Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ting overwhelmed Old Demon of Earth and Protector Xuan during Demon Flame Valley’s attack on Zixiao City, revealing his extraordinary power as a Nine-Star Peak Dou Emperor. He captured Old Demon of Earth, claimed Demon Flame Valley, and warned the onlookers not to challenge his control.

• Old Demon of Earth challenged Xiao Ting, and Xiao Ting shattered his blood-colored attack with a punch before taking the Blood Snake Sword and refining it for Caili.
• Old Demon of Earth tried to escape through a puppet and the Heavenly Flame barrier, but Xiao Ting trapped him in a sea of lightning and flames and swallowed him with the Thunder Flame Cauldron.
• Xiao Ting, Yun Yun, Su Qian, and Caili defeated Protector Xuan, and Yun Yun collected his unconscious body for the Misty Cloud Sect’s Life and Death Gate.
• Xiao Ting gave Xiao Yan a Soul Recovery Pill, offered Su Mei a reward, and thanked Su Qian and the others for helping Zixiao City.
• Xiao Ting withdrew the Purple Heaven Sky Flame, announced that Demon Flame Valley belonged to him, and warned everyone against opposing him.

After defeating the Soul Hall’s forces, Xiao Ting secured Demon Flame Valley’s territory for Zixiao City and organized its new alliances and operations. Seven days later, as he handed Han Yue the pills her clan had requested, Han Xue unexpectedly offered to become his personal maid, leaving Han Yue stunned.

• Xiao Ting won the Black-Corner Region factions’ agreement to let Zixiao City annex Demon Flame Valley while promising not to expand elsewhere in the region.
• Xiao Ting empowered Yun Yun and Medusa with Purple Heaven Sky Flame, and they killed Old Man Ban after he threatened Zixiao City.
• Yuan Yi asked to bring the Eight-Fan Sect into Zixiao City, and Xiao Ting accepted while assigning Caili to handle the arrangements.
• Xiao Ting ordered Yun Yun and others to oversee Demon Flame Valley’s takeover, made plans for an alliance with factions in the Jia Ma Empire, and began refining pills.
• After seven days, Xiao Ting gave Han Yue the pills requested by the Han Clan, and Han Xue offered to serve as his personal maid, shocking Han Yue.

Han Xue explained the Han Clan’s decline and asked to become Xiao Ting’s personal maid so he would protect her family. Xiao Ting questioned what value the sisters offered, and Han Xue revealed their Yin Yang Cold Jade Physique, leaving him astonished by its power to help cultivators break through bottlenecks.

• Han Xue told Xiao Ting how the Han Clan had weakened after a disastrous expedition and was now being pressured by the Hong Clan.
• Han Xue offered to become Xiao Ting’s personal maid to secure his protection, while Han Yue argued that she should take her younger sister’s place.
• Xiao Ting asked whether serving him would humiliate them, and the sisters realized they had been competing for an opportunity rather than a burden.
• Xiao Ting asked what talents made the sisters valuable to him, and Han Xue revealed their Yin Yang Cold Jade Physique.
• Xiao Ting recognized that the sisters’ physique could help cultivators break through bottlenecks and asked them to hold out their hands.

Xiao Ting discovered that Han Yue and Han Xue’s combined physique could greatly accelerate their cultivation and offered to heal their father and support their clan if they became his personal maidservants. Three months later, on Xiao Ting’s sixteenth birthday, he received a Plane Blessing and a Great Dao Blessing.

• Xiao Ting identified Han Yue and Han Xue’s Yin Yang Cold Jade Physique, explained its benefits, and offered to nurture them as his personal maidservants while helping their family.
• Han Xue urged Han Yue to take the opportunity, and both sisters saw Xiao Ting’s Notes describing their potential and his plans for their cultivation.
• Feng Qing’er asked how she could improve her bloodline, and Zi Yan joked that she should provoke Xiao Ting into taking her as a mount.
• Xiao Ting gave Yun Yun pills to deliver and appointed her deputy city lord of Zixiao City and head of the Law Enforcement Hall.
• Three months passed, and Xiao Ting received a Plane Blessing and a Great Dao Blessing on his sixteenth birthday.

