Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuantian returned to the Academy after sealing the old man, while Ning Que avenged the Xuanwei General's Residence by defeating Xia Hou and absorbing his cultivation. When Sang Sang fell gravely ill, Fuzi sent Ning Que to seek Qishan's help, leaving him suspicious that Haotian was forcing him toward the heavens.

• Wu Xuantian sealed the old man beneath Great Ming Lake and returned to the Academy with Fuzi, where he reunited with Jin Yi and Mo Shanshan.
• Ning Que challenged Xia Hou, and Mo Shanshan stopped Xu Shi from interfering while the court restored honors to those punished in the old case.
• Ning Que fought Xia Hou at Wild Goose Cry Lake, used an arrow formation to defeat him, and absorbed his cultivation with Taotie.
• Wu Xuantian and Fuzi watched Ning Que and Sang Sang grow close, then realized Haotian had made Sang Sang collapse to draw Ning Que toward the heavens.
• Fuzi advised Ning Que to seek Qishan's superior healing arts, so Ning Que took Sang Sang away and questioned whether Haotian feared he might refuse to ascend.

Ning Que brought the gravely ill Sang Sang to Lanke Temple, where Master Qishan sent them into a chessboard as the Ullambana Bell summoned the world to kill the Son of the Underworld King. On Mount Wa, the Academy’s defenders fought off the Buddhist forces, while Wu Xuantian confronted the nearly unkillable chief scripture lecturer.

• Ning Que promised to marry Sang Sang if she recovered, then carried her to Lanke Temple to seek Master Qishan’s help.
• Master Qishan used the chessboard to send Ning Que and Sang Sang away and rang the Ullambana Bell, announcing the Son of the Underworld King’s arrival.
• Jun Mo, Li Manman, and Jin Yi blocked the monks advancing on Mount Wa; Jin Yi burned Great Virtue, and Li Manman killed the Lesser Vajra monk.
• The seven monks of the Seven Emotions joined into a giant Buddha statue, which Wu Xuantian eventually shattered after it attacked the Academy’s defenders.
• The chief scripture lecturer arrived and fought Jun Mo, whose sword could barely mark his Indestructible Vajra body.
• Wu Xuantian took over the fight, but after fifteen minutes he admitted that the chief scripture lecturer was difficult to kill within the same realm.

Wu Xuantian and Fuzi entered Haotian’s Divine Kingdom to confront her, while Ning Que reached Sang Sang at Xiling and was restored to youth after she accepted him as a floor sweeper. The chapter left Fuzi and Haotian fighting in the Divine Kingdom as Sang Sang prepared the kingdoms to attack the Tang Kingdom.

• Wu Xuantian defeated the chief monk at Mount Wa but spared him, then escaped with Jin Yi as Li Manman left with Jun Mo.
• Ning Que and Sang Sang survived inside Buddha’s Chessboard, married, and had a daughter before Fuzi released them; Sang Sang then ascended with the child to face Fuzi and Wu Xuantian.
• Fuzi and Wu Xuantian entered Haotian’s Divine Kingdom, where Haotian explained that she intended to devour the living and become complete; Fuzi and Wu Xuantian fought her after refusing to let her leave unchallenged.
• Ning Que traveled toward Xiling to find Sang Sang, and she reversed his aging after he collapsed before her, then assigned him to sweep the Temple of Light.
• Sang Sang asked Ye Hongyu about the kingdoms’ response, and Ye Hongyu reported that they had agreed to send troops against the Tang Kingdom.
• Fuzi and Haotian continued their brawl in the Divine Kingdom while the Tang Emperor and the Academy’s disciples prepared to defend the Tang Kingdom.

The kingdoms’ campaign against Tang reached Green Gorge as Mo Shanshan seized Great River’s throne and ordered its troops home. Haotian left the Divine Kingdom, Wu Xuantian became the new guardian of the world, and the war ended with Tang’s enemies defeated; afterward, the surviving characters settled into new lives and journeys.

