Arc 18The Sea Moon Assault

Xiao Tian Ce defended White Jade Capital from the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, strengthened his forces, and later entered enemy territory to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun. The arc ended with his surprise attack destroying the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s leadership and leaving its remaining members to be wiped out.

  • Xiao Tian Ce refined Realm-Breaking Pills, endured his heavenly tribulation, and killed Ye Su before preparing Immortal-Slaying City for an invasion.
  • Xiao Tian Ce led White Jade Capital’s defenders against five Heavenly Demon Emperors, shattered their grand array, and fought alongside Qin Tian when Sheng Tian appeared.
  • Xiao Tian Ce helped repel the invasion, became an elder of the Great Thousand Palace, and entered seclusion to recover and strengthen his forces.
  • Xiao Tian Ce refused to let the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe take Medusa and their unborn child, then spent five years cultivating until he reached early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign.
  • Xiao Tian Ce left White Jade Capital under Xiao Xuan’s care and traveled with Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun from the Sea Moon Continent.
  • Xiao Tian Ce crossed enemy territory, reached the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters, and prepared an assault after confirming Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were nearby.
  • Xiao Tian Ce sealed the Sea Moon Continent and led his allies and puppets in killing the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan Chief, Qi Tian, and the other enemy leaders.
  • Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets to wipe out the rest of the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.
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Ch. 431Four Nether Demon Emperors, Ling'er's Startling Revelation

The four Nether Demon Emperors debated whether to attack Immortal-Slaying City before their reinforcements arrived, then chose to wait. Back in the city, Xiao Tian Ce learned that Ling'er might absorb the Great Thousand World's origin power and replace its embryo of the plane, while she hinted that she could help him prepare for the invasion.

  • Ka Mo reported that White Jade Capital had defeated the True Phoenix Clan, and the four Nether Demon Emperors discussed the threat it posed.
  • Ye Su urged the others to seize Immortal-Slaying City and kill Mo Yang, but Mohe decided they should wait for the Heavenly Demon Emperors to arrive.
  • Xiao Tian Ce worried about the coming invasion and summoned twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets, including the mid-stage immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereign Qing Hou.
  • Ling'er revealed that the Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane had likely absorbed her origin power, but she might be able to absorb its power and replace it.
  • Ling'er told Xiao Tian Ce that she might need him to earn a mark on the Firmament Ranking before she could try, and she hinted that she had a way to help him face the invasion.

Ch. 432The Realm-Breaking Pills Are Complete, Thunderbolts Destroy the True Phoenix

Xiao Tian Ce refined nine nine-pattern Realm-Breaking Pills with Ling'er protecting the area from the pill lightning. The lightning exposed Feng Ming Tian, who had secretly hidden inside Qing Hou, and destroyed him as the True Phoenix mark vanished.

  • Xiao Tian Ce prepared the Yanhuang Cauldron and nearly two thousand ingredients to refine Realm-Breaking Pills, while Ling'er arranged to contain the pill lightning.
  • After half a month of refining, Xiao Tian Ce formed ten pills, but the initial lightning destroyed one before Qing Hou blocked the remaining bolts.
  • Xiao Tian Ce adjusted Qing Hou's position so the lightning formed nine patterns on each of the remaining nine pills, then subdued the pills as they transformed into golden dragons and tried to flee.
  • The lightning above gathered into a qilin and struck Qing Hou before Xiao Tian Ce could stop it with his Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body.
  • Feng Ming Tian screamed from inside Qing Hou, revealed that he had been hiding there and trying to take the puppet's body, then vanished along with the True Phoenix mark.

Ch. 433Early-stage Immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereign, first encounter with an Extraterrestrial Demon Clan Demon Emperor

Xiao Tian Ce endured a three-day thunder tribulation outside Immortal-Slaying City and advanced to the early-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereign level. Just after his breakthrough, he was ambushed by Ye Su of the Divine Flame Clan, an Extraterrestrial Demon Clan Demon Emperor, and the two began to fight.