Xiao Ting broke through to two-star Dou Zong and mastered Law of Heaven and Earth, then opened a spatial passage to search for Yun'er. His departure stunned Huo Zhi, who reported what she saw to the group.

• Xiao Ting's breakthrough to Dou Zong drew attention across the Black-Corner Region, and people began preparing gifts to congratulate him.
• Xiao Ting stabilized his cultivation at two-star Dou Zong and examined the Law of Heaven and Earth he had gained through the Great Dao Blessing.
• Xiao Ting activated Law of Heaven and Earth, unifying his essence, energy, and spirit and greatly improving his control over Spatial Power.
• Worried that Yun'er had not returned from the Sect Tournament, Xiao Ting told Caili to guard Zixiao City and opened a spatial passage to go find her.
• Huo Zhi saw Xiao Ting create the spatial passage and told Zi Yan, Tang Huo'er, Feng Qing'er, Xun'er, Yao Ling, Han Xue, and Han Yue.

Yun Yun was ambushed by Hui Ye and his Eight-Winged Black Sky Python after leaving the Misty Cloud Sect, and she was trapped behind a Spatial Lock. As Hui Ye moved to capture her, Xiao Ting arrived at her side.

• Yun Yun told Huo Zhi and the others that she had stepped down as Misty Cloud Sect Leader and was trapped by an eight-star Dou Zong from the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Huo Zhi set out to help Yun Yun, while the others discussed Xiao Ting’s unusual mastery of Spatial Power.
• Yun Yun fought Hui Ye and his Eight-Winged Black Sky Python with her Ultimate Wind: Sword God technique, but could not break through Hui Ye’s spatial blockade.
• Hui Ye attacked Yun Yun with spatially hidden snakes and demanded that she surrender and go with him.
• Xiao Ting appeared beside Yun Yun and asked why she had not returned yet.

Xiao Ting rescued Yun Yun from Hui Ye and the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python, revealing power comparable to a Dou Zun despite his Two-Star Dou Zong cultivation. He killed Hui Ye after pursuing him through the void and revealed that the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python had not escaped either.

• Xiao Ting arrived as Hui Ye and the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python threatened Yun Yun, and Yun Yun told him they wanted to seize her supposed inheritance.
• Xiao Ting attacked Hui Ye, shattered the pair’s Great Black Heaven Seal, and forced them to flee by sacrificing an arm and a tail.
• Xiao Ting took Yun Yun through the void to a desert and explained that a special Dou Technique let him wield strength comparable to a One-Star Dou Zun.
• Hui Ye emerged in the desert and threatened to seek revenge, but Xiao Ting appeared behind him and killed him with the Purple Heaven Sky Flame.
• Xiao Ting told Yun Yun that the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python was still there, inside a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Ting and Yun Yun reached the Tagor Desert, where the Wind Fury Dragon Flame was about to appear, after Xiao Ting defeated the Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Zong and the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python. As the Heavenly Flame took shape, the fleeing python emerged beside it and realized it was trapped with Xiao Ting.

• Xiao Ting told Yun Yun that the Wind Fury Dragon Flame would appear in the Tagor Desert during the year's hottest period.
• The Notes revealed that Xiao Ting had rescued Yun Yun from an ambush, crushed the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python with spatial power, and killed the Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Zong with one strike.
• Xiao Ting's Great Dao Blessing and Law of Heaven and Earth let him wield power comparable to a Dou Zun, prompting Fire Zhi to wonder how she would fare against him.
• Yun Yun watched the desert hurricanes gather around a spark of fire, which grew into a massive wind-and-fire dragon.
• The Eight-Winged Black Sky Python escaped the Spatial Chaotic Currents and appeared beside the mature Wind Fury Dragon Flame, where Xiao Ting welcomed it.