• Mo Shanshan defied the Sage of Calligraphy, killed Great River’s ruler, took the throne, and recalled Great River’s troops from the campaign against Tang.
• Ning Que received Mo Shanshan’s letter, and his intervention led the Xiling Divine Palace to declare Great River too weak to join the war.
• The allied armies attacked Green Gorge, where Jun Mo, Yu Lian, Yan Se, Jin Yi, and Mo Shanshan fought Liu Bai, the Hierarch, the Butcher, and the Drunkard while Li Manman faced the Abbey Dean.
• Ye Hongyu killed the Xiling Hierarch and left with Ye Su, but the Abbey Dean defeated Li Manman and Yu Lian and took the Bright Scroll of the Heavenly Book.
• The Heavenly Book reached Haotian, who destroyed the Gambler and left through the gate; Wu Xuantian took her place as the world’s guardian, and the allied kingdoms withdrew from Tang.
• After the war, Mo Shanshan passed Great River’s throne to Mu You, Fuzi spared his former opponents, and the surviving characters began new journeys and lives.

Xiao Wen explored a hidden realm believed to belong to the Ancient Heavenly Phoenixes with Xiao Ce, collecting rare treasures and subduing its guardians. After defeating Huang Tian, they reached the Treasure Pavilion, where Xiao Wen let Xiao Ce and another companion copy its vast collection of techniques.

• Wu Xuantian, now living as Xiao Wen, visited Jia Nan Academy, encountered Zhu Kun beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and arranged for Heaven Network members to train at the academy.
• Xiao Ce showed Xiao Wen information about a hidden realm, and they entered it, where they survived a trap and subdued several ancient beast puppets.
• Xiao Wen and Xiao Ce found a vast Herb Garden, and Xiao Wen subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame and named its spirit Xiao Qinglian.
• The three continued through the realm, gathered resources from the remains of ancient magical beasts, and met Huang Tian, the last living member of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Wen killed Huang Tian and opened the Treasure Pavilion, where he ordered Xiao Ce and their companion to copy the clan's cultivation methods and combat skills.

Wu Xuantian strengthened Heaven Network, revealed the Xiao Clan’s history, and helped Xiao Yan’s Flame Alliance rise in the northwest while guiding him toward the Central Plains. After Wu Xuantian entered a sealed demonic realm, a pair of demon marshals began discussing a plot against a powerful figure, leaving their plan unresolved.

• Wu Xuantian refined six peak One-Star Dou Saint Sky Demon Puppets, and Heaven Network expanded over the following century as Xiao Ce and Xiao Qinglian grew stronger.
• At a Heaven Network meeting, Wu Xuantian introduced its Dou Saints and revealed that the Xiao Clan had survived its destruction, promising support to those who helped restore it.
• Wu Xuantian met Yun Yun in the northwest, gave her a token for the Mercenary Headquarters, and later entered the Ancient Heavenly Serpent ruins, captured its remnant soul, and took its treasures.
• Wu Xuantian secretly saved Xiao Lin, then watched Xiao Yan form the Flame Alliance and accepted its members into the Mercenary Alliance; he later gave Xiao Yan information about Heavenly Flames and a seal formula for Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ce told Wu Xuantian that the barrier to a sealed realm had weakened, so Wu Xuantian entered the demonic realm and found its demon marshals Ge'er and Batu discussing how to challenge a powerful rival.

Wu Xuantian defeated the Evil King Palace Master, claimed the ancient sealed realm for the Xiao Clan, and expanded the Heaven Network while preparing for the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s return. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan and the assembled powers confronted the Soul Hall Master near the ruptured space containing the flame.

