Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian traveled to The Five Rats and The Art of War, taking over Petty Cat just after Cat Country lost Ironclad Pass. He began reforming Cat Country and preparing to face both the Mouse Kingdom and a rebellion by the former Tusks Unit.

• Xiao Tian rejected an immediate trip to The Legend of Qin and chose a world without women, then arrived in The Five Rats and The Art of War as Petty Cat.
• Petty Cat summoned Thieving Cat, Bao Bao Cat, Lazy Cat, and Drunken Cat and criticized their complacency after Cat Country's military defeats.
• Petty Cat revealed that the former Tusks Unit was gathering troops to rebel, alarming the four generals.
• Petty Cat ordered Thieving Cat to recruit soldiers with doubled treatment and gave Bao Bao Cat and Lazy Cat a year to recover before proving themselves.
• Thieving Cat and Drunken Cat went to recruit soldiers, while Thieving Cat resolved to serve Petty Cat wholeheartedly and help unify the world.

Petty Cat rebuilt Cat Country’s army after its defeat at Ironclad Pass, while Kui Kui Cat hesitated over rebellion and the Mouse Kingdom prepared for another possible attack. A year later, Cat Country had grown to twenty-five legions, and the Tusk Kingdom had attacked the Mouse Kingdom with Invincible Rat and Iron Hammer Rat among its allies.

• Thieving Cat and Drunken Cat announced doubled military benefits and pardons, drawing recruits and former deserters back into Cat Country’s army.
• Kui Kui Cat and Shapeshifting Cat postponed their rebellion plans, while Lucky Rat and Ruru Rat strengthened their vigilance at Ironclad Pass.
• Petty Cat addressed the recruits, veterans, and deserters, heard why they had fled, and demanded that all soldiers obey orders on the battlefield.
• Petty Cat ordered a year of training under Thieving Cat, increased rations, and new military equipment as Cat Country expanded its army to twenty-five legions and completed the Overlord Flame Spear.
• The Tusk Kingdom rebelled and joined forces with Invincible Rat and Iron Hammer Rat, then attacked the Mouse Kingdom with ten legions.

Kui Kui Cat’s Tusk Army overwhelmed Yi Yi Rat’s forces and besieged their camp, while Petty Cat led the Cat Country army against Ironclad Pass. Ruru Rat abandoned the pass and escaped with only a few soldiers as the Cat Country assault broke through.

• Petty Cat waited to attack until Lucky Rat left Ironclad Pass, while Yi Yi Rat led his troops out to fight Kui Kui Cat’s Tusk Army.
• Kui Kui Cat defeated Yi Yi Rat in combat, then ordered his forces to rout the Mouse Kingdom army and pursue the survivors to their camp.
• After Yi Yi Rat endured three days of attacks, Lucky Rat left with half his troops to aid him and called for reinforcements from the capital.
• When Shapeshifting Cat reported that the Cat Country army was attacking Ironclad Pass, Kui Kui Cat urged his troops to capture the Mouse Kingdom camp quickly.
• Petty Cat ordered an assault on Ironclad Pass from all four sides, and Ruru Rat abandoned the city and broke out with only a few soldiers.

The Tusk Army defeated the Mouse Army in battle, forcing Lucky Rat and the surviving rats to retreat into Adamant City. Kui Kui Cat pursued them and ordered his troops to attack the city.

• Lucky Rat joined Yi Yi Rat and rallied the Mouse Army as Kui Kui Cat's forces approached.
• Ji Ji Rat fought Long Fang Cat, but Princess Alan saved him before Xiang Xiang Rat took his place and battled Golden Eye Cat and Shapeshifting Cat.
• Lucky Rat fought Iron Hammer Rat and Shapeshifting Cat at once, then joined Yi Yi Rat against Kui Kui Cat as the armies clashed.
• Kui Kui Cat defeated the exhausted Lucky Rat, and the Tusk Army slaughtered the Mouse soldiers left behind during the retreat.
• The surviving Mouse Army reached Adamant City, and Kui Kui Cat ordered the Tusk Army to attack it.

The mouse army defended Adamant City against the Tusk Army while Petty Cat captured Ironclad Pass and Pingyang City and began besieging Feitian City. As Petty Cat’s advance threatened to reach Adamant City, Iron Hammer Rat left to recruit rebels, and the Tusk Army renewed its siege with newly assembled equipment.

