Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jiutian and Feng Tianyun escaped the collapsing ruins with the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison, then Xiao Jiutian refined the Tribulation Purple Lotus and gained control of the prison. Feng Tianyun urged him to seek the treasures in Thunder Emperor City’s Forbidden Palace.

• Feng Tianyun rescued Xiao Jiutian as Demon Emperor Lietian and Old Dongxuan attacked, and the Nine-Colored Phoenix escaped with the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison.
• Feng Tianyun questioned Xiao Jiutian about containing the prison, and he admitted he had a Heaven-and-Earth Treasure.
• Feng Tianyun let Xiao Jiutian keep the prison and advised him to refine the Nine-Calamities Thunder Emperor’s inheritance.
• Xiao Ying refined the Tribulation Purple Lotus and gained preliminary control of the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison while Xiao Jiutian studied the Nine-Calamities Heavenly Thunder Canon.
• Xiao Jiutian revealed a disguised Twelve-Rank Purple Lotus to Feng Tianyun, who chose not to press him about his secrets.
• Feng Tianyun told Xiao Jiutian it was time to gather at Thunder Emperor City and seek the Forbidden Palace’s treasures.

Feng Tianyun and Xiao Jiutian arrived after the seal to Thunder Emperor Main City had opened, and the group warned them that the expedition had become exceptionally dangerous. As Xiao Jiutian tried to leave with Feng Tianyun, he revealed that he had obtained the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison, while Tianxin Yunlan insisted on escorting him out.

• Cultivators opened a passage through the lightning curtain around Thunder Emperor Main City and rushed inside before Feng Tianyun and Xiao Jiutian arrived.
• Nuwa and the old woman in green robes warned Feng Tianyun and Xiao Jiutian that the Slaughter Demon Emperor and other powerful factions had made the expedition unusually dangerous.
• Xiao Jiutian said he wanted to leave, and Tianxin Yunlan offered to protect him or take him inside a Heaven-and-Earth Treasure.
• Feng Tianyun used her finger to reveal a map of Thunder Emperor Main City in Xiao Jiutian's mind, but he continued to say he would leave if allowed.
• Xiao Jiutian brought forth the Twelfth-Rank Thunder Tribulation Purple Lotus and revealed that he, not Feng Tianyun, had obtained the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison.
• Feng Tianyun agreed to leave with Xiao Jiutian, and Tianxin Yunlan insisted that he leave with her so she could ensure his safety.

Xiao Jiutian and the island representatives discussed rumors that Sacred Treasures were drawing powerful factions to the Thunder Emperor's Immortal Palace, including the possibility that the Great Wilderness Cauldron or Earth Sovereign Strategy lay within. As Thunder Emperor Island began to collapse, the group prepared to flee, while the approaching Sea-Beast Storm and the arrival of factions from across the myriad worlds threatened further disaster.

• Xiao Jiutian questioned why the Thunder Emperor's Immortal Palace had attracted Slaughter Demon Emperor and other powerful figures, and Feng Tianyun blamed the approaching Tribulation and the Thunder Emperor's mysterious death.
• The old woman in green described rumors of Sacred Treasures that could lead to a Venerable Throne, and Tianxin Yunlan said factions suspected Xiao Jiutian's bell-shaped treasure was the Great Flood Bell.
• The old woman in green said the Thunder Emperor's Immortal Palace might contain the Great Wilderness Cauldron or Earth Sovereign Strategy, which were linked to the Thunder Emperor's disciples' unusual abilities.
• Xiao Jiutian urged everyone to leave rather than risk trouble over a rumored treasure, but a violent tremor struck before Feng Tianyun could answer.
• The old woman in green seized Feng Tianyun and called for their escape as Thunder Emperor Island cracked apart, while Nuwa and the Blood Venerating Island Immortal Emperor moved to protect their companions.
• Xue Wuyan watched the island's destruction and lamented the deaths and devastation the treasure's emergence could cause.

