Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming and the Ancient Race leaders discovered that Hun Tiandi had activated the Soul Devouring Life Extinguishing Formation, sacrificing the Soul Clan to power his rise toward Dou Di. As Hun Tiandi emerged from the Blood Sea in a Half-Emperor state, Gu Yuan and the others attacked him while Xiao Ming kept Zhu Zhen from joining the fight.

• Xiao Ming recognized the Soul Devouring Life Extinguishing Formation as it slaughtered Soul Clan members and turned their blood into energy for the formation.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and the others attacked the crimson barrier, but Hun Tiandi told them they would all become his strength.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a Blood Sea atop a blood-colored lotus and revealed that the Soul Clan's centuries of slaughter had gathered enough energy to let someone break through to Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan accused Hun Tiandi of sacrificing his own clansmen, but Hun Tiandi claimed the Soul Clan would survive as long as he remained alive.
• Xiao Ming stopped Zhu Zhen from joining the attack and explained that Hun Tiandi had reached a Half-Emperor state.
• Gu Yuan, Gu Lie, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin charged Hun Tiandi, and Gu Yuan and Gu Lie began their attacks.

Hun Tiandi overwhelmed the allied clans, killing Lei Ying, Yan Jin, and Gu Lie before gravely wounding Gu Yuan. Xiao Ming confronted him and admitted he had deliberately allowed the four clans to weaken one another, while Hun Tiandi’s unstable power began to falter.

• Hun Tiandi unleashed blood waves and Blood Demon Corroding Heart Lightning, killing Lei Ying and destroying the attacks of Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin.
• Zhu Zhen offered to use his spatial abilities to send Xiao Ming away, but Xiao Ming refused, confident Hun Tiandi could not wipe them out.
• Hun Tiandi killed Yan Jin and crushed Gu Lie, who had charged at him in an attempt to self-destruct; Gu Lie’s soul was secretly absorbed by the Blood Sea.
• Gu Yuan used the Ancient Emperor Mirror and its massive beam against Hun Tiandi, but Hun Tiandi pierced through the attack and destroyed Gu Yuan’s dantian, causing his body to explode.
• Xiao Ming appeared beside Gu Yuan and pointed out that Hun Tiandi’s stolen Dou Di Bloodline power could not sustain his body, then admitted he had intended to weaken the four clans to establish order across the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Ming fought Hun Tiandi in the Soul Realm, using his improved spatial abilities to evade him while the Blood Sea’s grudges drove Hun Tiandi toward madness. After their final clash left both badly injured, Xiao Ming revealed that Hun Tiandi had attacked a false body and killed him from behind; he then reclaimed Ling.

• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Ming, who stored Gu Yuan’s soul and evaded him through space while the Blood Sea’s vengeful energy and spirits tormented Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi failed to seize Zhu Zhen and eventually caught up to Xiao Ming, but lost their first physical clash.
• Hun Tiandi poured blood essence into the Blood Blade and launched a powerful attack as Xiao Ming countered with Yellow Springs Heaven’s Wrath, shattering the Soul Realm and leaving both figures grievously injured.
• Hun Tiandi believed he had defeated Xiao Ming and threatened to destroy the Heavenly Court and three clans, but Xiao Ming appeared behind him and burned him to ashes.
• Xiao Ming revealed the apparent body on the ground was a false body, reclaimed Ling from it, and thanked Ling for its help.

After the Soul Realm battle, Xiao Ming returned victorious and revealed that he had killed Hun Tiandi and destroyed the Soul Clan. He saved Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders’ souls, and the Three Clans Allied Army celebrated before leaving with them.

• Zi Yan led the Three Clans Allied Army in swiftly wiping out the Hall of Souls forces across the Central Plains.
• Zhu Zhen emerged from the Soul Realm alone and reported that Hun Tiandi had reached Half-Emperor strength, Gu Yuan had been struck into Blood Mist, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying had died in battle.
• Zhu Zhen said Xiao Ming was still fighting Hun Tiandi, leaving the gathered forces fearful and despairing.
• Xiao Ming returned, embraced Zi Yan, and announced that Hun Tiandi was dead, the Soul Clan had perished, and the Soul Realm had been destroyed.
• Xiao Ming revealed the souls of Gu Yuan and the other three clan leaders, prompting the allied forces to celebrate before the clans departed with them.

