Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Origin of Divine Beasts, Lu Yunxiao promised to resurrect the Three Beast Venerables and brought their statues and the Divine Domain army away. A new check-in mission sent him toward Sky Net Continent, where he planned to establish the Divine Domain’s foothold by unifying the continent.

• Lu Yunxiao assured the Ancient Undying Bird, Ancient Myriad Spirit Bird, and Ancient Desolate Beast that he could resurrect them, and they agreed to join his faction once revived.
• Lu Yunxiao collected the Three Beast Venerables’ statues, led them and the Divine Domain army out of the Origin of Divine Beasts, and departed with the women.
• After emerging from the Origin of Divine Beasts, Lu Yunxiao heard the system assign a check-in mission at the Ancient Heavenly Palace within one year.
• Lu Yunxiao chose to travel to Sky Net Continent, and the women agreed to help the Divine Domain claim and unify it.
• A Spatial Vortex appeared above the Northern Realm of Sky Net Continent as Lu Yunxiao’s group arrived.

Lu Yunxiao arrived in the Sky Net Continent with Queen Medusa, Zi Yan, and the others, then considered how to find the Ancient Heavenly Palace. He decided to seek Mandara first, hoping she could lead him to it.

• Lu Yunxiao told Queen Medusa that the Northern Realm's strongest experts were only Lower Earthly Sovereigns and that the continent had no Heavenly Sovereigns.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to visit the Ancient Heavenly Palace to collect a sign-in reward and destroy the Demon Emperor, but noted that the palace was hidden in void space.
• Lu Yunxiao considered locating the Star Suppressing Demon Pagoda, which could help him find the Ancient Heavenly Palace, but realized it had not yet emerged from its secret treasury.
• Lu Yunxiao decided to search for Mandara, whose resonance with her true body in the Ancient Heavenly Palace could reveal its coordinates.
• Lu Yunxiao considered looking for Lu Heng instead, then recalled his betrayal and thought of the Lord of the Divine Pavilion as another traitor.

Lu Yunxiao learned that the Divine Pavilion and Great Luo Heaven Domain had been established in the Northern Realm, so he destroyed the Divine Pavilion and traveled to Great Luo Heaven. He arrived at its headquarters with Queen Medusa and the others, preparing to enter.

• Lu Yunxiao gathered information about the Northern Realm and learned that both the Divine Pavilion and Great Luo Heaven Domain existed.
• Lu Yunxiao annihilated the Divine Pavilion and killed its Lord, declaring that the faction deserved to be destroyed.
• Lu Yunxiao set out for Great Luo Heaven Domain to find the Ancient Mandara Flower planted by the Heavenly Emperor.
• Lu Yunxiao, Queen Medusa, and the others surveyed Great Luo Heaven and its protective spirit array.
• Lu Yunxiao led the group to the outer edge of Great Luo Heaven.

Lu Yunxiao entered Great Luo Heaven with Queen Medusa and the others, then located Golden Pool Peak while searching for Mandara. He opened the Great Luo Golden Pool and dove inside, leaving his companions to handle the forces rushing toward them.

• Lu Yunxiao froze the black-armored soldiers guarding Great Luo Heaven’s entrance and led his group through the gate.
• Lu Yunxiao sensed that Great Luo Heaven had no Earthly Sovereigns and suspected Mandara was asleep beneath the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Lu Yunxiao found Golden Pool Peak and ignored its guards’ warning by forcibly opening the Great Luo Golden Pool.
• Lu Yunxiao swept aside the guards, told Queen Medusa and the others to deal with approaching forces, and plunged into the pool.

Lu Yunxiao reached the bottom of the Great Luo Golden Pool and found Mandara, a sleeping Lower Earthly Sovereign in the form of a little girl. After she woke and tested his strength, he dressed her and left her curious about who he was.

• Lu Yunxiao swept away the golden silt at the pool’s bottom and found Mandara lying on a stone platform.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Mandara and realized that finding her brought him closer to the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Mandara woke and pressed a hand toward Lu Yunxiao, but he caught it effortlessly and put a dress on her.
• Mandara sensed Lu Yunxiao’s overwhelming strength and asked who he was, but he teased her and told her to guess.

