Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian entered the Black Corner Region with Lu Man, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun, recruited three defeated bandits as his subordinates, and brought the group to an auction in Black Seal City. He left with a cyan longsword for Yun Yun and continued the auction with his companions.

• Xiao Tian said he planned to make the Black Corner Region his territory and had Yun Yun and Lu Man capture three Nine-Star Dou Wang bandits who tried to rob them.
• Xiao Tian threatened the captives with his Heavenly Flames, bound them with soul imprints, and named them Ding Yi, Ding Er, and Ding San after they agreed to serve him.
• Ding Yi guided Xiao Tian and the others to the Black Seal City auction, where Xiao Tian bought useful items for himself and the women.
• When a cyan wind-element longsword appeared at auction, Yun Yun admitted she wanted it, and Xiao Tian won it for four million.
• Lu Man teased Xiao Tian for spending more on Yun Yun’s sword than on her purchases, then sat on his lap as they joked; Qing Lin quietly wished Xiao Tian would notice her too.

Xiao Tian arranged for Xiao Yu to enter the Inner Academy and reconciled with Ruo Lin, then explained that he had come to Jia Nan Academy for the Falling Heart Flame. He left planning to wait for Xiao Yan while intending to claim the flame himself.

• Xiao Tian persuaded Hu Gan to admit Xiao Yu to the Inner Academy in exchange for preparing materials for an Emperor Pill, and gave Hu Gan pills for Hu Jia.
• Xiao Yu questioned Xiao Tian about Ruo Lin, and he admitted what he had done and agreed to apologize.
• Xiao Tian apologized to Ruo Lin, who accepted after Xiao Yu helped reconcile them; he also told them about the Xiao Family's encounter with the Soul Clan.
• Xiao Yu told Ruo Lin she could advance to the Inner Academy, and Xiao Tian gave Ruo Lin Earth-tier Water Style cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yu he had come for the Falling Heart Flame and planned to wait for Xiao Yan before taking the sentient flame for himself.

Xiao Tian entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy with Medusa, reunited with Xiao Yan, and gave him two valuable Dou Skills. At his new residence, Medusa and Yun Yun confronted each other over their claims on Xiao Tian, leaving him caught between them.

• Xiao Tian brought Medusa with him to Jia Nan Academy and left Lu Man a letter before returning to the Outer Academy.
• Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Yan, embraced Xiao Yu, and gave Xiao Yan Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Purple Cloud Wings.
• Hu Gan escorted Xiao Tian and Xiao Yu into the Inner Academy, where Su Qian welcomed Xiao Tian and arranged a private residence for him.
• At the residence, Medusa declared it her territory and forbade other women from moving in.
• Yun Yun arrived and challenged Medusa over Xiao Tian, and the two women declared competing claims on him.

Medusa and Yun Yun fought over Xiao Tian, who stopped them and tried to keep the peace. The women returned to their homes, but Medusa demanded a weapon, and Xiao Tian later faced Yun Yun’s anger and threats about his other relationships.

• Medusa and Yun Yun clashed in Canaan, with their battle threatening the students until Su Qian raised a defensive barrier.
• Xiao Tian rescued Yun Yun from Medusa, sealed both women’s Dou Qi, and took them to a mountain range before releasing them and persuading them to stop fighting.
• Medusa returned to Xiao Tian’s residence and demanded a weapon as powerful as Yun Yun’s, but he offered her a Dou Technique instead.
• The next day, Xiao Tian asked the System for help finding a weapon or technique for Medusa, but the suitable option cost far more points than he had.
• Xiao Tian visited Yun Yun, who beat him for his flirtatious behavior and warned him not to let Medusa oppose her.

Xiao Tian visited the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, then brought Xiao Yu to cultivate before seeking out a treasure in the back mountain. After driving off a Snow Demon Sky Ape, he took all the Earth Core Quenching Milk from its cave.

• Xiao Tian declined Xiao Yan's invitation to join Pan Gate and learned that his system could no longer issue missions or provide rewards.
• Xiao Tian cultivated in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and found the Falling Heart Flame's effect powerful, despite the three Heavenly Flames inside him.
• Xiao Tian guided Xiao Yu, brought her to cultivate, and gave her Fire Energy before leaving her to train.
• Xiao Tian went to the back mountain to study Three Thousand Lightning Movement, then noticed a fight between Zi Yan and a Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Xiao Tian revealed his Dou Huang strength and three Heavenly Flames, causing the Snow Demon Sky Ape to flee, then looted all the Earth Core Quenching Milk in its cave.

