Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua returned to the Misty Sect after rescuing Yang Chong and demanded to know why Liu Wuxie had doubted him. Yang Chong’s warning about a coming Primordial Starburst persuaded Xiao Hua to enter the sect’s hall and hear the grave news.

• Yang Chong told Xiao Hua that a Primordial Starburst could reach Xu within ten thousand years, and Xiao Hua set out with him for Pingjiang.
• Xiao Hua lost his way, met Yang Haoya, and learned from him how to reach the Misty Sect.
• Xiao Hua and Yang Chong returned to Pingjiang, where the Misty Sect disciples greeted Xiao Hua with gratitude and reverence.
• Xiao Hua confronted Vice Sect Leader Lian about Liu Wuxie’s absence and learned that she was healing from injuries sustained in battle with a Devil Emperor.
• Yang Chong revealed that he had brought news more serious than the Devil Race, and Xiao Hua agreed to join the Misty Sect cultivators in Yuxiang Hall.

Xiao Hua learned that the Primordial Starburst might threaten the Moon God Realm and questioned whether anyone could escape without the destroyed Teleportation Arrays. Vice Sect Leader Lian led him to Misty Sect’s secret passage, where an ancient gate opened and stirred an unexpected sense of familiarity in Xiao Hua.

• Xiao Hua asked Vice Sect Leader Lian to dismiss all but a few cultivators before Yang Chong shared the unconfirmed news of the Primordial Starburst.
• Xiao Hua gave Yang Chong healing pills and asked whether Void cultivators could flee the starburst by crossing the starry sky; Yang Chong explained the dangers and difficulties of such travel.
• Vice Sect Leader Lian returned with word that Sect Leader Liu would let Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect disciples use Misty Sect’s secret Teleportation Array to leave the Moon God Realm.
• Vice Sect Leader Lian activated an ancient magical artifact in a secluded garden, opening a long, dark passage, and Xiao Hua followed him inside.
• At the passage’s hall gate, Vice Sect Leader Lian used his essence blood to form the characters “Misty”; Xiao Hua felt they were strangely familiar before the gate bloomed with flowers and grass.

Xiao Hua secretly tested the Misty Sect’s interrealm Teleportation Array and discovered it could not be used, then left without telling Vice Sect Leader Lian. On his way out, he met Yang Haoya, who revealed that Huan Wuxin, Yue Mingxin, and Yue Changming were among his patrol team.

• Vice Sect Leader Lian used the Flower-Pointing Hand to open the hall and showed Xiao Hua the Misty Sect’s Teleportation Array, which was said to lead to the Great White Star Realm.
• After Vice Sect Leader Lian declared the array and its passage intact, Xiao Hua imprisoned him and secretly activated the array to test it.
• Xiao Hua left the hall and vanished from the Misty Sect without answering Vice Sect Leader Lian’s questions, leaving the sect to believe there was still hope the array worked.
• Xiao Hua met Yang Haoya on the way to the teleportation array and learned that he was heading back to his patrol team near Leihe Mountain.
• Yang Haoya told Xiao Hua that Huan Wuxin, Yue Mingxin, and Yue Changming were among the twelve members of his team, and Xiao Hua recalled Yue Mingxin’s sacrifice to save him.

Xiao Hua traveled to the Incense-Passing Cult in the Seven Ridges Mountain Range, hoping to check on Yue Mingxin’s safety. Sect Master Mo Lianxi welcomed him through the mountain-protecting formation, and Xiao Hua began their meeting.

• Xiao Hua asked Yang Haoya about Yue Mingxin and Huan Wuxin, then asked him to convey his greetings to Yue Mingxin.
• Xiao Hua left Pingjiang and examined the Incense-Passing Cult’s powerful formation surrounding the Seven Ridges Mountain Range.
• After recalling his promise to teach the Misty Sect two formations, Xiao Hua decided he would eventually give them the formations in exchange for something.
• Cong Yun recognized Xiao Hua and explained that Mo Lianxi had expected him to visit after Yue Mingxin and Yue Changming described their encounter with him.
• Xiao Hua rejected the idea of a formal welcoming ceremony and told Cong Yun to lead him onward.
• Mo Lianxi appeared on a seven-colored rainbow bridge and welcomed Xiao Hua on behalf of the Incense-Passing Cult.

