Chapter Summaries

As the Inner Clan Disciple Rankings competition neared its end, the top Heaven Ranking disciples took turns challenging Demonfire, but his unexpected concession disrupted their plan. Li Xiaoya stayed out of the battles and received the rewards for second place, while the reason for the ancestors’ warnings remained unresolved.

• The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones warned Li Xiaoya to keep a low profile and guided his cultivation, while Li Xiaoya used the Secret Realm Necklace.
• Ning Mozi and the other top Legacy Disciples agreed to challenge Demonfire in succession, leaving Li Xiaoya alone; Titan said Li Xiaoya was like Demonfire.
• Demonfire told his ancestor that Li Xiaoya had refused his challenge, and the ancestor ordered him to preserve his strength for an impending affair.
• Qi Yang, Jin Gangzhan, and Long Yanmei challenged Demonfire one after another and lost, but Demonfire conceded when Yu Lanhai challenged him.
• Li Xiaoya and Demonfire made no further moves before the rankings ended, and Li Xiaoya received the Heaven Ranking’s second-place rewards.

Li Xiaoya reached level ten in race contributions, obtained the Beast Qi-Concealment Art, and refused several ancestors’ invitations while continuing to seek treatment for Zhang Hong. After more than three years of waiting, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones finally contacted him through the Spatial Spirit Pearl.

• Li Xiaoya exchanged four spirit treasures for the points needed to reach level ten, obtained the Beast Qi-Concealment Art, and bought materials for Zhang Hong’s injuries.
• Titan invited Li Xiaoya to assist the Nine-Headed Ancestor with a task, but Li Xiaoya refused.
• Long Yanmei and other cultivators visited to persuade Li Xiaoya on behalf of various ancestors, and he eventually activated his cave’s restrictions to shut them out.
• Li Xiaoya tested Heavenly Treasures guided by the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, but they did not improve Zhang Hong’s injuries.
• High Person Qianshan rejuvenated himself with the Heavenly Profound Ancient Tree, and the Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord told him that Li Xiaoya was alive on the Ancient Demon Continent.
• More than three years passed as Li Xiaoya waited anxiously for news, until the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones contacted him through the Spatial Spirit Pearl.

After more than three years of training in the Inheritance Secret Realm, Li Xiaoya was summoned by the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones and learned that he was to join an invasion of a lesser star realm as cover for retrieving a vital treasure. The Ancestor gave him detailed instructions and a Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill, leaving Li Xiaoya poised to undertake the mission.

• Li Xiaoya left the Inheritance Secret Realm after strengthening his body and abilities, though his cultivation had advanced only to the middle of the fourth level of the Middle Great Void Stage.
• Qian Lan met Li Xiaoya at the exit, took his legacy disciple token, and escorted him to the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones' cave abode.
• A hidden observer overheard that Li Xiaoya served the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones.
• The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones examined Li Xiaoya's cultivation and ordered him to help attack a lesser star realm, prompting Li Xiaoya's alarm.
• The Ancestor explained that the invasion was a pretext for Li Xiaoya to find an Ancient Cultivator's Cave Abode and retrieve a treasure important to him and the Heavenly Demon Race.
• The Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones gave Li Xiaoya detailed instructions and a Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill.

Li Xiaoya joined the Heavenly Demon Race’s vast expedition to the Mystic Lake Star Realm, where he was tasked with entering the Primordial Ruins to find nine-heavens immortalizing grass. As the fleet arrived, Zhang Hong remained unconscious despite showing slight improvement, and Li Xiaoya hoped the ruins might hold other remedies for her.

• Li Xiaoya learned that the Mystic Lake Star Realm held the Primordial Ruins and that the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Bones had sent him to seek nine-heavens immortalizing grass there.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma told Li Xiaoya that the grass could help Mighty One Stage cultivators advance toward becoming True Immortals, while one Soul-Restoring Purple Vitality Pill had only slightly improved Zhang Hong’s condition.
• Xi Lanruyu summoned Li Xiaoya to join Ning Mozi, Demonfire, and more than thirty Great Void Stage cultivators before the expedition departed.
• Ning Mozi led nearly five million Heavenly Demon Alliance troops toward the Mystic Lake Star Realm, while Li Xiaoya and the other non-Legacy Disciples were assigned to search the Primordial Ruins.
• The expedition’s Flying Boats emerged from a spatial tunnel above the Mystic Lake Star Realm’s vast ocean.

After years accompanying the Heavenly Demon Race’s invasion of the Mystic Lake Star Realm, Li Xiaoya refused to help them and waited for the Primordial Ruins to open. He followed his Primeval Spirit Token to the ruins, where he found an enormous metal passage swallowing countless demon beasts.