Xiao Tian refined Earth Core Quenching Milk and distributed it to his companions, including Xiao Yan, while Cai Lin accompanied him. After learning that Ding Da and his brothers had found no trace of Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Tian returned to cultivate and prepare for his own breakthrough.

• Xiao Tian gave bottles of Earth Core Quenching Milk to Xiao Yu, Ruo Lin, Medusa, and Yun Yun, explaining how to use the medicinal bath.
• Medusa transformed into a seven-colored snake and accepted the name Cai Lin, then accompanied Xiao Tian as he visited the others.
• Xiao Tian gave Qing Lin two bottles for herself and Lu Man, and Qing Lin told him she had reached nine-star Dou Ling.
• Ding Da and his brothers reported that they had found no sign of Xiao Yi Xian while searching the Cloud Empire, and Xiao Tian gave them resources to cultivate.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yan the final bottle of Earth Core Quenching Milk, and Old Yao recognized it and explained its value.
• Xiao Tian returned to his residence and began cultivating, knowing that his unusually high energy needs would make breakthroughs difficult.

After half a year in seclusion, Xiao Tian emerged as a three-star Dou Emperor and reunited with Yun Yun, Lu Man, Qing Lin, and his other followers. He returned to the Inner Academy with Yun Yun and prepared to refine a seventh-tier medicinal pill in secret while waiting for the Falling Heart Flame to break its seal.

• Xiao Tian emerged from seclusion, learned Yun Yun had reached the Dou Zong level and Xiao Yu was a five-star Dou Ling, then went to reunite with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Tian she had missed him, and the two spent the day reminiscing before agreeing to return to their old valley after he absorbed the Falling Heart Flame.
• Xiao Tian visited Lu Man and Qing Lin, learned Qing Lin had reached two-star Dou Emperor and Lu Man two-star Dou Zong, and tasked them with secretly training loyal Da Dou Shi deathsworn.
• Xiao Tian gave resources to Lu Man, Qing Lin, Ding Da, and his two brothers, then returned to the Inner Academy with Yun Yun.
• Xiao Tian persuaded Cai Lin to let Yun Yun stay and asked both women to conceal his attempt to refine a seventh-tier medicinal pill.

Xiao Tian refined his first seventh-tier Life Devouring Pill, endured its Pill Lightning, and discovered that his soul power had reached the Heavenly Realm. Afterward, he took Xiao Yu to visit family and friends at the Outer Academy, leaving Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei with resources to help them advance.

• Xiao Tian refined a Life Devouring Pill while Yun Yun and Cai Lin guarded the barrier, then defeated the Pill Lightning and collected the pill.
• Xiao Tian discovered that his soul power had reached the Heavenly Realm, while Yao Chen sensed his breakthrough and urged Xiao Yan to improve his cultivation and alchemy.
• Xiao Tian told Yun Yun and Cai Lin to train against the pill’s aftershocks and planned to refine another pill the next day.
• Xiao Tian took Xiao Yu to the Outer Academy, where he gave Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei storage rings containing resources for reaching the Dou Emperor realm and gave Xue Ni medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yu asked whether Xiao Mei had feelings for Xiao Tian, and he said he regarded her only as a clanswoman before carrying Xiao Yu back to the Inner Academy.

Xiao Tian established the beginnings of his faction by gathering and testing hundreds of recruits with Life Devouring Pills, while preparing to bring his companions together for its official founding. He left for the Inner Academy, where he planned to seize the Falling Heart Flame when it broke free, and bet Yun Yun and Cai Lin that his faction would rule the Black Corner Region.

• Xiao Tian learned that Lu Man had gathered five hundred Da Dou Shi soldiers, then gave her pills to use on potential recruits and ordered her to kill those who refused to serve.
• Xiao Tian killed the twenty people who rejected his challenge, then gave Life Devouring Pills to the remaining recruits and set them a three-year deadline to reach Dou Huang.
• Xiao Tian gave Shape-Shifting Pills and Emperor Pills to White Fang and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, then told Lu Man that his faction would be established after five days of preparation.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Inner Academy and planned to take advantage of the Falling Heart Flame breaking its seal; he also bet Yun Yun and Cai Lin that his faction would rule the Black Corner Region.
• Cai Lin told Xiao Tian that Xiao Yu had flown off to celebrate breaking through to Dou Ling.

Falling Heart Flame broke out of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower as Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders tried to contain it. Han Feng arrived with allies to seize the flame, while Xiao Tian knocked it underground and Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng with Old Yao's help.

