Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao used pills to raise his cultivation and fought Hundred Tribulations True Lord on equal footing, forcing him to unleash the Divine Power of Cataclysm. As the catastrophe battered the Snow Heaven Clan, Ling Xiao absorbed its power and charged back at Hundred Tribulations True Lord, who sensed that the fight was turning against expectations.

• Ling Xiao combined the Limitless Divine Fist and the Origin Divine Fist, driving Hundred Tribulations True Lord back and matching his power.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord unleashed the Holy King Triumph and Divine Power of Cataclysm, causing the Snow Heaven Clan's cultivators to chant as the heavens split open.
• Crimson Flame Divine General watched in secret and realized Ling Xiao's strength came from pills, while Giant Overlord and Ju Xinghe hoped the battle would let them seize Snow Heaven Clan territory.
• Ling Xiao summoned his Primordial Nine Purities Immortal Light Dharma body and used his five divine cauldrons to absorb the catastrophic divine power.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord formed a sea of lightning and shattered Ling Xiao's Dharma body, but Ling Xiao destroyed the thunder dragons with his halberd and charged at him.

Ling Xiao injured True Lord Hundred Tribulations in a fierce battle, astonishing the Snow Heaven Clan, but his Primordial Golden Pill’s power eventually ran out. True Lord Hundred Tribulations sensed Ling Xiao’s decline and prepared to turn the fight around.

• True Lord Hundred Tribulations unleashed his tribulation armor and divine light, but Ling Xiao countered with a barrage of supreme techniques and wounded him.
• Tianxue Yaoyue, Tianxue Ji, and Tianxue Liuli were stunned by Ling Xiao’s strength, while Tianxue Liuli worried that the Snow Heaven Clan would face the Thousand Autumn Realm Lord’s wrath if Ling Xiao lost.
• Tianxue Kong tried to escape, but Snow Heaven Clan experts captured him and Tianxue Cheng as the battle continued.
• Ling Xiao and True Lord Hundred Tribulations fought with everything they had, and both suffered severe injuries as hidden cultivators watched.
• Ling Xiao’s Primordial Golden Pill ran out, his aura and magical power fell, and True Lord Hundred Tribulations sensed his weakness and smiled cruelly.

Ling Xiao struggled against Hundred Tribulations True Lord’s transformed lightning assault while refining the energy within his body. He reached great completion in the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Heavenly Art, his aura surging as the battle continued.

• Hundred Tribulations True Lord summoned the Hundred Tribulations Lightning Cloak, Crown of Supreme Command, and Scepter of Authority, then struck Ling Xiao with world-spanning lightning.
• Ling Xiao’s crystal divine body repeatedly shattered beneath the lightning, while the Crimson Flame Divine General and the Snow Heaven Clan watched in concern.
• Ling Xiao circulated the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Heavenly Art and used the Primordial Divine Cauldron Grand Alchemy Dao to fuse energy into his body.
• The Ways within Ling Xiao’s body converged and illuminated his mind, causing his aura to soar as the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Heavenly Art reached great completion.

Ling Xiao perfected the Truth Divine Dynasty Immortal Body by enduring Hundred Tribulations True Lord's lightning, reaching the physical limit of the ninth heaven of Primordial Taiji. He evaded the Thunder Tribulation Spear until he seized it and used its force to charge at Hundred Tribulations True Lord.

• Ling Xiao completed his divine art in the lightning sea, transforming his body into a flawless, immensely powerful divine body.
• His overwhelming aura shook the Snow Heaven Clan, and Hundred Tribulations True Lord realized Ling Xiao had undergone a major breakthrough.
• Ling Xiao told Hundred Tribulations True Lord that his lightning tribulation had helped him perfect his body, enraging the True Lord.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord condensed the lightning into a Thunder Tribulation Spear and sent it after Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao instinctively dodged the spear's repeated attacks, then grabbed its shaft and used its momentum to rush toward Hundred Tribulations True Lord.