• Li Xiaoya watched the war against the Mystic Lake Star Realm’s cultivators and felt guilty about the invasion, but continued waiting for the Primordial Ruins rather than aiding the Heavenly Demon Race.
• When the Primordial Ruins opened, Demonfire invited Li Xiaoya to join forces, but Li Xiaoya refused and set off alone.
• Demonfire, Ning Mozi and other Heavenly Demon Race cultivators, and a group of native cultivators headed toward the ruins as the invading army withdrew.
• Five unknown cultivators emerged from a spatial passage above the sea and discussed meeting up with Little Fire Demon.
• Li Xiaoya followed the green light from his Primeval Spirit Token for seven or eight days until he reached a vast lake and saw countless demon beasts entering a gigantic metal passage.

Li Xiaoya captured a powerful Serpentine Demon Beast, absorbed its memories, and disguised himself as Ancestor Kui Snake to enter the Metal Passage. Meanwhile, Demonfire killed two allies and joined Prince Modong and several Devil Lords, who were also heading toward the passage.

• Li Xiaoya seized a tenth-tier Serpentine Demon Beast, absorbed its memories, and took its form to conceal his identity.
• Disguised as Ancestor Kui Snake, Li Xiaoya intimidated the Demon Beasts and flew into the Metal Passage, where he encountered powerful unaligned spiritual qi and rune-covered walls.
• Ning Mozi, Titan, and other Heavenly Demon Race cultivators headed toward the passage as Demonfire waited on a distant mountain with two cultivators.
• Demonfire unleashed black light and killed the two cultivators after they urged him to hurry.
• Prince Modong arrived with Omniscient Devil Lord, Mystery Devil Lord, and the Twin Phantom Devils; Fire Demon Lord joined them as they set off toward the passage.

Li Xiaoya impersonated Charm Snake Ancestor, defeated three eight-armed demon cultivators, and forced them to swear blood oaths before heading deeper into the Primordial Ruins. He was attacked by a giant desert beast, while outside the ruins Ning Mozi’s Heavenly Demon Race group faced off against native cultivators of the Mystic Lake Star Realm.

• Li Xiaoya fought three eight-armed demon cultivators and used his strength to make them believe Charm Snake Ancestor had advanced.
• Li Xiaoya spared the three demon cultivators after they submitted, then made them swear blood oaths and took them as temporary subordinates.
• Li Xiaoya ordered the three to guard the entrance to the next level while he went ahead alone.
• Li Xiaoya learned that the Primordial Ruins had multiple levels, and that the first level held rare treasures, pure spiritual qi, and dangerous creatures.
• A giant, one-eyed demon beast burst from the desert and sprayed yellow-green liquid at Li Xiaoya and the three eight-armed demon cultivators.
• Ning Mozi’s Heavenly Demon Race group faced dozens of native cultivators outside the metal-pipe entrance, with both sides poised to fight.

Li Xiaoya and the other factions entered the Primordial Ruins, while Prince Modong identified the site as possible ancient true immortal ruins and followed Fire Demon Lord toward a shortcut. Elsewhere, Li Xiaoya confronted a giant wolf that spoke and appeared to be an Elder Demon Beast.

• The Mystic Lake cultivators entered the metal passage first, and Ning Mozi led the Heavenly Demon Race after them in formation, letting the others clear the demon beasts ahead.
• Prince Modong uncovered runes at the passage entrance and concluded the Primordial Ruins might have been left by an ancient true immortal.
• Fire Demon Lord told Prince Modong and the Devil Race that he knew a shortcut to the second level, then led them into the passage.
• Li Xiaoya sent the three eight-clawed demon beasts to hold off a vast pack of wolves and flew toward their enormous gold-and-silver leader.
• The giant wolf spoke, attacked Li Xiaoya with a beam of silver-and-gold light, and was recognized by him as an Elder Demon Beast.

Li Xiaoya brutally defeated and killed the Gold-and-Silver-Mottled Giant Wolf, then continued onward with the three Eight-Clawed Demon Beasts. Elsewhere, Prince Modong and his companions encountered another attack from black light blades.

• Li Xiaoya struck the Gold-and-Silver-Mottled Giant Wolf with fiery punches while the three Eight-Clawed Demon Beasts fought off the Dark-Cyan Giant Wolves.
• The three Eight-Clawed Demon Beasts worried that Li Xiaoya might be the Charm Snake Ancestor and decided to keep their distance and stay alive.
• Li Xiaoya shattered the giant wolf’s jaw and eye, then slammed it into the ground and killed it.
• The remaining giant wolves fled, and Li Xiaoya stored the corpse in his Heaven-and-Earth Bag before ordering the three Eight-Clawed Demon Beasts to follow him.
• Prince Modong and his companions were attacked by black light blades, and the Omniscient Devil Lord sent demon beasts and humanoid figures to meet them.

