Chapter Summaries

Wei Yang explained the opportunities and dangers of the Great Thousand World and invited qualified cultivators to choose whether to follow him and Xiao Yan there. The Yao Clan and members of the Yang Yan Alliance volunteered to ascend with them, while the rest continued considering their choices.

• Wei Yang lifted the assembled crowd with a sweep of his sleeve and accepted their thanks for restoring the severed path of cultivation.
• Wei Yang described Heaven Burning Continent, the Outer Realm Demons, and the choice between ascending to the Great Thousand World or remaining on Dou Qi Continent.
• After ten minutes, Yao Tian and Yao Ling led five Yao Clan members onto the Ascension Platform, and Elder Yao welcomed them beside him.
• Fama, Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Nalan Jie, and five other Yang Yan Alliance Dou Zuns declared they would follow Wei Yang and Xiao Yan into battle and joined them on the platform.

Wei Yang and the other three Emperors led several thousand cultivators from the Dou Qi Continent through the void toward the Great Thousand World. Along the way, Wei Yang sensed something unusual about an ordinary-looking meteor and stopped it for closer inspection.

• Yun Yun led the Flower Sect, followed by the former Pill Tower Three Giants and representatives of other factions, onto the Ascension Platform.
• Wei Yang gathered the travelers into a Space Sphere, then he, Xiao Yan, Zhu Kun, and Gu Yuan shattered the void and departed as the people below bid them farewell.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan cleared storms and currents from the route while guiding Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan through the Outer Heaven Void.
• Wei Yang felt a sudden impulse and led the others to intercept a dim meteor that Xiao Yan identified as ordinary Outer Heaven Ore.
• Wei Yang halted the desk-sized black stone in front of the group, and the four examined it without finding anything remarkable.

Wei Yang and the others tested a mysterious, exceptionally heavy black stone that withstood their strongest attacks and flames, then carried it onward as a possible material for a Peerless Sacred Object. They reached the Great Thousand World, where Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan saw its vast expanse and deadly storm barrier.

• Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Yan discovered that the black stone was extremely heavy and could withstand Wei Yang’s full-force strike without damage.
• Xiao Yan tested the stone with his flame but could not melt it, and Wei Yang explained that a Sacred Flame might be needed to forge it.
• Wei Yang enclosed the stone in a stable Space Sphere, and the four continued toward the Great Thousand World.
• After several days of travel, Wei Yang announced they were close, and Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan saw the Great Thousand World and its raging spatial currents.
• Wei Yang recalled that he and Xiao Yan had struggled to cross the storm barrier, while Lin Dong had lost his wife and younger sister during his ascent with his family.

Wei Yang brought Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan into the Great Thousand World and showed them the Heaven Burning Continent, where they considered whether its harsh environment could support people from the Dou Qi Continent. The chapter ended with Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan suggesting that they settle on a nearby continent instead.

• Wei Yang shielded Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan as they crossed the spatial turbulence into the Great Thousand World.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan endured the Spiritual Energy Tribulation and marveled at the Great Thousand World’s abundant spiritual energy.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan brought Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan to the Heaven Burning Continent and showed them the greener land reclaimed from the Demon Realm.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan sensed the continent’s violent fire-element spiritual energy and worried it would harm weaker cultivators.
• Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan suggested taking a nearby unoccupied continent as a foothold for the Dou Zuns and Dou Saints.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan brought the people from the Dou Qi Continent to the Heaven Burning Continent and explained the Spiritual Energy Tribulation. They arranged for the Bodhi Ancient Tree to purify the continent’s violent spiritual energy, while warning it to avoid the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame.

