Chapter Summaries

Mandala left the Great Luo Golden Pool to meet Xiao Lin and explained the Northern Realm’s factions, the Great Hunt, and the Spirit God Liquid hidden in the Battlefield of Fallen. Xiao Lin decided he wanted the treasure and hoped to gather his companions and establish the Immortal Palace before the next Great Hunt.

• Mandala formed a golden body to leave the Great Luo Golden Pool, and the curse weakened her as soon as she emerged.
• Xiao Lin met Mandala at Great Luo Peak and asked about the Northern Realm’s powers and the Scripture Depository.
• Mandala named the Northern Realm’s major factions and explained that the Great Hunt was a contest held in the dangerous Battlefield of Fallen.
• Mandala told Xiao Lin that Spirit God Liquid condensed from fallen Earthly Sovereigns’ Sovereign Seas and could help Earthly Sovereigns advance.
• Xiao Lin resolved to seek Spirit God Liquid and planned to gather his companions and newcomers to build the Immortal Palace.

Xiao Lin mastered the Great Luo Heavenly Domain’s Scripture Depository, then returned to the Hundred Battles Domain and accepted Demon Sorrow Sovereign into his ranks. As preparations began for Dragon Phoenix Heaven, Xiao Lin planned to take Qing'er and give her training, while reflecting that Tu Shan Yan might soon reach the Earthly Sovereign realm.

• Xiao Lin spent half a year absorbing the Scripture Depository’s knowledge, then left a jade pendant with the Three Emperors and returned to the Hundred Battles Domain.
• Xiao Lin found Hundred Battles City rebuilt and learned that Qing'er had managed the domain’s affairs with help from the Three Emperors.
• Xiao Lin removed the restrictions on Corpse Mountain Old Ghost, Demon Sorrow Sovereign, and Old Man Cang Jian; the first two left, while Demon Sorrow Sovereign asked to join Xiao Lin and was accepted provisionally.
• Xiao Lin praised Qing'er and said he would take her to Dragon Phoenix Heaven, where he would also train her before the event.
• Demon Sorrow Sovereign asked to join Qing'er's training in hopes of learning how to advance, and Xiao Lin considered Tu Shan Yan a likely candidate to reach the Earthly Sovereign realm.

Qing'er arrived at Dragon Phoenix Ancient City ahead of Xiao Lin, gathered information about Dragon Phoenix Heaven, and joined the gathering of young competitors at Dragon Phoenix Pavilion. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin traveled north across the Northern Realm, meeting major faction leaders as Liu Tiandao followed him warily.

• Qing'er reached the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range and traveled to Dragon Phoenix Ancient City while Xiao Lin remained behind to arrive later.
• Qing'er entered Dragon Phoenix Pavilion and learned that Dragon Phoenix Heaven held Dragon Phoenix Pools whose essence could cultivate the Pseudo Dragon Body and Pseudo Phoenix Body needed to reach Dragon Phoenix Platform.
• Qing'er climbed to the pavilion's upper level to face the younger-generation competitors gathered there.
• Xiao Lin traveled north from Hundred Battles Domain with his Earthly Sovereign aura exposed, drawing the attention of factions along his route.
• Liu Tiandao followed Xiao Lin, fearing he might target Xuantian Hall, while Xiao Lin met the Lord of the Divine Pavilion and other major faction leaders.

Lin Dong led Tian Xuan Continent’s experts through the Gate of Ascension, while Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened in the Great Thousand World and Xiao Lin arrived there. Separated from his companions during the crossing, Lin Dong reached a bone-strewn land and followed men seeking Qing’er, wondering whether the Immortal Palace they mentioned was the one he knew.

• Lin Dong opened the Gate of Ascension, and the experts of Tian Xuan Continent followed him toward the Great Thousand World.
• Dragon Phoenix Heaven opened, and Qing’er entered among the gathered young experts while waiting briefly for Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin arranged for notices about Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan, and the others to be distributed across the Great Thousand World, then met Pavilion Master Mu at the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion.
• Lin Dong warned his companions that the crossing might scatter them, but the spatial passage separated him from the others and deposited him in a devastated land dominated by a mountain of bones.
• Lin Dong overheard men from Xuantian Hall discussing a mission to find Qing’er and followed them, suspecting their Immortal Palace might be connected to his own.

