Chapter Summaries

Fang Xiao used a Dao Soldier to distract Xuan Zhongtian while the Void Cutter Sword accelerated the breach’s healing. Xuan Zhongtian eventually grew suspicious and returned to inspect the breach, but Fang Xiao believed he had delayed him long enough.

• Fang Xiao sent the Void Cutter Sword to the breach and dispatched a Dao Soldier to draw Xuan Zhongtian away from the entrance.
• Xuan Zhongtian followed the Dao Soldier’s aura, recognized that Fang Xiao had discovered the small world, and demanded that he surrender it.
• Fang Xiao’s Dao Soldier dispersed rather than submit, and Xuan Zhongtian pursued Fang Xiao’s strongest lingering aura.
• Fang Xiao repeatedly re-formed the Dao Soldier in Xuan Zhongtian’s path, delaying him five times before Xuan Zhongtian realized the encounters were deliberate.
• Xuan Zhongtian noticed the grand formation’s power had weakened and decided to return to the breach to investigate.
• Fang Xiao could not misdirect Xuan Zhongtian on the return route, but he judged that the delay had given the breach enough time to heal.

Fang Xiao used his control over the Small World to trap Xuan Zhongtian and exhaust the Seventh Order grand formation power sustaining him. With Xuan Zhongtian’s escape route gone, Fang Xiao prepared to meet him.

• Xuan Zhongtian returned to his original breach and found it sealed, then realized the Small World was swallowing the Seventh Order grand formation power.
• Xuan Zhongtian attached the remaining power to his Dao Artifact and struck the sealed breach, briefly opening cracks that connected him to the grand formation.
• Fang Xiao shifted Xuan Zhongtian’s attack to another location, severing his contact with the outside world and leaving him trapped.
• Fang Xiao watched the breach heal on Earth Star and explained that he had used the Small World to consume Xuan Zhongtian’s remaining power.
• Xuan Zhongtian’s Seventh Order power ran out, and Fang Xiao rose to meet him.

Xuan Zhongtian tried to lure Fang Xiao out so he could seize him, but Fang Xiao appeared in person with a much stronger cultivation and revealed his power over the Small World. Xuan Zhongtian realized that Fang Xiao’s genuine Dao Tracks might make him stronger than the mid-stage Void Refining cultivator and feared he was no longer a match.

• Xuan Zhongtian attacked the Small World’s formation and taunted Fang Xiao, hoping to draw him out and capture him.
• Fang Xiao appeared in his true body, and Xuan Zhongtian recognized that he had reached Void Refining.
• Xuan Zhongtian used the Mountain Sea Map to freeze the surrounding space and sent bladed chains at Fang Xiao.
• Fang Xiao’s Innate Dao Artifact split the Mountain Sea Map’s scene, and the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate manifestation blasted away the chains.
• Xuan Zhongtian saw eight genuine Dao Tracks around the manifestation and realized Fang Xiao had refined them by controlling the Small World.
• Xuan Zhongtian compared Fang Xiao’s genuine Dao Tracks with his own projections and the Mountain Sea Map’s projections, then concluded he was likely outmatched.

Fang Xiao’s Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate overwhelmed Xuan Zhongtian, destroying his natal Dao Artifact and forcing him to sacrifice an arm with a calamity-substitution method. Xuan Zhongtian reappeared behind Fang Xiao to launch a desperate sneak attack, but Fang Xiao had already anticipated it and remained protected.

• Fang Xiao unleashed a sword light from the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate, and Xuan Zhongtian countered with Sword Breaks Myriad Laws.
• After fewer than five breaths, Fang Xiao’s sword light shattered Xuan Zhongtian’s natal Dao Artifact and broke through his defenses.
• Xuan Zhongtian vanished using a calamity-substitution method, sacrificing his left arm to escape the sword light.
• Fang Xiao predicted that Xuan Zhongtian would attack from behind, then detected his return within the Small World.
• Xuan Zhongtian burned his True Demonic Qi and Essence Blood to launch the sneak attack, but Fang Xiao remained shielded by the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate, Dao Slaying, and Forbidden Dao Spirit Light.