Xiao Ting subdued Bai Ling, the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python, and captured Wind Fury Dragon Flame above the Tagor Desert. He gave Yun Yun a portion of the flame and took Bai Ling toward the Black-Corner Region, where Bai Ling realized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were being used on him.

• Bai Ling told Xiao Ting that Hui Ye had likely fallen and offered to become his servant in exchange for being spared.
• Xiao Ting marked Bai Ling with Purple Heaven Sky Flame, then told Yun Yun that he intended to keep the python as a birthday gift for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Ting summoned Wind Fury Dragon Flame and divided it into three portions, giving Yun Yun one and keeping the others for Xun'er and Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun accepted the portion of Wind Fury Dragon Flame, which Purple Heaven Sky Flame sealed inside her as a Thunder Fire Seal.
• Xiao Ting took Yun Yun and Bai Ling through a spatial passage toward the Black-Corner Region, and Bai Ling realized that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils were being used on him.

Qing Lin enslaved the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python, and Xiao Ting gave Xun'er the Wind Fury Dragon Flame to refine. After the women discussed Xun'er’s plans to support Xiao Ting, he encountered Huo Zhi outside Jia Nan Academy and prepared to test himself against her.

• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, with Xiao Ting’s help, to brand and enslave the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python, Bai Ling.
• Xiao Ting gave Xun'er the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and urged her to refine it so she could reach Dou Wang within a year.
• Xun'er and the women discussed Gu Yuan’s actions, and Xun'er resolved to return to the Gu Clan to gain status and send Xiao Ting resources.
• Caili and Yun Yun teased Huo Zhi about whether she had been with Xiao Ting, and Huo Zhi protested that they meant different things.
• Huo Zhi gave Xiao Ting the cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and resources promised by their wager, then warned him that he needed to reach Peak Dou Zun to ask for Xun'er’s hand.
• Xiao Ting asked Huo Zhi whether defeating her would make him count as a Dou Zong or Dou Zun expert, leaving her worried he intended to spank her.

Xiao Ting defeated Huo Zhi in combat and claimed the cultivation rewards she had promised him, while revealing that he expected to grow powerful enough to face the Flame Clan without fear. He then traveled deeper into the Magma World to test a suspicion about the Flame Lizardmen, whom he hoped could help him rise rapidly to Peak Dou Zun.

• Xiao Ting suppressed Huo Zhi in combat, and she acknowledged his strength and agreed that he counted as a Dou Zun for their wager.
• Huo Zhi gave Xiao Ting three inheritance jade slips and offered him access to Heaven Tier techniques at the Flame Clan after he truly broke through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ting said he would visit the Flame Clan later and privately explained that his future soul strength would make him confident facing them and rescuing the Old Dragon Emperor.
• Huo Zhi and Zi Yan joked about persuading the Old Dragon Emperor, while Caili warned that they would both get their butts spanked.
• Xiao Ting traveled through the Magma World, detected a group of Flame Lizardmen, and approached them to test his suspicion.

Xiao Ting hunted Flame Lizardmen in the Magma World and refined their Fire Beads, rapidly advancing to Seven-Star Dou Zong. After two more months, he faced four powerful Flame Lizardmen who declared that he was surrounded.

• Xiao Ting killed a group of Flame Lizardmen and instantly refined their Fire Beads, gaining a substantial increase in cultivation.
• Xiao Ting explained that the Flame Lizard Tribe and its Fire Beads originated from Tou She Ancient God's influence, prompting the women to discuss how they might obtain the beads.
• The women continued chatting through the Notebook Copy as another two months passed.
• Four powerful Flame Lizardmen surrounded Xiao Ting and threatened to kill him, but he replied that they were the ones surrounded.

Xiao Ting killed four Dou Zun Flame Lizardmen, returned to Zixiao City, and entered seclusion to test whether their Fire Beads could awaken his Xiao Tribe bloodline. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Spirit, but a Three-Star Dou Zun attacked Zixiao City, and the women identified the assailant as a Soul Hall branch hall master targeting Yun Yun.

