Arc 19The Abyssal Rescue

Xiao Tian Ce strengthened White Jade Capital and helped the Great Thousand World’s powers prepare for the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, while his family reunited across worlds. After learning that a longtime ally might be trapped on the Abyssal Continent, Xiao Tian Ce agreed to join Qin Tian’s rescue mission and took responsibility for the dangerous rear guard.

  • Xiao Tian Ce gathered treasures in the Moon God Hall Secret Realm, then killed the Nether and Profound Demon Emperors who attacked him while Di Tian concealed his own role in the slaughter.
  • Xiao Tian Ce refined powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets, lent some to the Great Thousand Palace, and agreed to make more from fallen experts’ bodies with safeguards and consent.
  • Xiao Tian Ce attended the funeral for Xuan Tian Gang and other fallen experts, entrusted Heavenly Demon Puppets to allied clans, and sent Xiao Bai Ying to visit Medusa.
  • Xiao Yan founded the Endless Fire Domain and defeated the Western Heaven War Emperor and Mohe Tian, while Xiao Tian Ce intervened to prevent his fight with Mohe Tian from escalating into war.
  • Medusa gave birth to a boy and a girl, Xiao Xuan opened a passage between the Great Thousand World and the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Tian Ce reunited with the Xiao Clan and his old companions.
  • Over fifty years, White Jade Capital grew into a superpower and its puppets helped the Great Thousand Palace win battles against the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
  • Qin Tian and the Five Primordial Gu Clans asked Xiao Tian Ce to help rescue a senior who had secretly aided the Great Thousand World for millions of years, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed despite the danger of an ambush.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and Qin Tian prepared to enter the Abyssal Continent, accepting support from the Buddha Gu and Tai Ling Gu Clans as Xiao Tian Ce insisted on taking the rear guard.
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Ch. 456The Moon God Hall Secret Realm, an Ancient-Era Special Spiritual Array

After Xiao Tian Ce wiped out the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan, he helped Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun locate and open the hidden Moon God Hall Secret Realm. The group entered to collect its treasures, unaware that the opening had drawn the attention of numerous Heavenly Demon Emperors.

  • Zi Yan reunited with Zhu Kun and Gu Yuan and told them Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er had destroyed the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.
  • Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun asked Xiao Tian Ce to help find the Moon God Hall Secret Realm, which they hoped contained the ascension spirit moonflower.
  • With Fatty Baby's suggestion, Xiao Tian Ce discovered a concealed spiritual array in the sky, and Ling'er helped him decipher it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and Ling'er opened the secret realm entrance without destroying it, and the group hurried inside to gather its treasures.
  • The moment the entrance opened, numerous Heavenly Demon Emperors turned their attention toward the Sea Moon Continent.

Ch. 457Ascension Spirit Moonflower, an attack by Extraterrestrial Demon Clan powerhouses

Xiao Tian Ce and his companions harvested treasures in the Moon God Hall's Secret Realm, where he gave Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun an ascension spirit moonflower. After discovering a strange coffin and learning that more than twenty Extraterrestrial Demon Clan powerhouses were attacking his seal, Xiao Tian Ce prepared to face them as the array began to crack.

  • Xiao Tian Ce summoned his Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets, and the group harvested the Secret Realm's abundant treasures.
  • Xiao Tian Ce found five ascension spirit moonflowers and gave one to Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun.
  • Ling'er and Fatty Baby showed Xiao Tian Ce two male corpses with faint vitality and Ling'er's origin power inside their abdomens.
  • Xiao Tian Ce sensed Extraterrestrial Demon Clan powerhouses attacking his seal, sent Fatty Baby to bring Xiao Yan and the others into the Heavenly Dao Tower, and took the coffin with him.
  • Xiao Tian Ce emerged from the Secret Realm as more than twenty Demon Emperors attacked the spiritual array, which began to crack.

Ch. 458Di Tian, the might of a single strike

Xiao Tian Ce confronted Di Tian and twenty-four Demon Emperors after destroying the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan, refusing Di Tian’s offer to recruit him. When Di Tian sent the others to wear him down, Xiao Tian Ce’s single sword strike killed three Nether Demon Emperors and wounded eleven, leaving the battle poised for Di Tian’s response.

