Chapter Summaries

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 ancient ruins. He located the Devouring Ancestral Symbol within a black sphere of light atop a vast altar.

• Xiao Ming agreed to accept Qing Tan as his disciple, and she left with him after receiving gifts and saying goodbye to her family.
• Xiao Ming, Ying Huanhuan, and Qing Tan rode a Nirvana Realm giant eagle to the Great Desolate Ancient Plains as factions gathered for the seal to weaken.
• Xiao Ming opened the Great Desolate Ancient Stele's seal, and he and the two girls entered the ruins as the crowd rushed in behind them.
• Xiao Ming sensed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol on a towering mountain and led Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan to a vast black altar.
• Xiao Ming and the two girls saw the Devouring Ancestral Symbol resting inside a black sphere of light at the altar's center.

Xiao Ming destroyed the Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s guardian phantom and used Ling to forcibly absorb the Ancestral Symbol. After the altar collapsed, Ling emerged with a talisman spirit bearing Xiao Ming’s likeness, showing that the Devouring Ancestral Symbol had acknowledged him.

• The Devouring Ancestral Symbol’s guardian 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 control it directly rather than seek its recognition.
• Xiao Ming sent Ling to swallow the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, triggering violent energy surges that drew nearby explorers toward the ruins.
• The altar and central pillar collapsed as Ling’s power erupted, while Xiao Ming remained unharmed within a protected space.
• Xiao Ming emerged unhurt, and a talisman spirit resembling him appeared on the ancient rune.

Xiao Ming obtained the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and agreed to destroy the Demonic King sealed beneath the Great Desolate Sect. He confronted Ninth King Hall, shattered his body, and trapped his escaping demonic spirit in seven-colored light.

• Black Pupil emerged from the vortex, congratulated Xiao Ming on obtaining the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, and asked him to destroy the Otherworldly Demon sealed beneath the Great Desolate Sect.
• Xiao Ming left the altar with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan, then summoned the Great Desolate Monument to protect them as he confronted the threat below.
• Xiao Ming froze the guardian skeleton and its demonic beast, then used seven-colored flames to drive back the Demonic Qi and draw out Ninth King Hall.
• Ninth King Hall attacked Xiao Ming with a black bone sword, but Xiao Ming's seven-colored giant hand overwhelmed him and exploded his body.
• Xiao Ming trapped Ninth King Hall's fleeing demonic spirit inside a barrier of seven-colored light.

Xiao Ming defeated the Ninth King Hall and fed him to the Demonic King inside his Demonic Pearl, then captured King Tian Ming after the demon detonated his body and tried to flee. The Otherworldly Demons discovered both kings had been erased, while Xiao Ming decided to deal with Yuan Sect first.

• Xiao Ming tossed the Ninth King Hall into the Demonic Pearl, where the Demonic King devoured him and grew to the peak of the Two Cycles of Reincarnation Tribulation.
• The Otherworldly Demons saw Old Ninth’s Blood Lamp go out and suspected that an expert in the Eastern Xuan Region had erased him.
• King Tian Ming appeared at the Great Desolate Ancient Stele, recognized the danger, and detonated his Demonic Body to escape.
• Xiao Ming blocked King Tian Ming’s Demonic Wave, caught his fleeing heart, and tossed him into the Demonic Pearl.
• The Otherworldly Demons saw Tian Ming’s Blood Lamp go out, while Xiao Ming resolved to deal with Yuan Sect first.

Wang Jie attacked Yuan Sect to avenge her parents and rescue her younger brother, Wang Yan. After killing Li Lei, she faced ten Life Xuan Realm Great Completion elders, and their battle began.

• Xiao Ming collected the Reincarnation Insight left behind by the Great Desolate Sect's departed predecessors.
• Wang Jie destroyed the sentries' mountain post and flew toward Yuan Sect as followers gathered behind her.
• Wang Jie demanded that Yuan Sect hand over Li Lei and release Wang Yan, then attacked Li Lei when he appeared.
• Li Lei used the Thunder Sound Lion Fist, but Wang Jie cut through his attack and killed him with a single sword strike.
• Ten Yuan Sect elders confronted Wang Jie and attacked her, and she met their charge using the Seven-colored Flame.

Wang Jie fought off the Yuan Sect elders, but Ren Yuanzi trapped her and moved to kill her. Xiao Ming arrived with two companions, stopped Ren Yuanzi’s attack, and declared that he had come to destroy the Yuan Sect.

