Chapter Summaries

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya traveled to search for a treasure while Ling Xiao relentlessly hunted evil spirits to gain merit and strengthen his divine soul. After killing a wounded evil spirit, Ling Xiao faced a beautiful woman who had been tracking it.

• Ling Xiao decided to pursue treasure and merit, and Uncle Boya led him toward a place he had long wanted to explore.
• Ling Xiao slaughtered evil spirits along the way, surpassing five million merit points as their growing resentment attracted more attention.
• Ling Xiao absorbed the soul-force of the evil spirits with the Spirit-Summoning Demon-Calling Heaven-Defying Art and declared his goal of ranking in the Heavenly Stele's top ten.
• Ling Xiao killed a wounded second-transformation Half-Step Great Dao evil spirit and gained another two hundred thousand merit points.
• A beautiful woman and her companions arrived, and she questioned Ling Xiao after sensing that he had killed the evil spirit she had tracked.

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya clashed with Divine Butterfly Princess’s group over an evil spirit they had killed, and Ling Xiao swiftly defeated Brahma God with a spiritual attack. Divine Butterfly Princess condemned Ling Xiao’s force, then left with her companions.

• Ling Xiao confirmed that he and Uncle Boya had killed the evil spirit, prompting Brahma God and the others to accuse them of stealing their prey.
• Uncle Boya mocked the group for failing to kill the evil spirit and warned them to leave, escalating their anger.
• Divine Butterfly Princess ordered Brahma God to teach Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya a lesson, and Brahma God challenged them to fight.
• Ling Xiao used a spiritual attack that left Brahma God bleeding from his orifices and gravely wounded his soul.
• Divine Butterfly Princess accused Ling Xiao of using excessive force, and then led her group away.

Ling Xiao realized the fleeing Divine Butterfly Princess, Die Wu, was connected to Butterfly Love True Lord and might have helped him find the missing Origin-Devouring Beast, but he let the opportunity pass. He followed Uncle Boya to a hidden burial site beneath a black sea, where they opened a passage into the treasure.

• Uncle Boya identified the Divine Butterfly Princess as Die Wu of the powerful Heaven-Rending Emperor Butterfly Clan and warned Ling Xiao against provoking them.
• Ling Xiao connected Die Wu to Butterfly Love True Lord, whose knowledge of the Origin-Devouring Beast might have helped him locate it, and regretted not capturing her.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya resumed their search for treasure, and Uncle Boya led him through the mist to a black sea he believed concealed an expert's burial site.
• Ling Xiao sensed hidden energy beneath the sea and slew lurking evil spirits with spiritual power while Uncle Boya used his clan's ability to open the treasure.
• The sea boiled and revealed a passage, and Uncle Boya urged Ling Xiao to enter and claim the valuable treasures first.

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya reached a vast cave abode in the Chaos Sea and discovered it belonged to a Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon. They entered through a storm of dragon lightning, with Uncle Boya revealing a powerful pagoda to protect himself.

• Ling Xiao formed a defensive formation around the ruins, then raced with Uncle Boya through spacetime barriers to the Chaos Sea’s center.
• Ling Xiao recognized the cave abode’s eight time rivers as signs its master had reached the eighth transformation of the half-step Great Dao.
• Ling Xiao gathered bloody, scale-like matter and sensed the image and origin of a Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon.
• Ling Xiao used a spatial shift to reach the dragon’s enormous cave abode, and Uncle Boya charged inside ahead of him.
• Dragon lightning battered Uncle Boya until he summoned a thirty-three-level Primordial-grade pagoda, which absorbed the attacks.

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya entered the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s body and discovered that its fresh flesh could strengthen the physical body. After studying its life-gene structure, Ling Xiao resolved to break beyond the limits of his Primordial Sacred Body; the pair then reached a palace filled with what appeared to be the dragon’s inherited divine abilities.

• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya passed through flesh-like barriers into a vast world formed from the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s still-fresh body.
• Uncle Boya ate the dragon’s flesh and urged Ling Xiao to try it, and Ling Xiao noticed its power and intricate life-gene structure.
• Ling Xiao concluded that he needed to forge a new body and break the limits of the Primordial Sacred Body, then began absorbing the dragon’s power.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya ate their way through the dragon’s body while exploring its secret realm.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya crossed a barrier and found a radiant palace with clusters of light that Uncle Boya recognized as the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s inherited divine abilities.

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya divided eight inheritances inside the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s brain and began absorbing them. Ling Xiao gained powerful techniques and the key to controlling the Chaos Void Dragon Nest, then started cultivating his new abilities.