  • The Demon Emperors broke Xiao Tian Ce’s spiritual array and discovered that the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan had been wiped out.
  • Xiao Tian Ce arrived and identified Shi Hai and Shi Shan as the cowards who had sacrificed Wang Quan five years earlier.
  • Di Tian offered Xiao Tian Ce a place beneath him, but Xiao Tian Ce refused and learned that the open secret realm had exposed his presence.
  • Di Tian ordered Xiao Tian Ce to defeat the other twenty-four Demon Emperors before he would fight him personally.
  • Xiao Tian Ce unleashed his early-stage saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign aura and killed three Nether Demon Emperors with one sword strike while wounding eleven others.
  • Shi Hai and Shi Shan decided to hold back and wait for Di Tian to act.

Ch. 459Di Tian's Strange Behavior, Body Possession? Thirty Heavenly Demon Puppets

Xiao Tian Ce killed the Nether and Profound Demon Emperors on Sea Moon Continent, where Di Tian revealed that he was an ancient soul possessing a member of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan before disappearing. After returning to the Great Thousand World and spending three months in seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce emerged with thirty Heavenly Demon Puppets, including two with middle-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength.

  • Xiao Tian Ce killed fourteen wounded Nether Demon Emperors and used eight Heavenly Demon Puppets to kill eight Profound Demon Emperors, earning eighty-two thousand demon-slaying points.
  • Di Tian killed Shi Shan and Shi Hai, adding another twenty thousand points to Xiao Tian Ce's token, then revealed he had helped Qin Tian escape and was an ancient soul surviving through body possession.
  • Di Tian altered the space-time record to conceal himself and made Xiao Tian Ce appear responsible for the slaughter before vanishing.
  • Xiao Tian Ce returned Xiao Yan and the others to Holy Abyss Continent, learned that Qin Tian was fighting a Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, and exchanged sixty-eight thousand points for materials.
  • Xiao Tian Ce spent three months in secluded cultivation and emerged beside thirty golden Heavenly Demon Puppets, all made from members of the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, including two at middle-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength.

Ch. 460A Deal: Borrowing Twenty Heavenly Demon Puppets

Xiao Tian Ce showed Wan Feng the Heavenly Demon Puppets he had refined and negotiated a deal to lend twenty Spirit Grade puppets to the Great Thousand Palace for demon-slaying points. After handing over the puppets and their control pendants, he returned to White Jade Capital, leaving Wan Feng impressed by his rapid rise.

  • Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he had refined thirty Heavenly Demon Puppets and now possessed forty-two in total, including two mid-stage saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns.
  • Xiao Tian Ce offered to lend twenty Spirit Grade Heavenly Demon Puppets to the Great Thousand Palace for forty thousand demon-slaying points per year, and Wan Feng accepted.
  • Xiao Tian Ce gave Wan Feng twenty control pendants, and Wan Feng bonded with one and tested his command over its puppet.
  • Wan Feng asked about borrowing stronger puppets, but Xiao Tian Ce proposed discussing that after the Great Thousand Palace had tried the first twenty.
  • Xiao Tian Ce departed for White Jade Capital, and Wan Feng told the Great Thousand Palace experts that he had first met Xiao Tian Ce six years earlier when he was only an early-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign.

Ch. 461The Founding of the Endless Fire Domain and the Supreme Martial Realm, News from Qin Tian

Xiao Tian Ce returned to White Jade Capital, learned Medusa had gone to the Heavenly Snake Continent to purify her bloodline, and spent time caring for Xiao Bai Ying. After Qin Tian and Lu Tong arrived, they revealed that a battle against the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor and his allies had left the allied forces devastated.

  • Xiao Tian Ce returned to Capital City and found Xiao Bai Ying alone; she cried and told him that bad people had taken Medusa away.
  • Xiao Xuan explained that Hong Huayue had brought Medusa to the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s Qilin Transformation Pool to integrate her bloodline, and Xiao Tian Ce learned that Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Domain was taking shape.
  • Xiao Tian Ce received Lin Dong’s message announcing plans to establish the Supreme Martial Realm, then gave Xiao Xuan a Heavenly Demon Puppet and let Xiao Bai Ying control one of her own.
  • Xiao Tian Ce spent the next half month playing with Xiao Bai Ying before returning to White Jade Capital after Xiao Xuan reported Qin Tian’s arrival.
  • Qin Tian and Lu Tong told Xiao Tian Ce that the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, the Blood Zombie Heavenly Demon Emperor, and two other powerful enemies had ambushed them; Xuan Tian Gang sacrificed himself to help the survivors escape.