  • Feng Ming Tian truly perished as the True Phoenix mark vanished from Qing Hou, and Xiao Tian Ce absorbed the thunderbolts to temper his Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body.
  • Fatty Baby told Xiao Tian Ce that his suppressed spiritual energy had triggered an early-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereign tribulation, so Xiao Tian Ce moved outside Immortal-Slaying City to protect it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce endured the three-day tribulation, advanced to the early-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereign level, and increased his Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body to four thousand nine hundred meters.
  • Ye Su ambushed Xiao Tian Ce with a black-and-red slash, but Xiao Tian Ce blocked it with a spiritual array and identified Ye Su as a Nether Demon Emperor from the Divine Flame Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce dismissed his spiritual array and appeared behind Ye Su to punch him, forcing Ye Su to cross his arms and brace for the attack.

Ch. 434Slaying a demon, the Demon-Slaying Ranking

Xiao Tian Ce killed Nether Demon Emperor Ye Su and earned three thousand demon-slaying points, but three more Nether Demon Emperors warned that a stronger enemy would arrive within half a month. The Demon-Slaying Ranking revealed Xiao Tian Ce’s feat to the Great Thousand Palace, whose leaders realized a demon had slipped past their reconnaissance.

  • Xiao Tian Ce tore off Ye Su’s arm and battered him, but Ye Su used demonic qi to restore his body and transform into a stronger form.
  • Xiao Tian Ce sealed Ye Su with Ling’er’s spiritual array and burned him with the golden emperor burning heaven flame, earning three thousand demon-slaying points.
  • Xiao Tian Ce burned away Ye Su’s lingering demonic qi and confronted Ye Sa, Mo Ke, and Mo Jia, who warned that a powerful demon would arrive within half a month before retreating.
  • Xiao Tian Ce returned to Immortal-Slaying City and sent out more than a dozen messages as he prepared for the coming threat.
  • At Great Thousand Palace headquarters, Xiao Tian Ce’s name rose on the Demon-Slaying Ranking, and Qin Tian and Lu Tong suspected Ye Su had evaded reconnaissance on the Holy Abyss Continent.

Ch. 435The Great Thousand Palace's reinforcements, White Jade Capital's leaders assemble

Qin Tian ordered the Great Thousand Palace and the Five Primordial Gu Clans to reinforce White Jade Capital after learning that Xiao Tian Ce had slain one Nether Demon Emperor and faced several more. As White Jade Capital's leaders gathered in Immortal-Slaying City, Xiao Tian Ce prepared them for the coming invasion by warning them about the enemy and distributing White Jade Capital's treasures.

  • Qin Tian and Lu Tong considered how the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan might have bypassed the Holy Abyss Continent's reconnaissance and decided to reinforce the Northern Nether Continent.
  • Lu Tong received word that Xiao Tian Ce had killed a Nether Demon Emperor, encountered three others, and might soon face stronger Demon Emperors, so Qin Tian ordered the Great Thousand Palace and the Five Primordial Gu Clans to send reinforcements.
  • Xiao Tian Ce assembled White Jade Capital's city lords, tower masters, and other experts in Immortal-Slaying City and warned them that the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan could pose a greater threat than the True Phoenix Clan.
  • Mo Yang reassured the gathering that reinforcements were coming, and Xiao Tian Ce cautioned everyone to choose their opponents carefully because the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan was powerful.
  • Tong Sihai explained the Three Treasures of White Jade Capital, and Xiao Tian Ce distributed Spiritual Array Jade Pendants and recovery pills, assigning each expert pendants suited to their strength.

Ch. 436Distributing the Realm-Breaking Pills, the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan Army Closed In

Xiao Tian Ce distributed Spiritual Array Jade Pendants and nine-pattern Realm-Breaking Pills to White Jade Capital’s defenders as they prepared for the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s invasion. Reinforcements arrived over the following days, but the Great Thousand Palace’s forces had not appeared when the enemy army emerged from the northern void.