Xiao Ming reunited the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades and revealed the location of the Cave Mansion, then planned to return to his clan and devour Nihility Devouring Flame to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Di. Zi Yan decided to wait for him before rescuing her father, Zhu Kun, from the Cave Mansion.

• Fire Spirit Fairy persuaded the Thunder Clan elder that Xiao Ming would not return the Emperor Jade because it could help him break through to Dou Di, and the clans chose not to fight him for it.
• Xiao Ming showed Zi Yan the eight Tou She Ancient God Jades and used black flames to join them into a complete jade, which summoned Tou She Ancient God's phantom.
• Xiao Ming explained that the jade revealed the Cave Mansion's location and warned Zi Yan not to let her father enter because an Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill inside could overpower him.
• Xiao Ming said he would return to his clan, inform Medusa and Xian'er that he was safe, and cultivate by devouring Nihility Devouring Flame; Zi Yan chose to wait and go with him afterward.

After the Soul Clan’s destruction, Xiao Ming entered the Heaven Tomb to pursue the Dou Di realm, refining Grade Nine Golden Pills and absorbing their energy. He absorbed Origin Qi and released Emperor’s Might, leaving Xiao Xuan certain that he had succeeded.

• News of the Soul Clan’s destruction spread across the Central Plains, and Xiao Ming became known as the continent’s strongest expert as Heavenly Court gained recruits.
• Xiao Chen gave Xiao Ming the ingredients for Grade Nine Golden Pills, and Xiao Ming told Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian he planned to attempt a breakthrough in the Heaven Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan led Xiao Ming to an ancient formation and guarded him while he spent half a year refining pills and advanced to the Nine Star Dou Sheng Late Stage.
• Xiao Ming swallowed four Grade Nine Golden Pills with Nihility Devouring Flame and cultivated inside an energy cocoon for nine months in the Heaven Tomb.
• Xiao Ming absorbed Origin Qi, and his Emperor’s Might pressed every Soul Body, including Xiao Xuan, to the ground as Xiao Xuan declared that he had succeeded in reaching Dou Di.

Xiao Ming reached the Dou Di realm, awakened the bloodline of his family, and freed Zhu Kun by opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling. Inside, they encountered the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, who realized Xiao Ming was a Dou Di.

• Xiao Ming's breakthrough awakened the Dou Di Bloodline in his daughters and the Xiao Clan, while he announced himself as the Heavenly Emperor to the entire continent.
• Xiao Ming and Zi Yan entered the depths beneath Jia Nan Academy, met Zhu Kun, and used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to open the sealed stone gate.
• Xiao Ming restored the damage caused by the gate opening and released Zhu Kun from his prison; the three then entered the Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling.
• Xiao Ming led Zhu Kun and Zi Yan to the plaza, where the Heavenly Flame pillars and Tou She Ancient God's Stone Statue stood among floating Heaven Tier scrolls.
• The Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill appeared on the statue and mistook himself for Tou She Ancient God until Xiao Ming identified him; he then sensed Xiao Ming's Dou Di realm and reacted with terror.

Xiao Ming obtained Origin Qi from Tou She Ancient God and gave it to Zhu Kun as a betrothal gift, securing Zhu Kun’s approval to marry Zi Yan. Three months later, Xiao Ming held a grand wedding and brought the Dou Qi Continent under Heavenly Court rule, opening the passage to the outside world.

