Arc 2The Xiao Clan’s Hidden Survival

Xiao Tian Ce prepared a hidden refuge and concealed force while Xiao Xuan’s failed Dou Di breakthrough brought the Hun Clan’s invasion of the Xiao Realm. After rescuing hundreds of clansmen and taking leadership, Xiao Tian Ce trapped the Hun forces and began wiping them out with Spiritual Arrays.

  • Xiao Tian Ce refused Xiao Tian Yun’s request to punish Xiao Tian Ce and moved his branch to a new base, where he created a Converter and strengthened his spiritual arts.
  • Xiao Tian Ce developed his Spiritual Array skills, sparred with Xiao Xuan, and learned that Xiao Xuan intended to risk a Dou Di breakthrough despite the danger to the clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce warned Xiao Chun that the Hun Clan might attack, then staged the deaths of his branch with Xiao Xuan and hid the survivors while Hun Tiandi prepared to invade.
  • Xiao Tian Ce completed the White Jade Capital and its Spirit Gathering Array, refined two pills for Huang Jiuji, and reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Saint.
  • Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion, attempted to become Dou Di, and was crippled by golden lightning before Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan attacked him.
  • While Xiao Xuan fought Hun Tiandi, Xiao Qing secretly evacuated 499 Xiao clansmen as Xiao Tian Ce prepared arrays and summoned Huang Jiuji to confront the invading forces.
  • Xiao Tian Ce entered the Xiao Realm with Old Phoenix, revealed the staged confrontation, stopped Hun Yuanpo from calling for help, and led the rescued clansmen to Heaven Beyond.
  • Xiao Tian Ce trapped the remaining Hun Clan forces in the Xiao Realm and activated arrays that killed and weakened them as Hun Yuanpo resorted to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul Formation.
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Ch. 26On the Dou Qi Continent, the strong reigned supreme

Xiao Tian Yun visited Xiao Wu at the True Martial Academy to ask him to punish Xiao Tian Ce for injuring him and his brother, but Xiao Wu refused. He warned that Tian Ce’s past battle against Hun Tiandi proved his strength was far greater than his cultivation suggested, leaving Xiao Tian Yun unconvinced.

  • Xiao Tian Yun reached the True Martial Academy and discovered that Xiao Wu was inside despite the guard claiming he had gone out.
  • Xiao Wu allowed Xiao Tian Yun in, and Xiao Tian Yun complained that the guard had tried to stop him.
  • Xiao Tian Yun asked Xiao Wu to teach Xiao Tian Ce a lesson and offered him a Bodhi Pill and a high-grade Earth-tier Dou Technique scroll.
  • Xiao Wu refused, citing the clan’s restrictions and the danger of making an enemy of Xiao Tian Ce.
  • Xiao Wu recounted how Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Chen had stopped Hun Tiandi during the Eight Clans' grand tournament, explaining that Tian Ce’s combat power had once rivaled Hun Tiandi’s.
  • Xiao Tian Yun questioned whether Xiao Chen had done most of the work, while Xiao Wu insisted that Tian Ce’s strength made him dangerous.

Ch. 27Secrets and an Apology

Xiao Tian Shan and Xiao Tian Yun apologized to Xiao Tian Ce over the dispute involving Xiao Chun, and Xiao Tian Ce let the matter end with a warning to preserve clan harmony. He then told Xiao Chun and Xiao Tian Ming that he planned to move their branch and its remaining Dou Zun to a new base in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, leaving Xiao Chun to oversee the clan.

  • Xiao Wu warned Xiao Tian Yun that he and Xiao Tian Shan could not handle Xiao Tian Ce and urged him to abandon thoughts of revenge.
  • Xiao Tian Shan took Xiao Tian Yun to Heavenly Strategy Manor to apologize and left a chest of gifts after Xiao Tian Ce declined to meet them and said the matter was settled.
  • Xiao Tian Ce sent the gifts to Xiao Chun, and Xiao Tian Shan told Xiao Tian Yun to stop complaining and let the dispute end.
  • Xiao Tian Ce explained to Xiao Chun and Xiao Tian Ming why he had intervened and said he had let Xiao Tian Yun off lightly to avoid revealing too much.
  • Xiao Tian Ce announced that he would take Xiao Chun, Xiao Tian Ming, and the remaining Dou Zun to a new base in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, while Xiao Chun continued overseeing the clan.

