Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming confirmed that he had arrived on Tian Xuan Continent and entered Dao Sect, where he strengthened Wang Jie and intervened in the lives of Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan. After overwhelming the sect’s defenders, he declared that he was in charge of Dao Sect.

• Xiao Ming told Wang Jie that he had come from beyond the world, then used Seven-colored Flame to bring her close to a breakthrough in the Life Xuan Realm.
• Xiao Ming found Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan in the sect leader’s courtyard and used Profound Ice to touch Ying Huanhuan’s forehead.
• Ying Xuanzi attacked Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming easily dispersed the shattered space and resisted the Four Great Halls’ combined assault.
• Xiao Ming emerged unharmed and forced Dao Sect’s members to their knees with his pressure.
• Xiao Ming announced that he was in charge of Dao Sect, leaving its members shocked by his immense power.

Xiao Ming forced the Great Desolate Monument to emerge from Dao Sect and demanded the King-Rank Otherworldly Demon sealed inside. The Monument Spirit recognized Xiao Ming as an Ancestor Realm expert, but the demon began corrupting the stele and mocked the Monument Spirit’s hopes.

• Ying Xuanzi pleaded with Xiao Ming to spare Dao Sect, while the other disciples and hall masters watched in fear.
• Xiao Ming demanded that the King-level Demonic Creature inside the Great Desolate Monument be brought out for him to study.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Great Desolate Monument from the mountain, alarming Dao Sect because it held the sect’s inheritance and the Great Desolate Scripture.
• The Monument Spirit appeared within the stele and recognized Xiao Ming as an Ancestor Realm expert.
• Black patterns surged up the stele as the King-Rank Otherworldly Demon tried to spread its corruption, but the Monument Spirit suppressed them.
• The demon mocked the Monument Spirit for hoping Xiao Ming could help, saying even the Symbol Ancestor had ultimately fallen.

Xiao Ming destroyed the Demonic King that had corrupted the Great Desolate Monument and captured its remaining essence in a Black Pearl. The Monument Spirit emerged from the restored stele and sought to follow Xiao Ming, rejecting Chen Zhen’s claim that the monument belonged to the Dao Sect.

• The Demonic King fled the Great Desolate Monument, but Xiao Ming’s giant hand gathered and seized it.
• Xiao Ming’s Seven-colored Flames shattered the Demonic King’s attack and destroyed its manifested form, leaving its essence inside a Black Pearl.
• The Monument Spirit thanked Xiao Ming and chased after the Black Pearl as it left the monument.
• Outside the Great Desolate Monument, Xiao Ming caught the Black Pearl and dismissed the Demonic King’s threat against his race.
• The Great Desolate Monument shrank and circled Xiao Ming, prompting Chen Zhen to ask for its return to the Dao Sect.
• The Monument Spirit emerged and rebuked Chen Zhen, declaring that the Great Desolate Monument did not belong to the Dao Sect.

Xiao Ming took the Great Desolate Monument and gave the Dao Sect the Great Desolate Scripture in return. Ying Huanhuan awakened as the Ice Lord, and Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Ming to accept her as his disciple.

• The Monument Spirit begged Xiao Ming to take the Great Desolate Monument so he could nourish and restore it, and Xiao Ming agreed.
• Xiao Ming gave Chen Zhen a copy of the Great Desolate Scripture and told the Dao Sect to select only talented disciples to study it.
• Ying Huanhuan awakened with ice-blue hair and a Reincarnation Seal, and the Monument Spirit recognized her as the Ice Lord.
• Ying Xuanzi lamented that Ying Huanhuan had awakened before she could enjoy more of her life, while Xiao Ming offered the Dao Sect one condition as compensation.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Ming to accept Ying Huanhuan as his disciple.

Xiao Ming took Ying Huanhuan from Dao Sect after agreeing to seal her memories temporarily, then brought her to the Great Yan Dynasty. They arrived at the Imperial City’s Teleportation Formation, where the dynasty’s ruler recognized them as people from an Upper Sect.

• Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Ming to take Ying Huanhuan as his disciple and seal her memories until the Reincarnation Seal fully unsealed.
• Xiao Ming agreed, held the disciple-taking ceremony, and left Dao Sect with Ying Huanhuan two days later.
• At the Sect Competition, Yuan Sect mocked Dao Sect, while its representative plotted against Ying Huanhuan and Dao Sect’s other geniuses.
• Dao Sect’s Heaven Hall Senior Sister defeated the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings, killing two and injuring one, and many other Yuan Sect disciples were killed or wounded.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan traveled across the Eastern Xuan Region before arriving through the Teleportation Formation in the Great Yan Dynasty’s Imperial City.
• The middle-aged ruler of Great Yan saw the formation activate and welcomed the two newcomers, while Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that the dynasty was not as simple as she thought.

