and how it came to bear a face resembling Xiao Yan and Xiao Se's mother.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he and Xiao Se's mother had failed him as parents and encouraged him to speak honestly and take time away if he needed it.
• Xiao Xiao overheard Xiao Yan comforting Xiao Se, then learned from another Xiao Yan that she had become a Heaven Supreme and heard what had happened while she slept.
• Xiao Xiao started to intervene on Xiao Se's behalf, but Xiao Yan warned her not to add fuel to the fire, so she stayed back.

Xiao Se discovered that a heart demon had planted malice in him by impersonating his face, then destroyed it with his flame. He realized his mother’s Verdant Flame had secretly helped protect him, while Yao Wan and Xiao Yan discussed the intervention that had prevented his family bond from breaking.

• Xiao Se questioned how the heart demon’s illusion had learned about his private doubts and suspected it was trying to turn him against his parents.
• The heart demon revealed its plan to use Xiao Se as a way into the Endless Fire Territory and appeared as his reflection in a bronze mirror.
• Xiao Se shattered the mirror, caught the malice with his Demon Binding Rope, and burned it away after declaring that he hated anyone who wore his face to speak.
• Green Verdant Flame emerged from Xiao Se’s flames, and he recognized that the power belonged to his mother, Yao Wan.
• Yao Wan told Xiao Yan that she had prepared a countermeasure against the heart demon and asked him to comfort Xiao Se so the father-son relationship would recover.

Heart Demon’s attempt to undermine the Endless Fire Territory failed, and Mystic Empress secretly burned and altered his Demon Soul. As Heart Demon and Blade Demon left the Northern Border, Yao Wan and Xiao Yan prepared to meet at the Northern Wasteland Hills.

• Blade Demon told Heart Demon that ten Heavenly Demon Emperors were being sent to help and ordered him to leave the Northern Border so the deity’s revival would not be endangered.
• Heart Demon found Mystic Empress’s green flame hidden in a remnant of his Demon Soul, and she pierced and corrupted his Demon Soul despite his pleas.
• Heart Demon met Blade Demon again, concealed what had happened, and left with him to receive the arriving Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that his teacher had returned from the Eternal Assembly and that the Great Thousand Covenant had arrived.
• Yao Wan decided to break through from the front while Xiao Yan went ahead to the Northern Wasteland Hills, and they discussed whether Xiao Se would join them.

Yao Wan prepared the Endless Fire Territory’s forces to counterattack while Xiao Se chose his own course, and the territory’s defenders began fighting the demons. As Xiao Yan forged a powerful blue-purple flame against the demon horde, the battle in the Northern Wasteland Hills reached its fiercest point.

• Yao Wan rallied the Endless Fire Territory’s forces and let Xiao Se decide what he would do.
• Medusa reminded Xiao Se that he did not have to feel bound by the expectations around him, and he left in silence.
• Zi Yan attacked the demon horde, and her father arrived to break the formation surrounding her.
• Xiao Yan’s greenish-blue flames and Calamity Fire burned through the demons as he forged their power into a concrete form.
• The standoff between the Great Thousand World and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan in the Northern Wasteland Hills intensified, leaving the Heart Demon overwhelmed.

The Heart Demon revealed that he had been manipulated into turning the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array against the demons, then self-destructed in Calamity Fire as the array failed and the Heavenly Evil God broke free. Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor joined the fight, while the Mystic Empress’s Calamity Fire swept through the demons and threatened the weakened Evil God.

• The Heart Demon ordered the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array to annihilate the demons, exposing that he had deceived Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and Qin Tian.
• The Heart Demon self-destructed in Calamity Fire, devastating the demons but leaving the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array close to collapse.
• The Heavenly Evil God broke through the damaged array as Qin Tian rallied the Heaven Supremes to seal him again.
• Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor appeared and used their powers to stop the Heavenly Evil God’s demonic source from breaking through.
• The Heavenly Evil God tried to retreat toward the demons, but the Mystic Empress’s Calamity Fire swept through them and approached him.

