Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s Devil Emperor Clone challenged the consciousness within the Void Demise Flame to refine its source power, while the Flame Demon Clan’s surviving leaders sought allies and aid. News of the clan’s upheaval and the Otherworld Devil Clan’s destruction spread across both sides, prompting the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s upper ranks and the Great Thousand Palace to suspect that a major war was being prepared.

• The three Nether Devil Emperors became fervent after Xiao Yan claimed the Flame Demon Clan could become a great clan once he emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Yan’s Devil Emperor Clone advanced through the Void Demise Flame and met the flame’s consciousness, which appeared as the Demise Great Emperor and demanded that Xiao Yan prove himself.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Void Demise Flame with his Chaos Furnace as the Flame Demon Clan’s experts watched the sealed space tremble.
• The Crimson Flame Devil Emperor sent himself to the Saint Demon Clan and dispatched the other two Nether Devil Emperors to seek help from the Thunder Demon Clan and Spirit Demon Clan.
• Reports spread that the Burning Heaven Devil Emperor’s forces had been annihilated, the Otherworld Devil Clan had been erased, and the Flame Demon Clan was in turmoil.
• The Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s upper ranks grew alarmed, the Great Thousand Palace received the news, and Xiao Yan sat with other Heavenly Sovereigns as they wondered what was happening.

At a gathering of Heavenly Sovereigns, Xiao Yan accepted an invitation to join the Great Thousand Palace as an external member while refusing internal membership. The inheritance site then revealed Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s Peerless Saint Item, the Tai Yan Array Disc, leaving the gathered experts staring at the powerful treasure.

• The Heavenly Sovereigns discussed the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s recent losses, and Purple Thunder True Lord said the Great Thousand Palace had not arranged the ambushes in the Lower Planes.
• Xiao Yan suggested that the Lower Planes’ own experts might have killed the Profound Devil Emperors, but Qing Yanjing and the Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable doubted they could do so.
• Purple Thunder True Lord invited Xiao Yan to join the Great Thousand Palace as an internal member, but Xiao Yan refused and agreed to become an external member instead.
• Xiao Yan said he would visit the Great Thousand Palace after the inheritance opportunity and kill a Devil Emperor as a greeting gift.
• Golden light enveloped the gathered Heavenly Sovereigns and part of the Western Heaven Continent as a huge fissure opened across the ancient island.
• A one-million-zhang golden array disc appeared, and Qing Yanjing identified it as Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s Peerless Saint Item, the Tai Yan Array Disc.

Xiao Yan and the other challengers entered Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s inheritance space and discovered a continent filled with dense spiritual energy and a vast river of liquid spiritual energy. As the inheritance trials began, Tai Yan’s remnant singled out Xiao Yan as the third inheritor and urged him to break every array and claim the inheritance.

• Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s memory projection explained the rewards for passing each of the nine stages, including the Tai Yan True Scripture, Tai Yan True Fire, and Tai Yan Array Disc.
• Purple Thunder True Lord urged the other Heavenly Sovereigns to avoid slaughter over the inheritance, and the six Heavenly Sovereigns and the Earthly Supremes entered the array disc.
• Xiao Yan and the other entrants arrived in the array disc’s vast internal continent and saw spiritual energy mist covering the land and a river made of condensed spiritual energy.
• Tai Yan’s remnant summoned jade cushions for the Heavenly Sovereigns and Earthly Supremes, and the challengers took their seats.
• Tai Yan’s voice identified Xiao Yan as the third inheritor and urged him to break all the arrays and obtain the inheritance.

Xiao Yan steadily advanced through the Tai Yan Array Disc’s spiritual array trials as other contestants reached the sixth and seventh stages and received rewards. He completed the seventh trial just as Purple Thunder True Lord asked about his progress, leaving Xiao Yan entering the eighth stage.

• Xiao Yan solved the first nine arrays and passed the first trial, then continued through the increasingly difficult stages.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable and Qing Yanjing passed the sixth trial first, followed later by Xiao Yan, Purple Thunder True Lord, Maha Tian, and several Earthly Supremes.
• Maha Tian gave up after seeing the first array of the seventh trial, while Western Heaven Battle Emperor struggled to progress through the sixth stage.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable and Qing Yanjing passed the seventh trial, received the upper volume of the Tai Yan True Scripture, and continued toward the eighth stage.
• Purple Thunder True Lord asked Xiao Yan about his progress as Xiao Yan placed the final Spiritual Seal and passed the seventh trial.