Xiao Ming brought Ying Huanhuan to the Flame City Symbol Master Association to investigate its Symbol Master Tower, where he found two imprints of Ancestral Symbols. He left Ying Huanhuan at the tower’s ninth floor to study the symbols, while their purpose for visiting remained unexplained.

• Xiao Ming gave Mo Jingtian Nirvana Pills as payment for using the Great Yan Dynasty’s teleportation array, then departed with Ying Huanhuan.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan traveled to Flame City and entered its Symbol Master Association, where he doubled her training for protesting.
• Xiao Ming led Ying Huanhuan into the Symbol Master Tower and shielded her from its spiritual pressure.
• Xiao Ming brought Ying Huanhuan to the dusty ninth floor, where he examined two ancient imprints of Ancestral Symbols and explained their significance.

Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan discovered a map pointing to the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Symbols, then traveled to Qingyang Town to visit the Great Desolate Monument’s old acquaintance. There, they found Qing Tan suffering from a flare of Yin Cold Qi as Lin Dong went to seek help.

• Xiao Ming revealed that the Imprinted Ancestral Symbol contained a map marking the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Symbols, with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol located in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that they would visit an old acquaintance of the Great Desolate Monument instead of going after an Ancestral Symbol.
• The chapter introduced Lin Xiao’s secluded family and explained how his defeat at the Lin Clan Competition had damaged his cultivation and standing.
• Lin Dong trained with heavy iron weights while Qing Tan watched nearby.
• Qing Tan’s Yin Cold Qi flared up, and she urged Lin Dong not to fetch their father, but he ran off anyway.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan arrived as Qing Tan suffered through the attack, and Ying Huanhuan pointed out her pain.

Xiao Ming suppressed Qing Tan’s cold energy and then continued searching the Lin Family’s back mountain with Ying Huanhuan. In a hidden cave, he found the Ancestral Stone, the second-ranked divine object on the Heaven and Earth Divine Object Ranking.

• Xiao Ming warmed Qing Tan and stopped her cold energy from flaring up, then introduced himself to Lin Xiao and Lin Dong.
• Xiao Ming recognized Lin Dong as the Son of the Plane of Tian Xuan Continent but left without explaining his interest.
• Lin Xiao remained wary of Xiao Ming, while Lin Dong wondered whether Xiao Ming could permanently resolve Qing Tan’s condition.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan followed a concealed path down a cliff to a hidden cave beneath the Lin Family’s back mountain.
• Xiao Ming retrieved a strange stone from a crack in the cave ceiling and identified it as the Ancestral Stone.

Xiao Ming recognized the Ancestral Stone and considered how the Plane Spirit had used it to nurture Lin Dong, while deciding he would obtain the Plane Embryo despite its silence. He spared the frightened Heavenly Demon Mink spirit inside the stone, then left Ying Huanhuan to prepare for a breakthrough while he studied the Ancestral Stone.

• Ying Huanhuan recognized the stone in Xiao Ming's hand as the Ancestral Stone, and Xiao Ming recalled its history and suspected the Plane Spirit had placed it to help Lin Dong grow.
• Xiao Ming called out to the Great Desolate Monument, whose Monument Spirit appeared and noticed the Heavenly Demon Mink Demonic Spirit inside the Ancestral Stone.
• The Great Desolate Monument suggested that Ying Huanhuan devour the weak Demonic Spirit, but Xiao Ming refused, sparing the terrified Little Marten.
• Xiao Ming asked the Great Desolate Monument to protect Ying Huanhuan as she prepared to break through from the Body Tempering Ninth Layer to the Earth Yuan Realm.
• Xiao Ming sent his Spiritual Power into the Ancestral Stone to study its structure, deepening his understanding of talisman masters.

Xiao Ming explained Qing Tan’s powerful Yin Sha Physique and promised that she could learn to control it, revealing her extraordinary potential to the Lin Family. Lin Dong then asked Xiao Ming to accept Qing Tan as his disciple, leaving Xiao Ming reflecting on how often he seemed to acquire disciples on the Tian Xuan Continent.

• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan met Lin Xiao, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan while descending the mountain, and Lin Xiao invited Xiao Ming to his home.
• Lin Xiao asked Xiao Ming to help Qing Tan with her recurring Yin Sha Qi outbreaks, offering his family’s assets in return.
• Xiao Ming identified Qing Tan’s Sha Demon Physique as a top-tier yin-attributed physique and said she could reach the Small Yuan Dan Realm in less than a year with proper guidance.
• Lin Dong asked Xiao Ming to accept Qing Tan as his disciple, and Xiao Ming rubbed Ying Huanhuan’s head as he wondered why he kept taking disciples.

