Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing opened a passage through Spatial Turbulence using the Heavenly Emperor Sword and Spatial Law, and he and Mandala entered the sealed minor world. Mandala returned to the Ancient Heavenly Palace after tens of thousands of years, leaving her overwhelmed by memories of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.

• Mandala asked when they would leave, and Xiao Qing said they would go immediately.
• Xiao Qing used the Heavenly Emperor Sword and Spatial Law to open a passage through the Spatial Turbulence at the Northern Region's edge.
• Tai Cang, Spirit Pupil Emperor, Heavenly Vulture Sovereign, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong sensed the powerful disturbance, but none investigated it.
• Xiao Qing and Mandala entered the passage, which sealed itself behind them within a few breaths.
• Xiao Qing and Mandala arrived in a ruined minor world, where Mandala recognized the Ancient Heavenly Palace and remembered the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's final words.

Xiao Qing and Mandala crossed the ruins of the Ancient Heavenly Palace to reach Mandala’s true body, the Ancient Mandala Flower, which had been weakened by a curse. Xiao Qing stabilized it temporarily, while the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor remained sealed somewhere in the ruins.

• Xiao Qing sensed a concealed demonic presence and recognized it as the weakened Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, whose seals had begun to loosen.
• Xiao Qing and Mandala traveled through the spatial folds toward Mandala’s true body as she recalled the Heavenly Palace’s destruction and the Heavenly Emperor’s final battle.
• Mandala found her Ancient Mandala Flower in the ruined palace, its petals corroded by black patterns and its life aura nearly extinguished.
• Xiao Qing channeled the Power of Life into the flower, strengthening its aura slightly and temporarily stabilizing it.

Xiao Qing and Mandala found an azure-robed figure who looked and felt like the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, but Xiao Qing revealed that the figure was the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor. The demon emperor recognized Xiao Qing as a dangerous opponent and asked who he was, and Xiao Qing answered, “Heavenly Emperor.”

• Xiao Qing told Mandala that removing her curse would take time, and they turned to investigate the deepest part of the world.
• Mandala mistook the motionless azure-robed figure for the Ancient Heavenly Emperor until Xiao Qing stopped her and pointed out that it was not really him.
• Xiao Qing identified the figure as the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor, whose demonic aura emerged and whose crimson eyes fixed on Xiao Qing.
• Mandala remembered Lu Heng's betrayal and vowed to settle their scores after recovering her original body.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor questioned Xiao Qing's identity, and Xiao Qing called himself the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor attacked Xiao Qing after realizing he might not escape, but Xiao Qing’s Chaos Power countered his demonic techniques. Xiao Qing’s sword cleaved through the Emperor’s ultimate attack, leaving their battle unresolved.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor unleashed Demonize Heaven and Earth, turning the Heavenly Palace ruins into a Demon Territory, but Xiao Qing’s Immunity to All Laws dissolved the demonic qi.
• Xiao Qing shielded Mandala and moved her true body into his inner world for safety.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor struck Xiao Qing with a giant demonic palm, but Xiao Qing’s Chaos Giant Palm shattered it and the barriers raised against it.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor used the Heaven-Devouring World-Extinguishing Hand to pull at Xiao Qing’s spiritual energy.
• Xiao Qing used One Sword Opens Heaven to cleave the Heaven-Devouring World-Extinguishing Hand in two.

Xiao Qing defeated and killed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor, lifting the seal on the Ancient Heavenly Palace. He then used the Law of Life to heal Mandala’s flower, leaving her true body restored and the curse erased.

• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor tried to devour Xiao Qing’s Chaos Power, but Xiao Qing’s power consumed his demonic qi instead.
• Xiao Qing pinned the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor with the Chaos Giant Palm and used World Annihilation to shatter his two remaining demon hearts.
• The Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor died after his demonic qi went out of control and Xiao Qing’s Chaos Power purified it, lifting the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s seal.
• Xiao Qing brought Mandala and the Mandala Flower out of his inner world, and Mandala thanked him for avenging the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.
• Xiao Qing used the Law of Life to destroy the curse remnants and restore Mandala’s flower.

Mandala recovered her complete form and led Xiao Qing to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's tomb, where he received the emperor's inheritance and learned One Qi Transforms Three Purities. Xiao Qing broke through to Mid-Stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign and left the sealed tomb with Mandala.

• Mandala's curse faded, allowing her to restore her true body and reach Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign.
• Mandala thanked Xiao Qing and led him through the Heavenly Palace ruins to the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's tomb.
• Xiao Qing received the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's cultivation insights, the One Qi Transforms Three Purities divine ability, and the token that controlled the Heavenly Palace's arrays.
• As Xiao Qing absorbed the inheritance, he broke through to Mid-Stage Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Qing left the tomb with Mandala and looked out over the world from the Heavenly Palace ruins.