Fang Xiao used his Dao Slaying power and the Primordial Chaos Sword Venerate to defeat and capture Xuan Zhongtian. He returned to Earth Star, but faced urgent questions about the power attacking the Xuanhuang Gourd and the danger posed by Xuan Zhongtian’s powerful allies as he planned to reach the Spirit Realm.

• Fang Xiao’s awakened Primordial Sword Body strengthened his Dao Slaying talent, suppressing the Dao Track Projection of the attacking Xuan Zhongtian.
• Xuan Zhongtian begged for his life and invoked the Hao Li Saint Ancestor and the Xuan Clan, but Fang Xiao captured and sealed him.
• Fang Xiao carried Xuan Zhongtian back to Earth Star and considered the unknown Seventh Order power assaulting the Xuanhuang Gourd.
• Fang Xiao suspected he might be in the Devil Realm and worried that Xuan Zhongtian’s Mahayana-level allies could track him down.
• Fang Xiao concluded that he could not remain in the Small World and would need to find a way to reach the Spirit Realm for cultivation resources.

Fang Xiao tried to learn about Ling Taichu and the situation outside from Xuan Zhongtian, but the two reached a stalemate over Xuan Zhongtian's freedom. With no answers and time running short, Fang Xiao prepared a Five Elements Dao Soldier to investigate outside the Small World.

• Fang Xiao questioned Xuan Zhongtian about Ling Taichu and the outside situation, but Xuan Zhongtian demanded to be released in exchange for information.
• Fang Xiao refused to free Xuan Zhongtian before leaving the Devil Realm, and neither man would yield.
• Fang Xiao rendered Xuan Zhongtian unconscious again and decided to risk opening a passage to investigate outside.
• Fang Xiao formed a Five Elements Dao Soldier and used the Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Orbit to draw Five Elements Dao Orbits into it.
• The Dao Soldier rose to early Void Refining, though Fang Xiao knew it would eventually lose the borrowed Dao Orbits if it stayed away too long.

Fang Xiao discovered that the power flooding the Small World came from a Seventh Order grand formation and used the Small World to create a safe path outside it. He took the Profound Yellow Spiritual Gourd and fled toward the formation’s edge.

• Fang Xiao sent the Five Elements Dao Soldier through the Small World's gate, but Seventh Order power crushed it almost instantly.
• Fang Xiao reopened the gate in time to reclaim the Five Elements Dao Tracks and stripped the Seventh Order core from the power that had entered.
• Fang Xiao used the Azure Cloud Dharma Aspect to confirm that the remaining power came from a formation.
• Fang Xiao manifested the Small World around the Profound Yellow Spiritual Gourd, diverting the grand formation's power into it.
• Fang Xiao left the Small World, wrapped up the Profound Yellow Spiritual Gourd, and fled through the slaughter-focused formation.

Five years after Xuan Zhongtian vanished, the Hao Li Saint Ancestor’s search swept through the Hao Li Sacred Realm while Six Desires lay low in a mine and Fang Xiao remained in the Small World. The Small World was struggling to absorb the vast Seventh Order power surrounding it, leaving Fang Xiao unable to leave or cultivate.

• The Hao Li Saint Ancestor lost track of the mark on Xuan Zhongtian and sent True Demons throughout the Hao Li Sacred Realm to search for him, suspecting a powerful enemy was responsible.
• Fang Xiao hid inside the Small World and sent Six Desires onward through the Devil Realm in disguise.
• The Hao Li Sacred Realm caught Six Desires and assigned him to mine for a hundred years, but left his belongings untouched, including the Xuanhuang Gourd.
• Fang Xiao stayed on Earth Star to guard the Small World as it struggled to devour the Seventh Order power filling the void.

