Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan revealed that he had entered the Early Saint Grade by devouring a Heavenly Demon Emperor with Nihility Devouring Flame, and ordered the secret kept. He agreed to bring the Dou Di Continent’s eight Ancient Emperors under the Endless Fire Territory’s protection, while Yao Chen asked what he planned to do next.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xuan and the others that he had entered the Early Saint Grade after half a year of seclusion.
• Xiao Yan explained that he and Nihility Devouring Flame had swallowed a Heavenly Demon Emperor and used its demonic body to break through.
• Xiao Yan ordered everyone to conceal both his breakthrough and the Ancient Tunling King’s ability to devour demonic aura.
• Xiao Yan promised Tou She Ancient God that he would help him reach the Saint Grade through alchemy and agreed to accept the eight Ancient Emperors as subordinates.
• Tou She Ancient God said he would return to the Dou Di Continent to bring the eight Ancient Emperors to meet Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen asked Xiao Yan about his next plans.

Xiao Yan planned to refine the remnant souls of ancient Heavenly Demon Emperors and began traveling to the Ancient Heavenly Palace, while promising not to target the Heavenly Evil God until he was far stronger. He reached the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, where the chapter left him arriving at the site of the final battle between the Heavenly Emperor and the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor.

• Xiao Yan said he would start by exterminating suppressed Heavenly Demon Emperor remnant souls and trying to rescue the ancient experts whose wills held them down.
• Xiao Xuan suggested Xiao Yan might one day target the Heavenly Evil God, but Xiao Yan reassured Xun'er and the others that he would not attempt it before reaching Late Saint Grade.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that Qin Tian had ascended to Saint Grade and become Chief Elder of the Great Thousand Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan visited the Spirit Gathering Clan, whose Saint Grade Spirit Artifact Great Grandmaster agreed to upgrade the Black Iron Heavy Ruler within a year.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Tianluo Continent, entered the spatial Ancient Heavenly Palace, and identified the Dragon Gate as marking its outer domain.
• Xiao Yan reached the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum, where an expert arrived on the wind.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum and discovered that the figure posing as the Heavenly Emperor was actually the sealed Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor. When the demon struggled against his seal, the Heavenly Emperor Sword flared and pinned him in place.

• Xiao Yan recalled how the Heavenly Emperor had fought Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor and sealed the remaining two demons with the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• The apparent Heavenly Emperor awoke and offered Xiao Yan the sword, but Xiao Yan stayed silent and recognized that the man was an impostor.
• Xiao Yan called the figure Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor and exposed his disguise as the Heavenly Emperor.
• Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor revealed his true form and threatened Xiao Yan, who pointed out that the seal prevented him from attacking.
• Heaven-Swallowing Demon Emperor struggled in a rage, causing the Heavenly Emperor Sword to shine and restrain him.

Xiao Yan revived the Heavenly Emperor and his fourteen subordinates after defeating the remnant demon in the Heavenly Emperor Mausoleum. The Heavenly Emperor prepared to reclaim the Tianluo Continent and restore the Ancient Heavenly Palace lineage as Xiao Yan departed.

• Xiao Yan revealed the Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual shadow, refused his offer of the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and offered to revive him with his Saint Grade alchemy skills.
• The Heavenly Emperor agreed to the revival and asked Xiao Yan to restore the soul fragments of his fourteen subordinates; Xiao Yan began the process using medicinal pills and Emperor Flame.
• After one month, Xiao Yan had revived the Heavenly Emperor and all fourteen subordinates, and the mausoleum’s spiritual plants had flourished again.
• The Heavenly Emperor said he would reunify the Tianluo Continent and reopen the Ancient Heavenly Palace lineage.
• Xiao Yan departed in a streak of Emperor Flame, and the Heavenly Emperor led his followers out to announce their return.

Xiao Yan released the Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor from his seal, then had Xu Wu consume the demon emperor’s remnant soul. After helping Futu Ancestor complete his mission and freeing Ancestor Tailing, Xiao Yan watched the Five Saint Pagoda collapse and prepared to return after two years of hunting demons across the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Yan opened Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor’s coffin, and Xu Wu devoured the demon emperor after he tried to flee.
• Futu Ancestor appeared and confirmed that Blood Zombie’s remnant soul had been destroyed.
• Xiao Yan took Futu Ancestor to the pagoda’s second level to deal with another remnant soul and free Ancestor Tailing.
• One month later, Xiao Yan, Futu Ancestor, and Ancestor Tailing watched the Five Saint Pagoda collapse.
• Xiao Yan said he had destroyed eighteen Demon Suppression Lands, reached middle Saint Grade, and planned to return.