Xiao Jiutian charged into the collapsing Thunder Emperor Main City to reach the Heaven’s Gate, despite the danger and the others’ attempts to stop him. After the Three Pure Ones saved him from the Blood Emperor, Tongtian suggested that a treasure more important than the gate lay in the hall.

• The thunder curtain over Thunder Emperor Main City shattered, and the Immortal Emperors and cultivators fled as the island began to collapse.
• Xiao Jiutian used his treasures to protect himself and rushed into the city, where he found the ancient Heaven’s Gate guarded by a Demon Emperor and a Blood Emperor.
• The Blood Emperor blasted Xiao Jiutian from the hall, but he survived and transformed into a Demonic Roc as the Blood Emperor attacked again.
• Immortal Emperor Moral destroyed the Blood Demon Palm and arrived with the other Three Pure Ones, surrounding the two Emperor Grade cultivators.
• Xiao Jiutian admitted that he had risked his life to reach Heaven’s Gate, but Tongtian said the hall held a more precious treasure.

Xiao Jiutian watched the Three Pure Ones battle the blood-robed Immortal Emperor over Heaven's Gate, but the combatants and the gate vanished before he could intervene. He escaped Thunder Emperor Island's collapse with the hall's remains and later parted from Xiao Ying in the Barbarian Domain, while Xiao Ying counted the recovered treasures.

• The Primordial Heavenly Venerable ordered the blood-robed Immortal Emperor to leave, and the Heaven-Pervading Immortal Emperor attacked him as the Wolf Clan Demon Emperor fled.
• The Primordial Immortal Emperor and Immortal Emperor Moral joined the battle, and the hall was wrecked before the Three Pure Ones, the blood-robed Immortal Emperor, and Heaven's Gate disappeared.
• Xiao Jiutian gathered the hall's skeletons, storage items, soul-cleansing paste, and ancient cauldron, then escaped as Thunder Emperor Island collapsed.
• Several days later, Xiao Jiutian reached the Barbarian Domain and parted from Xiao Ying, who planned to join the Tiangeng Tribe.
• Xiao Ying inspected the recovered items and found over three hundred precious bones and thirty-two usable storage items, while most other contents had decayed.

After collecting valuable bones and soul-cleansing paste from the Thunder Emperor’s Immortal Palace, Xiao Ying discovered that the seemingly ordinary bronze cauldron was likely the Great Wilderness Cauldron. His connection to it awakened his techniques and left the island stripped of its vegetation, while the cauldron’s markings became clearer.

• Xiao Ying collected hundreds of precious bones and transferred the cauldron’s soul-cleansing paste into storage bottles.
• Xiao Ying noticed the bronze cauldron had survived the Immortal Emperors’ battle and all his attacks without a scratch.
• Xiaotian and Linglong identified the cauldron as a supreme treasure but could not name it or explain how to refine it.
• Xiao Ying suspected the cauldron was the Great Wilderness Cauldron, one of the strongest treasures in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
• Xiao Ying formed a connection with the cauldron as his techniques circulated automatically, draining the island’s vegetation and restoring his strength.
• Xiao Ying saw the cauldron’s rust fade and its markings become clearer, revealing images of life, death, and the primordial heavens and earth.

Xiao Ying discovered the Great Wilderness Cauldron could refine bloodlines and strengthen bodies, then used it to help his tribesmen before returning to Heavenfall Island. There, the Order Immortal Emperor and Void Demon Emperor questioned how he had crossed the forbidden sea undetected.

• Xiao Ying comprehended the Great Wilderness Cauldron's powers and used it to refine his body, bringing his physical strength close to or beyond the ordinary Heavenly Shaman level.
• Xiao Ying decided to preserve his varied bloodlines and planned to use the cauldron to strengthen the Sky-Supporting Tribe.
• Xiao Ying sent the Eight Separation Witch King, the Demon-Scaled Witch Guards, and other tribesmen into the cauldron, describing it only as a body-refining treasure.
• Half a month later, Xiao Ying and his strengthened companions arrived on Heavenfall Island, where their sudden return astonished the local factions.
• The Order Immortal Emperor welcomed Xiao Ying, while the Void Demon Emperor asked how he had crossed the forbidden sea and arrived unnoticed.

