Chapter Summaries

Nie Li and Ye Ziyun entered Emperor Kongming's tomb, found Ancient Orchid City's treasure, and reunited with Chen Lin Jian's group. As tensions rose between Xiao Tianhao and Chu Yuan and between Nie Li and Shen Yue, the group began planning its return while the Winged Dragon Family faced growing pressure in Glory City.

• Chen Lin Jian's group was surrounded by Azure-Armed Giant Apes, and Nie Li drew the Spirit-Level leader away with Ye Ziyun before finding a hidden entrance to Emperor Kongming's tomb.
• Nie Li guided Ye Ziyun through the tomb's traps, retrieved a torn page of the Book of Time and Space Spirit, and obtained the Shadow Demon Spirit Lamp and other treasure.
• Chen Lin Jian's group fought off the apes, reached the treasure chamber, and reunited with Nie Li and Ye Ziyun; Xiao Tianhao and Huyan Lanruo arrived soon after.
• Chu Yuan insulted Xiao Tianhao, so Xiao Tianhao used his Demon Eye Demon Spirit to make Chu Yuan slap himself unconscious, while Shen Yue continued to resent Nie Li.
• Xiao Ning'er worried about Xiao Tianhao as the Sacred Family intensified its suppression of the Winged Dragon Family, while the Alchemist Association began producing and selling Xiao Tianhao's pills.
• Chen Lin Jian, Xiao Tianhao, and Nie Li discussed their return and the threat posed by the Dark Guild.

After returning to the Sacred Orchid Institute, Xiao Tianhao tried to help Xiao Ning'er’s family counter the Sacred Family’s pressure by arranging a pill-selling partnership with the Alchemist Association. President Gu Yan approved a trial sale, while Chu Yuan and Shen Yue continued plotting against Xiao Tianhao and Nie Li.

• Xiao Ning'er told Xiao Tianhao that the Sacred Family’s suppression had crippled the Winged Dragon Family’s businesses, and he proposed selling pills from the Alchemist Association to help them recover.
• Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er asked President Gu Yan to allocate pills to the Winged Dragon Family, and Gu Yan said he would consult the association’s elders.
• Chu Yuan gathered students to prepare revenge against Xiao Tianhao, while Shen Yue sent people to watch Nie Li and contacted experts from his family.
• President Gu Yan decided to approve a trial sale of pills to the Winged Dragon Family, and Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er began planning the sales arrangements with her family.

The Winged Dragon Family’s pill business prospered with support from the Alchemist Association, while Xiao Ning’er stopped speaking to Xiao Tianhao after seeing him with Huyan Lanruo. Xiao Tianhao defeated Chu Yuan and his allies, but still needed to resolve the misunderstanding with Ning’er.

• The Winged Dragon Family’s pill shop drew crowds, and its improving business earned Xiao Ning’er’s family greater trust in her.
• Xiao Ning’er saw Xiao Tianhao talking and laughing with Huyan Lanruo, assumed he was seeing another woman, and began avoiding him.
• Chu Yuan recruited seven students to ambush Xiao Tianhao, but Xiao Tianhao used his Demon Eye’s mental attacks and illusion to make them fight one another.
• Xiao Tianhao warned Chu Yuan not to provoke him again, and word of the fight spread through the academy, discouraging others from challenging him.
• The Alchemist Association considered expanding its cooperation with the Winged Dragon Family, while the Sacred Family resented the family’s recovery.
• Ye Zong stopped prioritizing an investigation into Xiao Tianhao’s origins, and Xiao Tianhao remained troubled by Xiao Ning’er’s refusal to speak to him.

During the Sacred Orchid Institute’s Year-End Test, Xiao Tianhao overwhelmed the students and defeated Shen Fei, earning a place in the Genius Class. After the test, he prepared to return to the Modern World.

• Shen Fei confronted Xiao Tianhao over Xiao Ning'er, but Xiao Tianhao defeated him with one punch and sent him away in humiliation.
• Lu Piao scored 500 on the Strength Testing Stone, while Xiao Tianhao shattered the stone with a single punch.
• Xiao Tianhao shattered the Junior Soul Crystal with his soul force, and Xiao Ning'er, Ye Ziyun, Du Ze, and others also broke their crystals.
• Xiao Tianhao, Xiao Ning'er, Nie Li, and their companions passed the Year-End Test and entered the Genius Class, drawing attention from the institute, the Alchemist Association, and City Lord Ye Zong.
• Xiao Ning'er accepted Huyan Lanruo, and Xiao Tianhao bought medicinal ingredients, refined pills, said goodbye to Yang Xin, and prepared to return to the Modern World.

After returning to the Modern World, Xiao Tianhao sold the gold and gemstones he had brought back, earning over eighty million and planning to build a pharmaceutical company using medicines from the other world. He reassured his parents with a cover story, sent money to his family, and began preparing to launch the business.