• Ge'er persuaded Batu to help target the Demon King, while Wu Xuantian killed the remaining Demon Marshals and challenged the Evil King Palace Master.
• Wu Xuantian overcame the Palace Master after he sacrificed Demon Generals to restore his strength, sealed him, and learned that the realm had once been used to imprison the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Wu Xuantian purified the realm and made plans to use it as a Xiao Clan stronghold, then gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin cultivation resources and summoned Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to the Heaven Network.
• Xiao Ce explained the Xiao Clan’s Emperor Clan heritage and the Heaven Network’s secret history to Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin.
• After more than a year of cultivation, Wu Xuantian led Heaven Network experts toward the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s appearance as factions across the Central Plains converged on the northwestern Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan and his companions reached the burned desert and saw the Soul Hall Master emerge from black mist near the ruptured space.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er as the ancient clans gathered around the sealed Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and he learned that Hun Feng was a dangerous rival waiting to strike. When Yao Tian insulted Yao Chen, Xiao Yan crushed his soul attack and humiliated him, provoking Yao Wangu i, whom Zi Yan then fought off.

• The Soul Hall Master and Hun Feng watched Xiao Yan and waited for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to weaken the seal before making their move.
• Huo Xuan and Xun'er arrived, and Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er after three years apart; she warned him about Hun Feng and the danger of entering the sealed space with a large group.
• The Gu Clan, Flame Clan, Thunder Clan, Stone Clan, and Yao Clan gathered as suspicion over the Spirit Race's disappearance kept the ancient clans wary of one another.
• Yao Wangu i taunted Yao Lao over his expulsion from the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan challenged Yao Tian after he insulted Yao Lao and the Dan Tower Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan crushed Yao Tian's soul attack, struck him with a soul clone, and defeated his Guiling Earth Fire; when Yao Wangu i attacked, Zi Yan intercepted him and forced him back.

Xiao Yan emerged from a two-year retreat having refined the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and grown to an early Five-Star Dou Saint, then returned to the Xiao Realm and learned Wu Xuantian’s plan for confronting the Hun Clan. The chapter left Xiao Yan asking whether Wu Xuantian could help free Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul from the Heavenly Tomb.

• Yao Wangu i retreated after Xiao Yan and Zi Yan threatened him, and Xiao Yan promised Yao Lao he would accompany him to the Yao Clan.
• Wu Xuantian revealed the Heaven Network’s strength as the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s entrance opened, and Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Demonic Flame Space.
• Xiao Ce announced the Xiao Clan’s return, and Wu Xuantian established the Xiao Alliance while the Emperor Clans reacted warily.
• The Stone Clan vanished like the Spirit Race, prompting the Yao, Thunder, Flame, and Xiao Clans to form the Four-Clan Alliance as the Heavenly Mansion Alliance fought Soul Hall.
• After two years, Xiao Yan and Xun'er emerged from the Demonic Flame Space; Xiao Yan had reached early Five-Star Dou Saint, and Xun'er returned to the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan visited the Xiao Realm, where Wu Xuantian explained that Nihility Devouring Flame had helped the Hun Clan devour the Spirit and Stone Clans, outlined his plan to manipulate Hun Tiandi, and heard Xiao Yan ask about Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb.

Xiao Yan and Wu Xuantian reached the deepest part of the Heavenly Tomb, where Wu Xuantian offered Xiao Xuan a chance at resurrection and seized the Heavenly Tomb Soul’s Soul Origin for Xiao Yan to refine. After two months, Xiao Yan emerged with an Emperor-Realm Soul and Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation, while Wu Xuantian reached peak Nine-Star Dou Saint; outside, Gu Yuan realized the Heavenly Tomb had gained a new owner as Xiao Yan’s deadline to save his father approached.

• Xiao Yan and Wu Xuantian crossed the Heavenly Tomb, and Blood Saber Saint guided them to Xiao Xuan’s tombstone after recognizing Xiao Yan as Xiao Xuan’s descendant.
• Wu Xuantian gave Xiao Xuan a Soul-Nurturing Pill and revealed that he had sensed the Heavenly Tomb’s intelligent Soul; Xiao Xuan entered the pill while Wu Xuantian confronted the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Wu Xuantian defeated the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb, extracted its Soul Origin, and gave it to Xiao Yan to refine.
• Xiao Yan refined the Soul Origin within its vast inner soul ocean, reaching the Emperor-Realm Soul and Seven-Star Dou Saint cultivation after two months.
• Wu Xuantian absorbed the Heavenly Tomb’s abundant energy and advanced to peak Nine-Star Dou Saint, while Xiao Yan became the Heavenly Tomb’s new dominator.
• Gu Yuan told Lei Ying and Yan Jin that the Heavenly Tomb’s passage had sealed and rebounded his attempt to open it, suggesting that the tomb now had an owner.

