Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian tightened his control over Zhao Min at Bright Summit while preparing to travel to Dadu and rescue the six major sects. He threatened her family to secure her cooperation, and Zhao Min was left facing his demand that she help him.

• Xiao Tian announced that Madam Han had returned and ordered her to take Bat King Wei and White-Browed Eagle King to bring Xie Xun back to the Cult.
• Xiao Tian ordered Left Emissary Yang and the Five Wanderers to accompany him to Dadu in three days, then punished Zhao Min for refusing to eat by having the food removed.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Zhao she was free to visit Madam Han, then spent time with Yang Buhui while Zhao Min went hungry.
• Zhao Min finally asked for food, and Xiao Tian told her he planned to rescue the six major sects and attack the Yuan Dynasty.
• Xiao Tian threatened Zhao Min's father and brother until she begged him to spare them, then demanded that she help rescue the six major sects.

Xiao Tian and Zhao Min went to Wan'an Temple to rescue the six major sects and recruit them to fight the Yuan Dynasty. Most sects agreed to join the Ming Cult, while Abbess Miejue refused and died after passing her strength and leadership to Zhou Zhiruo.

• Zhao Min agreed to help Xiao Tian rescue the six major sects, and three days later she guided him and the Ming Cult to Wan'an Temple.
• Xiao Tian's followers subdued the guards, and he revealed that the tower's guard Fan Yao was the Ming Cult's former Right Emissary.
• Xiao Tian offered the antidote to sect members who agreed to help the Ming Cult overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and he killed a man who challenged him.
• The Wudang Sect and Shaolin agreed to join Xiao Tian, while some Emei disciples accepted his offer after Abbess Miejue refused.
• Abbess Miejue passed her inner strength and the sect leader's ring to Zhou Zhiruo, then died, leaving Zhou Zhiruo dazed and unsure of her future.

Xiao Tian arrived in the Central Plains and headed to the Tianmu Mountain Range to compete for a place in the Tianshan Blood Pool. Meanwhile, Lu Man sent Heavenly Court experts to search for Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and Xiao Tian encountered representatives of the four pavilions at the mountain.

• Xiao Tian learned that six months had passed, confirmed he was in the Central Plains, and set out for the Tianmu Mountain Range after hearing the blood pool would open in a month.
• Half a month earlier, Ding Da reported Xiao Tian's message that he was safe, and Lu Man ordered him and the Heavenly Court's Silver Token members to find Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Tian reached the foot of the Tianmu Mountain Range with two Dou Zun puppets and rested until the blood pool's opening approached.
• Feng of the Wind Thunder Pavilion arrived on a seven-colored crane, followed by Tang Ying, Wang Chen, and Mu Qingluan from the other three pavilions.

Xiao Tian clashed with the Yellow Springs Pavilion after Wang Chen attacked him, then fought Bone Elder as the Four Pavilions’ experts watched. He killed Bone Elder, while Lie Ming fled with Wang Chen to seek reinforcements.

• Xiao Tian dismissed the Wind Thunder Pavilion First Elder Lei’s questions and knocked Wang Chen unconscious when Wang Chen attacked him.
• An eight-star Dou Zong elder of the Yellow Springs Pavilion challenged Xiao Tian, but neither could overcome the other.
• Bone Elder joined the fight, and Xiao Tian used his two Heavenly Flames and powerful Dou Techniques against him.
• Lie Ming took the injured Wang Chen away and sent Bone Elder a message that he would bring the Pavilion Master back.
• Xiao Tian overwhelmed Bone Elder with the Earth Covering Seal and killed him with a punch.

After killing Bone Elder, Xiao Tian joined Jin Shi to reach the Tianshan Blood Pool and began absorbing its energy to break through toward Dou Zong. Jin Shi watched as the pool’s energy converged on Xiao Tian, leaving the other cultivators’ share in doubt.