• Xiao Tianhao returned to the Modern World and called his parents, promising himself he would improve their lives.
• Xiao Tianhao sold his gold at several small shops and consigned his seven gemstones through auction houses.
• Xiao Tianhao finished selling the valuables after a month and found more than eighty million in his bank account.
• Xiao Tianhao told his parents he had earned 200,000 legally and sent 50,000 yuan each to his parents and sister.
• Xiao Tianhao planned to open a pharmaceutical group selling diluted medicines he had brewed in the Tales of Demons and Gods world.

Xiao Tianhao bought a Mercedes-Benz E-Class, chose a villa, and established Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group. After collecting the company’s business license and renting an office, he began recruiting and hired Huang Shujian as his secretary.

• Xiao Tianhao bought a Mercedes-Benz E-Class and drove it to the Golden Three-Person Qilin Mansion.
• Xiao Tianhao chose a villa within his budget, and Li Xiaoqin guided him through the purchase paperwork.
• Xiao Tianhao secured preliminary approval for the name Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group, completed the registration, and collected its business license.
• Xiao Tianhao rented an office and began recruiting graduates and experienced executives for the company.
• Xiao Tianhao interviewed Huang Shujian and hired her as his secretary.

Xiao Tianhao recruited pharmaceutical executive Lin Qiang, launched three medicinal products, and promoted them online and offline. Ten days later, Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group’s products had become nationwide sensations, and consumers across the country praised their effects.

• Xiao Tianhao hired Lin Qiang as deputy general manager after showing him the medicinal liquids’ test reports.
• Xiao Tianhao and factory manager Li Guang finalized packaging for the products, which Xiao Tianhao named Star Sleep Calm, Lush Hair Source, and Radiant Complexion.
• Xiao Tianhao and Lin Qiang planned online and offline promotions, and Xiao Tianhao borrowed tens of millions by using the products as collateral.
• Bloggers and pharmacy customers shared positive experiences with the products, prompting pharmacies, beauty salons, and gyms to seek them out.
• Ten days after launch, office workers, university students, and residents across the country discussed the products and praised their effects.

Xiao Tianhao expanded Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group by creating product subsidiaries, paying off its debts, and hiring Su Ran to manage daily operations. While cultivating in the Trial Secret Realm, he found and collected heavenheart stone marrow, and the company’s products began gaining popularity overseas.

• Xiao Tianhao established three subsidiaries for Star Sleep Calm, Lush Hair Source, and Radiant Complexion, then repaid the company’s bank loans as sales surged.
• Xiao Tianhao hired Su Ran as general manager and entrusted him and the senior executives with Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group’s daily operations.
• Xiao Tianhao entered the Trial Secret Realm, used his Demon Eye to control and defeat a Spinepeak Hedgehog, and continued deeper into the realm.
• Xiao Tianhao found heavenheart stone marrow guarded by a Fire Spirit Python, defeated the python with Spirit Transformation, and collected both into his Space Ring.
• Haoyu Pharmaceutical Group began selling its products in Europe and America, where consumers praised them and demand grew.

After emerging from the Trial Secret Realm, Xiao Tianhao returned to the company, then traveled to the Golden Triangle to recover a hijacked shipment and used Mind Control to turn its captors into his followers. Back home, he planned to return to the world of Tales of Demons and Gods to see Ning'er and the others.

• Xiao Tianhao returned to the company after more than ten days of training, and Huang Shujian briefed him on the piled-up work and overseas competition.
• Xiao Tianhao learned that drug traffickers had hijacked the company's shipment in the Golden Triangle, so he traveled to Myanmar and tracked them into the jungle.
• Xiao Tianhao used Demon Eye's Mind Control to subdue the traffickers and ordered them to sell the goods, buy weapons, and recruit more people for him.
• Xiao Tianhao returned home, told Huang Shujian that the shipment had been recovered, and planned to go back to Tales of Demons and Gods to see Ning'er and the others.

Xiao Tianhao returned to Hetian Village to visit his family, renovate his parents’ home, and offer his sister Xiao Miaoqing a job at his company. After spending a little over two weeks with them, he left for the city, resolved to make more time to come home.

• Xiao Tianhao arrived at his family home in Hetian Village and reunited with Xiao Miaoqing and their parents.
• Xiao Tianhao offered to bring his parents to the city, but they declined, so he proposed renovating their house instead.
• Xiao Miaoqing told Xiao Tianhao about her unfair supervisor, and he offered her a junior supervisor position at his company.
• Xiao Tianhao renovated the family home and spent time with his parents and sister, while keeping in touch with Huang Shujian, Su Ran, and his company.
• Xiao Tianhao gave his parents bank cards, promised to arrange Xiao Miaoqing’s start at his company, and drove back to the city.