Xiao Hua visited the Misty Sect, where Mo Lianxi offered him female disciples to aid his recovery, but Xiao Hua declined and insisted that he had come for another matter. Mo Lianxi revealed he had expected Xiao Hua to bring news that could destroy the Incense-Passing Cult, then led him into Haoming Palace to meet the sect elders.

• Mo Lianxi welcomed Xiao Hua to the Misty Sect and arranged for two female disciples to attend him.
• Xiao Hua refused the disciples’ offer, explaining that he would not accept their sacrifice for his recovery.
• Mo Lianxi said he had known Xiao Hua would come and asked him to explain the news that threatened the Incense-Passing Cult.
• Xiao Hua followed Mo Lianxi into Haoming Palace and examined its unusual Primordial Chaos Records.
• Mo Lianxi introduced the elders Chang Min, Wu Hong, and Bai Jianzhong to Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua learned that the Incense-Passing Cult faced a coming catastrophe tied to the Primordial Starburst and was asked to preserve its lineage. Lan Cichen’s projection offered him a Cultivation Art if he accepted, but her overwhelming aura left him unable to move toward the center of Haoming Palace.

• Xiao Hua told Mo Lianxi and the elders about the Devil Race beyond the World Protecting Great Formation and the Primordial Starburst in the Moon God Realm.
• Mo Lianxi blamed Quanhong Hall and Jingfeishan for stirring up trouble against the Creation Sect and said he had an important matter to entrust to Xiao Hua.
• Mo Lianxi activated a jade hairpin that summoned Lan Cichen’s Primordial Spirit projection from the Primordial Chaos Records.
• Lan Cichen explained that her divination had revealed Xiao Hua would arrive before the Incense-Passing Cult’s great calamity, and she entrusted him with its thirty thousand disciples, cultivation methods, and supporting items.
• Mo Lianxi explained that the cult’s attempts to establish branches in other realms had repeatedly ended in their destruction, and he pleaded with Xiao Hua to accept for Yue Mingxin’s sake.
• Xiao Hua decided to try to preserve the Incense-Passing Cult’s lineage and stepped toward the palace’s center, but Lan Cichen’s aura prevented him from moving forward.

Xiao Hua received Lan Cichen’s cultivation teachings and inherited her request to preserve the Incense-Passing Cult’s lineage. After Lan Cichen’s projection vanished, Mo Lianxi revealed that the sect had secretly prepared disciples to carry its teachings forward.

• Xiao Hua broke through Haoming Palace’s pressure, but its central bluestone sealed his power while Lan Cichen’s projection joined with Mo Lianxi’s Primordial Spirit to activate the palace.
• Lan Cichen gathered the palace’s Primordial Chaos Records into a sphere and forced their cultivation arts and secret techniques into Xiao Hua’s mind, leaving him in agony until the process ended.
• Lan Cichen’s projection dissolved into light and powder, strengthening Xiao Hua, Mo Lianxi, and the other four; they bowed in gratitude for her final gift.
• Xiao Hua promised to carry the Incense-Passing Cult’s lineage beyond the Ruins and declined to leave Haoming Palace, saying he would attend to what still worried Lan Cichen.
• Mo Lianxi explained that Chang Min had secretly sent thirty thousand talented male and female disciples into the forbidden ground to learn the sect’s foundational arts, then asked about Elder Wu’s assignment.

Mo Lianxi entrusted Xiao Hua with the Incense-Passing Cult’s thirty thousand disciples and its accumulated resources, then discussed the Devil Race’s siege of Xu and possible human collaborators. As Xiao Hua traveled toward the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, he decided to take Yue Mingxin with him and began to suspect the Cult’s history, before capturing several fleeing cultivators near a Teleportation Array.

• Mo Lianxi entrusted Xiao Hua with the Incense-Passing Cult’s disciples, pills, techniques, and other resources, and Xiao Hua promised to preserve them for the Cult’s future.
• Mo Lianxi discussed the Devil Race’s motives and its ability to seal Xu, while suspecting Zhang Jing and Fei Cheng of acting against the Creation Sect; Xiao Hua declined to get involved in their punishment.
• Xiao Hua decided to take Yue Mingxin with him and wondered where the thirty thousand disciples from earlier generations of the Incense-Passing Cult had gone.
• Xiao Hua instructed Xiao Guo to plant samples of the Cult’s spiritual herbs and study its pill formulas, then used a Teleportation Array to travel near the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.
• Several Daoist sect cultivators tried to flee when they saw Xiao Hua, but he immobilized them within several li.

