Chapter Summaries

After learning about the Great Thousand Palace, Xiao Ze returned to the Origin Realm to catch up with its development and help Xun'er and the others cultivate. Xun'er successfully broke through the Spiritual Tribulation into the Earth Supreme Realm, then asked Xiao Ze to travel with them around the Heavenly Net Continent.

• Lu Tong told Xiao Ze about the Great Thousand Palace and explained that, as a Demon Slaying King, Xiao Ze could take charge while the Palace Master position remained vacant.
• Xiao Ze stayed in the Origin Realm, studied the pill formulas and spirit arrays Lu Tong had brought, and refined cultivation-aiding pills for Xun'er, Mandala, and the others.
• Over two months, Xun'er and the others reached the Late-stage Supreme Realm, and Xun'er decided she was ready to challenge the Earth Supreme Realm.
• Xun'er endured the Spiritual Tribulation with her techniques and sacred artifacts, then emerged successful and embraced Xiao Ze.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Ze to accompany her and the others around the Heavenly Net Continent, and he agreed.

Xiao Ze and his companions traveled through the Heavenly Net Continent, where Mandala revealed that her One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones had reached the Three-Unity Realm and received Enlightenment God Pills from Xiao Ze. Meanwhile, Old Immortal Crimson Flame of the Tai Ling Ancient Clan arrived at Heavenly Net City seeking pills from the Lord of the Origin Realm.

• Xiao Ze traveled with Xun'er, Mandala, and the others through the seventy-two layered mountain barriers in the eastern Heavenly Net Continent.
• Mandala told Xiao Ze that she had reached the Three-Unity Realm of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones using the Heavenly Emperor's insights from the Scripture Repository.
• Xiao Ze gave Mandala several Enlightenment God Pills to help her pursue the Three-Spirit Realm.
• The group climbed to a mountain summit and enjoyed the view across the surrounding peaks.
• Old Immortal Crimson Flame, a World Patrol Envoy of the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, appeared outside Heavenly Net City and asked Mandala for pills from the Lord of the Origin Realm.

Xiao Ze left his companions to answer the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s request for help treating Grand Ancestor Tai Ming, who had been poisoned while fighting the Heaven Corroding Demon Emperor. He traveled with Old Immortal Crimson Flame to the Tai Ling Realm and arrived before meeting the injured elder.

• Mandala told Xiao Ze that the Tai Ling Ancient Clan had come seeking pills, so he ended his trip with Xun'er and the others and sent them into Origin Realm space.
• Xiao Ze met Old Immortal Crimson Flame at Origin Realm Headquarters and learned that Grand Ancestor Tai Ming had been grievously injured by Corrosive Demon Heart Poison.
• Xiao Ze agreed to accompany Old Immortal Crimson Flame to treat Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and left for Tai Ling Continent.
• After more than ten days of travel, Xiao Ze and Old Immortal Crimson Flame reached Tai Ling Continent and entered the Tai Ling Realm.

Xiao Ze arrived in the Tai Ling Realm to treat Grand Ancestor Tai Ming, whose wounds from a Heavenly Demon Emperor were worsened by the Corrosive Demon Heart Poison. After examining him, Xiao Ze began expelling the poison with the Origin Emperor Flame while the Tai Ling Ancient Clan gathered materials for a medicinal pill.

• The Tai Ling Ancient Clan's Second Elder welcomed Xiao Ze and led him to Grand Ancestor Tai Ming in the Myriad Spirits Ice Immortal Pool.
• Xiao Ze examined Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and identified two possible treatments: a medicinal pill or using a Heaven and Earth Divine Flame to force out the poison.
• The Second Elder revealed that the clan's previous flame treatment had intensified the poison, and Xiao Ze demonstrated that the Origin Emperor Flame was far more powerful.
• The Second Elder agreed to combine both treatments, and Xiao Ze sent the clan a list of the materials they needed to gather.
• Xiao Ze entered the Myriad Spirits Ice Immortal Pool and began using the Origin Emperor Flame to expel the Corrosive Demon Heart Poison from Grand Ancestor Tai Ming.

