Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian Ce forced the Fire Spirit Clan's ancestor and chief to abandon their confrontation, then learned that Tong Sihai had supplied them with information about him. He set out with his companions to deal with Tong Sihai, who received an urgent warning from the Fire Spirit Clan just as he learned the confrontation had gone badly.

• Xiao Tian Ce threatened to pursue the Fire Spirit Clan until one side was dead, prompting its ancestor to back down and offer compensation.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed a Grandmaster-level spiritual array and asked whether the Fire Spirit Clan objected to him taking Tong Sihai's life; the two Heavenly Sovereigns left without protest.
• Xiao Tian Ce urged his companions to grow stronger, then led them toward the Four Seas Commerce Association to confront Tong Sihai.
• At the association headquarters, Lan Tian assured Tong Sihai that the Fire Spirit Clan would defeat Xiao Tian Ce, but Tong Sihai received a message warning, “Things look bad, get out now!”

Xiao Tian Ce descended upon the Four Seas Commerce Association and overwhelmed Tong Sihai and Lan Tian after learning they had helped bring danger upon him. As Xiao Tian Ce prepared to kill them, Tong Sihai remembered Rou'er and said farewell.

• Tong Sihai received alarming news, but Xiao Tian Ce and his companions arrived at the Four Seas Commerce Association before he could escape.
• Xiao Tian Ce trapped the association in a Grandmaster-level Spiritual Array and killed many members with his voice and a spiritual-energy stomp.
• Tong Sihai accused Xiao Tian Ce of slaughtering innocents, while Xiao Tian Ce said Tong Sihai had earned his fate by making an enemy of him.
• Xiao Tian Ce discovered Lan Tian, who admitted arranging trouble for Xiao Tian Ce to avenge his son Lan Yu and accepted that he would die.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained that Tong Sihai might have been spared if the Fire Spirit Clan's Heavenly Sovereigns had not attacked, then gave the captives time for last words.
• Tong Sihai took out a Fire-Character Scroll and an embroidered handkerchief, apologized to Rou'er, and said farewell as Xiao Tian Ce prepared to kill them.

Xiao Tian Ce spared Tong Sihai after taking his pledge of loyalty, gaining control of the Four Seas Commerce Association. Tong Sihai explained that he had contacted the Fire Spirit Clan because its ancestor had taken away the woman he loved, and the chapter ended with Xiao Tian Ce reacting to his tale.

• Tong Sihai begged Xiao Tian Ce to spare him and offered him the Four Seas Commerce Association and his loyalty.
• Xiao Xuan and Chen Yunqiao advised Xiao Tian Ce to take Tong Sihai in for his resources and strength, while warning that he might be feigning submission.
• Xiao Tian Ce killed Lan Tian, spared Tong Sihai, and warned him not to betray his promise.
• Xiao Tian Ce restored the association's ruined buildings, then brought Tong Sihai and the others to the reception hall to question him about the Fire Spirit Clan.
• Tong Sihai explained that he had fallen in love with Fire Yue Rou, been separated from her by the Fire Spirit Clan, and used a Fire-Character Scroll to summon its help.

Xiao Tian Ce secured Tong Sihai’s loyalty by promising to reunite him with Yue Rou within twenty years, then set out for the Northern Heavens Continent to retrieve Zi Yan and the others. There, he learned Zi Yan was being held at the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy and prepared to go to her.

• Xiao Tian Ce promised Tong Sihai he would fulfill his wish within twenty years, and Tong Sihai pledged his life and the Four Seas Commerce Association to him.
• After Xiao Tian Ce left Tomb Spirit behind, Tong Sihai stopped three subordinates from attacking him and persuaded them to remain loyal while they waited for Yue Rou’s return.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions departed for the Northern Heavens Continent, intending to retrieve Zi Yan, Min’er, Ling Yun, and Medusa before establishing their organization.
• At the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy, Zi Yan argued with the Northern Nether Dragon Kun, who explained that the academy’s president wanted her to become its guardian divine beast.
• Chen Yunqiao reported that Zi Yan had disappeared from the Positioning Jade Pendant after the Northern Nether Dragon Kun brought her to the academy, and Xiao Tian Ce concluded that a Spiritual Array was blocking the signal.