Qing'er reached the Dragon Phoenix Pool, where Lin Dong appeared and killed Bai Han after he threatened her. After Lin Dong and Qing'er claimed the rewards of Dragon Phoenix Heaven and returned to the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range, Xuantian Hall's enraged Hall Master confronted Lin Dong.

• Qing'er reached the summit of the White Bone Mountain Range and found the Dragon Phoenix Pool.
• Bai Han arrived and attacked Qing'er, but Lin Dong appeared and annihilated him with his runes.
• Lin Dong told Qing'er that Xiao Lin was the teacher he respected most, then helped her claim the Dragon Phoenix Heaven's rewards alongside him.
• Lin Dong and Qing'er left Dragon Phoenix Heaven through the spatial vortex and returned to the Dragon Phoenix Mountain Range.
• As Lin Dong prepared to leave with Qing'er, Xuantian Hall's Hall Master threatened to avenge Bai Han and kill him.

Lin Dong confronted Liu Tiandao at Dragon Phoenix Heaven, but Xiao Lin appeared to stop Liu Tiandao’s first attack and reunite with his disciple. Lin Dong then challenged Liu Tiandao himself, and their powers collided in a battle that left the onlookers stunned.

• Liu Tiandao arrived and dismissed Qing’er’s appeal to the rules before attacking Lin Dong and Qing’er with a Spiritual Power palm.
• Xiao Lin appeared, destroyed Liu Tiandao’s attack, and greeted Lin Dong, who was overjoyed to see his teacher again.
• Xiao Lin confronted Liu Tiandao over their old grudge and taunted him to fight, while Liu Tiandao held back rather than retreat in front of the gathered experts.
• Lin Dong told Xiao Lin to protect Qing’er and declared that he would face Liu Tiandao himself.
• Liu Tiandao launched a storm of Spiritual Power weapons at Lin Dong, while Xiao Lin withdrew with Qing’er and trusted Lin Dong to fight.
• Lin Dong summoned a colossal azure disk infused with rune powers, and its pillar of light collided with Liu Tiandao’s river of weapons.

Lin Dong survived Liu Tiandao’s full-force attack, and Xiao Lin returned with him and Qing'er to the Hundred Battles Domain, where Gu Yuan arrived to help build the Immortal Palace. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan entered a deadly fire realm in search of a flame, and its guardians sent an attacker to kill him.

• Lin Dong withstood Liu Tiandao’s full-force strike with only light injuries, and Xiao Lin rose to protect him.
• Liu Tiandao withdrew after warning that Xuantian Hall would settle accounts with the Immortal Palace during the Great Hunt.
• Xiao Lin took Lin Dong and Qing'er back to the Hundred Battles Domain and learned that Gu Yuan had arrived.
• Xiao Yan followed his Fire Spirit’s guidance across a barren continent and entered a realm of nine blazing suns and rivers of Magma.
• A flame-marked young man ordered one of his followers to kill Xiao Yan for intruding in search of the Green Flame.

Xiao Lin emerged from a three-month seclusion in the Immortal Palace Domain, assessed his progress, and set his sights on mastering the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and refining his Chaos Dharma Body before the Great Hunt. He also inspected the Soul Infant Demonic Tree and Bodhi Ancient Tree, recognizing the latter’s rapidly growing power and potential to reach the Earthly Sovereign realm.

• Xiao Lin left Gu Yuan to manage the newly founded Immortal Palace, which attracted ambitious people and talented cultivators with its abundant opportunities.
• After three months of seclusion, Xiao Lin refined and purified his Spiritual Power but found that reaching the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm remained out of reach.
• Xiao Lin planned to master the second layer of the Supreme Heart Demon Scripture and refine his Chaos Dharma Body before the Great Hunt so he could confront Liu Tiandao and the Divine Pavilion.
• Xiao Lin received Lin Dong’s request for guidance after Lin Dong refined his Yuan Power into Spiritual Power, and he summoned Gu Yuan and Mo Bei to join the lesson.
• Xiao Lin entered the secret realm in his hall and saw that the Soul Infant Demonic Tree now produced multicolored fruit while the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s power was rapidly recovering.
• Xiao Lin judged that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could eventually reach the Earthly Sovereign realm and already had enough power to threaten Ninth-grade Sovereign experts.