Ch. 462Helping Refine Heavenly Demon Puppets, a Funeral

Qin Tian and Lu Tong arranged for Xiao Tian Ce to refine Heavenly Demon Puppets under strict limits, then invited him to a funeral and a gathering of the Great Thousand World's powers. After learning Di Tian had saved Qin Tian in the past, Xiao Tian Ce agreed to attend the funeral on Divine Treasury Continent in a month.

  • Qin Tian and Lu Tong asked Xiao Tian Ce to refine fallen experts into Heavenly Demon Puppets, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to use the bodies only with consent and to include safeguards against misuse.
  • Xiao Tian Ce limited the order to thirty puppets, capped their strength at the middle Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign stage, and secured Qin Tian and Lu Tong's promise to keep them on Holy Abyss Continent.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Qin Tian that Di Tian, now Clan Chief of the Devouring Demon Clan, had killed two Heavenly Demon Emperors and claimed to have rescued Qin Tian long ago.
  • Qin Tian recounted how Di Tian had saved him from pursuing Demon Emperors in the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's territory, and he expressed gratitude that the senior was still alive.
  • Qin Tian and Lu Tong invited Xiao Tian Ce to the funeral for Xuan Tian Gang and fallen Tai Ling Gu Clan experts, where major powers would discuss defending the Great Thousand World; Xiao Tian Ce agreed to attend.
  • After Qin Tian and Lu Tong left, Xiao Xuan asked about their visit, and Xiao Tian Ce told him what had happened.

Ch. 463Freeing Xiao Xuan from His Shackles, the Crystal Coffin

Xiao Tian Ce reassured Xiao Xuan that he had not shackled him, revealed White Jade Capital’s formidable Heavenly Demon Puppets, and asked him to bring the Xiao Clan to the Great Thousand World and consider his own future. After Xiao Bai Ying was chosen by a sacred artifact, Xiao Tian Ce opened the Crystal Coffin, only to find the bodies inside did not decay as expected.

  • Xiao Xuan told Xiao Tian Ce he had no regrets and intended to protect him and White Jade Capital, while Xiao Tian Ce worried that he had become a shackle on his brother.
  • Xiao Tian Ce showed Xiao Xuan twenty-two powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets and said he had lent twenty more to the Great Thousand Palace; Xiao Xuan agreed to arrange the Xiao Clan’s migration and consider what he wanted for himself.
  • Xiao Bai Ying told Xiao Tian Ce that something had chosen her, and he recognized it as a rare sacred artifact connected to the trial of the Spiritual Path.
  • Ling'er and Fatty Baby explained that the Crystal Coffin’s resurrection method had failed because the souls inside had dissipated, and Ling'er asked to absorb the two masses of origin power within it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce isolated the hall with a spiritual array and opened the Crystal Coffin, but the bodies inside remained intact instead of disintegrating.

Ch. 464Absorbing Origin Power, the Presidents of the Five Great Academies

Xiao Tian Ce recovered two masses of origin power from ancient corpses and helped Ling'er absorb them before turning to study an ascension spirit moonflower. Meanwhile, the presidents of the Five Great Academies recognized Xiao Bai Ying and her Heavenly Demon Puppet in the Mirror of Judgment, then agreed she must not enter the dangerous Spiritual Path.

  • Xiao Tian Ce explained that the two corpses crumbled after exposure to oxygen, then gave their origin power to Ling'er.
  • Ling'er absorbed the origin power, grew more solid, and said the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane could no longer detect her if she wished.
  • Xiao Tian Ce stored the women's skeletons respectfully and began studying how to refine the ascension spirit moonflower into pills.
  • The Saint Spirit Academy's president spotted a talented girl in the Mirror of Judgment and proposed recruiting her, but the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy's president warned that she was Xiao Bai Ying, White Jade Capital's princess.
  • The five academy presidents recognized the golden figure beside Xiao Bai Ying as a Heavenly Sovereign-level Heavenly Demon Puppet and agreed she must not be sent into the Spiritual Path.
  • The Saint Spirit Academy's president proposed recruiting Xiao Bai Ying directly, but the Myriad Phoenix Spirit Academy's president argued that White Jade Capital would not send its princess to their academies.

