Chapter Summaries

As the Blood Demon Emperor advanced toward the Central Continent, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion with Liuli and told the Allied Forces he had a way to defeat him. He and Liuli set out to confront the Emperor, while the others prepared to witness the decisive battle.

• The Blood Demon Emperor broke his seal and led the Blood Waves and reanimated corpses toward the Central Continent.
• Gu Yuan told the Allied Forces that the Blood Demon Emperor had entered the world, and Xiao Xuan said Xiao Yan had remained in seclusion since his battle with Hun Tiandi.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli appeared in the council hall, where Liuli reunited with her mother, Gongsun Yu, and promised that her father’s body could be restored after the battle.
• Xiao Yan took the Allied Army’s leader seat and revealed that he had a way to defeat the Blood Demon Emperor, explaining the Plane Embryo, the Lord of the Natural Realm, and the battle from thirty thousand years earlier.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would destroy the Blood Demon Emperor and flew from the hall with Liuli, while Xiao Xuan urged the others to witness the decisive battle.

Xiao Yan and Liuli used the Plane Great Formation to suppress the Blood Demon Emperor, while the Lord of the Natural Realm struck him down and sacrificed herself to contain his final explosion. Afterward, Liuli received a flood of memories and wondered whether the woman who resembled her had been another version of herself.

• The Blood Demon Emperor attacked Liuli to seize the Plane Embryo, but Xiao Yan stepped in and fought him across the sea of blood.
• The Blood Demon Emperor unleashed the Myriad Spirit Devouring Heaven Formation, threatening to destroy Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli joined hands and activated the Plane Great Formation to suppress and execute the Blood Demon Emperor.
• The Lord of the Natural Realm appeared and pierced the Blood Demon Emperor's vertical pupil with her sword, allowing the formation to crush him.
• The Lord of the Natural Realm, whose face matched Liuli's, sacrificed herself to contain the explosion and vanished in a burst of white light.
• Liuli received a flood of memories and asked Xiao Yan whether the woman had been herself.

After the Blood Demon Emperor’s defeat, Xiao Yan rebuilt the survivors’ world and resurrected Gongsun Lin. Gongsun Lin then urged Xiao Yan to reach Liuli, who had been secluded in the Sword Tomb for three months, and Xiao Yan went to find her.

• The Allied Forces established the New Realm as a home for the Northwest Region’s survivors and began restoring the damaged world.
• Xiao Yan used the twenty-two Heavenly Flames to resurrect Gongsun Lin from his Soul Imprint, reuniting him with Gongsun Yu.
• Xiao Yan told Gongsun Lin that Liuli had secluded herself in the Sword Tomb for three months and refused to see anyone.
• Gongsun Lin asked Xiao Yan to help Liuli untie the knot in her heart, and Xiao Yan flew toward the Sword Tomb.

Liuli remembered the truth of Zhang Yu’s death in her previous life and reflected on the vast memories inherited from another version of herself. When someone called to enter her space, she concealed her changed appearance and agreed to meet them.

• Zhang Yu’s mother tore up his novel and drove him to despair, and he jumped from a rooftop despite the police trying to stop him.
• After Zhang Yu died, scraps from his ruined book revealed the words “Dou Qi, Third Stage!” and “Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan!”
• Liuli woke from the memory and realized the Lord of the Natural Realm had altered her memories of her previous life.
• Liuli considered the tens of thousands of years of memories she had inherited and noted that her memories involving the Azure Emperor remained blank.
• When a voice asked to enter, Liuli hid her aura and silver hair, then agreed to let the visitor in.

Liuli confessed that she had been a boy in her previous life and knew Battle Through the Heavens as a novel, then blamed herself for the other half of her soul’s crimes and for failing to prevent Xiao Yan’s losses. Xiao Yan reassured her that she was a separate person whom he loved, and the chapter ended with him carrying her to a bed.

• Liuli told Xiao Yan about her previous life, her knowledge of the novel, and her connection to the Lord of the Natural Realm.
• Liuli broke down over the other half of her soul’s actions and her own failure to change events, but Xiao Yan held her and rejected her self-blame.
• Xiao Yan pointed out Liuli’s insecurities and explained that her caring, imperfect nature had brought them together.
• Xiao Yan reassured Liuli that he loved her as herself, and she responded to his kiss with renewed trust.
• Xiao Yan brought out a large round bed and carried Liuli toward it as she protested.