• Xiao Tian killed Bone Elder, stored his corpse for use as a puppet, and recovered while his two Dou Zun puppets guarded him.
• Jin Gu reported Xiao Tian’s strength and Heavenly Flames to Jin Shi, who later approached Xiao Tian in the Tianmu Mountain Range and offered a breakthrough opportunity in exchange for treatment.
• Xiao Tian cleared Jin Shi’s fire poison with his five Heavenly Flames, then followed him to the Tianshan Blood Pool.
• Xiao Tian descended to the pool’s deepest, most energy-rich area and began refining its energy and fire poison.
• The entire pool’s energy surged into a vortex around Xiao Tian as Jin Shi watched and anticipated his breakthrough to Dou Zong.

Xiao Tian broke through to Dou Zong after draining the Tianshan Blood Pool and drawing in the surrounding energy, then challenged the Yellow Springs Pavilion forces waiting outside the Tianmu Mountain Range. After fighting Yellow Springs Venerable and revealing five Heavenly Flames, Xiao Tian summoned two three-star Dou Zun puppets and declared that he would take over the Yellow Springs Pavilion.

• Xiao Tian completed his breakthrough to Dou Zong, and Jin Shi and Jin Gu congratulated him and accepted his two Sect Breaking Pills.
• Jin Shi warned Xiao Tian that Yellow Springs Venerable, Lie Ming, and other Yellow Springs Pavilion experts were waiting outside, but Xiao Tian flew out to face them alone.
• Xiao Tian confronted Yellow Springs Venerable and fought him with five Heavenly Flames and powerful Dou Techniques, but the elder emerged unharmed while Xiao Tian was left slightly injured and depleted.
• Xiao Tian released two three-star Dou Zun puppets and announced that he would slaughter the Yellow Springs Pavilion and claim it for himself.

Xiao Tian defeated Yellow Springs Venerable and the Yellow Springs Pavilion fighters with the help of two powerful puppets, then recovered and advanced to three-star Dou Zong. He left ready to return and take over Yellow Springs Pavilion.

• Yellow Springs Venerable was shocked when Xiao Tian's two puppets proved to be three-star Dou Zuns, while Xiao Tian's forces overwhelmed the pavilion's elders and Wang Chen.
• Xiao Tian and one puppet defeated the elders and Wang Chen with the Five Rounds of Leaving Fire Method, while the other puppet continued battling Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Xiao Tian and his puppets broke through Yellow Springs Venerable's defenses with a coordinated attack, and Xiao Tian killed him with the Dragon's Wrath Light Wave.
• Xiao Tian collected the fallen pavilion members' corpses, retreated to recover, and used a Sect Breaking Pill to advance two stars to three-star Dou Zong.
• After three days of cultivation, Xiao Tian vowed to return and rule Yellow Springs Pavilion.

Xiao Tian seized Yellow Springs Pavilion and rebuilt it as a Nine Heavens Court branch hall, prompting the other pavilions to seek his favor. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan returned toward the Xiao Family and intercepted three Soul Hall Protectors headed for Wutan City.

• Xiao Tian used his eight Dou Zun puppets to take control of Yellow Springs Pavilion, killed a disciple who challenged him, and imposed the Nine Heavens Court’s rules on its members.
• Xiao Tian ordered the pavilion demolished and rebuilt as a branch hall, and Thunder Venerable and the other pavilion leaders sent people to befriend him.
• Xiao Tian left the branch hall’s management to a steward, and over the next six months he became an eighth-tier Alchemist without revealing it.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Huang at Jia Nan Academy and returned toward the Xiao Family, where he discovered three Soul Hall Protectors heading for Wutan City.
• Xiao Yan intercepted the Protectors, who revealed their interest in the Xiao Family and the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.

Xiao Yan let Yao Chen possess his body to fight three Soul Hall Protectors, and Yao Chen struck one down before battling the other two. Xiao Yan killed the remaining Protectors with a three-flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, then he and Yao Chen flew toward Wutan City to evacuate the Xiao Family, unaware that Protector A had survived.