Xiao Yan stunned the other challengers by rapidly passing the eighth trial’s Immortal Rank array diagrams, revealing his formidable spiritual-array skill and knowledge. Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate praised him and presented the final array, the Nine Yang Extermination Array, whose successful completion would grant him the inheritance.

• Purple Thunder True Lord cursed when Xiao Yan passed the seventh trial and realized Xiao Yan’s spiritual-array attainments were exceptional.
• Xiao Yan swiftly broke the eighth trial’s Immortal Rank array diagrams, while Qing Yanjing and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable struggled to keep pace.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable accused Xiao Yan of having memorized the diagrams, but Xiao Yan continued clearing them with ease.
• Qing Yanjing passed the second array diagram, and Purple Thunder True Lord used a pill to finish the seventh trial and receive the first volume of the Tai Yan True Scripture.
• Xiao Yan passed the ninth array diagram, prompting Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate to praise his talent and summon the Nine Yang Extermination Array as the final test.

Xiao Yan completed the final trial by setting up the simplified Nine Yang Extermination Array and earned Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s full inheritance. Tai Yan began helping him refine the Tai Yan Array Disc and Tai Yan True Fire, but Xiao Yan instantly refined the Array Disc’s Artifact Spirit on his own.

• Xiao Yan received the complete Tai Yan True Scripture and learned that the violet mark let him attempt to refine the Tai Yan Array Disc and Tai Yan True Fire.
• Xiao Yan used over a million Spiritual Seals to set up the Nine Yang Extermination Array, stunning the gathered Heavenly Sovereigns and Grandmasters.
• Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate praised Xiao Yan’s potential and teleported everyone else out of the inheritance space, including Qing Yanjing, Maha Tian, Purple Thunder True Lord, and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable.
• Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate summoned the Tai Yan Array Disc’s Artifact Spirit and the Tai Yan True Fire, intending to help Xiao Yan refine them.
• Xiao Yan grabbed the Artifact Spirit’s Golden Pearl and refined it instantly despite Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s warning.

Xiao Yan refined the Tai Yan Array Disc’s Golden Pearl and gained control of its internal space, where he uncovered Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate’s immense treasure trove. When Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate warned him that the Tai Yan True Fire was dangerous to refine, Xiao Yan revealed his mastery of the Great Dao of Fire and began refining it himself.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Immortal Rank Divine Soul power, refined the Golden Pearl, and took control of the Tai Yan Array Disc’s internal space.
• Xiao Yan summoned tens of thousands of high-grade Divine Artifacts, Saint Artifacts, pills, cultivation methods, and other treasures hidden beneath the continent.
• Xiao Yan discovered the Pill God Cauldron, the Tai Yan Divine Sword, and the Spirit Gathering Bowl in the Spiritual Energy River, and promised to raise the sword to the Saint Rank if he had the chance.
• Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate offered to help Xiao Yan refine the Tai Yan True Fire, but Xiao Yan declined and released his Flame Furnace.
• Xiao Yan’s flames overwhelmed the Tai Yan True Fire’s resistance and devoured the Spiritual Energy River, prompting Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate to recognize the Great Dao of Fire in shock.

Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate recognized that Xiao Yan had comprehended the Great Dao of Fire and entrusted hope for the Great Thousand World to him before his memory projection vanished. Xiao Yan refined the Tai Yan True Fire and the Spiritual Energy River while the others waited outside, until news arrived that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan had gained a Devil Emperor capable of rivaling a Saint Rank Late Stage expert.

• Tai Yan Heavenly Venerate realized Xiao Yan had comprehended the Great Dao of Fire, praised him as a peerless genius, and let his final obsession dissipate.
• Xiao Yan vowed to restore peace to the Great Thousand World, then used the Chaos Furnace and his flames to overcome the Tai Yan True Fire's resistance and absorb its origin.
• Xiao Yan refined the Tai Yan True Fire and the Spiritual Energy River, rapidly increasing his strength as experts outside the array disc waited for him to emerge.
• Qing Yanjing chose to stay and study the Tai Yan inheritance, while Maha Tian, Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable, Purple Thunder True Lord, and the Western Heaven Battle Emperor also remained.
• After half a year, Purple Thunder True Lord received news that the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan had produced the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor, whose power could rival a Saint Rank Late Stage expert.

The Great Thousand World learned that the Flame Demon Clan had gained a Saint Rank Late Stage Heavenly Devil Emperor, while Qing Yanjing urged hope in Xiao Yan’s potential as a Saint Grade Grandmaster. The War Heaven Devil Emperor emerged from seclusion, heard Flame Radiance Devil Emperor’s accusations against Xiao Yan, and arrived in the Flame Demon Clan Territory demanding to meet him.

