Chapter Summaries

Qing Tan asked Chen Xiao to find Lin Dong and Ling Qing Zhu, and he promised to locate them within two months. At Zixiao Palace’s establishment celebration, the Mohe Ancient Clan arrived to challenge him over Qing Yan Jing, and Chen Xiao left their elder nearly dead with one strike.

• Qing Tan told Zi Yan about Lin Dong and Ling Qing Zhu, and Chen Xiao promised to find them within two months.
• A month later, Qin Tian of the Great Thousand Palace arrived to congratulate Chen Xiao on Zixiao Palace’s establishment.
• Dozens of Mohe Ancient Clan members appeared aggressively above Purple Cloud City, and Qing Yan Jing identified them.
• Chen Xiao refused Qin Tian’s offer to intervene and warned the Mohe Ancient Clan that hostile visitors would be killed.
• A Mohe elder accused Chen Xiao of taking Qing Yan Jing from a planned marriage alliance, and Chen Xiao blasted him into a crater with a single strike.

Chen Xiao overwhelmed Mohe You and the Mohe Ancient Clan’s forces after they attacked Zixiao Palace and coveted Qing Yan Jing and Dou Qi Continent. As Zixiao Palace’s forces clashed with the remaining invaders, Mohe You unleashed the clan-guarding Mohe Immeasurable Tribulation against Chen Xiao’s Three-Origin Chaos Mother World.

• Mohe You attacked Chen Xiao, but Chen Xiao stood unharmed and dissolved Mohe You’s Mohe Heaven Bell with his Three-Origin Chaos Mother World.
• Chen Xiao erased a middle-aged Mohe Ancient Clan expert, spared the middle-aged woman after Qin Tian asked him to hold back, and declared Zixiao Palace’s rule that it would kill anyone who offended it.
• Chen Xiao let Zixiao Palace’s forces, including Qing Yan Jing, engage the Mohe Ancient Clan while he advanced on Mohe You.
• Qin Tian identified Mohe You’s clan-guarding Divine Ability as the Mohe Immeasurable Tribulation, and Mohe You unleashed its World-Ending storm against Chen Xiao’s descending Three-Origin Chaos Mother World.

Chen Xiao effortlessly killed Mohe You despite Mohe Tian’s attempt to intervene, then destroyed Mohe Tian’s body of will and struck the Mohe Ancient Clan’s main city from afar. Mohe Tian recognized Chen Xiao’s power and ordered the clan to prepare for war.

• Chen Xiao’s Three-Origin Chaos Mother Light devoured Mohe You’s attack, and Chen Xiao closed in to kill him.
• Mohe You activated his life-saving trump card and summoned Mohe Tian’s body of will, but Chen Xiao shattered Mohe Tian’s defenses and killed Mohe You.
• The watching experts feared and revered Chen Xiao after witnessing him kill an Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme.
• Chen Xiao crushed Mohe Tian’s body of will, and his palm strike traveled across the distance to devastate the Mohe Ancient Clan’s main city.
• Mohe Tian recognized Chen Xiao’s aura in the destruction and ordered the Mohe Ancient Clan to prepare for war.

The Ice Spirit Old Ancestor, Snow Demon Elder, and Dragon Honored One hosted War Emperor and invited him to explore ancient ruins suited to his cultivation art. At Zixiao Palace, Chen Xiao gave Qing Tan the locations of Lin Dong, Ling Qing Zhu, and Ying Huanhuan, and Qing Tan departed to reunite with them.

