Chapter Summaries

At the Xiao Clan’s first Great Thousand World Coming of Age Ceremony, Xiao Wenwen revealed a Heaven Grade Bloodline and surged from peak Sixth Grade Sovereign to the threshold of Earthly Sovereign. After the clansmen received their Clan Mark Jade Talismans, representatives of the great powers presented congratulatory gifts.

• Xiao Wenwen stepped forward for her Destiny Mirror test, which revealed her Ultimate Fire Attribute and Heaven Grade Bloodline.
• The Destiny Mirror formed Xiao Wenwen’s Clan Mark, causing her cultivation to surge to peak Half-Step Earthly Sovereign.
• Xiao Wenwen thanked Xiao Yan and returned to her seat as the guests marveled at her bloodline and power.
• The register elder announced the results for all 128 clansmen, and Xiao Yan began the mark-bestowing ceremony.
• The young clansmen received Clan Mark Jade Talismans, and the visiting powers presented gifts, including True Dragon Clan Dragon Marrow Essence.

Lin Dong gave Xiao Wenwen a Nine-Colored Nirvana Flame at her coming-of-age banquet, and Xiao Yan warned him not to hurt her. After the ceremony, the Xiao Clan planned its response to growing interest in Wenwen and Clan Marks, while Xiao Qing returned to the Heavenly Court to hear about other factions’ reactions.

• Lin Dong congratulated Xiao Wenwen and gave her the Nine-Colored Nirvana Flame, while their exchange drew notice from Xiao Yan and the guests.
• Xiao Yan asked Lin Dong about his intentions toward Xiao Wenwen and warned him not to make her suffer; Lin Dong solemnly agreed.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li discussed marriage-alliance rules and plans to establish a Clan Mark inheritance and teaching system.
• Elder Qing Tian reported Xiao Wenwen’s Heaven Grade bloodline to the Qing Branch and urged them to maintain their ties with the Xiao Clan and the Heavenly Court.
• Xiao Qing returned to the Heavenly Court, where Qing Ling reported that the Supreme Spirit Ancient Clan planned to deepen cooperation and Gu Xun'er said All-Saint Mountain had sent congratulatory gifts.

Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing acknowledged their feelings and agreed to marry, with Xiao Qing planning to formally ask her father for her hand. Three days later, he prepared to travel with Qing Yanjing to the Buddha Ancient Clan, while the Heavenly Court’s wider political situation remained unsettled.

• Xiao Qing discussed the reactions of other factions and the Mohe Ancient Clan’s silence with Gu Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Qing Yanjing showed Xiao Qing Elder Qing Tian’s report about Qing Muxuan’s recovery and the Xuan Branch’s continued pressure on the Qing Branch.
• Qing Yanjing told Xiao Qing she wanted to belong to the Heavenly Court and remain by his side, and Xiao Qing accepted her feelings.
• Xiao Qing proposed traveling with Qing Yanjing to the Buddha Ancient Clan to ask her father for her hand in marriage, and she agreed.
• Three days later, Xiao Qing prepared to depart with Qing Yanjing, and Qing Xuan reminded him to behave respectfully while proposing marriage.

Xiao Qing accompanied Qing Yanjing to the Buddha Ancient Clan to ask for her hand in marriage and secure an alliance between the clan and the Heavenly Court. Qing Muxuan agreed, but Elder Xuan Ming challenged the match at the clan council.

• Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing arrived at the Buddha Ancient Clan, where Qing Yuan welcomed them and led them to the council hall.
• Qing Yanjing reunited with her father, Qing Muxuan, who saw her advanced cultivation and welcomed her back.
• Xiao Qing asked Qing Muxuan for Qing Yanjing’s hand, and she declared that she would stand by Xiao Qing for life.
• Qing Muxuan approved the marriage and announced that it would establish a formal alliance between the Buddha Ancient Clan and the Heavenly Court.
• At a clan council, Elder Xuan Ming opposed the marriage, arguing that Qing Yanjing should not marry someone from a Lower Plane.