  • Xiao Tian Ce gave the defenders Spiritual Array Jade Pendants and allocated nine Realm-Breaking Pills to five city lords, the Dragon Venerable, Jiu Yuan, Huang Min, and the Tomb Spirit.
  • Xiao Tian Ce let Medusa remain in Immortal-Slaying City and warned her that several Heavenly Demon Emperors might attack; she promised to stay safe for their unborn child.
  • Lin Dong and the Ice Spirit Ancestor arrived on the third day, the Fire Spirit Clan Ancestor followed that afternoon, and Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and two Heavenly Sovereigns from the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe came on the fourth day.
  • Jiu Yuan's Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake Tribe arrived that evening, while no further reinforcements came before the tenth day, when contaminated spiritual energy appeared in the northern void.
  • Xiao Tian Ce sensed at least five enemy auras that could pressure him, and Xiao Yan told him that Gu Xun'er had reached the spirit grade Heavenly Sovereign level.
  • The Extraterrestrial Demon Clan army poured out of the shattered northern void and challenged Xiao Tian Ce to meet his death.

Ch. 437Fourteen Demon Emperors, Battle Begins

Xiao Tian Ce led White Jade Capital’s forces out to face an army of nearly a hundred thousand Extraterrestrial Demon Clan members and fourteen Demon Emperors. He sent his allies to fight the other enemies and confronted five Heavenly Demon Emperors himself, ending the chapter as his opening attacks failed to overpower them.

  • Xiao Tian Ce rejected Wang Quan’s offer to surrender, and the mid-stage Heavenly Demon Emperor’s attack failed to break Immortal-Slaying City’s protective spiritual array.
  • Jiu Yuan, Mo Yang, Huang You, Di Yi Piaoxue, Qing Hou, and the other Heavenly Sovereigns joined Xiao Tian Ce, who planned to hold back the five Heavenly Demon Emperors while his allies fought the remaining Demon Emperors.
  • Xiao Tian Ce opened the array and led his forces into the air, leaving Medusa to guard Immortal-Slaying City.
  • Wang Quan introduced the five Heavenly Demon Emperors as himself, Wu Ming, Wu Tian, Shi Hai, and Shi Shan, then signaled the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan to attack.
  • Xiao Tian Ce struck the five with his Eight Seals as One technique, but Shi Shan’s Heavenly Demon Finger met the attack in an explosion, and Xiao Tian Ce followed with his Blazing Burning Heaven Palm.

Ch. 438Flame God: King Annihilation

Xiao Tian Ce trapped five Heavenly Demon Emperors in a spiritual array and fought them using his golden flames and battle array, but their combined assault pushed him hard. When Wang Quan recognized Xiao Tian Ce’s Spiritual Array Body-Tempering Technique and demanded to know where he got it, Xiao Tian Ce refused, and Wang Quan unleashed a purple-flamed attack.

  • Xiao Tian Ce’s golden emperor burning heaven flame burned through Shi Hai’s demonic qi, badly injuring his arm before Shi Hai restored it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce activated a confinement array, trapping himself and the five Heavenly Demon Emperors inside, then formed a battle array with his Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets.
  • The five Heavenly Demon Emperors attacked Xiao Tian Ce together; he wounded them with his Battle Intent Sword but endured a barrage of blows and was left with torn clothes and claw marks.
  • Wang Quan recognized the Spiritual Array Body-Tempering Technique on Xiao Tian Ce’s body and demanded to know where he had obtained it, but Xiao Tian Ce refused.
  • Wang Quan gathered demonic qi and purple flame, then invoked “Flame God: King Annihilation.”

Ch. 439Heavenly Demon Grand Array

Xiao Tian Ce fought Heavenly Demon Emperor Wang Quan and used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to weaken Wang Quan’s demon statue, but Shi Hai and the others intervened before he could strike a decisive blow. With Qin Tian approaching as reinforcement, Wang Quan ordered the four Heavenly Demon Emperors to form the Heavenly Demon Grand Array around Xiao Tian Ce.