• Lucky Rat and the mouse soldiers repelled Kui Kui Cat’s assault on Adamant City, forcing the Tusk Army to retreat and prepare siege equipment.
• Petty Cat captured Ironclad Pass and Pingyang City, then surrounded Feitian City, where Ruru Rat refused to be lured into a fight and Petty Cat began an assault.
• Lucky Rat learned that Ironclad Pass had fallen and feared Petty Cat would take Feitian City and threaten Adamant City.
• Iron Hammer Rat offered to recruit bandits and rebellious mouse citizens for the Tusk Army, then departed while privately planning to exploit the cats’ danger from Petty Cat.
• Three days after Iron Hammer Rat left, the Tusk Army attacked Adamant City with siege equipment, and Lucky Rat’s forces defended the walls.

Petty Cat defeated Ruru Rat’s forces at Feitian City, while Lucky Rat’s attempt to destroy the Tusk Army’s catapults failed to stop the assault on Adamant City. With the city under attack and reinforcements still days away, Lucky Rat ordered the Mouse Army to abandon it and retreat toward Thundercloud Pass.

• Ruru Rat led the depleted Mouse Army out of Feitian City, but Petty Cat’s ambush defeated them and captured Ruru Rat for use as a slave.
• At Adamant City, Lucky Rat learned that reinforcements would take three days to arrive and led an attack on the Tusk Army’s catapults.
• Lucky Rat held off Golden Eye Cat and Long Fang Cat while Yi Yi Rat and Xiang Xiang Rat attacked the catapults, but Kui Kui Cat arrived and fought them.
• Lucky Rat helped Yi Yi Rat and Xiang Xiang Rat retreat into Adamant City, and Kui Kui Cat ordered the catapults forward and launched an assault.
• With the Tusk Army climbing the walls and the defenders overwhelmed, Lucky Rat ordered the Mouse Army to abandon Adamant City and retreat toward Thundercloud Pass.

After Lucky Rat withdrew to deal with a rebellion at Mouse Kingdom’s capital, Kui Kui Cat surrendered the Tusk Army to Petty Cat and joined Cat Country. Petty Cat then chose to target Golden Island and weaken Mouse Kingdom before confronting Dog Kingdom.

• Lucky Rat abandoned Thundercloud Pass and returned to Mouse Kingdom after learning that Iron Hammer Rat and Invincible Rat’s Fearless Army had attacked the capital.
• Kui Kui Cat asked Petty Cat for forgiveness, and Petty Cat ordered him and his soldiers to return to Cat Country under Thieving Cat’s command.
• Petty Cat disbanded the unfit Tusk Army troops and kept one legion, while Drunken Cat explained how Cat Country’s army had improved and revealed that Petty Cat had known about the Tusk Army for a year.
• Petty Cat learned that the Fearless Army was fighting Mouse Kingdom’s forces and assigned Thieving Cat and Kui Kui Cat to monitor the conflict at Thundercloud Pass.
• Thieving Cat persuaded Petty Cat to capture Golden Island and provoke Dog Kingdom into turning against Mouse Kingdom before Cat Country joined Dog Kingdom to destroy it.

Lucky Rat and Invincible Rat fought beneath Mouse Kingdom City, where the Cold Iron Blade made Invincible Rat a dangerous rival but failed to defeat Lucky Rat. On Golden Island, Petty Cat’s forces attacked Dang Dang Rat, and Petty Cat revealed his increased strength before joining Bao Bao Cat and Kui Kui Cat in a three-on-one assault.

• Invincible Rat used his Cold Iron Blade to overpower Yiyi Rat and block Lucky Rat’s first attack, but Lucky Rat’s hammer techniques forced him back.
• Lucky Rat and Invincible Rat fought evenly until Xiang Xiang Rat swooped in, picked up Lucky Rat, and carried him back toward the Mouse Kingdom.
• Petty Cat ordered an assault on Golden Island, and Bao Bao Cat and Kui Kui Cat led the charge against Dang Dang Rat’s defenses.
• Dang Dang Rat struck Bao Bao Cat with his Heaven-Shaking Fist, then fought Petty Cat to a standstill when Petty Cat attacked with the Overlord Flame Spear.
• Petty Cat called on Explosive Cat and Kui Cat to join him, and the three cats attacked Dang Dang Rat together.