After spending two years visiting the remaining Demon Suppression Lands, Xiao Yan saved the Heavenly Emperor, Futu Ancestor, and Ancestor Tailing, then returned to the Endless Fire Territory. There, he learned that Yao Chen had become a Saint Grade Medicinal Herb Grandmaster and asked Xiao Xuan for news from the wider world.

• Xiao Yan warned Futu Ancestor that the Budu Ancient Clan had declined under Budu Xuan, and Futu Ancestor vowed to remove him from power or kill him.
• Xiao Yan left the Ancient Holy Abyss, and Futu Ancestor and Ancestor Tailing set off to return to their clans.
• Xiao Yan admired the upgraded Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Object, Black Iron Heavy Ruler, and congratulated Yao Chen on reaching Saint Grade Medicinal Herb Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yan asked about major events during his absence, and Yao Chen directed him to Xiao Xuan, whose aura suggested he was nearing Saint Grade.

Xiao Yan concealed his Saint Grade breakthrough while the Endless Fire Territory prepared to expand its influence, then secretly hunted the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s leaders. After advancing to Late Saint Grade and leaving his name on the Firmament List, he emerged from seclusion and headed with Xiao Xuan to Northern Wilderness Hill.

• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan that Lin Dong had reached Saint Grade and that Ying Huanhuan had taken over as Clan Leader of the Ice Ling Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan to keep his own Saint Grade breakthrough secret, while Yao Chen agreed to publicize their Saint Grade Medicinal Herb Grandmaster status and pursue recognition for the Endless Fire Territory.
• Xiao Xuan summoned the eight Ancient Gods of Dou Di Continent, and Xiao Yan left to meet his wives.
• Over three years, Xiao Yan secretly killed seven Heavenly Demon Emperors and dozens of top Xuan Demon Emperors, causing the Extraterritorial Evil Clan to lose two of its thirty-two great clans.
• Xiao Yan returned from his final hunting trip as a Late Saint Grade expert and told Xiao Xuan he planned to connect with the Great Thousand World’s will and leave his name on the Firmament List.
• After two years of seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged and traveled with Xiao Xuan to Northern Wilderness Hill.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan arrived at Northern Wilderness Hill and met Qin Tian and the Lord of Undying at the Great Thousand Pavilion. Xiao Yan revealed his peak late Saint Grade cultivation and demonstrated his ability to devour a Nether Demon Emperor.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan reached Northern Wilderness Hill, where Graveyard Keepers recognized their Demon Slayer King tokens and escorted them to the Great Thousand Pavilion.
• Xiao Xuan congratulated Qin Tian on becoming Chief Elder and asked him to summon the Lord of Undying.
• The Lord of Undying sensed Xiao Yan's peak late Saint Grade cultivation and reacted with surprise.
• Xiao Yan summoned a Nether Demon Emperor inside the hall, where the Great Thousand Pavilion's crystalline chains restrained it.
• Xiao Yan opened a black hole and devoured the Nether Demon Emperor while Qin Tian and the Lord of Undying watched.

After Xiao Yan absorbed the Nether Demon Emperor, the Lord of Undying and Qin Tian realized he had been devouring Heavenly Demon Emperors to strengthen himself. Xiao Yan revealed he had initially transcended the Saint Grade, but warned that the Heavenly Evil God—once revered as the Nine-Eyed Heavenly Evil God—still posed a grave threat.

• The Lord of Undying and Qin Tian deduced that Xiao Yan had killed and absorbed the Heavenly Demon Emperors, and the Lord offered to fulfill any request he made.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted to devour the Heavenly Evil God, but the Lord of Undying refused and urged him to wait for the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array’s forty-ninth cycle.
• Xiao Yan struck the Lord of Undying with a palm that bypassed his defense and sent him flying, revealing power beyond the late Saint Grade.
• The Lord of Undying recognized that Xiao Yan had received the augmentation of World Power, and Xiao Yan confirmed he had left only his surname on the Firmament List while concealing his breakthrough.
• The Lord of Undying and Qin Tian agreed that Xiao Yan could confront the weakened Heavenly Evil God, but Xiao Yan warned that the enemy was the Nine-Eyed Heavenly Evil God and that victory was uncertain.

Xiao Yan revealed that the Heavenly Evil God had hidden his true strength and planned to invade during the forty-ninth activation of the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array. The Great Thousand World prepared a secret preemptive strike, and three months later its Heavenly Sovereigns gathered at Northern Wilderness Hill as Qin Tian met privately with the Saint Grade experts.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Heavenly Evil God had deliberately allowed the Immortal Emperor to seal him so he could overcome the Great Thousand World's suppression and aid an invasion decades later.
• The Lord of Undying agreed with Xiao Yan's plan to attack the weakened Heavenly Evil God before the Extraterritorial Evil Clan could respond.
• Qin Tian activated the Great Thousand Covenant and arranged for Heavenly Sovereigns to gather at Northern Wilderness Hill, keeping the full plan secret from all but Saint Grade experts.
• The Great Thousand Pavilion quietly mobilized the world's forces, sending some experts to Northern Wilderness Hill while others guarded the borders against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Three months later, Heavenly Sovereigns gathered at Northern Wilderness Hill, while Qin Tian continued a private discussion with the assembled Saint Grade experts.