• Uncle Boya offered to let Ling Xiao choose an inheritance first, but Ling Xiao yielded the first choice back to him and swiftly claimed the largest light cluster.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya divided all eight light clusters and sat down to absorb their inheritances.
• Ling Xiao received the Chaos Void Heaven-Burning Finger and discovered that the Chaos Void Heart Sutra was intended for dragons, which he planned to pass on to the East Sea Dragon Clan.
• Ling Xiao learned the Myriad Transformations Dragon God Art, which allowed him to transform into the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon and other ancient beasts.
• Ling Xiao merged with an imprint that let him control the Chaos Void Dragon Nest, then began cultivating the Myriad Transformations Dragon God Art and Chaos Void Heaven-Burning Finger.

After Ling Xiao killed Zhan Tianyan, the Ancestor of War issued a War Order and promised his successor’s position to whoever brought back Ling Xiao’s head. The news reached the Heavenly Origin Mother Sect, where the ruler’s composure broke when she learned Ling Xiao had come to the Origin True Realm.

• News of Ling Xiao killing Zhan Tianyan spread through the Thousand Autumn Realm, provoking the Ancestor of War’s fury.
• The Ancestor of War called on the realm’s powerhouses to hunt Ling Xiao and offered the War God Palace successor position as a reward.
• Powerhouses across the Thousand Autumn Realm set out for the Mythic Battlefield to claim the reward.
• A woman arrived at the Heavenly Origin Mother Sect’s palace and warned its ruler about the War Order.
• The woman revealed that Ling Xiao was the target, and the ruler rose in shock as two women in the hall froze.

Yuan Mother and the women of the Heavenly Origin Mother Sect learned that Ling Xiao had arrived in the Origin True Realm and vowed to kill him. Xi He and Changxi recognized his name but did not understand the sect’s hatred, and the chapter ended with the women warning them that Ling Xiao was their greatest enemy.

• Stunning Immortal told Yuan Mother that Ling Xiao had arrived in the Origin True Realm, and the women in the hall reacted with shock and anger.
• Xi He and Changxi recognized Ling Xiao but kept their connection to him secret while wondering why Yuan Mother and the others hated him.
• Yuan Mother vowed to kill Ling Xiao and asked why the Ancestor of War wanted him dead.
• Stunning Immortal explained that Ling Xiao had killed Zhan Tianyan and that the Ancestor of War had offered his heir’s position to whoever killed Ling Xiao.
• Changxi asked what Ling Xiao had done, and the women called him a deceitful seducer and warned Xi He and Changxi to kill him if they could.

Xi He and Changxi pretended to share Origin Mother’s desire for revenge while secretly hoping Ling Xiao would survive, and Origin Mother decided not to pursue him to the Mythic Battlefield. Meanwhile, cultivators gathered to travel there, including the Three Sages Sect, whose leaders prepared to fulfill their assigned quota and seize an opportunity to establish themselves.

• Xi He and Changxi joined Origin Mother’s followers in cursing Ling Xiao but privately disbelieved the accusations against him.
• Stunning Immortal urged Origin Mother to go to the Mythic Battlefield and kill Ling Xiao, but Origin Mother judged the dangers too great and ordered the women to monitor events instead.
• Xi He and Changxi volunteered eagerly to gather intelligence, while many powerful cultivators across the Thousand Autumn Realm headed for the Chaos Forbidden Zone.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and Tongtian led the Three Sages Sect toward the Mythic Battlefield to serve the Divine Hall and seek a chance to establish themselves.

The Three Pure Ones led the struggling Three Sages Sect toward the Mythic Battlefield, hoping to seize an opportunity to rise. They learned that the target everyone was hunting was Ling Xiao, their old nemesis, but Laozi decided they had to continue anyway.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian rebuilt the declining Carefree Sect as the Three Sages Sect and led its disciples toward the Mythic Battlefield to meet their required contribution.
• At the teleportation array, the Three Pure Ones heard that the Ancestor of War offered his palace’s succession to whoever killed the man who had slain Zhan Tianyan.
• Tongtian asked a fellow Daoist for the target’s identity, and the man named Ling Xiao.
• The Three Pure Ones froze in terror when they recognized Ling Xiao’s name and learned he came from a lower-realm plane.
• Tongtian asked whether they should still go, and Laozi concluded that they had no choice but to proceed.

Laozi and Tongtian headed for the Mythic Battlefield as the Ancestor of War’s hunt for Ling Xiao spread, but Houtu concluded that the Divine Hall would not intervene because Ling Xiao had refused to join. Unaware of the danger, Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya explored the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s remains and entered its heart to seek the Chaos Void Dragon Nest.