Xiao Tian Ce and his companions reached the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy to retrieve Zi Yan, whom the academy had confined to hide her from the Demon Dragon Palace. After reuniting with her, he thanked the academy by offering it a powerful Heavenly Demon Puppet.

• The Northern Azure Academy President and Northern Nether Dragon Kun explained to Zi Yan that they had confined her in a spiritual array to protect her from the Demon Dragon Palace.
• Xiao Tian Ce arrived at the academy with his companions and politely asked the Northern Azure Academy President for Zi Yan.
• The Northern Azure Academy President dismissed the spiritual array, and Zi Yan rushed into Xiao Tian Ce's arms before greeting his companions.
• The Northern Azure Academy President explained why the academy had hidden Zi Yan, and Xiao Tian Ce thanked him for protecting his disciple.
• Xiao Tian Ce presented the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy with a Heavenly Demon Puppet whose combat strength rivaled a newly advanced Upper Rank Earth Sovereign.

Xiao Tian Ce secured the Northern Azure Spiritual Academy’s support by giving it a Heavenly Demon Puppet, then entered Dragon-Phoenix Heaven alone to find Min'er and Ling Yun. He reached a valley where the two were chained and near death, with their golden blood being drained.

• Xiao Tian Ce offered the Northern Azure Academy President a Heavenly Demon Puppet as thanks and as an investment in the academy.
• After learning Xiao Tian Ce had fought the Western Heaven War Emperor and the Fire Spirit Clan's patriarch, the Northern Azure Academy President accepted the puppet and agreed to recommend talented graduates to Xiao Tian Ce’s future faction.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions waited three days at the academy, but the Demon Dragon Palace’s people did not appear, so they continued toward Dragon-Phoenix Heaven.
• At the entrance to Dragon-Phoenix Heaven, Xiao Tian Ce learned it was a forbidden zone hostile to humans and left Xiao Xuan, Xun'er, and the others outside while he entered alone.
• Xiao Tian Ce followed the Positioning Jade Pendant through Dragon-Phoenix Heaven and reached a valley guarded by powerful divine beasts.
• Xiao Tian Ce found Min'er and Ling Yun bound with iron chains, gravely weakened, and bleeding golden blood into a groove.

Xiao Tian Ce infiltrated the True Phoenix Clan’s ancestral grounds and learned that Min’er and Ling Yun were imprisoned so their bloodlines could be drained and given to Feng Qi and Feng Shan. After Feng Qi returned to his room, Xiao Tian Ce confronted him, leaving the rescue and his next move unresolved.

• Min’er tried to keep the dying Ling Yun hopeful as they remained imprisoned in the True Phoenix Clan’s dungeon, where their bloodlines were being collected.
• Xiao Tian Ce studied the clan’s powerful defenses and, with Fatty Baby’s help, entered the ancestral grounds without triggering its spiritual array.
• Xiao Tian Ce reached a palace and overheard an old man explain that Min’er and Ling Yun’s bloodlines would be transferred to Feng Qi and Feng Shan within five days.
• Xiao Tian Ce restrained his killing intent and marked the old man’s and Feng Qi’s auras instead of attacking them immediately.
• After the old man left, Feng Qi returned to his room and boasted that he would become the clan’s greatest genius, but Xiao Tian Ce answered that he would not get the chance.

Xiao Tian Ce interrogated Feng Zhen and used the Soul-Searching Technique to uncover the plot against Huang Min and Ling Yun. After killing Feng Zhen, he infiltrated the dungeon and found his disciples badly tortured, apologizing for arriving too late.

• Xiao Tian Ce trapped Feng Zhen in a spiritual array and forced him to explain why he had targeted Huang Min and Ling Yun.
• Feng Zhen revealed that his ancestor and Feng Lin had secretly arranged to replace their bloodlines, which would leave the disciples crippled or dead.
• Xiao Tian Ce searched Feng Zhen's soul, learning the forbidden technique's risks, the clan's strength, and the dungeon's location and defenses.
• Xiao Tian Ce killed Feng Zhen, concealed the evidence, and planned to stop the bloodline draining before it was too late.
• Xiao Tian Ce slipped into the dungeon with the servants carrying food and found Huang Min and Ling Yun in a miserable, tortured state.

Xiao Tian Ce rescued Min'er and Ling Yun from the True Phoenix Clan’s dungeon and restored their bloodline power inside the Heavenly Dao Tower. After returning to the dungeon, he discovered three imprisoned Heavenly Sovereigns, who asked him to help them and promised repayment.