• Wei Yang released Xian'er, Elder Yao, Wei Shuo, and more than three thousand others from his Space Sphere and told them to keep their Space Seals in place while they adapted to the Great Thousand World.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan traveled to the southern foot of the Heaven Burning Mountain Range to plan how to transform the continent without damaging its underground fire veins or magma sea.
• Wei Yang brought out the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which welcomed the abundant energy and said the fiery environment suited it because it possessed the Life Spirit Flame.
• Wei Yang asked the Bodhi Ancient Tree to purify the continent’s fire-attributed spiritual energy, and it agreed.
• Wei Yang warned the Bodhi Ancient Tree not to provoke the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame deep in the magma when drawing energy from the sea.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan planted the Bodhi Ancient Tree on the Heaven Burning Continent, where it rapidly grew and transformed the harsh land into a fertile cultivation ground. Everyone gathered beneath it to cultivate, while the tree began purifying spiritual energy and nourishing their bodies and souls.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree took root at the foot of the Heaven Burning Mountain Range and rapidly grew to more than ten thousand zhang tall, drawing in the continent's spiritual energy and power.
• The tree's Pure Spiritual Energy and Life Spirit Flame softened the continent's violent energy and brought vegetation to life across the barren land.
• Yao Ling recognized the Life Spirit Flame, and Wei Shuo explained that Wei Yang had enhanced it with Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Elder Shen Nong and Elder Yao noted that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would make the Heaven Burning Continent a cultivation holy land.
• The people from the Dou Qi Continent gathered beneath the tree and began cultivating as it filtered the fire-attributed spiritual energy into pure spiritual energy.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed a mysterious power beneath the Heaven Burning Continent, growing more intelligent as the transformed continent became a lush cultivation sanctuary. Wei Yang and Xiao Yan completed a hidden formation to seal in its pure spiritual energy, leaving a Saint Grade Clan Suppressing Great Array for the future.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed an ancient power beneath the continent, becoming more lucid and developing genuine thoughts.
• Over ten days, the Heaven Burning Continent changed from a barren, scorching land into a verdant cultivation sanctuary, where more than three thousand people meditated beneath the tree.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan spent over a month inscribing the Heaven Sealing Spirit Locking Great Array around the continent.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan activated and concealed the array, sealing in the continent's pure spiritual energy while allowing outside energy to enter.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan agreed to wait until they reached Saint Grade before building a Clan Suppressing Great Array using the Bodhi Ancient Tree and Heaven Burning Volcano as its cores.

After the Heaven Burning Continent’s pioneers settled around the Bodhi Ancient Tree, it began gathering spirit and attempted to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign Realm at the same time. Its first tribulation strike was repelled, but a far more oppressive Black Water Mystic Dragon descended next.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan’s Heaven Sealing Spirit Locking Great Array raised the continent’s spiritual energy, and the pioneers built a settlement around the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree began gathering spirit, and Wei Yang and Xiao Yan stayed behind to guard it while the others withdrew.
• The tree drew in spiritual energy and Earth Fire Power, forming a huge vortex that sent destructive ripples through the surrounding void.
• The gathering spirit process triggered a Spirit Tribulation and a Heavenly Sovereign Tribulation together, while the tree’s True Spirit began taking shape.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree blocked a Thunder Dragon with a pure energy barrier, then faced a descending Black Water Mystic Dragon whose damp aura weighed heavily on everyone.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree endured a brutal spirit-gathering tribulation that nearly destroyed it, but the ordeal granted it a complete soul. It named itself Bodhi and began restoring its battered body with Green Flame.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan watched the Bodhi Ancient Tree face trials of Mystic Nether Heavy Water, wind, and fire, which stripped its branches and leaves but left it lively and resistant to flames.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree absorbed spiritual energy and Earth Fire Power during a brief respite as the Spirit Tribulation Cloud darkened.
• Chaos Qi Flow poured from a fissure in the clouds and corroded the Bodhi Ancient Tree until only a scarred remnant remained.
• Wei Yang congratulated the Bodhi Ancient Tree after the tribulation ended, and it answered in a gentle voice, revealing that it had gained a complete soul.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree ignited Green Flame, spread dense vitality across the land, and announced that its name was Bodhi.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree was restored to its former majesty, and its True Spirit, Bodhi, awakened and thanked Wei Yang for bringing it to the Great Thousand World. As Heaven Burning Continent prospered beneath the tree, Wei Yang prepared for the coming emergence of the Heavenly Evil God and resolved to grow strong enough to face him himself.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revived in the Flame of Life and grew into a vast tree towering over Heaven Burning Volcano and the surrounding region.
• The restored tree filled Heaven Burning Continent with dense Pure Spiritual Energy, while Bodhi revealed his True Spirit and greeted everyone.
• Wei Yang gave Bodhi books and records about the Great Thousand World and its cultivation system.
• The people from the Dou Qi Continent adapted to the Great Thousand World, regained control over Heaven and Earth Force, and advanced rapidly in the tree's Pure Spiritual Energy.
• Wei Yang spent time with his family and shared cultivation advice while making final preparations to enter the Saint Grade.
• Wei Yang anticipated that the Heavenly Evil God would emerge in a few hundred years and resolved to reach at least the Saint Grade Peak rather than rely on Mu Chen to save him.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan entered seclusion beneath Heaven Burning Volcano to draw on the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame and prepare to break through to the Saint Grade. They reached the flame’s blazing core and began absorbing its heat, while its origin remained beyond their reach.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan reached the Immortal Grade Peak and spent three months preparing to break through to the Saint Grade.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan entered the magma sea beneath Heaven Burning Volcano, and the Bodhi Ancient Tree agreed to guard them and Heaven Burning Continent.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan traveled beyond the reach of the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s roots and found the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan approached the flame and discussed its immense power, their hopes of reaching the strongest Saint Grade, and Wei Yang’s ambition to challenge the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan sat near the flame’s brightest region and absorbed its heat, while the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame briefly trembled before settling again.