Petty Cat killed Dang Dang Rat and secured Golden Island while Mouse Kingdom remained unaware of its fall. Lucky Rat then lured Invincible Rat away from the Fearless Army, leaving Invincible Rat isolated as Xiang Xiang Rat carried Lucky Rat toward their ambush.

• Petty Cat, Kui Kui Cat, and Bao Bao Cat overwhelmed Dang Dang Rat, and Petty Cat killed him as the mouse soldiers were slaughtered and survivors enslaved.
• Petty Cat left five legions to guard Golden Island and returned to Adamant City, while Mouse Kingdom knew nothing of the island's fall.
• Lucky Rat agreed to Ji Ji Rat's plan to draw Iron Hammer Rat away, then attacked Invincible Rat's camp and fled to lure him into pursuit.
• Iron Hammer Rat pursued Ji Ji Rat, while Invincible Rat crossed a wooden bridge that collapsed behind him and became separated from his army.
• Lucky Rat revealed that his army was attacking the Fearless Army, and Xiang Xiang Rat carried him toward the ambush while Invincible Rat was left behind.

Lucky Rat defeated Iron Hammer Rat and the Fearless Army, leaving Invincible Rat trapped. Three days later, Petty Cat mobilized the Cat Army to besiege the Mouse Kingdom, where Bao Bao Cat challenged Lucky Rat.

• Lucky Rat joined Yi Yi Rat, Princess Alan, and Xiao Yu's battle, while Iron Hammer Rat returned and ordered the Fearless Army to retreat.
• Lucky Rat used the Vajra God Sealing Cannon to defeat the Iron Hammer Corps and kill Iron Hammer Rat.
• Lucky Rat left a legion to guard the trapped Invincible Rat, then returned to the Mouse Kingdom with the Mouse Army as Ji Ji Rat rejoined them.
• Three days later, Petty Cat sent fifteen legions to besiege the Mouse Kingdom, whose army mustered sixteen legions.
• Thieving Cat refused Lucky Rat's offer to release Ruru Rat, and Bao Bao Cat proposed that Kui Kui Cat help him defeat Lucky Rat.

Petty Cat challenged Lucky Rat to a duel and revealed how much his strength had grown, defeating him with his Flame Spear. The Cat army charged after Petty Cat ordered an attack, while the Mouse army rallied to protect Lucky Rat.

• Petty Cat stepped forward to fight Lucky Rat alone, hoping his victory would raise the Cat army’s morale.
• Petty Cat and Lucky Rat clashed, and the armies on both sides were shocked when Petty Cat matched and surpassed Lucky Rat’s strength.
• Lucky Rat unleashed a series of powerful techniques, but Petty Cat countered them with his fiery spear moves.
• Petty Cat struck Lucky Rat down, leaving him injured and defeated.
• Petty Cat ordered the Cat army to attack, and the Mouse army charged to protect Lucky Rat.

Petty Cat’s forces defeated the Mouse Kingdom’s army and infiltrated the kingdom through Shapeshifting Cat. After learning of the Rat King’s distrust of his son, Petty Cat ordered Shapeshifting Cat to help the prince while he returned to Cat Country to prepare for war against the Dog Kingdom.

• Drunken Cat defeated Ji Ji Rat, while Xiao Yu and Princess Alan forced him back; Chasing Wind Rat fought Golden Eye Cat and Long Fang Cat.
• Lazy Cat overcame his reluctance to fight and rallied the cat soldiers, helping drive Lucky Rat’s army into retreat.
• Shapeshifting Cat transformed into a mouse and entered the Mouse Kingdom, and Petty Cat ordered his army to withdraw to camp.
• After half a month of fighting, Petty Cat sent Shapeshifting Cat to befriend the Rat Country Prince and learned that the Rat King feared his son would seize the throne.
• Petty Cat told Shapeshifting Cat to help the prince take power, then returned to Cat Country and left Thieving Cat and Kui Kui Cat’s Fang generals guarding Thundercloud Pass.

