Chapter Summaries

After the Three-Year Agreement ended, Xiao Tian Ce went to the Ancient Realm to speak with Gu Yuan about Xun'er and Xiao Yan. Gu Yuan bristled at the thought of Xiao Yan marrying his daughter, and Xiao Tian Ce had not yet explained his proposal when the chapter ended.

• Medusa clashed verbally with Xiao He, but Wang Chao restrained him, and Yun Shan let Xiao Yan leave the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Nalan Yanran apologized to Yun Yun and asked to enter the Gate of Life and Death to cultivate.
• Xiao Tian Ming told Xiao He and Wang Chao to watch the Soul Hall and then headed to Wutan City to bring the Xiao Clan back to Heaven Beyond.
• Xiao Tian Ce decided to put pressure on Xiao Yan and traveled to the Ancient Realm to meet Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Tian Ce confirmed that Xun'er was Gu Yuan's daughter and said he had come to discuss her marriage, prompting Gu Yuan to reject the idea that Xiao Yan was worthy of her.

Xiao Tian Ce persuaded Gu Yuan not to dismiss Xiao Yan as a suitor for Xiao Xun'er, then revealed that he had come to propose an alliance against the Hun Clan. Gu Yuan weighed the risks and suspected Xiao Tian Ce might be after the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Gu Yuan rejected Xiao Tian Ce's suggestion of a marriage between Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er, explaining that he expected his daughter to become the next Gu Clan Chief.
• Xiao Tian Ce described Xiao Yan's rapid cultivation and argued that he deserved consideration, prompting Gu Yuan to question his motives.
• Xiao Tian Ce explained that he watched over Xiao Yan because he was Xiao Xuan's descendant and said he regretted being unable to stop Xiao Xuan from attempting to reach the Dou Di Realm.
• Xiao Tian Ce asked Gu Yuan to join forces against the Hun Clan, claiming that he had already dealt it heavy blows and captured one of its Four Gates of Dead Silence.
• Gu Yuan considered the alliance's possible consequences and wondered whether Xiao Tian Ce's real goal was the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xiao Tian Ce tried to persuade Gu Yuan to join the Xiao Clan in destroying the weakened Hun Clan, but Gu Yuan refused because the Xiao Clan would become overwhelmingly powerful afterward. Xiao Tian Ce accepted his decision and asked Gu Yuan to keep the Gu Clan neutral when the war began.

• Gu Yuan considered whether Xiao Tian Ce was seeking the Tou She Ancient God Jade, while Xiao Tian Ce quietly waited and reflected on his desire to destroy the Hun Clan.
• Gu Yuan explained that joining the Xiao Clan against the Hun Clan could expose the Gu Clan to danger if Hun Tiandi survived, and said he needed benefits that would persuade his clan’s elders.
• Xiao Tian Ce argued that the Hun Clan was at its weakest after Hun Tiandi was badly injured and more than a hundred of its Dou Sheng Experts were killed.
• Gu Yuan refused, saying the Xiao Clan would become unrivaled after the Hun Clan’s destruction and could threaten the weaker Gu Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce accepted Gu Yuan’s candor and asked him to keep the Gu Clan from attacking the Xiao Clan when the war against the Hun Clan began.

Gu Yuan refused Xiao Tian Ce’s proposal to join forces against the Hun Clan, and the Gu Clan considered secretly preserving the Hun Clan to keep the Xiao Clan occupied. Back at the Heavenly Secret Tower, Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Qing, and Heavenly Net agreed that an all-out war could unite the other Emperor Clans against the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Tian Ce asked Gu Yuan to keep the Gu Clan from betraying the Xiao Clan during a war against the Hun Clan, and Gu Yuan promised to do so.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Dao and Gu Lie about Xiao Tian Ce’s extermination proposal and explained why he had refused it.
• Gu Lie proposed secretly keeping the Hun Clan alive so it would continue to weaken the Xiao Clan, and Gu Dao advised acting through other Emperor Clans.
• Gu Yuan decided to contact the Yan Clan and Lei Clan about an alliance, while Gu Dao and Gu Lie discussed winning over both clans.
• Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net warned Xiao Tian Ce that an all-out war against the Hun Clan could drive the other Emperor Clans to oppose the Xiao Clan.

Xiao Tian Ce assigned Xiao Qing to prepare for war against the Hun Clan and Heavenly Net to locate their hidden base, confident that his spiritual arrays could deter other Emperor Clans. Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, found the Xiao Clan missing and three Misty Cloud Sect elders dead, and set out with Medusa and Yao Chen for the Misty Cloud Sect to seek answers.

• Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net warned Xiao Tian Ce that the Gu Clan might secretly support the Hun Clan and draw other Emperor Clans into a war, but Xiao Tian Ce revealed he could deploy grandmaster-level spiritual arrays.
• Xiao Tian Ce tasked Heavenly Net with finding the Hun Clan's hiding place and Xiao Qing with preparing plans for an all-out war.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and discovered that the Xiao Clan had vanished, with signs of a brief fight and the corpses of Yun Leng and two other Misty Cloud Sect elders.
• Medusa stopped Xiao Yan from rushing to the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yao Chen agreed to escort him there after Xiao Yan insisted on finding answers.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa departed for the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, while Wang Chao reported that the Heavenly Secret Tower had killed the elders and left one survivor to carry news back to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Tian Ce declined to secretly protect Xiao Yan, trusting Medusa and Yao Chen to handle Yun Shan.

Xiao Yan returned to the Misty Cloud Sect with Medusa and confronted Yun Shan over the deaths of three elders and the disappearance of hundreds of Xiao Clan members. Yun Shan denied responsibility and, as the confrontation stalled, demanded that Xiao Yan remain at the sect for five years.

• Xiao Tian Ming reassured Wang Chao that Yao Chen and Medusa could protect Xiao Yan, then ordered him to guard the branch and protect Xiao Yan’s two elder brothers.
• Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan traveled toward their ancestral home in the Central Plains, while Xiao Zhan worried that Xiao Yan would not know where they had gone.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa rushed back to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, drawing the attention of Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong before heading to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan presented the bodies of Yun Leng and two other elders and demanded to know where the missing Xiao Clan members were; Yun Shan denied knowing anything about them.
• Yun Yun questioned Yun Shan, while Medusa explained that Xiao Yan had found the bodies in the Xiao Clan’s square and that the clan had vanished.
• After their arguments failed to resolve the matter, Yun Shan accused Xiao Yan of killing the elders and demanded that he stay at the Misty Cloud Sect for five years.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen fought Yun Shan while Medusa attacked the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Tian Ce discussed the Xiao Clan’s returned members and Huang Min’s plans with Huang Jiuji. Huang Jiuji revealed the Heavenly Huang Clan’s origins in the Great Thousand World, and Xiao Tian Ce promised to take him, Huang Min, and Ling Yun there if he reached Dou Di.

• Xiao Yan let Yao Chen control his body to confront Yun Shan, while Medusa attacked the Misty Cloud Sect’s disciples to prevent them from activating their formation.
• Yao Chen used the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to hold Yun Shan back as Medusa killed dozens of disciples despite Yun Yun and five Dou Wang opposing her.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered Xiao Bieli to settle Xiao Zhan and the Wutan City clansmen in the Xiao Clan and introduce them to Xiao Xian and Xiao De.
• Huang Jiuji explained that Huang Min hated Zhu Kun because he had killed her father, and Xiao Tian Ce decided to let her and Ling Yun test their strength before intervening.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Huang Jiuji that he had found an Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and advanced his spiritual array cultivation to Spiritual Array Grandmaster level.
• Huang Jiuji revealed that the Heavenly Huang Clan’s ancestor came from the Great Thousand World, and Xiao Tian Ce promised to take Huang Jiuji, Huang Min, and Ling Yun there if he reached Dou Di.

Xiao Tian Ce promised to resurrect Huang Jiuji and encouraged his young disciple Xiao Huai'en, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen struggled to escape Yun Shan’s formation at the Misty Cloud Sect. With Little Cai injured and their strength nearly spent, Xiao Yan prepared to use the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to break through.

• Xiao Tian Ce told Huang Jiuji that he had gathered the resurrection materials and would restore his body after handling matters in the Central Plains.
• Xiao Huai'en visited Xiao Tian Ce, reported his progress in alchemy and cultivation, and received techniques, pills, and guidance from his teacher.
• Xiao Tian Ce advised Gu Yue to focus on giving Xiao Qing a child and strengthen Xiao Qing’s position as the Xiao Clan’s next clan leader.
• Yao Chen rescued the injured Little Cai after Yun Shan’s attack, but Yun Shan seized control of the Smoke-Cloud Sun-Covering Formation and trapped Xiao Yan and Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan decided to use the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to break the formation despite the risk of injury and the loss of Yao Chen’s remaining strength.

