Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan successfully copied Qing Yanjing’s bloodline power and Saint Buddha Tower through the Dragon Phoenix Art, then manipulated her into staying alive so he could continue cultivating with her. Qing Yanjing remained furious and humiliated, but she kept silent under his threats.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Dragon Phoenix Art had copied Qing Yanjing’s bloodline power and Saint Buddha Tower, which could fuse with his Soul Refining Tower.
• Qing Yanjing demanded that Xiao Yan kill her and vowed to take revenge, but Xiao Yan argued that her death would harm her clan lineage and prevent her from taking revenge herself.
• Xiao Yan urged Qing Yanjing to obey and please him, revealing that he needed continued dual cultivation to replicate her power fully.
• When Qing Yanjing refused, Xiao Yan threatened to disgrace her corpse or turn her into a puppet, and she fell silent while glaring at him with hatred.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing searched the Ancient Sacred Abyss for ruins, but other visitors had already emptied the sites they found. As the Abyss neared its closing, Xiao Yan chose to investigate the Heavenly Tomb, hoping it might reveal what happened to the Dou Di who vanished from the Dou Qi Continent.

• Xiao Yan continued studying Spiritual Arrays while traveling with Qing Yanjing, and his knowledge advanced to that of a high-tier Spiritual Array Grandmaster.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing found several reported ruins already looted, leaving Xiao Yan with no spoils to take back to the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan studied a map marking the Heavenly Tomb and connected it to the Dou Qi Continent's missing Dou Di and the ancient war against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Qing Yanjing warned Xiao Yan that the Heavenly Tomb was only a burial ground for ordinary Supremes, but he decided to go there anyway.
• When Qing Yanjing asked whether he would let her leave to seek opportunities, Xiao Yan said he trusted she would return to take revenge on him.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb and found the remains of Dou Di who had died fighting the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Their memories forced him to experience their hopeless battles and deaths, and he returned to his body after the last Dou Di fell.

• Xiao Yan reached the desolate Heavenly Tomb and identified the scattered remains as those of Dou Di from the Dou Qi Continent.
• He tried to inspect a damaged Storage Ring, but it shattered, and he gathered the bones to bring them home for burial.
• The remains turned to motes of light that entered Xiao Yan’s mind and pulled him into the memories of the fallen Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan witnessed the Dou Di repeatedly attack an Earth Supreme of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and die, even as they resorted to self-destruction.
• After experiencing more than a thousand deaths, Xiao Yan’s consciousness returned to his body, and he struggled to recover from the pain.

After receiving the Dou Di’s memories, Xiao Yan encountered and killed a Flame Demon Clan member who revealed that the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor had marked him and sent the Extraterritorial Evil Clan after him. Xiao Yan concealed Spiritual Arrays across the area and prepared to lure his pursuers into his trap.

• Xiao Yan vowed to protect the Dou Qi Continent and avenge the fallen Dou Di.
• A burly Flame Demon Clan man attacked Xiao Yan and tried to take him back to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan shattered the man’s attack, defeated him with the Golden Crow Nether-Flaming Art, and devoured his vitality and memories with the Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s mark had drawn many members of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan to hunt him.
• Xiao Yan planted and concealed Spiritual Arrays across the land, planning to use them against his pursuers.

Xiao Yan trapped more than a hundred Extraterritorial Evil Clan pursuers in hundreds of Spiritual Arrays and rapidly rose to the top of the Demon-Slaying Stele. Just as the arrays were about to kill the survivors, a barrage of black beams struck their weak point and shattered the trap, leaving the wounded demons alive and Xiao Yan facing an unknown intervention.

• Qing Yanjing arrived at the Heavenly Tomb seeking revenge on Xiao Yan, who asked her to wait while he dealt with his current targets.
• Xiao Yan showed Qing Yanjing hundreds of Spiritual Arrays bombarding a group of Extraterritorial Evil Clan members who had come to capture him.
• Xiao Yan collected demon-slaying points as the trapped demons died, and his name climbed to the top of the Demon-Slaying Stele as a Demon-Slaying King.
• Qing Yanjing learned that the trapped figures belonged to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and approved of Xiao Yan killing them.
• Countless black beams struck the weak point of Xiao Yan's Spiritual Arrays and destroyed them, allowing barely a dozen badly wounded demons to survive.

Xiao Yan confronted Duan Tian, the Young Master of the Devouring Demon Lord, after Duan Tian destroyed his Spiritual Array. Xiao Yan overpowered Duan Tian’s devouring technique, but Duan Tian escaped the attack by detonating demonic artifacts.