• Xiao Ming subdued the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill, spared him, and made him an elder of the Heavenly Court.
• The Stone Statue drew Xiao Ming inside, where he met Tou She Ancient God and received Origin Qi in exchange for finding a successor to his inheritance.
• Xiao Ming gave Zhu Kun the Origin Qi as a betrothal gift, and Zhu Kun approved his marriage to Zi Yan.
• Three months later, Xiao Ming married Zi Yan at the Heavenly Court, with leaders from across the continent attending.
• Xiao Ming announced that the Heavenly Court would govern the Dou Qi Continent and reopen the passage to the outside world, and the continent began to recover its ancient prosperity.

Five years after the Heavenly Court unified Central Plains, Xiao Ming prepared to leave the Dou Qi Continent for the Great Thousand World. He invited Zi Yan, Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Di Dan to join him, but told Zi Yan she needed to remain behind and protect the Heavenly Court.

• The Heavenly Court prospered across Central Plains, and Xiao Ming created the Mortal World Inquiry assessment to keep people with impure intentions from its ranks.
• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Di with Xiao Ming’s help, while Zhu Kun, Xiao Xuan, and Di Dan also reached Dou Di, bringing the continent’s total to five Dou Di.
• Xiao Ming told Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Di Dan that he planned to leave the Dou Qi Continent, and all three agreed to go with him.
• Zi Yan asked to join Xiao Ming, but he told her to stay because the Heavenly Court needed her strength to maintain stability.
• Xiao Ming recalled that his Life Simulator had updated and could restart as Version 2.0 once he traveled to the Great Thousand World.

Xiao Ming and his companions left the Dou Qi Continent for the Great Thousand World, but Spatial Turbulence swept them away. Xiao Ming entered the Tian Xuan Continent and emerged inside Dao Sect, where he recognized familiar names.

• Xiao Ming said farewell to Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others, then entered a passage to another plane with Xiao Xuan, Zhu Kun, and Di Dan.
• Xiao Ming and the others traveled through the void searching for a route to the Great Thousand World, until Spatial Turbulence swept them away despite their attempt to evade it.
• Zhu Kun reverted to his true form to shield Xiao Xuan and Di Dan, but the turbulence carried all of them off.
• Xiao Ming escaped the Spatial Turbulence by entering a nearby plane and appeared in the cultivation chamber of Dao Sect's Heaven Hall Senior Sister.
• The Heaven Hall Senior Sister shouted that an enemy had attacked, but Xiao Ming told her the space had been sealed and asked whether they were on the Tian Xuan Continent.

Xiao Ming confirmed he was on the Tian Xuan Continent and decided to seek its Plane Embryo and investigate its Ancestral Symbols. After empowering Wang Jie and accelerating Ying Huanhuan’s awakening, he confronted the Dao Sect and declared himself in control.

• Wang Jie told Xiao Ming that he was in the Dao Sect on the Tian Xuan Continent, and he gave her a seven-colored flame that brought her close to the Life Xuan Realm.
• Xiao Ming found Ying Xiaoxiao and Ying Huanhuan in the Dao Sect courtyard and used profound ice to awaken Ying Huanhuan’s Ice Lord reincarnation early.
• Ying Xuanzi attacked Xiao Ming with a spatial storm, but Xiao Ming dispersed it with a casual flick of his sleeve.
• The Dao Sect’s Four Great Halls attacked Xiao Ming, but he emerged unharmed and forced nearly everyone in the sect to their knees with his aura.
• Xiao Ming announced that he would call the shots in the Dao Sect, leaving its members stunned by his power.

Xiao Ming forced the Great Desolate Monument to emerge from Dao Sect and prepared to seize the King-Rank Otherworldly Demon imprisoned within it. The Monument Spirit recognized Xiao Ming as an Ancestor Realm expert, while the demon renewed its attempt to corrupt the monument and challenged the hope that he could stop it.