Xiao Hua learned that the Creation Sect faced hostility and arrived at the besieged Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, where he scattered the surrounding cultivators and rejoined his disciples. Sun Jian reported that Snow Slash Sect had been destroyed and the Creation Sect had lost three thousand disciples, while Xiao Hua blamed the Council Hall’s interference and focused on escaping the Ruins.

• Xiao Hua forced several cultivators to confess that they suspected him of being a Devil Emperor and accused the Creation Sect of killing Snow Slash Sect and Yongan Mountain after they refused to replace their formations.
• Xiao Hua made the cultivators lead him toward the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and found it surrounded by battle formations and other cultivators.
• Xiao Hua’s Mahayana pressure knocked many besieging cultivators from the sky, and he ordered Huang Li and the others to move aside before entering the mountain range.
• Xiao Hua reunited with Sun Jian and the Creation Sect disciples, then asked Sun Jian about the battle at Snow Slash Sect.
• Sun Jian reported that Snow Slash Sect had been wiped out and the Creation Sect had lost three thousand disciples; Xiao Hua said the Council Hall had gone too far and dismissed any interest in its power.

Xiao Hua led the Creation Sect out of the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range to gather wandering souls and keep the Council Hall’s forces away from the Teleportation Array’s construction. After breaking through a surrounding battle unit without killing its disciples, he led the thunder boats past Snow Slash Sect and toward the other sects, leaving their pursuers confused about his destination.

• Xiao Hua ordered the Creation Sect to leave the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range and explained to Buddha Bodhi that he intended to gather wandering souls while green-robed Xiao Hua built a Teleportation Array.
• Xiao Hua destroyed the mountain peak and confirmed that the Creation Sect disciples had dismantled their structures before departing on two thunder boats.
• Sun Jian reported that disciples from most of the Ten Sects of the Southwest had gathered around the Creation Sect, and Xiao Hua ordered his forces to break through.
• Xiao Hua sent a torrent of lightning into a battle unit, destroying its magic treasures and injuring its cultivators without killing them, then led the thunder boats away.
• Council Hall commanders followed the thunder boats as they passed Snow Slash Sect and circled Water Cloud Sect before heading toward other sects.

After years of racing across the Void, Xiao Hua returned to Soaring Dragon Mountain and prepared to leave the Void with his disciples. As the Council Hall braced for the Devil Race’s counterattack, Xiao Hua studied the Immortal Realm cultivation methods he had obtained and began cultivating in seclusion.

• The thunder boats swept across the Void for more than a decade while the Devil Race and human race remained in a stalemate, and the Council Hall concluded that only three devil emperors were besieging the Void.
• Xiao Hua stopped at Soaring Dragon Mountain, stored the thunder boat and his Creation Sect disciples in the Kunlun Mirror, and left the Void’s struggle to its own cultivators.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua told Xiao Hua that he had completed a Teleportation Array intended to send them back to the Pure Land using the Great Snow Mountain’s divine sense marker and the Nan Yuan Bei Zhe technique.
• Xiao Hua gave green-robed Xiao Hua more cultivation methods and treasures from the Incense-Passing Cult, including Immortal Realm cultivation arts that contained an expanded version of the Crimson Infant Technique.
• Xiao Hua examined the cultivation methods through his clones, then formed hand seals atop the mountain and gathered Primordial Qi around himself as he began cultivating.

Xiao Hua used the Hand of Cause and Effect as the Devil Race launched a massive invasion of the Void, and its projection annihilated the demons near him. After months spent studying cause and effect, he awoke and concluded that the war’s key lay at the Southwest frontier, then sent green-robed Xiao Hua to scout.

• Xiao Hua’s Hand of Cause and Effect spread strange halos over the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range as Demonic Pillars descended across the Void and the human cultivators fought back.
• A Demonic Pillar struck Xiao Hua’s projection, but its rosy radiance destroyed the Devil Race warriors and kept the area around him free of demonic qi.
• The battle raged for several months, while the flames of the World Protecting Great Formation began mixing with blood and demonic qi.
• Xiao Hua emerged from his halos and realized that cause and effect could be used freely in the Void, revealing that Yue Mingxin had another opportunity and that the war’s key lay at the Southwest frontier.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua told him that several months had passed, and Xiao Hua released green-robed Xiao Hua to command the Nascent Soul and scout the surrounding area.