• Xiao Ting used Thunder Flame Ten Thousand Jun to kill four Dou Zun Flame Lizardmen and collected their Fire Beads.
• Xiao Ting returned to Zixiao City and entered seclusion to test whether the beads could restore his Dou Di bloodline.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Peak Nine-Star Dou Spirit and resolved to train toward the Three Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Yao Lao sensed a Dou Zun attack, took control of Xiao Yan’s body, and rushed toward Zixiao City.
• A blood-red giant hand appeared over Zixiao City, and Huo Zhi identified the attacker as the Three-Star Dou Zun branch hall master of the Soul Hall in the Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Ting emerged as a Dou Zun to defend Zixiao City from Venerable Chi Lian of the Soul Hall. After dispelling Chi Lian’s blood mist and revealing his identity, Xiao Ting prepared to overpower him.

• Venerable Chi Lian attacked Zixiao City, but the Two Elders of Qian and Bai formed a Spatial Barrier to protect it.
• Huo Zhi stopped the Two Elders from using Mang Tianchi’s trump card and prepared to fight, but the Red Lotus Karma Flame returned to her body.
• Purple flames poured through spatial rifts, dispersed Chi Lian’s blood mist, and gathered into a storm of lightning above the city.
• Xiao Ting revealed himself as a Dou Zun and identified Yun Yun as his Dao companion, then clashed palm-to-palm with Chi Lian and shattered the surrounding space.
• Xiao Ting recognized Chi Lian as a Three-Star Dou Zun and enlarged his body, preparing to defeat him for Yun Yun and Caili.

Xiao Ting defeated Venerable Chi Lian with his Purple Heaven Sky Prison technique and broke through to One-Star Peak Dou Zun. He revealed that Flame Lizardmen could help others train, then received a request from the Two Elders of Qian and Bai to refine Heavenly Venerable Pills.

• Xiao Ting used Purple Flame Shackles and Purple Heaven Sky Flame to imprison and erase Venerable Chi Lian.
• Xiao Ting broke through to Dou Zun, reaching One-Star Peak Dou Zun as heaven-and-earth energy gathered around him.
• Xiao Ting discovered that his new cultivation let him control Spatial Power with ease and understood how greatly his strength had increased.
• Xiao Ting told Yao Lao, Xiao Yan, and Yao Tianhuo that the Flame Lizardmen could help fire-attributed cultivators train and invited Xiao Yan and Xun'er to join him.
• Xiao Ting gave Spatial Jade Slips to the Two Elders of Qian and Bai, who asked him to refine Heavenly Venerable Pills.

Xiao Ting broke through to Dou Zun, destroyed a Soul Hall branch, and planned to explore the Magma World with Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi. His Notes revealed that Fire Beads could boost cultivation and bloodlines, while Cao Ying struggled to refuse an apprenticeship at the Little Dan Tower when Xuan Yi arrived.

• Xiao Ting agreed to refine pills for the Two Elders of Qian and Bai, and Huo Zhi acknowledged his victory and promised his wager from the Flame Realm.
• Xiao Ting told Xiao Yan to prepare for a trip into the Magma World and invited Huo Zhi to help him investigate the Flame Lizardmen and their Fire Beads.
• Xiao Ting warned Zixiao City's enemies, used heavenly lightning to destroy a Soul Hall branch, and returned to spend several days with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Xun'er, Yun Yun, and Caili.
• Xiao Ting's Notes explained how Heavenly Flames could purify Fire Beads to raise cultivation and bloodline grades, prompting Huo Zhi and others to plan how to obtain them.
• Cao Ying learned that Xuan Kongzi wanted to take her as a disciple, tried to find a way to refuse, and panicked when Xuan Yi arrived.

Cao Ying accepted Xuan Yi as her teacher and planned to keep open the possibility of matchmaking Xuan Yi with Xiao Ting. Meanwhile, Xiao Ting led his companions to cultivate in the Magma World, and three months later the Three Year Agreement began as a friendly match on Misty Cloud Mountain.