The Great Thousand powers unanimously approved a plan to strike the Heavenly Evil God, while Qin Tian welcomed three revived ancient experts into their ranks. At Northern Wilderness Hill, the assembled Heavenly Sovereigns activated the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array, bringing the operation to its opening stage.

• The True Dragon Emperor and other spirit beast leaders supported the Great Thousand Pavilion’s plan, and the human powers followed with unanimous approval.
• Qin Tian congratulated the Heavenly Emperor, Futu Ancestor, and Ancestor Tailing on returning from their tribulations, and they joined the campaign against the Heavenly Evil God.
• Xiao Yan noticed that Budu Xuan had returned to the assembly after being removed from office and confined to the Ancestral Pagoda.
• Qin Tian led the assembled experts to the black plaza at Northern Wilderness Hill and ordered them to act.
• The Heavenly Sovereigns poured Spiritual Energy into the black coffins, forming the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array around Northern Wilderness Hill.

The Great Thousand World’s experts activated the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array early and struck the Heavenly Evil God with ninety-nine spears, but they failed to destroy him. The Heavenly Evil God announced that the array would lose its remaining power in three years, leaving the experts facing an imminent threat.

• The Great Thousand World’s experts activated the array early and struck the awakened Heavenly Evil God with three Demon-Subduing Divine Spears.
• Qin Tian urged the experts to summon their Sovereign Celestial Bodies and pour their Spiritual Energy into the array as the spears continued to attack.
• After eight days and nights, the experts fired all ninety-nine spears, but the Heavenly Evil God remained sealed and his source power survived.
• The Heavenly Evil God laughed at the experts and warned that he would break free in three years when the array’s power was exhausted.
• The experts realized that the Heavenly Evil God’s threat could leave the Great Thousand World with only three years to survive.

Qin Tian revealed that the Heavenly Evil God had been weakened to his four-eye state and summoned the Flame Emperor, Xiao Yan, to fight him. Xiao Yan proved stronger than the Immortal Emperor and attacked the Heavenly Evil God, who was forced to retreat.

• Qin Tian explained that the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array had weakened the Heavenly Evil God and exposed his plans.
• Qin Tian called upon the Flame Emperor, and the Heavenly Sovereigns joined him in welcoming the newcomer.
• Xiao Yan descended from the distorted void and revealed that he had linked with the world's will and initially transcended the Saint Grade.
• The Heavenly Evil God challenged Xiao Yan, who struck him with Eight Extremities Collapse and broke through his demonic defenses.
• The Heavenly Evil God used Demon Devour and Demon Eject to counter Xiao Yan's follow-up blow, then retreated and recognized the young man's terrifying strength.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the weakened Heavenly Evil God with a relentless series of attacks while Qin Tian and the sages maintained the grand array. The Heavenly Evil God opened a fifth eye and unleashed a massive meteor, which Xiao Yan countered by opening the Gate of Dead Silence.

• Xiao Yan told Qin Tian and the other sages to keep the grand array steady while he fought the Heavenly Evil God.
• Xiao Yan destroyed the World-Swallowing Evil Beast and repelled the Heavenly Evil God’s attacks with his Life-Extinguishing Divine Light and Buddha Fury Emperor Flame Lotus.
• The Heavenly Evil God struggled to keep up with Xiao Yan’s attacks and realized his weakened four-eye state prevented him from using his strongest techniques.
• Xiao Yan taunted the Heavenly Evil God, who opened a fifth eye and summoned a colossal dark meteor with the Death-Extinguishing Eye.
• Xiao Yan expanded the Gate of Dead Silence to match the meteor’s size and opened it, unleashing a powerful suction force.

Xiao Yan used his Flame God technique to destroy Heavenly Evil God's Five-Eye God-Slaying Map and devastate him with an explosive attack. As Xiao Yan restrained the wounded enemy, someone pierced Heavenly Evil God's chest and tore out his still-beating demonic heart, leaving him terrified of death.