• Xiao Tian Ce melted open Min'er and Ling Yun’s cell, freed them from their restraints, and gave them medicine and clothes.
• Xiao Tian Ce brought Min'er and Ling Yun into the Heavenly Dao Tower and replenished their bloodline power while they endured the pain.
• Xiao Tian Ce left his recovering disciples in the tower and sensed three powerful prisoners hidden in the dungeon.
• One of the three elderly siblings contacted Xiao Tian Ce and asked him to rescue them from their metal cell.
• Xiao Tian Ce questioned why he should help, and the old man confirmed that the True Phoenix Clan was keeping them imprisoned for something they possessed.

Xiao Tian Ce learned that three Heavenly Sovereigns imprisoned by the True Phoenix Clan possessed three of the thirty-six peerless divine abilities, and negotiated for their freedom. The captives offered him their abilities, but Xiao Tian Ce demanded that they serve him as well, leaving the three to protest that his terms were unfair.

• Xiao Tian Ce resisted the old man's provocation and returned to negotiate rather than agree to rescue the captives without knowing their identities or motives.
• The old man explained that four friends had discovered a ruined continent and four peerless divine abilities, but Feng Tian betrayed the other three and imprisoned them in the True Phoenix Clan's dungeon.
• The three captives offered Xiao Tian Ce their inherited abilities as payment for rescuing them, and revealed their youthful appearances through the Ageless Appearance Art.
• Xiao Tian Ce rejected the offer as insufficient and demanded both the three abilities and the service of the three Heavenly Sovereigns.
• The three captives objected that Xiao Tian Ce's demand was greedy and unfair.

Xiao Tian Ce persuaded Mo Yang, Huang You, and Di Yi Piaoxue to swear loyalty in exchange for rescuing them from the True Phoenix Clan’s dungeon. After freeing and healing them, he prepared to send them somewhere to recover while he stayed behind to settle accounts with the clan.

• Xiao Tian Ce offered to free the three prisoners if they submitted to him and gave him three peerless divine abilities, and Mo Yang, Huang You, and Di Yi Piaoxue swore to serve him unto death.
• Xiao Tian Ce used the golden emperor burning heaven flame to melt an opening in the dungeon door, while Ling'er dismantled the dungeon’s alarm Spiritual Array.
• Xiao Tian Ce melted the prisoners’ chains, and Mo Yang, Huang You, and Di Yi Piaoxue freed themselves from their restraints.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave the three healing pills, which they swallowed and thanked him for after their injuries began to improve.
• Xiao Tian Ce told the three he would send them somewhere to recover while he stayed behind to take revenge on the True Phoenix Clan for harming his disciple.

Xiao Tian Ce learned that Mo Yang had been an elder of the fallen Heavenly Dao Sect and resolved to seek justice from the True Phoenix Clan for Huang Min and Ling Yun. After Feng Lin injured Xiao Xuan and the others, Xiao Tian Ce gathered allies and began planning a large-scale campaign against the clan.

• Mo Yang recognized the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle, and Fatty Baby explained the Heavenly Dao Sect's destruction before Xiao Tian Ce sent Mo Yang and two others inside to recover.
• Xiao Tian Ce left the True Phoenix Clan's ancestral grounds and found Xiao Xuan, Xun'er, Xiao Tian Ming, and their companions injured after Feng Lin attacked them.
• Xiao Tian Ce told the group how Feng Zhen and Feng Lin had persecuted Huang Min and Ling Yun, prompting Xiao Xuan, Xun'er, Zi Yan, and Xiao Tian Ming to demand justice.
• Xiao Tian Ce agreed to bring the group along, then ordered Chen Yunqiao to summon Liu Changkong and seek support from the Luo God Clan, Sky Dome Academy, and Spirit Sword Mountain.
• Xiao Tian Ce sent messages to his other allies and planned to wait a month for reinforcements before striking the True Phoenix Clan and establishing a superpower.

Feng Lin and Feng Ying discovered that Xiao Tian Ce’s allies had infiltrated the True Phoenix Clan’s ancestral grounds, killed Feng Zhen, and freed the prisoners. The chapter ended with the clan’s most important captives also missing, leaving Feng Lin and Feng Ying fearing the clan chief’s response.