  • Wang Quan controlled a giant purple-flamed demon statue that injured Xiao Tian Ce, while Ling'er kept their spiritual array intact.
  • Xiao Tian Ce changed tactics, coating his Battle Intent Sword with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and using soul power to make Wang Quan stagger.
  • Shi Hai, Shi Shan, Wu Ming, and Wu Tian attacked Xiao Tian Ce together, forcing him to retreat and letting Wang Quan survive.
  • Wu Tian and the others warned Wang Quan that Qin Tian and Great Thousand Palace reinforcements were approaching, and Wang Quan demanded Xiao Tian Ce submit and explain his connection to the Heavenly Dao Sect.
  • Xiao Tian Ce welcomed the news of the approaching reinforcements and prepared to keep the Heavenly Demon Emperors occupied.
  • Wang Quan ordered Shi Hai, Shi Shan, Wu Ming, and Wu Tian into position, and the five began forming the Heavenly Demon Grand Array.

Ch. 440A life-and-death crisis, the clan mark secret art, and a counterattack (part one)

Trapped inside the Heavenly Demon Grand Array, Xiao Tian Ce unleashed the Xiao Clan’s divine-grade bloodline and Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations to break the array and overwhelm the five Heavenly Demon Emperors. He killed four of them and captured Wang Quan in golden flames, leaving Wang Quan alive but badly burned.

  • Wang Quan activated the Heavenly Demon Grand Array, while Xiao Tian Ce tried to break it with the Heavenly Dao Mirror and Battle Intent Sword but was repelled and injured.
  • Xiao Tian Ce refused to open the spiritual array and release the five Heavenly Demon Emperors, then revealed the Xiao Clan mark and used Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations: Golden Emperor Transformation.
  • Xiao Tian Ce’s strength rose to the middle stage of saint-grade heavenly sovereign, and his relentless attacks cracked and shattered the Heavenly Demon Grand Array.
  • Xiao Tian Ce killed Shi Shan, Wu Ming, Wu Tian, and Shi Hai, then struck Wang Quan and sent him crashing into the spiritual array’s barrier.
  • Xiao Tian Ce seized Wang Quan by the throat and burned his head with golden flames, leaving him charred as the other Heavenly Demon Emperors called for Xiao Tian Ce to release him.

Ch. 441An unexpected turn, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor

Xiao Tian Ce fought Shi Hai, Shi Shan, Wu Tian, and Wu Ming while holding Wang Quan, but Shi Hai and Shi Shan sacrificed Wang Quan to summon Sheng Tian, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor. Sheng Tian shattered Xiao Tian Ce’s spiritual array and demanded his submission, then Qin Tian and Lu Tong arrived, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

  • Shi Hai, Shi Shan, Wu Tian, and Wu Ming attacked Xiao Tian Ce, and Shi Hai and Shi Shan tore Wang Quan’s body apart to retrieve him.
  • Xiao Tian Ce fought off Wu Tian and Wu Ming with the golden emperor burning heaven flame, but Shi Shan and Shi Hai’s demonic qi gave rise to Sheng Tian, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor.
  • Sheng Tian wounded Xiao Tian Ce, shattered the spiritual array, and offered to spare everyone if Xiao Tian Ce submitted; Xiao Tian Ce refused.
  • Sheng Tian called out Qin Tian, who appeared with Lu Tong and more than a dozen experts, and asked whether Sheng Tian intended to start an all-out war.

Ch. 442The End, Demon-Slaying King

Xiao Tian Ce and White Jade Capital repelled a massive Extraterrestrial Demon Clan invasion, while Qin Tian and other Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereigns fought the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, who turned out to be an avatar. Xiao Tian Ce became the Great Thousand Palace's second serving Demon-Slaying King and agreed to serve as an elder, then ordered Mo Yang to care for the wounded before a celebration.