Prince Modong’s group traveled through a dangerous spatial shortcut while Ning Mozi’s forces fought Mystic Lake cultivators over Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Fruit. After both sides left the valley, a hidden white-furred giant ape stole the fruit, and a female Heavenly Demon Race cultivator claimed she knew how to track it.

• Fire Demon Lord led Prince Modong, Omniscient Devil Lord, and Mystery Devil Lord along a shortcut filled with dangerous spatial fragments, and Prince Modong urged them to hurry.
• Ning Mozi’s Heavenly Demon Race cultivators fought Mystic Lake Star Realm cultivators over Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Fruit in a valley guarded by four-armed ape demon beasts.
• The Mystic Lake cultivators attacked the valley, destroying some fruit, then fled as Ning Mozi and the others pursued them away from the valley.
• A concealed white-furred giant ape emerged from a cave and sucked up the remaining Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Fruit.
• Ning Mozi’s group returned to find the fruit trees bare, and a female Heavenly Demon Race cultivator said she had a way to find the thief.

The Devil Race party entered a dangerous canyon in search of dark soul spirit grass, while Li Xiaoya continued alone toward the second level. Ning Mozi's group abandoned their search for the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Fruit, and the white-furred ape fled through a cave as Li Xiaoya hid from a colossal creature.

• The Fire Demon Lord led Prince Modong and the other devils to a canyon rumored to contain dark soul spirit grass, and Prince Modong ordered them to descend.
• Li Xiaoya dismissed the three Eight-Clawed Demon Beasts and flew onward alone with his Storm Gold-Light Wings.
• Ning Mozi's group lost the scent of the Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Fruit thief, then chose to prioritize their mission and head for the second level.
• A white-furred ape fled through a cave while hooked, centipede-like insects pursued it, and Li Xiaoya hid from a mountain-sized creature patrolling nearby.

Li Xiaoya discovered that the chained beast guarding the entrance to the second level was a powerful One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast. After learning from Guagua that he could not defeat it in a direct fight, he approached with a plan to negotiate, but the beast attacked him.

• Li Xiaoya watched the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast kill and devour three shapeshifting demon beasts with a sweep of its tail.
• Li Xiaoya summoned the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma, who identified the beast and explained its formidable abilities and White Tiger bloodline.
• The Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma suggested that Li Xiaoya free the chained beast and negotiate with it, and Li Xiaoya devised a plan.
• Li Xiaoya flew toward the dozing One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast, which roared at him and swung its tail toward him.

Li Xiaoya fought the chained One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast long enough to convince it he could free it, then revealed that he wanted payment before cutting its chains. The beast offered its treasures, but Li Xiaoya refused, leaving his true price unstated.

• Li Xiaoya deflected the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast's tail with the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff and dodged its attacks with his Storm Gold-Light Wings.
• Li Xiaoya pretended he would leave for the Metal Passage, prompting the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast to ask him to stay and prove he could free it.
• Li Xiaoya struck a God-Binding Golden Chain with a concealed treasure and cut through about a fifth of its thickness.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast urged Li Xiaoya to cut its chains, and Li Xiaoya said he would not free it for nothing.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast offered treasures in exchange for its freedom, but Li Xiaoya refused them.

Li Xiaoya negotiated with the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast to cooperate in exploring the Primordial Ruins and share any treasures they found. Elsewhere, the Heavenly Demon Race and Mystic Lake Star Realm cultivators fought a fierce battle after an ambush, while another clash began in a dark canyon.

• Li Xiaoya asked the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast to obey him in the ruins and give him essence blood, but the beast balked at surrendering twenty drops.
• Li Xiaoya offered to split all treasures evenly and urged the beast to help him explore the ruins, including the forbidden third level.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast agreed to cooperate with Li Xiaoya, and they prepared to establish a soul contract.
• The Mystic Lake Star Realm cultivators ambushed the advancing Heavenly Demon Race, killing three and wounding several others.
• The two groups erupted into a full battle, while another fierce fight unfolded in a pitch-black canyon.

Prince Modong and the other devils escaped a Dark Tentacle Demon, while Li Xiaoya traveled with the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast and learned about Great Immortal Haocang. The beast said they were not going to either the second or third level, leaving Li Xiaoya asking where they were headed.