Fang Xiao met with Six Desires to arrange a cautious search for a way out of the Devil Realm and gather intelligence. He gave Six Desires resources and promised him a chance at the Void Refining Stage if they reached the Spirit Realm, then asked him to investigate the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association without exposing their plans.

• Fang Xiao sent a Dao soldier from the Small World to meet Six Desires in his mining residence.
• Fang Xiao told Six Desires he could consider recruitment offers and gather information about the Devil Race, and promised to restore his freedom if they reached the Spirit Realm.
• Fang Xiao gave Six Desires Devil Race resources and promised him an opportunity to enter the Void Refining Stage if he found a way to the Spirit Realm.
• Six Desires pledged to investigate, but Fang Xiao warned him not to take risks or inquire too openly.
• Fang Xiao asked Six Desires to investigate the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association and possible ways to leave the Devil Realm without mentioning the Spirit Realm.

Six Desires continued gathering intelligence for Fang Xiao while remaining in the mine, where the Hao Li Sacred Realm offered Deity Transformation laborers a choice between dangerous war service and prolonged confinement. The chapter ended as a Sacred Realm official tried to persuade them that the front lines offered a chance to advance to Void Refining.

• Six Desires sent Fang Xiao information about the Devil Realm and preparations for the coming war while Fang Xiao stayed in the Small World.
• Over forty years passed, and Six Desires continued working in the mine, refusing repeated invitations to escape after seeing fugitives captured and enslaved.
• A Void Refining cultivator from the Hao Li Sacred Realm announced that mine laborers could leave early by taking part in assigned war missions or battles, with their required service based on their years in the mine.
• The mine supervisor announced that laborers who stayed would stop accruing service years until the Realm War ended, potentially extending their confinement for thousands of years.
• The Sacred Realm official argued that war service offered opportunities for Deity Transformation cultivators to reach the Void Refining Stage.

After the Hao Li Sacred Realm announced that miners could join the Realm War for merit and Dao Track Projections, Six Desires learned that the war could give Fang Xiao a chance to escape the Devil Realm and sent him the news. Meanwhile, Fang Xiao’s cultivation and artifacts continued to advance in the Small World.

• A man from the Hao Li Sacred Realm urged the Spirit Transformation miners to join the Realm War, and the overseer gave them three days to decide whether to stay or leave.
• Six Desires hurried back to tell Fang Xiao about the Realm War and its potential route from the Devil Realm to the Spirit Realm.
• Six Desires sent a voice transmission talisman to the Small World describing the announcement and what he had learned.
• Fang Xiao examined the Great White Sword Pellet, which had gained thirty-six Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Tracks and neared high-grade Dao Artifact status.
• Fang Xiao’s Void Cutter Sword, Profound Origin Dao Platform, and Taiyin Sun Incarnation had also progressed, while his body contained ten Primordial Chaos Sword Dao Tracks.

Fang Xiao considered the risks of leaving the mining district and examined how the Small World had transformed after absorbing Seventh Order power. When Six Desires reported that the Hao Li Sacred Land had ordered them to the Realm Battlefield, Fang Xiao had to decide whether to stay or join the Realm War.

• Fang Xiao chose to wait until Six Desires completed his hundred-year mining term rather than risk fleeing the mining district and exposing his identity.
• Fang Xiao observed that the Small World was absorbing the remaining Seventh Order power and had transformed its primordial qi and spirit veins into Source Qi and Source Veins.
• Fang Xiao decided not to cultivate with Source Qi or fight recklessly, since he could not yet safely absorb the new power and would lack spiritual qi to recover his mana.
• Six Desires unexpectedly contacted Fang Xiao, who left the Small World and asked what had happened.
• Six Desires told Fang Xiao that the Hao Li Sacred Land had summoned them to the Realm Battlefield and asked whether he would remain in the mining district or join the Realm War.