Ch. 28Mid-Level Heaven Realm Soul, Refining the Converter

Xiao Tian Ce cultivated the Heaven Soul Art in seclusion, raising his soul power before spending two months refining materials into a device meant to convert Dou Qi into spiritual energy. He completed the Converter, but its first test only made one of its magic cores glow faintly, leaving its function uncertain.

  • Xiao Tian Ce brought Xiao Tian Ming and the remaining Dou Zun to the Heaven Beyond space, then secluded himself to study how to make the Converter.
  • Xiao Tian Ce cultivated the Heaven Soul Art for three months and raised his soul power to the mid-level Heaven Realm.
  • Xiao Tian Ce used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to refine the gathered materials for two months, despite severe exhaustion.
  • Xiao Tian Ce assembled the materials and embedded three ninth-rank magic cores, completing the palm-sized Converter.
  • Xiao Tian Ce fed his remaining Dou Qi into the Converter; no spiritual energy appeared, but its lowest magic core began to glow faintly.

Ch. 29Xiao Tian Ming planned to visit the continent's northwest

After recovering from his long seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce learned that Xiao Tian Ming had advanced under Huang Jiuji’s guidance and sent him to the continent’s northwest to check on hidden clansmen. Xiao Tian Ce then went to visit Huang Jiuji.

  • Xiao Tian Ce restored his Dou Qi and soul power, then left seclusion and learned that Xiao Qing had arranged for Xiao Long to guard his chamber.
  • Xiao Tian Ming visited Xiao Tian Ce and revealed that Huang Jiuji’s guidance had helped him break through from Peak Three-Star Dou Saint.
  • Xiao Tian Ming said the clan chief had asked him to check on clansmen sent to the continent’s northwest, and Xiao Tian Ce told him to conceal their traces and avoid detection by the other Ancient Seven Clans.
  • Xiao Tian Ming set out for the northwest, and Xiao Tian Ce went to the Heavenly Phoenix Palace to greet Huang Jiuji.

Ch. 30Eighth-Tier Spiritual Array Master, Late-Stage Seven-Star Dou Saint Strength

Huang Jiuji joined the Xiao Clan as its supreme elder, while Xiao Tian Ce continued building his strength and influence. Nine years into Xiao Xuan’s ten-year arrangement, Xiao Xuan discovered he could no longer sense Xiao Tian Ce’s cultivation and challenged him to a spar.

  • Huang Jiuji praised Xiao Tian Ce’s progress in the Heaven Soul Art and entrusted the Heavenly Huang Clan’s future to him.
  • Xiao Tian Ce promised the Xiao Clan’s support for the Heavenly Huang Clan, and Huang Jiuji accepted the position of supreme elder.
  • Over the following years, the Heavenly Net and Heavenly Secret Tower rose to prominence across the Central Plains while keeping their operations secret.
  • Xiao Xuan visited Xiao Tian Ce in the Heavenly Strategy Manor and was surprised that he could not sense Xiao Tian Ce’s strength.
  • Xiao Tian Ce explained that his spiritual array concealed his late-stage seven-star Dou Saint strength and that he had become an eighth-tier Spiritual Array Master.
  • Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Tian Ce to exchange a few moves.

Ch. 31The Might of an Eighth-Tier Spiritual Array

Xiao Xuan challenged Xiao Tian Ce to a spar, and Xiao Tian Ce trapped him inside the advanced eighth-tier Immortal-Slaying Sword Array. As Xiao Xuan searched for a way out, Xiao Tian Ce added another array that drained his Dou Qi, and Xiao Xuan began preparing a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.

  • Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Tian Ce to spar, and they moved to a new space to avoid damaging the buildings.
  • Xiao Tian Ce activated the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array and enclosed Xiao Xuan in it.
  • Xiao Xuan blocked and dodged the array's endlessly regenerating swords while searching for its core.
  • Xiao Tian Ce cast the eighth-tier God-Trapping Spirit Annihilation array over the sword array, causing Xiao Xuan's Dou Qi to drain.
  • Xiao Xuan warned Xiao Tian Ce and began forming seals for a Heaven Tier Dou Technique.

