Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian used a clone to draw Li Jing and the Heavenly Court’s forces away from the South Heavenly Gate, then escaped by destroying the Pagoda of Linglong from within. He returned to Mount Hua, where he explained his absence to Yang Chan and began recuperating.

• Xiao Tian sent a clone toward the South Heavenly Gate, prompting Li Jing and the Heavenly generals to pursue it while Xiao Tian escaped.
• The clone wounded the Heavenly Court’s fighters and injured the Giant Spirit God before Li Jing captured it with the Pagoda of Linglong.
• Xiao Tian’s clone destroyed the Pagoda of Linglong from inside, and Li Jing ordered his forces to search the Heavenly Court while gathering the fragments.
• Xiao Tian returned to Mount Hua after a year had passed in the mortal world and faced Yang Chan’s resentful gaze.
• Xiao Tian told Yang Chan he had spent one day probing the Heavenly Court, reassured her that he was unharmed, and went to recuperate.

Xiao Tian traveled to an ancient world to obtain a powerful dragon body and secretly attacked an ancient dragon in Dragon Clan territory. He gathered Emperor Flame for a decisive strike as the barrier began to tremble.

• Xiao Tian recovered, said goodbye to Yang Chan, and asked the system to take him to a place with powerful dragons.
• The system deducted 100 travel points and transported Xiao Tian to an ancient world, where he concealed his aura and flew to the Dragon Clan's territory.
• Xiao Tian secretly followed a dragon, set up barriers, and attacked it with his Flame Spear.
• Xiao Tian injured the ancient dragon and used Emperor Flame attacks that pierced its water spheres.
• Xiao Tian and the ancient dragon gathered immense energy for their next attacks, causing the barrier to tremble.

Xiao Tian killed the Ancient Dragon, returned to the Primordial World, and fused with the dragon’s body to increase his strength. He then went to Banana Leaf Cave to meet Princess Iron Fan and recruit the Bull Demon King, but her maid initially refused him entry.

• Xiao Tian defeated the Ancient Dragon with an Emperor Flame Energy Wave, stabbed him through the heart, and stored his corpse before the approaching clansmen arrived.
• Xiao Tian returned to the foot of Mount Hua, learned that only one day had passed in the Primordial World, and rested in a cave.
• Xiao Tian fused with the Ancient Dragon’s body, gained powerful demonic energy and greater defense, then set out for Thunder Accumulation Mountain to recruit the Bull Demon King.
• Xiao Tian found Princess Iron Fan’s residence at Banana Leaf Cave and told her maid he was the future emperor of the Demon Race and would fight his way in if she refused to see him.
• The maid shut the door to report Xiao Tian’s arrival to Princess Iron Fan, while Xiao Tian sat outside and waited.

Xiao Tian confronted Princess Iron Fan at Green Cloud Mountain and overpowered her despite her Banana Leaf Fan and swords. He left after declaring her his junior bandit wife, turning his attention to recruiting the Bull Demon King and other demon overlords.

• Princess Iron Fan arrived with her maid and challenged Xiao Tian for coming to Green Cloud Mountain.
• Xiao Tian declared himself the future Demon Emperor and demanded that Princess Iron Fan become his bandit wife.
• Princess Iron Fan attacked Xiao Tian with the Banana Leaf Fan, but he remained unharmed.
• Princess Iron Fan charged with her twin swords, and Xiao Tian shattered them and defeated her with a single strike.
• Xiao Tian held Princess Iron Fan, declared her his junior bandit wife, and left to pursue the Bull Demon King.

Xiao Tian recruited the Bull Demon King and Macaque King for his future Demon Kingdom after defeating the Bull Demon King in a fight. He left them with tokens and warned them that losing one would cost them their lives.

• Princess Iron Fan told her maids to turn Xiao Tian away if he returned, then hurried back into the cave in embarrassment.
• Xiao Tian searched Thunder Accumulation Mountain and found the Bull Demon King fighting the Macaque King.
• Xiao Tian announced that he intended to recruit the two demons into his Demon Kingdom, and the Bull Demon King challenged him to prove his strength.
• Xiao Tian beat the Bull Demon King until he vomited blood, while the Macaque King gave up without fighting.
• The Bull Demon King and Macaque King submitted, accepted Xiao Tian's tokens, and watched him leave.

Xiao Tian visited Daji in Qingqiu, told her of his plans to establish the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race, and won her support. Sun Wukong decided to search for Patriarch Bodhi early, while Bodhi sensed that the arrival of his future disciple had changed the heavenly order.