  • Qin Tian, Lu Tong, and the Five Primordial Gu Clans' elders entered the void battlefield to fight the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor while Xiao Tian Ce attacked the invading army.
  • Xiao Tian Ce killed four Profound Demon Emperors and more than a dozen peak Earthly Sovereigns, then used Heavenly Flames with Xiao Yan and Xun'er to cleanse the battlefield.
  • After three days, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ended the battle and disappeared, and Qin Tian realized they had fought only his avatar.
  • Qin Tian introduced Xiao Tian Ce to the surviving elders, praised his defense of the northern front, and warned that the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan could target it more often.
  • Lu Tong confirmed Xiao Tian Ce had earned 29,000 Demon-Slaying Points, making him the Great Thousand Palace's second serving Demon-Slaying King, and agreed to provide metal materials he requested.
  • Xiao Tian Ce agreed to become an elder of the Great Thousand Palace, then asked Mo Yang to meet the survivors' needs and arrange a banquet after their recovery.

Ch. 443Preparations Before Seclusion, Speculations on the Divine-Grade Bloodline

After White Jade Capital’s victory over the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, Xiao Tian Ce prepared to enter seclusion and assigned his allies responsibility for defending the city and strengthening its defenses. While healing his injuries, he investigated the depleted divine-grade bloodline within him and decided to exhaust what remained to learn whether it would regenerate.

  • Xiao Tian Ce warned Mo Yang that the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan had opened a northern front and told him that White Jade Capital would need to help defend it, with support from the Great Thousand Palace if a major invasion came.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Mo Yang he would enter seclusion, then gathered Medusa, Xiao Xuan, Tomb Spirit, Xiao Tian Ming, Huai En, Huang Min, Huang Lingyun, and Zi Yan and asked them to manage White Jade Capital’s cities and coordinate their allies’ breakthroughs.
  • Medusa offered to manage White Jade Capital’s affairs with help from the recovering Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe Heavenly Sovereigns, and Xiao Tian Ce entered the underground chamber in Immortal-Slaying City.
  • Xiao Tian Ce tasked Ling'er with researching saint-grade grandmaster-level spiritual arrays and gave Fatty Baby his knowledge and a spiritual-energy-storing Token so Fatty Baby could make Spiritual Array Jade Pendants.
  • Xiao Tian Ce began healing his injuries and discovered that only a small fraction of his divine-grade bloodline remained; unable to determine why it did not recover, he decided to use it all and see whether it regenerated.

Ch. 444The Legendary Resting Spirit Clan

Xiao Tian Ce cultivated with his god-grade bloodline power and rapidly advanced to the late-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereign level, discovering that his exhausted bloodline had instantly recovered. Fatty Baby identified the trait as belonging to the vanished Resting Spirit Clan, leaving Xiao Tian Ce to wonder about his origins.

  • Xiao Tian Ce used his remaining god-grade bloodline power to cultivate, while Ling'er explained its potential and Fatty Baby compared it to a spiritual vein.
  • After three days, Xiao Tian Ce reached the middle stage as his bloodline power ran out, but his cultivation accelerated and the bloodline immediately returned.
  • Xiao Tian Ce spent two more days compressing his spiritual energy, reached the late stage, and stopped cultivating to avoid losing control of his strength.
  • Xiao Tian Ce asked Ling'er about his bloodline's recovery, but she said she had never encountered such a phenomenon.
  • Fatty Baby said Xiao Tian Ce's bloodline resembled the ninth divine vein of the ancient Resting Spirit Clan, whose power recovered and grew stronger when exhausted.

Ch. 445Confirmation and an Overall Boost in Strength

Xiao Tian Ce investigated whether his renewed bloodline came from the vanished Resting Spirit Clan, then spent his seclusion compressing his spiritual energy and strengthening his arsenal. He emerged ready to take the fight to the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.

  • Fatty Baby explained that the Resting Spirit Clan's bloodline could regenerate after being exhausted, and Xiao Tian Ce decided to test whether his own bloodline worked the same way.
  • Xiao Tian Ce entered the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle to compress his unstable spiritual energy after his rapid rise to late-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereign.
  • After Steward Lu Tong delivered supplies from the Great Thousand Palace, Xiao Tian Ce used high-grade metals to upgrade all Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets and forged them long sabers.
  • Xiao Tian Ce refined pills whose lightning the puppets absorbed, raising all but Qing Hou to mid-stage spirit-grade heavenly sovereign level.
  • Xiao Tian Ce stored his pills and puppets, declared his intention to invade the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's territory, and ended his seclusion.