Ch. 465Xiao Tian Ce Distributed More Heavenly Demon Puppets and Met Old Acquaintances Again

Xiao Tian Ce distributed Ascension Spirit Moon God Pills and powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets before leaving White Jade Capital with Xiao Bai Ying and Heavenly Net to attend a funeral. At the teleportation exit, he encountered several old adversaries, and the Black Phoenix elder challenged his past victory over the True Phoenix Clan.

  • The presidents of the Five Great Academies debated whether Xiao Bai Ying would attend one of their schools, and the Saint Spirit Academy president vowed to recruit her personally.
  • Xiao Tian Ce gave eight leaders Ascension Spirit Moon God Pills and Immortal-Grade Heavenly Demon Puppets, then asked them to protect White Jade Capital and support Mo Yang if Immortal-Slaying City came under attack.
  • Xiao Tian Ce chose Heavenly Net to accompany him to a funeral and asked Jiu Yuan to find out when his wife could return.
  • Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Bai Ying, and Heavenly Net traveled through several teleportation arrays toward the Divine Treasury Continent, where they were to meet Qin Tian and others from the Great Thousand Palace.
  • At the final teleportation exit, Xiao Tian Ce encountered Mohe Tian, the Western Heaven War Emperor, Feng Xuan, and elders from Black Dragon and Black Phoenix; he calmly dispersed the elders' probing auras.
  • The Black Dragon elder praised Xiao Tian Ce's strength, while the Black Phoenix elder claimed that the True Phoenix Clan had lost before only because he had not been present.

Ch. 466The Great Thousand World's Top Experts

Xiao Tian Ce confronted Black Dragon's and Black Phoenix's elders, then met the Great Thousand World's leading experts and entered the city with them. As he fed Xiao Bai Ying, the Undying Lord asked whether he could refine a late-stage saint-grade heavenly sovereign Heavenly Demon Puppet.

  • Black Phoenix's elder provoked Xiao Tian Ce, who challenged him and summoned twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets to show White Jade Capital's strength.
  • Hei Tian and the other top experts arrived, injured Black Dragon's and Black Phoenix's elders, and welcomed Xiao Tian Ce.
  • Qin Tian introduced Xiao Tian Ce to Hei Tian, Ye Qingyang, Huang Sheng, Maha Wuliang, the Azure-Robed Sword Saint, and the Undying Lord.
  • Xiao Bai Ying woke and called for her father, so Xiao Tian Ce put away the puppets and took her into the city with the gathered experts.
  • At the City Lord's Mansion, the Undying Lord asked Xiao Tian Ce whether he could refine a late-stage saint-grade heavenly sovereign Heavenly Demon Puppet.

Ch. 467Visitors from the Buddha Gu Clan and the Tai Ling Gu Clan

Xiao Tian Ce discussed refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet from Xuan Tian Gang’s body with the Buddha Gu Clan, answering their questions but refusing to make more puppets for them. He then agreed to refine one for the Tai Ling Gu Clan as well, leaving its potential strength dependent on the body they could provide.

  • The Undying Lord asked Xiao Tian Ce whether he could refine a late-stage saint-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Xiao Tian Ce explained that suitable materials did not exist.
  • Qin Tian introduced Qing Tian, Xuan Guang, and Mo Tong of the Buddha Gu Clan, who asked Xiao Tian Ce about refining a puppet from Xuan Tian Gang’s corpse.
  • Xiao Tian Ce said Xuan Tian Gang’s body could produce at least a middle-stage saint-grade puppet, promised to leave it free of hidden controls, and refused to refine any additional puppets for the clan.
  • Xuan Guang asked whether extracting Xuan Tian Gang’s eight divine veins would weaken the puppet, and Xiao Tian Ce said it would have no effect.
  • Ye Qingqing approached Xiao Tian Ce on behalf of the Tai Ling Gu Clan, and he agreed to refine one puppet for them using a suitable saint-grade corpse or a Heavenly Demon Emperor-level body.