Ling Xiao defeated True Lord Hundred Tribulations in their devastating clash, though the True Lord believed Ling Xiao had died when he vanished into the lingering thunder. Ling Xiao reappeared from a drop of blood just as the wounded True Lord ordered Ju Xinghe and Giant Overlord to gather divine medicine.

• Ling Xiao redirected the thunder tribulation spear and struck True Lord Hundred Tribulations with overwhelming force, triggering a catastrophic explosion.
• True Lord Hundred Tribulations fell gravely wounded near Ju Xinghe and Giant Overlord, who discussed killing him to earn Ling Xiao’s trust.
• Ju Xinghe supported the injured True Lord while Giant Overlord offered to fetch divine medicine and even proposed sending him women from their clan.
• True Lord Hundred Tribulations recovered while watching the sea of lightning, convinced Ling Xiao had died and ordering the two men to bring him divine medicine.
• Ling Xiao emerged from a spinning drop of blood, making True Lord Hundred Tribulations collapse in shock.

Ling Xiao survived Hundred Tribulations True Lord’s attack and turned the tables, but before he could act, the Crimson Flame Divine General appeared. The divine general refused to kill Ling Xiao, leaving Hundred Tribulations True Lord’s fate uncertain.

• Ling Xiao reappeared unharmed after hiding in the Chaos Bead, shocking the Snow Heaven Clan and terrifying Hundred Tribulations True Lord.
• Ling Xiao confronted Hundred Tribulations True Lord, while Ju Xinghe and Giant Overlord distanced themselves from him.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord claimed Ling Xiao could not kill him and threatened him with the Realm Lord’s power.
• As Ling Xiao prepared to attack, Hundred Tribulations True Lord called for Brother Crimson Flame, and the Crimson Flame Divine General emerged from the void.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord asked the divine general to kill Ling Xiao, but Crimson Flame Divine General said killing was not part of his duty.

The Crimson Flame Divine General helped secure Ling Xiao a place in the Snow Heaven Clan, forcing True Lord Hundred Tribulations to abandon his mission. Ling Xiao stopped him from leaving and had the Giant Overlord kill him, leaving the conflict with the Lord of the Thousand Autumn Realm unresolved.

• True Lord Hundred Tribulations argued that the Crimson Flame Divine General had no reason to intervene because Ling Xiao came from a lower realm.
• Tianxue Liuli claimed Ling Xiao belonged to the Snow Heaven Clan as the future Dao companion of one of its members, and the Crimson Flame Divine General accepted her claim.
• True Lord Hundred Tribulations realized the Crimson Flame Divine General was protecting Ling Xiao and decided to leave rather than continue his mission.
• Ling Xiao stopped True Lord Hundred Tribulations and declared that he would kill him despite the threat of retaliation from the Lord of the Thousand Autumn Realm.
• The Giant Overlord pierced True Lord Hundred Tribulations through the chest as he tried to flee.

Giant Overlord killed True Lord Hundred Tribulations, causing the Thousand Autumn Realm Lord Token to summon Wan Qianqiu’s projection. Wan Qianqiu offered Ling Xiao submission or destruction, and Ling Xiao chose to resist through the system.

• Giant Overlord struck True Lord Hundred Tribulations and secretly drained away his remaining life force.
• The dying True Lord Hundred Tribulations triggered the Thousand Autumn Realm Lord Token, whose pressure knocked nearby fighters away and injured them.
• Wan Qianqiu’s projection appeared before Ling Xiao and revealed that he had searched for 108,000 extraordinary geniuses while seeking a connection to the seed.
• Wan Qianqiu offered Ling Xiao the choice to submit and return to the Thousand Autumn Realm or be destroyed.
• The system presented Ling Xiao with two choices, and he selected resistance, earning a top-grade Primordial Spiritual Root.