Xiao Ying faced representatives from Heavenfall Island and other factions, openly demonstrating his knowledge of their secret arts and explaining his cultivation gains. He revealed the treasures and materials he had taken from Thunder Emperor Island, while warning that he would not tolerate another such interrogation.

• Xiao Ying refused the Order Immortal Emperor’s request to speak privately and argued that the visiting factions were scouts assessing Nine-Dragon Island and the Sky-Supporting Tribe.
• Bi Yan questioned Xiao Ying about the tribe’s dramatic growth, and Xiao Ying claimed they had spent over half a year cultivating secret arts from Heavenheart Island and Blood Venerating Island.
• Xiao Ying displayed his Great Huan Heaven-Earth and performed Blood Venerating Island’s Prison-Piercing Finger and Blood Demon Palm, stunning the assembled representatives.
• The Blood Prison Immortal King asked what Xiao Ying had obtained from the Thunder Emperor’s Immortal Palace, and Xiao Ying recognized that the inquiry was the delegation’s main purpose.
• Xiao Ying warned the factions that this would be the only time he cooperated, then presented a Twelve-Rank Purple Lotus, a bronze cauldron, and other materials from Thunder Emperor Island for them to examine.

Xiao Ying convinced the powers at Heavenfall Island to accept his account of his treasures and let him return to Nine-Dragon Island. As word of his arrival spread, the Spirit Wisdom Sect debated Blood Venerating Island’s order to test the Sky-Supporting High Priest and decided to provoke him gradually through its lower-ranking disciples.

• Xiao Ying presented his treasures and insisted that they were everything he had obtained on Thunder Emperor Island, while the Order Immortal Emperor and Void Demon Emperor chose not to challenge his claim.
• The Blood Prison Immortal King asked to buy Xiao Ying’s treasure bones, but Xiao Ying refused for now and said any discussion could wait until he returned to Nine-Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ying told the Void Demon Emperor that Xiao Jiutian was safe and had returned to his tribe, then secured the representatives’ agreement to leave without incident.
• Xiao Ying, the Eight Separation Witch King, and their companions teleported back to Nine-Dragon Island, and news of his return spread among the island’s powers.
• Xu Guangkun and the other Spirit Wisdom Sect elders discussed Blood Venerating Island’s request to probe Xiao Ying, then agreed to begin with low-ranking disciples and apply pressure gradually.

Xiao Ying returned to Nine-Dragon Island with Eight Separation Witch King and over a thousand Demon-Scaled Witch Guards, where the Sky-Supporting Tribe faced a tense dispute over the teleportation hall and suspected mineral-vein thieves. The tribe welcomed Xiao Ying and marveled at his companions’ advances, while he asked what had happened in the hall.

• Guihai Canglan ordered the teleportation hall to prepare passage for cultivators who genuinely wished to leave, while Great Witch Fire Qilin warned them to pay the fee or depart.
• Li Jing barred seven Spirit Wisdom Sect cultivators from using the formation because the Spirit Wisdom Sect, Sea-Exploration Tower, and Myriad Beasts Sect were suspected of plundering the tribe’s mineral veins.
• Xiao Ying, Eight Separation Witch King, and over a thousand Demon-Scaled Witch Guards arrived from Heavenfall Island, and the tribe greeted them with relief.
• Witch King Jin Yan discovered that Eight Separation Witch King had comprehended the emperor Dao, and Xiao Ying promised the tribe’s leaders that they too could make rapid breakthroughs.
• Xiao Ying noticed the gathered cultivators and the Spirit Wisdom Sect disciples, then asked what was happening.