• Xiao Yan handed control of his body to Yao Chen, whose strength rose to that of an eight-star Dou Zong.
• Yao Chen ambushed Protector A with Wave Splitting Flame Ruler, then fought Protectors B and C while they attacked him together.
• Protector C crushed a jade slip to summon Venerable Xie Yu, forcing Yao Chen to act before Soul Hall reinforcements arrived.
• Yao Chen left Xiao Yan's body and distracted the two Protectors while Xiao Yan gathered a three-flame Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan released the fire lotus and killed Protectors B and C, then flew with Yao Chen toward Wutan City to relocate the Xiao Family.
• Protector A crawled out of the ground after Xiao Yan and Yao Chen had left and vowed to get revenge.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family and warned that Soul Hall had come to attack, so he and Xiao Yu tried to hold off Protector Jia while the clan fled. A more powerful figure in the black mist killed Protector Jia and demanded Yao Chen and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yu had returned alone and went to the First Elder’s residence to warn the family about a Soul Hall Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yu and the First Elder realized the danger, and Xiao Yu sent her grandfather to lead the clan to the imperial capital while she stayed with Xiao Yan.
• Protector Jia demanded Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and Yao Chen, while Xiao Yu secretly summoned Heavenly Fire Venerable and Xiao Yan stalled for time.
• Xiao Yu struck Protector Jia with her Water Dragon Whip, and Xiao Yan followed with Eight Extremes Collapse, forcing him back.
• A voice from the black mist erased Protector Jia, then demanded that Xiao Yan hand over Yao Chen and his Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Yao Chen fought Soul Hall Heavenly Venerate Xie Yu, a one-star Dou Zun, but he overwhelmed them and captured Yao Chen. Xie Yu then attacked Xiao Yan and seized Xiao Yu, leaving both in mortal danger.

• Xie Yu emerged from the black mist and suppressed Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu with his Dou Zun aura before attacking them with needle-like raindrops.
• Yao Chen left Xiao Yan's body and fought Xie Yu with Bone Spirit Cold Flame while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu prepared their strongest Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus and Xiao Yu unleashed Raging Sea Mad Waves, but Xie Yu imprisoned both attacks with Space Imprisonment and captured Yao Chen.
• Xie Yu demanded the Tuoshe Ancient Jade, struck Xiao Yan repeatedly, and knocked Xiao Yu unconscious before she woke and caught Xiao Yan with her Water Dragon Whip.
• Xiao Yu attacked Xie Yu with Water Transforms into Dragon, but he dispersed the water dragon, seized her by the throat, and threatened to kill her.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu were rescued from Evil Venerate by Heavenly Fire Venerable, but Xiao Yan blamed him for failing to save his teacher and grew hostile toward Xiao Tian. Xiao Tian refined the Poison Pill for Xiao Yi Xian, then learned that Ice River Valley was hunting her in the Central Plains and prepared to protect her.

• Xiao Yan struck Evil Venerate to free Xiao Yu, but Heavenly Fire Venerable had to intervene when Evil Venerate attacked them again.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable defeated Evil Venerate, who escaped in a cloud of mist before Xiao Yan could rescue his teacher.
• Xiao Yan blamed Heavenly Fire Venerable for the escape and developed hatred toward Xiao Tian, while Xiao Yu returned with Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Tian chose the Myriad Realms Lottery System during an upgrade that would take one month, then received a tier-seven magical beast core from Yellow Springs Venerable.
• Xiao Tian refined the Poison Pill for Xiao Yi Xian, but learned that Ice River Valley was hunting a Calamity Poison Body in the Central Plains.

Xiao Tian gathered the Nine Heavens Court to attack Ice River Valley after learning it had harmed Xiao Yi Xian. He reunited with her and ordered the valley wiped out, while Xiao Yi Xian questioned the slaughter of its weaker members.

• Xiao Tian summoned the Nine Heavens Court's Dou Zong experts to Ice River Valley, and Lu Man sent Ding Da to find him and tell him Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun had gone to the Central Plains.
• More than five hundred Nine Heavens Court experts assembled outside Ice River Valley, where Bing Yuan encountered Xiao Yi Xian being held by the valley's disciples.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Heaven Token, and the Nine Heavens Court members recognized her as their Madam and killed Bing Yuan.
• Xiao Tian arrived, comforted Xiao Yi Xian, and ordered his eight Dou Zun puppets and the gathered Dou Zong experts to slaughter Ice River Valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained she had searched for Xiao Tian after he disappeared for three months, then objected to the deaths of Ice River Valley's weaker members; Xiao Tian insisted the entire valley had to pay.