Xiao Lin prepared the Immortal Palace for the Great Hunt and assigned his forces to gather Fallen Source Pills. When Xiao Yan’s breakthrough to Earthly Sovereign sent overwhelming feedback to Xiao Lin, he entered seclusion, leaving Lin Dong to lead the army into the battlefield after the other forces had departed.

• Xiao Lin explained the path to Earthly Sovereign to Lin Dong, Gu Yuan, and Demon Sorrow Sovereign beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• The Immortal Palace grew its forces in the Hundred Battles Domain, and Xiao Lin gathered its commanders to plan for the Great Hunt and promise them the surplus Fallen Source Pills.
• Xiao Lin completed the Immortal Palace’s deployment and rallied its forces to fight for glory in the Great Hunt.
• After the assembly, Xiao Lin felt a surge of Spiritual Power from Xiao Yan’s breakthrough and system feedback, then left Lin Dong in charge while he entered seclusion.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree helped Xiao Lin refine the immense Spiritual Power within a cocoon, while Lin Dong took command and led the Immortal Palace army toward the battlefield as the last force to depart.

As the Great Hunt began, Liu Tiandao led Xuantian Hall into the Battlefield of Fallen while Lin Dong delayed the Immortal Palace’s departure until the second day. Xiao Lin remained in seclusion as the battle unfolded, then awakened beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree and broke through to become an Upper Earthly Sovereign.

• Liu Tiandao ordered Xuantian Hall’s forces to march toward the Battlefield of Fallen, vowing to make Xiao Lin and the Immortal Palace pay.
• Xuantian Hall lost one of the best entry positions while waiting to ambush the Immortal Palace, and Liu Tiandao killed tens of thousands of ordinary cultivators who challenged his claim.
• The Great Hunt began, and Lin Dong led the Immortal Palace army into the battlefield on the second day while Xiao Lin remained in seclusion.
• After days in the cocoon beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Xiao Lin awakened as his body and consciousness recovered.
• Xiao Lin’s Spiritual Power surged past the peak of the Lower Earthly Sovereign realm, breaking through to the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm.

Xiao Lin emerged from three years of secluded cultivation, which the Bodhi Ancient Tree had compressed into three days outside, and reached the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm. Meanwhile, Lin Dong led the Immortal Palace army into the Battlefield of Fallen, where they cleared away its deathly chill and received word of a valuable Level Three Ruins.

• Xiao Lin discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had enabled him to cultivate for three years in seclusion while only three days passed outside, and he successfully advanced to Upper Earthly Sovereign.
• Lin Dong led the Immortal Palace army into the Battlefield of Fallen, where an ancient chill disrupted their Spiritual Power and unsettled the troops.
• Gu Yuan explained that the chill came from the battlefield's lingering will of death, so Lin Dong summoned the Flame Ancestral Talisman to dispel it.
• Lin Dong examined the blood-red plain and recognized the aura of the Outer-domain Evil Clan, whose Corpse Qi had once contaminated the battlefield's Spiritual Power.
• A messenger reported that the Immortal Palace had discovered a valuable Level Three Ruins in the battlefield's outer region.

Lin Dong secured Immortal Palace’s first ruin in the Battlefield of Fallen, where he purified a corrupted Ancient Sky Palace disciple and learned his identity. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin entered the battlefield and pressed toward its deadly core in search of an Earthly Sovereign Secret Treasure.

• Lin Dong’s overwhelming aura drove rival forces away, allowing Immortal Palace to claim a Level Three Ruin, and he ordered his commanders to refine Fallen Source Pills.
• Lin Dong explored eighteen halls and collected fifty-three Fallen Origin Pills before finding a living gray-robed figure in the deepest hall.
• The gray-robed figure attacked Lin Dong, who used a white stone to purify the Outer-domain Evil Clan energy corrupting him.
• The figure regained his senses, introduced himself as Xiao Qingyun, and revealed his Ancient Sky Palace identity; Lin Dong told him the Ancient Sky Palace no longer existed.
• Xiao Lin entered the Battlefield of Fallen and crossed its outer regions toward the core, where an Earthly Sovereign Secret Treasure awaited amid deadly storms and wandering ghosts.