Xiao Ze used the Origin Emperor Flame to burn the Corrosive Demon Heart Poison out of Grand Ancestor Tai Ming, saving the Tai Ling Ancient Clan elder. He then took the clan’s collected materials to refine medicine for Tai Ming’s recovery, leaving Tai Ming astonished that Xiao Ze had asked for nothing and supplied most of the ingredients himself.

• Xiao Ze protected Grand Ancestor Tai Ming’s vital areas with the Origin Emperor Flame and coordinated with him to drive out the Corrosive Demon Heart Poison.
• After several days, Xiao Ze burned away the poison and restored Tai Ming’s complexion, though Tai Ming still needed medicinal pills to recover fully.
• The Second Elder introduced Xiao Ze to Tai Ming as the Lord of the Origin Realm, and Xiao Ze accepted the clan’s collected materials before asking for a quiet room.
• Tai Ming asked whether Xiao Ze had requested anything in return, and the Second Elder revealed that Xiao Ze had asked for nothing and supplied most of the medicinal ingredients.
• Tai Ming stared in surprise at the news that Xiao Ze had provided most of the materials.

Xiao Ze refined a Saint Grade Return to Origin Saint Spirit Pill that restored Grand Ancestor Tai Ming, then asked the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to let him observe the Tai Ling Sacred Body. The clan’s elders agreed, allowing Xiao Ze to pursue insight that might advance his Supreme Dharma Body.

• Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and the Tai Ling Ancient Clan’s Heavenly Supremes discussed preparing a generous reward for Xiao Ze, considering offering high-grade pill formulas and spirit arrays.
• Xiao Ze personally refined the Return to Origin Saint Spirit Pill over more than ten days while the clan’s Heavenly Supremes waited outside the hall.
• Xiao Ze gave the pill to Grand Ancestor Tai Ming, who entered a secret realm to refine it and soon returned restored to full strength.
• Xiao Ze explained that he wanted to observe the Tai Ling Sacred Body to seek insight for advancing his Supreme Dharma Body, promising not to do anything else with it.
• Grand Ancestor Tai Ming consulted the gathered elders, and they agreed to let Xiao Ze see the Tai Ling Sacred Body.

Xiao Ze visited the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to observe the Tai Ling Sacred Body and received Tai Ling Origin through his binding feedback. After exchanging gifts and leaving, Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and the Second Elder confirmed the clan’s treasures were unharmed and wondered when one of their own could wield them.

• The Tai Ling Ancient Clan agreed to let Xiao Ze observe the Tai Ling Sacred Body in gratitude for saving Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and curing him with a Saint Grade Divine Pill.
• Grand Ancestor Tai Ming led Xiao Ze into the depths of the Tai Ling Realm, where Xiao Ze saw the Tai Ling Ancient Map and the Tai Ling Sacred Body atop a bronze altar.
• Xiao Ze observed the Tai Ling Sacred Body from the altar and received Tai Ling Origin, then thanked Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and left without lingering.
• The Tai Ling Ancient Clan hosted Xiao Ze at a banquet, gave him treasured pill formulas and spirit arrays, and accepted several divine pills from him in return.
• Old Immortal Crimson Flame escorted Xiao Ze from Tai Ling Continent, while Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and the Second Elder inspected the altar and confirmed both treasures were genuine.
• Grand Ancestor Tai Ming and the Second Elder reflected that the clan’s youths would first have to reach the Heavenly Supreme threshold before they could wield the treasures.

Xiao Ze absorbed the Tai Ling Origin and secluded himself to break through the Saint Grade Barrier, while Queen Medusa advanced to Earth Supreme. Xiao Ze successfully entered Saint Grade and received a message from the Sword Domain.