• Wang Jie killed two Yuan Sect elders and broke the Heaven Yuan Formation’s Heaven Suppressing Seal with her seven-colored flames.
• Ren Yuanzi trapped Wang Jie in a strange cage and attacked her with a Crystal Giant Finger.
• Ying Xuanzi appeared and stopped Ren Yuanzi’s strike, but hesitated when Ren Yuanzi threatened the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Ming arrived with two companions, made Ren Yuanzi’s Black and White Great Hand vanish, and declared that he had come to destroy the Yuan Sect.

Xiao Ming confronted the Yuan Sect and exposed its use of the Space Ancestral Talisman and Demonic Emperor Lock to control Zhou Tong, a Dao Sect prodigy presumed dead. After Xiao Ming freed Zhou Tong from the Yuan Sect’s control, Ying Xuanzi attacked the sect in fury while its Three Palm Masters withdrew.

• Di Yuanzi and Tian Yuanzi joined Ren Yuanzi, but Xiao Ming defeated all three Yuan Sect Palm Masters with a single attack.
• Di Yuanzi released a shadowy figure who wielded the Space Ancestral Talisman, and Ying Xuanzi recognized him as Zhou Tong, the Dao Sect prodigy presumed dead.
• Tian Yuanzi revealed that the Yuan Sect had controlled Zhou Tong for a hundred years and turned him against Ying Xuanzi, but Xiao Ming stopped Zhou Tong’s attack on his former master.
• Xiao Ming used Seven-colored Flame to burn away Zhou Tong’s corruption and reveal the Demonic Emperor Lock, exposing the Yuan Sect’s collusion with the Otherworldly Demons.
• Ying Xuanzi shattered the Yuan Sect’s mountain gate and attacked its disciples while the Three Palm Masters stayed away.

Ying Xuanzi and Heaven Hall Senior Sister massacred Yuan Sect while Xiao Ming used the Seven-colored Flame and Space Ancestral Talisman to restore Zhou Tong. The Three Yuan Gate Giants emerged with an army of Demonic Corpses and a Great Heavenly Demonic Creature, but Xiao Ming destroyed them, leaving Yuan Sect's fate settled and its demonic rulers dead.

• Ying Xuanzi and Heaven Hall Senior Sister slaughtered Yuan Sect's elders and disciples as Xiao Ming burned away the Demonic Markings on Zhou Tong's skeleton.
• Xiao Ming destroyed the Demonic Emperor Lock, and the Space Ancestral Talisman restored Zhou Tong's body.
• Zhou Tong used the Great Desolate Scripture to split the earth beneath Yuan Sect and bury its remaining experts.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi emerged from Yuan Sect's forbidden back mountain and summoned Demonic Corpses, including a Great Heavenly Demonic Creature.
• Xiao Ming overwhelmed the Three Yuan Gate Giants' Demonic Shield and attacks, then swept them away with a river of seven-colored flames.

Xiao Ming subdued the Three Yuan Gate Giants, absorbed their demonic energy into the Demon Pearl, and accepted Zhou Tong’s Space Ancestral Talisman. He warned the Eastern Xuan Region that the Demonic Calamity was returning, leaving its leaders to consider how to respond.

• Xiao Ming ordered Zhou Tong to retrieve the supposedly dead Three Yuan Gate Giants, who revealed themselves and tried to flee.
• Xiao Ming restrained the Three Giants and demanded Demon Prison’s headquarters location, but they refused and detonated themselves.
• Xiao Ming deflected the demonic explosion, formed a Black Pearl, and fused it with the True King Demon Pearl, advancing it to the Triple Reincarnation Tribulation.
• Zhou Tong offered Xiao Ming the Space Ancestral Talisman, which Xiao Ming accepted and absorbed.
• Xiao Ming warned that the Demonic Race was rising again and that remnants might still threaten the Eastern Xuan Region.

Xiao Ming persuaded the Eastern Xuan Region’s sects to unite against the Otherworldly Demons, then took Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan to the Chaotic Demon Sea for training. On Mysterious Spirit Mountain, the exhausted pair discovered a Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit on an island in a lake, and Xiao Ming said the rare fruit would soon appear.

• Xiao Ming urged the Eastern Xuan Region’s leaders to form an Alliance, and they agreed to let Dao Sect lead.
• Xiao Ming opened a spatial passage and left with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan for the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Xiao Ming trained Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan in the Heavenly Wind Sea Region until they reached the Small Yuan Dan Realm.
• Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan reached a lake in the depths of Mysterious Spirit Mountain and spotted a strange glow on an island.
• Xiao Ming identified the glow as a Life Mysterious Spirit Fruit and said it would appear when the sun and moon met.