Xiao Qing secured the Ancient Heavenly Palace as a Heavenly Court stronghold, then returned to Great Luo Heaven and resumed cultivating One Qi Transforms Three Purities. Meanwhile, the Demon-Slaying Ranking List began recording points under his name, which had previously shown zero.

• Xiao Qing reinforced the Ancient Heavenly Palace entrance, organized the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's treasures, and declared the ruins a secret Heavenly Court base.
• Xiao Qing and Mandala strengthened the spatial rift leading back to the Northern Region, then returned through it.
• Xiao Qing learned that the Northern Region remained stable and told Mandala to consolidate her Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign realm before he helped her pursue the Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Qing gave the Three Sovereigns and Tai Cang a vague explanation for the disturbance, then returned to the Seclusion Hall to study One Qi Transforms Three Purities.
• At the Great Thousand Palace, the Demon-Slaying Ranking List showed Xiao Qing's name changing from zero points.

Xiao Qing earned the title of Demon-Slaying King after reaching ten thousand Demon-Slaying Points, and the Great Thousand World witnessed the ranking list’s enormous announcement. His allies and rivals reacted to the revelation that he had likely killed a Heavenly Demon Emperor, while the Tianluo Alliance grew wary of his strength.

• The Demon-Slaying Ranking List announced Xiao Qing as Demon-Slaying King, sending a pillar of golden light across the Great Thousand World.
• Wan Xuan, Tai Cang, Heavenly Vulture Sovereign, and Spirit Pupil Emperor reacted with shock as they realized Xiao Qing had likely killed a Heavenly Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan celebrated Xiao Qing’s achievement, while Lin Dong resolved to reach the same level and resumed cultivating with him.
• Ancestor Mystic Yin and the other Tianluo Alliance leaders discussed Xiao Qing’s achievement and questioned whether he had killed a weakened remnant soul.

Xiao Qing’s slaying of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor earned him the title of a true Demon-Slaying King, and the news spread across the Great Thousand World. The Tianluo Alliance sought more support as the Great Thousand Palace celebrated Xiao Qing’s achievement and recognized his new standing.

• Ancestor Mystic Yin warned the Tianluo Alliance that Xiao Qing’s victory could draw smaller factions to the Heavenly Court, then ordered more support requested from the Mohe Ancient Clan.
• Mohe Yu learned that Xiao Qing had slain the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor and realized his strength had not depended on luck.
• The Great Thousand Palace learned that Xiao Qing had killed the revived remnant soul of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor, and Elder Yuan Xu and Qin Tian praised his achievement.
• The Demon-Slaying Ranking announced Xiao Qing’s ten thousand Demon-Slaying Points across the Great Thousand World, spreading news of his victory in less than half a day.
• Xiao Qing stood at Great Luo Heaven and recognized that his token now made him a true Demon-Slaying King, equal in status to Great Thousand Palace elders and the patriarchs of the five Ancient Clans.

Xiao Qing returned to the Heavenly Court after conquering the Northern Region, mastering One Qi Transforms Three Purities, and becoming a Demon-Slaying King. He reunited with his allies and wives, while the Heavenly Court prepared for future conflict with the Tianluo Alliance and Mohe Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Qing created two identical clones with One Qi Transforms Three Purities and assigned one to govern the Northern Region and guard the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xiao Qing traveled through the cross-realm array to the Nine Provinces Continent, where Xiao Xuan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Old Yao, and Qing Yanjing welcomed him.
• Xiao Qing told the Heavenly Court leaders about his victories and new divine ability, then heard Old Yao report that the Heavenly Court had grown stronger.
• Xiao Qing reunited with Qing Xuan and Qing Ling, ended their stalemated chess game in a draw, and asked about Qing Xuan's bloodline and the Mohe Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Qing met his wives in the Heavenly Emperor Palace, where Zi Yan rushed to greet him and told him she had missed him.

Xiao Qing spent time with his family after returning, and Ying Huanhuan confessed her long-held feelings before becoming his wife. The chapter ends when Zi Yan reports strange fluctuations in her body, leaving Xiao Qing to investigate.

• Xiao Qing helped Zi Yan stabilize her Dragon Phoenix Power while spending several days cultivating with her.
• Xiao Qing shared Heavenly Court duties with Gu Xun'er, praised Xiao Yi Xian's alchemy, and helped Qing Ling and Qing Xuan sort out their bloodlines.
• Ying Huanhuan confessed her feelings to Xiao Qing during a private banquet, and Ying Xiaoxiao left them alone together.
• Ying Huanhuan became Xiao Qing's wife that night.
• Zi Yan came to Xiao Qing with unusual fluctuations in her body, and he checked her wrist.