Xiao Ying sealed the teleportation hall and captured the Spirit Wisdom Sect disciples after exposing their alleged crimes and defeating a Golden Devil King. After ordering an assault on the sect’s compound, he learned that tens of thousands of Sky-Supporting Tribe members and more than a hundred thousand recruited natives had disappeared at sea, likely because of Netherblood Island.

• Li Jing explained that the Spirit Wisdom Sect, the Sea-Exploration Tower, and the Myriad Beasts Sect had harmed the Sky-Supporting Tribe, and Xiao Ying sealed the teleportation hall against their escape.
• Xiao Ying killed a Jade Immortal disciple, captured five other Spirit Wisdom Sect disciples with the Purple Treasure Lotus, and suppressed a Golden Devil King who revealed himself among them.
• Xiao Ying declared the Spirit Wisdom Sect had colluded with the Devil Race and ordered Li Jing, Jin Yan, and Bali to lead three thousand Demon-Scaled Witch Guards to seize the sect’s members.
• Guihai Canglan gave Xiao Ying a jade slip about Nine-Dragon Island and said the island’s stability had depended on help from the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch and local beasts.
• Xiao Ying learned that disappearances at sea had begun after Netherblood Island appeared, affecting more than thirty-five thousand tribespeople and over a hundred thousand recruited natives.

Xiao Ying ordered the Sky-Supporting Tribe to prepare a public expedition to destroy Netherblood Island, both to punish its threat and display the tribe’s strength before founding its nation. He then visited the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch, who was astonished by Xiao Ying’s promise to purify his bloodline and asked what favor Xiao Ying had come to request.

• Guihai Canglan and Tribal Chief Cloudsplitter explained that Netherblood Island was linked to disappearances and that their forces had been too strained to respond.
• Xiao Ying ordered the tribe to prepare to raze Netherblood Island after dealing with the Spirit Wisdom Sect, and directed them to publicize the plan.
• Xiao Ying called for all tribespeople at the Heavenly Shaman level and above to join the expedition, allowed cultivators to accompany them, and promised tribal warriors bloodline rewards for merit.
• Guihai Canglan and Tribal Chief Cloudsplitter proposed limiting incoming faction contingents and spreading reports of unrest to prepare for possible restrictions.
• Xiao Ying told the tribe he had been ambushed by the Devil Race and ordered the expedition to leave quickly, before the devils could return to Netherblood Island.
• Xiao Ying visited the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch and promised he could purify the Patriarch’s bloodline by at least ten percent after the nation’s founding; the Patriarch then asked what Xiao Ying wanted from him.

Xiao Ying asked the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch for help gaining control of Nine-Dragon Island’s demons and sea beasts, but the patriarch gave him a sacred wood to command them and entrusted the Golden Sea Dragon to him. While Xiao Ying prepared to leave Dragon Mulberry Valley, the Sky-Supporting Tribe gathered its forces for a campaign against Netherblood Island.

• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch warned Xiao Ying that powerful cultivators would not openly attack him, but he had to rely on his own forces and beware of the Disaster Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Ying revealed his consciousness heaven-earth and asked to use the life imprints of Nine-Dragon Island’s beasts to strengthen it and bring the creatures under his control.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch called out Xiao Ying’s ambitions, then gave him the Seven Luminaries Demon-Summoning Wood, which held the beasts’ imprints and could command them.
• The patriarch urged Xiao Ying to treat the creatures well and explained that the sacred wood could help him develop a demon-subduing divine ability.
• The Dragon Mulberry Patriarch let Xiao Ying take the Golden Sea Dragon with him, and Xiao Ying agreed eagerly.
• As Xiao Ying entered Dragon Mulberry Valley, Witch Clan members gathered at the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s territory, where cultivators crowded the outposts to enlist for the campaign against Netherblood Island.