Xiao Yan returned from the Heavenly Tomb with an Emperor-Realm Soul, and the clans gathered as Hun Tiandi assembled the Ancient Jade and opened Tou She Ancient God's Cave Abode. Inside, the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill appeared and accused the Nihility Devouring Flame of breaking free after promising to rescue it too.

• Gu Yuan discovered Xiao Yan's Emperor-Realm Soul and agreed to lead the allied clans in seeking Xiao Yan's father and opposing the Hun Clan.
• Hun Tiandi obtained the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade, joined its eight pieces, and used the image of Tou She Ancient God to locate the cave.
• Hun Tiandi and the allied clans reached the Magma World, where the completed Ancient Jade opened the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yan and the others crossed the cave's plaza, where Xiao Yan recognized drained Heavenly Flames on its pillars and realized Tou She Ancient God had absorbed their origins.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame cleared the mist and revealed Tou She Ancient God's statue, then identified the old man atop it as the Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill.
• The Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pill accused the Nihility Devouring Flame of helping it and the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame escape their bonds, then breaking a promise to free it.

Wu Xuantian defeated Hun Tiandi, became a Dou Emperor, and led the Xiao Clan into its golden age before ascending to the Great Thousand World and establishing the Thunder Region. Years later, the Maha Clan challenged Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Territory, and the two forces began a battle over the Heaven-Incinerating Mountain Range.

• Wu Xuantian sealed Nihility Devouring Flame, subdued the Emperor-Grade Prototype Pill, killed Hun Tiandi, and returned to the New Xiao Realm with the Xiao Clan.
• Wu Xuantian refined the prototype pill into an Emperor Grade Pill, broke through to Dou Emperor, and activated the Xiao Clan’s bloodline, empowering its members.
• Xiao Yan and other Dou Emperors ascended to the Great Thousand World, where Wu Xuantian established the Thunder Region and became a Saint Grade Heavenly Supreme.
• Wu Xuantian slew five Demon Emperors, including a Heaven Demon Emperor, while the Maha Clan’s Maha Tian emerged from seclusion and prepared to confront the Endless Fire Territory.
• Xiao Yan rejected Maha Tian’s demand that the Endless Fire Territory submit, ordered his forces to prepare for war, and faced the Maha Clan’s arriving army.
• Maha You challenged the Endless Fire Territory, the Heavenly Supremes on both sides began fighting, and a spirit array rose over the Heaven-Incinerating Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan and Maha Tian left the Volcanic Continent to fight without restraint in the Demon Realm, where Xiao Yan initially suppressed Maha Tian with his Saint Grade body and Heavenly Flames. Maha Tian then unleashed the Maha Infinite Body and pressed Xiao Yan with powerful attacks, leaving the battle unresolved as Xiao Yan revealed his Emperor Flame True Body.

• Qing Yanjing persuaded Futu Xuan not to intervene in the Maha Clan's war against the Endless Fire Territory, and he agreed to hold back the Futu Ancient Clan.
• The Maha Clan deployed a forbidden imitation of the Maha Yin-Yang Bottle, but Xiao Yan invited Maha Tian to settle their conflict in the Demon Realm, and Maha Tian accepted.
• Xiao Yan and Maha Tian traveled to the Demon Realm, destroyed demonized continents, and began their one-on-one battle at the Dark Abyss.
• Xiao Yan's Saint Grade physique and Heavenly Flames initially overwhelmed Maha Tian, who responded by manifesting his Saint Grade spiritual body and the Maha Infinite Body.
• Maha Tian battered Xiao Yan with the Maha Infinite Body's sound waves, fists, and Maha Heavenly Spear, but Xiao Yan revealed his Emperor Flame True Body from within the dust.

