Chapter Summaries

After emerging from six months of seclusion, Xiao Tian Ce weathered a powerful thunder tribulation as White Jade Capital’s forces advanced and its Heavenly Demon Puppets grew stronger. He organized the expanded forces, recruited Dragon Venerable to lead a new intelligence tower, and then found Medusa looking unwell when she arrived.

• Xiao Tian Ce emerged from seclusion with five saint-grade grandmaster-level spiritual arrays and a stockpile of Spiritual Array Jade Pendants, then went to a valley to weather his thunder tribulation.
• Xiao Xuan, Huang Min, Tong Sihai, Tomb Spirit, and Dragon Venerable weathered tribulations and advanced, bringing White Jade Capital to nine Heavenly Sovereigns without counting Xiao Tian Ce.
• Xiao Tian Ce returned with twelve powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets, postponed bringing their families from the Dou Qi Continent for ten years, and assigned leaders to oversee White Jade Capital’s cities.
• Dragon Venerable pledged himself to White Jade Capital, and Xiao Tian Ce appointed him the first Tower Master of a newly established Heavenly Secret Tower.
• Shi Hao told Xiao Tian Ce that Medusa had arrived from Capital City, and Xiao Tian Ce found her pale and unwell in the rear courtyard.

Xiao Tian Ce confronted the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe over Medusa’s agreement to join them as a Holy Maiden and send her unborn child to their Ancestral Land. After defeating and restraining the tribe’s three Heavenly Sovereigns, he rejected the agreement and left the choice to the tribe’s Clan Chief.

• Bi Yue demanded that Medusa honor her agreement and return with the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python Tribe, prompting Xiao Tian Ce to fight her with his Heavenly Demon Puppets.
• Xiao Tian Ce’s puppets subdued Bi Yue and the two spirit-grade Heavenly Sovereigns who had accompanied her, while Medusa asked him to stop.
• Ling’er trapped Bi Yue in a spiritual array, and Bi Yue revealed that Medusa had promised to become the tribe’s Holy Maiden and send her unborn child to the Ancestral Land.
• Xiao Tian Ce comforted Medusa, released the three Heavenly Sovereigns, and listened as one of them explained the tribe’s help in defending White Jade Capital.
• Xiao Tian Ce refused to honor Medusa’s agreement, declared that neither she nor her child would join the tribe, and invited the Clan Chief to come to Immortal-Slaying City if she objected.

Xiao Tian Ce refused to let the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan take Medusa or her unborn child, then spent five years strengthening White Jade Capital and guarding Immortal-Slaying City. After reaching early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign and reuniting with Medusa and their daughter Xiao Bai Ying, he returned to Capital City, where Xiao Xuan and the others arrived to meet him.

• Xiao Tian Ce apologized to Bi Yue but refused to let her take Medusa and her unborn child, promising the Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python clan three favors in return for its past help.
• Bi Yue led her companions away from Immortal-Slaying City and decided to report Xiao Tian Ce's refusal and offer to the clan's leaders.
• Medusa explained that she had offered herself to secure the clan's support, and Xiao Tian Ce gave her a pill to nourish their unborn child.
• Xiao Tian Ce fought off repeated Extraterrestrial Demon Clan attacks, while Mo Yang and others helped defend Immortal-Slaying City and establish the Heavenly Secret Tower.
• After five years of cultivation, Xiao Tian Ce reached early-stage Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign and reunited with Medusa and their daughter, Xiao Bai Ying.
• Xiao Tian Ce left Immortal-Slaying City in Mo Yang's care and returned to Capital City, where Shi Hao brought Xiao Xuan and the others to meet him.

Xiao Tian Ce agreed to accompany Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to search for the missing Dragon Emperor and Gu Yuan. He arranged for White Jade Capital to remain guarded during his absence, then told Medusa that the journey was necessary both to retrieve their friends and to plan for White Jade Capital’s future.

• Xiao Tian Ce reunited with Xiao Xuan and the others at Heavenly Strategy Manor and caught up with them over a banquet.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Tian Ce that her father and Gu Yuan had gone to the Moon God Hall ruins and had not been heard from for over a year.
• Xiao Tian Ce agreed to accompany Zi Yan, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er to the western sea continent, where he planned to search for the missing men and fight the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan.
• Xiao Xuan offered to go with Xiao Tian Ce, but Xiao Tian Ce refused and ordered him to remain in White Jade Capital to guard it.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave Xiao Xuan the White Jade Order and instructed him to seek help from the Great Thousand Palace or retreat if White Jade Capital came under overwhelming attack.
• After the banquet, Medusa told Xiao Tian Ce that Xiao Xuan had informed her of his plans, and Xiao Tian Ce explained why he had to make the journey.

Xiao Tian Ce explained why he planned to enter the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, then arranged White Jade Capital’s affairs and secured Qin Tian’s support. Xiao Yan and Gu Xun’er learned he was coming, and despite Xiao Yan’s concern for White Jade Capital, they agreed to discuss the rescue plan with him when he arrived.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Medusa that he would enter the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s territory to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun and learn more about the enemy for White Jade Capital’s future.
• Xiao Tian Ce summoned White Jade Capital’s leaders, put affairs in order for his absence, and sent Qin Tian and Lu Tong his plans.
• Qin Tian judged that Xiao Tian Ce could survive the mission and agreed to keep the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor occupied, while Lu Tong proposed restraining another dangerous enemy as well.
• Gu Xun’er told Xiao Yan that Xiao Tian Ce had decided to help rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, and Xiao Yan worried that White Jade Capital would be vulnerable without him.
• Gu Xun’er refused to ask Xiao Tian Ce to stay behind, and Xiao Yan accepted her choice as they agreed to discuss the mission with Xiao Tian Ce and Zi Yan when they arrived.

