Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian Ce gave Mandala two Heavenly Demon Puppets so she could seek revenge on Lu Huan, then discovered that she had killed only his avatar. After Xiao Tian Ce removed Mandala’s curse and learned why Lu Huan had betrayed her, Mandala agreed to tell him how to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Xiao Tian Ce explained that he sought One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to help him reach the Overlord Realm and agreed to let Mandala confront Lu Huan.
• Xiao Tian Ce gave Mandala two Great Perfection Earth Sovereign Heavenly Demon Puppets and sent her through a spatial passage to the Southern Region.
• Mandala returned a day later believing she had killed Lu Huan, but Xiao Tian Ce revealed that she had defeated only his avatar and that Lu Huan had gone into hiding.
• Xiao Tian Ce burned the curse out of Mandala with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, restoring memories of Lu Huan’s betrayal after the Ancient Heavenly Palace fell.
• Mandala explained that Lu Huan had attacked her to monopolize the palace’s inheritances, then agreed to tell Xiao Tian Ce how to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Xiao Tian Ce learned why the Nine Heavens Corpse Demon Emperor had escaped with diminished strength and invited Mandala to join White Jade Capital, but she declined. He then entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace with Mandala using a clone, and they reached its peaceful interior.

• Xiao Tian Ce realized that one of the Nine Heavens Corpse Demon Emperor's two remaining demons was still sealed inside the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Xiao Tian Ce invited Mandala to pledge allegiance to White Jade Capital, but Mandala refused because she felt she still had a mission to fulfill.
• Xiao Tian Ce created a Great Perfection Earth Sovereign clone to accompany Mandala into the Ancient Heavenly Palace while his true body waited outside.
• Xiao Tian Ce's clone protected Mandala with a Spatial Barrier and forced a passage through the raging spatial storms and rifts.
• Xiao Tian Ce's clone and Mandala crossed into the Ancient Heavenly Palace, where they found calm surroundings and denser Heaven and Earth spiritual power.

Xiao Tian Ce and Mandala entered the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum, where they encountered an azure-robed figure who resembled the Heavenly Emperor but was revealed to be an enemy. Xiao Tian Ce agreed to destroy the impostor, and the chapter left them facing him beside the Heavenly Emperor Sword and a mysterious black skull.

• Xiao Tian Ce lowered his and Mandala's power to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace safely, then led her straight to the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum instead of collecting its other treasures.
• Xiao Tian Ce guided Mandala through the shattered space and into the mausoleum, where they resisted its pressure and saw the ruins left by the battle between the Heavenly Emperor and the Nine Heavens Corpse Demon Emperor.
• Xiao Tian Ce removed the seals on himself and Mandala, but held back his full strength when the mausoleum began to strain under his aura.
• An azure-robed figure appeared, and Mandala mistook him for the Heavenly Emperor until Xiao Tian Ce said he was an Extraterrestrial Demon Clan impostor.
• Mandala asked Xiao Tian Ce to kill the figure, and Xiao Tian Ce agreed, revealing that destroying him was another reason he had come.
• The figure produced a crystal sword identified as a possible Heavenly Emperor Sword, which stood beside a black skull that Mandala suspected belonged to the Demon Emperor.

Xiao Tian Ce defeated the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor in the Heavenly Emperor’s Mausoleum and awakened the Heavenly Emperor’s soul. The Heavenly Emperor agreed to pass on One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, provided Xiao Tian Ce accepted two conditions.

• Xiao Tian Ce challenged the Heaven-Devouring Demon Emperor and killed him with Eight Seals in One after revealing his Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign aura.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Mandala he would summon the Heavenly Emperor’s soul, then used a spiritual array to awaken him through the Heavenly Emperor Sword.
• The Heavenly Emperor embraced Mandala and listened as she described what had happened since she awakened.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked the Heavenly Emperor to teach him One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and the Heavenly Emperor agreed if Xiao Tian Ce chose a talented disciple to restore the Ancient Heavenly Palace and protected Mandala.

Xiao Tian Ce mastered One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, broke beyond the Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm, and began preparing to meet the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane. He met newborn Mu Chen and promised Qing Yan Jing protection for her son and Mu Feng, then returned to White Jade Capital when his own children awakened and learned that Luo Li had been born.