Xiao Tian destroyed Ice River Valley after its members injured Xiao Yi Xian, then helped her absorb the Poison Pill and control her Calamity Poison Body. After Xiao Yi Xian emerged from cultivation as a one-star Dou Zun, Xiao Tian prepared to return with her to the Heavenly Court.

• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yi Xian entered Ice River Valley, where Xiao Tian confronted Ice Venerable and declared that he had attacked the valley because Ice Venerable had hurt Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Tian’s forces defeated Ice River Valley, and his puppets killed Ice Venerable; Xiao Tian rewarded the Heavenly Court members with Sect Breaking Pills.
• Xiao Tian took Ice Venerable’s corpse and told Xiao Yi Xian that he had refined a Poison Pill that would let her control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Tian helped Xiao Yi Xian absorb the Poison Pill, then ordered the Heavenly Court members to collect Ice River Valley’s resources and return to their branch halls.
• After several days, Xiao Yi Xian emerged from cultivation as a one-star Dou Zun, and Xiao Tian left with her to return to the Heavenly Court.

Hun Miesheng sent Evil Venerate and two Heavenly Venerates to assess or destroy Xiao Tian’s Nine Heavens Court, but Xiao Tian’s Dou Zun puppets forced them to retreat. After the Soul Hall group planned to seek an alliance with the Tian Ming Sect, Xiao Tian learned that his system upgrade had finished and asked about its lottery.

• Hun Miesheng ordered Evil Venerate, Eighth Heavenly Venerate, and Ninth Heavenly Venerate to deal with the Nine Heavens Court after learning it had destroyed Ice River Valley.
• Evil Venerate met Xiao Tian at a Court branch hall, where Eighth and Ninth Heavenly Venerate revealed themselves and threatened him.
• Xiao Tian summoned more than ten Dou Zun puppets, and the Soul Hall envoys retreated after failing to overpower them.
• Eighth Heavenly Venerate proposed that the group ally with the Tian Ming Sect to destroy the Court without facing Hun Miesheng’s punishment.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yi Xian he had let the envoys escape to learn what forces the Soul Hall could bring against him.
• The system announced its upgrade was complete and explained its lottery options to Xiao Tian, who then left as Xiao Yi Xian went to cultivate.

Xiao Tian prepared Heavenly Court to confront the Soul Hall, but the Soul Hall focused on hunting the Spirit Clan instead. After strengthening his forces, he led an invasion of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and launched an attack when Sword Venerate tried to stall for reinforcements.

• Xiao Tian used most of his points on a lottery, receiving a Bodhi Pill and a one-day Li Xingyun Summoning Token among mostly unwanted prizes.
• A Heavenly Court agent reported that Soul Hall members had entered the Tian Ming Sect, so Xiao Tian prepared the branch hall's grand formation, but the Soul Hall later withdrew without attacking.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Hall's Venerates to hunt down the escaped Spirit Clan members and assigned Xie Yu to capture the Xiao Clan youth carrying the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.
• After half a year, Xiao Tian reached four-star Dou Zong, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to two-star Dou Zun and several Silver Token holders became Dou Zuns.
• Xiao Tian led Heavenly Court to the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and demanded that Sword Venerate submit; when Sword Venerate called for the Ten Thousand Swords Array, Xiao Tian's army surged forward.

Xiao Tian led Heavenly Court in destroying Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, while Xiao Yi Xian and the Yellow Springs Venerable puppet defeated Sword Venerate. Wind Venerate withdrew with Starfall Pavilion, and Xiao Tian claimed the pavilion as Heavenly Court’s second branch hall.