Xiao Ming accepted Qing Tan as his disciple and took her with Ying Huanhuan to the Great Desolate Ancient Stele, where he opened its seal and entered the ruins of the Great Desolate Sect. He located the Devouring Ancestral Symbol on a black altar, though the chapter ended before he claimed it.

• Xiao Ming accepted Qing Tan as his disciple, gave her an apprenticeship gift, and let her say goodbye to Lin Dong and Lin Xiao before they departed for Great Desolate County.
• Xiao Ming, Ying Huanhuan, and Qing Tan arrived at the Great Desolate Ancient Plains on a Nirvana Realm giant eagle as factions and experts gathered around the ancient stele.
• Xiao Ming used his Spiritual Power to weaken the stele's seal, opening its energy vortex while the gathered factions watched.
• Xiao Ming led Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan into the Great Desolate Sect ruins ahead of the crowd.
• Xiao Ming sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol on a black altar and brought the two women to the central pillar, where the symbol appeared as a black sphere of light.

Xiao Ming destroyed the phantom guarding the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and used Ling to devour the symbol directly. The altar collapsed, but Xiao Ming emerged unharmed with a Talisman Spirit resembling him, showing that the symbol had accepted him as its owner.

• A Death Xuan Realm phantom attacked Xiao Ming, but he erased it with his Divine Consciousness Gaze.
• Xiao Ming revealed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and explained that he would take control of it rather than seek its recognition.
• Xiao Ming sent Ling to swallow the Devouring Ancestral Symbol as nearby Yuan Power surged toward the black hole.
• The symbol's power shattered the altar and collapsed the black pillar, while Xiao Ming remained protected from the destruction.
• Xiao Ming emerged unharmed and manifested a Talisman Spirit with a figure resembling him.

After obtaining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, Xiao Ming learned from Black Pupil that a Demonic King was sealed beneath the Great Desolate Sect. He confronted Ninth King Hall, crushed his body, and trapped his fleeing demonic essence in seven-colored light.

• Xiao Ming obtained the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and Black Pupil emerged to ask him to destroy the sealed Otherworldly Demon.
• Xiao Ming left the altar with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan, then summoned the Great Desolate Monument to protect them.
• Xiao Ming immobilized a guardian and its beast as Demonic Qi seeped from cracks in the earth.
• Xiao Ming used seven-colored flames to force Ninth King Hall out of the underground seal.
• Ninth King Hall attacked Xiao Ming with a bone sword, but Xiao Ming crushed his body and trapped his demonic essence in a barrier.

Xiao Ming fed the Ninth King Hall to the Demonic King in his Demonic Orb, then captured King Tian Ming after the demon arrived at the Great Desolate Ancient Stele and tried to escape. In the darkness, the Otherworldly Demons discovered both Blood Lamps had gone out, and Xiao Ming decided to deal with Yuan Sect first.

• Xiao Ming threw the Ninth King Hall into the Demonic King’s prison inside the Demonic Orb, raising its power to the peak of the Two Cycles of Reincarnation Tribulation.
• The Otherworldly Demons saw the Ninth King Hall’s Blood Lamp go out and suspected Xiao Ming had killed him.
• King Tian Ming appeared at the Great Desolate Ancient Stele, recognized the Ninth King Hall’s absence, and blew up his Demonic Body to escape.
• Xiao Ming stopped King Tian Ming’s black heart and captured him, then tossed him into the Demonic Orb.
• The Otherworldly Demons learned that King Tian Ming’s Blood Lamp had also gone out, while Xiao Ming said he would deal with Yuan Sect first.

Xiao Ming collected the Reincarnation Insights left by the Great Desolate Sect’s predecessors. At Yuan Sect, Wang Jie confronted the sect over her family’s fate, killed Li Lei, and began fighting ten elders who moved to stop her.

• Xiao Ming stored the Reincarnation Insights left behind as the Great Desolate Sect’s predecessors’ wills faded.
• Wang Jie arrived at Yuan Sect and demanded that it hand over Li Lei and release her brother Wang Yan.
• Li Lei denied harming Wang Jie’s family and attacked her with Thunder Sound Lion Fist, but Wang Jie split his lightning attack and killed him.
• Ten Yuan Sect elders confronted Wang Jie, and she declared that she was not afraid of them.
• The elders attacked Wang Jie, who unleashed the Seven-colored Flame and met them in battle.

Wang Jie fought the Yuan Sect elders until Ren Yuanzi trapped her and prepared to kill her. Ying Xuanzi intervened, but Xiao Ming arrived with two others and declared that he had come to wipe out the Yuan Sect.