Ling Xiao refused Wan Qianqiu’s offer and was nearly crushed until Xuantian intervened, forcing Wan Qianqiu to leave. Back in reality, Ling Xiao learned that surviving the encounter had not ended the danger and that he would need to grow stronger to earn the Mysterious Heaven Realm’s protection.

• Ling Xiao rejected Wan Qianqiu’s offer, and Wan Qianqiu used his pressure to injure him.
• Xuantian rebuked Wan Qianqiu and protected Ling Xiao, and the two Realm Lords avoided fighting before Wan Qianqiu vanished.
• Ling Xiao returned to reality as the Realm Lord Token carried Hundred Tribulations True Lord away.
• Giant Overlord taunted the departed Realm Lord, but Ju Xinghe restrained him.
• The Crimson Flame Divine General warned Ling Xiao that his crisis was not over and said he needed to prove his worth to the Mysterious Heaven Realm.
• Ling Xiao asked how powerful he needed to become, and the Crimson Flame Divine General told him to first see whether he could enter the Divine Hall.

Ling Xiao learned the three ways to enter a Divine Hall and considered joining one to gain protection and authority against Wan Qianqiu. He set aside the decision for now and ordered Tianxue Liuli to kill Tianxue Kong and the others.

• The Crimson Flame Divine General left, and Tianxue Liuli explained that Ling Xiao might become a Divine General but could not become a Hall Master.
• Tianxue Liuli described Divine General rankings and said the Crimson Flame Divine General ranked around the middle, with cultivation near the half-step Fifth Turn of the Great Dao.
• Ling Xiao considered joining a Divine Hall to protect himself from Wan Qianqiu and gain the authority to search for the Heaven-Devouring Beast, Di Jun, and Tai Yi.
• Tianxue Liuli explained that people could enter a Divine Hall through a Divine General's recommendation, battlefield merit, or a competitive selection.
• Ling Xiao said the Crimson Flame Divine General might be testing him, then postponed planning his entry and ordered Tianxue Liuli to kill Tianxue Kong and the others.

Ling Xiao executed the Snow Heaven Clan traitors, accepted Giant Overlord’s claim for a reward, and offered to treat Tianxue Liuli’s injuries. News of his battle with True Lord Hundred Tribulations spread to the Divine Palaces, and Houtu recognized him when the Seventh Divine Palace ordered her to watch and recruit him.

• Ling Xiao killed the Snow Heaven Clan traitors after Tianxue Liuli hesitated to punish them.
• Ling Xiao promised Giant Overlord a reward for helping save Hundred Tribulations True Lord.
• Ling Xiao invited Tianxue Liuli to his room to treat her injuries, then left the clan to tend to the aftermath.
• Tianjizi and Yan Yunfei watched the battle and discussed Ling Xiao’s chances of surviving his feud with the Realm Master.
• News of Ling Xiao’s fight reached the Divine Palaces, and the Seventh Divine Palace ordered Divine General Reincarnation to watch and possibly recruit him.
• Houtu saw Ling Xiao’s image and nearly dropped the object in her hand.

Houtu recognized Ling Xiao in a projection and recalled that Pangu had sent her to the Origin True Realm to help him. She decided to invite Ling Xiao into the Avici Divine Hall for protection and sent Zhiyuan to deliver the invitation, confident he would accept.

• Houtu saw Ling Xiao's projection and remembered her past, her mission from Pangu, and how she had risen to become the second-ranked divine general of the Avici Divine Hall.
• Ziyuan told Houtu that Ling Xiao had nearly killed True Lord Hundred Tribulations while at the eighth heaven of Primordial Taiji, prompting the Palace Master to order his recruitment.
• Houtu agreed to recruit Ling Xiao, hoping the Divine Hall would protect him from Wan Qianqiu.
• Houtu told Zhiyuan to invite Ling Xiao in her name and said she would personally assess him after he arrived.