Lu Yunxiao told Mandara that he needed her to find the Ancient Heavenly Palace, revealing that he knew she was a flower planted by the Heavenly Emperor. He explained that her presence would let him sense the hidden palace, and Mandara wondered whether he sought the Heavenly Emperor’s inheritance.

• Mandara suspected Lu Heng had sent Lu Yunxiao, but Lu Yunxiao denied it and said he had come for her.
• Lu Yunxiao teased Mandara before explaining that he wanted to find the Ancient Heavenly Palace and needed her presence.
• Mandara said she could no longer locate the palace’s entrance, but Lu Yunxiao said he could sense it through her.
• Mandara warned that the Heavenly Emperor’s formations around the palace could kill even Heavenly Sovereigns, but Lu Yunxiao said they posed no threat to him.
• Lu Yunxiao confirmed he was a Heavenly Sovereign, and Mandara asked if he wanted the Heavenly Emperor’s One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones or other inheritance.

Lu Yunxiao explained that he wanted to claim the entire Ancient Heavenly Palace and destroy the sealed Demon Emperor, not merely obtain its famous techniques and treasures. His confidence in defeating the Demon Emperor left Mandara stunned by how powerful he was.

• Mandara questioned whether Lu Yunxiao was going to the Ancient Heavenly Palace for One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones, the Immortal Golden Body, or the Heavenly Emperor Sword, and he dismissed those as his main goals.
• Lu Yunxiao said his first purpose was to take the entire Ancient Heavenly Palace and its treasures.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that his second purpose was to eliminate the Demon Emperor sealed by the Heavenly Emperor before it could escape.
• Mandara warned that trying to kill the Demon Emperor could make matters worse, but Lu Yunxiao claimed he could easily defeat it even at its peak.
• Mandara asked how strong Lu Yunxiao was, and he said no one in the current Great Thousand World should be able to defeat him.

Lu Yunxiao persuaded Mandara to cooperate by promising to help her recover her true body and warning her about the Demon Emperor’s threat. After Mandara agreed, Lu Yunxiao broke the curse that had afflicted her for countless years.

• Mandara doubted Lu Yunxiao’s claim that no one in the Great Thousand World could defeat him.
• Lu Yunxiao urged Mandara to cooperate, citing the Demon Emperor, her imprisoned true body, and the curse harming her.
• Mandara recognized she could not meaningfully refuse Lu Yunxiao and agreed to help protect her Grand Unity Heaven Domain.
• Lu Yunxiao tapped Mandara between the brows and broke the curse within her body.
• Mandara thanked Lu Yunxiao and smiled with relief after her suffering ended.

Lu Yunxiao emerged from the Great Luo Golden Pool with Mandara and introduced her to his powerful companions, shocking her with the strength of his faction. He left Mandara to handle the Grand Unity Heaven Domain while he and the women gathered in a palace, where Queen Medusa asked who Mandara was and why Lu Yunxiao had sought her out.

• Lu Yunxiao carried Mandara out of the Great Luo Golden Pool and found the Grand Unity Heaven Domain experts subdued by Queen Medusa and the other women.
• Mandara sensed the women’s immense power, and Lu Yunxiao told her that three were Heavenly Sovereigns while two more had Heavenly Sovereign-level combat power.
• Lu Yunxiao introduced Mandara to the women, then left her to handle the Grand Unity Heaven Domain as he and the others departed.
• In a palace, Queen Medusa asked Lu Yunxiao who Mandara was and why he had come to find her.

Lu Yunxiao explained that he sought the Ancient Heavenly Palace for its treasures and told Mandara that Earthly Sovereigns would guard the Grand Unity Heaven Domain while she was away. Mandara asked him to capture Lu Heng, and after learning Lu Heng served the Evil Race from Beyond the Domain, she vowed to execute him before the Heavenly Emperor.

• Lu Yunxiao revealed that he had come to find the Ancient Heavenly Palace and described the Heavenly Emperor's immense strength.
• Mandara returned to the hall and said she needed a few days to arrange the Grand Unity Heaven Domain before leaving.
• Lu Yunxiao promised to leave Earthly Sovereigns behind to protect Mandara's domain.
• Mandara asked Lu Yunxiao to capture Lu Heng, who had ambushed and cursed her.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed that Lu Heng was the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor's contingency and was trying to release him.
• Mandara learned Lu Heng had sided with the Evil Race from Beyond the Domain and vowed to cripple and kill him before the Heavenly Emperor.