Xiao Yan used a three-colored Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to devastate the Misty Cloud Sect and badly injure Yun Shan, but Yun Shan and Yun Yun pursued him as he tried to escape. Yao Chen revealed a Heavenly Mechanism Token to force them to stand down, allowing Xiao Yan to leave with Hai Bodong.

• Xiao Yan fused three heavenly flames into a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, dodged Yun Shan's arrows, and detonated it, wrecking the Misty Cloud Sect and severely injuring Yun Shan.
• Xiao Yan tried to flee, but Yun Shan blocked his way; Hai Bodong intervened and held Yun Shan off while Xiao Yan escaped.
• Yun Yun attacked Xiao Yan with Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill, and Yun Shan wounded Hai Bodong before he and Yun Yun trapped Xiao Yan.
• As Xiao Yan prepared for a final fight, Yao Chen emerged from the Storage Ring and revealed a Heavenly Mechanism Token, warning that its activation would bring the Heavenly Secret Tower's members down on the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan feared the consequences and let them pass; Xiao Yan left with Yao Chen and Hai Bodong, leaving the Misty Cloud Sect in ruins.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen escaped the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yun Shan ordered the sect to prepare against both Xiao Yan and the Heavenly Secret Tower. In Heaven Beyond, Xiao Zhan returned the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Tian Ce, who sent it toward Xiao Yan and learned that Min'er might be planning an assault on Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan thanked Hai Bodong for helping him escape, and Hai Bodong flew back to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen set out for Jia Nan Academy through the Black-Corner Region.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Yun Shan likely had not taken his family and that powerful outsiders may have carried them away; Xiao Yan resolved to find them.
• Yun Shan ordered Yun Yun to expel Yun Leng and his family, prepare spies for the Heavenly Secret Tower, and oversee the sect while he recovered; he also warned her not to spare Xiao Yan next time.
• Xiao Zhan presented the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Tian Ce, who accepted it and arranged for Xiao Wu to deliver it to Xiao Tian Ming for Xiao Yan.
• Qinglian told Xiao Tian Ce that Min'er seemed to be preparing to attack Dragon Island, and he gave Xiao Tian Ce an item someone had offered him in the Pill Region.

Xiao Tian Ming delivered the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Yan, who confirmed that his father’s soul imprint remained on it and resolved to grow stronger. Back in Heaven Beyond, Xiao Tian Ce learned that Lord Heavenly Net had found moving traces of the Soul Realm in the turbulent void.

• Xiao Tian Ce studied grandmaster-level Spiritual Arrays and mastered several more during his seclusion.
• Xiao Tian Ming gave Xiao Yan the Tou She Ancient God Jade and told him that Xiao Zhan’s soul imprint showed his father was still alive.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan that the man likely came from the Central Plains and urged him to train until he could uncover the truth himself.
• Xiao Tian Ming ordered the Eight Gates to secretly protect Xiao Yan and support his growth without sparing him hardship.
• Xiao Tian Ming returned to Heaven Beyond, where Xiao Qing reported that Lord Heavenly Net had discovered traces of the moving Soul Realm.

Xiao Tian Ce prepared the Xiao Clan for the coming war while Huang Min and Ling Yun led the magical beast armies toward East Dragon Island to confront the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. As their forces prepared to attack, Xiao Tian Ce hurried there with the Green Lotus Saint to protect them.

• Xiao Qing reported that Gu Yuan had allied with the Yan Clan, and Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan prepared while assigning the Yao Clan to make pills and the Heavenly Secret Tower to watch the Lei Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that he had sent the Tou She Ancient God Jade to Xiao Yan to bait the Hun Clan, then ordered Xiao Tian Ming to visit the Yao Clan and cultivate afterward.
• Huang Min and Ling Yun rallied the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Nine Netherworld Python Clan and led their forces through spatial passages toward East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Tian Ce received news of their expedition and set out with the Green Lotus Saint, determined to ensure Huang Min and Ling Yun's safety.
• Huang Min, Ling Yun, and their Dou Sheng companions reached the outskirts of East Dragon Island and prepared to attack.

Huang Min led a magical-beast army in an attack on East Dragon Island to avenge her father, and she confronted Zhu Kun despite his overwhelming strength. After she revealed that Xiao Tian Ce would avenge her if she died, Zhu Kun unleashed his killing intent, leaving Huang Min to ask Ling Yun to seek her teacher’s forgiveness if she did not survive.

