Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian and Hun Ying settled a dispute over Yun Yu’s cave abode after the Hun Tian Mirror revealed that Yun Yu had died dissolving into the Dao. Hun Ying defeated Ruo Han, and Xiao Tian robbed him and warned nearby cultivators against challenging them casually.

• Senior Brother Immortal Crane used the Hun Tian Mirror to confirm that Yun Yu had died two years earlier while attempting to break through to the True Immortal realm.
• Ruo Han challenged Hun Ying over Yun Yu’s cave abode, and Hun Ying defeated him with her Primordial Chaos Demon Fist.
• Xiao Tian chased down Ruo Han, sealed him in black ice, and plundered half of his treasures before warning him against issuing challenges without accepting the consequences.
• Nearby Supremes and True Immortals witnessed Xiao Tian’s retaliation, discouraging them from targeting his and Hun Ying’s cave abode.

Xiao Tian learned the value of the Tai Su Qi Crystal he had taken from Ruo Han, then explored Cloud Summit’s Earthly Treasure Street with Hun Ying. Ruo Han’s encounter with Zhu Ying suggested he might turn his defeat into a breakthrough, while Xiao Tian considered the dangers of making enemies in Above the Heavens.

• Xiao Tian learned that the Tai Su Qi Crystal was worth seven thousand cubic units of immortal source and could help cultivators break through to True Immortal.
• Xiao Tian took Hun Ying to Earthly Treasure Street to look for resources that could help her become a Half-Step Immortal.
• Zhu Ying visited the frozen Ruo Han, who insisted he would study Xiao Tian’s cold energy and seek justice after becoming a True Immortal.
• Xiao Tian and Hun Ying found Earthly Treasure Street crowded with valuable goods, which were protected by rules personally established by a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Xiao Tian and Hun Ying left the Tai Su Daoist Temple’s Earthly Treasure Street and were challenged by groups of Supreme Perfection disciples seeking their possessions. Xiao Tian used Meng Tianzheng’s Dao fruit to defeat a Geng Metal Zheng and a Mirage Dragon, taking their bodies and valuables as spoils.

• Xiao Tian gave Hun Ying 280 cubic measures of immortal source, and she bought a jar of Su Nü Balm.
• Xiao Tian sensed over a hundred Supreme Perfection disciples following them, and he warned Hun Ying to fight carefully and seize her opponents’ valuables.
• Xiao Tian accepted the Geng Metal Zheng’s challenge and shattered his attacks with Meng Tianzheng’s Dao fruit, then took his body and valuables after he conceded.
• A Mirage Dragon challenged Xiao Tian and attacked through white mist and countless phantoms.
• Xiao Tian used Nine Steps on the Immortal Path and Meng Tianzheng’s invincible Dao to badly injure the Mirage Dragon, then took most of its body and valuables after it conceded.

Xiao Tian and Hun Ying won a string of battles against powerful Supreme challengers on Cloud Summit, collecting their spoils before leaving the arena. Xiao Tian then learned that his system would not grant a check-in for reaching Above the Heavens through unauthorized passage, so he resolved to cultivate there and pursue the True Immortal realm.

• Hun Ying defeated the Li Li, tore her in half, and claimed her body and two million units of immortal source.
• Xiao Tian defeated a Whirling Tortoise, a Tiger Flood Dragon, and a Bobo, while Hun Ying won eight consecutive battles.
• After twenty victories, Xiao Tian pretended to be exhausted and left Cloud Summit with Hun Tian, saying challengers could face them another time.
• Hun Ying described how the Indestructible Scripture had helped her withstand the Qinyuan's attacks, while Xiao Tian considered the scripture and the legacies of Above the Heavens.
• Xiao Tian and Hun Ying counted their spoils, with Hun Ying dissatisfied at her small haul and Xiao Tian having gained more from his final opponent.
• Xiao Tian learned the system denied him a check-in because he had reached Above the Heavens through unauthorized passage, and he decided to use his time there to cultivate toward True Immortality.