Lu Yunxiao took Mandara to the Holy Demon Palace to confront Lu Heng, whom she accused of betraying the Great Thousand World and trying to free a Demon Emperor. Lu Yunxiao revealed his Heavenly Sovereign power and forced Lu Heng into his true form, exposing the demonic corruption on his body.

• Lu Yunxiao agreed to let Mandara deal with Lu Heng and took her to the Holy Demon Palace.
• Lu Yunxiao confronted Lu Heng and questioned whether he deserved the Lu surname.
• Mandara accused Lu Heng of ambushing her, joining the Evil Race from Beyond the Domain, and trying to release a Demon Emperor.
• Lu Heng denied the charges and claimed Mandara was too weak to defeat him.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed his Heavenly Sovereign pressure, forcing Lu Heng and the Holy Demon Palace experts to prostrate themselves.
• Lu Yunxiao used Words Become Law to transform Lu Heng into an Ancient Blood Dragon bearing black Demon Markings.

Mandara tortured Lu Heng, the Ancient Blood Dragon, and joined Lu Yunxiao after he sealed it and destroyed the Holy Demon Palace. Back in the Grand Unity Heaven Domain, Mandara entered seclusion to break through, while Lu Yunxiao relaxed with the women and waited for her to emerge.

• Mandara pierced Lu Heng with black thorns and destroyed his Supreme Sea, leaving him badly wounded.
• Lu Yunxiao sealed Lu Heng and his divine soul, and Mandara agreed to follow him.
• Lu Yunxiao put Lu Heng away, destroyed the Holy Demon Palace, and left with Mandara.
• Several days after returning to the Grand Unity Heaven Domain, Mandara remained in seclusion as she sought to break through to Upper Earthly Sovereign.
• Zi Yan complained about Mandara’s slow breakthrough while Lu Yunxiao rested with Xiao Yi Xian and chatted with the women.

Lu Yunxiao helped Mandara break through to the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm, then used her Ancient Mandara Flower aura to locate a faint connection to the Ancient Heavenly Palace. In the Lesser Western Heaven Realm, Qing Yanjing passed her Heavenly Venerate Tribulation and became a Heavenly Sovereign, bringing the Divine Domain’s total to twelve.

• Mandara thanked Lu Yunxiao for helping her resolve her heart’s knot and reach the Upper Earthly Sovereign realm.
• Lu Yunxiao used Mandara’s Ancient Mandara Flower aura and his Saint-grade Peak Soul Power to search the Sky Net Continent for the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Yunxiao detected a faint connection in the void and announced that he had found it.
• Qing Yanjing faced the Heavenly Venerate Tribulation above Cloudsoaring City while Ya Fei, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun watched.
• Qing Yanjing swept away the final lightning bolts, passed the tribulation, and became a Heavenly Sovereign.

Futu Xuan detected Qing Yanjing’s Great Pagoda Art in the far west and decided to lead people there himself. Lu Yunxiao located the Ancient Heavenly Palace, opened a path into the void space, and led his companions inside, where they advanced through dangerous spatial turbulence.

• Futu Xuan sensed the Ancestral Pagoda trembling and recognized Qing Yanjing’s Great Pagoda Art coming from the Western Heaven Continent.
• Futu Xuan decided to travel west himself to bring Qing Yanjing back.
• Lu Yunxiao used his connection with Mandara to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace in the far west of the Sky Net Continent.
• Lu Yunxiao tore open space, suppressed the spatial storm, and formed a passage into the void space.
• Lu Yunxiao, Mandara, Zi Yan, and the others entered the void and advanced through its turbulent darkness.

Lu Yunxiao and the women entered the Ancient Heavenly Palace and crossed its desolate outer region. Mandara’s restored memories led them to the Dragon Ascent Gate, where Lu Yunxiao considered bypassing the disciple assessment.

• Lu Yunxiao cleared the restrictions in the space channel and led the women through its exit into the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Lu Yunxiao and the women surveyed the barren ancient world and flew past ruined cities and battle-scarred land toward the palace’s floating islands.
• Mandara revealed that her memories had returned and offered to guide the group into the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
• Mandara led the group to the Dragon Ascent Gate and explained its disciple ranks, tokens, and assessment.
• Queen Medusa suggested that the Divine Domain adopt the palace’s ranking system, while Lu Yunxiao considered avoiding the gate’s test.