• Xiao Tian released twelve Dou Zun puppets and ordered Heavenly Court to attack the Ten Thousand Swords Array, while Sword Venerate urged Tang Ying to escape if the battle turned against them.
• Xiao Tian and the Heavenly Court forces shattered the array and began attacking Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion; Xiao Tian challenged Sword Venerate but was driven back.
• Xiao Yi Xian intercepted Sword Venerate and fought him with her poisonous Dou Qi as Heavenly Court overwhelmed the pavilion’s defenders.
• Wind Venerate arrived with Starfall Pavilion and demanded that Xiao Tian withdraw, but Xiao Yi Xian wounded Sword Venerate and Xiao Tian ordered the Yellow Springs Venerable puppet to ambush him.
• Tang Ying fled, and Wind Venerate withdrew after recognizing that Starfall Pavilion could not turn the battle around.
• Xiao Tian ordered Heavenly Court to rebuild the site as its second branch hall and take over the pavilion’s resources, earning 30,000 points.

Xiao Tian gained a lightning element and broke through to six-star Dou Zong before going to the Alchemist Tower to trade for the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He began refining the flame in the Alchemist Tower Star Region while Lux guarded him.

• Lux arrived at the Heavenly Court, and Xiao Tian arranged for her to rest before using the system lottery to obtain a lightning-element energy source.
• Xiao Tian refined the energy source over half a month, gaining a lightning element and advancing to six-star Dou Zong.
• After learning the Alchemist Tower's First Elder wanted to meet him in person, Xiao Tian brought Lux to the tower and told Xiao Yi Xian he was going to negotiate for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Tian offered Xuan Kongzi a Bodhi Pill and its formula in exchange for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuan Kongzi accepted.
• Xiao Tian entered the Alchemist Tower Star Region to refine the flame, while Lux placed a magical barrier around the area and stood guard.

Xiao Tian visited Blazing Flame Valley to obtain Xiao Xuan's Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and the Nine Thunder Heavenly Gang Fire. He traded pills for the Heavenly Flame and left with Lux and Xiao Yi Xian, while Tang Zhen explained why he had accepted the deal.

• Xiao Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and Lux arrived at Blazing Flame Valley, where Xiao Tian struck the barrier until Tang Zhen came out.
• Xiao Tian identified himself as Xiao Xuan's descendant and demanded the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, threatening to take it by force if necessary.
• Xiao Tian offered pills for the Nine Thunder Heavenly Gang Fire, and Tang Zhen negotiated five Bodhi Pills and five Sect Breaking Pills for it.
• Tang Zhen gave Xiao Tian the Heavenly Flame, and the First Elder delivered the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Tang Huo'er protested her father's decision, but Tang Zhen told her the exchange had prevented Blazing Flame Valley from facing destruction.
• Lux opened a spatial passage, and Xiao Tian and his companions departed after Xiao Tian promised the Nine Heavens Court would help Blazing Flame Valley if needed.

After three years of secluded cultivation, Xiao Tian reached the peak of five-star Dou Zun and traveled with the Court to the Beast Domain to explore a Dou Sheng relic. There, he learned that Xiao Yan had also become a Dou Zun and now regarded him as an enemy, while Starfall Pavilion had grown far stronger than Xiao Tian had expected.

• Xiao Tian explained to Xiao Yi Xian that he might have taken the Heavenly Flame by force if Tang Zhen had refused the exchange, but he wanted to avoid a war with Blazing Flame Valley.
• Xiao Tian spent three years in secluded cultivation, reached the peak of five-star Dou Zun, and reunited with Qing Lin after she and Ding Da arrived in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Tian took Xiao Yi Xian, Lux, Qing Lin, and Court experts to the Beast Domain after learning that a Dou Sheng relic had appeared there.
• Xiao Tian met Thunder Venerable and the Wind Thunder Pavilion, while Feng Qing'er confronted Xiao Yan, who had arrived with Starfall Pavilion experts and had reached Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin reminded Xiao Tian that Xiao Yan considered him an enemy, and Xiao Tian learned that Starfall Pavilion had become powerful after Yao Chen was likely revived early.