Petty Cat launched an assault to retake Weng City, hoping to cut off Dog Kingdom’s forces in Cat Country and reclaim lost territory. Golden Fur Dog resisted and led a sortie against Cat Country’s catapults, where he confronted Petty Cat as both armies prepared to fight.

• Petty Cat learned that Golden Fur Dog guarded Weng City with two legions and ordered Bao Bao Cat and Lazy Cat to attack before Dog Kingdom could send reinforcements.
• Bao Bao Cat’s six legions damaged Weng City’s defenses, prompting Golden Fur Dog to send messengers for help and call nearby troops to reinforce the city.
• Petty Cat sent Drunken Cat with ten legions to intercept reinforcements, then joined the assault and ordered his army to take Weng City within three days.
• Golden Fur Dog ordered his soldiers to use the city’s defenses, but Cat Country’s catapults battered the defenders and revealed that Dog Kingdom’s own catapults were unusable.
• Golden Fur Dog led a legion out of Weng City to destroy the catapults, and Petty Cat confronted him near the catapult troops.
• Petty Cat offered Golden Fur Dog surrender, but Golden Fur Dog refused and rallied his soldiers, who roared that they were not afraid.

After unifying The Five Rat Warriors plane, Xiao Tian returned to Battle Through the Heavens as a two-star Dou Sheng and learned how the magical beast tribes and Starfall Pavilion had fared. He reunited with his companions, then discovered that Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun had been trapped in the cultivation room until they broke through to Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Tian received points and the Overlord Flame Spear, then spent ten years in the system space refining the Bodhi Heart and reaching two-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Tian returned to the Heavenly Court branch hall, where Yellow Springs Demon Saint was shocked by his strength and reported on the magical beast tribes and Soul Hall's clashes with Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Tian found Nalan Yanran, Lu Man, and Xiao Yu at seven-star Dou Zun and reunited with them.
• Xiao Tian discovered that Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun had reached Dou Sheng but could not leave their cultivation room, and they scolded and pinched him for trapping them there.
• Xiao Tian explained that Gu Xun'er was still inside at the peak of the ninth revolution, and Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun left to get fresh air.

Xiao Tian reunited with Gu Xun'er after two years of cultivation and brought her to the Gu Clan for her coming-of-age ceremony. He confronted Hun Ya and continued into the clan, where Gu Dao stepped forward after Xiao Tian threatened anyone else who tried to stop him.

• Xiao Tian found Gu Xun'er at the Nine Revolutions peak, and she celebrated breaking through to Nine Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Xiao Tian warned Gu Xun'er not to doubt him again, then brought her out of cultivation and spent the night with her.
• Xiao Tian arrived at the Gu Clan with Gu Xun'er, Bone Saint, and Yellow Springs Demon Saint for her coming-of-age ceremony.
• Hun Ya approached Xiao Tian, but Xiao Tian threatened him and Bone Saint and Yellow Springs Demon Saint overwhelmed him with their auras.
• Xiao Tian continued into the Gu Clan and warned its members not to block his way, prompting Gu Dao to step forward.

Xiao Tian visited the Gu Clan, where Gu Yuan learned that he was a powerful Dou Sheng and that Gu Xun'er had fallen for him. As the Heavenly Tomb opened, Xiao Tian claimed his right to enter as a descendant of the Xiao Clan.

• Gu Yuan dismissed Xiao Tian and his companions, then questioned Ling Ying about Xiao Tian and learned that Xiao Tian belonged to the Xiao Clan and had once protected Xun'er.
• Ling Ying explained how Xiao Tian had comforted Xun'er after Xiao Yan ignored her, and Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Tian as a Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Tian approached Huo Zhi of the Yan Clan after sensing the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire within her, then left after assuring her he would not target it unless her clan provoked him.
• Xiao Tian waited with Xun'er for the coming-of-age ceremony and the opening of the Heavenly Tomb, which he hoped would lead him to Xiao Xuan.
• When a Gu Clan elder questioned his right to enter the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Tian declared that he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Tian revived Xiao Xuan and helped him break through to the half-Di realm, then used the Heavenly Tomb’s energy bodies to reach the Di realm of the soul. They returned to the Heavenly Court with Xiao Xuan as Xiao Tian’s subordinate, leaving the clans to reckon with the Xiao Clan’s possible resurgence.

