Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming helped Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan claim Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits, then entered the depths of Mysterious Spirit Mountain in search of a hidden treasure. He discovered the Demon Suppressing Prison guarded by the Flame Master, where captured Otherworldly Demons were imprisoned.

• The Life Xuan Spirit Tree emerged from the island, and four Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits formed on its branches.
• Xiao Ming intimidated the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon, took the four fruits, and divided them between Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan.
• Xiao Ming ordered the Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon to guard the two girls, then descended into the lake.
• Xiao Ming found Earth Core Spiritual Paste beneath the magma and stored it away despite a formation attacking him.
• Xiao Ming entered the Demon Suppressing Prison and recognized it as the prison suppressed by the Flame Master.

Xiao Ming found Flame Master’s Stone Coffin in the magma formation and watched the formation repel the Great Heavenly Demonic King. After Flame Master confronted him about his identity and his plans for the demon, Xiao Ming called for Desolate to speak with his old friend.

• Xiao Ming traced the magma rivers to a lake where Flame Master lay asleep in a Stone Coffin.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King attacked the Stone Coffin, but the magma-covered chains bound it and forced it to retreat.
• Flame Master appeared before Xiao Ming and questioned him about the Great Desolate Monument, the Ice Lord, and his origins.
• Xiao Ming revealed his Ancestor Realm aura, said he wanted the Great Heavenly Demonic King, and faced Flame Master’s wary response.
• Xiao Ming called for Desolate to come out and speak with Flame Master.

Xiao Ming persuaded Flame Master to weaken the seal and release the Great Heavenly Demonic King, then confronted the wounded demon as it tried to escape. The king detected the faint Aura of the Tunling Clan in Xiao Ming and fled into a Demonic Qi vortex, while Xiao Ming began to stop him and the disturbance spread to Mysterious Spirit Mountain.

• The Great Desolate Monument reassured Flame Master that the Symbol Ancestor’s power would keep the Great Heavenly Demonic King from escaping, and Flame Master agreed to loosen the seal.
• Xiao Ming asked Flame Master to move the Stone Coffin, and the Great Heavenly Demonic King broke through the weakened seal above the Demon Suppressing Prison.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King exchanged taunts with Flame Master, then prepared to flee rather than fight while he was still recovering.
• Xiao Ming identified himself as a traveler studying the Outer Realm Evil Tribe, and the king detected the faint Aura of the Tunling Clan within him.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King fled into a Demonic Qi vortex, and Xiao Ming clenched his hand as violent spatial changes and storms reached Mysterious Spirit Mountain.

Xiao Ming learned that the Tunling Clan was a branch of the Outer Realm Evil Tribe that could devour and imitate bloodlines, then left Mysterious Spirit Island with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan. The group arrived at the bustling Heavenly Merchant City, where Qing Tan eagerly took in the lively surroundings.

• Xiao Ming tortured the Great Heavenly Demonic King until he revealed that the Tunling Clan belonged to the Holy Tribe, could imitate Great Thousand World bloodlines, and was stronger than the Demonic Race.
• Xiao Ming told the Flame Master that Ying Huanhuan was his disciple and warned him not to cause trouble, then left with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan after giving them Earth Core Life Spirit Liquid.
• The Flame Master tried to follow Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming and his disciples vanished before he could finish asking.
• Xiao Ming brought Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan to Heavenly Merchant City, where Qing Tan admired the busy streets and skies.

Xiao Ming brought Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to Heavenly Merchant City for the auction while planning how to make the Plane Spirit reveal the Plane Embryo. He met Mu Lingshan, a hungry little girl who had followed him because she felt safe around him, and recognized her connection to the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol.

• Xiao Ming took Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to Heavenly Merchant City and showed them around before settling at an inn.
• Xiao Ming considered how to threaten the Plane Spirit into revealing the Plane Embryo and avoided breaking the Other Devil Emperor's seal because it was too dangerous.
• Xiao Ming noticed a little girl watching him from the branches and invited her to eat after she admitted she was hungry.
• Mu Lingshan introduced herself and said she had followed Xiao Ming because she instinctively trusted him.
• Xiao Ming recognized Mu Lingshan as the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol and understood her resonance with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol within him.

Xiao Ming and his companions entered the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region, where Lei Guang protected them from its violent storms and the pirates drawn to their arrival. They headed toward the Thunder Emperor’s Cave Dwelling as Mu Lingshan stayed close to Xiao Ming.

