Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing destroyed the Heavenly Evil God, ending the ancient threat and the Great Thousand Demon-Dissolving Array. The Northern Hill Plains began to recover, while the Undying Lord reacted with tears on the former Demon Territory Battlefield.

• Xiao Qing explained that the Immortal Emperor had sealed the Heavenly Evil God for forty-nine thousand years, then revealed his Chaos aura and freed the demon from its restraints.
• Xiao Qing dissolved the Heavenly Evil God's aura, armor, body, soul, and origin with a single ray of Chaos light.
• After the Heavenly Evil God vanished, Xiao Qing left the sealed space and declared that it was over.
• The Great Thousand Demon-Dissolving Array fell silent, and sunlight and wind returned to the Northern Hill Plains as its oppressive atmosphere dispersed.
• On the former Demon Territory Battlefield, the Undying Lord stopped speaking to Qin Tian, trembled, and began to weep.

Xiao Qing destroyed the Heavenly Evil God, ending the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s threat and bringing peace to the Great Thousand World. He returned to the Great Chaos World, said he could finally rest, and announced that it would open to outsiders the next day.

• The Undying Lord sensed that the Demon-Dissolving Array had stopped, and Qin Tian and the Green-Robed Sword Saint realized the Heavenly Evil God was dead.
• Xiao Qing returned beneath the World Tree, which showered him with light as he confirmed that everything was over.
• Little Qing noticed Xiao Qing seemed subdued, and he told her he could finally rest while she promised to watch over him.
• Xiao Qing looked across the Great Thousand World, saw that his loved ones and allies had survived, and announced that the Great Chaos World would open to outsiders the next day.
• News of the victory spread across the Great Thousand World, and cultivators celebrated Xiao Qing as the Heavenly Emperor.

The Great Thousand World flourished under Xiao Qing’s protection, and its people’s gratitude nourished his Great Chaos World. At a gathering of the Great Thousand World’s powers, Qin Tian announced the adoption of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, and Xiao Qing reminded them that preserving peace would be difficult.

• Xiao Qing’s deeds became famous throughout the Great Thousand World, raising the Heavenly Court’s standing and inspiring new cultivation practices.
• Luo Tianshen, Mandala, Qing Yanjing, and the Heavenly Court’s members advanced their clans and duties as the world entered a prosperous era.
• The gratitude of living beings gathered as Aspiration Power, which Xiao Qing guided into the Great Chaos World to nourish it.
• Qin Tian asked Xiao Qing to name a memorial grove for those who died fighting the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Xiao Qing agreed to attend its foundation ceremony.
• Qin Tian announced that the Great Thousand World would adopt the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, with the year the evil chaos ended as its first year.
• Xiao Qing addressed the gathered representatives, saying peace was hard-won and even harder to preserve.

The Heavenly Court established the Supreme Profound Academy as the Great Thousand World entered the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, while Nine Nether set out for the Nine Provinces Continent. Xiao Wenwen married Lin Dong, and Xiao Qing and Gu Xun’er’s son Xiao Heng reached Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign at eighteen; in the twelfth year, Qing Xuan began a transformation marked by a gigantic Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python apparition.

• The Heavenly Court announced the Supreme Profound Academy, prompting factions across the Great Thousand World to send talented young people while Nine Nether left her clan to seek a wider world.
• In the fifth year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Xiao Qing officiated Xiao Wenwen and Lin Dong’s wedding, and Xiao Yan accepted Lin Dong as his sister’s husband.
• In the tenth year, Xiao Heng broke through to Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign at eighteen before his family and gathered guests.
• Xiao Qing praised Xiao Heng’s breakthrough as a new beginning, and news of his achievement spread across the Great Thousand World.
• In the twelfth year, nine-colored radiance and giant python phantoms appeared at Qing Xuan’s cultivation site as a vast Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python took shape and roared.