• The Bull Demon King and Macaque King put away Xiao Tian's plaque after he left Thunder Accumulation Mountain and considered following him.
• Xiao Tian went to Qingqiu, where Daji mistook his appearance for another hallucination before embracing him when he stayed.
• Xiao Tian told Daji about his Demon Transformation and his plan to establish the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race, and she agreed to help him.
• Sun Wukong decided to leave Mount Huaguo and search for Patriarch Bodhi so he could learn the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.
• Patriarch Bodhi realized that Sun Wukong, whom he had expected to meet three hundred years later, had arrived early and wondered how this would change the heavenly order.

Xiao Tian watched Sun Wukong travel to Spirit Platform Square-Inch Mountain to seek Patriarch Bodhi, while the system gave Xiao Tian a mission to learn the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations. Sun Wukong reached the mountain and went to meet his prospective master, and Patriarch Bodhi’s avatar seemed to notice Xiao Tian hiding nearby.

• Daji bit Xiao Tian after he teased her about thinking of other women, then offered to rub his arm once she was no longer angry.
• Sun Wukong left Mount Huaguo and crossed the East Sea, deciding to seek Patriarch Bodhi rather than risk the fate he feared.
• The system ordered Xiao Tian to learn the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations before Sun Wukong finished training, threatening him with a hundred years of impotence if he failed.
• Sun Wukong reached Spirit Platform Square-Inch Mountain and met a woodcutter who was an avatar of Patriarch Bodhi.
• After speaking with the woodcutter, Sun Wukong hurried up the mountain toward the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars.
• Patriarch Bodhi’s avatar looked toward Xiao Tian’s hiding place, and Xiao Tian realized he might have been discovered.

Xiao Tian sought Patriarch Bodhi as a teacher at Spirit Platform Square-Inch Mountain, but Bodhi refused to take him as a disciple. After Xiao Tian ate the peaches Bodhi had prepared for Sun Wukong and advanced to the Human Immortal Realm, Bodhi agreed to teach him without making him a disciple.

• Xiao Tian climbed to the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars and asked Patriarch Bodhi to accept him as a disciple, but Bodhi told him to leave.
• Patriarch Bodhi taught Sun Wukong while Xiao Tian explored the cave and devoured the peaches growing on the mountain.
• Xiao Tian waited for a month, then called out to Bodhi again from the mountaintop.
• Patriarch Bodhi discovered the peach pits and learned that Xiao Tian had eaten the entire orchard and reached the Human Immortal Realm.
• Patriarch Bodhi refused to make Xiao Tian his disciple but offered to teach him.

Xiao Tian returned to Mount Hua, where he reunited with Yang Jian and reassured Yang Chan that he would help her avenge their family. After revealing his demonic power and true Golden Dragon form, he left Yang Jian hopeful but wary of challenging Heaven before Xiao Tian was strong enough.

• Xiao Tian reflected that Sun Wukong was his rival and that only one of them could ultimately remain.
• Rulai warned the Buddhist leaders to watch for changes in the heavenly order as the forces of the Three Realms stirred.
• Xiao Tian met Yang Jian at Mount Hua, where Yang Chan eagerly welcomed Xiao Tian and complained that Yang Jian had joined the Heavenly Court.
• Yang Chan recalled her hatred of the Jade Emperor, and Xiao Tian promised she would avenge herself with her own hands.
• Xiao Tian revealed that he had undergone Demon Transformation and displayed his true form as a massive Golden Dragon.
• Yang Jian offered to help Xiao Tian in the future but warned him not to act against Heaven before gaining absolute strength.

Xiao Tian waited for Sun Wukong to return to Mount Huaguo, then went to the East Sea Dragon Palace and demanded the loyalty of the Four Sea Dragon Kings for his plan to rebel against Heaven. The other three Dragon Kings rejected his proposal before meeting him, leaving their decision uncertain.

• Yang Jian warned Xiao Tian that rebelling against Heaven alone would be dangerous, but Xiao Tian said he had a plan and would reveal it later.
• After several years in seclusion, Xiao Tian learned that Sun Wukong had entered the East Sea to retrieve the Ruyi Staff and went to the Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Tian intimidated Ao Guang, declared that the Four Sea Dragon Kings would serve him, and ordered Ao Guang to summon the other Dragon Kings.
• Ao Guang gathered the other three Dragon Kings, who rejected Xiao Tian's dangerous plan before meeting him in person.

