Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing entered the Great Desolation Ancient Monument and made his way to the Symbol Pagoda, where the Devouring Ancestral Talisman was sealed. He arrived as Teng Sha and Mo Gui prepared to join forces to break the tower’s defenses.

• Teng Sha and the Puppet Sect arrived at the monument, and the crowd learned that several factions’ leaders had gathered to seek its treasures.
• Mo Gui of the Great Yan Dynasty Imperial Family announced rules for entering the monument and forbade fighting within a hundred li of it after leaving.
• When the monument opened, more than a hundred thousand people entered before Xiao Qing slipped inside.
• Xiao Qing surveyed the ruins and sensed the Devouring Ancestral Talisman sealed atop the Symbol Pagoda.
• Xiao Qing reached the tower, where Teng Sha and Mo Gui were discussing a joint effort to break its Devouring Force Field.
• Teng Sha and Mo Gui noticed Xiao Qing’s sudden arrival.

Xiao Qing entered the Symbol Pagoda, overcame its defenses, and took the Devouring Ancestral Talisman. He destroyed the Nine King Hall sealed beneath it and left Old Man Black Eye’s residual soul able to rest in peace.

• Xiao Qing walked through the talisman’s devouring force field and shattered the sealing runes on the Symbol Pagoda’s doors with a touch.
• Mo Gui and the others stayed outside after seeing Xiao Qing open the tower effortlessly and realizing they could not match his strength.
• Xiao Qing found Old Man Black Eye’s residual soul and learned that the Devouring Ancestral Talisman was sealing the Nine King Hall of the Alien Demon Clan.
• Xiao Qing used the World Tree Embryo’s Power of World Origin to restore the seal and obliterate the Nine King Hall.
• Xiao Qing took the Devouring Ancestral Talisman into his body, where the World Tree Embryo began absorbing and analyzing its devouring law.
• Xiao Qing told Old Man Black Eye that the Nine King Hall was destroyed, and Old Man Black Eye bowed to him.

Xiao Qing removed the Great Desolation Sect ruins and encountered the young Lin Qingtian in Green Sun Town, recognizing that her illness came from a powerful Yin Fiend physique. When her Cold Poison suddenly erupted, he identified its cause and warned Liu Yan that it would eventually exhaust her vitality.

• Xiao Qing dispersed the cultivators outside the Symbol Pagoda, then used the World Tree Embryo to uproot and store the Great Desolation Sect ruins in his inner world.
• Xiao Qing wandered to Green Sun Town and noticed that Lin Qingtian's chill eased whenever she was near him.
• Lin Qingtian's Cold Poison erupted as she ran to her mother, Liu Yan, leaving her helpless to warm the suffering child.
• Xiao Qing told Liu Yan that Lin Qingtian had a Fiend Demon Body and that its uncontrolled Cold Poison would worsen until it exhausted her vitality.

Xiao Qing saved Lin Qingtian from a Cold Poison flare and discovered that her Fiend Demon Body might stem from Ice Spirit Clan blood. He accepted Lin Xiao and Liu Yan’s invitation to stay in Green Sun Town, where he sensed a faint connection between their courtyard and the continent’s fortune.

• Xiao Qing used the Power of World Origin to suppress Lin Qingtian’s Cold Poison and learned that she would not survive to twenty without treatment.
• Xiao Qing suspected Lin Qingtian’s Fiend Demon Body came from a mutated Ice Spirit Clan bloodline and agreed to stay with her family in Green Sun Town.
• Liu Yan brought Xiao Qing and Lin Qingtian home, where Lin Xiao thanked him for saving his daughter.
• Xiao Qing sensed a subtle link between the Lin family courtyard and Tianxuan Continent’s fortune, then placed a protective mark on Lin Qingtian to suppress future outbreaks.

Xiao Qing began teaching Lin Qingtian the Nine Turns Yin Scripture and allowed Lin Dong to attend his lessons, though he refused to take Lin Dong as a disciple. Lin Dong made rapid progress before Xiao Qing checked a dangerous breakthrough attempt, and the chapter ended with Lin Zhentian and several elders visiting Xiao Qing.