Ch. 32Xiao Xuan's astonishment

Xiao Tian Ce tested his eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays against Xiao Xuan, who eventually broke all four despite being injured. Afterward, Xiao Tian Ce explained that Spiritual Arrays were powered by spiritual energy and came from another world, leaving Xiao Xuan convinced that he was the Dou Qi Continent’s only Spiritual Array Master.

  • Xiao Xuan used a Heaven Tier Dou Technique against Xiao Tian Ce’s two eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays, but the arrays remained intact.
  • Xiao Xuan refused to surrender, so Xiao Tian Ce added the Nine-Bend Yellow River and Ten Thousand Layered Mountains arrays.
  • Xiao Xuan’s Heaven and Earth Shattering Demon Palm clashed with all four arrays, and the attacks injured him before he broke the arrays.
  • Xiao Tian Ce ended the fight and left for the Heavenly Strategy Manor, where Xiao Xuan soon joined him.
  • Xiao Tian Ce revealed that Spiritual Arrays used spiritual energy rather than Dou Qi, and Xiao Xuan deduced that their methods came from another world.

Ch. 33The proud members of the Xiao Clan

Xiao Xuan decided to attempt the Dou Di breakthrough in one year despite the danger to the Xiao Clan, and entrusted Xiao Tian Ce with protecting the clan if he failed. They agreed to preserve selected children from the bloodline extraction and take them with Xiao Tian Ce’s branch.

  • Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Tian Ce’s Spiritual Array skill and said he would attempt to reach the Dou Di realm one year later.
  • Xiao Tian Ce warned that he needed more time to protect the whole Xiao Clan, but Xiao Xuan refused to delay his breakthrough.
  • Xiao Tian Ce suggested seeking help from the Gu Clan, but Xiao Xuan explained that the Xiao Clan’s pride and Gu Yuan’s reluctance made that unlikely.
  • Xiao Xuan said he would finish extracting the Dou Di bloodline in three months and asked Xiao Tian Ce to take selected children and his branch’s clansmen if he failed.
  • Xiao Tian Ce promised to care for the children and keep the Xiao Clan among the foremost clans on the Dou Qi Continent.

Ch. 34The Soul Hall Was Nothing but an Ant He Could Crush at Any Moment

Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Chun that the Xiao Clan branch would soon move to Heaven Beyond as the Hun Clan prepared to attack after Xiao Xuan’s failed breakthrough. They planned to protect their own branch first, while leaving open the possibility of helping the other Xiao Clan branches later.

  • Xiao Chun asked why Xiao Tian Ming had not returned, and Xiao Tian Ce explained that he had gone back to the continent’s northwest because it gave him a sense of peace.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Chun that the clan leader would attempt to break through to the Dou Di Realm in a year and that their branch would leave for Heaven Beyond within two months.
  • Xiao Tian Ce warned that the Hun Clan would likely attack if Xiao Xuan failed and that the Soul Hall might assist them, though he considered the Soul Hall a minor threat.
  • Xiao Tian Ce asked Xiao Chun to care for outstanding juniors arriving from the other branches, and Xiao Chun agreed.
  • Xiao Chun asked whether they could save all the Xiao Clan members, but Xiao Tian Ce said the other branches might refuse help and suggested they reassess the situation a year later.

Ch. 35The battle was about to begin

Xiao Tian Ce prepared for the Hun Clan’s coming assault while Xiao Xuan collected the Dou Di bloodline from the other five Xiao Clan meridians. The chapter ended as Xiao Xuan returned and challenged Xiao Tian Ce to fight, with the battle about to begin.

  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Chun that the Xiao Clan’s chance depended on whether Xiao Xuan could keep Hun Tiandi occupied after failing to break through to the Dou Di Realm.
  • Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he could fight a peak eight-star Dou Sheng and planned to preserve the clan without risking a direct clash unless an opportunity arose.
  • Xiao Chun urged Xiao Tian Ce to protect himself if he could not save the clansmen, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to prepare for both outcomes.
  • After Xiao Chun left, Xiao Tian Ce resumed studying spiritual arrays and spent three months in secluded cultivation.
  • Xiao Xuan returned after collecting the Dou Di bloodline from the other five meridians and told Xiao Tian Ce they would fight.

Ch. 36A Public Performance, a Bloodline Eradicated

Xiao Xuan and Xiao Tian Ce staged a public fight so Xiao Xuan could appear to eliminate Tian Ce and his branch while concealing their plan. After the Xiao Realm was sealed, Gu Yuan learned of the purge and chose to wait for Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough attempt to fail.