Ch. 468Huang Xuan's Great Desolate Divine Body

Xiao Tian Ce let Huang Xuan test an early-stage immortal-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet, and the two fought to a stalemate until Huang Xuan revealed the Great Desolate Divine Body. The battle remained unresolved as Huang Xuan prepared to smash the puppet with a single blow.

  • Ye Qingqing thanked Xiao Tian Ce for agreeing to repay the Tai Ling Gu Clan, and they shared a cup of wine.
  • A Desolate Ancient Clan powerhouse named Huang Xuan demanded to see a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Xiao Tian Ce had one seize him before he could react.
  • With Huang Sheng's consent, Xiao Tian Ce brought Huang Xuan to the square and sent an early-stage immortal-grade Heavenly Demon Puppet to fight him.
  • Huang Xuan used Boundless Desert and Heavenly Law, Earthly Form to trap the puppet, but it broke free and continued attacking.
  • Huang Xuan manifested the Great Desolate Divine Body, then vowed to smash the Heavenly Demon Puppet with one slap.

Ch. 469The Battle Ends, the Divine Treasury Continent

Xiao Tian Ce defeated Huang Xuan in a spar, then attended the funeral on the Divine Treasury Continent, where the fallen would be entrusted to him to become Heavenly Demon Puppets. After agreeing to refine thirty-two puppets outside the continent, he let Heavenly Net take Xiao Bai Ying to visit her mother while he worked.

  • Xiao Tian Ce’s Heavenly Demon Puppet outmaneuvered Huang Xuan, and the Desolate Ancient Clan’s ancestor stopped the fight and praised Xiao Tian Ce for holding back.
  • Qin Tian led the gathered experts through a spatial gate to the Divine Treasury Continent, where they honored the dead at a funeral and memorial monument.
  • The Great Elders Fu Tu Xuan and Ye Bai entrusted their ancestors’ remains to Xiao Tian Ce to be made into Heavenly Demon Puppets; he agreed to refine them after leaving the continent.
  • The experts met to discuss resisting the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, and the Undying Lord and the Azure-Robed Sword Saint abruptly departed during the meeting.
  • Xiao Tian Ce counted materials for the thirty-two puppets he had promised to refine, while Heavenly Net asked to take Xiao Bai Ying to visit her mother.
  • After Xiao Bai Ying said she missed her mother, Xiao Tian Ce agreed and warned Heavenly Net to keep her safe on the journey to the Heavenly Snake Continent.

Ch. 470Heavenly Net's Worries: The Buddha Gu Clan Wants a Marriage Alliance?

Heavenly Net brought Xiao Bai Ying to the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan’s Ancestral Land to visit Medusa, but the clan said she was in seclusion and could not be seen. After completing thirty-two Heavenly Demon Puppets for the Great Thousand Palace and the Gu clans, Xiao Tian Ce heard Xuan Guang renew a marriage alliance proposal and suggest Qing Yan Jing as his concubine.

  • Xiao Tian Ce sent Xiao Bai Ying and Heavenly Net to the Heavenly Snake Continent, asking Heavenly Net to keep her safe as she went to see Medusa.
  • Heavenly Net and Xiao Bai Ying reached the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan’s Ancestral Land, where clan members surrounded them with snakes before Heavenly Net announced their visit.
  • The clan’s elder said Medusa was cultivating in seclusion with the Clan Chief and elders, so Heavenly Net and Xiao Bai Ying settled in the Ancestral Land to wait.
  • Xiao Tian Ce finished refining thirty-two Heavenly Demon Puppets and gave control pendants to Lu Tong, Ye Qingqing, and Xuan Guang.
  • Xuan Guang privately asked Xiao Tian Ce whether he would consider a marriage alliance with the Buddha Gu Clan, proposing the twenty-year-old Sixth-Grade Sovereign Qing Yan Jing as a concubine.

