Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian Ce promised Xiao Yi Xian the resources she needed to control her Woeful Poison Body and encouraged her to remain kind, then brought her to the Snake-People Tribe. There, they learned the Misty Cloud Sect had targeted Xiao Yan’s brothers, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to intervene.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Yi Xian he could provide the resources to control her Woeful Poison Body and invited her to join him in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian spared Ice Venerable Bing He and the Ice River Valley members, who revealed the Soul Hall had contacted them three years earlier.
• The Heavenly Secret Tower gave Xiao Yi Xian a Heavenly Mechanism Token, and Xiao Tian Ce gave her an eighth-tier Qinglian Soul-Restoring Pill.
• The Poison Sect learned Ice River Valley had wiped out the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Xiao Yi Xian resolved to grow stronger so she could repay Xiao Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought Xiao Yi Xian to the Snake-People Tribe, where Huang Jiuji showed him a report that the Misty Cloud Sect had attacked Xiao Ding and Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to confront Yun Shan, and Xiao Tian Ce introduced her to Elder Huang and Queen Medusa.

Xiao Tian Ce prepared to move the Snake-People Tribe to the Central Plains while revealing his plans to destroy the Hun Clan and later search for a passage to the Great Thousand World. During the journey, Huang Jiuji accepted Medusa as his disciple and promised to help her evolve her bloodline.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Huang Jiuji he would monitor Xiao Yan’s older brothers and wait until Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb before telling him the news.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he planned to use the Xiao Clan’s Nine-Star Dou Sheng experts to eliminate the Hun Clan, then search for a passage to the Great Thousand World while testing whether Xiao Qing could lead the clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce summoned a Space Ship, and Huang Jiuji protected it as Medusa led the Snake-People Tribe aboard for the journey to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian admired the void with Xiao Tian Ce, who encouraged her to master her innate calamity poison body and grow stronger.
• Huang Jiuji took Medusa as his disciple, introduced her to her senior sister Xiao Qing, and promised to help her evolve into a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

Xiao Tian Ce brought the Snake-People Tribe to Heaven Beyond and visited Xiao Yan in the Heavenly Tomb, where he learned of Xiao Xuan’s decision to hide his identity and serve as a guard. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian Ce revealing that Xiao Xuan’s brother Chen was still alive but trapped.

• Huang Jiuji explained that nine-colored origin stone could evolve Medusa’s Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, and she thanked him for his guidance.
• After the spatial ship reached Heaven Beyond, Xiao Tian Ce arranged for the Snake-People Tribe to settle near the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan, and Medusa greeted Jin Shi.
• Xiao Tian Ce took Xiao Yi Xian to Heavenly Strategy Manor, then entered the Heavenly Tomb and found that Xiao Yan’s soul power had reached the late Heavenly-Ranked Soul stage.
• Xiao Xuan refused to meet the Xiao Clan members and chose to wear a mask and serve as Xiao Tian Ce’s guard because he blamed himself for the clan’s past suffering.
• Xiao Tian Ce made Xiao Xuan a black iron mask and told him that Brother Chen was alive but trapped.

Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Xuan, and the Tomb Spirit discussed rescuing Xiao Chen and the dangers of confronting the Hun Clan before helping Xiao Yan improve and leave the Heavenly Tomb. They reached Heaven Beyond, where Xiao Yan was sent to see his family while Xiao Tian Ce introduced Xuanhuang and the Tomb Spirit to the Xiao Clan elders.

• Xiao Tian Ce promised Xiao Xuan he would rescue Xiao Chen, and Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit warned him to be cautious about the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Yan finished cultivating, received the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations from Xiao Xuan, and learned that Xiao Tian Ce possessed a child flame of the golden emperor burning heaven flame.
• Xiao Tian Ce led everyone out of the Heavenly Tomb and sealed it with a Ninth-Level Spiritual Array; Xiao Xuan adopted the name Xuanhuang to conceal his identity.
• Xiao Yan recklessly probed Heaven Beyond with his soul power, injured himself, and was given a jade bottle by Xiao Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce sent Xiao Yan to see Xiao Zhan and the others, then introduced Xuanhuang and the Tomb Spirit to Huang Jiuji and Xiao Yi Xian at Heavenly Strategy Manor.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan in Heaven Beyond and met several powerful Xiao Clan figures, while Xiao Tian Ce gathered the experts to plan their response to the Hun Clan and a possible four-clan alliance. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian Ce asking whether they should annihilate the alliance or merely defeat it.

• Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit recognized Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body, and Xiao Tian Ce explained that Xiao Yan would help her resolve it.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Zhan, learned that his family was thriving in the Xiao Clan, and heard that his brothers had remained behind to keep adventuring.
• Qinglian appeared, examined Xiao Yan's Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Bieli explained that Qinglian was a Six-Star Dou Sheng whose true form was a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net arrived, recognized Xiao Yan, and joined him in meeting Xiao Tian Ce and the other experts.
• Xiao Tian Ce assigned teams to search for the hidden Hun Clan, but Xiao Qing reported that the Gu, Yan, Lei, and Ancient Void Dragon Clans might be forming an alliance.
• Heavenly Net, Xiao Xuan, and Xiao Qing urged Xiao Tian Ce to confront the alliance before searching for the Hun Clan, and Xiao Tian Ce asked whether they should destroy or simply defeat it.

Xiao Tian Ce’s council decided to address the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan before confronting the Hun Clan, while debating whether to spare the Gu Clan and destroy the others. After Xiao Qing returned with news of the Hun Clan’s sudden, widespread emergence, the council suspected a larger plot; meanwhile, Xiao Yan learned his brothers had survived the Misty Cloud Sect’s attack and prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Xuan advised Xiao Tian Ce to deal with the Four-Clan Alliance before fighting the Hun Clan, and recommended leaving part of the Gu Clan’s bloodline alive.
• Ya Fei informed Xiao Tian Ce, Tian Luo, and Xiao Qing that the Hun Clan had been found, so Xiao Tian Ce sent Xiao Qing to retrieve the details.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire, and she revealed that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had been attacked by the Misty Cloud Sect but survived with help from the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Tian Ce arranged for Xiao Yan to receive revival materials for Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, along with materials to help control Xiao Yi Xian’s woeful poison body.
• Xiao Qing ordered the Heavenly Secret Tower and Heavenly Net to monitor the Gu, Yan, and Lei Clans and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then returned to Heaven Beyond with the Hun Clan’s information.
• Xiao Qing presented the scroll to Xiao Tian Ce, and the council questioned why the Hun Clan had suddenly appeared across the Central Plains and whether Hun Tiandi had recovered.

Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Heavenly Secret Tower to investigate the Hun Clan while Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame launched attacks across the Central Plains. As the Xiao Clan prepared to intervene, Gu Yuan struggled to keep the Four-Clan Alliance united over whether to support the Hun Clan.

• Xiao Tian Ce sent Xiao Qing and Tian Luo to coordinate surveillance and capture Hun Clan members, then set out for the Thunder Realm with Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit.
• Hun Tiandi and the Nihility Devouring Flame decided to leave the moving Soul Realm and act, abandoning most of the Hun Clan's remaining members there.
• Hun Miesheng led the Soul Hall in attacks that devastated several Central Plains factions, including wiping out Sound Valley and Yellow Springs Pavilion.
• Xiao Qing ordered the Heavenly Secret Tower's forces to join the fighting as the Hun Clan converged on the Pill Tower, the Heavenly Underworld Sect, and Burning Flame Valley.
• Gu Yuan summoned Zhu Kun, Yan Jin, and Lei Ying to discuss the Hun Clan's attacks and urged the Four-Clan Alliance to stand together, though Zhu Kun and Lei Ying opposed striking first.

Gu Yuan’s alliance meeting was interrupted by Hun Tiandi, who revealed that the Hun Clan had sacrificed its known experts as expendable pawns to evade the Xiao Clan. He then offered the Four-Clan Alliance a deal: join him in war against the Xiao Clan in exchange for four portions of emperor’s origin, which Nihility Devouring Flame claimed he knew how to obtain.

• Gu Yuan proposed that the Four-Clan Alliance stand together, while Lei Ying and Zhu Kun said their clans would not lead an attack on the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yuan accepted their position and urged the alliance to investigate why the Hun Clan had emerged and gone to war with Central Plains factions.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame arrived in the Ancient Realm and joined Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, and Zhu Kun in the meeting hall.
• Hun Tiandi explained that he had exposed the Hun Clan’s known members as expendable pawns because his clan could not withstand the Xiao Clan and hoped the sacrifice would spare its weaker survivors.
• Hun Tiandi asked the Four-Clan Alliance to wage war against the Xiao Clan, and Nihility Devouring Flame offered four portions of emperor’s origin in exchange.
• After Zhu Kun and the others doubted the offer, Nihility Devouring Flame said he knew the precise location of the emperor’s origin because he had once served Tou She Ancient God.