• Huang Min led the Nine Netherworld Python and Heaven Demon Phoenix forces through East Dragon Island’s defenses, killing hundreds of Ancient Void Dragons before Zhu Kun arrived.
• Zhu Kun confronted Huang Min and offered to let the attack go unpunished if she and her forces withdrew.
• Huang Min attacked Zhu Kun, but he blocked her sword strikes and sent her flying; Ling Yun caught her.
• Zhu Kun explained that he had spared them because he feared provoking Xiao Tian Ce and his powerful Xiao Clan backing.
• Huang Min refused to retreat and declared that Zhu Kun would die whether he killed her or she defeated him, as Xiao Tian Ce would avenge her.
• Zhu Kun erupted with killing intent, and Huang Min apologized to Ling Yun and asked him to seek Xiao Tian Ce’s forgiveness for her if she died.

Huang Min and Ling Yun attacked Zhu Kun with the life-burning Heavenly Phoenix Secret Art, hoping to avenge the Heavenly Huang Clan, while Xiao Tian Ce watched from concealment and grew furious at their recklessness. As the secret art neared its end, they trapped Zhu Kun inside a barrage of spiritual arrays, leaving him cursing Xiao Tian Ce.

• Huang Min prepared to die fighting Zhu Kun and asked Ling Yun to pass an apology to their teacher, Xiao Tian Ce, if he survived.
• Huang Min and Ling Yun activated their Heavenly Huang Clan secret arts, boosted their strength, and attacked Zhu Kun at extreme speed.
• Zhu Kun armored himself with black scales and endured their assault, while Xiao Tian Ce and Qinglian watched from concealment and worried about the secret art's cost.
• Huang Min and Ling Yun wounded Zhu Kun, stripping scales from his body and knocking out two of his teeth as their attacks gradually slowed.
• As the secret art was about to end, Huang Min and Ling Yun deployed eight ninth-level and more than a dozen eighth-level spiritual arrays around Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun's punch struck a barrier instead of his attackers, and he cursed Xiao Tian Ce.

Huang Min and Ling Yun captured the Ancient Void Dragon Clan but were defeated when Zhu Kun’s Great Elder Zhu Ku and Second Elder Zhu Lu returned and rescued him. Xiao Tian Ce appeared before the two clans could fight further, and Zhu Kun agreed to discuss the matter rather than kill the disciples.

• Huang Min and Ling Yun used Spiritual Arrays to trap Zhu Kun while their allies captured the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Huang Min threatened to kill the prisoners unless Zhu Kun surrendered.
• Zhu Ku and Zhu Lu emerged from seclusion, defeated Huang Min and Ling Yun, freed the clan, and shattered the arrays holding Zhu Kun.
• Zhu Kun’s elders seized Huang Min and Ling Yun, but Zhu Kun ordered them held rather than killed because the Xiao Clan stood behind them.
• Xiao Tian Ce emerged from hiding and told Zhu Kun he would take his disciples away and discipline them.
• Zhu Ku and Zhu Lu objected to Xiao Tian Ce’s arrival and challenged his right to take the prisoners.

Xiao Tian Ce secured the release of Huang Min, Ling Yun, and their allied clans from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, then reprimanded his disciples for their reckless attempt to challenge Zhu Kun. Huang Min promised to avoid seeking revenge until she reached nine-star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Tian Ce freed Huang Min and Ling Yun, then agreed to rescue the captured members of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and Nine Netherworld Python Clan after Huang Min and Ling Yun pleaded for them.
• When Zhu Lu refused to release the prisoners and insulted Xiao Tian Ce, Xiao Tian Ce seized him, sealed his Dou Qi, and forced Zhu Kun to intervene.
• Zhu Kun apologized, agreed to release all the prisoners, and asked Xiao Tian Ce to release Zhu Lu; Xiao Tian Ce restored Zhu Lu's strength and departed with the others.
• After Xiao Tian Ce left, Zhu Kun ordered the three other Dragon Islands summoned and Dragon Island sealed, while Zhu Lu vowed to make Xiao Tian Ce regret the encounter.
• At the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's territory, Xiao Tian Ce scolded Huang Min and Ling Yun for their reckless actions and warned Huang Min against risking her life for revenge.
• Huang Min admitted her mistake and promised not to provoke Zhu Kun again until she reached nine-star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Tian Ce punished Huang Min and Ling Yun for using the Heavenly Phoenix Secret Art, then learned that the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan had secretly aligned with the Yan Clan against the Xiao Clan. He ordered the clans’ leaders to gather and recalled Heavenly Net to prepare a response.