• Duan Tian emerged at the Heavenly Tomb entrance and revealed that Lord Sacred Demon had ordered him to capture Xiao Yan alive.
• Qing Yanjing warned Xiao Yan that Duan Tian was exceptionally powerful and offered to fight beside him, but Xiao Yan asked her to watch the other injured members of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Duan Tian attacked Xiao Yan from concealment, but Xiao Yan sensed him and struck him several thousand zhang away.
• Duan Tian summoned a massive devouring maw, but Xiao Yan’s Black Dragon Spirit-Devouring Hand consumed it and continued pulling Duan Tian toward it.
• Duan Tian detonated a heap of demonic artifacts, and their explosions finally dissipated Xiao Yan’s black ring of light.

Xiao Yan thwarted Duan Tian’s Great Demon Art with the Dragon Roar Demon-Subduing Art, leaving Duan Tian badly weakened. Duan Tian then absorbed the surviving Extraterritorial Evil Clan members and regained his strength, preparing to fight Xiao Yan again.

• Duan Tian summoned the Devouring Demon Clan’s Great Demon Art and unleashed the Heaven-Devouring World-Destroying Hand at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan refused Qing Yanjing’s help and used the Dragon Roar Demon-Subduing Art to shatter Duan Tian’s demonic hand.
• The attack’s backlash injured Duan Tian and depleted his demonic energy, while Xiao Yan remained unharmed.
• Duan Tian drained the surviving Extraterritorial Evil Clan members, absorbed their flesh and blood, and restored his strength.
• Duan Tian’s aura surged toward that of a Demon Emperor as he challenged Xiao Yan again.

Xiao Yan summoned the Bone Dragon Battle Spirit to fight Duan Tian after Duan Tian forced his way into the Demon Emperor realm. The battle left Duan Tian exhausted and on the verge of defeat.

• Duan Tian attacked Xiao Yan with a gigantic demonic hand, but Xiao Yan summoned a bone dragon that shattered it.
• Qing Yanjing recognized the bone dragon as a spirit of battle intent formed from the Dragon Bone Guards.
• Duan Tian tried to target Xiao Yan, but the Bone Dragon Battle Spirit struck him back and pursued him.
• Xiao Yan exploited Duan Tian’s unstable breakthrough and weak endurance as the dragon and demon clashed.
• The Bone Dragon Battle Spirit struck Duan Tian with its tail, leaving him bedraggled while Xiao Yan anticipated victory.

Xiao Yan defeated Duan Tian after he sacrificed both arms to unleash the Heaven-Devouring World-Destroying Hand. With Duan Tian dead and his demon-slaying points increased, Xiao Yan ended his journey through the Sacred Abyss and looked forward to trading his rewards for treasures.

• Duan Tian sacrificed both arms to summon a powerful demonic avatar and attack Xiao Yan with the Heaven-Devouring World-Destroying Hand.
• Xiao Yan channeled the Dragon Roar Demon-Subduing Art through his bone dragon battle spirit using battle intent.
• Xiao Yan's attack destroyed Duan Tian's demonic avatar and shattered his demonic heart, killing him.
• Xiao Yan added Duan Tian's demonic soul to his Demon Slaying Token, gained three thousand demon-slaying points, and devoured him.
• Qing Yanjing wondered whether she could defeat someone as powerful as Xiao Yan, who considered his Sacred Abyss journey complete and anticipated exchanging his points for treasures at the Great Thousand Palace.

After space-time turbulence swept Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing into the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory, Xiao Yan hid them in his own space. With Demon Emperors surrounding them outside, he said their best chance of survival might be breaking through to Heavenly Sovereign.

• A space-time storm triggered by Xiao Yan's clash with Duan Tian swept Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing away, and Xiao Yan protected the unconscious Qing Yanjing with his Unending Void Demon Body.
• Qing Yanjing woke in a hidden space with Xiao Yan and learned they had landed in the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had brought them into his own space to evade the enemy, but the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had surrounded them with a large force that included Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan told Qing Yanjing that breaking through to Heavenly Sovereign might give them a chance to fight their way out.

Xiao Yan proposed using their Dual Cultivation Method and the Plane Spirit’s energy to help himself and Qing Yanjing break through to Heavenly Sovereign. They reached the breakthrough together, but a fused Heavenly Venerable Tribulation struck, and Xiao Yan used its power to strengthen himself and transform Qing Yanjing into a true Heavenly Sovereign.

