Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming arrived at Nine-tailed Village with Ying Huanhuan and the others, intending to tell the weakened Nine-tailed Fox Clan why it had fallen from its former power. The Village Chief, Xin'er, brought them to the reception hall and pleaded for information that could help protect her people.

• Xiao Ming inspected Nine-tailed Village's ancient Clan Protecting Formation and entered the village with the three women.
• The young foxes watched Xiao Ming and his companions, while Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan questioned why he had come to a village full of fox spirits.
• Xin'er, the Village Chief, asked Xiao Ming why he had come, and he told her the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's decline had a hidden cause.
• Xin'er tried to use her clan's Charm Skill on Xiao Ming, but he dispelled it, and Ying Huanhuan stopped her from approaching him.
• Xin'er led Xiao Ming and the women to the reception hall, where she described the clan's fear of being captured and begged him to share what he knew.

Xiao Ming revealed that three Demonic Kings had replaced the ancestors’ consciousnesses in the Nine-tailed Clan’s Ancestral Soul Hall and offered to remove the threat. After the clan opened the hall, he freed the real Nine-tailed Spirit Fox from their control and absorbed the Demonic Kings into the Black Pearl, leaving the awakened ancestor to thank him.

• Xiao Ming explained that the Nine-tailed Clan had declined after its ancestors sacrificed themselves to seal three Demonic Kings, who later took over the Ancestral Soul Hall.
• The Nine-tailed Village Chief used a Bronze Statue and Blood Orb to open a gate to the Ancestral Soul Hall, and Xiao Ming summoned the clan’s ancestor from within.
• The apparent ancestor urged the Nine-tailed Clan members to accept her inheritance, but Xiao Ming exposed her as an impostor controlled by the Demonic Kings.
• Xiao Ming extracted the Demonic Kings’ consciousnesses, forced them out of the ancestor, and absorbed them into the Black Pearl.
• The real Nine-tailed Spirit Fox regained consciousness and thanked Xiao Ming for saving her.

The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox explained how the Three Great Demonic Kings had suppressed her and corrupted her clan’s bloodline, then revealed that the Blood Sea could restore the Nine-tailed Clan. Xiao Ming and his disciples traveled to the Dragon Realm, where Dragon Clan guards agreed to report their visit to the Clan Leader.

• The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox apologized to her clansmen and explained that the Three Great Demonic Kings had used her body to obstruct their bloodline and lure clan members into the Blood Sea.
• The Nine-tailed Spirit Fox told the Nine-tailed Village Chief to activate her formation and seal the mountain so the Blood Sea’s energy could restore the clan.
• The Nine-tailed Village Chief and the other Nine-tailed Clan members performed their highest rite to thank Xiao Ming, but Xiao Ming and his disciples departed.
• Xiao Ming and his three disciples arrived in the Dragon Realm after fighting demonic beasts along the way, and the three women had advanced to the Nirvana Realm.
• Dragon Clan warriors surrounded Xiao Ming and his companions, then a guard left to report their request to visit the Clan Leader.

Xiao Ming and his companions entered the Dragon Clan’s territory and were escorted to meet its leaders. The chapter ended as they arrived before the Clan Leader and elders.

• Duan Tao welcomed Xiao Ming and the three women through a spatial passage into the Dragon Clan’s domain.
• Duan Tao showed Xiao Ming the Yuan Trees, Pill Rivers, and Great Void Divine Formation as they crossed the clan’s territory.
• Xiao Xin questioned whether Xiao Ming could be a supreme expert, and Duan Tao scolded her for disrespecting the guest.
• Xiao Ming dismissed Xiao Xin’s remarks and continued to the Stone Hall with Ying Huanhuan, Qing Tan, and Mu Lingshan.
• Xiao Ming and his companions met the Dragon Clan’s elders and the powerful middle-aged Clan Leader outside the Stone Hall.