Xiao Lin followed Mandala’s message to the ruins of an Upper Earthly Sovereign’s secret treasure and persuaded her to enter with him despite arriving without subordinates or Fallen Source Pills. After Mandala used her hoard of Fallen Source Pills to break the seal, the gateway to the secret treasure opened.

• Xiao Lin learned that Xuantian Hall had discovered an Upper Earthly Sovereign Secret Treasure and followed Mandala’s token into the Battlefield of Fallen.
• Xiao Lin found Mandala near the shattered space surrounding a black pyramid and saw through her golden disguise to her true appearance.
• Xiao Lin admitted he had arrived alone without Fallen Source Pills, then persuaded Mandala to enter the ruins with him and no subordinates.
• Mandala summoned more than a hundred thousand Fallen Source Pills and transformed them into liquid to erode the ancient rune seal.
• The rune seal dissolved, opening the gateway to the Earthly Sovereign Secret Treasure.

Xiao Lin and Mandala entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s Fourth Hall Master secret treasure and reached a sealed Bronze Giant Gate, while other Earthly Sovereign experts gathered at the treasure’s central Stone Island. The chapter left the rival factions converging as two more figures approached.

• Xiao Lin and Mandala used Fallen Source Pills to dissolve the Dark Pyramid’s seal and entered the secret treasure; Lin Dong followed a token’s direction instead of heading straight for the pyramid.
• Xiao Lin and Mandala found a Bronze Giant Gate guarded by an array and the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, and Mandala identified the site as the Fourth Hall Master’s secret treasure.
• Xiao Lin and Mandala learned that the Fourth Hall Master had perished in battle against the Sky Swallowing Evil Emperor.
• The Lord of the Divine Pavilion, the Palace Master of the Netherworld Palace, Liu Tiandao, the Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor, the Demon Emperor, and Old Ghost Heavenly Snake arrived at the central Stone Island.
• Two streaks of light approached the gathered Earthly Sovereign experts.

Xiao Lin and Mandala joined the other six Northern Realm Earthly Sovereigns at the ancient Stone Island, where they contested the Spirit God Liquid and tried to breach the barrier guarding the secret treasure. Their combined attack failed, and a green-robed figure began to appear within the barrier.

• Xiao Lin and Mandala arrived together, prompting the other Earthly Sovereigns to regard their alliance as a major threat.
• The Lord of the Divine Pavilion urged the others to yield him the Spirit God Liquid in exchange for future cooperation, but the Demon Emperor and Old Ghost Heavenly Snake rejected his proposal.
• Mandala and Xiao Lin redirected the gathered Sovereigns’ attention to the challenge of entering the Stone Island.
• The Palace Master of Netherworld Palace struck the island with a massive handprint, but a crystal barrier stopped the attack without damage.
• Xiao Lin and the other seven Earthly Sovereigns attacked the barrier together, yet it remained intact.
• The barrier gathered light and began forming a green-robed figure before the assembled Sovereigns.

The Fourth Hall Master's spiritual puppet held off the eight Earthly Sovereigns as they tried to break through the barrier guarding Stone Island. A Spiritual Tribulation appeared inside the island, revealing that someone had already claimed the Spirit God Liquid and was advancing to Earthly Sovereign; Xiao Lin suspected it was Lin Dong.

• The Lord of the Divine Pavilion and the other Earthly Sovereigns recognized the green-robed figure as the Fourth Hall Master, and the Lord of the Divine Pavilion identified him as a spiritual puppet guarding Stone Island.
• Xiao Lin sensed that Lin Dong had entered Stone Island and decided to stay outside to buy him time.
• The eight Earthly Sovereigns attacked the Fourth Hall Master's puppet, but it defended against their combined assault without striking back.
• A Spiritual Tribulation formed inside Stone Island, leading the Earthly Sovereigns to realize that someone had already obtained the Spirit God Liquid and was breaking through to Earthly Sovereign.
• Xiao Lin suspected Lin Dong was undergoing the tribulation, while the Lord of the Divine Pavilion futilely struck the barrier alone before withdrawing to wait.

Lin Dong escaped Stone Island after breaking through to the Earthly Sovereign realm and taking its treasures, but the pursuing experts tried to seize the remaining Spirit God Liquid. Xiao Lin revealed Lin Dong as his disciple and unleashed his full power, revealing that he was an Upper Earthly Sovereign.