• Xiao Qing passed the first turn of the Nine Turns Yin Scripture to Lin Qingtian and gave her a Warm Sun Jade pendant to help control her Yin Fiend Source.
• Xiao Qing revealed that Lin Qingtian had a senior sister named Cao Ying, while Lin Dong watched secretly from the bamboo grove.
• Xiao Qing invited Lin Dong to attend his morning lessons but told him that he would not take him as a disciple.
• Lin Dong learned the basics of cultivation, quickly reached the second level of the Body Tempering Realm, and neared the third level within nine days.
• When Lin Dong's impatient attempt to break through caused his energy to turn chaotic, Xiao Qing steadied it and advised him to focus on building his foundation.
• Lin Zhentian brought several elders to visit Xiao Qing at the Back Mountain.

Xiao Qing trained Lin Qingtan and Lin Dong while sensing powerful auras approaching Green Sun Town. Meanwhile, the Tenth King Hall learned from cultivators’ memories that a blue-robed expert had taken the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, and he prepared to hunt him down.

• Lin Zhentian ordered the Lin Family to honor Xiao Qing and keep people away from his courtyard, while Lin Xiao quietly hoped Xiao Qing could heal his injuries.
• Over half a month, Lin Qingtan controlled her Yin Fiend and reached the second level of the Body Tempering Realm, while Lin Dong perfected the first two levels under Xiao Qing’s guidance.
• Xiao Qing told Lin Qingtan and Lin Dong that cultivation meant gaining the right to act when catastrophe came, then sensed several powerful auras nearing Green Sun Town.
• At the Great Desolation Ancient Plain, the Tenth King Hall attacked the gathered cultivators and absorbed their souls to learn how the Ninth King Hall had been sealed and the Devouring Ancestral Talisman taken.
• The Tenth King Hall resolved to find and devour the blue-robed expert, then sent demonic tentacles against every cultivator on the plain.

After the Tenth King Hall devoured thousands of cultivators, Jiang Yinyin awakened her past-life memories as the Master of Life and Death and sensed the demon’s approach toward Heaven Capital Prefecture. Xiao Qing sent a clone to intercept the Tenth King Hall before he could reach Green Sun Town, and the two confronted each other above a desolate mountain range.

• The Tenth King Hall slaughtered the cultivators on the Great Desolation Ancient Plain, then sensed Jiang Yinyin’s reincarnated aura but chose to pursue the green-robed man instead.
• Jiang Yinyin awakened the Master of Life and Death’s memories, concealed Eagle Martial Hall with a Reincarnation Seal, and decided to investigate Heaven Capital Prefecture.
• Xiao Qing sensed the Tenth King Hall approaching and created a clone, while his true body sealed Green Sun Town behind a spatial barrier.
• The Tenth King Hall stopped before Xiao Qing’s clone and identified him as the one who killed the Ninth King Hall and took the Devouring Ancestral Talisman.

Xiao Qing killed the Tenth King Hall and met the awakened Master of Life and Death, Jiang Yinyin, who agreed to follow him toward Green Sun Town after learning the Ice Master had also reincarnated. Meanwhile, the Heavenly King Hall used the Retrograde Demon Mirror to view the Tenth King Hall’s final moments but could not see through Xiao Qing.

• The Tenth King Hall fled from Xiao Qing using his Phantom Demon Clone, but Xiao Qing destroyed the phantoms and annihilated his soul.
• Xiao Qing stored the Tenth King Hall’s corpse in his inner world, then found Jiang Yinyin hiding nearby.
• Jiang Yinyin recognized Xiao Qing as an outsider with power beyond the world’s cultivation system and told him she wanted to find her sleeping junior brothers and sisters.
• Xiao Qing said he would act when the Alien Demon Emperor broke free and hinted that Jiang Yinyin’s Junior Sister might interest her before heading toward Green Sun Town.
• The Heavenly King Hall examined the Tenth King Hall’s final moments through the Retrograde Demon Mirror, but the image concealed Xiao Qing.

The Alien Demon Clan, Yuan Sect, Eagle Martial Hall, and Dao Sect reacted to the mysterious Green-Robed Man’s power and the disaster at Great Desolation Ancient Plain. The chapter ended with Ying Huanhuan’s Ice Master origin awakening and Ling Zixia sensing a disturbance tied to Senior Xiao, the Plane Embryo, and the Alien Demon Emperor.