Xiao Tian gathered the Four Sea Dragon Kings under his command and later disguised himself as Yang Chan to attend the Heavenly Court’s Peach Banquet. After the banquet was disrupted by Sun Wukong, Xiao Tian confronted Guang Chengzi and demanded the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Xiao Tian revealed his dragon form and persuaded the Four Sea Dragon Kings to support his planned struggle against the Heavenly Court and Western Buddhism.
• Sun Wukong drilled his monkey soldiers on Mount Huaguo while Xiao Tian returned to Mount Hua to cultivate.
• Yang Chan refused the invitation to the Peach Banquet, so Xiao Tian transformed into her and went to the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Tian found Guang Chengzi at the banquet and recognized him as the holder of one of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords.
• After Sun Wukong had taken the banquet’s peaches and wine, Xiao Tian followed Guang Chengzi and demanded that he surrender the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Xiao Tian killed Guang Chengzi and led the demons in an assault on Spirit Mountain while Rulai was away fighting Sun Wukong. He overwhelmed Maitreya Buddha and the Eighteen Arhats and prepared to finish them with Emperor Flame.

• Xiao Tian revealed his true identity, defeated Guang Chengzi, and burned both his body and soul to ashes.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sensed his disciple’s death but could not identify the killer, while Sun Wukong grew puzzled by the absence of the demon kings he expected at Mount Huaguo.
• Xiao Tian gathered the Four Sea Dragon Kings, the Six Great Demon Kings, and other demon kings at Qingqiu, then ordered them to attack Spirit Mountain after Rulai went to confront Sun Wukong.
• Xiao Tian broke Spirit Mountain’s Buddhist barrier with Emperor Flame and wounded the Eighteen Arhats, while the demons fought the other defenders.
• Maitreya Buddha interrupted Xiao Tian’s attack on the Eighteen Arhats, but Xiao Tian overpowered him and gathered Emperor Flame to strike Maitreya and the wounded Arhats.

Xiao Tian fought Ancient Buddha Burning Lamp at Spirit Mountain, using the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords and Emperor Flame to overpower him. Dipankara ordered the Buddhist forces to retreat, and the chapter ended as he unleashed Dharma Form Heaven and Earth to hold Xiao Tian back.

• Dipankara arrived and blocked Xiao Tian's fatal strike, while Maitreya Buddha and the Eighteen Arhats greeted him as the Ancient Buddha.
• Xiao Tian refused to leave Spirit Mountain and attacked Dipankara with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords enhanced by Emperor Flame.
• Dipankara struggled against Xiao Tian's assault, but refused to submit or stop defending Spirit Mountain.
• Dipankara told Maitreya Buddha to evacuate the Buddhist forces, admitting that the Demon Race's growth had exceeded his expectations.
• Maitreya Buddha and the Eighteen Arhats fled, while Manjushri and Guanyin escaped and the other Bodhisattvas and Venerables died.
• Dipankara used Dharma Form Heaven and Earth after the others escaped, and Xiao Tian realized that those fleeing had never been his objective.

Xiao Tian fought Rulai and trapped him in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, leaving the Buddha unable to break free. As the demons battled the Heavenly Court’s army below, Nezha fought Bull Demon King and forced him to withdraw.

• Xiao Tian and Rulai exchanged powerful attacks, and Xiao Tian countered Rulai’s Divine Palm with his ultimate techniques and the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
• Xiao Tian’s swords battered Rulai, then fireballs injured him while he remained trapped in the formation.
• Xiao Tian sent the demon kings and soldiers against the Heavenly Court’s army, and Li Jing ordered his forces to fight back.
• Li Jing urged Nezha to join the battle, and Nezha clashed with Bull Demon King.
• Nezha used his Qian Kun Quan to strike Bull Demon King, who eventually withdrew, and Nezha looked up at the sky.

Xiao Tian lost the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords when Rulai sacrificed his life to destroy the formation, then faced the Three Pure Ones as they wiped out the Demon Race and sealed him. Er Gou Zi sent Xiao Tian through space to be reborn in the Battle Through the Heavens world with no cultivation, leaving his return to power uncertain.