Xiao Hua assessed the worsening battle in the Void while considering how to return, and Wu Tian asked to remain there to cultivate a new path. Xiao Hua was left to weigh his disciple’s request and the opportunity it offered the Creation Sect.

• Xiao Hua and his incarnations debated escape routes, then chose to rely on a realm-breaking Teleportation Array rather than risk entering the Devil Realm.
• Xiao Hua proposed that his incarnations establish their own lineages on Shenhua Continent, while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua said his disciple had already accepted followers for him.
• After hearing Green-robed Xiao Hua’s report, Xiao Hua suspected the Devil Emperor was feinting toward the southwest and waited rather than immediately alerting the Council Hall.
• Xiao Hua brought Wu Tian out of the space, and Wu Tian knelt to ask permission to remain in the Void.
• Wu Tian explained that his flawed foundation made him fear he could not survive a lightning tribulation, and he hoped to cultivate anew in the Void while spreading the Creation Sect’s lineage there.

Wu Tian chose to remain in the Void and build the Creation Sect, despite Xiao Hua warning him of the Devil Race and the Primordial Starburst. After Huo Fei asked Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect to join the war, Xiao Hua refused to respond, and he prepared to part from Wu Tian while his other disciples chose to follow him.

• Xiao Hua tried to persuade Wu Tian to leave the Void with him, warning of the war and the approaching Primordial Starburst, but Wu Tian insisted on staying.
• Xiao Hua gave Wu Tian two Sumeru Rings of supplies and imparted insights into the Cause and Effect technique.
• Huo Fei came on behalf of the Council Hall to apologize and ask Xiao Hua and the Creation Sect to fight the Devil Race, but Xiao Hua pretended to sleep and sent him away without an answer.
• After more than thirty days, Wu Tian awoke and reaffirmed that he would remain in the Void and make the Creation Sect a great sect.
• Xiao Hua brought out Fu Zhiwen and the other disciples, who blessed Wu Tian but all chose to follow Xiao Hua rather than stay behind.
• Xiao Hua encouraged Wu Tian to follow his own path and said he might return to the Void to find him after ascending.

After Wu Tian left to remain in the Void, Xiao Hua refused to help the Council Hall without conditions and continued studying the Cause and Effect technique as the war worsened. Yue Mingxin and a wounded group of cultivators arrived seeking his aid, leaving him to face the request he had hoped to avoid.

• Wu Tian bid farewell to Xiao Hua and returned to his former cave dwelling to wait out the war.
• Zhang Jing and Fei Cheng apologized to Xiao Hua and asked him to help the Void’s cultivators, but he ignored their pleas and insisted that any intervention would require conditions.
• Xiao Hua rejected sending Creation Sect disciples into battle and spent more than a month comprehending the Cause and Effect technique.
• The Devil Race pushed the fighting inside the World Protecting Great Formation as devil qi and bloody light darkened the skies.
• Yue Mingxin, Yue Changming, Yang Haoya, Huan Wuxin, and other injured cultivators arrived before Xiao Hua, who told Yue Mingxin she had put him in a difficult position.

Xiao Hua warned the Council Hall that the Devil Emperor’s true attack would come at the Southwest frontier, then joined Yun Che to reinforce its World Protecting Great Formation. As Xiao Hua emerged from the formation, a chilling sense of danger struck him before he could investigate the approaching battle.

• Yue Mingxin delivered Sumeru Rings from Mo Lianxi and explained that she and the others were heading to ambush the Devil Race, while Xiao Hua gave them medicinal pills and urged them to stay near the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range.
• Xiao Hua flew southwest, suspected the Devil Emperor was preparing a feint, and used the communication artifact to warn the Council Hall that the Southwest frontier was the main target.
• Xiao Hua met Yun Che at the World Protecting Great Formation and learned that Yun Che believed the Devil Race was avoiding the defended frontier.
• Xiao Hua entered the formation with Yun Che, examined its layers and defenses, and discussed how to defend against the Devil Emperor.
• Xiao Hua and Yun Che headed toward the formation’s edge as battle sounds rose outside, and Xiao Hua felt an intense chill of terror as he emerged.

Xiao Hua realized the Demon Emperors had laid a trap for him and prepared specialized weapons to counter the Demon Blade Shi. Trapped outside the World Protecting Great Formation, he held off their attack long enough for Yun Che to escape and warn Liu Wuxie and the others.