• The Heavenly King Hall was injured when the Green-Robed Man’s lingering perception struck back through the Demon Mirror, so he ordered the Alien Demon Clan to investigate cautiously and accelerate the Alien Demon Emperor’s escape.
• Jiang Lei placed Eagle Martial Hall on maximum alert after reporting that demonic qi had swallowed over a thousand cultivators at Great Desolation Ancient Plain, while Jiang Xue worried over the disguised avatar posing as Jiang Yinyin.
• Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi decided to exploit the Alien Demon Clan’s losses, intensify their plans, and stir conflict between Dao Sect and other super factions.
• Ying Xuanzi put Dao Sect on first-level alert and contacted potential allies after receiving reports of the massacre, the broken Ancient Stele seal, and a suspected Reincarnation Stage expert.
• Ying Huanhuan’s Ice Master origin began awakening, turning her hair ice-blue and covering her room in frost as Ying Xiaoxiao tried to comfort her.
• Ling Zixia sensed an ominous fluctuation connecting Senior Xiao, the Plane Embryo, the Alien Demon Emperor, and an unknown greater power.

Ling Qingzhu learned that completing the Supreme Induction Art required cultivating with Xiao Qing and chose to proceed, while Xiao Qing finished absorbing the Devouring Ancestral Talisman and returned to the Dao Sect with Lin Qingtian and Jiang Yinyin. There, Jiang Yinyin recognized Ying Huanhuan as the reincarnated Ice Master, stirring fragments of her past memories.

• Ling Zixia told Ling Qingzhu about the Plane Embryo, the Alien Demon Emperor, and the need to cultivate with Xiao Qing, and Ling Qingzhu agreed.
• Xiao Qing completed the World Tree Embryo's fusion with the Devouring Ancestral Talisman as Lin Dong and Lin Qingtian trained in Green Sun Town.
• Before leaving, Xiao Qing gave Lin Dong the complete inheritance of the Great Desolation Imprisoning Heaven Finger and took Lin Qingtian and Jiang Yinyin to the Dao Sect.
• Jiang Yinyin embraced Ying Huanhuan and called her her junior sister, identifying herself as the Master of Life and Death and Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master.
• Ying Huanhuan recalled blurry images from her past, but Xiao Qing explained that the Ice Master's memories had not fully awakened.

Xiao Qing began guiding Ling Qingzhu through the initial stage of dual cultivation, helping her awaken her Supreme Body and perceive Tianxuan Continent’s Plane Embryo. Their practice also deepened Xiao Qing’s understanding of the continent’s laws, while the looming conflict with the Yuan Sect remained unresolved.

• Ling Qingzhu told Xiao Qing that she chose to complete the Supreme Induction Art with him, and he agreed to begin with cultivation guidance rather than true dual cultivation until she reached the Nirvana Realm.
• Xiao Qing and Ling Qingzhu meditated together as his Power of World Origin resonated with her Supreme Power, accelerating her cultivation and awakening her Supreme Body.
• Ling Qingzhu sensed the Plane Embryo at the heart of Tianxuan Continent, and Xiao Qing cautioned her not to investigate it too deeply.
• Xiao Qing’s World Tree Embryo used the resonance to analyze the continent’s planar structure, while Supreme Power deepened his understanding of the Devouring Ancestral Talisman’s law of Devour.
• The World Tree Embryo reached toward the Plane Embryo to study its primordial laws, causing a slight disturbance in the plane’s laws.

The Plane Embryo’s disturbance drew the attention of powerful beings, while Xiao Qing’s dual cultivation with Ling Qingzhu raised her to the lesser Creation Realm and let her sense the Plane Embryo. Half a month later, the demonized Yuan Sect launched a war against the Dao Sect, and Xiao Qing watched the battle while waiting for the right moment to intervene.

• The Heavenly King Hall, Flame Master, Alien Demon Emperor, Ying Xuanzi, Ling Zixia, and Ying Huanhuan sensed the Plane Embryo’s fluctuation and reacted to the emerging power.
• After five hours of dual cultivation with Xiao Qing, Ling Qingzhu advanced from the Forming Realm to the lesser Creation Realm and sensed the Plane Embryo’s pulse.
• Half a month later, Tian Yuanzi and the other Yuan Sect masters reached the peak of the Samsara Stage through demonic resources, then led an allied army against the Dao Sect.
• Ying Xuanzi activated the Dao Sect’s protective array as Ling Zixia arrived with reinforcements and accused the Yuan Sect of serving the alien demons.
• Di Yuanzi ordered the demonized cultivators to attack their allied companions, turning the area outside the array into a battlefield.
• Xiao Qing watched the battle from the back mountain bamboo house with Lin Qingtian and Jiang Yinyin, waiting for a chance to act.