Xiao Tian spent nearly five years creating and cultivating his own method, reaching the Extreme Dao Supreme and Great Emperor domains as his physical body and primordial spirit advanced to power comparable to a Quasi-Immortal King. His breakthrough caused a disturbance that even Quasi-Immortal Emperors could not explain, and the Tai Su Emperor unexpectedly expanded the upcoming competition's Supreme-domain places.

• Xiao Tian refined the Tai Su Dao Crystal, reached supreme perfection, and condensed ninety-nine emperor characters as a tremor spread across Above the Heavens.
• Xiao Tian continued his seclusion and spent two years developing a cultivation method with routes through the lower, middle, or upper dantian.
• Xiao Tian completed the method over nearly five years and cultivated to the Extreme Dao Supreme and Great Emperor domains, increasing his emperor characters to one hundred and eight.
• The disturbance drew investigations from the Tai Su Emperor, Tai Qing Emperor, and other Quasi-Immortal Emperors, but none discovered its cause.
• The Tai Su Emperor added three places in the Supreme domain to the Tai Su Daoist Temple's grand competition and issued an Edict that the Immortal Kings obeyed.

Xi Yue announced generous prizes for the Tai Su Daoist Temple’s outer disciple tournament, while Xiao Tian and Hun Ying emerged from years of seclusion and prepared to seek more Tai Su Paste. After eating and recovering, they set out to find prey to rob.

• Xi Yue announced that the tournament’s top six would receive Tai Su Dao Crystals and Tai Su Paste, while the top three would also enter the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm.
• The chapter explained the secret realm’s dangerous Tai Su Dao Beasts and the origins and ranks of several primordial forces and Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
• Xiao Tian awoke two months before the tournament, and he and Hun Ying spent forty days together as he assessed her cultivation progress.
• Hun Ying praised Tai Su Paste and proposed robbing someone to obtain more, but Xiao Tian said they would buy her a jar and wait for a jealous rival to come after them.
• Xiao Tian cooked meat from the outer disciples they had previously robbed, and he and Hun Ying ate and drank before setting out to fish.

Xiao Tian and Hun Ying traded for Tai Su Paste and discussed the rare opportunity to compete for entry into the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm. After meeting Qian Duoduo and unexpectedly encountering Zhu Ganglie, Xiao Tian warned him about a secret affair and left without borrowing Immortal Source.

• Xiao Tian exchanged all their Immortal Source for two jars of Tai Su Paste and considered competing for a full disciple slot to gain access to the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm.
• Xiao Tian recognized that Qian Duoduo’s trading seemed to help her cultivate, while Qian Duoduo mocked him and Hun Ying for being poor and offered them mining work and a rented Small World.
• Hun Ying reminded Qian Duoduo that they still had two jars of Tai Su Paste, and Xiao Tian asked to borrow a hundred cubic units of Immortal Source.
• Zhu Ganglie offered Xiao Tian a thousand cubic units, but Xiao Tian declined after learning that Zhu Ganglie was a Pureblood Shangao and an Immortal King’s son.
• Xiao Tian saw that Zhu Ganglie’s Golden Chrysanthemum love interest was secretly meeting a Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly and urged Zhu Ganglie to sneak inside and see for himself.

Xiao Tian and Hun Ying prepared for the Tai Su Daoist Temple Outer Disciple Competition, where Xiao Tian quickly advanced by defeating his opponents. The competition continued as he was teleported to another match after making a female Supreme concede.

• Zhu Ganglie followed the stranger’s advice, discovered Golden Chrysanthemum with his rival Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly, and attacked them in fury.
• Xiao Tian and Hun Ying tried to draw challengers but found no one willing to fight, since the outer disciples were preparing for the competition.
• Xiao Tian and Hun Ying arrived at the Cloudsea Battle Platform, where Deputy Temple Master Xi Yue announced the competition’s start.
• Xi Yue sent the contestants into the Supreme Cloudsea Battlefield, and Xiao Tian defeated a pure-blooded Kui Ox, who conceded.
• Xiao Tian was teleported to a new opponent and used the Deceit Beast Treasure Art to make a wounded female human Supreme concede.