In the Gu Clan's Meeting Hall, Zhu Kun revealed that Xiao Tian Ce had entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and taken the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill by using a spiritual array to open the gate. Nihility Devouring Flame then argued that the Ancient Emperor's inheritance remained beneath the Heavenly Flame Plaza, leaving the clans with another possible way to pursue Dou Di power.

• Nihility Devouring Flame proposed using the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill to make Hun Tiandi a Dou Di, and Zhu Kun warned that the pill had already been taken.
• Zhu Kun disclosed that Xiao Tian Ce had opened the cave mansion's gate with a spiritual array despite possessing only five pieces of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Zhu Kun confirmed that Xiao Tian Ce had taken the pill and said his Spiritual Array Grandmaster level could let him wield Dou Di strength even as a Half-Step Dou Di.
• Hun Tiandi proposed giving up and attacking the Xiao Clan, but Nihility Devouring Flame urged him to keep fighting because Xiao Tian Ce might not know about the Ancient Emperor's inheritance beneath the Heavenly Flame Plaza.
• Zhu Kun confirmed that Tou She Ancient God had told him the inheritance lay below the cave mansion.

Nihility Devouring Flame revealed that the Ancient Emperor's Inheritance remained unclaimed and offered to help whoever gained its recognition break through to Dou Di. The clans agreed to cooperate against the Xiao Clan, and Hun Tiandi proposed using expendable Hun Clan members and the Four-Clan Alliance to delay Xiao Tian Ce's forces.

• Nihility Devouring Flame explained that the inheritance's barrier required affinity with Heavenly Flames and offered his help to anyone who gained its recognition.
• Yan Jin and Lei Ying agreed to cooperate, Zhu Kun joined after warning that the Xiao Clan was too powerful, and Gu Yuan agreed despite suspecting Xiao Tian Ce had prepared contingencies.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame said Nihility could lead the group back into the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, avoiding the route Xiao Tian Ce might have tampered with.
• Hun Tiandi revealed he had scattered Hun Clan members across the Central Plains to distract the Xiao Clan for at least three months, and Zhu Kun and the others accepted his plan.
• Hun Tiandi asked the Four Clans to cover the expendable Hun Clan pawns and then delay the Xiao Clan without provoking it into desperation or exhausting their own strength.

Lei Ying reported Hun Tiandi’s plan to Xiao Tian Ce, who prepared to use the coming conflict to trap the Hun Clan and entrusted Xiao Qing with handling them. Xiao Tian Ce agreed to let Xiao Xuan decide the Gu Clan’s fate, then revealed Heavenly Net’s identity before Xiao Xuan asked why he had chosen Xiao Qing as the next Clan Chief despite having no wife or child.

• Hun Tiandi persuaded Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Zhu Kun, and Lei Ying to support a plan that sacrificed Hun Clan experts as pawns against the Xiao Clan.
• Lei Ying returned to his residence and told Xiao Tian Ce about the agreement made in the Ancient Realm’s Meeting Hall.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Lei Ying he would use the plan to trap his enemies and asked him to keep up his double-agent act until the war ended.
• Xiao Tian Ce met Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit, relayed Lei Ying’s report, and promised to leave the Gu Clan’s fate to Xiao Xuan while Qing'er dealt with the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that Heavenly Net was an incarnation made using Xiao Xuan’s body and nearly half of Xiao Tian Ce’s divided soul.
• Xiao Xuan asked why Xiao Tian Ce had chosen Xiao Qing as the next Clan Chief if he might have a child, and Xiao Tian Ce replied that he had no wife.

Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit about the Great Thousand World, its cultivation system, and his preparations against the Hun Clan. After revealing the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and its refinement method, Xiao Xuan rejected it and returned it to Xiao Tian Ce.