• Ying Xuanzi begged Xiao Ming to spare Dao Sect, while Ying Huanhuan lay lifeless in his arms.
• Xiao Ming ordered the King-level Demonic Creature inside the Great Desolate Monument to be brought out, and the monument burst from its mountain.
• Xiao Ming summoned a massive hand to seize the monument, prompting the Monument Spirit to appear and respond to him.
• Inside the monument, the Monument Spirit recognized Xiao Ming as an Ancestor Realm expert as black patterns spread from the imprisoned demon.
• The Great Desolate Monument suppressed the demon’s spreading corruption, but the demon mocked its hope that Xiao Ming could stop its kind.

Xiao Ming destroyed the Demonic King’s power within the Great Desolate Monument and captured the remaining Black Pearl. The Monument Spirit emerged and insisted on following Xiao Ming, rejecting the Dao Sect’s claim to the monument.

• The Demonic King abandoned his attempt to seize the Great Desolate Monument and tried to flee, but a giant hand gathered and seized him.
• The Monument Spirit released its restraint on the Demonic King’s power, and the giant hand’s Seven-colored Flames destroyed the Demonic Qi and sealed him in a Black Pearl.
• The Great Desolate Monument’s corruption faded, vitality returned to its inner space, and the Monument Spirit emerged to thank Xiao Ming and ask to follow him.
• Outside the monument, Xiao Ming caught the Black Pearl and dismissed the Demonic King’s threat, while Ying Xuanzi and the others recognized the Otherworldly Demons’ aura.
• The Great Desolate Monument shrank and circled Xiao Ming, and Chen Zhen approached to claim it for the Dao Sect before the Monument Spirit angrily rejected him.

Xiao Ming accepted the Great Desolate Monument and gave the Dao Sect a way to study the Great Desolate Scripture. Ying Huanhuan awakened as the Ice Lord, and Xiao Ming offered Ying Xuanzi one condition, which he used to ask Xiao Ming to take his daughter as a disciple.

• The Monument Spirit begged Xiao Ming to take the Great Desolate Monument, and Xiao Ming agreed after recognizing that it wanted him to restore its strength.
• Xiao Ming gave Chen Zhen a Stone Stele containing the Great Desolate Scripture and warned the Dao Sect to select only talented descendants to study it.
• Ying Huanhuan's Reincarnation Seal appeared as her hair and eyes turned icy blue, and the Monument Spirit identified her as the Ice Lord.
• Ying Xuanzi lamented that Ying Huanhuan had awakened, while Xiao Ming offered the Dao Sect one condition to make up for forcing her awakening.
• Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Ming to accept Ying Huanhuan as his disciple.

Xiao Ming sealed Ying Huanhuan’s memories and took her away from the Dao Sect, where the Yuan Sect suffered a major defeat in the Sect Competition. The pair arrived in the Great Yan Dynasty, where Xiao Ming hinted that the seemingly ordinary place was not as simple as it appeared.

• Ying Xuanzi asked Xiao Ming to take Ying Huanhuan as a disciple and temporarily seal her memories, and Xiao Ming agreed to take her away after two days.
• Xiao Ming left the Dao Sect, and Chen Zhen told the other sects that a powerful stranger had taken the Great Desolate Monument while the Yuan Sect plotted against Ying Huanhuan and the Dao Sect’s geniuses.
• The Dao Sect’s Heaven Hall Senior Sister defeated the Yuan Gate Three Little Kings, killing two and injuring one, while many other Yuan Sect disciples were killed or wounded.
• The chapter described the Great Yan Dynasty, its major powers, and the ruins of the ancient Great Desolate Sect, which had once possessed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol.
• The Imperial Palace’s Teleportation Formation activated unexpectedly, and Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan appeared at Holy War Peak.
• Ying Huanhuan questioned why Xiao Ming had brought her to the Great Yan Dynasty, and Xiao Ming told her the place was not as simple as she thought.

Xiao Ming brought Ying Huanhuan to the Flame City Symbol Master Association, where he explored its Symbol Master Tower and examined the Ancestral Symbol imprints on its ninth floor. He left the reason for his interest—and what he intended to obtain—unrevealed.

