Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian Ce defeated Wan Sui with the Dragon Elephant Suppresses the Prison array and accepted a grand divine ability scroll in exchange for sparing him. He also spared Liu Yuansheng after taking his divine art scrolls, but sealed his spiritual qi for three years before sending him back to his companions.

• Xiao Tian Ce trapped Wan Sui in the Dragon Elephant Suppresses the Prison array and shattered his Heavenly Sword Dharma Body.
• Wan Sui begged for his life and gave Xiao Tian Ce the grand divine ability scroll Spirit-Refining Hand in exchange for being spared.
• Xiao Tian Ce turned to Liu Yuansheng, who surrendered five divine art scrolls and promised to have his father provide a grand divine ability.
• Xiao Tian Ce accepted the scrolls, sealed Liu Yuansheng's spiritual qi for three years, and sent him back to the Black and White Sixth-Grade Sovereigns.

Xiao Tian Ce confronted Liu Changkong, Hall Master of Heavenly Net Hall, after Liu arrived to defend his son. Liu recognized Xiao Tian Ce’s hidden strength and Medusa’s connection to him, then avoided a fight by explaining what he knew and offering two divine ability scrolls.

• Liu Changkong arrived in blood-red clouds and demanded to know who had challenged Heavenly Net Hall.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that his strength had risen to the late stage of Eighth-Grade Sovereign, while Liu Yuansheng warned his father that Xiao Tian Ce was a Spiritual Array Grandmaster.
• Liu Changkong sensed the pressure from Xiao Tian Ce and Qing Hou, apologized, and offered a greater and a lesser divine ability scroll.
• Liu Changkong explained that a Heavenly Net Hall disciple had met Medusa and that a Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python expert had later taken her away.
• Xiao Tian Ce accepted Liu Changkong’s account and the scrolls, but warned that Heavenly Net Hall would be destroyed if the story proved false.

Xiao Tian Ce accepted Spirit Sword Mountain’s rare tea and promised to help Wan Sui in the future. When Liu Changkong offered to fund a search for Xiao Tian Ce’s companions at an ancient ruin on the Western Heaven Continent, Xiao Tian Ce uncovered his real motive: he wanted protection from an upper-rank Earth Sovereign enemy.

• Wan Sui served Xiao Tian Ce first-grade Myriad Saint Heavenly Spirit Tea brewed with Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and Xiao Tian Ce found that it increased his spiritual qi.
• Wan Sui offered Xiao Tian Ce the remaining tea leaves and water-attribute Sovereign Spirit Liquid, and Xiao Tian Ce promised to help Spirit Sword Mountain when he established a superpower.
• Xiao Tian Ce said he had to leave soon to find his companions, who were still vulnerable while their energy adapted to the Great Thousand World.
• Liu Changkong invited Xiao Tian Ce to the Western Heaven Continent’s ancient ruin and offered to pay for inquiries about his companions.
• Xiao Tian Ce pressed Liu Changkong for the real reason behind his offer, and Liu Changkong admitted he hoped Xiao Tian Ce would protect him from an upper-rank Earth Sovereign enemy.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked why Liu Changkong could not simply avoid the Western Heaven Continent if he feared his enemy.

Liu Changkong pledged Heavenly Net Hall to Xiao Tian Ce in exchange for protection on his dangerous journey to the Western Heaven Continent. With Ling'er's suggestion, Xiao Tian Ce devised a way to use tracking Jade Pendants and Heavenly Net Hall's Sovereigns to find their missing companions, then summoned cultivators to begin the search.

• Liu Changkong insisted on traveling to the Western Heaven Continent despite the danger, and Xiao Tian Ce demanded that he and Heavenly Net Hall pledge allegiance in return for protection.
• Liu Changkong knelt and pledged Heavenly Net Hall to Xiao Tian Ce, who agreed to discuss the details after they returned safely.
• Liu Changkong told Wan Sui that he saw following Xiao Tian Ce as an opportunity and cited Qing Hou's strength as evidence of Xiao Tian Ce's potential.
• Ling'er suggested distributing tracking Jade Pendants to Heavenly Net Hall members so they could identify which continents held Xiao Tian Ce's companions.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked Liu Changkong to gather nine Sovereign Realm cultivators, made more tracking Jade Pendants, and greeted the assembled Sovereigns the next morning.