• Cao Ying accepted Xuan Yi as her teacher after discussing with the girls how to explain her choice and considering ways to stay close to Xiao Ting.
• Xuan Yi gave Cao Ying a powerful Soul Technique as a greeting gift and resolved to nurture her into a success.
• Xiao Ting created a safe Spatial Barrier in the Magma World, then gave Huo Zhi a Fire Bead to refine and devour.
• Xiao Ting hunted Flame Lizardmen in the Magma World, where their Fire Beads offered his companions valuable cultivation resources.
• Three months later, the Xiao Clan and Nalan Clan gathered at the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three Year Agreement's friendly match between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain with their strength raised to Dou Wang after consuming Life-Devouring Pills.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three Year Agreement, while Feng Qing'er regretted provoking Zixiao City after Xiao Ting captured her and made her his mount. The chapter ended with Feng Qing'er finally giving in to the pain and admitting it was great.

• Xiao Zhan greeted Nalan Jie after reaching Dou Wang, and the leaders gathered at the Misty Cloud Sect for the Three Year Agreement.
• Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan fought, revealing that she was a One-Star Dou Wang and he was a Three-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan won with his Earth Tier Mid-Grade Dou Technique, and Nalan Yanran accepted her defeat.
• Feng Qing'er complained in the chat group that Xiao Ting had captured her after she provoked Zi Yan in Zixiao City and subdued her guards.
• Xiao Ting carved a restriction into Feng Qing'er's soul and trapped her in the Purple Heaven Sky Flame until she called him Master.
• Feng Qing'er resisted the group's advice, but after enduring the flame's pain, she finally admitted it was great.

Zi Yan’s group discussed Feng Qing’er’s arrival in the Black-Corner Region and the history of her rivalry with Xiao Yan, while Xiao Ting’s Notes described the status and potential of Divine Beasts in the Great Thousand World. Zi Yan wondered whether she could become a Heavenly Sovereign if she reached that world, and Feng Qing’er challenged her assumptions.

• Zi Yan recounted breaking through to Three-Star Dou Zun after three months and planning to hunt more Flame Lizardmen for Fire Beads.
• Feng Qing’er appeared in the Black-Corner Region to ask Zixiao City to find a deceased Dou Zun clansman, prompting Zi Yan to recount Xiao Yan’s history with the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Feng Qing’er admitted that she recognized Caili and Huo Zhi’s strength but said she did not want to acknowledge Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ting’s Notes explained that Divine Beasts could become Sovereigns upon adulthood and that exceptional Super Divine Beasts could reach Heavenly Sovereign ranks.
• Zi Yan asked whether sufficient resources and access to the Great Thousand World could let her become a Heavenly Sovereign, and Feng Qing’er retorted that she had not even obtained the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

Feng Qing'er learned that Xiao Ting believed he could help her cultivate into a Saint Heavenly Sovereign, and she eagerly accepted the Purple Heaven Sky Flame’s tempering. Meanwhile, Luo Shen received a Notebook Copy in the Great Thousand World and began recovering, while the women discussed Yao Ling’s plan to arrange Mu Qingluan’s Notebook Copy.

• Luo Shen received Xiao Ting’s Notebook Copy, absorbed its information, and used it to stabilize her Divine Soul and recover through the Luo River’s power.
• Xiao Ting wrote that he planned to help Feng Qing'er obtain and master Nine Turns to Sainthood Art, potentially raising her to Saint Heavenly Sovereign within a century.
• Feng Qing'er began accepting the Purple Heaven Sky Flame’s tempering and declared that she would become Xiao Ting’s mount and protect the other women.
• Zi Yan, Xun'er, Caili, and Xiao Yi Xian challenged Feng Qing'er’s confidence, while Yun Yun suggested using pillow talk to influence Xiao Ting.
• Huo Zhi warned that Mu Qingluan might receive a Notebook Copy, and Yao Ling said she would make her entrance after the women nearly wiped out the Flame Lizardmen in the Magma World.