• Xiao Tian Ce explained that the Tou She Ancient God had sealed the passage to the Great Thousand World and the emperor's origin, then described the Great Thousand World's spiritual energy, cultivation realms, and Spiritual Array Masters.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Dou Di likely corresponded to Earthly Sovereign and said he wanted to pursue the Great Ruler realm.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he had prepared measures at the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and hoped Hun Tiandi and his allies would enter so he could catch them all.
• Xiao Tian Ce said he had obtained an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill containing emperor's origin and offered to refine it or teach Xiao Xuan the method.
• Xiao Xuan received the refinement method, rejected the pill as a means of becoming Dou Di, and returned it to Xiao Tian Ce.

Xiao Tian Ce refused to give Xiao Xuan the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and chose the Yan Clan as the Xiao Clan’s first target. While Xiao Qing organized attacks on the Hun Clan’s scattered forces, Xiao Tian Ce entered the Flame Realm with Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit and sealed its entrance with the grandmaster-level array Myriad Things Annihilated.

• Xiao Xuan refused the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and Xiao Tian Ce decided to reserve it while promising Xiao Xuan another path to becoming a Dou Di.
• Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Xuan, and Tomb Spirit chose to annihilate the Yan Clan, while Xiao Qing received orders to attack Hun Clan remnants at several locations.
• Xiao Qing divided the Xiao Clan’s forces among the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and the Pill Region, then sent Heavenly Net and Xiao Xian’s elders to support the operations.
• Gu Yuan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Hun Tiandi, Nihility Devouring Flame, and Zhu Kun secretly set out for Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion beneath Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit entered the Flame Realm, and Xiao Tian Ce activated Myriad Things Annihilated to seal its entrance.

Xiao Tian Ce’s forces annihilated the Yan Clan, with Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit defeating its Dou Sheng experts while the Spiritual Array killed clansmen fleeing the Flame Realm. The survivors were reduced to Yan Jin and a few followers, and Xiao Tian Ce left Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit to absorb their new Heavenly Flames while he examined the spoils.

• Xiao Tian Ce concealed the All Things Annihilation Spiritual Array at the entrance to the Flame Realm, and Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit attacked the Yan Clan inside.
• The Yan Clan’s Grand Supreme Elder ordered the clansmen to flee and summon Yan Jin, but Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit fought the clan’s Dou Sheng experts while Xiao Tian Ce’s array killed the escaping members.
• After four hours, Xiao Tian Ce gathered more than a hundred thousand Spatial Storage Rings, and Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit returned with five Dou Sheng corpses and treasures from the Yan Clan’s Treasure Pavilion.
• Xiao Tian Ce identified three Heavenly Flames and a divine-grade Yan Clan bloodline; he gave the Red Lotus Karmic Fire to the Tomb Spirit and the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame to Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit to a valley, where they began absorbing their Heavenly Flames as he prepared to inspect the Storage Rings.

Xiao Tian Ce sorted the Yan Clan’s treasures, sent Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit to fight Hun Clan remnants, and planned to wait at Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion for Hun Tiandi and his allies. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan welcomed the revived Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, then prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire with them to find his brothers.

• Xiao Tian Ce sorted the contents of a hundred thousand-plus Spatial Rings after the Yan Clan’s defeat.
• Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit absorbed Heavenly Flames, then left to clear Hun Clan remnants at the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Burning Flame Valley, and the Pill Region.
• Xiao Tian Ce chose to wait at Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion for Hun Tiandi and the others, while questioning the mysteries of Dou Di inheritances and the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan met the revived Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, who had received Dou Sheng bodies and gained new strength.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Yan a young fallen heart flame and the Five-Wheel Flame Departure Art as promised gifts.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo he wanted to return to the Jia Ma Empire to find Xiao Ding and his second brother, and they agreed to accompany him.

After resurrecting Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, Xiao Yan learned that the Xiao Clan was fighting the Hun Clan across the Central Plains. Yao Chen went to aid the Pill Tower while Xiao Yan headed for the Jia Ma Empire, and the Xiao Clan’s forces began attacking a powerful Hun Clan formation at the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian to Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, then learned from Xiao Bieli that the clan chief and elders had left Heaven Beyond to fight the Hun Clan.
• Medusa told Xiao Yan that the Hun Clan had attacked several Central Plains factions and that the Xiao Clan’s elders had gone to meet them; Yao Chen learned that Hun Clan forces were at the Pill Region and left to help the Pill Tower.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to return to the Jia Ma Empire with Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian rather than join the fighting, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• At the Heavenly Underworld Sect, Xiao Wu learned from Heavenly Net members that the Hun Clan had destroyed the sect and built a Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation that grew stronger by devouring corpses and souls.
• Xiao Wu sent Qinglian and two Six-Star Dou Sheng experts to attack the formation with heavenly flames, while an Eight-Star Dou Sheng of the Hun Clan ordered his forces to feed it a hundred bodies every half a tea’s time.