• Laozi chose to enter the Mythic Battlefield, and Tongtian reassured their group before they stepped onto a teleportation array.
• Mysterious Heaven Realm magnates declined to protect Ling Xiao, while Houtu told Paper Kite that the Divine Hall would not risk a conflict with the Thousand Autumn Realm for him.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya finished cultivating their inheritances, and Uncle Boya’s cultivation advanced to the third revolution of the Half-Step Great Dao realm.
• Ling Xiao studied the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s flesh and blood to reconstruct his body as he and Uncle Boya traveled toward its heart.
• Ling Xiao sensed that the Chaos Void Dragon Nest lay inside the Ancestral Dragon’s heart and charged into it along a river of blood.

Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya encountered the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon inside the heart and faced his test of their inherited techniques. Ling Xiao passed, while Uncle Boya was injured and received no promised benefit.

• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya followed the blood energy through the heart and found the Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon waiting for them.
• The Ancestral Dragon transformed into a middle-aged man and said they had to pass his test before he could explain whom he had awaited.
• Uncle Boya tried the Reverse Dragon Divine Claw against the Ancestral Dragon, who wounded him and judged his understanding superficial.
• The Ancestral Dragon attacked Ling Xiao, who countered with successive divine arts and ultimately demonstrated mastery of the Chaos Void Heaven-Burning Finger.
• The Ancestral Dragon praised Ling Xiao, declared that he had passed, and told Uncle Boya he would receive no benefit.

Ling Xiao passed Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s test and received his child, a dragon egg, and the Chaos Void Dragon Nest. Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon’s confusion about his death hinted at a hidden secret before he sent Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya back to the Mythic Battlefield.

• Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon showed Ling Xiao his enormous dragon egg and entrusted his child to him, while Uncle Boya regretted failing to master the inheritance.
• When Ling Xiao asked how he had died, Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon panicked as he tried and failed to recall his missing memories.
• Ling Xiao soothed Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon by redirecting him to the egg, and Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon identified Ling Xiao and offered him the Chaos Void Dragon Nest.
• Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon sent the heart into Ling Xiao’s dantian and expelled him and Uncle Boya from the heart.
• Ling Xiao and Uncle Boya returned to the Mythic Battlefield, where Uncle Boya lamented losing the dragon corpse.

Ling Xiao inspected the Chaos Void Dragon Nest and discovered it could hatch dragons of four ranks, while Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon's egg incubated slowly within it. He spent a vast quantity of treasures to form eggs for a dragon king, ten dragon marshals, a hundred dragon generals, and a thousand dragon soldiers, then stopped feeding the costly nest.

• Uncle Boya demanded compensation for missing out on Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon's body, and Ling Xiao taught him the Chaos Heaven-Sealing Technique.
• Ling Xiao examined the Chaos Void Dragon Nest and saw that Chaos-Hole Ancestral Dragon's egg was incubating inside it.
• Ling Xiao learned that the nest could hatch dragon soldiers, dragon generals, dragon marshals, and dragon kings, with stronger ranks requiring more resources.
• Ling Xiao fed heavenly treasures into the nest until it formed eggs for one dragon king, ten dragon marshals, a hundred dragon generals, and a thousand dragon soldiers.
• Ling Xiao stopped supplying treasures after seeing how much energy the dragon eggs consumed.

Ling Xiao abandoned his plan to hatch the dragon eggs, checked the Snow Heaven Clan’s progress, and sent them to hunt evil spirits on the Mythic Battlefield. When the Netherworld Heavenly Horse Clan attacked his formation, he confronted them and claimed the title Primordial World Dao Lord.

• Ling Xiao left the Chaos Void Dragon Nest after realizing the dragon eggs would cost more resources than he could afford.
• Ling Xiao saw that Tianxue Yaoyue and Tianxue Ji had advanced, then brought the Snow Heaven Clan out of his inner universe to hunt evil spirits.
• Uncle Boya claimed he was Ling Xiao’s senior partner and argued with the Snow Heaven Clan before Ling Xiao stopped the dispute.
• A powerful attack shook the battlefield, and Ling Xiao realized intruders were trying to break the formation he had set up.
• Ling Xiao removed the formation and confronted several dozen Netherworld Heavenly Horse Clan members led by Golden Horn Dao Lord.
• Ling Xiao introduced himself as Primordial World Dao Lord, but Golden Horn Dao Lord demanded that he hand over the treasure.

Ling Xiao destroyed the Netherworld Heavenly Horse Clan experts who attacked the Snow Heaven Clan, leaving only Golden Horn Dao Lord alive. Before their fight could begin, Blood Moon Demon God arrived and confronted Ling Xiao.