• Xiao Tian killed Hun Ya and two Soul Clan energy bodies who tried to ambush him in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Tian refused Xiao Xuan’s Dou Di bloodline and offered to revive him in exchange for his loyalty and a promise of future help reaching the Dou Di realm.
• Xiao Xuan accepted Xiao Tian’s terms, was revived as a half-Di expert, and transformed the Heavenly Tomb’s energy bodies into souls for Xiao Tian to refine.
• After a year outside the tomb, Xiao Tian broke through to the Di realm of the soul, and the Heavenly Tomb was left without any energy.
• Xiao Xuan confronted Gu Yuan over the Gu Clan’s failure to uphold its agreement with the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Tian ended the dispute and departed with Gu Xun’er, Xiao Xuan, the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, and Bone Saint.
• The clans began planning how to respond to Xiao Xuan’s revival, while the Soul Clan feared the return of its former enemy.

After learning that the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird had appeared in the Beast Domain, Xiao Tian led allies there to protect Cai Lin and help the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan. They fought the Black Tortoise Clan, whose formidable defenses forced Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to attempt a seal, while Bone Saint was blasted away.

• Xiao Tian replaced Xiao Yu's bloodline with the sealed Dou Di bloodline, then received word from the Yellow Springs Demon Saint that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan had invaded the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan.
• Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Xuan had been resurrected and ordered men to seek the Tuoshe Ancient Jade while he prepared to attack the Stone Clan.
• Xiao Tian and his allies reached the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs, where the Black Tortoise confronted Yao Ming over Cai Lin's cultivation in the cold pool.
• The Black Tortoise summoned its clan members, and Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint engaged it while Xiao Tian's forces restrained the other Black Tortoises.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Tian that sealing the Black Tortoise would also end the incomplete resurrections of its clan members, and Xiao Tian ordered the allies to hold them in place.
• The Black Tortoise fired a beam at Bone Saint, who failed to block it and crashed into a mountain.

Xiao Tian and his allies sealed Black Tortoise again after Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint overwhelmed it with a coordinated attack. Xiao Tian then learned more about the Ancient Demonic Beast clans, checked on Cai Lin’s cultivation, and left Yao Ming to guard her.

• Xiao Xuan used the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations while he and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint revealed that they intended to seal Black Tortoise rather than kill it.
• Xiao Tian and the others attacked Black Tortoise to distract it, allowing Xiao Xuan and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint to complete the seal.
• Xiao Xuan explained Black Tortoise’s near-indestructible defenses and described the special powers of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Kirin clans.
• Xiao Tian learned from Yao Ming that Vermilion Bird had found Black Tortoise near the cold pool after sensing an Ancient Magical Beast there.
• Xiao Tian discovered that Cai Lin had reached the peak of the one-star Dou Sheng realm, then left as Yao Ming promised to guard her and the area.

Xiao Tian stripped Xiao Yan of three Heavenly Flames during the battle at Starfall Pavilion, then returned to the Heavenly Court and advanced his cultivation. Meanwhile, the Vermilion Bird Clan sent Zhuque Qing'er and Feng Qing'er to seek the Yan Clan's Ancient Jade, with Huang Tian joining them after Vermilion Bird promised him a marriage to Zhuque Qing'er.

• Xiao Tian spared Xiao Yan at Xiao Xun'er's request but seized the Falling Heart Flame, Six Paths Samsara Flame, and Bone Spirit Cold Flame from him.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan she would not help him again, then caught up with Xiao Tian, who warned her there would be no next time.
• Xiao Yi Xian received the Falling Heart Flame, and Xiao Tian's Flame Mantra advanced to peak Saint tier as he broke through to three-star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Tian learned Xiao Yan had survived by trading a piece of jade for Xiao Zhan's life, while the Stone Clan had also been wiped out and its Ancient Jade had disappeared.
• Vermilion Bird ordered Zhuque Qing'er and Feng Qing'er to seize a human faction's territory and locate the Yan Clan's Ancient Jade.
• Huang Tian joined the two women after Vermilion Bird promised him Zhuque Qing'er in marriage, but Zhuque Qing'er rejected him as they set out toward the Wind Thunder Pavilion.