Thirteen women reached Saint Grade, while Xiao Yan and Lin Dong became Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, elevating Heaven Court to unmatched power. Decades later, Nine Nether won a major academy tournament and joined the War Corps selection, while Xiao Yan and Lin Dong reflected on how far their families and the Great Thousand World had come.

• Thirteen women broke through to Saint Grade, and Xiao Yan and Lin Dong advanced to Immortal Grade, strengthening Heaven Court’s core ranks.
• Nine Nether defeated a Buddha Ancient Clan disciple at Supreme Profound Academy with her Jiuyou Burning Heaven technique and won her tenth consecutive match.
• Xiao Yu invited Nine Nether to apply for the War Corps, and Nine Nether eagerly agreed to enter its selection trial.
• Xiao Yu reflected on the academy’s graduates joining Heaven Court’s departments and on Xiao Qing’s principle of education without distinction.
• In the thirtieth year of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Wenwen looked back on their rise and credited Xiao Qing for changing their lives.

Five decades after Xiao Qing ended the Evil Clan chaos, the Great Thousand World prospered under the Heavenly Court, while reports of a possible Ghost Demon Emperor renewed concerns about the Evil Spirit Clan. Five years later, the leaders of the realm’s major forces gathered before the Heavenly Emperor Palace, awaiting the resolution of the Heavenly Vault Ranking.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong received an urgent report of Evil Spirit Clan forces on the Xuanhuang Continent and a possible Ghost Demon Emperor, then headed with Xiao Wenwen to the Great Thousand Palace.
• Xiao Qing surveyed the peaceful, flourishing Great Thousand World and resolved to settle its remaining matters before pursuing Luo God beyond the realm.
• Five years later, leaders from across the Great Thousand World assembled at the Heavenly Emperor Palace for the Heavenly Vault Ranking.
• Qin Tian, the Green-Robed Sword Saint, the Undying Lord, and many other powerful figures waited in silence as the gathered leaders focused on the palace.

Xiao Qing summoned the Heavenly Vault Ranking before the gathered experts and explained that inscribing a surname on it would grant Half-Step Dominator power. The ranking first revealed the Immortal Emperor’s surname, Ye, leaving the crowd to confront the legacy of Ye Wudao.

• Xiao Qing arrived with Qing Xuan and told Ancestor Taiming, Hei Jue, and Huang Qing that he was fulfilling his promise to them.
• Xiao Qing pointed into the void, causing the Heavenly Vault Ranking to form above the Heavenly Court and overwhelm the gathered experts with its pressure.
• The ranking inscribed the character Ye, and the Green-Robed Sword Saint revealed that it was the Immortal Emperor Ye Wudao’s surname.
• Qin Tian recalled that Ye Wudao had sealed the Heavenly Evil God at the cost of his life, while the Undying Lord wept at the sight of his surname.
• Xiao Qing explained that the ranking manifested the Authority of the Heavenly Dao and that inscribing a surname would make someone a Half-Step Dominator able to wield World Power.

Xiao Qing explained that only those at Saint Grade Late Phase or above could enter the Heavenly Vault Ranking, and the ranking’s world-will rejected every attempt made so far. The gathered experts were left realizing how far they remained from the standard needed to inscribe a name.

• Xiao Qing warned that experts below Saint Grade Late Phase could not enter the ranking, but Futu Xuan tried anyway and was struck down by its backlash.
• Ancestor Mohe attempted to carve the character “Mo,” but the ranking shattered his attack and wounded him.
• The Undying Lord nearly inscribed “Li,” yet the ranking’s cleansing force erased it and left him gravely weakened.
• The Green-Robed Sword Saint, Qin Tian, the True Dragon Emperor, and the True Phoenix each tried to write their names, but every character vanished beneath the ranking’s golden light.
• The experts acknowledged that the Heavenly Vault Ranking was extraordinarily demanding and that only the Immortal Emperor had managed to leave a name in tens of thousands of years.