Fang Xiao agreed to join the Realm War with Six Desires, hoping to escape the Devil Realm while keeping his hidden advancement to Void Refining secret. The miners were gathered and transported toward the Realm Battlefield, and three months later Six Desires was released from the spatial treasure carrying them.

• Fang Xiao told Six Desires he would join the Realm War and promised not to abandon him, since he needed Six Desires's help reaching a place to undergo his heavenly tribulation.
• Six Desires arranged to depart for the Realm Battlefield in three days and agreed to reduce contact with Fang Xiao to avoid attracting attention.
• Every miner agreed to join the Realm War, and the Hao Li Sacred Realm official registered them and led them away.
• The cultivators were placed in spatial treasures so an Integration Stage Great Expert could carry them to the Realm Battlefield.
• Three months later, Six Desires was released from the spatial treasure after meditating inside it.

Six Desires entered the Realm War and saw the immense numbers of powerful cultivators gathered in the Hao Li Sacred Realm. Assigned to a squad exploring the intermingled grotto-heavens, he left with his leader and subordinates to begin their first mission.

• Six Desires was stunned by the vast numbers of Spirit Transformation True Demons and the powerful Void Refiners gathered in the Hao Li Sacred Realm.
• A mid Void Refining True Demon assigned Six Desires and forty-nine other Spirit Transformation True Demons to explore the realm battlefield’s grotto-heavens.
• The leader explained that the Realm War required squads to occupy grotto-heavens quickly, and the narration revealed that the Xuan Clan and Hao Li Saint Ancestor’s exchange scheme had been undermined by Fang Xiao taking Xuan Zhongtian.
• The Devil army entered the grotto-heavens, and Six Desires’s leader warned the squad to follow orders because they could face opponents from the Tianhuang Realm or Spirit Realm.
• The leader appointed Six Desires and four other peak Deity Transformation True Demons as sub-squad leaders, marked the fifty subordinates, and opened a passage into a neighboring grotto-heaven.

Six Desires and the Devil Realm team encountered a stronger Buddhist sect group, forcing the team to scatter and flee. As Six Desires tried to escape through the grotto-heaven barrier, a monk sent Zhen Yao to stop him, and Six Desires discovered his desire techniques had no effect on the young monk.

• The Devil Realm team traveled through more than a hundred grotto-heavens as the threat of meeting cultivators from the other realms grew.
• A passage shattered, and dozens of Buddhist monks arrived, including two mid Void Refining cultivators and one late Void Refining cultivator.
• The team leader fled as soon as he realized they were outmatched, and the Spirit Transformation cultivators scattered while the monks pursued them.
• Six Desires tried to escape through the grotto-heaven barrier while using his desire techniques to avoid notice.
• A mid Void Refining monk noticed Six Desires and ordered Zhen Yao to stop him, but Six Desires's attempts to influence Zhen Yao had no effect.

Six Desires fled from Monk Zhen Yao, whose Buddhist powers overwhelmed him and threatened to convert him. Trapped and injured, Six Desires waited for Fang Xiao to respond to his warning as Zhen Yao pressed his attack.

• Six Desires realized Zhen Yao was far stronger than he was and fled toward the other True Demons, but they were all occupied by pursuers.
• Zhen Yao pursued Six Desires with Buddhist chants that briefly weakened his resolve, but Six Desires resisted the influence and sped away again.
• Six Desires sent news of the battle through the Profound Yellow Spiritual Gourd and waited for Fang Xiao's reply.
• Zhen Yao cornered Six Desires, who proved unable to withstand his attacks and began suffering injuries.
• Zhen Yao noticed Six Desires seemed to be waiting for reinforcements and continued battering him with golden treasures, leaving his defeat all but certain.

Fang Xiao emerged from inside Six Desires and destroyed Zhen Yao’s Golden Bowl, then suppressed Zhen Yao. A Buddhist monk demanded that Fang Xiao surrender Six Desires, but Fang Xiao refused, and the monk threatened to fight.