After settling his company’s affairs, Xiao Tianhao returned to Glory City and reunited with Xiao Ning'er. He met her father, Xiao Yunfeng, who welcomed him and asked him to help protect the Winged Dragon Family from the Sacred Family.

• Xiao Tianhao finished handling the company’s business and returned to Glory City through the Profound Space Pearl.
• Xiao Tianhao went to the Winged Dragon Family estate, embraced Xiao Ning'er, and kissed her before she stopped him when he grew too forward.
• Xiao Ning'er introduced Xiao Tianhao to her father, Xiao Yunfeng, who thanked him for helping the family and praised his abilities.
• Xiao Tianhao told Xiao Yunfeng he planned to stay in Glory City and help the Winged Dragon Family guard against the Sacred Family.
• Xiao Yunfeng welcomed Xiao Tianhao and asked him to protect Xiao Ning'er, then Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er strolled together through the garden.

Xiao Tianhao revealed to Xiao Ning'er that he came from another world and showed her the Profound Space Pearl. He brought her to train in its Trial Secret Realm, where she faced a Rock-Armored Rhino and prepared a powerful lightning attack.

• Xiao Tianhao told Xiao Ning'er about his origins in another world and showed her the Profound Space Pearl.
• Xiao Tianhao brought Xiao Ning'er into the pearl's inner space and explained its properties as she promised to keep his secret.
• Xiao Tianhao led Xiao Ning'er to the Trial Secret Realm so she could train, and she fused with her Thunderclap Sparrow Demon Spirit.
• Xiao Ning'er fought a five-star Silver-rank Rock-Armored Rhino, breaking free from its stone cage and dodging its boulders.
• Xiao Ning'er gathered hundreds of lightning balls and prepared to use Thunder Shine Nine Heavens against the Rock-Armored Rhino.

Xiao Ning'er trained in the Trial Secret Realm under Xiao Tianhao's guidance, growing stronger as she fought Demon Beasts. After Xiao Tianhao defeated a powerful Blazing Phoenix that threatened them, the two continued deeper into the realm.

• Xiao Ning'er defeated a Rock-Armored Rhino and collected its corpse, then continued training against Demon Beasts with Xiao Tianhao.
• A Five-Star Gold Rank Blazing Phoenix attacked Xiao Ning'er, overwhelmed her lightning, and sent her flying.
• Xiao Tianhao protected Xiao Ning'er from the Blazing Phoenix's attacks and fought it using his Demon Eye Demon Spirit, mental force, and a Gold Rank longsword.
• Xiao Tianhao severed the Blazing Phoenix's head, and Xiao Ning'er collected its corpse while he recovered from exhaustion.
• Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er continued training deeper in the Trial Secret Realm, with Xiao Ning'er steadily improving her combat skills and control of her Thunderclap Sparrow Demon Spirit.

After breaking through in the Trial Secret Realm, Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er parted ways so she could visit her family while he stocked up on supplies. Xiao Tianhao returned home with a large haul of Demon Spirits, Inscription Scrolls, and armor, ready to begin his next step.

• Xiao Tianhao and Xiao Ning'er broke through in the Profound Space Pearl, reaching Gold Three-Star and Gold 1-star respectively.
• Xiao Ning'er decided to return to the Winged Dragon Family, and she hugged and kissed Xiao Tianhao before leaving.
• Xiao Tianhao visited several small shops but could not find the quantities of Demon Spirits and supplies he wanted.
• Xiao Tianhao went to the Guangmao Merchant Association and bought Demon Spirits, two hundred Inscription Scrolls, and ten sets of battle armor for around two hundred million Demon Spirit Coins.
• Xiao Tianhao returned home and laid out his purchases, preparing to begin the next step.

Xiao Tianhao assessed the growth potential of his Demon Spirits and used the Profound Space Pearl to fuse them into powerful new creatures. After several days, he had fused all the Demon Spirits he had bought and prepared to explore their abilities.

• Xiao Tianhao sorted his Demon Spirits by attribute and assessed their growth potential, finding the strongest examples in each category.
• Xiao Tianhao fused five Demon Spirits from each of six attribute groups with the Profound Space Pearl, creating a new god-level Demon Spirit that he named Heavenly Demon Beast.
• Xiao Tianhao continued experimenting with different Demon Spirit combinations and concluded that the Profound Space Pearl could fuse any number of different attributes without failing, unlike the Nightmare Demon Pot.
• After several days, Xiao Tianhao finished fusing all the Demon Spirits he had purchased, producing dozens of god-level or transcendent god-level creatures.
• Xiao Tianhao admired his fused Demon Spirits and planned to investigate their abilities and integrate them with his own strength.

Xiao Tianhao refined demon beast materials, transformed ten silver-rank suits of armor into black gold-rank armor, and made a collection of black gold-rank inscription scrolls. He then began fusing with three chosen demon spirits, whose powers collided with those already in his soul sea.