• Rulai burned his life force to break the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Xiao Tian killed him after the swords were destroyed.
• The Three Pure Ones revealed themselves, and Tongtian Jiaozhu attacked Xiao Tian while Yuanshi Tianzun fought the Demon Race forces.
• Taishang Laojun used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to block Xiao Tian, while Yuanshi Tianzun killed Daji and the other demons; the Four Sea Dragon Kings were allowed to leave.
• Xiao Tian unleashed Dharma Form Heaven and Earth and fought the Three Pure Ones, who eventually subdued and sealed him.
• Er Gou Zi told Xiao Tian he would be reborn in the Battle Through the Heavens world with no cultivation, then sent him through a spatial passage and fell asleep.

Xiao Tian prepared to leave the Xiao Family and continued cultivating while Xiao Yan regained his talent and proved himself at the coming-of-age ceremony. The chapter left Xiao Tian pushing toward the Dou Ling realm before he set out to travel.

• Xiao Tian bought supplies, encountered Xiao Yan after Old Yao had returned, and went to cultivate in the back mountain while Xiao Yan borrowed money from Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Tian cultivated for half a year and reached the peak Da Dou Shi realm, concealing his strength at the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Yan tested at seven stages of Dou Qi, then defeated Xiao Ning after Xiao Ning took a pill and attacked him in a rage.
• Xiao Tian left the ceremony and returned to his cave, deciding to cultivate hard and break through to Dou Ling before leaving the Xiao Family.

Xiao Tian was rescued by Yun Yun after collapsing in the Monster Mountain Range, and he learned she had come to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. He offered to help her steal it, but Yun Yun doubted his strength.

• Xiao Tian ran out of strength and was attacked by a third-tier gray wolf before a familiar figure intervened.
• Xiao Tian woke in a stone shelter and discovered Yun Yun had rescued him.
• Xiao Tian teased Yun Yun about how he knew her name, then explained that he had been training when powerful magical beasts badly injured him.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Tian a Third Grade Pill, and he recovered most of his strength.
• Yun Yun revealed she sought the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for her disciple.
• Xiao Tian offered to help Yun Yun steal the crystal, but she questioned whether he was strong enough.

After driving Lu Man away and returning to the valley, Xiao Tian reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and promised to take her along on his next journey to find Heavenly Flames. He went hunting for food and killed a fifth-tier Ice Dragon Beast, leaving the story with him carrying it back to the valley.

• Xiao Tian defeated White Fang, ordered Lu Man to leave, and gave her his name before she flew away with White Fang.
• Xiao Tian returned to the valley and reunited with Little Fairy Doctor, who had reached the Dou Ling level.
• Little Fairy Doctor asked Xiao Tian to take her on future journeys, and he promised to bring her along while explaining why he needed Heavenly Flames.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Xiao Tian there was no food left and that she had been eating poison, so Xiao Tian went hunting in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Tian killed a fifth-tier Ice Dragon Beast with his Mountain Splitting Seal and carried its body back toward the valley.

Xiao Tian returned to the Xiao Family with only three stages of Dou Qi and no system, then began cultivating the Flame Mantra to rebuild his strength. On testing day, he learned that Xiao Yan was still at three stages of Dou Qi and registered six stages himself, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er reacted to him with unexplained feelings.

• Xiao Tian woke in his old home on the day before he had first arrived, with three stages of Dou Qi and memories of his former cultivation methods but no system.
• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Family members about the date, then went to a cave on the back mountain and cultivated the Flame Mantra through the night.
• Xiao Tian reached six stages of Dou Qi but found that his talent for ignoring bottlenecks had vanished, then went to the Xiao Family kitchen for food.
• Xiao Yan tested at three stages of Dou Qi and endured the crowd's mockery, while Xiao Xun'er encouraged him and tested at nine stages.
• Xiao Tian arrived at the testing plaza, where Xiao Xun'er felt an inexplicable familiarity and Xiao Yan felt an unexplained hostility toward him.
• Xiao Tian tested at six stages of Dou Qi and received a medium rank.

Xiao Tian trained until he reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi, then discovered that Yao Chen had awakened and sought a way to afford the Sucking Palm manual. After earning gold by treating mercenaries, he returned to the market and bought the iron sheet containing the Dou Skill.

• Xiao Tian ignored Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er after his test, then trained in the back mountain until he broke through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Tian saw Yao Chen awake inside Xiao Yan's ring and decided to practice Dou Skills instead of continuing his usual training.
• Xiao Tian went to the Wutan City market for the Sucking Palm manual but lacked money, and he chose not to ask Xiao Ning for help.
• Xiao Tian gathered herbs and treated mercenaries' minor injuries through the night, earning around a hundred gold coins.
• Xiao Tian returned to the stall and bought several items, including the iron sheet that contained the Sucking Palm Dou Skill.