Xiao Qing exposed and annihilated the demonized Yuan Sect forces, transforming the Eastern Xuan Region’s balance of power. After the battle, he reclaimed the Space Ancestral Talisman from Zhou Tong, who had recovered from the Demon Qi that had corrupted him.

• Ying Huanhuan joined the battle, using the Ice Master's power to freeze spacetime and severely wound a Yuan Sect elder before Ling Qingzhu carried her back to safety.
• Xiao Qing forced the Demon Seeds from the corrupted cultivators and killed them all with a thought, including Tian Yuanzi, Di Yuanzi, and Ren Yuanzi.
• Ling Zixia and Ying Xuanzi thanked Xiao Qing, while the other major sects began cleansing their ranks and prepared to apologize to the Dao Sect.
• Xiao Qing told Jiang Yinyin he would wait for everyone involved to arrive before catching them all in one net.
• Zhou Tong told Xiao Qing that his Demon Qi had been removed but that he needed time to recover, then returned the Space Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Qing told Zhou Tong that his master was waiting, and Ying Xuanzi watched with reddened eyes as Zhou Tong emerged.

After absorbing the Space Ancestral Talisman, Xiao Qing took his companions to the Chaotic Demon Sea to seek the life-and-death Ancestral Talisman. There, they encountered Mu Lingshan, whose aura and appearance connected her to Jiang Yinyin’s past life, leaving an Undying Sacred Whale Clan man in shock.

• Zhou Tong reunited with Ying Xuanzi, while Ying Xiaoxiao asked Xiao Qing to train her so she could grow stronger.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the Space Ancestral Talisman into the World Tree Embryo and gained control over spatial laws.
• Xiao Qing brought Jiang Yinyin, Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, Ling Qingzhu, and Lin Qingtian into his self-sustaining Small World before they departed for the Chaotic Demon Sea.
• Jiang Yinyin used a spatial formation to take the group to an island near the Chaotic Demon Sea, where they camped overnight.
• Mu Lingshan arrived on a giant whale, and Jiang Yinyin recognized that the girl shared her former-life appearance and carried the life-and-death Ancestral Talisman’s aura.
• An Undying Sacred Whale Clan man arrived, sensed Jiang Yinyin’s Undying Holy Whale aura, and wondered in disbelief whether Mu Lingshan was the Master of Life and Death.

Jiang Yinyin learned that Mu Lingshan had been reborn from her former body and the life and death Ancestral Talisman, and Xiao Qing removed the talisman so Mu Lingshan could live freely. The group reached the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s ancestral land, where two powerful figures came to meet them.

• Mu Lan explained that Mu Lingshan was born anew when Jiang Yinyin’s former body resonated with the life and death Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Qing separated the life and death Ancestral Talisman from Mu Lingshan, leaving her exhausted but free to live and cultivate as herself.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the talisman and said Mu Lingshan could cultivate through her remaining seed of the law of life and death.
• Mu Lan led Xiao Qing, Jiang Yinyin, Ying Huanhuan, and the others through Whale Return Abyss into the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s ancestral land.
• Mu Lingshan rejoined the group and asked Mu Lan whether the elders were angry that she had sneaked out.
• Two figures emerged from the central whale bone palace, their auras rising from the depths of the ancestral land.

Jiang Yinyin reunited with the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, while Xiao Qing learned that the Blood Shark Clan and a True King-level Evil Demon threatened Whale Return Abyss. Xiao Qing sent a powerful clone to Martial Assembly Island, and the Whale Horn sounded an alarm as the attack began.

• Mu Tian and Mu Xuan recognized Jiang Yinyin as their Ancestor and welcomed Xiao Qing and his companions to Whale Heart Hall.
• Mu Tian told Xiao Qing that demonic activity and Blood Shark Clan aggression were increasing around the Chaotic Demon Sea, and Xiao Qing confirmed the Alien Demon Emperor’s seal was connected to him.
• Xiao Qing assured Mu Tian and Mu Xuan that removing the life and death Ancestral Talisman would not harm Mu Lingshan, whose connection to its origin he had already severed.
• Xiao Qing sensed hostile forces watching Whale Return Abyss, while Jiang Yinyin learned more about the clan’s troubles and the others toured its Ancestral Land.
• Mu Tian and Mu Xuan discovered evidence of demonic pollution, and Xiao Qing revealed that a True King-level Evil Demon was hiding behind the Blood Shark Clan.
• Xiao Qing told Mu Tian to prepare for battle and sent a Chaos clone to Martial Assembly Island; the Whale Horn then sounded repeatedly to signal danger.