Hun Shengtian and the Hun Clan tried to stall the Xiao Clan with the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation, but Heavenly Net entered the formation and proved immune to its attacks. He then confronted Hun Shengtian and the other Hun Clan Dou Sheng, leaving the battle underway.

• The Hun Clan fed captives into the formation to restore its power, while Xiao Wu and Fifth Granduncle discussed how the formation worked and their clans’ long feud.
• Heavenly Net arrived, learned that the Hun Clan could sustain the formation by sacrificing captives, and offered to deal with it himself.
• Hun Shengtian realized Hun Tiandi had abandoned his forces, but rallied the Hun Clan to keep stalling for the Clan Chief.
• Heavenly Net walked through the formation’s barrier and withstood its attacks, then evaded the Hun Clan’s Dou Techniques.
• Heavenly Net recognized Hun Shengtian as a defeated opponent, shattered his blood-red claw, and sent another Hun Clan Dou Sheng flying with a punch.

Heavenly Net battled Hun Shengtian and the Hun Clan inside the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation, discovering that its blood mist healed the defenders. Outside the formation, Xiao Qing arrived at Sacred Pill City and prepared to use the Nine Nether Wind Flame to burn through the Hun Clan’s barrier.

• Heavenly Net traded fierce blows with Hun Shengtian, sending him crashing into the formation’s barrier.
• Hun Shengtian and the other Hun Clan Dou Sheng absorbed the formation’s blood mist to heal, and Heavenly Net launched a more intense assault against them.
• Xiao Wu, Qinglian, and Fifth Granduncle joined their Heavenly Flames to wear down the formation at the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• At Sacred Pill City, Xiao Fei and the Xiao Clan failed to damage the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation, while the Three Thousand Burning Flame remained imprisoned nearby.
• Xiao Qing arrived, explained that Heavenly Flames could break the formation, and revealed the Nine Nether Wind Flame in her hand.

Xiao Qing and Yao Chen attacked the Hun Clan’s formation at Sacred Pill City while Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit saved Burning Flame Valley, and the Xiao Clan wiped out the Hun Clan forces in several locations. The story then shifted to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Tian Ce intervened to help Xiao Li.

• Xiao Qing battered the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Formation, and Yao Chen joined her in attacking it with his bone spirit cold flame.
• Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit broke the formation at Burning Flame Valley, killed its Hun Clan attackers, and Xiao Xuan offered to arrange treatment for Tang Huo'er’s hidden injury.
• Xiao Xuan and Tomb Spirit led separate forces to Sacred Pill City and the Heavenly Underworld Sect, where the Hun Clan experts were wiped out a day later.
• Xiao Tian Ce reached Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy and found Xiao Li surrounded by the enforcement team.
• Xiao Tian Ce immobilized the enforcement team with spatial power, and Xiao Li mistook him for a senior Dou Zong and thanked him.

Xiao Tian Ce rescued Xiao Li, revealed their Xiao Clan connection, and treated his injuries after Xiao Li accepted him as an ancestor. The next morning, Xiao Tian Ce visited Mang Tianchi to offer compensation for taking Jia Nan Academy’s fallen heart flame.

• Xiao Tian Ce rescued Xiao Li from Jia Nan Academy’s enforcers and brought him to a cliff, where he explained that the Wutan City Xiao Clan descended from the Central Plains Emperor Clan.
• Xiao Li accepted Xiao Tian Ce as his ancestor and kept kowtowing until he fainted from his injuries; Xiao Tian Ce carried him to a stone shelter and healed him with a pill.
• Xiao Tian Ce left Xiao Li two cultivation scrolls and two jade bottles, then went to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian Ce introduced himself to Mang Tianchi, who recognized him and bowed respectfully.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Mang Tianchi that he had taken the academy’s fallen heart flame and had come to offer compensation.