• Xiao Hua realized the Demon Emperors had waited in ambush to kill him and seize the Demon Blade Shi.
• A hidden restriction blocked Xiao Hua from entering the World Protecting Great Formation as three transformed Demon Emperors surrounded him.
• Xiao Hua recognized that the Demon Emperors had prepared weapons and a Golden Winged Great Peng Bone Bird to counter him.
• Yun Che admitted he could not explain how the formation had been tampered with and began forming his Nascent Soul Dharma Body.
• Xiao Hua used his domain and lightning to resist the demonic formation’s attack, then urged Yun Che to summon Liu Wuxie and the others.
• Yun Che left to find Liu Wuxie while Xiao Hua remained to face the Demon Emperors.

Xiao Hua sent his clones into battle against the three Demon Emperors, and Feng Wu, Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua, and Sun Jian fought Qiong of the Jianhuo Clan. Qiong wounded Feng Wu and countered the clones’ attacks, leaving the battle unresolved as Sun Jian was knocked back.

• Xiao Hua released his clones from the Kunlun Mirror and sent Dragon Vein Xiao Hua, Buddha Bodhi, and Bone Tempering Xiao Hua to challenge Hong of the Qiujia Race.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua, green-robed Xiao Hua, and Demon Spirit Xiao Hua confronted Gong of the Mayfly Race, who spread a devil-blood domain to trap them.
• Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua and Feng Wu challenged Qiong of the Jianhuo Clan, and Sun Jian joined them as Feng Wu attacked with star-moon armor and Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua unleashed Three Corpse Yin Thunder.
• Qiong’s Golden Winged Great Peng Bone Bird defeated Feng Wu in their collision, tearing his armor and wounding his chest and wings, though Feng Wu also damaged the skeleton.
• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua struck Qiong with a soul sword, but Qiong retaliated with bone swords that pierced Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua and clashed with Sun Jian’s blade.
• Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua used his Ya Brush to destroy some of the bone swords, while Qiong knocked Sun Jian’s weapon aside and sent his clone flying.

The Xiao Hua clones and Sun Jian struggled against Demon Emperor Hong and Demon Emperor Qiong, whose strength forced the attackers into a disadvantage. Buddha Bodhi wounded Demon Emperor Hong with his Finger Technique, and Dragon Vein Xiao Hua seized the opening to strike at his back.

• Soul Cultivator Xiao Hua, Phoenix Body Xiao Hua, and Sun Jian failed to overcome Demon Emperor Qiong, while Dragon Vein Xiao Hua attacked Demon Emperor Hong with dragon patterns.
• Demon Emperor Hong empowered his blood river with silver-black demonic power, but Dragon Vein Xiao Hua split his dragon patterns and Demon Emperor Hong shattered the surrounding space.
• Bone Tempering Xiao Hua arrived and struck at Demon Emperor Hong, but the Emperor repelled him with a demonic hammer and sent him flying.
• Demon Emperor Hong turned both demonic hammers on Buddha Bodhi, who countered with Red Lotus Karmic Fire and then wounded the Emperor with his Finger Technique.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua launched a lethal dragon-tail strike at Demon Emperor Hong as he withdrew his hammers.
• The narration shifted to the other battle, where Demon Emperor Hong of the Mayfly Race attacked Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua, green-robed Xiao Hua, and Demon Spirit Xiao Hua with his spear and wings.

Xiao Hua’s clones and allies attacked Demon Emperor Hong, using coordinated techniques to break his assault and wound him. As Hong called for help, Xiao Hua shifted to join the fight against the injured Demon Emperor Qiong.

• Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua blocked Hong’s Bone Dragon Spear with the Nine Dings after his flying sword shattered, while Demon Spirit Xiao Hua’s Demon Blade Shi struck Hong’s spear.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua shattered the space around Demon Spirit Xiao Hua to rescue him, and the Formless Nascent Soul pierced Hong’s demonic heart with the Kunlun Mirror’s light.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua’s Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors severed bone from one of Hong’s wings, and the clones joined forces to attack him.
• Hong called for his demonic brother as Demonic Pillars rose around him, but Xiao Hua vanished and appeared beside the wounded Demon Emperor Qiong.
• Phoenix Body Xiao Hua, Yun Che, and Liu Wuxie attacked Qiong while Phoenix Body Xiao Hua fought off the Golden Winged Great Peng Bone Bird.