Lu Yunxiao disabled the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s spirit array and led the women into its magnificent inner region. As the Divine Domain’s people began gathering its treasures, Mandara explained the palace’s Five Palaces and Nine Prefectures and introduced the Heavenly Pool.

• Lu Yunxiao used Spirit Gold to take control of the spirit array and halt its operation, allowing the group to enter the Ancient Heavenly Palace’s inner region.
• Lu Yunxiao and the women explored the grand, spiritually rich inner world, where Ling Qingzhu marveled at its sights and the others showed little interest in seeking opportunities.
• The system announced that Lu Yunxiao had begun a three-shichen check-in, and he set off with the women while opening his Inner World for the people of the Divine Domain to gather treasures.
• Mandara told the group that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had Five Palaces and Nine Prefectures, each ruled by an Earthly Sovereign, and said they were in the Nine Prefectures Region near the renowned Heavenly Pool.

Lu Yunxiao and his companions explored the Heavenly River and learned about the Heavenly Pool Baptism before approaching the territory of the Five Palaces. Mandara recalled the palace masters’ fates as the group continued through the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

• Mandara explained that only disciples recognized by the Nine Prefectures and carrying their tokens could undergo the Heavenly Pool Baptism.
• The group passed through a prefecture, collected its sacred artifact and other items, and Lu Yunxiao gave them to Mandara.
• Lu Yunxiao and his companions visited the Heavenly River, where Zi Yan compared it unfavorably to the Luo River and Xiao Yi Xian asked Lu Yunxiao whether he would revive the Luo God.
• Lu Yunxiao said he would revive the Heavenly Emperor first and then left the Heavenly River with the group.
• As they neared the Five Palaces, Mandara explained that the Fourth Palace Master had died defending the Northern Realm and the other four had fallen inside the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

Lu Yunxiao accompanied Mandara to the Second Hall to find her true body and restore her strength. There, they discovered the slain Second Hall Master and identified the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor as his killer, leaving Lu Yunxiao confident the enemy would soon be dealt with.

• Lu Yunxiao comforted Mandara and promised that the Evil Race from Beyond the Domain would eventually be destroyed.
• Mandara said her true body was in the Second Hall, and Lu Yunxiao brought her and the others there.
• Lu Yunxiao broke the seals on the Second Hall’s gates, and the group entered its ruined interior.
• Mandara identified the purple-robed corpse as the Second Hall Master, who had died in battle.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor had killed the Second Hall Master with a single finger strike.
• Mandara cursed the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor, and Lu Yunxiao said the enemy would not remain free for long.

Lu Yunxiao discovered that the Second Hall Master’s Phoenix Worm contained the power of the Spirit Slaughter Guards, an army that had sacrificed itself to preserve his vitality. He extracted the worm and forced the guards’ power out, leaving their return to life underway.

• Lu Yunxiao and Mandara resolved to destroy the Nine Corpse Heavenly Demon Emperor completely.
• Lu Yunxiao spotted the Spirit Slaughter Guards, and Mandara explained how they had sacrificed their souls and power to sustain the Second Hall Master through a Phoenix Worm.
• Queen Medusa proposed reviving the guards, and Lu Yunxiao agreed to return their power to them.
• Lu Yunxiao broke the Nine Dragon Immortal Devouring Array, extracted the Phoenix Worm from the Second Hall Master, and forced the Spirit Slaughter Guards’ power out of it.

Lu Yunxiao revived the Phoenix Worm, subdued the Spirit Slaughter Guards without a Military Token, and followed Mandara to the First Hall. There, they found her true body: the Ancient Mandara Flower.

• Lu Yunxiao restored the Phoenix Worm with the Nuwa Stone and gave it to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Mandara revealed that a Military Token was needed to command the Spirit Slaughter Guards, so Lu Yunxiao imposed Soul Restrictions on them instead.
• Mandara corrected herself and led Lu Yunxiao and the others from the Second Hall toward the First Hall.
• Lu Yunxiao guided the group beneath the sea to the First Hall and opened its stone door.
• Lu Yunxiao saw the Ancient Mandara Flower on a Blood Jade lotus pedestal and recognized it as Mandara's true body.