Ch. 446The formidable White Jade Capital, with more than twenty Heavenly Sovereigns

After emerging from six months of seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce weathered a powerful thunder tribulation as White Jade Capital’s forces advanced and its Heavenly Demon Puppets grew stronger. He organized the expanded forces, recruited Dragon Venerable to lead a new intelligence tower, and then found Medusa looking unwell when she arrived.

  • Xiao Tian Ce emerged from seclusion with five saint-grade grandmaster-level spiritual arrays and a stockpile of Spiritual Array Jade Pendants, then went to a valley to weather his thunder tribulation.
  • Xiao Xuan, Huang Min, Tong Sihai, Tomb Spirit, and Dragon Venerable weathered tribulations and advanced, bringing White Jade Capital to nine Heavenly Sovereigns without counting Xiao Tian Ce.
  • Xiao Tian Ce returned with twelve powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets, postponed bringing their families from the Dou Qi Continent for ten years, and assigned leaders to oversee White Jade Capital’s cities.
  • Dragon Venerable pledged himself to White Jade Capital, and Xiao Tian Ce appointed him the first Tower Master of a newly established Heavenly Secret Tower.
  • Shi Hao told Xiao Tian Ce that Medusa had arrived from Capital City, and Xiao Tian Ce found her pale and unwell in the rear courtyard.

Ch. 447Medusa's private deal

Xiao Tian Ce confronted the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe over Medusa’s agreement to join them as a Holy Maiden and send her unborn child to their Ancestral Land. After defeating and restraining the tribe’s three Heavenly Sovereigns, he rejected the agreement and left the choice to the tribe’s Clan Chief.

  • Bi Yue demanded that Medusa honor her agreement and return with the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe, prompting Xiao Tian Ce to fight her with his Heavenly Demon Puppets.
  • Xiao Tian Ce’s puppets subdued Bi Yue and the two spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns who had accompanied her, while Medusa asked him to stop.
  • Ling’er trapped Bi Yue in a spiritual array, and Bi Yue revealed that Medusa had promised to become the tribe’s Holy Maiden and send her unborn child to the Ancestral Land.
  • Xiao Tian Ce comforted Medusa, released the three Heavenly Sovereigns, and listened as one of them explained the tribe’s help in defending White Jade Capital.
  • Xiao Tian Ce refused to honor Medusa’s agreement, declared that neither she nor her child would join the tribe, and invited the Clan Chief to come to Immortal-Slaying City if she objected.

Ch. 448Five years, Xiao Bai Ying, early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign

Xiao Tian Ce refused to let the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan take Medusa or her unborn child, then spent five years strengthening White Jade Capital and guarding Immortal-Slaying City. After reaching early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign and reuniting with Medusa and their daughter Xiao Bai Ying, he returned to Capital City, where Xiao Xuan and the others arrived to meet him.

  • Xiao Tian Ce apologized to Bi Yue but refused to let her take Medusa and her unborn child, promising the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan three favors in return for its past help.
  • Bi Yue led her companions away from Immortal-Slaying City and decided to report Xiao Tian Ce's refusal and offer to the clan's leaders.
  • Medusa explained that she had offered herself to secure the clan's support, and Xiao Tian Ce gave her a pill to nourish their unborn child.
  • Xiao Tian Ce fought off repeated Extraterrestrial Demon Clan attacks, while Mo Yang and others helped defend Immortal-Slaying City and establish the Heavenly Secret Tower.
  • After five years of cultivation, Xiao Tian Ce reached early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign and reunited with Medusa and their daughter, Xiao Bai Ying.
  • Xiao Tian Ce left Immortal-Slaying City in Mo Yang's care and returned to Capital City, where Shi Hao brought Xiao Xuan and the others to meet him.