Xiao Ming arrived at the Dragon Clan and offered to resolve the Otherworldly Demonic Qi leaking from its Demon Suppressing Prison. After showing Yuan Gan his strength, he revealed that the prison held the Master of Darkness, leaving Yuan Gan wondering why the Dragon Clan had never tried to awaken her.

• Duan Tao introduced Xiao Ming to Dragon Clan Leader Yuan Gan, and Xiao Ming offered to deal with the Demonic Qi leaking from the prison.
• Yuan Gan hesitated until Xiao Ming showed him the Black Pearl and explained that it contained a True King powerful enough to destroy the Dragon Clan.
• Yuan Gan brought Xiao Ming and the others to the Demon Suppressing Prison, where they saw its failing golden formation struggling to contain a vast sea of Demonic Qi.
• Yuan Gan admitted that his attempt to break through to the Reincarnation Realm had weakened the formation by consuming the Dragon Vein's power.
• Xiao Ming identified the ancient expert sealed inside as the Master of Darkness, and Yuan Gan wondered why he had never tried to awaken her.

Xiao Ming entered the Demon Suppressing Prison to find the Master of Darkness, who attacked him but was quickly subdued. He summoned the Great Desolate Monument to explain who he was, leaving the Master of Darkness stunned by its appearance.

• Xiao Ming told Yuan Gan and the others to wait, then entered the Demon Sea alone.
• Xiao Ming passed through the Dark Light Barrier and saw the decaying prison, its Dark Towers, and the chains suppressing the Otherworldly Demons.
• Xiao Ming found the Master of Darkness seated at the prison’s center and woke her.
• The Master of Darkness attacked Xiao Ming with black chains, but he shattered them and restrained her with a touch.
• Xiao Ming summoned the Great Desolate Monument, and the Master of Darkness recognized it and demanded to know who Xiao Ming was.

Xiao Ming revealed his origins and intentions to the Master of Darkness, then entered the Demon Suppressing Prison and eliminated its imprisoned Otherworldly Demons. He returned to the Dragon Clan with the Master of Darkness, assuring Yuan Gan that the clan was safe.

• The Monument Spirit told the Master of Darkness that Xiao Ming was an Ancestor Realm expert from beyond the Tian Xuan Continent and that Ice Lord had become his disciple.
• Xiao Ming explained that he sought the continent’s greatest divine treasure and the Ancestral Symbols, and revealed that the Symbol Ancestor had also come from another plane seeking a breakthrough.
• The Master of Darkness asked whether Xiao Ming would leave the continent and protect it from the Demonic Race; he promised to destroy the threat, and she left the million Otherworldly Demons in his hands.
• At the Demon Sea, Yuan Gan and the Dragon Clan elders waited anxiously for Xiao Ming to return from the Demon Suppressing Prison.
• Xiao Ming emerged with the Master of Darkness and told Yuan Gan that he had eliminated all the Otherworldly Demons in the prison.

Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that she was the reincarnation of the Ice Lord, but agreed to seal her memories when she chose to remain herself. He then arranged for the Master of Darkness to recover at the Darkness Divine Hall and take Qing Tan as her successor.

• The Master of Darkness asked Yuan Gan why the Dragon Clan's elders had not dealt with the leaked Demonic Qi, and Yuan Gan said they were in Life-and-Death Retreat.
• The Master of Darkness recognized Ying Huanhuan as her Junior Sister, and Xiao Ming revealed that Huanhuan was the Ice Lord's reincarnation.
• Ying Huanhuan refused to awaken her past-life memories, and Xiao Ming agreed to seal them while she grew stronger.
• Yuan Gan offered the Dragon Clan's help, and Xiao Ming requested medicinal herbs for the clan to provide.
• The Master of Darkness decided to recover her strength before seeking the other Ancient Masters, so Xiao Ming recommended the Darkness Divine Hall.
• Xiao Ming asked the Master of Darkness to take Qing Tan, whose Sha Demon Physique suited her legacy, and promised Qing Tan he would bring her back soon.