As the Sky-Supporting Tribe assembled to prepare for war against Netherblood Island, a beast tide suddenly swept toward its tribal grounds. Nine hidden Demon Emperors gathered above the tribe, leaving the cultivators and tribespeople stunned.

• The Sky-Supporting Tribe mustered its forces while cultivators doubted it could defeat Netherblood Island and few accepted its offer of employment.
• Chieftain Cloudsplitter reflected on how much the tribe had grown, while Guihai Canglan and the elders worried that the High Priest had not arrived.
• Demonic beasts and birds surged toward the tribal grounds, triggering panic among the assembled cultivators.
• Guihai Canglan ordered the Teleportation Formation opened so those wishing to flee could leave the island.
• Bai Ze appeared from the Dragon Emperor Mountains, followed by eight more Demon Emperors who converged on the Sky-Supporting tribal grounds.

Nine Demon Emperors surrounded the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s grounds, terrifying the cultivators gathered on Nine-Dragon Island. Xiao Ying arrived and revealed that he had summoned them to help destroy Netherblood Island, and the Demon Emperors respectfully addressed him as their young master.

• Nine Demon Emperors appeared in their true forms as beasts and birds encircled the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s grounds.
• Guihai Canglan and Witch King Jin Yan urged the visiting factions to investigate what had provoked the beast tide and warned that escape through the Teleportation Formation might be impossible.
• Tota Elder Li Jing defended the Sky-Supporting Tribe against the factions’ accusations, while the leaders agreed to seek an explanation from the Demon Emperors.
• Witch King Jin Yan greeted the nine Demon Emperors, who identified themselves by their Daoist titles but remained silent.
• Sky-Supporting High Priest Xiao Ying arrived and said he had invited the Demon Emperors to help destroy Netherblood Island.
• The nine Demon Emperors greeted Xiao Ying in unison as their young master.

Xiao Ying learned that nine Demon Emperors and the beasts of Nine-Dragon Island regarded him as their Young Master, then organized an expedition against Netherblood Island. The vast force set out, leaving Xiao Ying determined to win a decisive first war as sovereign.

• The nine Demon Emperors and countless beasts greeted Xiao Ying as their Young Master, shocking the cultivators gathered on Nine-Dragon Island.
• Li Jing reported that the Sky-Supporting tribespeople had assembled and nearly five hundred Spirit Wisdom Sect disciples had been captured; Xiao Ying confined the prisoners in the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison.
• Xiao Ying denounced Netherblood Island and rallied the Demon Emperors, beasts, birds, sea beasts, tribespeople, and cultivators to destroy it.
• More than thirty thousand Sky-Supporting tribespeople and over four hundred thousand cultivators boarded demonic birds as the combined forces of land, sea, and air advanced toward Netherblood Island.
• The nine Demon Emperors sought Xiao Ying's praise, and he thanked them and promised to honor the commitment he had made to the Dragon Mulberry Patriarch.

Xiao Ying’s forces surrounded Netherblood Island, where Immortal Emperor Shura guarded a demonic formation and the missing captives. Xiao Ying ordered the island sealed with the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, then sent five hundred Demonic Scales Fighters diving toward it.

• Xiao Ying arrived with more than thirty thousand Witch Clan members and over four hundred thousand cultivators to surround Netherblood Island.
• The Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor identified the Ten-Directional Eternal Darkness Demon Domain Formation, while Guihai Canglan explained that Immortal Emperor Shura was a fellow countryman of Xiao Ying from the Pangu World.
• Heaven-Desolation recognized the enslaved Ba Serpent and sought permission to attack Immortal Emperor Shura, but Xiao Ying told him to wait.
• Xiao Ying gave the Tribulation Purple Lotus to the Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor, who used it as the core of the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation to surround Netherblood Island with starlight.
• Xiao Ying demanded that Immortal Emperor Shura release the Sky-Supporting Tribe members and missing cultivators, but Shura retreated into the demonic mist and challenged them to break the formation.
• Li Jing sent five hundred Jade Shamans toward the island, and they transformed into Demonic Scales Fighters and accelerated toward the demonic mist.