Wan Qianqiu restored Hundred Tribulations True Lord and decided to let Ling Xiao live until his plans were ready. Meanwhile, Ling Xiao healed Tianxue Liuli, and she proposed that he make Tianxue Ji his dao companion, but he postponed the matter because the crisis remained unresolved.

• Wan Qianqiu restored Hundred Tribulations True Lord and told him not to pursue Ling Xiao because he still could not defeat him.
• Wan Qianqiu said Ling Xiao remained alive because he had plans for him, and Hundred Tribulations True Lord suppressed his urge to kill him.
• Ling Xiao removed the black-qi nail from Tianxue Liuli and stabilized her injuries with his energy.
• Ling Xiao gave Tianxue Liuli a pill to complete her recovery, and Tianxue Ji embraced her in relief.
• Tianxue Liuli proposed that Ling Xiao marry Tianxue Ji to make his claimed connection to the Snow Heaven Clan official.
• Ling Xiao declined to decide on the marriage for now, saying the crisis had not been resolved.

Ling Xiao warned Tianxue Liuli that the Divine Hall would retaliate for Tianxue Futu’s death, then inspected and refined the Primordial Universe Seed Tree from his system reward. The tree took root in his dantian, and Ling Xiao broke through to the ninth level of Primordial Taiji in both cultivation and physical strength.

• Ling Xiao refused Tianxue Liuli’s suggestion that he settle down with Tianxue Ji, and Tianxue Liuli set the matter aside.
• Ling Xiao warned Tianxue Liuli that the Divine Hall would seek revenge for Tianxue Futu’s death, since she was the clan chief.
• Ling Xiao examined the Primordial Universe Seed Tree and discovered its seeds contained the laws and power of universes and multiverses.
• Ling Xiao realized the seeds could serve as a main ingredient for the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill and help him cultivate the Innate Primordial Sacred Body.
• Ling Xiao refined the Primordial Universe Seed Tree into his body, where it took root in his dantian.
• Ling Xiao’s cultivation and physical body both broke through to the ninth level of Primordial Taiji.

Ling Xiao broke through to the Ninth Heaven of Primordial Taiji, drawing the Snow Heaven Clan’s attention and strengthening Tianxue Liuli’s resolve to keep him there. He visited the sacred alchemy grounds, where Elder Yao Chen completed a Righteous Qi Taiji Creation Pill, then announced that he had come to refine a pill of his own.

• Ling Xiao’s breakthrough sent his power across Snow God Mountain, shocking the Snow Heaven Clan and prompting Tianxue Liuli to decide that the clan must retain him.
• Ling Xiao stabilized his cultivation, considered the challenge of forming transcendent power, and left his cave abode for the sacred alchemy grounds.
• Ling Xiao watched as Elder Yao Chen refined a Righteous Qi Taiji Creation Pill that transformed into a Primordial Taiji middle-aged man and tried to escape.
• Elder Yao Chen sealed the area and captured the pill, then accepted Ling Xiao’s praise for his successful refinement.
• Ling Xiao said he had come to refine pills and began searching the medicinal garden for the necessary supplementary herbs, but kept the pill’s identity secret from Elder Yao Chen.

Ling Xiao refined the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill using seeds of the Primordial Universe, drawing the attention of the Snow Heaven Clan and the Tianxue Liuli sisters. The pill furnace exploded, and the pill transformed into a purple-robed Primordial Taiji Ninth Heaven powerhouse, leaving Elder Yao Chen stunned.

• Ling Xiao began refining the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill, and Elder Yao Chen realized he might be attempting a Primordial-grade sacred pill.
• Ling Xiao added seeds of the Primordial Universe to the furnace, and Primordial Violet Qi spread across the sky above the sacred land.
• Experts of the Snow Heaven Clan watched Ling Xiao refine, while Tianxue Liuli asked Tianxue Yaoyue whether she would accept Ling Xiao as her Dao companion.
• Ling Xiao used the great sun's true fire of the Origin True Realm to complete the pill, causing the furnace to explode and sending Elder Yao Chen flying.
• The pill transformed into a purple-robed Primordial Taiji Ninth Heaven powerhouse, astonishing Elder Yao Chen.