Xiao Qing used Chaos light and accumulated merit to help worthy figures enter the Heavenly Vault Ranking and gain World Power, advancing three of them toward Half-Step Dominator. He then began fulfilling his promise to Ancestor Taiming, Hei Jue, and Huang Qing, with Ancestor Taiming successfully inscribing his surname.

• Xiao Qing guided the Undying Lord to inscribe "Li" on the ranking, and the resulting World Power transformed him toward Half-Step Dominator; he thanked Xiao Qing as Li Changsheng.
• Xiao Qing helped Qin Tian inscribe "Qin," breaking his bottleneck and advancing him to Half-Step Dominator.
• Xiao Qing helped the Green-Robed Sword Saint inscribe "Qing," and the Sword Saint vowed that his sword would not fail the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Qing recalled how Ancestor Taiming, Hei Jue, and Huang Qing had aided him, then used their merits to stimulate their cultivation and guide them toward the ranking.
• Ancestor Taiming inscribed "Tai" on the Heavenly Vault Ranking and received World Power.

Xiao Qing helped six Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns leave their surnames on the Heavenly Vault Ranking, elevating them to Half-Step Dominators and reshaping the Great Thousand World’s order. Three years later, Xiao Yan completed the Dao of Fire, while Lin Dong continued his own cultivation.

• Xiao Qing protected Ancestor Taiming, Hei Jue, and Huang Qing as they left the surnames “Tai,” “Black,” and “Desolate” on the Heavenly Vault Ranking, joining Li Changsheng, Qin Tian, and the Green-Robed Sword Saint.
• The assembled experts recognized the three conditions for leaving a name, while Futu Xuan praised Qing Muxuan’s choice of son-in-law and the True Dragon Emperor and True Phoenix resolved to enter seclusion.
• Xiao Qing dismissed the Heavenly Vault Ranking, explained that its path ended at Dominator, and received pledges of service from the newly empowered experts.
• Xiao Qing and Qing Xuan returned to the Heavenly Emperor Palace as the spectators dispersed, hopeful about the Great Thousand World’s future.
• In Heavenly Emperor Calendar Year Fifty-Eight, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong cultivated on Saint Abyss Continent, with Xiao Yan’s Dao of Fire reaching completion.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong became Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, and Xiao Yan traveled to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to propose marriage to Feng Qing'er. Feng Qing'er reacted to his arrival by recalling their first meeting decades earlier in the Thunder Domain Secret Realm.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong broke through to Saint Grade and exchanged congratulations, while Xiao Qing watched from the Heavenly Emperor Palace and approved of their progress.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's ancestral land and announced that he had come to propose marriage.
• The clan chief Huang Tianling and the elders reacted with surprise, while Feng Qing'er heard the news and was shaken by Xiao Yan's name.
• Feng Qing'er remembered meeting Xiao Yan decades earlier in the Thunder Domain Secret Realm, when he was a young Dou Zong and she was breaking a restriction.
• Xiao Yan hid behind a broken pillar and asked Feng Qing'er whether she was from the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and she ordered him to leave.

Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er were dragged into a Trial Space, where its Lust Tribulation overwhelmed their resistance and left them with a painful encounter. They woke beneath an unfamiliar starry sky, and Feng Qing'er left Xiao Yan with hatred and humiliation still unresolved.

• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er faced off in the side hall until the secret realm shook and pulled them into the Trial Space.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er tried to resist the Lust Tribulation with their respective abilities, but the aura gradually weakened their minds and bodies.
• Xiao Yan supported Feng Qing'er when her protection shattered, and both lost consciousness after touching.
• Xiao Yan woke beneath an unfamiliar starry sky and saw Feng Qing'er sitting apart with her dress restored and tears on its hem.
• Feng Qing'er confronted Xiao Yan with grief and rage, then left carrying hatred and humiliation.

Xiao Yan married Feng Qing'er after decades of shared battles and unspoken feelings, with guests from across the Great Thousand World attending the wedding. The story then moved to Year Sixty-Five of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, where Xiao Qing stood at the summit of Heavenly Emperor Peak.