Xiao Tian fought the Three-Legged Silver Toad and Xiangliu alone in the Supreme Competition and overwhelmed both with his thunder techniques. The Three-Legged Silver Toad conceded, while Xiangliu was left with only one head.

• Xiao Tian entered a simulated starry battlefield and learned he had to face the Three-Legged Silver Toad and Xiangliu at once.
• The Three-Legged Silver Toad and Xiangliu coordinated their poison and elemental attacks against Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian countered with the Kui Ox Treasure Art and the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique, turning his metal-element thunder into scissors.
• Xiao Tian unleashed Eight Trigrams Heavenly Thunder, destroying the Three-Legged Silver Toad’s attack and stripping away Xiangliu’s dark hair.
• Xiao Tian blasted Xiangliu into her original form and left her with one head, while the wounded Three-Legged Silver Toad conceded to save his life.

Xiao Tian faced the Blood Demon and Diamond Saint Spirit in his second battle and overwhelmed both with his emperor character and thunder techniques. The chapter ended with the two opponents trapped beneath his attacks, unable to break free.

• Hun Ying and the Ink Qilin defeated the Blood Demon in their battle, reducing him to a drop of blood essence before he conceded.
• Xiao Tian was matched against the Blood Demon and Diamond Saint Spirit, who had joined forces after losing their solo challenges.
• The Diamond Saint Spirit warned the Blood Demon about Xiao Tian's strength, and Xiao Tian's thunder character shattered both opponents' opening attacks.
• The Blood Demon recognized Xiao Tian's emperor character and understood why Ruo Han had lost to him.
• Xiao Tian unleashed Eight Trigrams Array Thunder, trapping the Diamond Saint Spirit in Marsh Thunder and striking the Blood Demon with Fire Thunder.

Xiao Tian advanced through the Tai Su Daoist Temple’s increasingly difficult disciple trials, revealing two Emperor Characters as he defeated successive groups of contestants. He entered the top-fifty round facing four formidable opponents, two of whom had also cultivated two Emperor Characters.

• After the rules changed to three contestants against one, Xiao Tian used his Thunder and Fire Emperor Characters to defeat Black Tortoise, Innate Deity Purple Lightning, and the Three-Eyed Immortal Race Supreme.
• Xiao Tian won another three-against-one battle, while Pu Demon Tree also remained undefeated and the Vermilion Bird and Ink Qilin each condensed a second Emperor Character.
• After another wave of battles left fifty contestants, the trials changed to one against four, drawing the Immortal Kings’ attention.
• Xiao Tian’s opponents included White Marsh, Ying Zhao, Iron-Biter, and the Immortal-Slaying Insect.
• Xiao Tian sensed that two of his four opponents had cultivated two Emperor Characters.

Xiao Tian revealed the power of three Emperor Character Dao patterns and defeated his opponents as the tournament narrowed to its strongest contestants. After Hun Ying was eliminated by Wushan, the top five were Xiao Tian, Wushan, the Ink Qilin, the Enchanting Vermilion Bird, and the Pu Demon Tree.

• Ying Zhao, White Marsh, Iron-Biter, and the Immortal-Slaying Insect attacked Xiao Tian, who used his Dao patterns to defeat them and wound the insect.
• Xi Yue removed the unconscious Immortal-Slaying Insect from Xiao Tian’s hair, while the Ink Qilin revealed four Emperor Character Dao patterns and defeated Qiongqi.
• Hun Ying advanced through her match but was later eliminated by Wushan, whose three Emperor Characters and strength overcame her.
• The tournament reduced the field to five: Xiao Tian, Wushan, the Ink Qilin, the Enchanting Vermilion Bird, and the Pu Demon Tree.