• The Ice Spirit Old Ancestor and Snow Demon Elder praised each other’s cultivation while Dragon Honored One praised War Emperor and explained his ties to Chen Xiao through Zi Yan’s Dragon Clan heritage.
• The Ice Spirit Old Ancestor told War Emperor that the three elders had found ruins left by an ancient Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme and invited him because his War Emperor Art matched them.
• At Zixiao Palace, Qing Tan asked Chen Xiao for news of Lin Dong and the others, and Chen Xiao gave her Jade Slips with Lin Dong’s and Ling Qing Zhu’s whereabouts.
• Chen Xiao revealed that Ying Huanhuan was in Ice Spirit Clan territory and advised Qing Tan to wait until she was stronger before going there.
• Qing Tan thanked Chen Xiao and left with Zi Yan, who later told Chen Xiao about Ying Huanhuan and hoped the couple would reunite.

After Qing Tan was gravely injured at the Ice Spirit Clan while Lin Dong sought to borrow the Ice Spirit Monument for Ying Huanhuan, Chen Xiao intervened through a talisman and rescued them. He ordered the Ice Spirit Clan to wait twenty years before pursuing the dispute, leaving Ying Huanhuan’s remnant soul protected for the time being.

• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Xuan established Soul Hall and Starfall Pavilion, and Chen Lin confirmed that they had left Zixiao Palace with Chen Xiao’s permission.
• Chen Xiao and Cao Ying watched Ling Xi refine medicine until Zi Yan arrived and reported that Qing Tan was gravely injured; Chen Xiao sent an ice-blue talisman to investigate and help.
• At the Ice Spirit Clan, the Old Ancestor learned that Lin Dong had injured an Earth Supreme while seeking the Ice Spirit Monument to revive Ying Huanhuan, and War Emperor asked to receive Ying Huanhuan’s remnant soul.
• The Ice Spirit Old Ancestor attacked Lin Dong, Ling Qing Zhu, and Qing Tan, leaving all three badly injured.
• Chen Xiao’s talisman healed Lin Dong, Ling Qing Zhu, and Qing Tan, then ordered the Ice Spirit Clan to delay its grievance for twenty years and told the Old Ancestor to ask War Emperor for his identity.

Lin Dong and his companions waited at the Ice Spirit Clan after Chen Xiao’s intervention, and Lin Dong won the clan’s grand competition while planning to establish the Martial Realm in the south. Meanwhile, Zhan Ling returned to Divine Sword Mountain and began preparing to found a southern force, unaware that Lin Dong also intended to expand into the region.

• Chen Xiao’s talisman left Lin Dong, Ling Qing Zhu, and Qing Tan near the Ice Spirit Clan, and Ling Qing Zhu explained that she had expected Chen Xiao to protect them.
• The War Emperor confirmed Chen Xiao’s identity, withdrew from the dispute over Ying Huanhuan, and Ice Spirit Old Ancestor invited Lin Dong to enter the clan’s grand competition.
• Two and a half years later, Lin Dong won the competition and learned that the War Emperor had sought Ying Huanhuan’s remnant soul, causing Lin Dong to hold a grudge against him.
• Lin Dong told Ling Qing Zhu and Qing Tan that he planned to establish the Martial Realm in the south after Ying Huanhuan was revived.
• Zhan Ling returned to Divine Sword Mountain, decided to establish a force in Nanzhao Continent, and named himself the Southern Heaven War Emperor.

The Outer Realm Evil Clan’s leaders learned that the True Emperor had killed six clan leaders while traveling through Chaos and ordered their forces to pressure Zixiao Continent and stop him if he appeared again. At Zixiao Palace, Chen Xiao reassured Qing Yan Jing about their hopes of having a child and said they would visit the Futu and Mohe Ancient Clans after he finished refining his treasures.

• The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor showed the assembled clan leaders images of a chaotic-light figure killing the Stone Heaven Demon Emperor and five other clan leaders in single strikes.
• The leaders identified the figure as the True Emperor and discussed his strength alongside threats and powers across the Great Thousand World.
• The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor ordered increased pressure on the Great Thousand World, especially Zixiao Continent, and said he and Dark Heaven Demon Emperor would stop the True Emperor if he appeared again.
• At Zixiao Palace, Chen Xiao told Qing Yan Jing that the Outer Realm Evil Clan was becoming restless, then reassured her about their difficulty conceiving a child.
• Qing Yan Jing asked when they would return to the Futu Ancient Clan, and Chen Xiao said they would leave in a few years after he finished refining his treasures and would visit the Mohe Ancient Clan too.