• Xiao Ze returned from the Tai Ling Ancient Clan, absorbed the Tai Ling Origin into the Tree of Origin, and began cultivating in seclusion with a divine pill and vast amounts of Supreme Spiritual Liquid.
• Mandala watched over Queen Medusa as she crossed the Earth Supreme Barrier and used her sacred artifact to overcome the spiritual tribulation.
• Xiao Ze refined the final sliver of the Origin Branch, entered Saint Grade, and froze the golden ocean with his spiritual pressure.
• Xiao Ze noticed a message from the Sword Domain.

Xiao Ze traveled to the Sword Domain after the First Territory Lord invited him to the opening of the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain and offered the Heaven and Earth Spirit Nurturing Lotus. After inspecting the Azure Shirt Sword Saint’s influence on the continent, Xiao Ze arrived in Myriad Sword City, where the Azure Shirt Sword Saint welcomed him before a crowd of Sword Cultivators.

• Xiao Ze accepted the First Territory Lord’s invitation and set out alone for the Sword Domain.
• On the way, Xiao Ze drank pure spiritual liquid from his Gilt Jade Bottle, which stored energy gathered by Devouring Nodes.
• Xiao Ze sensed how the Azure Shirt Sword Saint’s faint sword intent had shaped the Sword Domain and enabled Sword Cultivators to find insights without being confined to his path.
• The First Territory Lord met Xiao Ze and escorted him to Myriad Sword City, explaining the trials and treasures of the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint appeared in Myriad Sword City and welcomed Xiao Ze as countless onlookers watched.

Xiao Ze met the Azure Shirt Sword Saint at Myriad Sword Mountain and refined a Barrier Breaking Heavenly Pill for his disciple. Afterward, he met Huang Qiu, Patriarch of the Ancient Desolation Clan, and considered using their meeting to see the clan’s Desolate God Body.

• Xiao Ze arrived in Myriad Sword City, where the Azure Shirt Sword Saint welcomed him and asked him to refine a Barrier Breaking Heavenly Pill for his disciple.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint gave Xiao Ze three sets of ingredients, and Xiao Ze began refining the pill before the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain opened.
• Huang Qiu, Patriarch of the Ancient Desolation Clan, arrived at Myriad Sword Mountain and greeted the Azure Shirt Sword Saint while Xiao Ze was refining the pill.
• Xiao Ze completed the Barrier Breaking Heavenly Pill and handed it to the Azure Shirt Sword Saint before introducing himself to Huang Qiu.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint explained the close ties between the Sword Domain and the Ancient Desolation Clan, and Xiao Ze considered seeing their Desolate God Body through Huang Qiu.

Xiao Ze asked Huang Qiu for a chance to observe the Ancient Desolation Clan’s Desolate God Body, offering his Mixed Origin Body Refining Pill in exchange. Huang Qiu could not approve the request alone, so he proposed a two-out-of-three physical-body contest to give himself grounds to argue for Xiao Ze before the Elder Council.

• Xiao Ze, the Azure Shirt Sword Saint, and Huang Qiu shared Sword Domain Spiritual Wine at the mountaintop courtyard.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint asked to see the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and Xiao Ze brought it out for him to examine.
• Xiao Ze offered Huang Qiu a Mixed Origin Body Refining Pill in exchange for a chance to observe the Desolate God Body.
• Huang Qiu said the Elder Council had to decide the request but promised to argue for it if Xiao Ze defeated him.
• Huang Qiu proposed a physical-body contest at the Sea of Sword Qi and Sword Peak Mountain, and Xiao Ze agreed to a best-of-three match.

Xiao Ze and Huang Qiu competed in the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain to test their physical bodies, with the Azure Shirt Sword Saint witnessing. Xiao Ze won the first two trials, and Huang Qiu left eager to use the Mixed Origin Body Refining Pill to strengthen himself and persuade his Elder Council.