Xiao Tian Ce sent Heavenly Net Hall Sovereigns across nearby continents with Positioning Jade Pendants to search for Xiao Xuan and his companions. Xiao Xuan was imprisoned and tortured by the Blood God Clan on the Western Heaven Continent, while the clan’s leaders debated how to handle him and prepared for the Primordial Ruins.

• Xiao Tian Ce gave Liu Changkong nine Positioning Jade Pendants and ordered Heavenly Net Hall Sovereigns to search multiple continents for his companions.
• Liu Changkong dispatched the Sovereigns and promised rewards to anyone whose pendant lit up, while Xiao Tian Ce returned to rest after exhausting himself refining the pendants.
• Xue Yi tortured Xiao Xuan in the Blood God Clan’s dungeon, demanding his body-cultivation and Spiritual Array Jade Pendant methods, but Xiao Xuan refused to reveal anything.
• Xue Yi told Xue Lingzi and the other Earth Sovereigns that Xiao Xuan remained defiant and might have powerful companions searching for him.
• Xue Lingzi rejected Blood Hand’s suggestion to extract Xiao Xuan’s soul, ordered the clan to prepare for the Primordial Ruins, and said he would personally attend to the prisoner.

Xiao Tian Ce agreed to help Wan Sui survive the crisis in the Primordial Ruins by arranging for Liu Changkong to cooperate with him, while withholding the price he planned to demand. The headmaster of Sky Dome Academy arrived in Iron Sword City with an overwhelming aura and began taunting Wan Sui and Liu Changkong.

• Xiao Tian Ce recovered much of his strength and received Wan Sui, who revealed his Western Heaven Continent origins and asked for help entering the Primordial Ruins.
• Wan Sui asked to borrow Qing Hou, but Xiao Tian Ce refused because the Heavenly Demon Puppet obeyed only his Soul Imprint.
• Xiao Tian Ce agreed to have Liu Changkong cooperate with Wan Sui and warned that he would set conditions later.
• After three days of preparation, Xiao Tian Ce sensed a powerful newcomer approaching Iron Sword City and recognized the aura as the headmaster of Sky Dome Academy.
• The headmaster arrived with more than ten Sovereign experts, suppressed cultivators across the city, and mocked Wan Sui and Liu Changkong over their past conflict with Sky Dome Academy.

Xiao Tian Ce met the Sky Dome Academy President in Iron Sword City, where rival leaders traded threats before welcoming him and sharing tea. The President revealed that Wan Sui and Liu Changkong had once been Sky Dome Academy students, leaving Xiao Tian Ce curious about how their ties to him began.

• The Sky Dome Academy President teased Liu Changkong and threatened Wan Sui, but both leaders avoided a fight and accompanied him into Iron Sword City.
• Sky Dome Academy's Sovereign experts killed several of their enemies, while Xiao Tian Ce wondered why he had heard nothing from Heavenly Net.
• Wan Sui and Liu Changkong welcomed Xiao Tian Ce to the reception hall, and the President eagerly accepted his offer to share first-grade Myriad Saint Heavenly Spirit Tea.
• The Sky Dome Academy President brewed the tea, enjoyed a cup, and returned the remaining tea and water-attribute Sovereign Spirit Liquid to Xiao Tian Ce.
• Liu Changkong explained that he and Wan Sui had once studied at Sky Dome Academy, then left after reaching the Sovereign Realm to found Heavenly Net Hall and Spirit Sword Mountain.

Xiao Tian Ce learned that Sky Dome Academy, Heavenly Net Hall, and Spirit Sword Mountain were tied by old bonds, then discovered that a companion had been found on the King Continent. He set out with the Sky Dome Academy President and Wan Sui, while an injured young man on the King Continent fled from attackers.

• Liu Changkong explained that he and Wan Sui had left Sky Dome Academy after reaching the Sovereign Realm and founded Heavenly Net Hall and Spirit Sword Mountain.
• The Sky Dome Academy President confirmed that he had let the two factions grow because he cared for Liu Changkong and Wan Sui and worried about their futures.
• Liu Changkong reported that the Jade Pendant had lit up after a searcher entered the King Continent, so Xiao Tian Ce decided to go there.
• The Sky Dome Academy President offered to accompany Xiao Tian Ce, and Wan Sui arranged a Teleportation Array to the King Continent.
• Xiao Tian Ce, the president, Wan Sui, and their group departed through the array for a journey expected to take four hours.
• An injured young man fled attackers in a forest outside the City of Chaos, and a longsword flew toward him.