• Heavenly Evil God opened his fifth eye and unleashed the Five-Eye God-Slaying Map against Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Flame God, which split the demonic map and struck Heavenly Evil God with a devastating blast.
• The blast shook the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array, and Qin Tian urged the injured Heavenly Sovereigns to keep it stable.
• Xiao Yan bound Heavenly Evil God with the Emperor Flame Binding Demon Rope as the enemy tried to open his sixth eye.
• A claw pierced Heavenly Evil God's chest and pulled out his beating demonic heart, making him fear death for the first time.

Xiao Yan's strange creature swallowed Heavenly Evil God, and Xiao Yan entered seclusion to pursue transcendence while the Great Thousand World guarded him. In the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's leaders discovered that their Life Stele had shattered.

• The black-flame creature pierced Heavenly Evil God's heart, destroyed his Demon Heart, and absorbed him with its Embrace of the Maiden-Slaying.
• The creature bowed to Xiao Yan, entered his body as ghostly light, and unleashed a surge of energy that led Xiao Yan to enter seclusion.
• Qin Tian ordered the Great Thousand World's experts to protect Xiao Yan as they maintained the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperors discussed luring out the mysterious expert who had killed members of their clan and seven Heavenly Demon Emperors.
• The demonic stele in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons exploded, and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor silenced the wailing Xuan Demon Emperor by having a demonic python swallow him.

After learning that Heavenly Evil God had died, Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and the other leaders concealed the truth and ordered the Extraterritorial Evil Clan to attack Northern Wilderness Hill. The Great Thousand World repelled their assault with the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array, while Saint Heavenly continued sacrificing clan after clan in hopes of breaking through.

• An Tian Demon Emperor reported that Heavenly Evil God's Life Stele had shattered, and Saint Heavenly insisted that their god was merely injured so the Saint Clan would keep fighting.
• Saint Heavenly and the other leaders rallied the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and launched its entire army toward Northern Wilderness Hill.
• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan emerged through a spatial crack near Northern Wilderness Hill, and the Lord of Undying and Qin Tian recognized the attack and prepared the array.
• Qin Tian and the Great Thousand World experts activated the Great Thousand Demon-Subduing Array, which purified the attacking army and held firm.
• Saint Heavenly ordered the army to keep charging regardless of casualties, and successive clans were sent to their deaths against the array.

As the Extraterritorial Evil Clan launched its final assault, Flame Emperor’s breakthrough summoned the Firmament List and drove the demonic army from the sky above Northern Wilderness Hill. The Great Thousand World’s experts realized Flame Emperor had proven his path, leaving the fate of the war in his hands.

• The Flame Demon Clan Leader warned Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that the attrition was destroying the minor clans, but Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor killed him and ordered the great clans to charge.
• Qin Tian and the exhausted experts prepared to dismantle their Sovereign Celestial Bodies and risk everything against the final assault.
• A vast torrent of Spiritual Energy swept across the Great Thousand World and crushed or expelled the Extraterritorial Evil Clan army above Northern Wilderness Hill.
• The Firmament List appeared in the sky, and the Lord of Undying recognized that Flame Emperor had proven his path and linked with the world will.
• The Great Thousand World’s experts cheered, believing Flame Emperor’s breakthrough had won them the war.

Xiao Yan inscribed his complete name on the Firmament List and rose beyond Saint Grade into the Master Realm, becoming The Great Ruler. He then wiped out the invading Extraterritorial Evil Clan army with Black Flame Creatures.

• Xiao Yan wrote “Yan” after “Xiao” on the Firmament List, completing his name.
• The Firmament List poured World Power into Xiao Yan, elevating him beyond Saint Grade into the Master Realm.
• Xiao Yan declared that the realm above Saint Grade would be called the Master Realm, and the people of the Great Thousand World hailed him as The Great Ruler.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan forces panicked as they realized Xiao Yan had reached a realm equal to their god.
• Xiao Yan summoned Black Flame Creatures, which killed the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, thirty top Heavenly Demon Emperors, and the entire Extraterritorial Evil Clan army.

After Xiao Yan destroyed the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, the Great Thousand World reclaimed its lost lands, and he settled into life in the Endless Fire Territory. His wives urged him to make amends to the women he had left waiting, so he set off for the Dou Qi Continent to bring one of them back.

• Xiao Yan ordered the Great Thousand World’s forces to invade the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s heartland, and they reclaimed the lost territory and eradicated the clan within half a year.
• The factions asked Xiao Yan to settle disputes over the conquered lands, while the Endless Fire Territory received the finest and largest share.
• Xun’er, Yun Yun, Medusa, and the other beauties urged Xiao Yan to give Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yanran proper status, and he agreed to visit Yanran.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that Hua Xi had finally won over Xiao Xuan and that Fairy Hua Duo wanted to marry Yao Chen, while Xuan Yi opposed the match.
• Xiao Yan remembered another woman he had left waiting and departed for the Dou Qi Continent to take responsibility for her.