After three and a half years cultivating beneath Heaven Burning Volcano, Wei Yang devoured the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic fire and broke through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign. His breakthrough shook the Great Thousand World, and people across the continent recognized the aura as his.

• Wei Yang destroyed the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor’s demonic consciousness and absorbed its soul into the Demon Slaying Token.
• Wei Yang swallowed the Purgatory Demonic Flame and endured its resistance as his Eternal Indestructible Intent grew stronger.
• After another half year, Wei Yang’s cultivation transformed and advanced into the Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Wei Yang’s Chaos Flame swept across the Heaven Burning Continent, alarming Xian'er, Wei Shuo, Wei Ye, and the others before they recognized his aura.
• Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, and Xiao Xuan watched the eruption and reflected on the gulf between Wei Yang’s realm and their own.
• Powerful figures across the Great Thousand World sensed Wei Yang’s breakthrough and speculated that he and the other ascender had reached Saint Grade soon after ascending.

Wei Yang completed his breakthrough to the Saint Grade, reaching the peak of the early Saint Grade beneath Heaven Burning Volcano. The three Heavenly Demon Emperors guarding the Demon Realm border sensed the breakthrough and asked the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor to send another Heavenly Demon Emperor.

• The three Heavenly Demon Emperors at the World Membrane sensed a powerful breakthrough on Heaven Burning Continent and wondered who was ascending to the Saint Grade.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperors agreed to alert the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor and request another guard, wary of Wei Yang, Xiao Yan, and the new Saint Grade expert.
• Wei Yang continued his breakthrough deep beneath Heaven Burning Volcano, drawing on the Heaven Burning Spirit Flame, the earthfire vein, and his accumulated strength.
• Wei Yang's aura reached its peak, and he completed his breakthrough at the peak of the early Saint Grade.
• Wei Yang sensed the Saint Grade's vast superiority in power and understanding of Dao and laws, then began restraining his aura.

After becoming a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, Wei Yang weighed whether to pursue the Great Thousand World's path to Sovereignty or seek a different form of transcendence. He began refining Outer Heaven Ore into a Peerless Sacred Object and discovered a tiny flaw that let his Chaos Flame penetrate it.

• Wei Yang awakened three days after his breakthrough and sensed that he had reached the limit of the Great Thousand World.
• Wei Yang considered whether to leave his name on the Firmament Ranking and become a Sovereign or seek another path to transcendence, but postponed the decision until reaching Saint Grade Peak.
• Wei Yang observed Xiao Yan, who still lacked enough accumulation to break through, then brought out the Outer Heaven Ore from a Space Sphere.
• Wei Yang enveloped the Outer Heaven Ore in Chaos Flame and refined it for an unknown length of time.
• Wei Yang found a tiny flaw in the ore and sent Chaos Flame through it to uncover its secrets.

Wei Yang discovered that the mysterious stone’s structure might inspire an ultimate defensive Dharma Body and became absorbed in studying it. Meanwhile, the Azure Robe Sword Saint arrived at the sealed Heaven Burning Continent to mourn Qin Tian, and Xiao Xuan let him enter without revealing that Qin Tian was alive.

• Wei Yang found a tiny flaw in the mysterious stone’s defenses and studied how its molecular structure created extraordinary toughness.
• Wei Yang imagined applying the stone’s perfect structure to a Dharma Body and potentially creating an acquired Original Dharma Body.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint arrived outside the Heaven Burning Continent and recognized that a grand formation sealed it.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint sent Sword Qi as a notice, and Xiao Xuan came to meet him at the barrier.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint asked to visit the place where Qin Tian fell, and Xiao Xuan allowed him into the continent without disclosing Qin Tian’s survival.

Xiao Xuan showed the Azure Robe Sword Saint the transformed Heaven Burning Continent and revealed that the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor had been killed by Wei Yang and Xiao Yan. As he explored the continent and breathed its Pure Spiritual Energy, the Azure Robe Sword Saint felt a breakthrough to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign might be within reach.