Xiao Tian Ming was hunted through the forest outside the City of Chaos after Zeng Yaoyao betrayed him for the method to make Spiritual Array Jade Pendants. Cornered and unable to recover his strength, he faced Zeng Yaoyao and the pursuing Sovereigns as the Blood Puppet Gate arrived with its young gate master, Lan Yu.

• Xiao Tian Ming fled Rong Guang and the other pursuers, but his strength ran low and Sovereigns blocked his path.
• Xiao Tian Ming threatened the hunters with a Spiritual Array Jade Pendant and refused their offer to hand over its crafting method.
• Zeng Yaoyao emerged and revealed that she had lured Xiao Tian Ming into helping her, then sought the pendant method for herself.
• Xiao Tian Ming recalled using his pendants to save Zeng Yaoyao from two Sixth-Grade Sovereigns, after which the City of Chaos learned of his treasures and began hunting him.
• Zeng Yaoyao summoned the Blood Puppet Gate, whose young gate master Lan Yu arrived and greeted her warmly.

Xiao Tian Ming faced Lan Yu and the Blood Puppet Gate’s Blood Spirit Puppets while waiting for Xiao Tian Ce to arrive. His Spiritual Array Jade Pendants protected him, but their limited duration left the City of Chaos factions weighing how to deal with Lan Yu and his puppets.

• Lan Yu arrived with Zeng Yaoyao, embraced her, and then turned against her, striking her when she tried to warn him about Xiao Tian Ming.
• Lan Yu demanded that Xiao Tian Ming surrender the valuable item he sought, and Xiao Tian Ming called for Brother Ce, but no one appeared.
• Lan Yu sent his Blood Spirit Puppets to attack Xiao Tian Ming, who used defensive Spiritual Array Jade Pendants to hold them back.
• Lan Yu and the City of Chaos experts realized the arrays had time limits and continued wearing Xiao Tian Ming down as he used another pendant.
• The City of Chaos Sovereigns privately discussed joining forces against Lan Yu and his thirty Blood Spirit Puppets.

Xiao Tian Ming’s Spiritual Array Jade Pendants were nearly exhausted as Lan Yu and the City of Chaos Sovereigns fought over him. Xiao Tian Ce arrived with Qing Hou and the others, swiftly subdued the attackers, and reunited with Xiao Tian Ming.

• Lan Yu turned his Blood Spirit Puppets against the City of Chaos Sovereigns after Xiao Tian Ming warned him they planned to take advantage of his weakened state.
• The Sovereigns joined forces to restrain Lan Yu and his puppets while others attacked Xiao Tian Ming’s protective array, rapidly breaking through it.
• Xiao Tian Ce watched from the void as Xiao Tian Ming’s position grew dangerous, then sent Qing Hou down to attack the Sovereigns and Blood Spirit Puppets.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions entered the fight and subdued Lan Yu, the City of Chaos Sovereigns, and the remaining attackers.
• Xiao Tian Ce dispelled Xiao Tian Ming’s array, reunited with him, and asked how they should deal with their captives.

Xiao Tian Ce rescued Xiao Tian Ming, executed the City of Chaos attackers, and set off with his companions for the Western Heaven Continent. Their journey was interrupted by three notorious bandits who recognized them as valuable targets.

• Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Tian Ming killed the subdued attackers, and Xiao Tian Ce burned their bodies to ash.
• Xiao Tian Ce introduced Xiao Tian Ming to the Sky Dome Academy President, Liu Changkong, and Wan Sui, then the group prepared to travel west.
• Nangong Jie arrived, exchanged greetings with the group, and returned to the City of Chaos after learning they were heading to Luoshui City.
• The Blood Puppet Gate master discovered Lan Yu's broken Soul Jade Pendant and rushed after Xiao Tian Ce's group to avenge his son.
• Xiao Tian Ming recounted his ordeal and learned that Qing Hou was a Heavenly Demon Puppet made from a Dou Di body.
• Three bandits ambushed Xiao Tian Ce's party, and the Sky Dome Academy President blocked their attacks as the group recognized them as notorious lunatic bandits.