• Xiao Yan rescued the wounded Feng Qing'er from a demon nest on Tianxuan Continent, and they fought their way out together.
• Feng Qing'er rejected every marriage proposal while news of Xiao Yan's life and achievements continued reaching her.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Qing that he owed Feng Qing'er an answer, and the Great Thousand World learned they were to marry.
• Guests from across the Great Thousand World gathered at the Xiao Clan as Feng Qing'er arrived in her clan's seven-colored bridal gown and joined Xiao Yan in the wedding ceremony.
• In Year Sixty-Five of the Heavenly Emperor Calendar, Xiao Qing stood with another figure atop Heavenly Emperor Peak in the Heavenly Court.

Xiao Qing explained to Xiao Heng that the six later surnames on the Heavenly Vault Ranking depended on his Chaos Power and were capped at Half-Step Dominator, while Xiao Heng had a different path through his Chaos-Attribute Physique. He opened a Chaos Domain atop Heavenly Emperor Peak and began testing Xiao Heng’s strength.

• Xiao Qing told Xiao Heng that the six later arrivals on the Heavenly Vault Ranking had their surnames branded onto it through his Chaos Power, leaving their limits fixed at Half-Step Dominator.
• Xiao Qing explained that the ranking relied on the Great Thousand World’s power and imposed a ceiling, while Xiao Heng’s bloodline and Chaos-Attribute Physique gave him a distinct foundation and restraint.
• Xiao Qing opened a Chaos Domain battlefield atop Heavenly Emperor Peak and ordered Xiao Heng to use all his strength.
• Xiao Heng unleashed the full aura of a Peak Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, his Chaos-colored power surging as their test began.

Xiao Heng tested his sword against Xiao Qing and learned that his borrowed laws could not match the source of Chaos Law. Xiao Qing explained the difference between the Heavenly Vault Ranking and the Deity System, leaving Xiao Heng to confront why he had been unable to break through for decades.

• Xiao Heng layered Chaos Flame, Spatial Law, and Great Thousand World Power onto a projection of the Heavenly Emperor Sword and struck Xiao Qing with a blow reaching the threshold of a Third Sequence God.
• Xiao Qing stopped the sword with a wisp of Chaos light, which erased its laws and dispersed its borrowed World Power.
• Xiao Qing told Xiao Heng that his laws were borrowed and demonstrated how Xiao Heng's Chaos Power naturally merged into a miniature Chaos Law.
• Xiao Qing explained that the Heavenly Vault Ranking granted borrowed authority, while the Deity System required cultivators to develop their own laws and origin.
• Xiao Heng admitted that despite his unmatched talent and rapid rise, he had remained stuck at the Peak Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm for decades.

Xiao Qing revealed to Xiao Heng that a path called Transcendence lay beyond the First Sequence God, and that he had reached Half-Step Transcendence. He shared his understanding of that path with Xiao Heng, who was left determined to follow him.

• Xiao Qing explained that bloodline alone could not lead to true Transcendence and that Xiao Heng needed to develop laws from his own origin.
• Xiao Qing described the power of the Third, Second, and First Sequence Gods and revealed that a realm called Transcendence existed beyond them.
• Xiao Qing said he had taken half a step beyond the Chaos Universe and explained that true Transcendence meant breaking free of its origin and becoming a universe unto oneself.
• Xiao Heng realized Xiao Qing was preparing the Great Thousand World for his departure and reaffirmed his desire to follow in his father's footsteps.
• Xiao Qing pressed a finger to Xiao Heng's forehead and shared his insights, including a vision of himself striking the universe's boundary and creating a tiny crack.

Xiao Heng committed himself to forging his own path toward the Deity Realm and protecting the Great Thousand World after Xiao Qing's eventual departure. Twenty-five years later, Xiao Heng began condensing laws of his own, and a new divine radiance erupted from his breakthrough in the Heavenly Court.