Ch. 449Twenty-four Heavenly Sovereigns, Xiao Tian Ce's Decision

Xiao Tian Ce agreed to accompany Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to search for the missing Dragon Emperor and Gu Yuan. He arranged for White Jade Capital to remain guarded during his absence, then told Medusa that the journey was necessary both to retrieve their friends and to plan for White Jade Capital’s future.

  • Xiao Tian Ce reunited with Xiao Xuan and the others at Heavenly Strategy Manor and caught up with them over a banquet.
  • Zi Yan told Xiao Tian Ce that her father and Gu Yuan had gone to the Moon God Hall ruins and had not been heard from for over a year.
  • Xiao Tian Ce agreed to accompany Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to the western sea continent, where he planned to search for the missing men and fight the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
  • Xiao Xuan offered to go with Xiao Tian Ce, but Xiao Tian Ce refused and ordered him to remain in White Jade Capital to guard it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Xuan the White Jade Order and instructed him to seek help from the Great Thousand Palace or retreat if White Jade Capital came under overwhelming attack.
  • After the banquet, Medusa told Xiao Tian Ce that Xiao Xuan had informed her of his plans, and Xiao Tian Ce explained why he had to make the journey.

Ch. 450The reasons, Qin Tian's appraisal

Xiao Tian Ce explained why he planned to enter the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, then arranged White Jade Capital’s affairs and secured Qin Tian’s support. Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er learned he was coming, and despite Xiao Yan’s concern for White Jade Capital, they agreed to discuss the rescue plan with him when he arrived.

  • Xiao Tian Ce told Medusa that he would enter the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun and learn more about the enemy for White Jade Capital’s future.
  • Xiao Tian Ce summoned White Jade Capital’s leaders, put affairs in order for his absence, and sent Qin Tian and Lu Tong his plans.
  • Qin Tian judged that Xiao Tian Ce could survive the mission and agreed to keep the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor occupied, while Lu Tong proposed restraining another dangerous enemy as well.
  • Gu Xun’er told Xiao Yan that Xiao Tian Ce had decided to help rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yan worried that White Jade Capital would be vulnerable without him.
  • Gu Xun’er refused to ask Xiao Tian Ce to stay behind, and Xiao Yan accepted her choice as they agreed to discuss the mission with Xiao Tian Ce and Zi Yan when they arrived.

Ch. 451A scene of devastation, Holy Abyss Continent

Xiao Tian Ce joined Xiao Yan and Xun'er on the Holy Abyss Continent, where they sought help from the Great Thousand Palace to reach the Sea Moon Continent and rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun. After learning how dangerous the demon territory was, the group prepared to slip away during the next assault.

  • Xiao Tian Ce, Zi Yan, and Huai En traveled from the Northern Nether Continent to meet Xiao Yan and Xun'er on the Western Heaven Continent.
  • The group reached the Holy Abyss Continent and saw widespread demonic corruption, wounded fighters, and battles along the front line.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and his companions helped repel an attack before Steward Wan Feng warned them against pursuing the retreating demons.
  • Wan Feng explained that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were trapped at the Moon God Hall ruins on the Sea Moon Continent, deep in the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's territory.
  • Wan Feng gave Xiao Tian Ce a Spiritual Map and agreed to draw the demons' attention during their next assault in three days so the group could enter enemy territory.

Ch. 452A True Hell on Earth, the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan Without Kindness or Mercy

Xiao Tian Ce traveled through the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s occupied territories to reach the route toward Sea Moon Continent, witnessing humans being slaughtered and treated as livestock. He reached the Half-Moon Sea, where demonic-qi-infected dragon sharks blocked his way, and Fatty Baby offered to carry him across with the Heavenly Dao Tower.