After Qing Tan left with the Master of Darkness, Xiao Ming learned that the Heavenly Demon Mink Tribe had been secretly trapped by an Eternal Illusion Demonic Flower and asked Yuan Gan to deal with it. Xiao Ming then returned to the Chaotic Demon Sea with Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan and headed for the Flame Divine Hall to meet Moluo.

• Qing Tan left with the Master of Darkness, while Yuan Gan presented Xiao Ming with a Universe Bag from the Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Ming warned Yuan Gan that an Eternal Illusion Demonic Flower had trapped the Heavenly Demon Mink Tribe's experts in their Heavenly Cave, and Yuan Gan agreed to visit the tribe himself.
• Xiao Ming, Mu Lingshan, and Ying Huanhuan traveled to the Sea Region of Flame, where Mu Lingshan explained the dangers of the volcanic sea below.
• The three arrived at Fire Flame City, headquarters of the Flame Divine Hall, and Xiao Ming said he would go to find Moluo.
• Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingshan chose to accompany Xiao Ming instead of exploring the city.

Xiao Ming arrived at the Flame Divine Hall with Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan, confronted Moluo, and demanded to borrow the Flame Ancestral Talisman. When Moluo refused, Xiao Ming challenged him to withstand a single attack or lend him the talisman.

• Xiao Ming brought Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan to the Flame Divine Hall and asked to see its Hall Master, Moluo.
• The Fire God Guard surrounded Xiao Ming's group after accusing them of kidnapping Mu Lingshan, the Undying Holy Whale Tribe's Saintess.
• Xiao Ming summoned Moluo, who appeared and confirmed that he was the Flame Divine Hall's Hall Master.
• Xiao Ming asked Moluo to lend him the Flame Ancestral Talisman, but Moluo refused and told him to leave.
• Xiao Ming unleashed a vast storm of lightning and challenged Moluo to withstand one move or lend him the talisman.

Xiao Ming defeated Moluo and took the Flame Ancestral Talisman, then gave him a pill that could help him break through to the Reincarnation Realm. As Xiao Ming left with Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan, Moluo began recovering and prepared to enter seclusion.

• Moluo resisted Xiao Ming's thunder with the Flame Ancestral Talisman's power, but Xiao Ming's attack overwhelmed him and left him gravely injured.
• Xiao Ming trapped Tang Xinlian and the others behind a seven-colored barrier while Moluo collapsed after the lightning cleared.
• Moluo surrendered the Flame Ancestral Talisman, and Xiao Ming took it and gave Moluo a pill to aid his recovery and breakthrough.
• Moluo thanked Xiao Ming, explaining to Tang Xinlian that the pill gave him hope of breaking through and that Xiao Ming's strength let him claim the talisman.
• Moluo swallowed the pill and went to prepare for a breakthrough, while Xiao Ming left with Mu Lingshan and Ying Huanhuan.
• Mu Lingshan took one of Xiao Ming's pills and planned to have First Grandfather beat up Third Grandfather so he could use it.

Xiao Ming took Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingshan to the Great Desolation Pagoda, where they cultivated with its Great Desolation Qi. On the pagoda’s eighth level, he healed the sleeping Master of Great Desolation and asked him to find the Great Desolation Ancestral Symbol.

• Xiao Ming, Mu Lingshan, and Ying Huanhuan arrived at Martial Arts Gathering Island on the day of the Martial Arts Gathering.
• Xiao Ming brought the two girls into the Great Desolation Pagoda and told them to absorb its Great Desolation Qi to temper their bodies.
• Xiao Ming went to the eighth level and found the injured Master of Great Desolation sleeping in an ocean of violet-gold qi.
• Xiao Ming used the healing half of his Yin Yang Twin Flame to revive the Master of Great Desolation.
• The awakened Master of Great Desolation asked Xiao Ming why he had healed him, and Xiao Ming requested that he find the Great Desolation Ancestral Symbol.