• Feng Lin returned injured from a fight with Xiao Xuan and Gu Xun'er, then asked Feng Ying to investigate their identities.
• Feng Ying recognized Xiao Xuan and Gu Xun'er as Xiao Tian Ce’s companions and realized Xiao Tian Ce might have infiltrated the ancestral grounds.
• Feng Ying found Feng Zhen’s room drenched in blood and suspected Xiao Tian Ce had killed him.
• Feng Lin and Feng Ying discovered that Huang Min and Ling Yun had escaped their melted cell and that their bloodline containers were gone.
• Feng Shan arrived unharmed, while Feng Ying blamed Feng Lin for the danger to Feng Zhen.
• Feng Lin and Feng Ying found the northernmost cell empty as well and feared the clan chief would punish them for losing the three prisoners.

After Xiao Tian Ce rescued Xiao Xuan, Xun'er, and Xiao Tian Ming from the True Phoenix Clan, Feng Lin and Feng Ying sent hundreds of True Phoenixes to search for them. Meanwhile, allies from across the continents gathered and set off for Dragon-Phoenix Heaven aboard Jiu Yuan’s Void Shuttle Ship, leaving the rescue mission poised to begin.

• Feng Lin and Feng Ying feared the clan chief’s anger and sent hundreds of True Phoenixes to search Dragon-Phoenix Heaven for Xiao Tian Ce and the three prisoners he had rescued.
• Xiao Tian Ce hid with Xiao Xuan and the others in a cave protected by concealing spiritual arrays while Xiao Xuan healed and Xiao Tian Ming cultivated.
• Luo Tianshen received Xiao Tian Ce’s message, summoned reinforcements, and left Luoshui City with three eighth-grade Sovereigns.
• Experts from several continents gathered with Tomb Spirit and Tong Sihai, and Medusa arrived with Jiu Yuan and additional powerful allies.
• Heavenly Net joined the gathering, and Jiu Yuan brought out a Void Shuttle Ship capable of reaching Dragon-Phoenix Heaven within half a month.
• Medusa told Tomb Spirit and the others how the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Clan had taken her in, and the assembled allies departed aboard the ship.

Feng Ming Tian’s clan prepared for conflict with Xiao Tian Ce after he rescued Mo Yang and two companions, while Xiao Tian Ce finished refining pills and awaited his allies. Medusa was on her way to join him, and the three recovered experts entrusted him with three Jade Slips.

• Feng Ming Tian blamed Feng Lin and Feng Ying for provoking Xiao Tian Ce, but the Great Elder rejected reconciliation and ordered the two sent into the True Phoenix Clan’s forbidden grounds.
• The True Phoenix Clan recalled its members and prepared for the coming battle, unaware that its decision would nearly destroy the clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce completed a batch of pseudo-Emperor Grade Pills and learned that his allies would arrive within three days.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Tian Ce that Jiu Yuan had brought Medusa, who had reached Lower Earthly Sovereign.
• Xiao Tian Ce released Mo Yang and his two companions from the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle, and Mo Yang offered him three Jade Slips.

Xiao Tian Ce accepted three peerless divine abilities from Mo Yang, Huang You, and Di Yi Piaoxue, then revealed the hidden safeguards he had planted in them. As the group prepared to take revenge on the True Phoenix Clan, Min'er emerged from the Heavenly Dao Tower and told Xiao Tian Ce how Feng Ying had betrayed her and Ling Yun.

• Mo Yang, Huang You, and Di Yi Piaoxue gave Xiao Tian Ce jade slips containing the Ageless Appearance Art, Carefree Meteor, and the Star-Shifting Art.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed spiritual arrays and golden flames that he had secretly planted in the three elders as precautions, and they accepted his explanation without anger.
• Mo Yang and Huang You urged Xiao Tian Ce to lead them against the True Phoenix Clan to avenge their imprisonment by Feng Ming Tian.
• Xiao Tian Ce had Fatty Baby release Min'er and Ling Yun from the Heavenly Dao Tower, then placed Ling Yun in the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle while he made a breakthrough.
• Min'er reunited with Xiao Tian Ce and explained that Feng Ying had ambushed her and Ling Yun after promising to take them back to rejoin the clan.

Xiao Tian Ce reconciled with Xiao Yan and welcomed Lin Dong, Ling Qingzhu, and other allies who had come to help him confront the True Phoenix Clan. With everyone gathered and prepared for battle, Xiao Tian Ce began discussing their next move as the enemy arrived.