• Xiao Ming learned that Mu Lingshan was the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, though she did not know her own identity.
• Eight days after the Heavenly Merchant Auction began, Lei Guang took Xiao Ming, Qing Tan, Ying Huanhuan, and Mu Lingshan toward the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region on a sea-suppressing whale.
• As pirates tried to seize the valuable whale, Lei Guang swept the group off its back and flew deeper into the region, while the whale escaped into the sea.
• Lei Guang led the group through successive thunderstorm zones toward the Thunder Emperor’s Cave Dwelling, overcoming the storms with ease.
• Pirates who attacked the group were swept beneath the sea, with a few left alive for Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to practice against.
• Xiao Ming agreed to let Mu Lingshan stay with him after she promised to lend him something if he asked in the future.

Xiao Ming and the others crossed the Thunder Light Figures and explored the ruined Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling, where Lei Guang cleared Demonic Corpses and gathered Death Silence Pills. They reached Thunder Lake, where a Silver Corpse emerged from the water and bowed to Lei Guang in gratitude.

• Xiao Ming led the group through the Thunder Light Figures and into the desolate ruins beyond the silver ring.
• Lei Guang burned the Demonic Qi from the corpses in the plazas, collected the Death Silence Pills, and gave them to the three women.
• Shi He noticed a whirlpool forming in Thunder Lake as the group reached the immense mountain and silver waterfall.
• Lei Guang split the lake open and revealed a deep ravine lined with Silver Corpses held in caves.
• Lei Guang used lightning to purge the Silver Corpses of Demonic Markings, and the last Silver Corpse rose from Thunder Lake and bowed to him.

Xiao Ming entered the Thunder Realm, where Lei Guang revealed the Thunder Mansion’s destruction and the Thunder Emperor’s battle against the Otherworldly Demons. After clearing the corrupted guardians, Xiao Ming obtained the Thunder Emperor Scepter and entered the space where the Heart of Thunder was held, while Lei Guang used his remaining strength to form the Heart and pass away.

• Lei Guang explained that his consciousness was only a fading remnant and recounted how the Otherworldly Demons destroyed the Thunder Mansion after targeting the Heart of Thunder.
• Xiao Ming entered the Thunder Realm and opened the Thunder Hall, where three corrupted puppets attacked him.
• Xiao Ming burned away the puppets’ Demonic Qi, freeing the remnants of the Three Great Thunder Kings before their bodies crumbled.
• Xiao Ming took the Thunder Emperor Scepter, and Lei Guang explained that the Heart of Thunder was connected to the Ancestral Symbols.
• Lei Guang gathered his remaining power to form the Heart of Thunder, then disappeared as Xiao Ming entered the Thunder Realm’s Space Vortex.

Xiao Ming entered the Thunder Realm and found the Thunder Emperor’s body, the Thunder Ancestral Symbol, and a Demonic King imprisoned beneath the Thunder Pulp Sea. After confronting the captive demon, Xiao Ming addressed the Thunder Emperor’s Remnant Will and offered it a chance to destroy the Demonic King.

• Xiao Ming crossed the Lightning World and found the Thunder Emperor seated on a throne above the Thunder Pulp Sea.
• Xiao Ming recognized the Thunder Ancestral Symbol in the Thunder Sun but turned his attention to the sea below.
• Xiao Ming cast flames into the Thunder Pulp Sea, opening a vortex that revealed a Demonic King bound by lightning chains.
• The Demonic King tried to invade Xiao Ming’s mind, but Xiao Ming destroyed his eyes and dismissed his threats.
• Xiao Ming called to the Thunder Emperor’s Remnant Will and offered it the chance to destroy the Demonic King.

With Xiao Ming’s help, the Thunder Emperor destroyed the Demonic King, who cursed humanity as his energy dissolved. The Thunder Emperor then entrusted the Thunder Ancestral Symbol to Xiao Ming and entered the reincarnation passage, leaving Xiao Ming alone in the Thunder Realm.

• The Demonic King summoned the Great Demonic Erosion, but Xiao Ming empowered the Thunder Emperor’s lightning pillar to overpower him.
• The lightning pillar struck and destroyed the Demonic King, and Xiao Ming’s silver-gold light erased the black energy as it tried to escape.
• The Thunder Emperor thanked Xiao Ming, who opened a reincarnation passage and said he would send him into reincarnation.
• The Thunder Emperor asked about the Demonic Race, then gave the Thunder Ancestral Symbol to Xiao Ming.
• The Thunder Emperor entered the reincarnation passage, and Xiao Ming remained alone in the Thunder Realm.

Xiao Ming arrived at Nine-tailed Village and told its leader, Xin'er, that he knew why the Nine-tailed Fox Clan had declined. Xin'er asked him to share what he knew, hoping to protect her clan from the dangers of the Demon Region.