Xiao Ming learned that the Master of Great Desolation could not locate the Great Desolation Ancestral Symbol, then attempted to cultivate the Symbol Master system and form a Divine Palace. After destroying his Niwan Palace, he began rebuilding it as a Divine Palace while a powerful lightning tribulation gathered above the inn.

• Xiao Ming asked the Master of Great Desolation to help find the Great Desolation Ancestral Symbol, but the Master could not sense its aura and promised to keep searching.
• The Master of Great Desolation asked about his junior sister, and Xiao Ming told him that Ying Huanhuan’s memories had not awakened and that she rejected being the Ice Lord.
• Xiao Ming returned to the inn, gave Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingshan Great Desolation Pearls, and began cultivating the Symbol Master system.
• Xiao Ming rapidly advanced to Great Talisman Sect, causing a powerful lightning tribulation to gather over the Martial Arts Gathering Island.
• Xiao Ming shattered his Niwan Palace and began gathering his Spiritual Power into a newly forming Divine Palace.

Xiao Ming tried to use Origin Qi to complete his Divine Palace, but it ran short, so he planned to return to the Eastern Xuan Region to seek Chaos Spiritual Light. Two years later, as Lin Dong and other young experts entered the Ancient Tomb Mansion, Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that he was preparing to leave for the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Ming used Origin Qi to awaken his Divine Palace and begin transforming his Spiritual Power, but the Origin Qi ran out before the Divine Palace could take shape.
• Xiao Ming decided to return to the Eastern Xuan Region and seek Chaos Spiritual Light with the help of the Supreme Induction Art.
• Two years later, Lin Dong drew attention at the Ancient Tomb Mansion, where he and Lin Langtian joined representatives of the Four Great Clans.
• Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan watched Ling Qingzhu, and Ying Huanhuan teased her master for staring at her.
• Xiao Ming told Ying Huanhuan that he planned to leave the Tian Xuan Continent for the Great Thousand World, despite not yet reaching the Heavenly Sovereign Realm.

Xiao Ming rejected Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingshan’s requests to accompany him to the Great Thousand World. In the ancient tomb, Ling Qingzhu refined the Nirvana Heart, and Lin Dong discovered that its energy required yin-yang harmonization, leaving him worried about what would happen next.

• Ying Huanhuan told Xiao Ming she wanted to go with him to the Great Thousand World, but he warned her about its dangers and her family on Tian Xuan Continent.
• Mu Lingshan insisted on going too, but Xiao Ming refused and threatened to send her back to the Undying Holy Whale Tribe if she kept fussing.
• Lin Dong reached the deepest part of the ancient tomb and found Ling Qingzhu refining the Nirvana Heart.
• Ling Qingzhu introduced herself to Lin Dong and began absorbing the Nirvana Heart’s energy while he searched the Stone Hall for other treasures.
• Lin Dong found a message in the Stone Coffin stating that the tomb owner’s legacy required yin-yang harmonization and realized Ling Qingzhu might need his help to avoid being consumed by flames.

Ling Qingzhu’s attempt to absorb the Nirvana Heart left her overwhelmed by its pure yin qi, and the Tomb Mansion’s master intervened to bring her together with Lin Dong. Xiao Ming rescued her and Lin Dong, while Ying Huanhuan froze Lin Dong before Xiao Ming thawed him.

• Ling Qingzhu’s green lotus barrier shattered as the Nirvana Heart’s pure yin qi overwhelmed her, so she destroyed the Tomb Mansion master’s coffin and bones.
• Ling Qingzhu tried to take yang qi from Lin Dong, but the Tomb Mansion’s master appeared, sealed away her lotus, and transported her and Lin Dong outside the tomb.
• Ling Qingzhu, overcome by the yin qi, clung to Xiao Ming, who supplied yang qi and helped her recover.
• Ying Huanhuan froze Lin Dong, and Xiao Ming freed him and warmed him while Ling Qingzhu recovered.
• Lin Dong recognized Xiao Ming, asked where Qing Tan was, and learned Ying Huanhuan had frozen him because he had once called Xiao Ming his big brother.