Xiao Ming collected the Life Mysterious Spirit Fruits and Earth Core Spiritual Paste before entering the Demon Suppressing Prison beneath Mysterious Spirit Mountain. He identified it as the prison guarded by the Flame Master.

• As the Life Mysterious Spirit Tree appeared, Ying Huanhuan explained that its nine fruits would mark its maturity.
• Xiao Ming drew four fruits from the tree and divided them between Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan.
• The Three-Headed Demonic Flood Dragon emerged from the lake, but Xiao Ming subdued it with his presence and ordered it to protect the two girls.
• Xiao Ming dove beneath the lake, found the Earth Core Spiritual Paste, and took it despite the formation's attack.
• Xiao Ming entered the Dark Space of the Demon Suppressing Prison and recognized it as the one guarded by the Flame Master.

Xiao Ming found the Flame Master sealed in a magma-filled Demon Suppressing Prison and witnessed the Great Heavenly Demonic King’s failed attempt to reach the Stone Coffin. After Xiao Ming revealed his strength and said he had come for the demon, the wary Flame Master questioned his intentions, and Xiao Ming called for Desolate to speak with his old friend.

• Xiao Ming traced the magma rivers to a Stone Coffin containing the sleeping Flame Master.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King reached for the coffin, but magma-covered chains bound him and forced him to retreat.
• The Flame Master appeared before Xiao Ming and recognized the auras of the Great Desolate Monument and the Ice Lord.
• Xiao Ming revealed his Ancestor Realm strength and said he had come for the Great Heavenly Demonic King.
• The Flame Master warned Xiao Ming about the demon’s strength and refused to lower his guard, so Xiao Ming called Desolate to talk with his old friend.

Xiao Ming convinced the Flame Master to weaken the seal on the Great Heavenly Demonic King so he could confront it. The King escaped but tried to flee after recognizing the faint Tunling Clan aura on Xiao Ming, who stopped it by unleashing power that shook the Demon Suppressing Prison and Mysterious Spirit Mountain.

• Desolate urged the Flame Master to trust Xiao Ming, and the Flame Master agreed to loosen the seal.
• The Flame Master moved the Stone Coffin, allowing the injured Great Heavenly Demonic King to break free from the magma formation.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King confronted the Flame Master, then tried to escape rather than risk fighting while it remained wounded.
• Xiao Ming revealed that he had come to study the Outer Realm Evil Tribe, and the King detected a faint Tunling Clan aura on him.
• The Great Heavenly Demonic King fled into a vortex of Demonic Qi, but Xiao Ming clenched his hand and shook the Demon Suppressing Prison and the sky above Mysterious Spirit Mountain.
• Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan watched the strange changes in the sky, and Qing Tan trusted that Xiao Ming was strong enough to handle them.

Xiao Ming learned that the Tunling Clan was a powerful branch of the Outer Realm Evil Tribe, then left Mysterious Spirit Island with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan. The group arrived at Heavenly Merchant City, where Qing Tan marveled at the bustling region.

• Xiao Ming tortured the Great Heavenly Demonic King's Beast Soul until it revealed that the Tunling Clan was a powerful branch of the Holy Tribe that could imitate the bloodlines of people from the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Ming told the Flame Master that Ying Huanhuan was now called Ying Huanhuan and was his disciple, then left with the Great Desolate Monument and the captured Great Heavenly Demonic King.
• Xiao Ming gave Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan Earth Core Life Spirit Liquid, while Ying Huanhuan failed to recognize the Flame Master and hid behind Xiao Ming.
• Xiao Ming left Mysterious Spirit Mountain with Ying Huanhuan and Qing Tan, refusing the Flame Master's offer to accompany them.
• Xiao Ming and his disciples arrived at Heavenly Merchant City, and Qing Tan excitedly took in the lively scene.

Xiao Ming took Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to Heavenly Merchant City, where he planned to draw out the Plane Spirit and obtain the Plane Embryo. He met the hungry Mu Lingshan, whose connection to the Devouring Ancestral Symbol explained why she had followed him.

• Xiao Ming brought Qing Tan and Ying Huanhuan to Heavenly Merchant City and let them explore before finding an inn.
• Xiao Ming considered how to make the Plane Spirit reveal itself, while avoiding the danger of releasing the Other Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Ming noticed a little girl watching him from the branches and invited her to eat with him and his two disciples.
• The girl introduced herself as Mu Lingshan and said she had followed Xiao Ming because she felt he would not hurt her.
• Xiao Ming recognized Mu Lingshan as the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol and realized her affinity with the Devouring Ancestral Symbol had drawn her to him.