Qing Muxuan used his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign power to silence Xuan Ming and defend his authority to decide Qing Yanjing’s marriage. Futu Xuan then intervened on Xuan Ming’s behalf and urged Qing Muxuan to reconsider, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xuan Ming and several elders objected to Qing Yanjing’s marriage, citing the clan rules and bloodline purity.
• Qing Muxuan unleashed his Saint Grade pressure, rebuked Xuan Ming for meddling, and revealed that he knew of the elders’ schemes against the Qing Branch.
• Xuan Ming and his supporters were nearly overwhelmed until Futu Xuan appeared and blocked Qing Muxuan’s pressure with his own Saint Grade power.
• Xiao Qing met Futu Xuan’s gaze as the First Elder examined him and defended the clan rules against marriage outside the Primordial Five Clans.
• Futu Xuan asked Qing Muxuan to reconsider the marriage, and Xuan Ming’s group fell silent behind him.

Qing Muxuan and Futu Xuan clashed over Qing Yanjing’s marriage to Xiao Qing, with Futu Xuan opposing the match to protect the Buddha Ancient Clan’s bloodline and traditions. Xiao Qing stepped between them and challenged Futu Xuan to explain what made the clan’s bloodline so noble.

• Qing Muxuan defended Qing Yanjing’s marriage to Xiao Qing and argued that it would benefit the Buddha Ancient Clan, while Futu Xuan insisted that marrying someone from a Lower Plane would taint the clan’s bloodline.
• Qing Muxuan and Futu Xuan’s Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign pressures collided, leaving the elders struggling under their oppressive force.
• Xiao Qing shielded Qing Yanjing from the pressure, and she held back from intervening when he reassured her.
• Xiao Qing judged that Futu Xuan sincerely upheld his beliefs about bloodline purity and decided those beliefs had to be challenged at their root.
• Xiao Qing stepped into the point where the two pressures met, briefly easing the strain on everyone in the hall.
• Xiao Qing asked Futu Xuan what made the Buddha Ancient Clan’s bloodline so noble, shocking the hall.

Xiao Qing defended his worth as Qing Yanjing’s suitor before the Buddha Ancient Clan’s First Elder, Futu Xuan, and revealed that he possessed Chaos Origin. Though the revelation overturned Futu Xuan’s objections about Xiao Qing’s bloodline, the elder demanded that Xiao Qing prove his combat strength in a direct test.

• Xiao Qing challenged Futu Xuan’s claim that his Lower Plane origins and outside alliances made him unsuitable for Qing Yanjing.
• Xiao Qing revealed a wisp of Chaos Origin, and Futu Xuan sensed that it surpassed and suppressed the Buddha Sacred Fire.
• Futu Xuan reconsidered his opposition after recognizing the nobility of Xiao Qing’s power but insisted that Xiao Qing prove his strength.
• Futu Xuan challenged Xiao Qing to demonstrate Saint Grade combat strength despite being only at the peak of the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Qing accepted the test, while Qing Yanjing worried about the confrontation.

Xiao Qing faced Futu Xuan in a battle that would decide the marriage alliance and influence the Buddha Ancient Clan. After Futu Xuan revealed his full Mid-Stage Saint Grade strength, Xiao Qing drew the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and the fight was poised to escalate.

• Xiao Qing and Futu Xuan left the hall and met in the plaza as Qing Muxuan, Xuan Ming, and the clan elders watched.
• Futu Xuan tested Xiao Qing with a restrained Buddha Palm Seal, but Xiao Qing met it head-on with Chaos Power and weakened its law power.
• Futu Xuan attacked from multiple directions, while Xiao Qing broke each strike and partially dissolved the laws in his attacks.
• Futu Xuan released his full Mid-Stage Saint Grade pressure and surrounded himself with the Buddha Sacred Fire.
• Xiao Qing remained unaffected by Futu Xuan's pressure and summoned the Heavenly Emperor Sword.