• Xiao Tian Ce scolded Huang Min for trusting Elder Huang, promised to seek justice from the True Phoenix Clan, and sent her to recover alongside Ling Yun.
• Xun'er told Xiao Tian Ce that Xiao Yan and Lin Dong had arrived, and she brought them and Ling Qingzhu to meet him and the Heavenly Sovereigns he had rescued.
• Lin Dong asked Xiao Tian Ce to help him with the Ice Spirit Clan, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed to accompany him after the battle with the True Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Xiao Yan put their past disagreement behind them, while Xun'er happily watched them reconcile.
• After three days of preparation, Xiao Tian Ce and his allies met Tomb Spirit, Medusa, and the others arriving aboard the Void Shuttle Ship.
• Shi Hao pledged his loyalty to Xiao Tian Ce, who invited him to bring the Great Wilderness Sect into his forces after the battle; the assembled allies then asked Xiao Tian Ce to explain their plan.

Xiao Tian Ce explained the True Phoenix Clan’s strength and began planning a war, insisting that the group first determine whether they could hold back all nine of its Heavenly Sovereigns. Several allies pledged their loyalty and chose opponents, while Xiao Tian Ce left the final assignments unresolved.

• Xiao Tian Ce described the True Phoenix Clan’s nine Heavenly Sovereigns and sixteen Earth Sovereigns, prompting Liu You to question whether their forces could survive a battle.
• Xiao Tian Ce agreed that their weaker forces would be slaughtered if the Heavenly Sovereigns were not contained, and said anyone could leave after the battle plan was made.
• Luo Tianshen pledged the Luo God Clan’s support, and Shi Hao, Wan Sui, and Tong Sihai also declared their loyalty to Xiao Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce said he could hold back Feng Ming Tian and asked everyone else to assess which Heavenly Sovereign they could face.
• Mo Yang volunteered to fight the True Phoenix Clan’s Great Elder, Huang You chose a late-stage Immortal-Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and Di Yi Piaoxue chose a middle-stage one.

Xiao Tian Ce assigned opponents for the remaining True Phoenix Clan Heavenly Sovereigns and revealed a backup plan involving Ling'er and grandmaster-level Spiritual Array Jade Pendants. The group prepared to face the clan’s remaining forces, and Lin Dong asked to test one of the pendants.

• Lin Dong volunteered to hold back an early-stage immortal-grade Heavenly Sovereign, and Xiao Tian Ce vouched for his hidden strength despite Jiu Yuan's doubts.
• Jiu Yuan claimed a late-stage spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereign, while Xun'er accepted Qing Hou's help to face an early-stage spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Xuan and the Tomb Spirit agreed to hold back a mid-stage spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereign together, leaving one late-stage spirit-grade opponent unclaimed.
• Liu You warned that the remaining opponent could endanger the group, so Xiao Tian Ce revealed Ling'er as a Spiritual Array Grandmaster and assigned her and Xiao Yan to hold him back.
• Xiao Tian Ce distributed red offensive and blue defensive Spiritual Array Jade Pendants for the coming battle, and Lin Dong asked to try one.

Xiao Tian Ce tested his Spiritual Array Jade Pendants, equipped his allies with defensive arrays and recovery pills, and rallied them for the coming battle against the True Phoenix Clan. He set the decisive battle for five days later and gave Zi Yan and Huai En Emperor Grade Pills to help them advance before he left to prepare spiritual arrays.

• Xiao Tian Ce had Lin Dong use a defensive Spiritual Array Jade Pendant to withstand Xiao Xuan's Great Perfection Earth Sovereign attack, proving the pendant could block a powerful strike before breaking.
• Lin Dong asked to purchase Spiritual Array Jade Pendants, and Xiao Tian Ce promised him ten after the battle before distributing pendants and healing pills to the assembled allies.
• Liu You pledged the Ghost Sect to Xiao Tian Ce's command, and Xiao Tian Ce promised rewards and protection to those who fought against the True Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce announced that the decisive battle would begin in five days and said he would go ahead to lay down spiritual arrays.
• Xiao Tian Ce welcomed Huang Min and Huang Lingyun back, noting their advances, then gave Zi Yan and Huai En Emperor Grade Pills to help them reach the Earth Sovereign level before departing.