Xiao Qing discovered that Zi Yan was pregnant, and the Heavenly Court rallied around her as she nurtured the child over the next three years. As the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s threat continued to grow, Xiao Qing received three Heavenly Sovereigns from the Western Heaven Continent to decide whether they could join the Heavenly Court.

• Xiao Qing sensed a tiny heartbeat in Zi Yan’s abdomen and told her she was pregnant, bringing her to tears.
• Old Yao prepared pregnancy-preserving pills, Qing Yanjing arranged a Spirit-Gathering Array, and the sisters and children gathered to congratulate Zi Yan.
• Xiao Qing promised to protect Zi Yan and their unborn child while keeping watch on the Outer Realm Evil Clan and the Mohe Ancient Clan’s hostility.
• Three years passed as Zi Yan carefully nourished the slowly growing child, while Xiao Qing managed the Heavenly Court’s affairs.
• Xiao Qing received Qing Yunzi, Li Xuan, and Tian Ming in the Deliberation Hall after completing his three-year observation of the three Heavenly Sovereigns.

Xiao Qing welcomed Qing Yunzi, Li Xuan, and Tian Ming as Heavenly Court Guest Elders while Qing Lin, the Master of Darkness, and Jiang Yinyin returned as Lower Earthly Sovereigns. The Heavenly Court enjoyed a peaceful reunion around Zi Yan and her pregnancy, and Xiao Qing ended the chapter sensing a possible secret message from the Great Thousand Palace.

• Xiao Qing appointed Qing Yunzi, Li Xuan, and Tian Ming Guest Elders and said they could become core elders if they performed well.
• Qing Lin, the Master of Darkness, and Jiang Yinyin returned to the Heavenly Court after breaking through to the Lower Earthly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Xuan'er brought Qing Lin to visit the pregnant Zi Yan, and the women and Xiao Qing gathered in the courtyard.
• Old Yao delivered pregnancy-preserving medicines and spiritual milk for Zi Yan, then returned to the Alchemy Hall to study improving the medicine.
• Xiao Qing sensed movement from the Demon-Slaying Token that might indicate a secret message from the Great Thousand Palace, but did not check it.

Xiao Qing accepted the Alchemy God Clan’s invitation to its millennial Alchemy Grand Ceremony and began preparing a delegation from the Heavenly Court. As the half-year wait began, he promised to seek help for Zi Yan’s long pregnancy and sensed their child moving.

• Xiao Qing received Elder Yuan Xu’s message inviting the Heavenly Court to the Alchemy God Clan’s Alchemy Grand Ceremony and confirmed that they would attend.
• Old Yao shared what he knew about the Alchemy God Clan and agreed to accompany Xiao Qing to observe its alchemy.
• Qing Yanjing asked to join the trip to study the clan’s formations, and Xiao Qing agreed.
• Xiao Qing told Zi Yan he would leave in half a year and would look for Nourishing Pills to ease her pregnancy.
• Xiao Qing felt their child moving and gently sent the Law of Life through his palm to Zi Yan’s abdomen.

Xiao Qing, Old Yao, Cao Ying, Yao Ling, and Qing Yanjing traveled to the Myriad Pill Continent for the Alchemy God Clan's Millennium Grand Ceremony. They reached the Pill Spirit Domain and saw the Ancient Myriad Herb Plains and Pill Furnace Peak, where a Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Artifact was said to remain.

• After leaving Zi Yan behind, Xiao Qing departed with Old Yao and Qing Yanjing, and they were joined by Cao Ying and Yao Ling on the Myriad Pill Continent.
• Qing Yanjing explained that pill energy had seeped into the continent's spiritual veins, making its spiritual energy medicinal and improving pill-refining success rates.
• Xiao Qing's group traveled through the continent's bustling pill and herb markets toward the Pill Spirit Domain, where many powerful cultivators had gathered for the ceremony.
• The group encountered an elderly man leading disciples from the Ancient Myriad Herb Plains, and he exchanged a brief nod with Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing led the others into the Pill Spirit Domain, where Qing Yanjing identified Pill Furnace Peak and described the Saint Grade Peerless Sacred Artifact at its summit.

Xiao Qing and his companions arrived in the Pill Spirit Domain for the Alchemy God Clan’s Millennium Grand Ceremony, where representatives of the Great Thousand World’s major factions had gathered. Elder Danyang welcomed them and began showing them the domain as the ceremony approached.