Xiao Tian Ce joined Xiao Yan and Xun'er on the Holy Abyss Continent, where they sought help from the Great Thousand Palace to reach the Sea Moon Continent and rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun. After learning how dangerous the demon territory was, the group prepared to slip away during the next assault.

• Xiao Tian Ce, Zi Yan, and Huai En traveled from the Northern Nether Continent to meet Xiao Yan and Xun'er on the Western Heaven Continent.
• The group reached the Holy Abyss Continent and saw widespread demonic corruption, wounded fighters, and battles along the front line.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions helped repel an attack before Steward Wan Feng warned them against pursuing the retreating demons.
• Wan Feng explained that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were trapped at the Moon God Hall ruins on the Sea Moon Continent, deep in the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan's territory.
• Wan Feng gave Xiao Tian Ce a Spiritual Map and agreed to draw the demons' attention during their next assault in three days so the group could enter enemy territory.

Xiao Tian Ce traveled through the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s occupied territories to reach the route toward Sea Moon Continent, witnessing humans being slaughtered and treated as livestock. He reached the Half-Moon Sea, where demonic-qi-infected dragon sharks blocked his way, and Fatty Baby offered to carry him across with the Heavenly Dao Tower.

• Xiao Tian Ce made Spiritual Array Jade Pendants to disguise the group’s auras and prepared offensive and defensive pendants for their mission to rescue Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun.
• Di Kong used his Earth Escape Technique to escort Xiao Tian Ce and the others underground to the Endless Sea, where Xiao Tian Ce rewarded him with a Spiritual Array Jade Pendant.
• Xiao Tian Ce put Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Huai En, and Zi Yan inside the Heavenly Dao Glazed Bottle and traveled alone toward Blood Demon Continent.
• Xiao Tian Ce saw Extraterrestrial Demon Clan soldiers devouring captured humans and killed the soldiers, while Fatty Baby collected the bodies.
• Xiao Tian Ce crossed Blood Demon Continent and several smaller continents, witnessing human suffering and humans serving the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, before reaching the Half-Moon Sea.
• Xiao Tian Ce found hundreds of demonic-qi-infected dragon sharks blocking his route, and Fatty Baby offered to use the Heavenly Dao Tower to take him across.

Xiao Tian Ce crossed to the Sea Moon Continent with his companions and learned that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were likely being held at the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters. As the group advanced toward a dawn infiltration, he unsealed Huai En’s tunling clan bloodline, while the clan’s late-stage Profound Demon Emperor demanded news of the captives.

• Fatty Baby carried Xiao Tian Ce across the Half-Moon Sea in the Heavenly Dao Tower, and Xiao Tian Ce planted the final array patterns before they landed on the Sea Moon Continent.
• Ling’er sensed two portions of her origin power near the Moon God Hall Ruins, and Xiao Tian Ce found that the site also coincided with the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his companions concluded that Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun were probably captured, then agreed to investigate the headquarters before dawn and use their jade pendants to activate the island-wide array if necessary.
• Xiao Tian Ce completely removed Huai En’s restraint, allowing him to devour what he could during the coming battle.
• At the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan’s headquarters, a late-stage Profound Demon Emperor berated his subordinates for failing to find Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun before the Clan Chief emerged from seclusion.

The Giant-Toothed Demon Clan searched for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun while the two hid beneath its headquarters, unable to find the Moon God Hall Secret Realm entrance. Xiao Tian Ce’s group prepared a predawn assault, and as the attack began, he declared that the clan’s slaughter was about to start.

• Qi Tian ordered the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan experts to search the Sea Moon Continent for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, who had been hiding near the clan’s headquarters for over a month.
• Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun discussed their failed search for the Moon God Hall Secret Realm and agreed to keep searching for one more day before using their Quasi-Sacred Artifact to escape.
• Xiao Tian Ce and his group arrived near the headquarters and suspected the demons were searching for Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, whose tracking pendant showed they were still moving together.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Huai En and Zi Yan to stay inside the Heavenly Dao Tower during the assault, and assigned Zi Yan to use the tracking pendant to find her imperial father.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked Fatty Baby to collect the demons’ bodies for Huai En to absorb and to watch for signs that the bloodline power was harming him.
• Before daybreak, Xiao Tian Ce awoke and announced that the time had come to attack the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.

Xiao Tian Ce and his allies attacked the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan, sealing off the Sea Moon Continent and defeating its Demon Emperors. After killing the clan chief and confirming Xiao Yan and Xun'er had slain their opponents, Xiao Tian Ce ordered the remaining clan members exterminated.

• Xiao Tian Ce joined Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er, and Zi Yan and led them in a surprise assault on the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce's forces sealed the Sea Moon Continent with a spiritual array, trapping the clan inside.
• Xiao Tian Ce's Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets ambushed the Demon Emperors, while Xiao Tian Ce overpowered the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan Chief and broke one of his teeth.
• The Giant-Toothed Demon Clan Chief begged for mercy and offered to serve Xiao Tian Ce, but Xiao Tian Ce stabbed him through the heart and killed him.
• The Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets killed Qi Tian and the remaining Nether Demon Emperors, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er defeated two Profound Demon Emperors.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Twelve Heavenly Demon Puppets to wipe out the rest of the Giant-Toothed Demon Clan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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