Ch. 471Huai En's Qi Deviation, Two Spiritual Array Diagrams

Xiao Tian Ce declined the Buddha Gu Clan’s proposal to take Qing Yan Jing as a concubine, then rescued his disciple Huai En from qi deviation caused by absorbing too much demonic bloodline power. After accepting two valuable spiritual array diagrams from Ye Qingqing, he left the meeting with the clans on friendly terms and exchanged them for pills that could help heavenly sovereigns advance.

  • Xiao Tian Ce refused Xuan Guang’s proposal that he take Qing Yan Jing as a concubine, and Xuan Guang left after their conversation was interrupted.
  • Xiao Tian Ce entered the Heavenly Dao Tower and stopped Huai En’s qi deviation, then gave him a pill and ordered him to recuperate in seclusion for ten years.
  • Xiao Tian Ce reassured Huai En, sent him into the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle, and heard Ling’er and Fatty Baby describe their recent progress.
  • Ye Qingqing gave Xiao Tian Ce the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Array and Shield of Protection diagrams on behalf of Xuan Guang and her clan’s patriarch.
  • Xiao Tian Ce accepted the diagrams and gave Ye Qingqing Ascension Spirit Moon God Pills, explaining their potential to help late-stage immortal-grade heavenly sovereigns reach the saint grade.

Ch. 472Devour Heaven and Earth, the Taboo Secret Art; Before the Founding of the Endless Fire Domain

Xiao Tian Ce left the Great Thousand Palace after arranging for two pills to be delivered, then learned that Medusa was undergoing a bloodline fusion that might awaken the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan’s lost taboo art. He traveled to Xiao Yan’s newly established Endless Fire Domain and found Mohe Tian and the Western Heaven War Emperor plotting to challenge it, leaving a confrontation looming.

  • Xiao Tian Ce gave Ye Qingqing two pills that could help late-stage immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereigns advance, and she agreed to deliver one to the Buddha Gu Clan’s Great Elder.
  • The Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan Chief revealed that Medusa resembled a vanished ancestor and might awaken the clan’s taboo secret art, Devour Heaven and Earth, justifying the resources spent on her bloodline fusion.
  • After receiving a message about Medusa, Xiao Tian Ce decided to wait three more months before visiting her, then set out to see Xiao Yan’s Endless Fire Domain.
  • Xiao Tian Ce arrived at the Endless Fire Domain and heard Mohe Tian disparage it while the Western Heaven War Emperor urged him to provoke Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er.
  • Mohe Tian and the Western Heaven War Emperor agreed that they would cause trouble if Xiao Tian Ce did not appear, while the War Emperor’s killing intent flared at the mention of Gu Xun’er and Ying Huanhuan.

Ch. 473Stirring Up Trouble at the Sect's Founding Ceremony

At the Endless Fire Domain's founding ceremony, the Western Heaven War Emperor and Mohe Tian tried to provoke Xiao Yan into demonstrating his strength. Xiao Xuan intervened on the White Jade Capital's behalf, and the two antagonists challenged whether he could represent it.

  • The Western Heaven War Emperor and Mohe Tian agreed to cause trouble at the Endless Fire Domain's founding ceremony, while Xiao Tian Ce chose not to warn Xiao Yan or interfere.
  • Xiao Yan began the ceremony without Xiao Tian Ce, and Gu Yuan welcomed the many guests gathered to witness the Endless Fire Domain's founding.
  • Xiao Xuan, Xiao Tian Ming, and White Jade Capital experts arrived with lavish congratulatory gifts, but Xiao Yan remained disappointed that Xiao Tian Ce was absent.
  • The Western Heaven War Emperor, Mohe Tian, and allied Heavenly Sovereigns demanded that Xiao Yan prove his strength, dismissing Gu Yuan's appeal to postpone their challenge.
  • Xiao Xuan offered to face anyone causing trouble, cowing the gathered experts with the White Jade Capital's reputation.
  • The Western Heaven War Emperor challenged Xiao Xuan's authority to represent the White Jade Capital and questioned his strength.

Ch. 474Mohe Tian's Open Scheme, Xiao Yan Battles the Western Heaven War Emperor

At the Endless Fire Domain's founding ceremony, Mohe Tian provoked Xiao Yan into proving his strength, and the Western Heaven War Emperor challenged him in the Void. Their battle escalated as Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Yi and formed a Heavenly Flames lotus to counter the War Emperor's ultimate technique.