Xiao Qing faced Futu Xuan’s Buddha Demon-Suppressing Pagoda with a single sword strike and held off the Mid-Stage Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign’s power. Futu Xuan acknowledged Xiao Qing as an exceptional powerhouse and potential equal ally of the Buddha Ancient Clan.

• Futu Xuan unleashed the Buddha Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, aiming to suppress Xiao Qing with its purifying power.
• Xiao Qing countered with a Chaos Sword Aura that clashed with the pagoda and carved a deep mark into it.
• Qing Muxuan stabilized the protective formation as the clash shook the Buddha Ancient Clan Ancestral Land and injured some spectators.
• Futu Xuan dispersed the pagoda phantom and reassessed Xiao Qing, recognizing his strength and innate bearing.
• Futu Xuan admitted he had not held back and said Xiao Qing’s feat had no equal throughout the Great Thousand World’s history.

Xiao Qing won Futu Xuan’s respect after their battle, and the First Elder approved both Xiao Qing’s marriage to Qing Yanjing and an alliance between the Buddha Ancient Clan and the Heavenly Court. As the crowd celebrated the decision, Qing Tian confronted the furious Xuan Ming about his failed schemes.

• Futu Xuan praised Xiao Qing’s strength, composure, and potential, and Xiao Qing urged the Buddha Ancient Clan’s branches to stop weakening one another over prejudice.
• Futu Xuan withdrew his opposition to Xiao Qing’s marriage to Qing Yanjing and approved an alliance between the Buddha Ancient Clan and the Heavenly Court.
• After Futu Xuan departed, Qing Yanjing checked that Xiao Qing was unharmed, and Qing Muxuan welcomed him as his future son-in-law.
• The Qing Branch elders celebrated Xiao Qing while Xuan Ming brooded over how Xiao Qing had ruined his plans.
• Qing Tian approached Xuan Ming and pointedly remarked that his schemes had come to nothing.

After Xiao Qing secured the Buddha Ancient Clan’s support through his marriage to Qing Yanjing, he and Qing Muxuan planned a gradual alliance. The chapter ended with Xiao Qing reflecting on the power he still needed to attain as Qing Yanjing brought him treasured spirit wine.

• Qing Tian warned Xuan Ming that the Buddha Ancient Clan’s alliance with the Heavenly Court made it wiser to abandon his ambitions, and Xuan Ming led the Xuan Branch elders away.
• Qing Yanjing thanked Xiao Qing for supporting her, and Xiao Qing joined Qing Muxuan to discuss the alliance.
• Xuan Ming sought help from Futu Xuan, who condemned his failures, severed his support, and ordered him to keep the Xuan Branch from harming the clan.
• Xiao Qing advised Qing Muxuan to build trust through exchanges before formally establishing an alliance, and Qing Muxuan agreed.
• Xiao Qing reflected on the gap between his strength and Futu Xuan’s, while Qing Yanjing brought him a thousand-year-old spirit wine.

Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing’s alliance talks with the Buddha Ancient Clan progressed smoothly, but Qing Yanjing proposed that Xiao Qing be allowed to seek recognition from the clan’s Endless Radiant Body. The elders objected, and Qing Muxuan was left weighing whether to approve her request.

• Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing shared a quiet moment, while Qing Muxuan reflected that Xiao Qing might change the Buddha Ancient Clan’s future.
• Qing Muxuan proposed resource sharing and disciple exchanges as the basis for an alliance between the Heavenly Court and the Buddha Ancient Clan, and Xiao Qing agreed with minor suggestions.
• Qing Yanjing argued that the alliance needed deeper ties and proposed letting Xiao Qing attempt to gain recognition from the Endless Radiant Body.
• Several elders opposed the proposal, calling the Endless Radiant Body a clan-protecting treasure that should not be opened to an outsider.
• Qing Yanjing cited ancient records and generations of failed attempts to argue that anyone might be worthy, while Xiao Qing remained calm and Qing Muxuan pondered his decision.