Xiao Ying led the Sky-Supporting Tribe’s Demonic Scales Fighters and heavy engines of war in a devastating assault on Netherblood Island, where he discovered a hidden concentration of Devil Emperors and a possible passage to the Demon Realm. He rejected Annihilation Patriarch’s offer to negotiate and continued the attack, leaving the island’s defenders trapped under relentless fire.

• Five hundred Demonic Scales Fighters and 108 heavy engines of war surrounded Netherblood Island, prompting Demon Emperor Asura and Annihilation Patriarch to call for a halt.
• The Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor identified five Devil Emperors on the island, and Xiao Ying realized the Devil Race had concealed a major force while preparing to invade the Two Seas.
• The Demonic Scales Fighters blasted through the island’s defenses and exposed its corrupted landscape and a vast hole that Xiao Ying suspected might lead to the Demon Realm.
• Annihilation Patriarch demanded that Xiao Ying stop, but Xiao Ying challenged the island’s ties to the Devil Race and refused to retreat.
• The heavy engines of war attacked from every direction as Vika Demon Emperor and Annihilation Patriarch counterattacked, only to have their abilities overwhelmed by coordinated Demonic Scales Fighter volleys.
• The fighters and war machines continued bombarding Netherblood Island under the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation, while the assembled cultivators and demonic beasts watched the Devil Emperors struggle.

The Nine-Dragon Island camp used its formation, Demonic Scales Fighters, engines of war, and Demon Emperors to suppress Netherblood Island’s forces, but the Annihilation Patriarch broke open the formation and created a chance to escape. After Immortal Emperor Shura and the Ba Serpent were captured, the remaining devils charged toward the Bottomless Demon Abyss as their only possible route to the Demon Realm.

• Xiao Ying asked the Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor to restrain Netherblood Island’s forces before they adapted to the battle.
• The Heaven-Annihilating Demon Emperor unleashed Thundercloud Storm, and the Annihilation Patriarch countered with the Great Annihilation Art, blasting a hole through the Celestial Cycle Star-Dipper Formation.
• The Heaven-Desolation Demon Emperor sealed the breach, while the Demon Emperors and Demonic Scales Fighters surrounded the Annihilation Patriarch and attacked the other enemy leaders.
• Immortal Emperor Shura and the Ba Serpent opened another passage, but a purple lotus blocked it; the Golden Sea Dragon struck down the Ba Serpent, and the lotus captured both it and Shura.
• The Annihilation Patriarch used the Great Annihilation Art again, and the devils and devil cultivators charged toward the Bottomless Demon Abyss to escape into the Demon Realm.

Xiao Ying shattered the passage to the Demon Realm, broke the devils’ counterattacks, and led his forces in taking control of Netherblood Island. After ordering the island’s destruction and assigning the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison to three Demon Emperors, he left the remaining resistance to be swept away.

• Xiao Ying used the five-aggregate purple thunder bamboo to break the Great Annihilation Art and collapse the Bottomless Demon Abyss, trapping Azure Desolation Demon Emperor and several Devil Kings inside.
• Vika Demon Emperor and Illusory Annihilation Demon Emperor were captured in the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison, while Annihilation Patriarch escaped with Demon Emperor Zhiqi and Heaven-Burning Demon Emperor Bi Fang burned many fleeing devils.
• Xiao Ying ordered the Witch Clan and cultivators to search Netherblood Island, eliminate the remaining demonic forces, and gather useful items.
• Xiao Ying ordered Netherblood Island blasted beneath the waves, rejecting Heaven-Knowing Demon Emperor’s suggestion that it become an outpost.
• Xiao Ying entrusted the Karmic Fire Thunder Prison to Heaven-Knowing, Heaven Desolation, and Heaven-Extinguishing Demon Emperors, assigning them its administration, use, and judgments.