• Wang Jie killed two Yuan Sect elders and shattered the Heaven Yuan Formation's Heaven Suppressing Seal with her Seven-colored Flame Long Swords.
• Ren Yuanzi trapped Wang Jie in a strange cage and attacked her with a Crystal Giant Finger.
• Ying Xuanzi appeared and destroyed Ren Yuanzi's attack, then confronted him over Wang Jie.
• Ren Yuanzi formed a Black and White Great Hand to seize Wang Jie, but it collapsed when Xiao Ming and two others appeared.
• Xiao Ming told Ren Yuanzi that he had come to wipe out the Yuan Sect.

Xiao Ming defeated Yuan Sect’s three Palm Masters and exposed the sect’s long abuse of Zhou Tong, a Dao Sect prodigy they had turned into a puppet using Otherworldly Demonic techniques. After Xiao Ming restrained Zhou Tong and revealed the corruption consuming him, Ying Xuanzi attacked Yuan Sect in rage while its leaders stayed away.

• Ren Yuanzi, Tian Yuanzi, and Di Yuanzi attacked Xiao Ming, but he defeated all three with a single strike.
• Di Yuanzi released Zhou Tong, whose Space Ancestral Talisman let him attack Xiao Ming before Ying Xuanzi recognized him as Dao Sect’s long-lost prodigy.
• Tian Yuanzi admitted that Yuan Sect had corrupted Zhou Tong and altered his loyalty, then left him under their control as he and the other Palm Masters withdrew.
• Zhou Tong attacked Ying Xuanzi, but Xiao Ming shattered his spatial blade and restrained him with Golden Lightning.
• Xiao Ming burned away Zhou Tong’s Demonic Markings and revealed the Demonic Emperor Lock and evidence of Yuan Sect’s collusion with the Otherworldly Demons.
• Ying Xuanzi destroyed Yuan Sect’s gates and attacked its disciples and elders, while the three Palm Masters did not appear.

Xiao Ming helped Zhou Tong regain his body, and Zhou Tong destroyed the Yuan Sect after learning of its collusion with the Otherworldly Demons. The Three Yuan Gate Giants emerged with an army of Demonic Corpses, but Xiao Ming defeated their Great Heavenly Demonic Creature, leaving it lifeless.

• Ying Xuanzi and the Heaven Hall Senior Sister slaughtered Yuan Sect fighters while Xiao Ming used Seven-colored Flame to free Zhou Tong from his demonic corruption.
• The Space Ancestral Talisman restored Zhou Tong’s body, and he used the Great Desolate Scripture to devastate and bury the Yuan Sect.
• The Three Yuan Gate Giants emerged from the forbidden grounds with Demonic Corpses, including a Great Heavenly Demonic Creature, and attacked Xiao Ming.
• Xiao Ming’s Profound Finger and Seven-colored Flame wiped out the Demonic Corpses and overcame the creature’s Ten Thousand Demons Underworld River.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic Creature exploded and fell with half its body remaining, while the surrounding Demonic Qi melted away.

Xiao Ming exposed Yuan Sect’s demonic allies, stopped the Three Yuan Gate Giants from escaping, and took the Space Ancestral Talisman from Zhou Tong. He warned the Eastern Xuan Region that the Demonic Calamity was returning and that otherworldly demon remnants might still be at large.

• The Three Yuan Gate Giants emerged from the Demonic Corpse, tried to flee, and were pinned down by Xiao Ming after Zhou Tong stopped them.
• Tian Yuanzi and the other two Giants threatened to take everyone with them and exploded, but Xiao Ming contained their Demonic Qi in a Black Pearl.
• Xiao Ming fused the Black Pearl with the True King Demon Pearl, raising its power to the Triple Reincarnation Tribulation level, then said he knew Demon Prison’s headquarters was in the Western Xuan Region.
• Zhou Tong offered Xiao Ming the Space Ancestral Talisman, explaining that Demonic Qi had corrupted him, and Xiao Ming accepted it.
• Xiao Ming warned that the Demonic Calamity was returning and that Otherworldly Demon remnants might still be stirring up trouble.

After helping the Eastern Xuan Region’s sects form an Alliance to investigate the Otherworldly Demons, Xiao Ming took Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to the Chaotic Demon Sea. On Mysterious Spirit Island, the exhausted girls found a Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit just before the rare moment when it would appear.

• Xiao Ming urged the Eastern Xuan Region’s sects to unite against the Otherworldly Demons, and the sect leaders supported forming an Alliance under Dao Sect’s leadership.
• Xiao Ming declined to manage the region’s affairs and opened a spatial passage to the Chaotic Demon Sea, taking Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan with him.
• Xiao Ming trained Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan in the Chaotic Demon Sea until they reached the Small Yuan Dan Realm, then sent them to gain experience on Mysterious Spirit Mountain.
• Qing Tan spotted a strange glow on an island in a lake, and Xiao Ming identified it as a Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit that would appear when the sun and moon met.