• Xiao Ming examined the Nine-tailed Clan's ancient protective formation and entered the village with Ying Huanhuan and the other girls.
• Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan questioned why Xiao Ming had come to a village full of fox spirits, and he insisted he had serious business there.
• Xin'er, the village chief, asked Xiao Ming why he had come, and he revealed that he knew the reason the Nine-tailed Fox Clan had fallen from its former strength.
• Xin'er led Xiao Ming and his companions to the reception hall after her Charm Skill backfired against him.
• Xin'er described her clan's fear of being captured and enslaved, then asked Xiao Ming to share his information in exchange for a reward.

Xiao Ming revealed that the Nine-tailed Clan’s Ancestral Soul Hall had been taken over by three Demonic Kings and opened the way inside. He freed the clan’s ancestor from their control, leaving her consciousness restored and the Nine-tailed Clan’s hidden danger eliminated.

• Xiao Ming explained that the Nine-tailed Clan’s ancestors had been sacrificed to the Demonic Kings and promised to remove the threat.
• The Village Chief opened the Ancestral Soul Hall’s gateway using a Bronze Statue and a Blood Orb.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Nine-tailed ancestor’s phantom from her remains and exposed her as being controlled by the Demonic Kings.
• Xiao Ming pulled the Demonic Kings’ consciousnesses from the ancestor, separated them from her, and absorbed them into the Black Pearl.
• The ancestor’s consciousness recovered, and she bowed to Xiao Ming in gratitude.

The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox explained how the Three Great Demonic Kings had corrupted her clan and told them to reclaim the energy in the Blood Sea. Xiao Ming and his disciples then reached the Dragon Realm, where Dragon Clan guards agreed to report their arrival to the Clan Leader.

• The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox told her people that the Three Great Demonic Kings had suppressed her and disrupted the clan's bloodlines, causing generations of clanswomen to be deceived into the Blood Sea.
• The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox instructed the Nine-tailed Clan to activate her formation and seal the mountain so they could reclaim the Blood Sea's energy.
• The Nine-tailed Village Chief and the clanswomen bowed to Xiao Ming in gratitude, but he and his disciples left before she could stop them.
• Xiao Ming brought his three disciples to the Dragon Realm after training them on the journey, and all three had advanced to the Nirvana Realm.
• Dragon Clan warriors surrounded Xiao Ming and his companions, then agreed to report their visit to the Clan Leader after sensing his power.

Xiao Ming and the three women entered the Dragon Clan’s territory, where Duan Tao showed them its Yuan Trees and Great Void Divine Array. They reached the Stone Hall to meet the Clan Leader and elders, while Da Xin’s doubts about Xiao Ming’s strength drew a rebuke from Duan Tao.

• Duan Tao welcomed Xiao Ming and his companions through a spatial passage into the Dragon Clan’s territory.
• Duan Tao explained that the Dragon Clan’s Yuan Trees produced Yuan Power and showed the group the Great Void Divine Array.
• Da Xin questioned whether Xiao Ming could be a super expert, and Duan Tao scolded her for disrespecting their guest.
• Xiao Ming dismissed Da Xin’s remarks and continued with Duan Tao to the Stone Hall, where the Clan Leader and elders awaited them.

Xiao Ming confronted Dragon Clan Leader Yuan Gan about the failing Demon Suppressing Prison and offered to resolve the Otherworldly Demonic Qi leaking from it. Yuan Gan revealed that the prison held more than ten Demonic Kings and that the Dark Master, one of the Eight Masters, was sealed within, leaving the clan to consider Xiao Ming’s proposal as the formation weakened.

• Duan Tao introduced Xiao Ming to Yuan Gan, who sensed Xiao Ming’s overwhelming power and greeted him respectfully.
• Xiao Ming challenged Yuan Gan’s secrecy about the Demon Suppressing Prison and offered to solve the Dragon Clan’s hidden danger.
• Yuan Gan explained that the prison’s formation had weakened after a flaw appeared a hundred years earlier, and that the escaping Demonic Qi could soon destroy the Dragon Realm.
• Yuan Gan revealed that the prison contained more than ten Demonic Kings and that the Dark Master was sealed inside, though he had never tried to awaken her.
• Xiao Ming displayed a black pearl containing a True King powerful enough to threaten the Dragon Clan, demonstrating that he was not relying on a petty trick.
• The Demonic Qi surged against the golden formation, which suppressed it again but continued to dim.

Xiao Ming entered the Demon Suppressing Prison and found the Master of Darkness, who attacked him with the prison’s chains. He subdued her and summoned the Great Desolate Monument’s spirit to explain what was happening.