Qing Muxuan allowed Xiao Qing to enter the Buddha Pagoda and attempt to gain the Endless Radiant Body’s recognition, despite likely objections from conservative clan factions. Inside the tower’s vast world of light, Xiao Qing began the test.

• Qing Muxuan agreed to make an exception and let Xiao Qing attempt the Endless Radiant Body inheritance.
• Qing Muxuan led Xiao Qing, Qing Yanjing, and Qing Tian to the Buddha Pagoda, where Futu Xuan watched from the depths of the Ancestral Land.
• Qing Muxuan explained the Endless Radiant Body’s powers of purification, speed, and defense against darkness and demonic qi.
• Qing Muxuan and the others entered the Buddha Pagoda and found themselves in an immense world filled with white light and ancient runes.

Qing Muxuan brought Xiao Qing to the Buddha Pagoda’s ninth-level gate so he could seek recognition from the Endless Radiant Body. The Ancestral Spirit tested Xiao Qing with purifying light, which his Chaos-powered physique absorbed, then began preparing another test.

• Qing Muxuan explained the Buddha Pagoda’s nine levels and led Xiao Qing, Qing Tian, and Qing Yanjing to the gate of the ninth level.
• The Ancestral Spirit appeared and questioned Xiao Qing about his origins, his title as Heavenly Emperor, and his possession of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance.
• The Ancestral Spirit agreed to test Xiao Qing before allowing him to attempt gaining recognition from the Endless Radiant Body.
• The Ancestral Spirit engulfed Xiao Qing in a pillar of purifying light, but Xiao Qing’s Chaos light broke down and absorbed its power.
• The Ancestral Spirit praised Xiao Qing’s physique, dispersed the light pillar, and began chanting to prepare a further test.

Xiao Qing passed the ancestral spirit’s purification test and entered the Buddha Pagoda’s ninth tier to seek the Endless Radiant Body’s recognition. As the golden orb sensed his approach, it began responding to him, leaving his attempt poised to begin.

• Xiao Qing evaded the ancestral spirit’s purifying rays and endured their intensified assault with a barrier of Chaos Power.
• The ancestral spirit judged Xiao Qing qualified to try for the Endless Radiant Body’s recognition and opened the golden gate to the ninth tier.
• Xiao Qing entered the ninth tier with Qing Muxuan, Qing Tian, and Qing Yanjing, where they learned the Endless Radiant Body required a matching origin physique.
• The ancestral spirit sent Qing Muxuan, Qing Tian, and Qing Yanjing out, leaving Xiao Qing alone with the golden orb.
• Xiao Qing approached the orb as the surrounding Light Power gathered around him, and the orb stopped and sent out a faint wisp of intent.

Xiao Qing gained the Endless Radiant Body’s recognition and absorbed its inheritance, merging its Light Power with his Chaos Origin. He began breaking through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign inside the Buddha Pagoda, while the resulting power shook the Buddha Realm.

• Xiao Qing touched the Golden Light Orb, which entered his brow and passed the Endless Radiant Body’s inheritance into him.
• The Ancestral Spirit, Qing Muxuan, Qing Yanjing, and Elder Qing Tian reacted with shock as Xiao Qing gained the Endless Radiant Body’s recognition.
• Xiao Qing realized the Endless Radiant Body’s World Origin power was the opportunity he needed to achieve a stable breakthrough to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Qing merged the Light Power with his Chaos Origin and began breaking through, causing a golden pillar of light to pierce the Buddha Pagoda.
• Qing Muxuan raised a Saint Grade barrier around the area, while Futu Xuan sensed the breakthrough and expressed disbelief.
• A golden cocoon formed around Xiao Qing as Light Power surged into it, illuminating the Buddha Realm and alarming the Buddha Ancient Clan.

Xiao Qing fused with the Endless Radiant Body while attempting to break through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, transforming his Innate Spirit Body and strengthening the World Tree within him. He emerged from the cocoon having completed the breakthrough, leaving the Buddha Ancient Clan stunned by his immense power.