Xiao Ming traveled with Mu Lingshan, Qing Tan, and Ying Huanhuan from the Heavenly Merchant Sea Region to the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region, where they reached the Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling. He opened its stone gate, revealing an ancient aura within.

• Xiao Ming learned that Mu Lingshan was the Life and Death Ancestral Symbol, and she joined his group after the Heavenly Merchant Auction.
• Xiao Ming took a Sea Suppressing Profound Whale as a mount and protected his group from pirate attacks on the way to the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region.
• Xiao Ming and the three girls entered the Heavenly Thunder Sea Region and crossed its violent thunderstorm zones.
• Xiao Ming reached the Thunder Emperor's Cave Dwelling and used a punch to open its massive stone gate.

Xiao Ming led the others through the ruined Thunder Emperor’s Cave Dwelling, destroying demonic corpses and collecting Death Silence Pills and Hearts of Thunder. After Xiao Ming freed one Silver Light Figure from the Demonic Qi that had corrupted him, the figure regained consciousness and thanked him.

• Xiao Ming and the others crossed the Thunder Light Figures’ arrow barrage and entered the desolate ruins of the Thunder Emperor’s Cave Dwelling.
• Xiao Ming burned eighteen Demonic Corpses, collected their Death Silence Pills, and gave the pills to Ying Huanhuan and the others.
• Xiao Ming and his companions traveled deeper into the ruins, where he destroyed more Demonic Corpses and collected the Death Silence Pills they left behind.
• Xiao Ming found a vast Thunder Lake, split it open, and used lightning to destroy the Silver Corpses while collecting the Hearts of Thunder released from them.
• Xiao Ming’s lightning erased the Demonic Markings from the last corpse, and the Silver Light Figure regained his consciousness and bowed in gratitude.

Xiao Ming learned from Zuo Fei that the Thunder Ancestral Symbol lay in the Thunder Realm, then reached Thunder Hall and opened the Realm’s entrance with the Thunder Emperor Scepter. He entered the Thunder Realm alone, leaving Ying Huanhuan, Mu Lingshan, and Qing Tan to collect the hall’s treasures.

• Zuo Fei explained that his consciousness was only a remnant soul and revealed that the Thunder Ancestral Symbol was in the Thunder Realm, then gave Xiao Ming his Heart of Thunder before disappearing.
• Xiao Ming and the others crossed the Sea of Lightning and reached Thunder Hall, where Xiao Ming opened the sealed entrance.
• Three corrupted former Thunder Kings attacked, but Xiao Ming cleansed them with flames and freed their spiritual lights.
• Xiao Ming took the Thunder Emperor Scepter from the statue and used it to reveal a Space Vortex leading to the Thunder Realm.
• Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan, Mu Lingshan, and Qing Tan to take the treasures, then entered the Thunder Realm alone.

Xiao Ming entered the Thunder Realm, where he awakened Thunder Emperor and offered him the chance to destroy the sealed Demonic King. Thunder Emperor chose to fight, and with Xiao Ming lending his Golden Lightning to the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s spirit, he unleashed a devastating attack.

• Xiao Ming found the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and the sealed Demonic King beneath the Thunder Pulp Sea.
• The Demonic King tried to invade Xiao Ming’s mind, but Xiao Ming destroyed his eyes and ignored his threats.
• Xiao Ming awakened Thunder Emperor’s remnant spirit and offered to send him into reincarnation after the Demonic King’s destruction.
• Thunder Emperor chose to destroy the Demonic King and summoned the Thunder Ancestral Symbol’s nine-headed spirit.
• Xiao Ming lent the spirit his Golden Lightning, and Thunder Emperor launched a massive attack at the Demonic King.

Xiao Ming helped the Thunder Emperor annihilate the Demonic King, then sent the Thunder Emperor through the Reincarnation passage. He subdued the Thunder Ancestral Symbol and fused its power with Exotic Lightning to create Emperor Thunder before leaving the Thunder Realm.

• The Thunder Emperor, aided by Xiao Ming, destroyed the Demonic King's body and burned away his escaping black qi, annihilating him completely.
• Xiao Ming opened a Reincarnation passage, and the Thunder Emperor entrusted him with the Thunder Ancestral Symbol before entering it.
• Xiao Ming endured the Thunder Ancestral Symbol's test of one hundred thousand lightning strikes and absorbed the symbol into his Niwan Palace.
• The Thunder Ancestral Symbol fused with Xiao Ming's golden lightning and Exotic Lightning, forming a power he named Emperor Thunder.
• Xiao Ming gathered the remaining Demonic Qi into the Black Pearl, then vanished from the Thunder Realm.