Xiao Tian Ce and the Sky Dome Academy President confronted the Three No-Rules Bandits, and the two sides broke into a fierce battle. When Wu Li nearly wounded the president, Xiao Tian Ce joined the fight and drove him back with his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, leaving Wu Li demanding his name.

• Wu Li, Wu Qing, and Wu Yi challenged Xiao Tian Ce’s group, and Wu Qing said she wanted to capture Xiao Tian Ce.
• The Sky Dome Academy President recognized the siblings as the bandits he had fought over a century earlier, and all three battles began.
• Xiao Tian Ce watched the president clash evenly with Wu Li while Wan Sui struggled against Wu Qing and Liu Changkong gained the advantage over Wu Yi.
• Wu Li nearly severed the president’s arm, so Xiao Tian Ce stepped in and blocked Wu Li’s claw with his fist.
• Xiao Tian Ce struck back with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, damaging Wu Li’s claw weapon and forcing him to retreat.
• Wu Li demanded Xiao Tian Ce’s name, and Xiao Tian Ce told him he was not qualified to ask.

Xiao Tian Ce subdued Wu Qing and Wu Yi, then nearly defeated Wu Li with his flames and a grandmaster-level Spiritual Array. The Sky Dome Academy President stopped him after recognizing a token identifying the siblings as connected to the Western Heaven War Emperor.

• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame had destroyed Wu Li’s Quasi-Divine Artifact and offered the Sky Dome Academy President two Heavenly Demon Puppets in exchange for Wu Qing’s and Wu Yi’s corpses.
• Xiao Tian Ce knocked Wu Qing unconscious in an instant, then incapacitated Wu Yi and had Wan Sui and Liu Changkong guard them.
• Wu Li attacked Xiao Tian Ce with his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, but the Sky Dome Academy President countered and struck him back.
• Wu Li tried to escape, but Xiao Tian Ce trapped him in the Nine Dragons Ascension Array and left him barely alive.
• The Sky Dome Academy President stopped Xiao Tian Ce from killing Wu Li after finding a token marked Western Heaven, and Xiao Tian Ce asked whether it belonged to the Western Heaven War Emperor.

Xiao Tian Ce and the Sky Dome Academy President spared Wu Li and his companions until they could confirm the source of the Western Heaven War Order, then traveled toward the Western Heaven Continent. They reached Luoshui City, where a jade pendant stirred Xiao Tian Ce’s killing intent just as Luo God Clan guards warned them not to fight.

• The Sky Dome Academy President explained the Western Heaven War Emperor’s influence and proposed sealing Wu Li and his companions until their Western Heaven War Order could be investigated; Xiao Tian Ce agreed.
• Lan Tian arrived seeking his son, Lan Yu, but gave the group a minor divine ability scroll and left after seeing the Three No-Rules Bandits in their custody.
• The group traveled to the Eastern Family’s teleportation array, while an unseen massive dragon sensed Xiao Tian Ce and remarked on his perception.
• Xiao Tian Ce and the others arrived in Luoshui City, where Xiao Tian Ming handed him a jade pendant that made him react with killing intent.
• A commander of the Luo God Clan’s Luo God Army surrounded the group and warned them that fighting was forbidden in the city.

Xiao Tian Ce left Luoshui City after his Positioning Jade Pendant detected Xiao Xuan in Blood God Clan territory, then secluded himself to restore his strength and break through to the Earth Sovereign level. After enduring nine bolts of Black Demon Lightning, he emerged fully recovered, leaving him ready to go find Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Tian Ce quelled his killing intent in Luoshui City, learned that the pendant’s signal pointed toward Blood God Clan territory, and departed with Qing Hou to locate Xiao Xuan.
• Xiao Tian Ming explained the Positioning Jade Pendants to the Sky Dome Academy President and the others, who agreed to stay in Luoshui City and wait for Xiao Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce set up a hidden grandmaster-level spiritual array in an uninhabited valley and spent six days absorbing spiritual qi until his Sovereign Sea filled with spiritual qi crystals.
• Xiao Tian Ce crushed the crystals to attempt his Earth Sovereign breakthrough, summoning Black Demon Lightning that struck him with nine bolts and left him charred and motionless.
• After three days, Xiao Tian Ce’s body revived and shed its charred shell as his powerful aura erupted; he declared that he had fully recovered.