• Xiao Tian Ce gave Huang Min ten days of lightning punishment and ten years of reflection, and sentenced Ling Yun to five days of lightning punishment after they recovered.
• Huang Jiuji thanked Xiao Tian Ce for protecting the pair, and Xiao Tian Ce explained that he had delayed intervening to teach them a lesson.
• Xiao Tian Ming reported that Xiao Yan had killed Han Feng, taken his sea heart flame, and reached six-star Dou Ling; Xiao Tian Ce said his plan would let Xiao Yan obtain the fallen heart flame at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Tian Ming said Yao Dan had agreed to cooperate with the Xiao Clan, but Xiao Qing reported that the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan had secretly allied with the Yan Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered Xiao Tian Ming to summon Xiao Teng, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Fei, and told Xiao Qing to recall Heavenly Net from his search for the Soul Realm.
• Xiao Teng, Xiao Wu, Xiao Fei, Xiao Tian Ming, and Xiao Chun arrived, and Xiao Tian Ce prepared to discuss their response to the rebellion.

Xiao Tian Ce and the Xiao Clan leaders debated how to deal with the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan without creating lasting divisions inside the Xiao Clan. Heavenly Net proposed framing the two clans as double agents to provoke the Gu Clan and Yan Clan into attacking them, and the chapter ended with the leaders approving his scheme.

• Xiao Qing proposed exterminating the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan, and Xiao Teng outlined a plan to defeat both clans with Xiao Clan forces.
• Xiao Chun suggested Xiao Tian Ce seal the two clans’ realms while small forces destroyed them, but Xiao Tian Ce warned that married-in members from other clans could cause turmoil afterward.
• Xiao Wu proposed confining members of other Emperor Clans, but Xiao Tian Ce rejected the idea because they had become part of the Xiao Clan.
• Heavenly Net arrived, heard the problem, and suggested sowing discord while using another clan’s forces to do the killing.
• Heavenly Net proposed secretly spreading rumors that the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan had only pretended to ally with the Gu Clan and Yan Clan so they could help the Xiao Clan trap them.
• Xiao Qing and the other leaders praised Heavenly Net’s plan, which would turn the Gu Clan and Yan Clan against the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan and let the Xiao Clan conceal its role.

Ling Hua tried to warn the Xiao Clan about the Spirit Clan’s secret alliance, but his rivals imprisoned him before he could act. After Xiao Tian Ce received a spy report, he spared Ling Hua and ordered Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net to lead the operation against the Spirit and Stone Clans, preparing hidden array traps as well.

• Ling Hua learned that Spirit Clan elders had allied with the Yan Clan against the Xiao Clan and feared the retaliation that would follow.
• Ling Chen and other Dou Sheng experts blocked Ling Hua from warning the Xiao Clan, then confined him to his residence.
• Xiao Tian Ce received a secret report from the Spirit Clan and learned that Ling Hua had remained loyal while his rivals plotted against the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Tian Ce accepted Xiao Qing’s proposal to spare Ling Hua and assigned Xiao Qing and Heavenly Net to lead the planned operation.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered Xiao Wu, Xiao Teng, and Xiao Fei to ready the clan’s experts and gave Xiao Chun jade pendants designed to destroy the Spirit Gathering Arrays and detonate their stored Dou Qi.

Xiao Tian Ce explained to Huang Jiuji why he had spared Zhu Kun and discussed giving Huang Min and Ling Yun a chance to recover and grow stronger. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and Yan Jin formed an alliance with the Stone and Spirit Clans to counter the Xiao Clan, while Gu Yuan urged caution and Yan Jin privately considered how to abandon him if the alliance failed.

• Xiao Tian Ce reassured Huang Jiuji that the Xiao Clan’s rivals posed little threat and said its plans would pressure them into revealing themselves.
• Huang Jiuji asked Xiao Tian Ce to give Huang Min and Ling Yun a chance to redeem themselves, and Xiao Tian Ce explained that he had spared Zhu Kun to give them a cultivation goal and avoid making another enemy.
• The Stone Clan and Spirit Clan joined the alliance between the Gu Clan and Yan Clan, strengthening their position against the Xiao Clan.
• Gu Yuan warned Yan Jin that the Xiao Clan had several nine-star Dou Sheng experts and urged the alliance not to openly oppose it until the Xiao Clan fought the Hun Clan.
• Yan Jin praised Gu Yuan’s leadership but privately thought the Xiao Clan would eventually punish the Gu Clan and considered betraying Gu Yuan if the alliance lost.