• Purple Thunder True Lord explained that the Flame Demon Clan had become one of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s peak clans and that the Great Thousand Palace was summoning Heavenly Sovereigns to defend the Northern Border.
• Qing Yanjing pointed to Xiao Yan’s formation disk as a possible source of hope, though Maha Tian and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable reacted with displeasure.
• Flame Radiance Devil Emperor lamented his exile from the Flame Demon Clan and waited in the War Demon Clan for the War Heaven Devil Emperor to emerge.
• The War Heaven Devil Emperor emerged after a century of seclusion and learned that the Otherworld Devil Clan had been destroyed and several Flame Demon Clan Devil Emperors had fallen.
• Flame Radiance Devil Emperor accused Xiao Yan of destroying the Flame Demon Clan’s strength, and the War Heaven Devil Emperor took him to the Flame Demon Clan Territory.
• The War Heaven Devil Emperor called for the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor to come out and meet him.

Xiao Yan, as Refining Heaven Devil Emperor, confronted War Heaven Devil Emperor after refining the Void Demise Flame and repairing the Void Demise Halberd. Their battle spread across the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan, drawing the attention of its Devil Emperors and Great Thousand World experts, who recognized Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of Fire.

• Xiao Yan used the repaired Void Demise Halberd to strike at War Heaven Devil Emperor, but War Heaven Devil Emperor crushed the attack and offered to let him serve as a subordinate.
• Xiao Yan rejected War Heaven Devil Emperor’s offer and challenged him to submit to the Flame Demon Clan instead, provoking War Heaven Devil Emperor’s fury.
• War Heaven Devil Emperor attacked Xiao Yan, and the two clashed with enough force to devastate the surrounding space and threaten the Flame Demon Clan’s three continents.
• Xiao Yan invited War Heaven Devil Emperor to continue their fight outside the Flame Demon Clan territory, and War Heaven Devil Emperor brought out his staff and began battling him in earnest.
• The battle’s energy fluctuations alarmed Heavenly Devil Emperors and Great Thousand World experts across the region, who were shocked when they identified Xiao Yan’s Great Dao of Fire.

Xiao Yan’s Refining Heaven Devil Emperor clone fought War Heaven Devil Emperor to a standstill, revealing his mastery of the Great Dao of Fire and the restored Void Demise Halberd. Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor arrived and stopped the fight, then urged both rivals to put aside their conflict for the clan’s interests.

• The watching Heavenly Devil Emperors recognized that Refining Heaven Devil Emperor had comprehended the Great Dao of Fire and identified his weapon as the restored Void Demise Halberd.
• Refining Heaven Devil Emperor and War Heaven Devil Emperor continued their destructive battle, with War Heaven Devil Emperor gaining the upper hand but failing to injure his opponent.
• Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor descended, and Refining Heaven Devil Emperor struck at War Heaven Devil Emperor while he was distracted; Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor blocked the blow and ordered them to stop.
• Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor praised Refining Heaven Devil Emperor’s talent, then restrained War Heaven Devil Emperor and called for both to set aside their conflict as loyal subjects of Lord Saint God.

After Xiao Yan defeated the War Heaven Devil Emperor, the Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor brought him before the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan’s leaders and proclaimed him a genius who had comprehended the Great Dao of Fire. Xiao Yan became the Flame Demon Clan’s new Clan Leader and drew the clan’s attention with his artifact-forging claims, leaving him asked to share how he comprehended the Great Dao.

• The Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor stopped the War Heaven Devil Emperor and invited the gathered experts to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, where he announced Xiao Yan’s combat strength and comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire.
• The Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor named Xiao Yan the Refining Heaven Devil Emperor and declared the Flame Demon Clan the Saint Clan’s thirty-third top great clan.
• Xiao Yan accepted the Heavenly Devil Throne and joined the clan’s seven-day celebration.
• The Dark Heaven Devil Emperor questioned how Xiao Yan had restored the Void Demise Halberd, and Xiao Yan attributed it to his Great Dao of Fire and artifact-forging skill.
• Xiao Yan claimed he could forge Heavenly Devil Divine Weapons, prompting the Devil Emperors to seek his favor.
• The Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor asked Xiao Yan to share his experience in comprehending the Great Dao of Fire.