• Xiao Yan explained that their Dual Cultivation Method could increase their strength and asked Qing Yanjing to cooperate with him.
• Qing Yanjing agreed, and the two cultivated together until their energy reached fullness and they touched the Heavenly Sovereign barrier.
• Xiao Yan called on the Plane Spirit, whose chaos light helped both of them attempt their breakthroughs.
• A fused Heavenly Venerable Tribulation formed above the Heavenly Tomb and unleashed attacks on Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the tribulation’s power to strengthen his Ancestral Symbols and flames, then used the refined energy to reshape Qing Yanjing’s body into that of a true Heavenly Sovereign.

After breaking through to Heavenly Sovereign, Xiao Yan prepared his artifacts while Qing Yanjing also advanced to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign. They planned a long escape route through the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s territory and prepared to ambush the three Demon Emperors guarding their exit.

• Xiao Yan used a divine stone to strengthen the Xuan Heavy Ruler and his Heaven and Earth Divine Objects, while Qing Yanjing cultivated.
• Qing Yanjing broke through to Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign and refined her Divine Vein, giving her a stronger aura than Xiao Yan’s.
• Xiao Yan rejected Qing Yanjing’s suggestion to fight their way through the enemies and explained that their goal was to escape through a distant Lower Plane connection to the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan revealed that their chosen route was nine trillion li away and warned that the borders were likely guarded by Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Xiao Yan said three Nether Demon Emperors were waiting outside and assigned himself, the Bone Dragon Battle Spirit, and Qing Yanjing to attack one each as soon as he opened the exit.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing ambushed three Demon Emperors who had gathered to capture them, overwhelming the demons with coordinated attacks. The last Demon Emperor was sealed inside Qing Yanjing’s Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.

• Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing launched a surprise attack, with the Bone Dragon Battle Spirit and Heavenly Profound Divine Seal striking the Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Yan used Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath to destroy the lower-ranking members of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan in the surrounding area.
• Xiao Yan redirected the Heavenly Profound Divine Seal to grievously wound the Demon Emperor fighting the Bone Dragon Battle Spirit.
• Xiao Yan attacked the strongest Demon Emperor with the Golden Crow Nether-Flaming Art and World-Destroying Flame Dragon Art, while a fiery streak disrupted his defenses.
• Qing Yanjing used her purple flames to carry sealing power into her opponent and trapped him inside the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing defeated the Nether Demon Emperors and regrouped in the Heavenly Tomb to recover and plan their escape. Qing Yanjing explained spirit vein divine abilities, leaving Xiao Yan wondering what kind his own would become.

• Qing Yanjing used the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda to consume and kill the Demon Emperor trapped in her crystal Buddha Tower.
• Xiao Yan crushed the strongest Nether Demon Emperor with the Heavenly Profound Divine Seal while the skeletal dragon killed the last enemy.
• Xiao Yan brought Qing Yanjing and the skeletal dragon into the Heavenly Tomb and gave Qing Yanjing pills to restore her Spiritual Power.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing agreed to take turns traveling so that one of them would always be ready to fight.
• Qing Yanjing explained that her eight divine veins had developed the Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame, and Xiao Yan wondered what grade his own spirit vein ability might reach.

Xiao Yan discovered that he possessed nine divine veins, then uncovered a connected tenth vein apparently inherited from the Dou Di remains he had buried. As the ten great suns transformed into a familiar arrangement, he realized they resembled the Solar System.

• Xiao Yan learned that Qing Yanjing’s Spirit-Devouring Purple Flame could be replicated through the Dragon Phoenix Art and heard the secrets of refining the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.
• Xiao Yan sensed nine divine veins within himself, astonishing Qing Yanjing with a gift that surpassed anything known in the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan connected his nine veins to the bloodline he had developed from the Dou Qi Continent and wondered what ability they would produce.
• Xiao Yan discovered a tenth vein linked to the other nine and suspected it came from the Dou Di remains he had returned for burial.
• Xiao Yan watched the ten great suns change shape, with nine shrinking around the central sun into an arrangement resembling the Solar System.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing continued their escape through the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory while Xiao Yan refined his Spirit Veins and erased the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor's tracking mark. The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor realized Xiao Yan had likely become a Heavenly Sovereign and ordered a massive search to prevent the two humans from reaching the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Yan sent Qing Yanjing ahead while his Soul Clone and Source Spirit clone took turns helping maintain their escape as he refined his Spirit Veins inside the Heavenly Tomb.
• Qing Yanjing traveled unhindered for several days, defeating groups of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan as they pressed toward their distant destination.
• Xiao Yan finished refining his Spirit Veins, erased the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor's mark, and took over the flight from an exhausted Qing Yanjing.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor sensed that his mark had vanished and concluded Xiao Yan had become a Heavenly Sovereign and likely killed the three Demon Emperors he had sent after him.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the border crossings reinforced with Heavenly Demon Emperors and commanded his clans to intensify patrols and report unusual activity.