Chen Xiao accompanied Qing Yan Jing back to the Futu Ancient Clan, where Grand Elder Futu Xuan welcomed them and publicly accepted her return. They entered the Futu Realm together, arriving at the clan’s ancient central domain.

• Qing Yan Jing explained the Futu Ancient Clan’s Elder Council and described Futu Xuan’s influence as she and Chen Xiao approached Futu City.
• Futu Xuan and the clan’s experts welcomed Chen Xiao and Qing Yan Jing, and Futu Xuan affirmed that she had returned to the clan.
• Futu Xuan praised Chen Xiao, set aside past grievances, and declared ten days of celebration across Futu City.
• Chen Xiao, Qing Yan Jing, and Futu Xuan boarded a spiritual boat and entered the Futu Realm through its spatial gate.
• Chen Xiao admired the Futu Realm’s spiritual energy and ancient landscape as the boat neared the clan’s main domain.

Chen Xiao arrived alone at Mohe City and demonstrated overwhelming spirit-array and combat prowess against the Mohe Ancient Clan. As the battle continued, Qing Yan Jing assured Qin Tian that Chen Xiao would stop once the clan could no longer threaten him.

• Mohe Tian rebuked the Elders for doubting Chen Xiao and ordered the clan to prepare for battle rather than yield.
• Chen Xiao arrived at Mohe City, and the Mohe Ancient Clan activated its protective arrays and sent more than thirty Heaven Supremes to confront him.
• Chen Xiao used a colossal Spirit Seal dragon to break the city’s protective arrays, revealing himself as a Saint Grade Spirit Array Great Grandmaster.
• Qing Yan Jing told Futu Xuan and Sister Xuan that Chen Xiao had long surpassed her in spirit arrays, while Futu Xuan anticipated the Mohe Ancient Clan would suffer.
• The Mohe Ancient Clan’s Heaven Supremes attacked Chen Xiao together, but he killed three attackers with the Three-Origin Chaos Mother Light and emerged unharmed from their combined assault.
• Qin Tian asked Futu Xuan and Qing Yan Jing to persuade Chen Xiao to spare the Mohe Ancient Clan, and Qing Yan Jing said Chen Xiao would stop once it could no longer threaten him.

Chen Xiao defeated Mohe Tian’s clan-protecting artifact and sealed Mohe City, imposing a harsh punishment on the Mohe Ancient Clan. The Great Thousand World’s leaders hailed him as the Zixiao Great Emperor and invited him to lead the Great Thousand Palace, but he declined and left with Qing Yan Jing.

• Chen Xiao killed eight Heaven Supremes of the Mohe Ancient Clan, prompting Mohe Tian to appear and summon the Mohe Yin-Yang Bottle.
• Mohe Tian unleashed the bottle’s black-and-white energy, but Chen Xiao’s Three-Origin Chaos Mother Light absorbed it and sent it surging back toward the sacred artifact.
• Chen Xiao spared the Mohe Yin-Yang Bottle and sentenced the Mohe Ancient Clan to remain sealed until the next gathering at Northern Wilderness Hill, where its Supreme-level members would have to kill ten Outer Realm Evil Clan members of their rank to live.
• Mohe Tian accepted the punishment, and Chen Xiao sealed Mohe City beneath a vast barrier of three-colored light.
• Futu Xuan and the gathered powers hailed Chen Xiao as the Zixiao Great Emperor, while Qin Tian asked him to become Great Thousand Palace Master.
• Chen Xiao declined the position, told the crowd to keep calling him the True Emperor, and walked away with Qing Yan Jing.