• Golden Horn Dao Lord accused the Snow Heaven Clan of hiding a recent fortuitous opportunity and attacked Ling Xiao with his clan’s inherited divine ability.
• Ling Xiao shattered the attack and killed every Netherworld Heavenly Horse Clan expert except Golden Horn Dao Lord with a single strike.
• Golden Horn Dao Lord hesitated to fight Ling Xiao, who challenged him to attack, surrender, or flee.
• Blood Moon Demon God appeared from a cloud of black flames and told Ling Xiao that he had finally caught him.

Ling Xiao confronted the pursuing Blood Moon Demon God while cultivators gathered to watch, including Hundred Tribulations True Lord and the Lord of Myriad Demons. As the Blood Moon Demon God prepared to kill him, Ling Xiao broke through and condensed a third strand of transcendent power, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Ling Xiao exchanged taunts with the Blood Moon Demon God, who declared that Ling Xiao’s growth could not overcome their difference in strength.
• Golden Horn Dao Lord withdrew from the confrontation and waited for the Blood Moon Demon God to kill Ling Xiao.
• Hundred Tribulations True Lord and the Lord of Myriad Demons arrived, and Hundred Tribulations celebrated the Blood Moon Demon God’s presence as an advantage against Ling Xiao.
• Ling Xiao released his aura and rapidly condensed a third strand of transcendent power, completing a breakthrough before the gathered cultivators.
• The Blood Moon Demon God stared at Ling Xiao in astonishment as his aura surged after the breakthrough.

Ling Xiao broke through to the third transformation of the half-step Great Dao and fought the Blood Moon Demon God with his Ten Universe Killing Art and powerful spiritual force. The Blood Moon Demon God’s attacks failed, and he charged at Ling Xiao’s glabella to plant a demon in his Dao heart.

• Ling Xiao broke through during the battle, alarming the Blood Moon Demon God, who recognized him as a genuine threat.
• The Blood Moon Demon God attacked with Demonic Shadow Thousand Illusions, Illusory Demon Myriad Transformations, and Ling Xiao met his palm head-on, sending him flying back.
• Ling Xiao unleashed all ten moves of the Ten Universe Killing Art at once, but the Blood Moon Demon God swallowed the universes and countered with World-Extinguishing Demonic Sound.
• Ling Xiao used the Spirit-Summoning Demon-Calling Heaven-Defying Art to block the Blood Moon Demon God’s spiritual attack, then split and hurled his mental force back at him.
• The enraged Blood Moon Demon God charged at Ling Xiao’s glabella, vowing to make him his ant and plant a demon in his Dao heart.

The Blood Moon Demon God invaded Ling Xiao’s Dao Heart to enslave him, but found a terrifying demonic presence within Ling Xiao’s sea of consciousness. He encountered a mysterious figure aboard a bone ship, whose wicked smile made him recoil.

• The Blood Moon Demon God entered Ling Xiao’s glabella to plant a demonic embryo and turn him into a puppet, leaving Ling Xiao motionless.
• The onlookers concluded Ling Xiao was about to be enslaved, while Hundred Tribulations True Lord celebrated and Golden Horn Dao Lord gloated over his apparent defeat.
• The Blood Moon Demon God saw Ling Xiao’s divine kingdoms and Primordial seeds and planned to seize them after taking control of him.
• The Blood Moon Demon God sensed demonic intent in Ling Xiao’s sea of consciousness and went to investigate it.
• The Blood Moon Demon God found a blood-colored sea and a bone ship bearing a mysterious figure, then recoiled in fear when the figure turned and smiled.

Evil Ling Xiao appeared before the Blood Moon Demon God and claimed he was the real Ling Xiao, while the original was an impostor. After overpowering the Blood Moon Demon God and rejecting his offer of an alliance, Evil Ling Xiao prepared to kill him.

• The Blood Moon Demon God discovered that the sinister figure before him was Ling Xiao, who insisted he was the real one and called the original an impostor.
• The Blood Moon Demon God recognized Evil Ling Xiao as Ling Xiao’s inner demon and tried to devour him, but Evil Ling Xiao’s attack proved stronger.
• Evil Ling Xiao unleashed a relentless barrage of techniques, badly wounding the Blood Moon Demon God and forcing him onto the defensive.
• The Blood Moon Demon God proposed joining forces against Ling Xiao and offered to introduce Evil Ling Xiao to the Primal Demon Sect, but Evil Ling Xiao refused.
• Evil Ling Xiao declared that only one supreme true demon was needed and unleashed his power to kill the Blood Moon Demon God.