Qing Yanjing let Xiao Yan take over as they fled through the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s territory, and he used his concealed Heavenly Flame form to evade patrols. When the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor detected and attacked him near the Demon Eye Tribe’s palace, Xiao Yan prepared to fight with a mysterious third eye of his own.

• After sensing stronger patrols and a powerful group ahead, Qing Yanjing returned to the Heavenly Tomb and let Xiao Yan take her place.
• Xiao Yan transformed into a nearly invisible Fallen Heart Flame, suppressed his heat and aura, and evaded enemy patrols while continuing the escape.
• Xiao Yan spotted the Demon Eye Tribe’s palace and tried to fly past without engaging its powerful chief.
• The Three-Eyed Demon Emperor detected Xiao Yan, threw a black spear at him, and locked down the surrounding space with his forehead eye.
• Xiao Yan opened a seven-colored eye on his forehead and prepared to confront the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor.

Xiao Yan killed the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor with his Ancestral Symbol Eye and Nine Profound Annihilation Burning Heaven Eyes, then took the demon eye as a potential artifact material. Seeking a way to refine the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda without hunting Demon Emperors, he remembered a nearby place where their corpses were stored.

• The Three-Eyed Demon Emperor attacked Xiao Yan with God-Slaying Demon Light, and Xiao Yan countered with the Nine Profound Annihilation Burning Heaven Eyes through his Ancestral Symbol Eye.
• Xiao Yan's attack killed the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor and destroyed his soul, while arriving members of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan found his lifeless body on the throne.
• Xiao Yan took the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor's demon eye and considered using it to refine a Peerless Sacred Artifact.
• Xiao Yan realized that combining the Ancestral Symbol Eye with the Nine Profound Annihilation Burning Heaven Eyes had consumed nearly a third of his soul force, and considered mastering the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda instead.
• Xiao Yan recalled from Duan Tian's memories that a nearby place in the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory stored the corpses of Demon Emperors from past generations.

Xiao Yan stole the Demon Emperors' remains from Saint Tomb Continent, destroyed the cemetery to conceal his tracks, and brought the corpses to the Heavenly Tomb to refine the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda. The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered a search while Xiao Yan prepared to begin refining, leaving the Extraterritorial Evil Clan unaware that he had taken the remains.

• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor learned that Xiao Yan had killed the Three-Eyed Demon Emperor and wondered why Xiao Yan had appeared near the Demon Eye Tribe.
• Messengers told the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that Saint Tomb Continent had collapsed and all the buried Demon Emperors' remains had disappeared.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered nearby demons to search for the remains scattered around the collapsed continent.
• Xiao Yan hid in the Heavenly Tomb after taking the corpses and blowing up Saint Tomb Continent to conceal his tracks and disrupt the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan showed Qing Yanjing the hundreds of Demon Emperors' corpses and said he would use them to refine the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.
• Qing Yanjing praised Xiao Yan after he revealed that he had dug up the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's ancestral graves.

After refining the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda and improving their Spiritual Power, Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing reached their planned route back to the Great Thousand World, only to find a heavily fortified Extraterritorial Evil Clan staging post. With pursuers behind them and no safe alternative, Xiao Yan decided to fight through the continent.

• Xiao Yan successfully refined the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda, then experimented with making more Sacred Artifacts.
• After a month of travel and cultivation, Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing reached the continent marked on his map as their route home.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the continent held over ten million Supreme-level enemies and more than a hundred thousand Earth Supremes.
• Xiao Yan explained that Duan Tian’s outdated memories had led him to mistake the continent for a weakly guarded Lower Plane.
• Xiao Yan rejected Qing Yanjing’s suggestion to seek another continent because they lacked maps and were being followed.
• Xiao Yan told Qing Yanjing to trust him, drew his Peerless Sacred Artifact Heavy Ruler, and attacked the continent with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.