• Huang Qiu chose to compete early inside the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain rather than risk a public defeat.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint explained that the competitors would cross the Sea of Sword Qi and climb Sword Peak Mountain using only their physical bodies.
• Huang Qiu crossed the Sea of Sword Qi in nearly half the hourglass’s time, but Xiao Ze completed the trial in about thirty percent and won the first round.
• Huang Qiu climbed Sword Peak Mountain in about thirty percent of the hourglass’s time, but Xiao Ze raced up the mountain so quickly that Huang Qiu conceded the second round.
• Xiao Ze and Huang Qiu ended the competition without holding the third round, and Xiao Ze said the Mixed Origin Body Refining Pill would not disappoint Huang Qiu.

Xiao Ze attended the opening of the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain, then traveled with Huang Qiu to the Ancient Desolate Realm to seek the Desolate God Origin. Huang Qiu convened the Elder Council over Xiao Ze’s request, and the chapter ended with him inviting Xiao Ze to see the clan’s Desolate God Body.

• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint opened the Myriad Sword Spirit Domain, where Sword Cultivators competed while the Heavenly Supremes watched.
• Huang Qiu praised the Mixed Origin Body Refining Pill formula and promised to support Xiao Ze’s request before the Elder Council.
• After the trial ended, Xiao Ze traveled with Huang Qiu to the Ancient Desolate Continent and settled in a quiet courtyard.
• Xiao Ze drank spiritual liquid and reflected on how his Origin Branch had advanced through continued tempering.
• The next day, Huang Qiu invited Xiao Ze to see the Desolate God Body possessed by his clan.

Xiao Ze visited the Ancient Desolation Clan and secretly bound himself to the Desolate God Body, gaining its origin. After returning to the Heavenly Net Continent, he reunited with his companions and began preparing to break through to the Saint Grade Mid Stage.

• Huang Qiu led Xiao Ze into the Ancient Desolate Realm, where nine Desolate Suppressing Drums guarded the core region.
• Huang Qiu brought Xiao Ze before the Desolate God Body, and Xiao Ze observed it without touching it.
• Xiao Ze secretly bound himself to the Desolate God Body and obtained the Desolate God Origin.
• Xiao Ze stayed several days, refined Mixed Origin Body Refining Pills for the Ancient Desolation Clan, and then departed with Huang Qiu's farewell.
• After traveling for several months and setting up tens of thousands of Devouring Nodes, Xiao Ze returned to the Heavenly Net Continent and found Xun'er had reached Earth Supreme Great Perfection.
• Xiao Ze entered seclusion to prepare for a breakthrough to the Saint Grade Mid Stage.

Xiao Ze cultivated on the Saint Spirit Boundless Heaven and Earth Altar, drawing on Origin Realm’s spiritual energy to break through to Saint Grade Mid Stage. Afterward, he discovered he could temper the Tree of Origin itself, though he doubted the Light of Chaos would suffice.

• Xiao Ze recalled the Chaos Divine Emperor’s explanation that a remnant Saint Spirit was sealed within the altar and that cultivating there granted heaven and earth’s favor.
• Xiao Ze entered the altar alone because his cultivation could draw spiritual energy from others within Origin Realm.
• Xiao Ze sat at the altar’s center and absorbed spiritual energy from Origin Realm’s treasured lands to temper his final Origin Branch.
• After a few months, Xiao Ze broke through to Saint Grade Mid Stage and the spiritual energy vortex dissipated.
• Xiao Ze realized he could now temper the Tree of Origin itself and wondered whether the Light of Chaos could complete the task.

Xiao Ze finished cultivating and spent a month with Xun'er, Mandala, and the others before setting out for the Great Thousand Palace's Elder Council meeting. He reached the hall in the Endless Void and prepared to enter.