• Xiao Xuan warned the Azure Robe Sword Saint that several Heavenly Demon Emperors were waiting near the Demon Realm, then told him the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor had died more than three years earlier.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint learned that Wei Yang and Xiao Yan had killed the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor and praised their feat.
• Xiao Xuan guided the Azure Robe Sword Saint across the Heaven Burning Continent, where he observed the Pure Spiritual Energy and the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint admired the Bodhi Ancient Tree as a sacred treasure, while Xiao Xuan judged that he showed no greed for it.
• As Xiao Xuan and the Azure Robe Sword Saint drank tea beneath the tree, the Sword Saint felt the Pure Spiritual Energy clarify his thoughts and bring a possible breakthrough within reach.

While refining the Outer Heaven Ore, Wei Yang discovered it was a Chaos Stone and used its true Chaos Qi to transform his power and body. After reaching Saint Grade Mid-stage and sensing the Firmament Ranking, he rejected the prospect of ruling the world and chose to pursue true transcendence.

• Wei Yang studied a perfect structure built from patterns of 10,081 molecules and atoms, believing it revealed profound secrets.
• After refining the Outer Heaven Ore for more than a month, Wei Yang uncovered a Chaos Stone filled with true Chaos Qi.
• Wei Yang wrapped the Chaos Stone in Chaos Flame and used its energy to transform his flames and spiritual power while comprehending true Chaos.
• After half a year, Wei Yang completed the transformation of his body, soul, Dharma Body, flames, and spiritual power into true innate Chaos, advancing to Saint Grade Mid-stage.
• Wei Yang sensed a connection to the Firmament Ranking but blocked it out, deciding to pursue true transcendence instead.

Wei Yang forged the Chaos Void Mirror from the Chaos Stone and began nurturing it within his Sovereign Sea. During his five-year seclusion, Xiao Yan broke through to Saint Grade, leaving the Demon Realm’s four Heavenly Demon Emperors alarmed and uncertain how to respond.

• Wei Yang melted the Chaos Stone with Chaos Flame and shaped it into a mirror, engraving his paths into it.
• Wei Yang named the completed Peerless Sacred Object the Chaos Void Mirror and refined it above his Sovereign Sea.
• After several more months, Wei Yang sensed Xiao Yan break through to Saint Grade.
• The Heaven Burning Continent’s inhabitants and the Great Thousand World recognized the birth of another Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• The four Heavenly Demon Emperors suspected that the Sun Emperor and Flame Emperor had killed the Flame Heavenly Demon Emperor while still at Immortal Grade, and decided to report their suspicion to the Holy Heavenly Demon Emperor.

Wei Yang and Xiao Yan emerged from five years of seclusion as Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns and reunited with their friends beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree. They welcomed the Azure Robe Sword Saint, told him Qin Tian was alive and pursuing a chance to reach the Saint Grade, and gathered to celebrate.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan returned from seclusion, discussed their breakthroughs, and greeted the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xian'er and the others welcomed Wei Yang and Xiao Yan, who met the Azure Robe Sword Saint and exchanged greetings with him.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint asked about Qin Tian, and Wei Yang explained that Qin Tian was preserved in a state between life and death to pursue the Saint Grade.
• The Azure Robe Sword Saint thanked Wei Yang and promised his support, while Wei Yang accepted his offer of help.
• Xian'er and Xiao Yan proposed a celebratory feast, and Elder Yao ordered Ah Da to arrange a banquet for his two disciples.

After the Heaven Burning Continent’s Guardian Great Array was completed, Wei Yang and Xiao Yan watched over Qin Tian as he began to awaken from more than seven years of immersion. Qin Tian recovered his soul and realized his path, leaving him poised to become a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

• Wei Yang and Xiao Yan completed a Saint Grade Guardian Great Array that covered the entire Heaven Burning Continent and used its volcanoes as array cores.
• Outsiders noticed the continent’s transformation and the Heaven-Pillaring Vast Ancient Tree, but the array kept them from entering without permission.
• Wei Yang sensed movement from Qin Tian in the Space Sphere, and Xiao Yan joined him to watch as Qin Tian’s consciousness began to awaken.
• Qin Tian remembered his identity and realized that the Green Flame and lightning had preserved him amid death and darkness.
• Qin Tian’s soul healed completely, and he recognized withering and revival as his path as his Sovereign Sea began to stir.