Xiao Yan defeated Maha Tian and reached mid Saint Grade, but the Outer Realm Evil Clan invaded the Demon Domain and triggered a vast battle. Wu Xuantian and the Azure-Robed Sword Saint helped defeat the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor, and Wu Xuantian ended the chapter presiding over the Great Thousand Palace as the Demon Annihilation King.

• Xiao Yan used his Destruction Fire Lotus to break Maha Tian’s defenses, then reached mid Saint Grade and defeated him.
• The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor and the Outer Realm Evil Clan emerged from a spatial rift and attacked the gathered Heavenly Supremes.
• Wu Xuantian fought the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor, devoured much of his Saint Demon Flame, and gained the upper hand as the battle spread.
• The Azure-Robed Sword Saint pierced the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor, and Wu Xuantian killed him while Great Thousand World forces joined the battle.
• The Great Thousand World’s experts drove back the surviving Demon Emperors, though many escaped after wounded Xuan Demon Emperors covered their retreat.
• Wu Xuantian took the throne in the Great Thousand Palace and told the assembled Heavenly Supremes that their disorganized campaign had caused heavy losses.

Wu Xuantian established the Great Thousand Alliance and visited the Northern Wasteland Mound, where he confronted the Sky Evil God and used the Great Thousand Will to gain a heaven-bestowed weapon. He entered the Demon Abyss to fight the Sky Evil God, and after the Sky Evil God's demon diagram shattered, the battle remained unresolved.

• Wu Xuantian proposed the Great Thousand Alliance, and the gathered factions unanimously made him its leader.
• Wu Xuantian visited the Northern Wasteland Mound and warned the Lord of Undying that the Sky Evil God had recovered much of his strength.
• Wu Xuantian sacrificed the Saint Demon Continent and many Demon Emperor remains, awakening the Great Thousand Will and receiving a powerful divine weapon.
• Wu Xuantian entered the Demon Abyss and fought the Sky Evil God, using the sealing formation and the Great Thousand Will's power to gain an advantage.
• The Sky Evil God pierced Wu Xuantian's divine weapon with his Demon Source Power, but Wu Xuantian lured him into the Great Thousand Demon-Transforming Formation and restored the weapon.
• The Sky Evil God opened his third eye and unleashed the God-Slaying Demon Diagram, but Wu Xuantian reforged his weapon into a spear and shattered the diagram.

Wu Xuantian returned to the Northern Border with the Heavenly Blood Spear and fought the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s assembled forces. After revealing that the spear had been honed with Sky Evil God's blood, he broke the Thirty-Three Heavens Demon God Formation’s momentum and began killing the Heaven Demon Emperors; the battle remained underway.

• Wu Xuantian told the Tomb Guardians that he had severely wounded the Sky Evil God, then learned that the Outer Realm Evil Clan was assaulting the Life Domain to force him into battle.
• Wu Xuantian arrived at the Northern Border and devastated the attacking armies with the Heavenly Blood Spear, drawing the Heaven Demon Emperors into battle.
• Wu Xuantian followed Dark Heaven Demon Emperor’s forces to the Heavenly Demon Territory, where his attack annihilated much of the assembled demon army before the Thirty-Three Heavens Demon God Formation intervened.
• Wu Xuantian revealed that Sky Evil God's blood had honed the Heavenly Blood Spear, suppressing the Outer Realm Evil Clan, then used its power to break the Heaven Demon Blade and kill Dark Heaven Demon Emperor.
• Wu Xuantian killed more Heaven Demon Emperors and weakened the formation, while the remaining enemies continued fighting him.

After the Great Thousand World celebrated Wu Xuantian’s victory, Wu ignored heaven’s call and let the Sky Evil God emerge so the world’s restrictions would weaken and he could advance. As the Sky Evil God fought the Great Thousand’s strongest, Wu arrived and inscribed his surname on the Firmament List, gaining control of the Thunder Dao’s authority.