The birth of a newborn in the Futu Ancient Clan caused the Spirit Vein Stele to erupt with a power that Futu Xuan believed indicated at least Nine Divine Meridians, and he prepared to visit Zixiao Palace. There, Chen Xiao told Lin Dong about his journey through Chaos and revealed three figures on a cosmic chessboard, placing stones for Lin Dong, a newborn, and an unknown young man.

• The Spirit Vein Stele erupted with unprecedented spiritual light, and Futu Xuan arrived as the Spirit Vein Hall collapsed.
• Futu Xuan declared that the newborn had at least Nine Divine Meridians and set out to bring a generous gift to Zixiao Palace.
• Chen Xiao welcomed Lin Dong and explained that he had traveled through Chaos for forty-nine thousand years, discovering two worlds, one of them apparently the origin of the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• Chen Xiao told Lin Dong that three people stood out across space and time, placed a white stone for Lin Dong, and placed another in the hand of a newborn.
• Chen Xiao sent the third white stone to a young man in a black robe, where it appeared on the chessboard before him and his white-haired master.

After naming their newborn son Chen Chen, Chen Xiao and Qing Yan Jing decided to let him grow up naturally and choose his own path. More than ten years later, Chen Chen asked to train outside Zixiao Continent, chose the Spiritual Road, and set off with Chen Lin for Northern Heavens Continent.

• Qing Yan Jing named the newborn Chen Chen, and Chen Xiao discussed how to arrange his future without forcing him to follow a predetermined path.
• Over ten years passed, and the cheerful, modest Chen Chen grew eager to see the Great Thousand World beyond Zixiao Continent.
• Chen Chen asked Chen Xiao and Qing Yan Jing for permission to train outside, and they offered him the Futu Ancient Clan trial or the Spiritual Road.
• Chen Chen chose the Spiritual Road, bid farewell to his family, and kept only a Puppet and communication jade talismans from the supplies they gave him.
• Chen Lin took Chen Chen through a Spatial Rift toward Northern Heavens Continent as Chen Xiao and Qing Yan Jing watched him depart.

Chen Chen graduated from Northern Cang Spiritual Academy, grew close to Luo Li, and advanced to the Heaven Supreme realm before returning to Zixiao Palace. Chen Xiao arranged for Chen Chen and his siblings to travel to other worlds for training, while the final sealing of the Heavenly Evil God approached.

• Qing Yan Jing saw Chen Chen and Luo Li growing closer, and Chen Chen later reunited with Luo Li at Northern Cang Spiritual Academy.
• After Luo Mufeng recognized Chen Chen’s connection to Chen Xiao, he welcomed him to visit the Luoshen Clan.
• Chen Chen advanced to the Heaven Supreme realm and returned to Zixiao Palace, where Chen Xiao ordered him to visit several forces and prepare for training in other worlds with his siblings and, if she wished, Luo Li.
• Chen Yao, Chen Xi, Ling Xi, and Qing Yue eagerly accepted Chen Xiao’s permission to join the journey to other worlds.
• Qin Tian told Chen Xiao that the final sealing of the Heavenly Evil God was due in three years, and Chen Xiao said the Great Thousand World’s experts could decide for themselves whether to attend.

Chen Chen and Luo Li arrived at Northern Wilderness Hill ahead of the coming battle to seal the Heavenly Evil God, and the Gravekeepers guided them to the seal. The chapter ended as they entered Zixiao Palace, where Chen Chen explained the palace’s origins and power to Luo Li.