• Prince Modong and the other devils fled a pursuing demon beast through a collapsing canyon, with Prince Modong using the Malformed Claw Treasure to hold it back.
• After escaping, the devils argued over their injuries before Prince Modong ordered them to rest and then find another route toward the nine-heavens immortalizing grass.
• Li Xiaoya freed the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast, took twenty drops of its essence blood, and traveled with it through the Metal Passage.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast told Li Xiaoya about a dangerous Dark Tentacle Demon and said Great Immortal Haocang had supposedly died after failing to create a Greater Star Realm.
• When Li Xiaoya asked where they would seek treasure, the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast said they would go neither to the second nor the third level.

Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast entered the second layer, where they planned to ambush the Herb Garden’s guard and search for rare medicinal treasures. After fighting off a flock of hook-beaked crows, Li Xiaoya learned that powerful beings still inhabited the Ancient Ruins.

• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast told Li Xiaoya about the Herb Garden and proposed killing its blood-restricted guard to gain access.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast warned Li Xiaoya that the second layer prohibited flight, though the restriction did not affect him.
• Li Xiaoya entered the mist-covered second layer and used golden flying swords to kill several hook-beaked crows.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast roared and scattered the remaining crows, then explained that Great Immortal Haocang had raised them there.
• Li Xiaoya landed in a primeval forest filled with wild spirit herbs and followed the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast toward the Herb Garden.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast solemnly confirmed that beings above the Mighty One Stage lived in the Ancient Ruins.

Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast hurried toward the Herb Garden while other groups recovered and pursued their own plans in the Primordial Ruins. Their journey was interrupted when a violent tremor shook the ground beneath them.

• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast explained that Great Immortal Haocang’s powerful followers had disappeared and that cultivators above the heaven-and-earth realm could not return to the lesser star realm.
• Worried that someone might have taken the Herb Garden’s medicinal herbs, Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast sped up toward it.
• Six weakened Devil Race members escaped a collapsing canyon, discovered that flight was prohibited, and later rested in a cavern.
• Ning Mozi led the reduced Heavenly Demon Race group toward the second level, ordering them to prioritize the Herb Garden and follow their race’s mission.
• The surviving Mystic Lake Star Realm cultivators lamented their losses, while their white-bearded elder promised a plan to resist the invaders.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast suddenly stopped, and Li Xiaoya sensed danger below just as a massive tremor shook the valley.

Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast encountered the colossal Earth God, a giant formed from the spiritual essences of heaven and earth. After learning that the Heart of the Earth within it was a valuable treasure, they chose to fight, and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast bit into its arm.

• A gigantic muddy hand erupted from the ground and attacked Li Xiaoya, who escaped while the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast identified it as an Earth God.
• The Earth God rose from the earth as a mountain-sized giant and struck at Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast explained that the Earth God was formed from the spiritual essences of heaven and earth, then revealed that its Heart of the Earth could strengthen bodies and magic treasures.
• Li Xiaoya began to flee, but returned when the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast told him about the treasure.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast armored himself with earth spiritual qi and lunged at the Earth God, biting into its arm and drawing out yellow-orange liquid and a powerful surge of earth spiritual qi.

Li Xiaoya joined the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast in attacking the Earth God, hoping to seize its Heart of the Earth for his cultivation. Their combined assault toppled the Earth God, and the beast launched a powerful golden attack as Li Xiaoya moved clear.

• Li Xiaoya learned from the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma that the Earth God's Heart of the Earth could help his earth-element nascent soul achieve Core Transformation and Nascent Formation.
• Li Xiaoya struck the Earth God's arm with the Shaking-Heaven Divine Fire Staff while the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast continued tearing into it.
• The Earth God fired a vast yellow-orange beam, but Li Xiaoya dodged and smashed its supporting hand with his staff.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast slashed the damaged arm, causing the Earth God to lose its balance and crash into a vast crater.
• Li Xiaoya hammered the fallen Earth God with his enlarged staff, and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast descended in a golden vortex attack as Li Xiaoya flew aside.

Li Xiaoya and the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast defeated the Earth God, then raced to claim the treasures within it. After Li Xiaoya captured the Earth Soul and the beast retrieved the Heart of the Earth, they argued over their agreement to divide treasures equally.

• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast drilled into the Earth God's head while Li Xiaoya kept clear of the destruction.
• Li Xiaoya found the Earth Soul escaping from the cavern and sealed it in a wooden bottle after the Five-Element Rainbow Ganoderma identified it.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast emerged with the Heart of the Earth and said it could help him advance.
• Li Xiaoya reminded the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast that they had agreed to split treasures, and the beast asked to keep the Heart of the Earth in exchange for giving Li Xiaoya a larger share of the Herb Garden's spirit herbs.
• The One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast objected that he had been the one to kill the Earth God.