• Xiao Qing entered the Pill Spirit Domain with Qing Yanjing, Old Yao, Yao Ling, and Cao Ying, drawing attention from gathered cultivators who recalled his achievements.
• Xiao Qing exchanged a calm stare with the hostile First Elder Mohe of the Mohe Ancient Clan, then continued without taking him seriously.
• Xiao Qing surveyed the gathered factions, including the Ancient Myriad Herb Plains and the Alchemy God Clan, whose unresolved trade negotiations had left their sides tense.
• Qing Yanjing identified the independent cultivator Ghost Hand Pill Venerable for Cao Ying as a renowned alchemy prodigy.
• Elder Danyang welcomed Xiao Qing on behalf of the Alchemy God Clan, and Xiao Qing explained that he had come to observe the ceremony and exchange alchemy knowledge.
• Elder Danyang escorted the group toward their residence and pointed out Pill Furnace Peak and the thousand-mile Spirit Herb Garden.

During the six months before the Alchemy God Clan’s grand ceremony, Old Yao studied alchemy, Yao Ling learned about rare spirit herbs, and Qing Yanjing examined the clan’s formations. Yao Ling received a valuable cultivation notebook and learned that her aura resembled an ancient divine herb hidden deep in the Spirit Herb Garden.

• Old Yao took Cao Ying to observe alchemists refining pills on Pill Furnace Peak and explained the Alchemy God Clan’s distinctive flame-control techniques.
• Yao Ling visited the Spirit Herb Garden, recognized a rare Purple Spirit Orchid, and impressed an Alchemy God Clan elder with her knowledge and natural aura.
• The elder showed Yao Ling around the garden, gave her his handwritten spirit-herb cultivation notes, and suggested she seek out an ancient divine herb whose aura resembled hers.
• Qing Yanjing spent the next six months studying the Alchemy God Clan’s intricate defensive formations near the Alchemy Pavilion.

Xiao Qing observed the Millennium Grand Ceremony preparations, exposed tensions between the Alchemy God Clan and the Ancient Myriad Herb Plains, and rebuked the Flame Cauldron Sect’s sect master. His companions returned with new insights, while Qing Yanjing remained fascinated by the clan’s formations.

• Qing Yanjing studied formation patterns and considered combining formations with pill refinement to create a new Pill Array.
• Xiao Qing observed the gathered factions and struck the hostile Flame Cauldron Sect’s sect master with a thread of Chaos Sword Qi, warning him not to harbor killing intent.
• Sovereign Tiandou demanded higher spirit herb prices and priority pill refining from Elder Danyang, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement.
• Old Yao and Cao Ying returned excited by the pill-refining demonstrations, and Yao Ling came back with cultivation notes from an elder in the Spirit Herb Garden.
• Qing Yanjing returned after studying the Alchemy God Clan’s defensive formations and told Xiao Qing she had understood only a small fraction of them.

During the Alchemy God Clan’s Millennium Grand Ceremony, the Heavenly Court’s pill refiners impressed the gathered factions, while Xiao Qing entered the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign pill-refining competition. The chapter ended with participants questioning whether Xiao Qing’s limited experience could match that of veteran grandmasters.

• Over half a year in the Pill Spirit Domain, Old Yao and Cao Ying studied pill refining, Yao Ling learned in the Spirit Herb Garden, Qing Yanjing researched formations, and Xiao Qing secured medicinal resources for the Heavenly Court.
• The Alchemy God Clan opened its Millennium Grand Ceremony and held pill-refining competitions across the Supreme, Earthly Sovereign, and Heavenly Sovereign realms.
• Old Yao placed third, Yao Ling fourth, and Cao Ying eighth in the Supreme Realm competition, putting three Heavenly Court members in the top ten.
• Elder Danyang won the Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign competition with his Eight Desolations Spirit-Tempering Pill.
• Xiao Qing joined the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign competition, prompting other participants to doubt that his pill-refining experience could rival theirs.

Xiao Qing began refining a new Chaos Creation Pill with Chaos Origin power and a divine herb from his Small Thousand World, drawing the laws and spiritual energy of the Pill Spirit Domain toward him. As the pill took shape over several months, Qing Yanjing warned Old Yao that its ability to help an Earthly Sovereign become a Heavenly Sovereign could threaten the Great Thousand World's established factions.

• Xiao Qing ignored the other competitors’ doubts and decided to create a new pill using his understanding of Chaos laws and the World Tree’s origin power.
• Xiao Qing placed an unfamiliar Chaos-infused divine herb in his furnace and refined it with Chaos Flame, startling the alchemists watching.
• The forming Chaos Creation Pill drew on the Pill Spirit Domain’s spiritual energy and laws, while the Alchemy God Clan elders raised the Myriad Pill Domain Protection Array to contain the upheaval.
• Over the following days, spiritual energy drained from the domain, and Old Yao urged the crowd not to resist the alchemical phenomenon.
• Qing Yanjing told Old Yao that a pill capable of helping an Earthly Sovereign become a Heavenly Sovereign would threaten the factions that controlled access to that realm.
• Old Yao said Xiao Qing must have prepared for the consequences of refining the pill as months passed.