• Six Desires was sucked into Zhen Yao’s Golden Bowl, which then cracked and exploded, grievously wounding Zhen Yao and severing his right arm.
• Fang Xiao and the unconscious Six Desires emerged from the Golden Bowl’s white light, and Fang Xiao immediately suppressed Zhen Yao.
• A nearby Void Refining monk confronted Fang Xiao and asked where he came from and why he had ambushed the Buddhist sect’s disciple.
• Fang Xiao refused to reveal his origins and said he had been waiting for the True Demons, but he would not hand over Six Desires.
• The monk demanded that Fang Xiao surrender Zhen Yao and Six Desires, then accused him of colluding with the Devil Race and threatened to fight if he refused.

Fang Xiao fled a Buddhist sect Void Refining cultivator through a series of Devil Realm grotto-heavens while searching for one with spiritual qi. He reached a sixth-rank grotto-heaven occupied by powerful people of the Tianhuang Realm, who surrounded him and mistook him for a Spirit Realm cultivator.

• Fang Xiao shattered a spatial passage with one sword strike and entered another grotto-heaven, while the Buddhist sect monk pursued him.
• The monk followed Fang Xiao through successive grotto-heavens, and two other Buddhist sect Void Refining cultivators ordered their disciples to finish the battle and catch up.
• After passing through nearly ten uninhabited Devil Realm grotto-heavens, Fang Xiao found a clear grotto-heaven with spiritual qi and at least one sixth-rank spiritual vein.
• Fang Xiao sensed several dozen people with unusual auras, including two whose strength seemed comparable to the Void Refining Stage, and recognized them as people of the Tianhuang Realm.
• The people of the Tianhuang Realm surrounded Fang Xiao and identified him as a Spirit Realm cultivator, warning one another to watch the spatial passages for his companions.

Fang Xiao confronted two sixth-rank cultivators from the Tianhuang Realm and revealed his full power, killing one with the Great White Sword Pellet. When a pursuing Buddhist Void Refining cultivator entered the grotto-heaven, Fang Xiao killed him too, leaving the remaining Tianhuang fighter trapped with him.

• The two Tianhuang Realm cultivators attacked Fang Xiao together with their blade and sword momentum.
• Fang Xiao expanded his Small World across the grotto-heaven and used Dao Slaying and Forbidden Dao Spirit Light to suppress their attack.
• One Tianhuang cultivator recognized the Forbidden Dao Spirit Light and mentioned buying Forbidden Dao Spirit Pearls, leading Fang Xiao to suspect the Myriad Treasures Merchant Association supplied them.
• Fang Xiao killed the blade-wielding cultivator with the Great White Sword Pellet, while the lower-rank Tianhuang cultivators were taken into his Small World.
• A Buddhist sect Void Refining cultivator entered the grotto-heaven, tried to flee, and was killed by Fang Xiao's second sword strike.

Fang Xiao defeated a sixth-rank Tianhuang Realm sword cultivator in a sword duel and prepared to undergo his Void Refining heavenly tribulation. He hid the cave heaven’s spatial passages and began withdrawing the Small World as tribulation clouds gathered overhead.

• The sixth-rank sword cultivator burned his essence, qi, and spirit to challenge Fang Xiao, who accepted the duel and unleashed his full Sword Dao might.
• Fang Xiao’s Great White Sword Pellet overwhelmed the man’s sword and erased him, destroying his body and soul.
• Fang Xiao repaired the cave heaven’s damaged spatial barriers with the Void Cutter Sword and waited for the Buddhist sect cultivators, but they avoided the cave heaven after learning their fellow disciple had died.
• Fang Xiao concealed the cave heaven’s spatial passages and began withdrawing the Small World to start his Void Refining heavenly tribulation.
• Tribulation clouds covered the cave heaven as the Small World’s power returned to the Xuanhuang Gourd.