Ling Xiao fought the arrogant Heaven-Mending Daoist, who had taken human form from the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill. After exploiting the Daoist’s poor combat skills, Ling Xiao sealed and refined him, swallowed the pill, and absorbed its power.

• The Heaven-Mending Daoist demanded that Ling Xiao and Elder Yao Chen submit to him, and Ling Xiao attacked with a Heaven-and-Earth Prison.
• Ling Xiao and the Daoist clashed, and Ling Xiao used his superior combat experience to evade attacks while refining the pill’s power.
• The Snow Heaven Clan’s experts and the sisters Liuli and Yao Yue watched, mistaking the Daoist’s overwhelming displays of power for an advantage over Ling Xiao.
• The Daoist tried to treat Ling Xiao as an equal and proposed joining forces, but Ling Xiao refused and said he intended to refine him.
• Ling Xiao summoned six divine cauldrons and trapped the Daoist in Origin True Fire until he reverted to his pill form.
• Ling Xiao seized the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill and swallowed it, unleashing its vast power.

Ling Xiao absorbed the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill, perfecting his foundation and raising his cultivation to the peak of the Ninth Heaven. After astonishing the Snow Heaven Clan with his alchemy, he agreed to teach Elder Yao Chen a few techniques, though he refused to take him as a disciple.

• Ling Xiao absorbed the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill and transformed as his body, foundation, and Dao affinity reached perfection.
• The Snow Heaven Clan marveled at Ling Xiao’s power, while Tianxue Yaoyue told Tianxue Liuli she was willing to make a sacrifice for the clan.
• Ling Xiao told Elder Yao Chen that he had refined a supreme Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill, leaving the elder stunned.
• Ling Xiao refined several more Primordial-grade sacred pills for the Giant Overlord, further astonishing Elder Yao Chen.
• Elder Yao Chen asked to become Ling Xiao’s disciple, but Ling Xiao said he would teach him a move or two instead.

Ling Xiao rewarded the Giant brothers and considered creating a stronger Dao to break through into the Great Dao Realm. Meanwhile, Paper Kite of the Seventh Divine Palace arrived at the Snow Heaven Clan and announced that she had come for Ling Xiao.

• Ling Xiao thanked Elder Yao Chen with his words and left him overwhelmed with gratitude.
• Ling Xiao gave Giant Overlord and Ju Xinghe body-strengthening pills, and the brothers promised to serve him before departing.
• Ling Xiao cultivated and concluded that the True Yang Dao was not powerful enough for his breakthrough, so he needed to create a stronger Dao.
• Paper Kite arrived at the Snow Heaven Clan on an immortal crane and demanded to see the clan leader.
• Paper Kite revealed her Half-step Great Dao power, and Tianxue Liuli came to meet her.
• Paper Kite told Tianxue Liuli that she had come from the Avici Divine Hall for Ling Xiao.

Paper Kite arrived at the Snow Heaven Clan as an envoy of Avici Divine Hall and invited Ling Xiao to undergo the Second Divine General’s assessment. Ling Xiao met her at the Snow God Palace and questioned why the Hall Master had chosen him, leaving the invitation’s true purpose unresolved.

• Paper Kite told Tianxue Liuli that she had come by the Hall Master’s order to invite Ling Xiao to Avici Divine Hall for an assessment.
• Tianxue Liuli welcomed Paper Kite and sent Tianxue Yaoyue to fetch Ling Xiao.
• Tianxue Yaoyue brought Ling Xiao to the Snow God Palace, where Paper Kite examined him and praised his reputation.
• Ling Xiao asked Paper Kite why the Hall Master had taken an interest in him, and she said the Hall Master valued his potential.