  • Mohe Tian questioned whether Xiao Xuan could represent White Jade Capital and pressured Xiao Yan to accept a challenge; Xiao Xuan defended Xiao Yan's authority, but Xiao Yan chose to fight.
  • The Western Heaven War Emperor challenged Xiao Yan, and the two entered the Void to battle.
  • Xiao Yan and the Western Heaven War Emperor exchanged blows, and Xiao Yan blocked the Million Heaven-Grasping Hand with the Five Seals United Emperor Seal Art.
  • Xiao Yan shattered the War Emperor Spirit Fist with his Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, but the Western Heaven War Emperor answered with the War Spirit Unbeaten Cauldron.
  • Xiao Yan summoned Xiao Yi, who formed a powerful Heavenly Flames lotus as the two prepared to continue fighting.

Ch. 475Another battle with Mohe Tian, Xiao Tian Ce's appraisal

Xiao Yan fought the Western Heaven War Emperor, then tested his strength against Mohe Tian at the Endless Fire Domain’s founding ceremony. Xiao Tian Ce watched with the Western Heaven War Emperor and predicted Xiao Yan would surpass him within a hundred years.

  • Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flame Lotus broke the Western Heaven War Emperor’s golden cauldron, and the War Emperor acknowledged Xiao Yan’s strength before leaving.
  • Xiao Yan challenged Mohe Tian, and their opening attacks with Heavenly Flames and a golden flaming sword clashed evenly.
  • Mohe Tian’s killing intent alarmed Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s flames burned away Mohe Tian’s sword attacks and withstood his explosive assault.
  • Xiao Yan taunted Mohe Tian and continued fighting him with flames, appearing to hold the advantage before the watching crowd.
  • Xiao Tian Ce watched the battle with the Western Heaven War Emperor and said that within a hundred years the War Emperor might not be qualified to stand before Xiao Yan.

Ch. 476Xiao Yan Schemed Against Mohe Tian; Xiao Tian Ce Stepped In with a Gift

Xiao Yan outmaneuvered Mohe Tian in a three-move contest but was stopped by Xiao Tian Ce before their fight could continue. After the Maha Gu Clan’s Second Elder settled the dispute, Xiao Tian Ce encouraged Xiao Yan, announced plans to connect the Great Thousand World with the Dou Qi Continent, and gave him a peerless divine ability.

  • Xiao Yan tricked Mohe Tian into accepting three attacks from him and wounded him with the Emperor Flame Six-Union Lotus and a lotus formed from all twenty-two Heavenly Flames.
  • Xiao Tian Ce appeared before Xiao Yan could launch his third move and warned Mohe Tian that continuing could provoke a war between White Jade Capital and the Maha Gu Clan.
  • Mohe Lin arrived, reprimanded Mohe Tian, ordered him to apologize to Xiao Yan, and took him away after inviting Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Yan to visit the Maha Gu Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan would prepare to connect the Great Thousand World and the Dou Qi Continent within three to five years.
  • Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Yan the Carefree Meteor divine ability as a trump card, then departed.

Ch. 477Connecting the Great Thousand World and the Dou Qi Continent

Xiao Tian Ce’s White Jade Capital grew into a superpower, and he reunited with allies from the Dou Qi Continent after Xiao Xuan opened a passage between the worlds. The chapter ended with Xiao Qing offering Xiao Tian Ce the Emperor’s Origin he had once given her, which he told her to keep until she finished converting her dou qi into spiritual power.

  • The Endless Fire Domain and Supreme Martial Realm rose as superpowers, strengthening the Great Thousand World’s Northern Front against the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce declined the Saint Spirit Academy President’s request to recruit Xiao Bai Ying, and Medusa agreed that their daughter could choose for herself when she was older.
  • Medusa gave birth to a boy and a girl who reached the Sovereign Realm at birth, so Xiao Tian Ce sealed them until their bodies could withstand their power.
  • Xiao Xuan opened a spatial passage between the Great Thousand World and the Dou Qi Continent, and Xiao Tian Ce reunited with Xiao Qing and Ya Fei at Heavenly Strategy Manor.
  • Xiao Tian Ce welcomed Huang Jiuji, Huang Min, and Ling Yun, and Huang Jiuji declared that the Heavenly Huang Clan had severed its ties with the True Phoenix Clan.
  • After the Xiao Clan’s reunion gathering, Xiao Qing offered Xiao Tian Ce the Emperor’s Origin, but he told her to keep it while she converted her dou qi into spiritual power.