Yao Wan arrived at the Northern Wasteland Hills and used her Calamity Fire to annihilate the Evil Clans’ army while the Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor confronted the Heavenly Evil God. As the three prepared to draw on the Great Thousand World’s will, they declared that their names would be written on the Sky Ranking.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor realized Yao Wan had set a trap, but her Black-Red Flame swept through the Demon Domain and destroyed the Evil Clans’ forces.
• Yao Wan pierced the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demon heart with her carving knife as the Heavenly Evil God faced Xiao Yan and Lin Dong.
• Yao Wan arrived before Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, and the three prepared to summon the Great Thousand World’s will against the Heavenly Evil God.
• The Sky Ranking appeared in the void, and Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Yao Wan declared that their names would be written upon it.

Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Lin Dong engraved their surnames on the Sky Ranking, gaining power to challenge the weakened Heavenly Evil God. When he tried to flee into the Demon Domain, Yao Wan blocked his escape and the three attacked his demonic beast.

• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and Lin Dong used their powers to engrave the surnames Xiao, Yao, and Lin on the Sky Ranking beside Ye.
• The three gained power over the Great Thousand World and turned to confront Heavenly Evil God.
• Heavenly Evil God fled toward the Demon Domain, but Yao Wan blocked his route and forced him to fight.
• Heavenly Evil God opened his evil eye and transformed its Demon Light into a huge dark beast.
• Xiao Yan severed the beast's claw, Lin Dong blasted it with dragon breath, and Yao Wan pierced it with a golden strike aimed at Heavenly Evil God.

Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong prevented the Heavenly Evil God from replenishing his strength while their forces counterattacked the Demon Domain. As the three prepared to finish him, Xiao Se encountered hidden beings with an unexpected power and concealed them from the arriving Heavenly Sovereigns.

• The Heavenly Evil God tried to absorb spiritual energy and call for blood sacrifices, but Xiao Yan and Lin Dong’s attacks and Yao Wan’s Black-Red Flame stopped him.
• Yao Wan revealed that the Evil Clans were being wiped out by the Endless Fire Territory and the Martial Realm, leaving almost no one able to answer the Heavenly Evil God’s call.
• Xiao Yan gave the Northern Wasteland Hills Heavenly Sovereigns pills to protect them from Demonic Qi, and they entered the Demon Domain to fight the Evil Clans.
• Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Yao Wan prepared to strike the Heavenly Evil God together as Yao Wan declared that he would drown in a sea of suffering.
• Xiao Se found hidden beings with a power the Evil Clans should not possess, concealed their auras, and told an arriving Heavenly Sovereign to leave the area to him.

Xiao Se captured an Evil Spirit Clan member and discovered that the clan possessed both Demonic Qi and spiritual energy, which he suspected came from breeding. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and the Azure Dragon overwhelmed the weakened Heavenly Evil God, and Yao Wan pierced him with her Flame Sword.

• The Heaven Supreme left Xiao Se to deal with the Evil Clans while the Flame Emperor and Mystic Empress continued suppressing the Heavenly Evil God.
• Xiao Se subdued an Evil Clansman and found that he could cultivate spiritual energy despite also possessing Demonic Qi.
• Xiao Se suspected the Evil Spirit Clan had been bred from captives raised as Blood Food in the Demon Domain, then forced his captive to reveal the race's location.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and the Azure Dragon pressed their attack as the Heavenly Evil God burned his demonic source and struggled to escape.
• Yao Wan's barrier wounded the Heavenly Evil God and closed his escape route, and she drove her Flame Sword through his body.

Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Yao Wan killed Heavenly Evil God in the Northern Wasteland Hills, ending his attempt to conquer the Great Thousand World. They rebuilt the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array to seal the Demonic Qi left behind.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong followed Yao Wan’s strike, and their attacks combined with the Flame Sword to destroy Heavenly Evil God’s body.
• As he burned away, Heavenly Evil God explained that he had expected the Great Thousand World to decline after the Immortal Great Emperor’s death, but had not anticipated three new powerhouses of the same realm.
• Heavenly Evil God rejected the idea that he should regret his actions, then died as his remaining Demonic Qi erupted.
• Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Yao Wan contained the Demonic Qi and rebuilt the Great Thousand Demon Transformation Array with spiritual energy, Calamity Fire, Emperor Flame, and Lin Dong’s power.
• Yao Wan, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong agreed that they should avoid leaving their troubles for those who came after them.

After the Heavenly Evil God's fall, the Great Thousand World began reclaiming the Demon Domain while its forces turned back to their own affairs. Xiao Se found the isolated Evil Spirit Clan and offered to help them find a place where they could live in peace.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan that the Endless Fire Territory had withdrawn to recover, and they discussed Xiao Se's safety and Yao Wan's expectations for him.
• Xiao Se visited the Evil Spirit Clan in a Small World newly reached by the Great Thousand World's purified spiritual energy.
• The Evil Spirit Clan elder explained that his people wanted to live without oppression, manipulation, despair, or indignation.
• Xiao Se asked whether the clan wanted him to help them find a pure land of their own.

After Xiao Se led the Evil Spirit Clan away from the Great Thousand World, he fell asleep while examining a Bodhi Seed and awoke in a strange, modern room. There he met a young man who felt deeply familiar, and the next day he joined him and his little sister for a movie.

• Xiao Se informed Xiao Yan, Yao Wan, and the family that he would take the Evil Spirit Clan and their Small World away from the Great Thousand World, and they accepted his decision.
• Xiao Xiao learned that she could leave home to seek Xiao Se if she eventually reached Saint Grade, while Yao Wan said she expected to inscribe her name on the Sky Ranking within decades or a century.
• Xiao Se traveled with the Evil Spirit Clan beyond the Great Thousand cosmic region and discussed the Bodhi Seed with the Evil Spirit Elder.
• After falling asleep, Xiao Se awoke in a strange room and met a young man whose name and presence felt familiar; the young man invited him to see a movie with his younger sister.
• The next day, Xiao Se met the young man and his little sister at a mall, where the girl greeted him as Older Brother.

Xiao Se spent the evening with the young man and his younger sister, sharing dinner at their home and learning how the young man tried to support his busy parents. Their conversation about family, love, and parental expectations comforted Xiao Se, who left hoping the young man’s life had turned out as he wished.

• The young man invited Xiao Se to dinner, and the siblings went with him to buy groceries before returning home.
• While the young man cooked, Xiao Se learned that he took on household responsibilities so his busy parents would have less to worry about.
• Xiao Se confided that he feared his mother did not like him and wondered whether his leaving would make things easier for her.
• The young man compared Xiao Se’s father to his own and reassured him that parents could love their children even when they struggled to say so.
• Xiao Se asked whether the young man liked anyone, and the young man said he did not have time for romance and had no one in mind.
• After dinner with the young man’s parents, Xiao Se thanked him and left, calling him the person he had never known and wishing his life had gone as he wanted.

Yao Wan and Xiao Yan revisited the possibilities revealed by the Sky Ranking and showed their companions a glimpse of the future, where the Xiao family’s children waited for Xiao Se to return. Xun'er learned how Yao Wan’s past choices had led to the strange story, and the chapter ended with the group accepting that Xiao Se and the others had their own story to live.

• The young man returned home and was startled to find Xiao Se’s parents chatting with his own parents.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan discussed the possibilities they had seen after leaving their names on the Sky Ranking, and Yao Wan showed the others a vision.
• In the vision, Xiao Lin, Xiao Yao, and Xiao Zhexian played and cultivated in the courtyard while Xiao Xiao continued training and hoped to find Xiao Se.
• Xun'er confronted Yao Wan over the strange story she had revealed, and Yao Wan said she had not caused it deliberately.
• Xiao Yan took Yao Wan’s hand as the group accepted that Xiao Se and the others had their own story.