  • Xiao Xuan and Xiao Tian Ce pretended to quarrel over the Dou Di bloodline, drawing Xiao clansmen to witness their confrontation.
  • Xiao Xuan struck down Xiao Tian Ce, crushed his fleeing soul, and declared that Tian Ce’s branch would be executed.
  • Xiao Xuan enclosed the branch’s members in a spatial sphere and crushed it, then warned the remaining clansmen that the Xiao Clan had only five branches left.
  • Three days later, Xiao Xuan announced that the bloodline collection was complete, sealed the Xiao Realm, and began secluded cultivation for his Dou Di breakthrough.
  • Gu Yuan rejected a proposal to attack the weakened Xiao Clan and ordered the Gu Clan to watch the Xiao Realm while waiting for Xiao Xuan to fail.

Ch. 37The Hun Clan's Council: A Plan to Destroy the Xiao Clan

Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan elders discussed the report that Xiao Xuan had killed Xiao Tian Ce and destroyed his branch, then resolved to attack the Xiao Clan and seize the Tou She Ancient God Jade. Though several doubted the report was genuine, Hun Tiandi cited shattered life tablets as proof, and he and the nihility devouring flame prepared to wipe out the Xiao Clan.

  • Gu Yuan wondered whether Xiao Xuan's reported attack on Xiao Tian Ce was a scheme or the result of his obsession with becoming Dou Di.
  • Hun Tiandi convened the Hun Clan elders and ordered them to join him in attacking Xiao Xuan and taking the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
  • The nihility devouring flame, Hun Yao, and Hun Motian questioned whether Xiao Xuan and Xiao Tian Ce had staged the reported slaughter, citing Xiao Tian Ce's caution and strategic skill.
  • Hun Tiandi asserted that Xiao Tian Ce's branch life tablets had shattered, convincing the doubters that the deaths were real.
  • Hun Tiandi dismissed the elders and told the nihility devouring flame he would rely on him after Xiao Xuan was killed.
  • The nihility devouring flame vowed to destroy the Xiao Clan to avenge Xiao Tian Ce's past ambush, and Hun Tiandi promised him his desires after conquering the continent.

Ch. 38The Hun Clan's Unfathomable Strength

Xiao Tian Ce discussed the Xiao Clan’s escape and future plans with Huang Jiuji, then learned from Xiao Qing that the Hun Clan could bring overwhelming force against them. He remained confident in his preparations, but the scale of the Hun Clan’s strength left the Xiao Clan’s survival uncertain.

  • Xiao Tian Ce and Huang Jiuji reviewed how the Xiao Clan had faked its destruction by swapping and shattering Life Tablets.
  • Xiao Tian Ce promised to seek a Ninth Grade Golden Pill from the Yao Clan to help Huang Jiuji’s two descendants come into the world once he mastered Ninth-Tier Spiritual Arrays.
  • Xiao Qing reported that the other six clans had shown little reaction to the news, while the Hun Clan had mobilized as expected.
  • Xiao Qing told Xiao Tian Ce that the Hun Clan had four eight-star Dou Shengs besides Hun Tiandi, along with the recovered Nihility Devouring Flame, and more than a hundred Dou Shengs overall.

Ch. 39A baptism of blood and fire

Xiao Tian Ce explained to Xiao Qing why the Xiao Clan’s hidden forces could not openly prevent the Hun Clan’s attack and tested her judgment on how to respond. He decided they would secretly rescue survivors only after the clan had suffered defeat, leaving Xiao Qing to accept his plan for a baptism of blood and fire.

  • Xiao Qing warned Xiao Tian Ce that the Hun Clan’s hundred-plus Dou Sheng Experts could overwhelm the Xiao Clan’s people in the Xiao Realm.
  • Xiao Qing argued that Hun Tiandi would prioritize killing Xiao Xuan and might avoid destroying the clan while Xiao Xuan remained alive.
  • Xiao Tian Ce explained that Hun Tiandi could attack Xiao Xuan and the Xiao Clan at the same time, forcing Xiao Qing to reconsider the danger.
  • Xiao Qing proposed that they focus on rescuing their clanspeople rather than assisting Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Tian Ce asked why they should not evacuate everyone immediately.
  • Xiao Tian Ce explained that the clanspeople needed to suffer defeat to abandon their arrogance and that revealing their hidden force could doom the clan’s last hope.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing they would rescue the clanspeople only after their hopes were shattered, and that the Hun Clan must not discover their involvement.