The Blood Shark Clan attacked the Undying Sacred Whale Clan’s Ancestral Land, while Mu Lan and Jiang Yinyin led a countercharge and Mu Tian fought Xue Shi. When an Alien Demon True King began breaking the clan’s formation, Xiao Qing silently seized him with an unseen force.

• Mu Tian activated the Ten Thousand Whale Tide Array as Xue Shi led the Blood Shark Clan in an assault on the Ancestral Land.
• Mu Lan and Jiang Yinyin led three thousand elite warriors through the formation to disrupt the enemy ranks, while Mu Tian blocked Xue Shi.
• An Alien Demon True King emerged from the shadows and attacked the formation, widening cracks in its barrier despite Mu Xuan’s efforts to repair it.
• Xiao Qing raised his hand and trapped the Alien Demon True King in an invisible grip.

Xiao Qing annihilated the Evil Demon True King and Xue Shi, ending the Blood Shark Clan’s attack on the Undying Sacred Whale Clan. At Martial Assembly Island, the Third King Hall assaulted the Primordial Tower to seize the Great Desolation Ancestral Talisman, but the Flame Master arrived to confront him.

• Xiao Qing crushed the Evil Demon True King, then erased Xue Shi and his Demon Seed, prompting the Blood Shark Clan army to flee as Mu Lan led the Undying Sacred Whale Clan in pursuit.
• Xiao Qing examined the True King’s extracted memories and learned that the Heavenly King Hall, Martial Assembly Island, Primordial Tower, and Third King Hall were involved.
• At Martial Assembly Island, Shentu Kong and the other clan chiefs identified the Evil Demon assault as an attempt to take the Great Desolation Ancestral Talisman from the Primordial Tower.
• The Third King Hall struck the Five-Unity Sea-Suppressing Array and used a demonic claw to pull at the Primordial Tower, forcing the wounded Master of Great Desolation to begin awakening.
• The Flame Master arrived in a blaze that burned away part of the demonic clouds and challenged the Third King Hall.

Xiao Qing's avatar arrived during Flame Master’s battle with Third King Hall and erased the Alien Demon King Hall with one finger. He obtained the Great Desolation Ancestral Talisman and left Flame Master to recover before arranging to meet him at the Undying Sacred Whale Clan.

• Flame Master and Third King Hall fought fiercely above Martial Assembly Island, while Flame Master's unhealed injuries made the battle increasingly dangerous.
• Xiao Qing's avatar appeared and erased Third King Hall with a single point of his finger.
• Shentu Kong and the other clan chiefs thanked Xiao Qing, who asked the Master of Great Desolation for the Great Desolation Ancestral Talisman.
• The Master of Great Desolation agreed to give Xiao Qing the talisman in exchange for his help against the Alien Demons, and Xiao Qing stabilized the Master's injuries with Power of World Origin.
• Flame Master identified himself as Yan Xu and revealed that he possessed the flame Ancestral Talisman; Xiao Qing said he needed all eight talismans.
• Xiao Qing told Flame Master to recover and meet him at the Undying Sacred Whale Clan, where he hinted Flame Master might encounter someone unexpected.

Xiao Qing studied the Heavenly King Hall’s plot and absorbed the Life and Death Ancestral Talisman, then learned the Flame Ancestral Talisman had arrived and heard clues pointing to the Thunder Ancestral Talisman’s location. The chapter ended as the Flame Master began explaining a junior’s repeated attempts to explore the Thunder Punishment Abyss.

• Xiao Qing learned that the Heavenly King Hall had tried to distract him while the Third King Hall targeted the Great Desolation Ancestral Talisman.
• Xiao Qing examined how the absorbed Life and Death Ancestral Talisman strengthened his World Prototype and sensed a connection to the Thunder Ancestral Talisman.
• The Flame Master arrived and joyfully reunited with Jiang Yinyin, then recognized Ying Huanhuan as the Ice Master reincarnated.
• Ying Huanhuan clarified that she was not entirely the same person as the Ice Master, and Xiao Qing encouraged her to trust the Flame Master as an ally.
• The Flame Master presented Xiao Qing with the Flame Ancestral Talisman and said the Thunder Ancestral Talisman was likely hidden in the Thunder Punishment Abyss.
• The Flame Master explained that a junior he had noticed had repeatedly ventured into the Thunder Punishment Abyss to investigate.