• Xiao Tianhao named the fused demon spirits and used the Profound Space Pearl to purify blood essence from the hunted demon beast corpses while sorting their materials.
• Xiao Tianhao fused demon spirits, blood essence, and materials into ten silver-rank suits of armor, upgrading them to black gold rank and naming several of them.
• Xiao Tianhao drew black gold-rank inscription scrolls with different effects using the refined demon beast blood essence.
• Xiao Tianhao fused with the Nine Nether Demon Spider, the Violet Lightning Saint Spirit Flood Dragon, and the Behemoth Rock Beast, whose powers clashed with the other demon spirits in his soul sea.

Xiao Tianhao gave Xiao Ning'er and Huyan Lanruo beyond-god-level Demon Spirits, explaining their exceptional growth potential. After leaving the Huyan Family, he left Huyan Lanruo to chase and punish the family members who had watched them.

• Xiao Tianhao returned to Glory City after handling company matters in the Modern World.
• Xiao Tianhao gave Xiao Ning'er a Gale Divine Thunder Sparrow Demon Spirit and explained its beyond-god-level growth potential.
• Xiao Ning'er gave Xiao Tianhao the blood-red jade pendant her mother had left her.
• Xiao Tianhao visited Huyan Lanruo and gave her a phantom dream demon fox Demon Spirit.
• Huyan Lanruo flirted with Xiao Tianhao, who refused to take things further and left after family members gathered to watch them.
• Huyan Lanruo chased the gathered family members after Xiao Tianhao departed.

Xiao Tianhao was summoned to the City Lord's Mansion, where Ye Zong tested his composure and praised his talent. Ye Zong proposed that Xiao Tianhao marry Ye Ziyun, but Xiao Tianhao refused because she loved Nie Li and he already cared for someone else.

• While Xiao Tianhao practiced with the Violet Lightning Saint Spirit Flood Dragon demon spirit, a steward from the City Lord's Mansion arrived to summon him.
• Xiao Tianhao followed the steward to the mansion, where Ye Zong tested him with his aura and praised his strength and composure.
• Ye Zong explained that he had investigated Xiao Tianhao and learned of his cooperation with the Alchemist Association and rapid cultivation.
• Ye Zong offered to betroth Ye Ziyun to Xiao Tianhao and complained about Nie Li's behavior at the mansion.
• Xiao Tianhao declined, saying Ye Ziyun and Nie Li had feelings for each other and that he already liked someone from the Xiao Family.

Xiao Tianhao told Ye Zong that humanity lived in many places beyond Glory City and refused to stay in the City Lord's Mansion. After testing Xiao Tianhao's strength in a spar, Ye Zong accepted that he could protect himself and offered him the City Lord's Mansion's help.

• Xiao Tianhao told Ye Zong he was not from the Netherworld and described human activity across the Holy Spirit Continent.
• Ye Zong offered Xiao Tianhao protection in the City Lord's Mansion, but Xiao Tianhao declined and challenged him to a spar.
• Xiao Tianhao's unmerged punch sent Ye Zong several meters back, prompting Ye Zong to merge with his Black-Scaled Earth Dragon Demon Spirit.
• Xiao Tianhao merged with his Violet Lightning Saint Spirit Flood Dragon Demon Spirit, whose bloodline suppressed Ye Zong's, and defeated him in their exchange.
• Ye Zong ended the spar, agreed Xiao Tianhao did not need to stay at the mansion, and warned him to watch out for the Dark Guild and Sacred Family.
• Ye Zong asked Xiao Tianhao to call him Uncle Ye and promised the City Lord's Mansion would help if Xiao Tianhao needed anything.

Xiao Tianhao reunited with Nie Li at the City Lord's Mansion, exchanged rare Demon Spirits and gifts with him, and sparred with him. Xiao Tianhao left after Nie Li warned him about the Dark Guild, while the author added a note thanking readers and discussing the novel.

• Xiao Tianhao visited Nie Li and told him he had a treasure that raised Demon Spirits beyond god-level growth potential.
• Xiao Tianhao examined Nie Li's prepared Demon Spirits and took them to improve before they were given to Lu Piao, Du Ze, and the others, while Nie Li accepted the Azure Wave Sky Sea Dragon Demon Spirit.
• Xiao Tianhao defeated Nie Li in a spar, then gave him black gold rank Battle Armor as Nie Li shared several Secret Arts in return.
• Nie Li warned Xiao Tianhao that the Dark Guild might have discovered the source of the Alchemist Association's Pill Formulas, and Xiao Tianhao left while reflecting on the danger beneath Glory City's calm.
• The author thanked readers for their support, acknowledged criticism, and described his efforts to keep writing while working.