Xiao Yan completed his breakthrough to the Immortal Grade Late Stage after absorbing a vast amount of spiritual energy from the Western Heaven Continent and refining the Tai Yan Array Disc. He demonstrated his array strength to Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable, who challenged him and ultimately conceded.

• Xiao Yan's breakthrough drew spiritual energy from across the Western Heaven Continent, reducing its spiritual energy density by ten percent before his cultivation reached the Immortal Grade Late Stage.
• Xiao Yan refined the Tai Yan Array Disc and decided his Spiritual Energy Clone would head to the Great Thousand Palace.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable challenged Xiao Yan to a fight so he could judge Xiao Yan's abilities for himself.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable summoned the Four Symbols God Slaying Array, while Xiao Yan formed the Lesser Thousand Swords Formation.
• Xiao Yan's swords merged into four blades that destroyed the beasts, then one final sword stopped at Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable's brow, prompting him to concede wholeheartedly.

Xiao Yan manipulated the Heavenly Devil Emperors into sending forces against the Dou Qi Continent and the Great Thousand World while keeping himself safe and securing Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor’s support. He returned to the Flame Demon Clan to find his first batch of cultivation resources, including a sun that had birthed Golden Crow Divine Flame.

• Xiao Yan told the Heavenly Devil Emperors that the Dou Qi Continent held a Great Dao of Fire inheritance and a Saint Grade Peerless Saint Item, provoking them to plan an attack.
• Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor refused to let Refining Heaven Devil Emperor pursue Xiao Yan and promised to use the clan’s resources to help him break through to the Heavenly Devil Emperor realm.
• Xiao Yan proposed splitting their forces between an assault on the Dou Qi Continent and a covert search for him in the Great Thousand World, and the Devil Emperors approved the plan.
• Saintly Heaven Devil Emperor assigned Spirit Heaven Devil Emperor and Saint Eye Heavenly Devil Emperor to the Dou Qi Continent, while Lustful Heavenly Devil Emperor and Heart Heaven Devil Emperor’s clone were tasked with targeting Xiao Yan in the Great Thousand World.
• After returning to the Flame Demon Clan seven days later, Xiao Yan received a sun that had developed spirituality and produced Golden Crow Divine Flame as his first batch of resources.

Xiao Yan accepted the Golden Crow Divine Flame and the Saint Demon Clan’s resources while consolidating his rule over the Flame Demon Clan and preparing to break through to the Heavenly Devil Emperor realm. As he entered seclusion to devour the star, news of his supposed rise spread to the Great Thousand World, where the Heavenly Sovereigns faced the threat he posed.

• A Saint Demon Clan envoy delivered the Golden Crow Divine Flame and promised Xiao Yan further cultivation resources so he could pursue a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan inspected the star-bound Golden Crow Divine Flame, returned to the Flame Demon Clan, and received the clan’s fervent allegiance as he declared it the Saint Clan’s thirty-third top branch.
• Xiao Yan awarded two continents to the other Nether Devil Emperors, then killed Flame Radiance Devil Emperor for betraying him and gave his continent’s Plane of Origin to Crimson Flame Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Yan began devouring the star and refining the Golden Crow Divine Flame; seven days later, he accepted another shipment of resources from the Saint Demon Clan and resumed secluded cultivation.
• News of Xiao Yan’s strength reached the Great Thousand Palace and the Western Heaven Continent, alarming Purple Thunder True Lord, Western Heaven Battle Emperor, Maha Tian, Qing Yanjing, and the others as the array disk began to tremble.

After defeating Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable, Xiao Yan shared the second half of the Tai Yan True Scripture with him and Qing Yanjing, receiving valuable treasures in return. Xiao Yan set out for the Great Thousand Palace with Purple Thunder True Lord, Qing Yanjing, and Maha Tian, while arranging protection for the Goddess Luo Clan.

• Xiao Yan gave Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable and Qing Yanjing the second half of the Tai Yan True Scripture, and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable gifted him Star Tear Profound Gold.
• Qing Yanjing gave Xiao Yan a Fu Tu Light Stone in return for the scripture.
• Xiao Yan agreed to accompany Purple Thunder True Lord to the Great Thousand Palace and gave the Western Heaven Battle Emperor a pill and a Jade Talisman for the Goddess Luo Clan.
• Qing Yanjing asked to join Xiao Yan because she needed to serve as a Guest Elder and leave her name on the Demon Subduing Stele, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Maha Tian announced that he would go with them.