• Xiao Qing began breaking through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign inside the Buddha Pagoda while merging with the Endless Radiant Body, alarming the Ancestral Spirit and those waiting outside.
• Qing Muxuan warned Qing Yanjing that Xiao Qing risked destruction by attempting both dangerous processes at once, while Qing Tian silently reconsidered his doubts about him.
• The Endless Radiant Body's Light Power fused with Xiao Qing's Chaos Power, transforming his Innate Spirit Body and sending new energy through his World Tree and Small Thousand World.
• Xiao Qing's cocoon shattered, and intertwined pillars of chaotic and holy light tore through the Buddha Pagoda's restrictions and opened the sky above the Buddha Realm.
• Xiao Qing manifested a colossal phantom that opened eyes embodying chaos and light, and the Buddha Ancient Clan realized he had become a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Qing opened his eyes inside the pagoda and sensed that his newly born power was more than ten times stronger than before.

Xiao Qing fused with the Endless Radiant Body, advanced to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and transformed his inner world into a Middle Thousand World. News of his breakthrough and engagement to Qing Yanjing reached the injured Mohe Tian, who reacted with fury.

• Xiao Qing broke through in the Buddha Pagoda, strengthened his physique, and turned his inner world into a Middle Thousand World.
• The Ancestral Spirit praised Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing emerged to reunite with Qing Muxuan and Qing Yanjing.
• Elder Qing Tian apologized to Xiao Qing, while Qing Yanjing expressed her faith in him.
• Futu Xuan sensed Xiao Qing's breakthrough and reconsidered his earlier judgment of him.
• Mohe You brought Mohe Tian news that Xiao Qing had reached Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and become engaged to Qing Yanjing.
• Mohe Tian read the message and trembled as black mist surged around him.

Mohe Tian learned that Xiao Qing had become a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and secretly plotted against him by seeking help from the Outer Realm Evil Clan. After leaving the Buddha Ancient Clan with Qing Yanjing, Xiao Qing brought her into his newly ascended Middle Thousand World.

• Mohe Tian suffered a violent relapse of his origin injuries and ordered spies to gather information on Xiao Qing and to alert the Outer Realm Evil Clan about him.
• At the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Ancestral Land, Qing Muxuan praised Xiao Qing for gaining the Endless Radiant Body and breaking through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Qing swore on his Dao heart that he would never betray Qing Yanjing, and Qing Muxuan entrusted her to his care.
• Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing said farewell to the Buddha Ancient Clan and departed through a spatial passage.
• Xiao Qing told Qing Yanjing that his inner world had ascended into a Middle Thousand World and opened a Void Gate for them to enter it.
• Qing Yanjing emerged into Xiao Qing’s vast world, surrounded by green grass and distant mountain ranges.

Xiao Qing showed Qing Yanjing the Chaos World and shared his ambition to make it evolve into an independent Chaos Universe. After they returned to the Heavenly Court, Xiao Qing revealed his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign breakthrough to its cultivators, who welcomed him home in celebration.

• Xiao Qing brought Qing Yanjing through the Chaos World, a Middle Thousand World sustained by the World Tree, and explained his goal of evolving it into a Chaos Universe.
• Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing discussed his breakthrough, the Heavenly Court’s recovery, and her plan to build powerful spiritual array defenses.
• Xiao Qing and Qing Yanjing returned above the Heavenly Court, where Xiao Qing released his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign aura and caused a heavenly phenomenon that strengthened the court’s Spiritual Qi.
• Qing Xuan, Gu Xun'er, Zi Yan, Xiao Xuan, Old Yao, and the other core members sensed Xiao Qing’s breakthrough and gathered with the Heavenly Court cultivators to welcome him.
• Qing Xuan welcomed Xiao Qing back as a Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and Gu Xun'er congratulated him before recalling their days in Wutan City.