• Lin Dong used the power of eight runes to break Stone Island's barrier, struck its spiritual puppet, and escaped as its pursuers gave chase.
• The Earthly Sovereigns surrounded Lin Dong and demanded that he hand over the remaining Spirit God Liquid, while Liu Tiandao recognized him.
• Xiao Lin arrived with Mandala and announced that Lin Dong was his disciple, shifting the balance among the gathered experts.
• Mandala rejected the Lord of the Divine Pavilion's attempt to turn her against Xiao Lin and confirmed that their agreement remained unchanged.
• Xiao Lin warned the others not to attack Lin Dong and revealed his Upper Earthly Sovereign power, astonishing the experts gathered there.

Xiao Lin, newly ascended to the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm, trapped the Lord of the Divine Pavilion and three other Earthly Sovereigns after they tried to seize Lin Dong’s Spirit God Liquid. The Lord of the Divine Pavilion escaped by unleashing the Outer-domain Evil Clan’s power left by the Sky Swallowing Evil Emperor, and Xiao Lin prepared to confront him.

• Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and the Demon Emperor realized they had narrowly avoided Xiao Lin’s wrath, while the Lord of the Divine Pavilion, Old Ghost Heavenly Snake, the Palace Master of Netherworld Palace, and Liu Tiandao struggled against his aura.
• The Lord of the Divine Pavilion, the Palace Master of Netherworld Palace, and Old Ghost Heavenly Snake offered to submit, but Xiao Lin trapped all four opponents in his mountains-and-rivers phenomenon and focused its power on the Lord of the Divine Pavilion.
• The Lord of the Divine Pavilion unleashed dark power from the Outer-domain Evil Clan, pierced Xiao Lin’s formation, and reached the Half-Step Upper Earthly Sovereign realm.
• Mandala, Lin Dong, the Demon Emperor, and the others recognized the evil power as belonging to the Outer-domain Evil Clan and linked its source to the Sky Swallowing Evil Emperor.
• Xiao Lin identified the lingering evil source and gathered the Spiritual Power of heaven and earth to end it.

Xiao Lin fought the corrupted Lord of the Divine Pavilion as the Star Demon Suppressing Tower awakened and revealed itself as a Sacred Item of Ancient Sky Palace. The tower captured Lord of the Divine Pavilion and began purifying him, while Xiao Lin eliminated three other Earthly Sovereign powerhouses, leaving his conflict with Xuantian Hall resolved.

• Lord of the Divine Pavilion attacked Xiao Lin with demonic power while the Star Demon Suppressing Tower emerged from the void.
• Mandala identified the tower as the Star Demon Suppressing Tower, one of Ancient Sky Palace's eight Sacred Items.
• The Star Demon Suppressing Tower blocked Lord of the Divine Pavilion's escape, bound him with stellar chains, and swallowed him into its starry interior.
• The tower's starlight flames burned around Lord of the Divine Pavilion as it suppressed and refined him.
• Xiao Lin used his Spiritual Power to destroy the three Earthly Sovereign powerhouses trapped in the phenomenon of mountains and rivers, ending his karma with Xuantian Hall.

After becoming an Upper Earthly Sovereign, Xiao Lin drove Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and the Demon Emperor from the Northern Realm and received the Star Demon Suppressing Tower from the Fourth Hall Master. The Great Hunt’s aftermath established the Immortal Palace as the Northern Realm’s leading power, while Xiao Lin prepared to seek the Ancient Heavenly Palace ruins with Mandala’s help.

• Xiao Lin spared Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and the Demon Emperor but ordered them to leave the Northern Realm after the Great Hunt.
• Xiao Lin, Lin Dong, and Mandala returned to the Star Demon Suppressing Tower, where the Fourth Hall Master appeared and entrusted the sacred artifact to Xiao Lin.
• Xiao Lin offered to divide the Northern Realm’s captured resources and territories equally with Mandala, and Mandala agreed to accompany him to the Heavenly Palace ruins.
• The Great Hunt ended with the deaths of four Earthly Sovereigns, and Ten Thousand Saints Old Ancestor and the Demon Emperor disbanded their forces and left the Northern Realm.
• The Immortal Palace announced Xiao Lin’s advancement to Upper Earthly Sovereign and took control of the fallen factions’ resources, prompting other factions to seek its protection.