• Xiao Ming paid Mo Jingtian with Nirvana Pills for using the Great Yan Dynasty's teleportation array and departed with Ying Huanhuan.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan arrived in Flame City, and he told her that her training would be doubled after she protested.
• Xiao Ming explained the Symbol Master cultivation system and led Ying Huanhuan into the Symbol Master Tower.
• Xiao Ming reached the tower's ninth floor and recognized the patterns on its walls as imprints of Ancestral Symbols.

Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan uncovered a map showing the locations of the Devouring and Thunder Ancestral Symbols, then set off to visit an old acquaintance at the Great Desolate Monument. At the secluded Lin Family home, Lin Dong tried to help Qing Tan when her painful Yin Cold Qi flared up, and a youth accompanied by a little girl arrived.

• Xiao Ming used Spiritual Power to reveal a map marking the Devouring Ancestral Symbol in the Great Yan Dynasty and the Thunder Ancestral Symbol elsewhere.
• Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan they would visit an old acquaintance at the Great Desolate Monument instead of retrieving an Ancestral Symbol.
• Lin Dong trained with iron weights in the woods near his secluded home while Qing Tan watched.
• Qing Tan's Yin Cold Qi erupted, and Lin Dong rushed away despite her urging him not to seek help.
• A youth and a little girl arrived, and the girl remarked that Qing Tan looked like she was in pain.

Xiao Ming saved Qing Tan from a cold eruption, then continued his search in the Lin Family’s rear 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 used his warmth to suppress Qing Tan’s cold eruption, and Lin Xiao thanked him while remaining wary of the stranger.
• Xiao Ming asked Lin Dong his name and recognized him as the Son of the Plane of Tian Xuan Continent before leaving with Ying Huanhuan.
• Lin Dong questioned why Lin Xiao was wary of Xiao Ming, while Lin Xiao said he would understand when he grew up.
• Xiao Ming followed a concealed path beneath a cliff and entered a hidden cave with Ying Huanhuan.
• Xiao Ming drew a grayish-white stone from a crack in the cave ceiling and identified it as the Ancestral Stone.

Xiao Ming examined the Ancestral Stone and learned about its history, while the Great Desolate Monument discovered Little Marten's Demonic Spirit inside it. Xiao Ming spared Little Marten, then had Ying Huanhuan begin her breakthrough as he studied the Stone's structure.

• Ying Huanhuan recognized the stone in Xiao Ming's hand as the Ancestral Stone, and Xiao Ming considered its history and the Plane Spirit's role in bringing it to Lin Dong.
• Xiao Ming called forth the Great Desolate Monument's Monument Spirit, which confirmed the Ancestral Stone's Artifact Spirit remained unconscious and noticed a mouse inside.
• The Great Desolate Monument proposed that Ying Huanhuan devour Little Marten's Demonic Spirit, but Xiao Ming refused to let her do so.
• Xiao Ming asked the Great Desolate Monument to protect Ying Huanhuan as she began breaking through to the Earth Yuan Realm.
• Xiao Ming sent his Spiritual Power into the Ancestral Stone and studied its structure, rapidly deepening his understanding of the Symbol Master profession.

Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan left Cliff Top and met Lin Xiao, Lin Dong, and Qing Tan. After learning about Qing Tan’s powerful physique and her origins in the Great Thousand World, Xiao Ming explained her potential, and Lin Dong asked him to take her as a disciple.

• Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that he had returned the Ancestral Stone because it was of little use to him and he could eventually create one himself.
• Lin Xiao invited Xiao Ming to his home and asked him to help Qing Tan with her recurring Yin Sha Qi eruptions.
• Xiao Ming recognized Qing Tan’s Sha Demon Physique and explained that it could become a remarkable cultivation foundation with proper guidance.
• Xiao Ming told Lin Xiao and Lin Dong that Qing Tan could reach the Small Yuan Dan Realm in less than a year, and that removing her physique was possible but unwise.
• Lin Dong asked Xiao Ming to take Qing Tan as his disciple, prompting Xiao Ming to reflect that his journey to the Tian Xuan Continent had become a search for disciples.