Xiao Tian fought Wushan and the Pu Demon Tree in a five-way melee held in the Chaos Sea, revealing that he could absorb chaos qi and countered their coordinated attacks. The fight remained a spectacle for the watching disciples as both sides revealed additional emperor character dao marks, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Deputy Temple Master Xi Yue changed the contest into a five-way melee in the Chaos Sea, where Xiao Tian discovered he could easily refine chaos qi.
• Xiao Tian challenged the Pu Demon Tree, and Wushan joined her against him while the Vermilion Bird and the Ink Qilin chose to fight each other only for show.
• Wushan attacked with his axe as the Pu Demon Tree sent crystalline snowflakes at Xiao Tian, who blocked them with thunder, fire, and the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art.
• Wushan revealed his fourth emperor character dao mark, "axe," and unleashed a stronger strike, while the Pu Demon Tree prepared to expose her own trump card.
• Xiao Tian revealed his "wind" dao mark and used it to strengthen his fire, thunder, and sword attacks, forcing another deadlock as the Pu Demon Tree's snowy assault began to collapse.

Xiao Tian defeated Wushan and the Pu Demon Tree in the Outer Disciple Competition with five Emperor Character Dao Marks and a savage fighting style. After the competition, Deputy Temple Master Xi Yue took him as her disciple, while Ruo Han and Zhu Ying reconsidered how to deal with him.

• Xiao Tian revealed his gold Emperor Character Dao Mark and overwhelmed Wushan, then fought the Pu Demon Tree after she revealed her death Dao mark.
• Xiao Tian bit through the Pu Demon Tree’s neck, suppressed her body, and frightened the watching Vermilion Bird and Ink Qilin into surrendering.
• Deputy Temple Master Xi Yue ended the competition and offered to take Xiao Tian as her disciple, and Xiao Tian accepted.
• Xiao Tian presented Xi Yue with tea brewed from Enlightenment Tree leaves as part of becoming her disciple.
• Ruo Han worried about Xiao Tian’s new standing, and Zhu Ying advised him to make peace rather than risk offending him.

After becoming Xi Yue’s disciple, Xiao Tian gained access to the Profound Bright Heavenly Grotto and the Tai Su Daoist Temple’s resources. He explored his new abode and reflected on the Six Heavenly Clans’ strength, while competitions and a Heaven and Earth Rift expedition were announced.

• Xi Yue took Xiao Tian as her disciple, gave him a command token, and assigned him to the Battle Hall.
• Qian Duoduo’s mother chose Hun Ying as her disciple, and Hun Ying gave Xiao Tian the Tai Su Dao Crystal she had received.
• Xi Yue gave Xiao Tian, the Vermilion Bird, and the Ink Qilin jade talismans for entering the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm, then announced competitions in eighty and two hundred years.
• Xiao Tian entered his Profound Bright Heavenly Grotto and found a lesser thousand world rich in primordial yellow power and Tai Su Qi.
• Xiao Tian recalled that the Six Heavenly Clans’ representatives had each demonstrated six Emperor Character Dao patterns when they entered the temple.

Xiao Tian entered the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm to gather Tai Su Dao Crystals and strengthen himself, only to realize his new master had not passed on the Tai Su Emperor Scripture. After defeating a Tai Su Dao Beast, he spotted a powerful Azure Heaven Lineage talent and considered robbing the other entrants.

• Xiao Tian entered the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm, intending to collect more Tai Su Dao Crystals before breaking through.
• Tai Su Emperorfall sensed that more than thirty cultivators had entered the realm at once, including Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian realized Xi Yue had not given him the Tai Su Emperor Scripture inheritance, then killed an Eight-Armed Thunder Ape and collected a Tai Su Dao Crystal.
• Xiao Tian sensed the other entrants and decided he could rob them, setting his sights on a talent from the Azure Heaven Lineage.
• Xiao Tian watched the Azure Heaven Lineage talent tear apart ten Tai Su Dao Beasts with overwhelming physical strength.

Xiao Tian reached the Azure Heaven Lineage prodigy in the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm, then decided to rob other cultivators after judging how many Tai Su Dao Crystals they could earn. He knocked out Lei Ao, took his valuables, and left him an image recording that revealed Ying'er with Ruo Han; the Tai Su Emperor watched the robbery and wondered what Xi Yue would think of her disciple.