Ch. 40The Improved Eighth-Level Spirit Gathering Array

Xiao Tian Ce unveiled the White Jade Capital, built under Xiao Qing’s direction, and activated an improved Eighth-Level Spirit Gathering Array inside it. The Xiao Clan discovered that it transformed violent ambient Dou Qi into a gentle, highly concentrated cultivation environment.

  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing to monitor the Hun Clan from concealment and said she could break through if she could no longer suppress her Dou Qi.
  • Three months later, Xiao Qing presented the completed White Jade Capital to Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Chun, and the returned Xiao Tian Ming.
  • Xiao Tian Ce used runes to activate the Spirit Gathering Array, drawing Heaven Beyond’s Dou Qi into the White Jade Capital.
  • After waiting for the array to stabilize, Xiao Tian Ce led the others inside, where they found gentle, directly absorbable Dou Qi and liquid condensed from it.
  • Xiao Tian Ce explained that the White Jade Capital housed an improved Eighth-Level Spirit Gathering Array.

Ch. 41Huang Jiuji's Surprise and the Green Lotus Venerable

Xiao Tian Ce completed the Spirit Gathering Array at White Jade Capital and established plans to regulate access. Back at Heavenly Strategy Manor, Huang Jiuji hurried to inspect it, while Xiao Du Ming emerged from secluded cultivation and received the title Green Lotus Venerable.

  • Xiao Chun proposed restricting cultivation in White Jade Capital and rotating Dou Sheng guardians, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to put the rules to a clan vote.
  • Xiao Tian Ce let the clan members explore White Jade Capital and its surrounding cultivation spots before returning to Heavenly Strategy Manor.
  • Huang Jiuji asked Xiao Tian Ce about the thinning dou qi, learned about the Spirit Gathering Array, and rushed off to inspect White Jade Capital.
  • Xiao Tian Ce welcomed Xiao Du Ming after nearly ten years of cultivation and learned that the Green Lotus Core Flame spirit had reached Peak Dou Zun strength.
  • Xiao Tian Ce named Xiao Du Ming the Green Lotus Venerable, with the future title Green Lotus Saint if he reached Dou Sheng.

Ch. 42Huang Jiuji Pledged His Loyalty, Refining Eighth-Tier Eight-Colored Pills

Huang Jiuji pledged his loyalty to Xiao Tian Ce and asked him to help hatch two clan descendants in the White Jade Capital. Xiao Tian Ce refined two Myriad Phoenix Blood-Nourishing Bone-Melting Pills, which tried to flee after surviving the pill lightning.

  • Huang Jiuji admitted that he had exaggerated the need for a Ninth Grade Golden Pill and respectfully pledged himself to Xiao Tian Ce.
  • Huang Jiuji asked to place his two juniors in the White Jade Capital and provided the formula for two Eighth-Tier Eight-Colored Pills.
  • Xiao Tian Ce agreed to the request, studied the formula, and said he could refine both pills in three months.
  • Huang Jiuji hurried to place his juniors in the White Jade Capital while Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Du Ming went to work at the Ninth Floor of the Heavenly Strategy Manor.
  • After mastering the formula and sorting the ingredients, Xiao Tian Ce refined both pills, endured their eighteen bolts of pill lightning, and watched them flee in opposite directions.

Ch. 43Xiao Xuan Emerged from Seclusion, on the Eve of Battle

Xiao Tian Ce secured the pills for the Heavenly Huang Clan and arranged the Xiao Clan’s preparations for Xiao Xuan’s attempt to reach the Dou Di Realm. As Hun Clan scouts gathered near the Xiao Realm, Xiao Xuan emerged from seclusion, leaving the battle about to begin.