• Xiao Qing told Xiao Heng to spend thirty years merging the Great Thousand World's origin with his divinity and forming laws that belonged solely to him.
• Xiao Heng vowed to reach the Third Sequence God within thirty years, enter the true Deity Realm before turning one hundred, and eventually protect the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Qing watched Xiao Heng from beneath the World Tree and accepted that the path he could pave for his son ended there.
• At ninety-eight, Xiao Heng spent twenty-five years meditating in a secret-realm Small World without attempting to force a breakthrough.
• Xiao Heng's own laws manifested as Chaos-colored light, tearing apart the secret realm's sky and illuminating the Heavenly Court.
• Heavenly Court cultivators stopped to watch the pillar of light as an elderly cultivator wondered if it came from Xiao Heng.

Xiao Heng emerged from twenty-five years of solitary cultivation having reached the Third Sequence God through his own Chaos Laws, and the Great Thousand World’s leaders gathered to sense his breakthrough. The chapter left the six Half-Step Dominators reflecting on Xiao Heng’s extraordinary talent and the depth of his power.

• Xiao Heng opened his eyes in the secret realm after reaching the Third Sequence God, and his Chaos Law resonated throughout the Heavenly Court.
• Gu Xun'er learned that Heng'er had succeeded and ordered the Heavenly Court to hold a three-day banquet.
• Qing Xuan, Ying Huanhuan, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Ling Qingzhu sensed Xiao Heng’s breakthrough and looked toward the Chaos light.
• Qin Tian, Ancestor Taiming, the Green-Robed Sword Saint, Li Changsheng, Hei Jue, and Huang Qing gathered above the Great Thousand World to discuss the breakthrough.
• Qin Tian recalled that Xiao Heng had defeated him in a sparring match more than twenty years earlier, and the six Half-Step Dominators acknowledged Xiao Heng’s immense talent and power.

After Xiao Heng’s breakthrough shook the heavens, Ancestor Taiming began plotting to arrange a marriage between him and talented women from the Supreme Spirit Ancient Clan. Xiao Huang'er realized what Taiming intended and considered whether Tai Yun, Tai Yao, and Tai Ling'er might suit her younger brother.

• Ancestor Taiming decided to approach Xiao Huang'er and propose a match between Xiao Heng and women from the Supreme Spirit Ancient Clan.
• Qin Tian praised Xiao Heng before the Half-Step Dominators’ avatars departed.
• Xiao Huang'er and Little Dragon Phoenix sensed Xiao Heng’s breakthrough and headed toward the secret realm.
• Ancestor Taiming sent Xiao Huang'er a message congratulating her on Xiao Heng’s breakthrough and asking to discuss a matter.
• Tai Yun told Xiao Huang'er that Ancestor Taiming had gathered unmarried young women and told them to dress up for an outing.
• Xiao Huang'er guessed Taiming was seeking a match for Xiao Heng and considered screening Tai Yun, Tai Yao, and Tai Ling'er herself.

Xiao Heng returned from twenty-five years of cultivation as a Third Sequence God, reunited with his family, and discussed his insights and future with Xiao Qing. Meanwhile, Xiao Huang'er decided to bring Tai Yun and the others to Heavenly Emperor Palace, but Tai Yun asked where she planned to take them.

• Xiao Huang'er decided she could welcome Tai Yun, Tai Yao, and Ling'er into the Xiao Family instead of choosing just one.
• Xiao Heng told Gu Xun'er he had entered the Third Sequence God, and she sent him to meet Xiao Qing beneath the World Tree.
• Xiao Heng's elder sisters welcomed him, and Xiao Huang'er tousled his hair before he went to see their father.
• Xiao Heng explained his understanding of Laws and personal cultivation paths to Xiao Qing, who also asked him to consider his mother's hopes about marriage.
• Xiao Huang'er wrote to Tai Yun that she would go to the Supreme Spirit Ancient Clan to pick them up, and Tai Yun asked where she would take them.