• Xiao Tian used his Thousand-Mile Eyes and Wind-Listening Ears to cross the Tai Su Qi and observe the Azure Heaven Lineage prodigy fighting Dao Beasts.
• Xiao Tian estimated that the Heavenly Clan prodigies could earn more than ten Tai Su Dao Crystals and turned his attention to the senior disciples in the secret realm.
• Xiao Tian followed Lei Ao's connection to Ying'er and saw her with Ruo Han, who promised to obtain a Tai Su Immortal Body Pill for him.
• Xiao Tian struck Lei Ao unconscious with a bone club and Diamond Bracelet, then took his Tai Su Dao Crystals, immortal source, and other belongings.
• Xiao Tian placed an image recording of Ying'er and Ruo Han among Lei Ao's belongings, while the Tai Su Emperor silently watched the robbery.

Xiao Tian robbed Lei Ao and Heifeng in the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm, while avoiding Bai Xi and deciding to target the Six Heavenly Clans. The Tai Su Emperor showed Xi Yue her new disciple’s exploits, as Heifeng’s furious master began searching for the culprit.

• After Xiao Tian left, Lei Ao defeated two hundred Dao Beasts, but Xiao Tian stole his Tai Su Dao Crystal and punched him out of the secret realm; an image recording of Ying'er then enraged Lei Ao into fainting.
• Xiao Tian passed over Bai Xi and robbed Heifeng the Heavenly Dog, taking half his Tai Su Dao Crystals before Heifeng was teleported out with only his head remaining.
• Heifeng told his master, the Enforcement Hall’s Hall Master, that he had been ambushed and robbed, and his master failed to track Xiao Tian’s aura.
• Xiao Tian decided to target members of the Six Heavenly Clans to avoid provoking Heifeng’s powerful master.
• The Tai Su Emperor watched Xiao Tian’s robbery and brought Xi Yue to see her new disciple, while Xi Yue urged her sister to stop sleeping and seek the Immortal Emperor realm.

The Tai Su Emperor showed Xi Yue that her supposedly forgotten disciple Xiao Tian had cultivated nine Emperor Character Dao Marks and was robbing Cang Lu in the Tai Su Heaven Secret Realm. Xiao Tian escaped with Cang Lu’s treasures, while Cang Lu woke with a persistent Dao-rule lump on the back of his head and vowed revenge.

• The Tai Su Emperor teased Xi Yue about her past habit of sleeping and reminded her that she had accepted Xiao Tian as her disciple.
• The Tai Su Emperor showed Xi Yue Xiao Tian using the Footprint Emperor Step Technique and preparing to attack Cang Lu, revealing that Xiao Tian had cultivated nine Emperor Character Dao Marks.
• Xiao Tian struck Cang Lu with his White Bone Cudgel and Diamond Bracelet, knocking him unconscious despite his protective Immortal King Weapons.
• Xiao Tian plundered Cang Lu’s Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, took his immortal-gold equipment and Four-Color Cauldron, and crushed the eleventh wave of Dao Beasts for a Tai Su Dao Crystal.
• Cang Lu woke, learned that his attacker appeared to be his older paternal cousin, and discovered that a Dao rule called Prominent Horns kept restoring the lump on the back of his head.
• After the lump returned when Cang Lu killed the twelfth wave of Dao Beasts, Cang Lu swore to kill Xiao Tian and avenge himself.

Xiao Tian ambushed Heavenly Prodigies from the Six Heavenly Clans after they finished fighting Dao beasts, stealing their Tai Su Dao Crystals and treasures. He moved on to Bai Yiyi of the White Heaven Lineage, preparing to attack her.

• Xiao Tian knocked Bi Yao unconscious, stole her Tai Su Dao Crystals and talismans, and left before she awoke to face the next wave of Dao beasts.
• Bi Yao survived the next wave and resolved that someone had tried to sow discord between her and her cousin; Xi Yue and the Tai Su Emperor praised Xiao Tian’s methods.
• Xiao Tian ambushed Xuan Ming after his battle, stripped him of his valuables, and imitated his appearance to head toward the next targets.
• Xiao Tian reached Bai Yiyi, observed her formidable White Heaven Lineage gifts, and readied his White Bone Cudgel for an ambush.