  • Xiao Tian Ce captured two escaping eighth-tier, eight-colored pills and gave them to Huang Jiuji, who agreed that the unborn birds would become sacred guardian beasts of the Xiao Clan.
  • After three months of cultivation, Xiao Tian Ce reached the peak of Seven-Star Dou Saint and assigned Xiao Chun and Xiao Tian Ming to oversee Heaven Beyond while he and Xiao Qing went to the Xiao Realm.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Qing waited near the Xiao Realm entrance and discussed how they would respond if the Hun Clan attacked after Xiao Xuan’s attempt.
  • Xiao Tian Ce spotted two Five-Star Dou Zun sent by the Hun Clan to monitor the Xiao Realm and chose not to kill them or alert the enemy.
  • Over the next fourteen days, more Hun Clan scouts gathered near the Xiao Realm, and Xiao Xuan emerged in dark robes and taunted Hun Tiandi for sending only minor fighters.

Ch. 44Beginning the Push toward the Dou Di Realm

Xiao Xuan began his attempt to break through to the Dou Di realm in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range while the Hun Clan prepared to attack the Xiao Realm. Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Qing a concealment-and-teleportation array to rescue up to five hundred clansmen, and Xiao Xuan’s breakthrough remained uncertain as the chapter ended.

  • Xiao Xuan killed the Hun Clan Dou Zun spies at the entrance to the Xiao Realm and left to attempt his breakthrough in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range.
  • Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Qing to wait rather than follow Xiao Xuan, explaining that the Hun Clan would hold back until his attempt was resolved.
  • Hun Yuanpo arrived at the Xiao Realm with three other seven-star Dou Saints and a hundred additional Dou Sheng experts.
  • Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Qing an eighth-tier Spiritual Array core and instructed her to use it to rescue up to five hundred clansmen while he stayed behind to confront the Hun Clan forces.
  • Xiao Xuan crushed the bottle of collected Dou Di bloodline and absorbed its power as Hun Tiandi and nihility devouring flame watched from afar.
  • Xiao Xuan drove his cultivation method to its utmost as the surrounding dou qi surged, but he still felt it was not enough to reach the Dou Di realm.

Ch. 45Xiao Xuan's breakthrough failed, Hun Tiandi's scheme

Xiao Xuan failed to break through to the Dou Di realm and was left gravely injured, allowing Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan experts to confront him. Hun Tiandi revealed that he had orchestrated Xiao Xuan’s pursuit of the Dou Di bloodline, and Xiao Xuan challenged him to fight.

  • Xiao Xuan absorbed the violent Dou Qi in the Heavenly Star Mountain Range, but golden lightning struck him down and left him with irreversible injuries.
  • Hun Tiandi arrived with the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan’s eight-star Dou Sheng experts, intending to kill Xiao Xuan and destroy the Xiao Clan.
  • Hun Tiandi taunted Xiao Xuan and spoke of Xiao Tian Ce, while Xiao Xuan accused him of ambushing Tian Ce and leaving him unconscious for a hundred years.
  • Hun Tiandi revealed that he had arranged for Xiao Xuan to receive the scroll that led him to gather the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di bloodline and cripple his own cultivation.
  • Xiao Xuan dismissed the past and challenged Hun Tiandi to test how much his strength had improved.

Ch. 46The Battle Begins

Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi began their battle inside the Hun Clan’s Realm of Death formation, with the Nihility Devouring Flame joining Hun Tiandi against the wounded Xiao Xuan. The fight intensified as Xiao Xuan unleashed another powerful technique against both opponents.

  • Xiao Xuan challenged Hun Tiandi to fight, and Hun Tiandi accepted rather than let him leave.
  • Hun Yuantian and three other Hun Clan experts formed the Realm of Death with four Gates of Dead Silence around Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi.
  • Xiao Xuan and Hun Tiandi exchanged Heaven Tier Dou Techniques, and the formation withstood their attacks.
  • Xiao Xuan drove Hun Tiandi back, while Hun Tiandi recognized his strength and called the Nihility Devouring Flame to help keep him occupied until his injuries worsened.
  • Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame attacked together, and Xiao Xuan countered with Blazing Fire Shatters the Firmament, Million Mighty Soldiers.

Ch. 47Xiao Tian Ce Sets Up Six Eighth-Tier Spiritual Arrays

Xiao Tian Ce prepared six eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays and summoned Huang Jiuji to trap and kill the Hun Clan forces attacking the Xiao Realm. Inside the realm, Xiao Qing secretly evacuated talented clansmen, and Hun Yuanpo realized that people were disappearing.

  • Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame's attacks failed to break through Xiao Xuan's defense inside the Realm of Death array.
  • Xiao Qing entered the Xiao Realm under concealment and began teleporting talented clansmen to safety as the Hun Clan slaughtered the Xiao Clan.
  • Xiao Tian Ce formed six eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays around the entrance, activated four of them, and summoned the peak Eight-Star Dou Saint Heavenly Demon Puppet Huang Jiuji.
  • Xiao Qing evacuated about three hundred clansmen before a Hun Clan Dou Sheng noticed the unexplained disappearances and alerted Hun Yuanpo.
  • Hun Yuanpo ordered his forces to stay alert and asked whether the Hun Clan members collecting resources had returned, but several Dou Shengs arrived with an urgent warning.

Ch. 48At the Brink of Destruction, Xiao Qing Crushed the Array Core

The Hun Clan attacked the Xiao Clan inside the Xiao Realm, and Xiao Wu ordered the surviving experts to cover the clansmen’s retreat. After witnessing the slaughter, Xiao Qing crushed the Spiritual Array’s core, revealed her Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength, and attacked the Hun Clan as Xiao Tian Ce prepared to end the battle.

  • Hun Yuanpo learned that the Hun Clan had found almost none of the Xiao Clan’s resources and ordered his men to kill more Xiao Clan members instead.
  • Xiao Tian Shan and the branch heads defied the Hun Clan, while Xiao Wu rallied the surviving Dou Sheng Experts to escort the clansmen toward the entrance.
  • Hun Yuanpo blocked the retreat and launched an attack that Xiao Wu and the branch heads joined forces to repel.
  • After rescuing 499 clansmen and seeing many others slaughtered, Xiao Qing crushed the Spiritual Array’s core and unleashed her Eight-Star Dou Sheng strength.
  • Xiao Qing seized a Hun Clan Dou Sheng Expert by the neck, while Xiao Tian Ce sensed the array core’s destruction and declared that it was time to end the farce.

Ch. 49Xiao Tian Ce Takes Action and Assumes the Role of Acting Clan Leader

Xiao Tian Ce returned to the Xiao Realm with Old Phoenix and helped turn the battle against the Hun Clan while arranging the Xiao Clan’s evacuation. He temporarily assumed the role of clan leader and headed for the entrance as the trapped Hun Clan forces discovered they could not escape.

  • Xiao Tian Ce entered the Xiao Realm with Old Phoenix and ordered him to kill every Hun Clan member there.
  • Old Phoenix and Xiao Tian Ce attacked the Hun Clan forces, and Xiao Tian Ce reunited with Xiao Qing as Hun Yuanpo realized the earlier clash with Xiao Xuan had been staged.
  • Hun Yuanpo crushed a jade pendant to send a message, but Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he had sealed the Xiao Realm’s space and blocked communications.
  • Hun Yuanpo ordered the Hun Clan forces to retreat, while Xiao Tian Ce stopped the Xiao Clan from pursuing and gave Xiao Qing control of the array to evacuate their clansmen to Heaven Beyond.
  • Xiao Tian Ce declared that he would temporarily lead the Xiao Clan, and the clansmen accepted him as clan leader before evacuating.
  • Xiao Tian Ce and Old Phoenix headed toward the entrance as the remaining Hun Clan forces found themselves unable to escape.

Ch. 50The Hun Clan's Self-Destructive Secret Art

Xiao Tian Ce trapped the Hun Clan’s surviving Dou Sheng experts in six Spiritual Arrays and steadily weakened and killed them. Hun Yuanpo began the clan’s soul-devouring secret art to sacrifice most of the survivors and try to escape.

  • Xiao Tian Ce activated four eighth-tier Spiritual Arrays, killing nearly a dozen Hun Clan Dou Sheng experts as Hun Yuanpo ordered the survivors to find the formations’ cores.
  • Hun Yuanpo realized the arrays absorbed the Hun Clan’s attacks, then gathered the survivors and formed the Ten Thousand Ghosts Devouring Soul Formation.
  • Xiao Tian Ce activated two more Spiritual Arrays that drained the Hun Clan’s Dou Qi, leaving Hun Yuanpo to conclude they could not all survive.
  • Hun Yuanpo persuaded the survivors to use the Hun Clan’s secret art to concentrate their strength and preserve a few people who could carry word back to the clan.
  • Hun Yuanpo unleashed clouds of black smoke filled with souls and ghosts, while Xiao Tian Ce watched and remarked that the secret art had saved him trouble.
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