• The Heavenly Emperor gave Xiao Tian Ce One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones and entrusted the Ancient Heavenly Palace to Mandala before his soul dispersed.
• Ji Ping'an died after a final assault on the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan, and Xiao Tian Ce retrieved his body; later, Xiao Yan and Lin Dong led their domains to become major powers.
• Xiao Tian Ce perfected One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, and three years later his clones merged with him, allowing him to transcend the Saint-Grade Heavenly Sovereign realm.
• Xiao Tian Ce visited Qing Yan Jing in the Northern Spirit Realm, met her newborn son Mu Chen, and gave her a First-Rank Sovereign Heavenly Demon Puppet to protect Mu Chen and Mu Feng.
• Medusa and Xiao Bai Ying told Xiao Tian Ce that Xiao Sheng Ping and Xiao An'er had awakened, and he discovered Resting Spirit Clan bloodline in Xiao Sheng Ping.
• Luo Tianshen told Xiao Tian Ce that Luo Yang's daughter Luo Li had been born and asked whether he would accept her as his disciple.

Xiao Tian Ce decided to seek the Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane and attempt the overlord realm, despite the risk that failure could get him expelled before the Heavenly Evil God broke free. Xiao Xuan reluctantly agreed to guard White Jade Capital, and urged Xiao Tian Ce to spend time with Medusa and their three children before leaving.

• Ling'er warned Xiao Tian Ce that the Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane might attack her to devour her, and could expel them if they failed to bring it under control.
• Xiao Tian Ce decided they had to meet the embryo of the plane, and summoned Xiao Xuan, who had recently advanced to late-stage saint-grade heavenly sovereign.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Xiao Xuan that he planned to attempt the overlord realm and explained that the Heavenly Evil God could break free within decades or, at most, a hundred years.
• Xiao Xuan warned that the Great Thousand World, White Jade Capital, and the Xiao Clan depended on Xiao Tian Ce, but Xiao Tian Ce said he had weighed the risks and asked Xiao Xuan to guard White Jade Capital.
• Xiao Xuan recognized that they were both willing to risk everything for those they wished to protect, accepted Xiao Tian Ce's decision, and told him to spend time with Medusa and their three children before he left.

Xiao Tian Ce prepared to leave White Jade Capital, entrusted its people to Medusa and Xiao Xuan, and traveled to the tribulation sea to complete his cultivation. After reaching the peak of the Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body's ninth layer, he set out to meet the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Medusa that he planned to handle a dangerous task, and she promised to support him and care for White Jade Capital while he was away.
• Luo Tianshen brought his granddaughter Luo Li to Xiao Tian Ce, who accepted her as his disciple once she turned six and gave her gifts and a Heavenly Demon Puppet guard.
• Xiao Tian Ce left eleven powerful Heavenly Demon Puppets with Xiao Xuan, including two late-stage saint-grade puppets intended to protect Medusa.
• After traveling beyond the Northern Nether Continent, Xiao Tian Ce entered the tribulation sea to cultivate his Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body.
• After more than a year of absorbing tribulation lightning, Xiao Tian Ce reached the peak of the Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body's ninth layer and prepared to meet the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane.

Xiao Tian Ce left his surname on the Firmament Ranking but failed to inscribe his full name, then met with the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane to seek help reaching the overlord realm. He learned that heavenly law barred outsiders from advancing until a native reached that realm, leaving him to consider a dangerous alternative.

• Xiao Tian Ce used the power of his merged avatars to inscribe “Xiao Tian” on the Firmament Ranking, but the ranking erased “Tian” and rejected his attempt to add “Ce.”
• After recognizing Xiao Tian Ce's surname, the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane summoned him into its internal space and heard his offer to help eliminate the Heavenly Evil God in exchange for guidance.
• The Embryo of the Plane warned Xiao Tian Ce that Ling'er's lower-level essence could not survive devouring it and that doing so would destroy her world and its inhabitants.
• The Embryo of the Plane explained that Xiao Tian Ce could not reach the overlord realm until a native of the Great Thousand World broke through, though he might risk attempting it inside a middle thousand world.
• Xiao Tian Ce weighed the perilous alternative and wondered whether he should gamble on it.

The Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane betrayed Xiao Tian Ce and tried to devour the Embryo of the Plane inside him, but Xiao Tian Ce broke free and fought back. Their battle escalated around a sea of ancient fire essence, leaving Xiao Tian Ce charging at his opponent while the treasure remained contested.

• The Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane revealed that it had secretly aided Xiao Tian Ce's cultivation before binding him and admitting it intended to devour the Embryo of the Plane within him.
• Xiao Tian Ce used two figures split from his body to sever the restraint, then resisted the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane's hurricane attack by shattering the space around him.
• The Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane filled the Void Space with flames, revealing ten pieces of fire essence that Xiao Tian Ce recognized as a rare treasure.
• The Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane combined fire and wind against Xiao Tian Ce, who countered with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.
• Xiao Tian Ce moved toward the fire essence, then charged the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane to test his peak Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body.

Xiao Tian Ce battled the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane in Void Space, revealing that he could match its elemental control and ancient dharma bodies. After Xiao Tian Ce threatened to join forces with the Heavenly Evil God and sacrifice even his children for the Embryo’s origin, the Embryo offered to help him reach the Overlord Realm.

• Xiao Tian Ce traded blows with the Great Thousand World's Embryo of the Plane, then used Eight Seals in One to smash through its defenses and send it flying.
• The Embryo attacked Xiao Tian Ce with thunder, but he summoned the Heavenly Dao Myriad Tribulations Body and unleashed Three Thousand Thunder Paths.
• The Embryo dispersed the obscuring mist, blocked Xiao Tian Ce’s lightning with earth, and raised the Earth Kui Supreme Dharma Body to meet him.
• Xiao Tian Ce realized that reaching the Overlord Realm required consuming the Embryo’s origin power, and threatened to ally with the Heavenly Evil God to take it.
• The Embryo warned that its disappearance would kill the Great Thousand World’s inhabitants, including Xiao Tian Ce’s children, but Xiao Tian Ce feigned indifference.
• The Embryo, unable to kill Xiao Tian Ce or preserve its origin by force, offered to help him advance to the Overlord Realm.

Xiao Tian Ce secured the Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane's help and returned to the Dou Qi Continent to attempt the final step toward the Overlord Realm. He and Ling'er succeeded in merging their origins, and the Dou Qi Continent began rapidly evolving into a great world.

• Xiao Tian Ce bluffed that he might ally with the Heavenly Evil God, persuading the Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane to give him ten pieces of fire essence, origin power, and insights into entering the Overlord Realm.
• Ling'er absorbed the gifted origin power, fully restoring her strength, and urged Xiao Tian Ce to return to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Three years later, Xiao Tian Ce and his two clones reached the final step toward the Overlord Realm, and Ling'er agreed to merge with him despite the risk of death.
• Xiao Tian Ce unified his two clones and absorbed Ling'er as Heaven and Earth spiritual power surged across the Dou Qi Continent.
• After enduring a series of trials, Xiao Tian Ce reappeared with Ling'er and confirmed their success as the Dou Qi Continent began rapidly expanding toward the scale of the Great Thousand World.

After advancing to the overlord realm, Xiao Tian Ce went to the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs and defeated the Heavenly Evil God. He destroyed the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan’s forces, and fifty years later Mu Chen, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Sheng Ping also reached the overlord realm, while Xiao Tian Ce remained the only Great Ruler.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Ling'er he would deal with the Heavenly Evil God, and she stayed behind to gather treasures as the Dou Qi Continent advanced.
• The Great Thousand World's embryo of the plane congratulated Xiao Tian Ce, and Xiao Tian Ce urged it to watch over a gifted child in the Northern Spirit Realm, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong.
• Xiao Tian Ce inscribed his name on the Firmament Ranking, entered the Land of Ten Thousand Tombs, and shattered the Demon-Transforming Grand Array.
• Xiao Tian Ce defeated the Heavenly Evil God in battle, survived his final attacks, and sealed away his origin.
• Xiao Tian Ce wiped out the Extraterrestrial Demon Clan and its allies across their territory, then stopped at the entrance through which the Heavenly Evil God had entered the Great Thousand World.
• Fifty years later, Mu Chen, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and Xiao Sheng Ping ascended to the overlord realm, while Xiao Tian Ce remained the only one known as the Great Ruler.