Xiao Tian Ce recovered, infiltrated the Blood God Clan’s forbidden grounds, and rescued Xiao Xuan from imprisonment. After shattering the clan’s grandmaster-level spiritual array and humiliating Blood Pupil, he faced Xue Lingzi and the Blood God Clan as a great perfection Earth Sovereign.

• Xiao Tian Ce recovered his strength, dismissed his spiritual array, and left with Qing Hou.
• Xue Yi threatened to use the Soul-Searching Technique on Xiao Xuan, who endured the torture while sensing his Positioning Jade Pendant growing brighter.
• Xiao Tian Ce sent Qing Hou to draw away Xue Lingzi and the Blood God Clan’s Earth Sovereigns, then entered the forbidden grounds and reached Xiao Xuan’s dungeon.
• Xiao Tian Ce subdued the dungeon guards, freed Xiao Xuan, and gave him a pill to restore his strength.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Xuan emerged to find the Blood God Clan gathered outside, and Xiao Tian Ce shattered their grandmaster-level spiritual array.
• Xiao Tian Ce rescued Qing Hou from Blood Pupil, broke his restraints, and revealed that he was a great perfection Earth Sovereign.

Xiao Tian Ce confronted Xue Lingzi over Xiao Xuan’s capture and demanded compensation from the Blood God Clan. He accepted the Blood Demon Banner instead of the clan’s supreme treasure, the Blood God Arm, leaving Xue Lingzi and his people stunned by the power of his flame.

• Xiao Tian Ce revealed his great perfection Earth Sovereign strength and mocked the Blood God Clan for capturing and torturing Xiao Xuan.
• Xue Lingzi pleaded that detaining Xiao Xuan had been a misunderstanding, while Xiao Xuan explained that the clan wanted the method for making Spiritual Array Jade Pendants.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xiao Tian Ce to leave the Blood God Clan for him to deal with after recovering, and Xiao Tian Ce offered Xue Lingzi a choice between losing the clan’s three Earth Sovereigns or surrendering the Blood God Arm.
• Xue Lingzi balked at giving up the Blood God Arm and offered the Blood Demon Banner instead; Xiao Xuan urged Xiao Tian Ce to accept it.
• Xiao Tian Ce took the Blood Demon Banner and subdued its blood fiend power with his Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, astonishing the Blood God Clan.

Xiao Tian Ce rescued Xiao Xuan from the Blood God Clan and left Xue Lingzi fearing Xiao Xuan’s eventual revenge. Near Luoshui City, Xiao Tian Ce sensed Gu Xun’er was in danger and rushed to her as Ling Longzi cornered her.

• Xiao Tian Ce subdued the Blood Demon Banner, accepted it as compensation from Xue Lingzi, and left the Blood God Clan with Xiao Xuan and Qing Hou.
• Xiao Xuan promised to return and challenge the Blood God Clan, while Xiao Tian Ce explained that his warning was meant to keep Xue Lingzi anxious.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan that Xiao Tian Ming was in Luoshui City and removed the Positioning Jade Pendant from Xiao Xuan’s body.
• Near Luoshui City, Xiao Tian Ce sensed Gu Xun’er’s Positioning Jade Pendant dim and hurried away with Xiao Xuan to find her.
• On a plain west of Luoshui City, Ling Longzi caught up with the wounded Gu Xun’er after Heavenly Net stayed behind to cover her escape, and he claimed the Western Heaven War Emperor ruled the continent.

Gu Xun'er refused to return to Western Heaven War City, and Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Xuan, and their companions arrived to protect her from Ling Longzi. Xiao Tian Ce revealed overwhelming power after Ling Longzi attacked and tried to flee, leaving Ling Longzi trapped by a Spiritual Array that devoured his spiritual energy.

• Gu Xun'er rejected Ling Longzi’s demand to return to Western Heaven War City and said she no longer needed to play along to survive.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Xuan appeared beside Gu Xun'er, and Xiao Tian Ce challenged Ling Longzi over his attempt to take her away.
• Ling Longzi invoked the Western Heaven War Emperor’s power, but Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Xuan mocked the threat and refused to yield.
• Ling Longzi lost his temper and attacked with his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, but Xiao Tian Ce’s Great Perfection Earth Sovereign aura dissolved the assault.
• Ling Longzi unleashed the War Emperor Spirit Fist and tried to escape, but Xiao Tian Ce caught him and planted a Spiritual Array in his body that began devouring his spiritual energy.