• Chen Xiao restored Chen Xiao, Chen Lin, and Chen Chen’s memories, assigned the brothers their roles for the coming battle, and sent Luo Li to the Tai Ling Ancient Clan to grow stronger.
• Chen Chen and Luo Li reached Northern Wilderness Hill and saw Heaven Supremes gathering for the decisive battle.
• The pair observed the endless mountain graves honoring the experts who died in the ancient war, then met two Gravekeepers who escorted them onward.
• Chen Chen recognized the bronze coffins beneath the black plaza as the Immortal Great Emperor’s sealing array, with the Heavenly Evil God sealed below it.
• The Gravekeepers led Chen Chen and Luo Li to Zixiao Palace, where Chen Chen explained that it was a powerful sacred artifact modified by Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao gathered the Great Thousand World's Heaven Supremes at Zixiao Palace and revealed that the Heavenly Evil God had deliberately allowed himself to be sealed so he could adapt to the world's laws. He declared that he would face the Heavenly Evil God while the assembled forces hunted down the other Outer Realm Evil Clan members, who could no longer escape into the Chaos.

• Chen Chen and Luo Li took golden seats at Zixiao Palace as the Mohe Ancient Clan, the West Heaven War Emperor, and other powerful figures arrived.
• The Undying Ruler and Qingshan Sword Saint arrived, and Qin Tian reported that nearly every Heaven Supreme in the Great Thousand World had gathered.
• Chen Xiao revealed that the Heavenly Evil God had engineered his sealing to overcome the Great Thousand World's suppression and fully merge with it.
• Qingshan Sword Saint reasoned that Chen Xiao could face the Heavenly Evil God at his peak, and Chen Xiao confirmed that he would handle him.
• Chen Xiao ordered the gathered experts to prevent every other Outer Realm Evil Clan member from escaping deeper into the Great Thousand World.

Chen Xiao sent the Great Thousand World’s forces through a golden gate to fight the Outer Realm Evil Clan at Northern Wilderness Hill before the final sealing of the Heavenly Evil God. The battle began with the Great Thousand World’s strongest fighters gaining the upper hand, while the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor realized his clan was losing without their god.

• Chen Xiao opened a gate to Northern Wilderness Hill, reinforced the battlefield, and ordered the assembled Heaven Supremes to attack the Outer Realm Evil Clan.
• The leaders and fighters of the Great Thousand World entered the gate, and the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor led the Outer Realm Evil Clan through a Spatial Rift after Chen Xiao disrupted their Demon Transformation Formation.
• The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor offered to retreat if the Great Thousand World released the Heavenly Evil God, but Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and other Heaven Supremes attacked instead.
• Xiao Yan fought the Saint Heaven Demon Emperor in an isolated battlefield and overwhelmed his Holy Demon Flame with his fiery lotus.
• The Great Thousand World’s fighters gained the advantage across the battlefields, as Chen Xiao’s allies and the women wielding spiritual pearls defeated numerous Demon Emperors.
• The Saint Heaven Demon Emperor surveyed the losses and saw that the Outer Realm Evil Clan was losing ground across the highest-level battles.

Chen Xiao explained the Great Thousand World’s path beyond Saint Grade and revealed that he had left the Firmament Ranking to pursue a path of his own. As the Heavenly Evil God emerged and began consuming the Outer Realm Evil Clan to regain strength, Chen Xiao prepared to demonstrate the Great Thousand World’s power and named his own realm the Myriad Dao Venerable.

• Chen Xiao sent the fallen Great Thousand World beings’ lights into a recreated great world, but kept the Immortal Great Emperor’s remaining life force to prepare for his return.
• The Heavenly Evil God broke free from his seal, declared victory over the Immortal Great Emperor, and learned from Saint Heaven Demon Emperor that a stronger True Emperor protected the Great Thousand World.
• Chen Xiao explained that sensing World Will and inscribing one’s name on the Firmament Ranking allowed a cultivator to become a Great Realm Venerable.
• Chen Xiao revealed that the Firmament Ranking bore the Immortal Great Emperor’s surname, Ye, and explained that he had erased his own name to avoid being bound to one great world.
• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong stirred the Great Thousand World’s spiritual energy, revealing the Firmament Ranking, while the Heavenly Evil God consumed the Outer Realm Evil Clan to restore his strength.
• Chen Xiao described his path of making his heart the heart of the cosmos and named it the Myriad Dao Venerable.