Lin Dong learned that Ying Huanhuan had reached the Reincarnation Realm and that Qing Tan was training at the Darkness Divine Hall. Xiao Ming then requested Ling Qingzhu’s Supreme Induction Art and revealed that he could draw it out of her.

• Lin Dong recognized Ying Huanhuan and learned from her and Little Marten that she was a Reincarnation Realm expert.
• Xiao Ming told Lin Dong that Qing Tan had gone to the Darkness Divine Hall to train with the awakened Master of Darkness.
• Ling Qingzhu thanked Xiao Ming for saving her, and he asked her to give him the Supreme Induction Art.
• Ling Qingzhu refused and explained that the art could be obtained through birth implantation or dual cultivation, prompting Ying Huanhuan and Mu Lingshan to warn Xiao Ming against misbehaving.
• Xiao Ming drew a faint glow from Ling Qingzhu and revealed the Supreme Induction Art, shocking her.

Xiao Ming demanded the Supreme Induction Chapter from Ling Qingzhu, but she refused, so he summoned the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace Mistress. The Palace Mistress recognized Xiao Ming and ultimately gave him the secret cultivation method.

• Xiao Ming offered the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace a chance to produce a Reincarnation Realm expert in exchange for the Supreme Induction Chapter, but Ling Qingzhu refused to reveal it.
• Xiao Ming briefly darkened the heavens in anger, then opened a spatial passage and summoned the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace Mistress.
• The Palace Mistress entered the passage and found Ling Qingzhu with Xiao Ming and Ying Huanhuan in the Great Yan Dynasty.
• The Palace Mistress recognized Xiao Ming, who explained that he wanted the Supreme Induction Chapter as repayment for helping Ling Qingzhu.
• The Palace Mistress handed Xiao Ming the Supreme Induction Chapter after considering his strength and his help to her disciple.

Xiao Ming cultivated the Supreme Induction Art and entered the Divine Palace Realm after three days of transformation. He then told the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace Mistress that a great demon would descend in two months and ordered her to summon the strongest experts across the regions.

• Xiao Ming used the energy he had extracted from Ling Qingzhu to successfully cultivate the Supreme Induction Art and draw in the Light of Chaos.
• The Light of Chaos transformed Xiao Ming's Divine Palace and Spiritual Power as he remained in seclusion for three days.
• Xiao Ming woke and confirmed that he had reached the Divine Palace Realm.
• Xiao Ming warned the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace Mistress that a great demon would descend in two months and that the Demonic Tribe might take action.
• Xiao Ming ordered the palace mistress to rally the strongest experts from every region to aid Tian Xuan Continent.

Xiao Ming organized a gathering of experts in the Western Xuan Region Great Desert to prepare for the Otherworldly Demons, sending allies across the continent to rally forces. The Demon Prison noticed the mobilization and began discussing its cause.

• Xiao Ming gave the Nine Heavens Supreme Purity Palace Mistress a Reincarnation Pill and tasked her with gathering the Eastern Xuan Region’s experts.
• Xiao Ming gave Lin Dong cultivation resources from Qing Tan and advised him to temper himself in dangerous Secret Realms.
• Xiao Ming sent Ying Huanhuan to find the Eight Ancient Masters and Mu Lingshan to rally the Chaotic Demon Sea, setting the gathering place in the Western Xuan Region Great Desert.
• The Eastern Xuan Alliance, the Chaotic Demon Sea, and some forces from the Demon Region dispatched experts toward the gathering, while Ying Huanhuan contacted the other Ancient Lords.
• The Demon Prison noticed the experts gathering in the Western Xuan Region and discussed how the reason had been discovered.