• Xiao Ze reflected on tempering the Tree of Origin and concluded that reaching the Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme Late Stage would require further cultivation.
• Xiao Ze learned from Elder Lu Tong that the Great Thousand Palace would hold an Elder Council meeting in several months and sensed that its headquarters was nearby.
• Xiao Ze considered returning to the Divine Sea to refine a body for the Three Beast Venerables, then spent a month traveling with Xun'er, Mandala, and the others.
• Xiao Ze told Xun'er to wait for him before attempting the Heavenly Venerate Tribulation and then departed for the Great Thousand Palace.
• Xiao Ze crossed several dozen continents, used the Demon Slaying King Token to open a fissure, and found the Great Thousand Palace suspended in the Endless Void.

Xiao Ze attended the Great Thousand Palace’s Elder Council meeting, where he was appointed Chief Elder while retaining his other duties. The council approved his request to use the Great Thousand Void Crystal, leaving him ready to claim a rare resource that could benefit his cultivation.

• Xiao Ze arrived at the Great Thousand Palace Hall and entered the conference hall, where gathered Heavenly Supremes greeted him and asked about medicinal pills.
• The Great Elder opened the meeting and offered to hand the position of Great Elder to Xiao Ze.
• Xiao Ze declined the full Great Elder duties because he also had to oversee the Origin Realm, and proposed becoming Chief Elder while overseeing both the Demon Slaying System and the Elder System.
• The Great Elder accepted Xiao Ze’s proposal after the other Heavenly Supremes urged him to agree.
• The council approved Xiao Ze’s request to use the Great Thousand Void Crystal.

Xiao Ze used the Origin Emperor Flame to absorb the Great Thousand Void Crystals and offered a collection of divine pills to the Great Thousand Palace’s Heavenly Supremes. After arranging the trades, he began refining the crystals to temper the Tree of Origin, expecting to make a substantial improvement.

• Xiao Ze used the Origin Emperor Flame to refine the Great Thousand Void Crystals accumulated by the Great Thousand Palace.
• Xiao Ze presented dozens of varieties of divine pills at the Elder Council meeting and offered them at market price without bidding wars.
• Xiao Ze described the Undying Substitute Pill, which could restore its user after a calamity destroyed their body, and completed the pill exchanges for vast resources.
• Xiao Ze left an External Incarnation to trade with the Heavenly Supremes and went to collect the Great Thousand Void Crystals.
• Xiao Ze used spiritual arrays and the Origin Emperor Flame to refine the crystals, sending their energy into the Origin Space to temper the Tree of Origin.

As the Outer Realm Evil Race renewed its assault on the Sword Domain, the Azure Shirt Sword Saint confronted the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor and drew their battle toward the Demon Realm. The First Territory Lord organized the Sword Domain's defenses while the Saint Grade fighters clashed.

• The First Territory Lord warned the Azure Shirt Sword Saint that the Outer Realm Evil Race had returned in force and a Heavenly Demon Emperor might be among them.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint sensed powerful Demonic Energy approaching the Sword Domain and left to confront it.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint identified his opponent as the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor of the Blade Demon Tribe, and the two began fighting.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint guided the battle toward the Demon Realm to protect the Sword Domain from destruction.
• The First Territory Lord sent for reinforcements, left two Territory Lords to guard the Sword Domain, and led the others to patrol the border.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint and the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor continued their devastating battle near the Demon Realm.

Xiao Ze traveled to the Sword Domain to help the Azure Shirt Sword Saint kill the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor. Together, they trapped and slew the Demon Emperor before he could escape or self-destruct.

• Xiao Ze learned that the Azure Shirt Sword Saint had asked him to help eliminate the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor and set out for the Sword Domain.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint battled the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor near the Demon Realm, wounding him but struggling to keep him from fleeing.
• The Azure Shirt Sword Saint revealed that he had been drawing out the fight to trap the Demon Emperor, who tried to escape toward the Demon Realm.
• Xiao Ze arrived and used the Circumstellar Map to trap the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor in a Star Region.
• Xiao Ze and the Azure Shirt Sword Saint attacked together and slew the Heaven-Slaying Demon Emperor, stopping his attempt to self-destruct.