Xiao Yan and Lin Dong inscribed their surnames on the Firmament Ranking and became half-step Dominators, then Chen Chen used his two incarnations to inscribe his surname and undergo the same transformation. The chapter left the three newly empowered cultivators facing the Heavenly Evil God, who realized that defeat was inevitable.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Dong forced their way through the Firmament Ranking’s barrier, but stopped after writing the characters “Xiao” and “Lin” when the world’s power threatened to break their techniques.
• The Firmament Ranking bestowed marks on Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, elevating them to half-step Dominators and inspiring the other experts to pursue the same goal.
• Chen Chen asked Chen Xiao for permission to try writing on the ranking, and Chen Xiao agreed.
• Chen Chen merged his black and white figures into himself, broke through the ranking’s obstruction, and inscribed the character “Chen.”
• The ranking’s power transformed Chen Chen into a half-step Dominator, and he joined Xiao Yan and Lin Dong in confronting the Heavenly Evil God.
• The Heavenly Evil God recognized that he could not defeat the three half-step Dominators and despaired over how badly events had turned against him.

Chen Xiao sent Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and Chen Chen to battle Heavenly Evil God while the Great Thousand World’s forces fought the Outer Realm Evil Clan at Northern Wilderness Hill. After ten days of devastating combat, Chen Xiao granted the defeated Heavenly Evil God a final chance to unleash his full power, then dispersed his ultimate attack and watched him vanish.

• Chen Xiao opened a rift to a sealed dead world, where Lin Dong, Xiao Yan, and Chen Chen confronted Heavenly Evil God and began a three-against-one battle.
• The fighting at Northern Wilderness Hill resumed, and the Great Thousand World’s forces suffered heavy casualties while Hun Tiandi burned his origin to battle five Demon Emperors.
• After ten days, nearly thirty percent of the Great Thousand World’s Heaven Supremes had fallen, and only Dark Heaven Demon Emperor and Saint Heaven Demon Emperor remained among the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s forces.
• Chen Chen told Chen Xiao that Heavenly Evil God wished to see him, and Chen Xiao joined Lin Dong and Xiao Yan at the dead world after their ten-day battle.
• Heavenly Evil God asked Chen Xiao to grant him the power to open ten evil eyes, then unleashed an ultimate attack that Chen Xiao dispersed with a word.
• Heavenly Evil God accepted his death and vanished, leaving behind the words, “This calamity was mine to endure—”

Chen Xiao and the Great Thousand World defeated the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and the survivors celebrated the end of the calamity. A year later, Chen Chen and Luo Li married at Zixiao Palace, where Chen Xiao rewarded the battle’s heroes and told the weakened Hun Tiandi that he could reach Saint Grade.

• After Heavenly Evil God died, Saint Heaven Demon Emperor and Dark Heaven Demon Emperor self-destructed, killing several Heaven Supremes as the Outer Realm Evil Clan’s invasion ended.
• Chen Xiao returned to Zixiao Palace and left Chen Chen, Xiao Yan, and Lin Dong to handle the aftermath; he later scattered opportunities across Lower Planes to help their inhabitants defeat remaining invaders.
• A year after the battle, Chen Chen and Luo Li held a wedding at Zixiao Palace before survivors from across the Great Thousand World.
• During the wedding feast, Chen Xiao promised the divine beast clans a chance to restore the Primal Chaos Beast Plains and told Qingshan Sword Saint that a peerless sword art was forming in the Sword Domain.
• The Undying Ruler pledged the Gravekeeper clan’s service to Chen Chen, and Chen Xiao gave blessings to the gathered experts, including predicting that War Emperor would reach Saint Grade Peak.
• Chen Xiao praised Hun Tiandi’s service and told him he had the bearing to reach Saint Grade, despite having fallen from Immortal Grade.