Ch. 478Fifty years later, a special operation

Fifty years after Xiao Tian Ce helped establish White Jade Capital as a major power, Qin Tian summoned him to join a dangerous mission to rescue the unnamed senior who had aided him inside Extraterrestrial Demon Clan territory. The leaders suspected the plea for help was a trap, but Xiao Tian Ce agreed to enter the Abyssal Continent if the senior could be saved.

  • Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Ce that the Xiao Clan had become the Dou Qi Continent's unquestioned overlord, and she agreed to keep managing its affairs until she found a successor.
  • Over the next fifty years, White Jade Capital grew into a superpower, while its Heavenly Demon Puppets and the Immortal-Slaying City battlefield helped inflict heavy losses on the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce visited the Holy Abyss Continent, where Wan Feng thanked him for his contributions and described the victories the Great Thousand Palace had achieved with his Heavenly Demon Puppets.
  • Qin Tian and leaders of the Five Primordial Gu Clans met Xiao Tian Ce and explained that their mission was to rescue the senior who had secretly aided the Great Thousand World for millions of years.
  • The leaders warned that the plea for help might be bait for an ambush on the Abyssal Continent, but Xiao Tian Ce said he would go if they could truly rescue the senior.

Ch. 479The debate: those who gather firewood for all must not be left to freeze in the wind and snow

Xiao Tian Ce and Qin Tian argued that the Great Thousand World should rescue the senior held by the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, while other experts warned that a mission to the Abyssal Continent could leave their defenses dangerously weakened. Xiao Tian Ce proposed a diversionary strike on the God-Demon Continent before attacking the Abyssal Continent, but the elders feared his plan could trigger an all-out war.

  • Xiao Tian Ce said he would risk entering the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's territory to save the senior who had once helped him, and Qin Tian and Lu Tong supported the rescue.
  • The Desolate Ancient Clan ancestor warned that a rescue could draw the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's full strength and repeat the costly losses of fifty years earlier.
  • Qin Tian called for a vote, and only he and Xiao Tian Ce raised their hands in favor of the rescue.
  • Qin Tian reaffirmed that he would risk his life for the senior, while Xiao Tian Ce explained that he planned to strike the God-Demon Continent first and use the resulting distraction to attack the Abyssal Continent.
  • The Desolate Ancient Clan ancestor and the Maha Gu Clan's ancestor objected that Xiao Tian Ce's plan was reckless and could provoke an all-out war.

Ch. 480The Ancestral Tower and the Tai Ling Ancient Map

Xiao Tian Ce abandoned his plan to destroy Extraterrestrial Demon Clan branches after the elders warned it could trigger a full-scale war, but he and Qin Tian continued planning a rescue on the Abyssal Continent. Fu Tu Xuan and the Tai Ling Ancestor lent Xiao Tian Ce powerful clan artifacts, and he set three days to prepare before the dangerous mission.

  • Hei Tian, Hei Di, Qin Tian, Lu Tong, and other elders opposed Xiao Tian Ce’s plan to wipe out Extraterrestrial Demon Clan branches, warning that it could provoke a full-scale war.
  • Xiao Tian Ce agreed to focus on rescuing the elder, and the other experts left while Qin Tian remained to help plan the mission.
  • Fu Tu Xuan gave Xiao Tian Ce a jade pendant that could summon the Buddha Gu Clan’s Ancestral Tower, while the Tai Ling Ancestor lent him the Tai Ling Ancient Map.
  • Lu Tong and Qin Tian revealed that the Tai Ling Gu Clan could summon the map back at any time, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to compensate the clan with five Saint-Grade Heavenly Demon Puppets if he lost it.
  • Qin Tian proposed that Xiao Tian Ce rescue the elder while he held off the enemy, but Xiao Tian Ce insisted on taking the dangerous rear-guard role himself.
  • Xiao Tian Ce said he needed three days to prepare in White Jade Capital before he and Qin Tian set out for the Abyssal Continent.
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