Xiao Yan, Qing Yanjing, Maha Tian, and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable traveled toward the Great Thousand Palace while the Western Heaven Battle Emperor arranged protection for the Goddess Luo Clan. After seven days aboard Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable’s flying vessel, the group reached the outskirts of the Great Thousand Palace, leaving Maha Tian isolated from their spiritual-array discussion.

• Maha Tian and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable joined Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing on their journey to the Great Thousand Palace, while the Western Heaven Battle Emperor stayed behind.
• After the group departed, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor sent Elder Lin Dong to give Luo Tianshen a Jade Talisman and warn the Little Western Heaven Realm’s factions not to fight the Goddess Luo Clan.
• Elder Lin Dong explained to Blood God Child that Xiao Yan had asked the Western Heaven Battle Emperor to protect the Goddess Luo Clan, prompting Blood God Child to abandon thoughts of hostility.
• Elder Lin Dong delivered the Jade Talisman to Luo Tianshen, and Luo Tianshen welcomed him and acknowledged the Goddess Luo Clan’s debt to Xiao Yan.
• During the seven-day voyage, Maha Tian withdrew to the bow while Xiao Yan, Qing Yanjing, the Western Heaven Battle Emperor, and Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable discussed spiritual arrays and the Tai Yan True Scripture.
• Maha Tian spotted the Great Thousand Palace in the distance and announced their arrival, but the other four Heavenly Sovereigns ignored him and resumed their discussion.

Xiao Yan and the others arrived at the Great Thousand Palace, where they saw its vast cultivation grounds and learned how its resources were awarded to those who served against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan. Purple Thunder True Lord introduced them to Liu Feng, the Green Robe Sword Saint and Acting Palace Master, whose arrival finally surprised Xiao Yan.

• Maha Tian suppressed his anger toward Xiao Yan, while Qing Yanjing, Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable, and Purple Thunder True Lord praised Xiao Yan's insights into spiritual arrays.
• Purple Thunder True Lord showed the group the Great Thousand Palace and its immense Spiritual Energy River, and Xiao Yan considered bringing his family there to cultivate.
• Ten Thousand Arrays Immortal Venerable landed the flying boat, and Purple Thunder True Lord led Xiao Yan, Qing Yanjing, and Maha Tian through the palace grounds and into the central hall.
• Purple Thunder True Lord introduced the Green Robe Sword Saint, Liu Feng, as a Gold Plate Elder and the Great Thousand Palace's Acting Palace Master.
• Xiao Yan showed a trace of surprise upon seeing Liu Feng, while Qing Yanjing recognized him as a powerful figure at the pinnacle of the Great Thousand World.

At the Great Thousand Palace, Xiao Yan impressed the Green Robe Sword Saint and others after learning he had killed the Burning Heaven Devil Emperor, and he received a Gold Plate Elder token. The group then arrived at the Demon Slaying Board.

• The Green Robe Sword Saint welcomed Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing, then revealed that Xiao Yan had killed the Burning Heaven Devil Emperor and destroyed the Flame Demon Clan's army.
• The Green Robe Sword Saint introduced Wan Qing Dan Xian and the Heavenly Craft Immortal Venerable as leaders of the Great Thousand Palace's major branches.
• After a lavish dinner, Purple Thunder True Lord assigned Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing adjacent palaces, prompting Maha Tian's jealousy.
• The Green Robe Sword Saint granted Qing Yanjing a silver elder token, Xiao Yan a Gold Plate Elder token, and Maha Tian a silver token.
• The group reached a plaza and looked toward the towering Demon Slaying Board.

Xiao Yan obtained a Demon Extermination Token and revealed that he planned to kill the Lustful Heavenly Devil Emperor with the Green Robe Sword Saint’s help. After learning Xiao Yan could deploy the complete Nine Yang Extermination Array, the Green Robe Sword Saint took him to Saint Artifact Mountain to seek materials and repairs for the Tai Yan Array Disc.

• Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing refined Demon Extermination Tokens and learned how Demon Subduing Points were awarded for killing members of the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan said he intended to kill a Heavenly Devil Emperor and invited the Green Robe Sword Saint to join his plan against the Lustful Heavenly Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Yan told the Green Robe Sword Saint that he had comprehended the Great Dao of Fire and could deploy the complete Nine Yang Extermination Array with help from the Tai Yan Array Disc.
• The Green Robe Sword Saint agreed to obtain materials and help repair the Tai Yan Array Disc, then brought Xiao Yan to Saint Artifact Mountain.
• The Green Robe Sword Saint asked the Heavenly Craft Immortal Venerable to repair the Tai Yan Array Disc, and Heavenly Craft questioned the request.