• Su Qian reinforced the tower's failing seal as Falling Heart Flame transformed into a transparent fire python and burst free, prompting the elders to evacuate students and call for help.
• Xiao Yan went to find Xiao Tian, while Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame and gathered forces from the Black Corner Region to claim it.
• Hu Gan and other reinforcements helped Su Qian contain the weakened fire python, but Han Feng arrived with the Gold-Silver Elders and challenged the academy.
• Xiao Tian knocked the fire python underground and urged the elders to seal it, while Xiao Yan charged at Han Feng to avenge his teacher.
• Han Feng attacked Xiao Yan, but Old Yao possessed him and blocked Han Feng's strike with the Wave Splitting Flame Ruler.

Yao Chen drove Han Feng and the Black Corner Region forces from Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Tian refined the Falling Heart Flame and recruited Heavenly Fire Venerable. Xiao Tian emerged from underground, gave the Falling Heart Flame to Xiao Yan, and left with Yun Yun to begin developing his power in the Black Plains.

• Yao Chen revealed himself through Xiao Yan, forced Han Feng to retreat, and warned Xiao Yan to remain at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Tian refined the Falling Heart Flame, advanced his Flame Mantra to Earth Rank Middle, and reached five-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Tian found Heavenly Fire Venerable underground, secured his loyalty, and obtained a body-creation model from the system.
• Xiao Tian fought through the fire lizards, broke the newly formed seal, and emerged from beneath the ruined Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Tian gave the Falling Heart Flame to Xiao Yan, then left Jia Nan Academy with Yun Yun to develop his power in the Black Plains.

Xiao Tian traveled to the Cloud Empire and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, who had become the Poison Sect’s master. After telling her about his other relationships and bringing her into the Nine Heavens Court, he left with her and Yun Yun to catch up with Cai Lin.

• Xiao Tian postponed the attack on the Black Alliance and traveled to the Cloud Empire with Yun Yun and Cai Lin to find Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Tian entered the Poison Sect, overcame its guards, and waited for its master to appear.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw Xiao Tian and tried to leave, but he teleported to her, confronted her, and comforted her as she apologized and embraced him.
• Xiao Tian introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Yun Yun and Cai Lin and admitted that all three women were his partners.
• Cai Lin left for the Snake People Clan, and Xiao Yi Xian disbanded the Poison Sect and placed its forces under the Nine Heavens Court.
• Xiao Tian reassured Yun Yun and rushed after Cai Lin with Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Tian gathered his women and forces before marching on the Black Alliance in the Black Corner Region, determined to seize its resources and then advance toward the Central Plains. He confronted Han Feng’s assembled faction leaders with a vastly superior army and demanded their surrender or death.

• Xiao Tian took Xiao Yi Xian to the imperial capital, reunited with Ya Fei, and ordered both women to accompany him despite their objections.
• Xiao Tian gathered Yun Yun, Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and Nalan Yanran from the Misty Cloud Sect and led them to join Cai Lin and the Snake People Clan on the march toward the Black Corner Region.
• After two months, Xiao Tian returned to his territory and prepared to conquer the Black Corner Region so he could strengthen his forces before setting out for the Central Plains.
• Han Feng and the Black Alliance leaders gathered in Feng City after learning that the Nine Heavens Court planned to attack them.
• Xiao Tian arrived with more than fifty Dou Emperors and four Dou Zong women at the head of his army, then demanded that the Black Alliance leaders surrender and accept his soul control or die.

Xiao Tian defeated Han Feng in battle, captured his escaping soul, and sealed it in a bottle. When a Soul Hall Protector demanded Han Feng, Xiao Tian attacked him and left him smashed into the ground.

• Xiao Tian fought Han Feng, overwhelmed his attacks, and defeated his Sea Heart Phantom Beast with his Four Flame Demonic Dragon.
• Han Feng attempted to self-destruct, but Xiao Tian escaped the blast, captured Han Feng's soul, and sealed it in a bottle.
• Xiao Tian sensed a Soul Hall Protector nearby and called him out after discovering the Protector had been watching.
• The Soul Hall Protector attacked with chains, but Xiao Tian dodged them and punched him into the ground.

Xiao Tian fought the Black Mist Protector, who used a secret technique to raise his strength to that of a seven-star Dou Zong. Xiao Tian defeated him with the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method, while the four women watched.