• Wu Xuantian returned from destroying the Heavenly Demon Territory, and the Great Thousand World hailed him as the Demon-Slaying Great Emperor while its armies counterattacked the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Wu entered the Thunder Region’s Origin Land, advanced to Half-Step Ruler, and chose not to answer heaven’s summons to stop the Sky Evil God.
• At the Northern Wasteland Mound, the Heart Heaven Demon Emperor exposed compromised allies, and their sacrifice helped the Sky Evil God break free from the Great Thousand Demon-Transforming Formation.
• The Heart Heaven Demon Emperor and the Outer Realm Evil Clan sacrificed their forces to restore the Sky Evil God, who emerged in his true form and fought Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and the other Heavenly Supremes.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Firmament List, and Wu Xuantian appeared and inscribed “Xiao” above “Ye,” gaining authority over the Thunder Dao.

Wu Xuantian fought the Sky Evil God after his breakthrough, then led the Great Thousand World in exterminating the Outer Realm Evil Clan. When the Sky Evil God returned in his Ten-Eyed state, Wu Xuantian began forcing his own ascension beyond the Firmament List, with Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Mu Chen helping him resist the world's backlash.

• Wu Xuantian defeated the Sky Evil God's attacks and forced him to retreat, while the Sky Evil God vowed to return after recovering his strength.
• Wu Xuantian rallied the Great Thousand World to exterminate the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and seven years later the clan sacrificed itself to restore the Sky Evil God.
• The Sky Evil God returned with all nine eyes open and fought Wu Xuantian, who wounded him with a series of powerful techniques.
• The Sky Evil God sacrificed his nine eyes to create a tenth and gained power beyond Wu Xuantian's current strength.
• Wu Xuantian revealed that he intended to reach the Dominator realm through his own strength rather than rely on the Firmament List, using the Sky Evil God's threat to make the Great Thousand Will tolerate his attempt.
• Xiao Yan, Wu Xuantian's grandson, Lin Dong, and Mu Chen helped suppress the Firmament List's backlash as tribulation clouds gathered around Wu Xuantian.

Wu Xuantian endured the Heavenly Tribulation’s trials, defeated the imprints of legendary masters, and rejected the Great Thousand World’s offer of supremacy to pursue a Dao beyond its myriad laws. After he clashed with the world’s will and fell gravely wounded, the Sky Evil God attacked him, only for Wu Xuantian to recover and strike back.

• Wu Xuantian began his unprecedented tribulation to defy heaven and forge a new Dao, while the Sky Evil God held back rather than risk being drawn into it.
• Wu Xuantian survived waves of tribulation, defeated ancient masters’ imprints and the nine original Dharma Bodies, then overcame the Immortal Emperor and rejected the Heavenly Dao’s offer of supreme status.
• Wu Xuantian defeated the Dao Self that mirrored his techniques, absorbed the tribulation’s power, and rose above the myriad Daos to confront the will of heaven and earth.
• After the Heavenly Dao’s final clash, Wu Xuantian fell broken from the heavens, and the Sky Evil God rushed to kill him while Xiao Yan tried to intervene.
• Wu Xuantian healed instantly, struck the Sky Evil God with a punch, and appeared behind him to block his retreat.

After the Great Thousand World recovered, the Xiao Clan and Wu Xuantian rose to unparalleled prominence. Years later, the Firmament List appeared above Tianluo City, and Yan Qingchen and Lin Dong inscribed their names upon it, becoming Dominators bound to protect the world.

• Wu Xuantian's victory established the Xiao Clan as a forbidden race and his alliance as the Great Thousand World's foremost power.
• Wu Xuantian withdrew from public life as statues bearing his image gathered vast power of faith across the Great Thousand World.
• The Firmament List appeared above Tianluo City, drawing the attention of experts who speculated about which powerful figure had summoned it.
• Yan Qingchen and Lin Dong broke through the Firmament List's barrier and inscribed their true names upon it.
• Yan Qingchen and Lin Dong received supreme World Power, became Dominators, and sensed that they were bound to guard the Great Thousand World.