• Xiao Ming told Yuan Gan and the others to wait, then descended alone into the Demon Sea.
• Xiao Ming passed through the dark barrier and entered the Demon Suppressing Prison, where he saw its failing formation and countless chained Dark Towers.
• The Master of Darkness awoke, demanded to know who Xiao Ming was, and attacked him with white chains.
• Xiao Ming destroyed the chains and subdued the Master of Darkness with a finger against her brow.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Great Desolate Monument and told Desolate to come out and explain.

Xiao Ming emerged from the Demon Suppressing Prison after eliminating the Otherworldly Demons, then explained his purpose to the wary Master of Darkness. The Dragon Clan learned that the Ice Lord had successfully reincarnated, while Xiao Ming confirmed he intended to obtain the Tian Xuan Continent’s foremost divine object and help defend the plane.

• The Master of Darkness questioned Xiao Ming’s origins and intentions, and the Monument Spirit revealed that Xiao Ming was an Ancestor Realm expert on the level of Talisman Ancestor Lord.
• Xiao Ming explained that he sought the Tian Xuan Continent’s foremost divine object and the Ancestral Symbols, and promised to destroy the Demonic Race after obtaining it.
• The Dragon Clan elders waited anxiously as Xiao Ming remained inside the Demon Suppressing Prison, and Yuan Gan reassured them that his strength would see him through.
• Xiao Ming emerged from the Demon Sea with a black-armored woman and told Yuan Gan that he had eliminated all the Otherworldly Demons in the prison.
• The Master of Darkness learned that the Ice Lord had successfully reincarnated and accepted that Xiao Ming would deal with the million Otherworldly Demons.

Yuan Gan revealed that Ying Huanhuan was the Ice Lord’s reincarnation and offered to help her keep her memories sealed so she could remain herself. The Master of Darkness planned to recover her strength at the Dark Temple, while Mu Ling was offered a place in her legacy.

• The Master of Darkness questioned Yuan Gan about the elders refusing to deal with the leaked Demonic Qi, and he said they were all in Death Retreat.
• Yuan Gan told Ying Huanhuan she was the Ice Lord’s reincarnation and offered to seal her memories because she did not want to become the Ice Lord.
• The Master of Darkness agreed that Ying Huanhuan should remain herself and chose to recover her strength at the Dark Temple in the Northern Xuan Region.
• Yuan Gan recommended the Dark Temple as a place for the Master of Darkness to recover and arranged for Mu Ling to accompany her and inherit her legacy.
• Yuan Gan asked Qing Tan to provide medicinal ingredients collected by the Dragon Clan.

After warning Yuan Gan that the Heavenly Demon Mink Tribe’s strongest members had been trapped by Eternal Illusion Demonic Flowers, Mu Ling and her companions traveled to the Flame Divine Hall in the Sea Region of Flame to meet Moluo, the Flame Ancestral Talisman’s current wielder. Mu Ling sent Ying Huanhuan and Xiao Mingshan to explore while she went to find him.

• Xiao Ming accepted Yuan Gan’s gift of a Universe Bag and told him the Otherworldly Demons had trapped the Heavenly Demon Mink Tribe’s experts in their Heavenly Cave.
• Yuan Gan explained that the Eternal Illusion Demonic Flower’s fragrance trapped victims in illusions, leaving outsiders to mistake them for cultivators in seclusion.
• Mu Ling, Ying Huanhuan, and Xiao Mingshan left the Dragon Realm and traveled toward Fire Flame City in the Sea Region of Flame.
• As they crossed the sea, they saw the Flame Divine Hall’s Enforcement Team patrolling beneath a powerful barrier around the city.
• Mu Ling told Ying Huanhuan and Xiao Mingshan to explore while she went to find Moluo.

Xiao Ming and his companions went to the Flame Divine Hall to borrow Flame Ling, but its guards mistook Xiao Mingshan for a wanted kidnapper and surrounded them. Moluo confronted Xiao Ming, who offered a trial by combat and demanded Flame Ling if Moluo could not withstand one move.

• Xiao Ming brought Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan to the Flame Divine Hall headquarters in Fire Flame City.
• A woman in crimson armor barred their way, then accused Xiao Mingshan of kidnapping the holy maiden of the Undying Sacred Whale Clan and ordered the Fire God Guard to surround them.
• Xiao Ming called for Moluo, and the Flame Divine Hall's Hall Master appeared before the gathered onlookers.
• Xiao Ming asked to borrow Flame Ling, but Moluo refused to hand it over.
• Xiao Ming challenged Moluo to withstand one move, promising to leave if he succeeded and to borrow Flame Ling if he failed.