• Lu Man and Xiao Yi Xian killed the defeated Gold-Silver Elders after they refused to spare them.
• The Black Mist Protector used a Soul Hall secret technique to increase his strength from a four-star to a seven-star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Tian told the four women to stay back and fought the Black Mist Protector alone.
• Xiao Tian used pills to restore his Dou Qi and struck the Protector with attacks powered by his Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Tian unleashed the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method and blasted the Black Mist Protector into nothing.

Xiao Tian led his forces to destroy Demon Flame Valley and challenged its reclusive patriarch, Old Ghost Demonic. After killing him with a Destruction Fire Lotus, Xiao Tian declared himself ruler of the Black Corner Region.

• Xiao Tian refused to let Cai Lin join the expedition and promised to refine a Sect Breaking Pill for her when he returned.
• Xiao Tian arrived at Demon Flame Valley and demanded that its people submit or die.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed the charging members of Demon Flame Valley with poisonous needles, and Xiao Tian’s forces defeated the remaining resisters.
• Old Ghost Demonic emerged from seclusion and fought Xiao Tian, who matched his attacks with powerful battle skills and Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Tian killed Old Ghost Demonic with a Destruction Fire Lotus and claimed rule over the Black Corner Region.

After consolidating the Black Corner Region, Xiao Tian prepared to travel to Central Plains and secured Horizon City’s Space Wormhole for the Nine Heavens Court. After a month in transit, he and Ding Da were nearing their destination.

• Xiao Tian refined five Heavenly Demon Puppets, gave three to Ya Fei, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei, and kept two for his travels.
• Xiao Tian refused to let Xiao Yi Xian and the other women accompany him, then prepared Sect Breaking Pills and cultivation resources before leaving with Ding Da and several dozen Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Tian sent Ding Da and two puppets to subdue the Luo Family and took control of Horizon City’s Space Wormhole, leaving Court members to develop the city.
• Xiao Tian and Ding Da boarded a boat through the Space Wormhole, and after a month of travel they saw light ahead as they neared Central Plains.

After a space storm sent Xiao Tian to the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, the upgraded system explained that he had to cultivate across worlds to regain the strength needed to return to Battle Through the Heavens. Once the barrier trapping him vanished, he left the mountain and entered the cave holding the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu.

• Xiao Tian sent Ding Da away aboard the ship, but the space storm caught him and carried him unconscious to another world.
• The system told Xiao Tian that he was in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, that his Dou Qi was depleted, and that he needed to cultivate through other worlds to reach the Human Immortal Realm and return to Battle Through the Heavens.
• The system revealed that Xiao Tian was trapped near the cave containing the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu, and that the Heavenly Flame barrier would take several days to disappear.
• Xiao Tian waited for half a month until the barrier vanished, then celebrated his freedom and walked down the mountain.
• Xiao Tian found the marked cave and entered to claim the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu before Duan Yu could reach them.

Xiao Tian cultivated the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu, then grew stronger by draining the Wuliang Sword Sect’s disciples and leader before destroying the sect. On his way down the mountain, he interrupted Yue Lao San’s fight with Mu Wanqing and left Duan Yu without the chance to act.

• Xiao Tian found the Northern Darkness Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu in the cave and spent half a year cultivating until he became a second-rate expert.
• Xiao Tian drained several Wuliang Sect disciples of their internal energy, tortured one for information, and killed them after learning where the sect was.
• Xiao Tian ambushed Wuliang Sword Sect disciples and elders, advancing to the first-rate level before attacking the sect leader during secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Tian absorbed the sect leader’s internal energy, killed him, learned the Wuliang Sword Technique, and burned the sect before leaving at dawn.
• Xiao Tian watched Yue Lao San overpower Mu Wanqing, then stomped on Yue Lao San’s head before Duan Yu could intervene.

Xiao Tian drove Yue Lao San away, abducted Mu Wanqing, and claimed her as his wife. As they spent the night in a forest, Mu Wanqing agreed to take him to meet her master the next day, while Duan Yu was captured by the Four Great Villains.

• Xiao Tian kicked Yue Lao San away and warned him to leave, so Yue Lao San fled.
• Xiao Tian carried Mu Wanqing off despite Duan Yu’s protest, and the Four Great Villains later captured Duan Yu after learning he was Duan Zhengchun’s son.
• In a forest, Mu Wanqing removed her veil, and Xiao Tian kissed her and made her call him husband.
• Xiao Tian asked Mu Wanqing to take him to her home, and she agreed to bring him to her master the next day.
• Mu Wanqing said Xiao Tian could not touch or bully her that night, and he pulled her into his arms so she could sleep.