  • Xiao Tian Ce made Spiritual Array Jade Pendants to disguise the group’s auras and prepared offensive and defensive pendants for their mission to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun.
  • Di Kong used his Earth Escape Technique to escort Xiao Tian Ce and the others underground to the Endless Sea, where Xiao Tian Ce rewarded him with a Spiritual Array Jade Pendant.
  • Xiao Tian Ce put Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Huai En, and Zi Yan inside the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle and traveled alone toward Blood Demon Continent.
  • Xiao Tian Ce saw Extraterrestrial Demon Clan soldiers devouring captured humans and killed the soldiers, while Fatty Baby collected the bodies.
  • Xiao Tian Ce crossed Blood Demon Continent and several smaller continents, witnessing human suffering and humans serving the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, before reaching the Half-Moon Sea.
  • Xiao Tian Ce found hundreds of demonic-qi-infected dragon sharks blocking his route, and Fatty Baby offered to use the Heavenly Dao Tower to take him across.

Ch. 453The Giant-Toothed Demon Clan, unsealing the Tunling Clan Bloodline within Huai En

Xiao Tian Ce crossed to the Sea Moon Continent with his companions and learned that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were likely being held at the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters. As the group advanced toward a dawn infiltration, he unsealed Huai En’s tunling clan bloodline, while the clan’s late-stage Profound Demon Emperor demanded news of the captives.

  • Fatty Baby carried Xiao Tian Ce across the Half-Moon Sea in the Heavenly Dao Tower, and Xiao Tian Ce planted the final array patterns before they landed on the Sea Moon Continent.
  • Ling’er sensed two portions of her origin power near the Moon God Hall Ruins, and Xiao Tian Ce found that the site also coincided with the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and his companions concluded that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were probably captured, then agreed to investigate the headquarters before dawn and use their jade pendants to activate the island-wide array if necessary.
  • Xiao Tian Ce completely removed Huai En’s restraint, allowing him to devour what he could during the coming battle.
  • At the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters, a late-stage Profound Demon Emperor berated his subordinates for failing to find Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun before the Clan Chief emerged from seclusion.

Ch. 454A feast of slaughter was about to begin

The Giant-Toothed Demon Clan searched for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun while the two hid beneath its headquarters, unable to find the Moon God Hall Secret Realm entrance. Xiao Tian Ce’s group prepared a predawn assault, and as the attack began, he declared that the clan’s slaughter was about to start.

  • Qi Tian ordered the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan experts to search the Sea Moon Continent for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, who had been hiding near the clan’s headquarters for over a month.
  • Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun discussed their failed search for the Moon God Hall Secret Realm and agreed to keep searching for one more day before using their Quasi-Sacred Artifact to escape.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and his group arrived near the headquarters and suspected the demons were searching for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, whose tracking pendant showed they were still moving together.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Huai En and Zi Yan to stay inside the Heavenly Dao Tower during the assault, and assigned Zi Yan to use the tracking pendant to find her imperial father.
  • Xiao Tian Ce asked Fatty Baby to collect the demons’ bodies for Huai En to absorb and to watch for signs that the bloodline power was harming him.
  • Before daybreak, Xiao Tian Ce awoke and announced that the time had come to attack the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.

Ch. 455The Annihilation of the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan

Xiao Tian Ce and his allies attacked the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan, sealing off the Sea Moon Continent and defeating its Demon Emperors. After killing the clan chief and confirming Xiao Yan and Xun'er had slain their opponents, Xiao Tian Ce ordered the remaining clan members exterminated.

  • Xiao Tian Ce joined Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and Zi Yan and led them in a surprise assault on the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce's forces sealed the Sea Moon Continent with a spiritual array, trapping the clan inside.
  • Xiao Tian Ce's Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets ambushed the Demon Emperors, while Xiao Tian Ce overpowered the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan Chief and broke one of his teeth.
  • The Giant-Toothed Demon Clan Chief begged for mercy and offered to serve Xiao Tian Ce, but Xiao Tian Ce stabbed him through the heart and killed him.
  • The Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets killed Qi Tian and the remaining Nether Demon Emperors, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er defeated two Profound Demon Emperors.
  • Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets to wipe out the rest of the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.
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